For christmas I was given a 50$ League of Legends gift card. Even though it costs 50$ if you get it from a store, buying RP directly from the client is the only way to be awarded bonus RP. For example, I was given 5350 RP from the gift card, but had I used 50$ on the client, I would have gotten 5350 + 450. I think prepaid cards should be awarded bonus RP.
rujitra3 votesWhy? Riot has to pay the processor of the cards a fee for the use of their "technology" and infrastructure, and furthermore, the card company that makes them doesn't even get the full amount because stores are allowed to make some profit on them.
Obviously, when you give Riot 50$, you should get more RP than when you pay $50 to a third-party card and then Riot only gets, say, $45. That's why it's bonus.
nomeL2 votesWhy? Riot has to pay the processor of the cards a fee for the use of their "technology" and infrastructure, and furthermore, the card company that makes them doesn't even get the full amount because stores are allowed to make some profit on them.
Obviously, when you give Riot 50$, you should get more RP than when you pay $50 to a third-party card and then Riot only gets, say, $45. That's why it's bonus.
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Pika3101 votesExcept once those tiny cuts are handed out, Rito still receives 100% of the remainder as pure profit. Because they are leasing a digital product with zero production cost. No materials, no labor, no distribution; once the initial development cost is covered, every sell after is pure profit.
I would say each skin is printed money, but even printing money has production costs. Skins are literally more profitable than printing money.
rujitra1 votesExcept once those tiny cuts are handed out, Rito still receives 100% of the remainder as pure profit. Because they are leasing a digital product with zero production cost. No materials, no labor, no distribution; once the initial development cost is covered, every sell after is pure profit.
I would say each skin is printed money, but even printing money has production costs. Skins are literally more profitable than printing money.
So... no.
They don't get 100% of the remainder. You buy it for, say, $50. The credit card company takes 3% if you buy with a card, so that's $1.50 off the bat. Then the store can take it's cut as well, somewhere between 5-10% at most is likely for pre-paid cards like this. Plus the contract with the card manufacturer is likely 5%ish.
Regardless, Riot gets 5-10% more when you buy RP with a credit card through them than they do through the pre-paid card. Why does it not make sense that they give bonus RP to you for giving them bonus money?
Pika3101 votesDescribing how much those cuts that I already referenced are, doesn't magically make the remainder less than 100%. That's not how math works. C is 100% of C, regardless of the values of A & B. Telling me what A & B are doesn't magically make C less than itself.
Having said that, the point I was making had nothing to do with which method may or may not be more profitable to Rito. If anything, I imagine there may be some hidden transaction fee that you're intentionally overlooking, thus making the discrepancy smaller than you claim.
No, what I'm saying is the money Rito makes goes entirely into themselves. They don't need to pay a manufacturer, they don't need to pay a distributor, they don't need to pay a supplier. Only employee salaries. Which from my understanding, they have a very large number of unpaid interns handling a disturbing amount of their work, so even that cost is very low.
Rito has a disgusting amount of money to throw around, yet they settle for 3rd-rate quality, whilst insisting on pretending they're a small indie company.
rujitra2 votesDescribing how much those cuts that I already referenced are, doesn't magically make the remainder less than 100%. That's not how math works. C is 100% of C, regardless of the values of A & B. Telling me what A & B are doesn't magically make C less than itself.
Having said that, the point I was making had nothing to do with which method may or may not be more profitable to Rito. If anything, I imagine there may be some hidden transaction fee that you're intentionally overlooking, thus making the discrepancy smaller than you claim.
No, what I'm saying is the money Rito makes goes entirely into themselves. They don't need to pay a manufacturer, they don't need to pay a distributor, they don't need to pay a supplier. Only employee salaries. Which from my understanding, they have a very large number of unpaid interns handling a disturbing amount of their work, so even that cost is very low.
Rito has a disgusting amount of money to throw around, yet they settle for 3rd-rate quality, whilst insisting on pretending they're a small indie company.
You literally just prove my point. The money Riot makes when you buy from them goes straight to them - so they offer you a bonus for ensuring that all the money (except the 3% credit card processing fee charged by the Visa/MC/Amex/etc company) goes to them.
They offer pre-paid cards for those people who don't want to or are unable to use a credit/debit card to purchase in client. Those people do not get the bonus given to those who give Riot more of the money.
You also have a piss poor understanding of their workplace and the number of interns. Riot has over 2500 full time employees - and opens somewhere around a couple dozen internship spaces around the world each year. It is extremely competitive to get an internship - potentially even more so than to actually get an actual career job at Riot.
PoopSandwichHD2 votesNot sure what you're talking about, but i got 3 $10 prepaid cards for league, and i used them. If you normally use a Debit card you get 1300 + 80 (the extra) for $10. I used the league gift cards, and i got 1380 rp every time i put a code in. I still received my "extra" rp.
nomeL1 votesNot sure what you're talking about, but i got 3 $10 prepaid cards for league, and i used them. If you normally use a Debit card you get 1300 + 80 (the extra) for $10. I used the league gift cards, and i got 1380 rp every time i put a code in. I still received my "extra" rp.
I didn't .
Metal Janna1 votesOh? I thought Bonus RP was just discontinued. Now i'm kind of bummed about this Walmart gift card I just got because I know there's a bonus i'm missing out on.
tibbyblue1 votesI agree +1
Sukishoo1 votesI was given 5350 RP from the gift card, but had I used 50$ on the client, I would have gotten 5350 + 450
Um.. what? $50 in the game makes 7200RP, which is 6500 + 700 bonus.
nomeL1 votesUm.. what? $50 in the game makes 7200RP, which is 6500 + 700 bonus.
In Canada it's different, you get less.
