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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 3099464" data-attributes="member: 32740">My thoughts are that the prizes don't need to have much in the way of inherent magical or monetary value to still be &quot;prized&quot;.&nbsp; If we're talkiing about a long-established, well-known tournament you might be honored to simply participate.&nbsp; Maybe you get the same trophy as any other winner but the value in it derives from your particaption in the event, or the recognition it symbolizes, not the fact that the trophy can level cities or wreck economies.Take a few real-world examples:The Olympic Games.&nbsp; Gold, silver, bronze medals.&nbsp; Worth a few hundred bucks at most?&nbsp; But what does it represent to the winners?The Oscars awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.&nbsp; A gold plated statue, that isn't even particularly large or artistically impressive or accomplished.&nbsp; But the hype that surrounds them is staggering.Annual sports tournaments like the the Superbowl for instance.&nbsp; The Vince Lombardi trophy itself is worth $12,500 and made of sterling silver.&nbsp; A new one is made each year for the winning team to keep on permanent display.&nbsp; But the participating players each get a ring to commemorate the game.&nbsp; It gets a little complicated but the winning team is entitled to 150 rings paid for by the league (though the team can pay for and hand out as many as they like to whomever the like) the cost of which starts at $5000 and increases depending on things like the actual diamond value (which for example increases in carat value depending on the number and frequency of superbowl wins).&nbsp; Players can easily become exceptionally driven to obtain just ONE such ring over the course of their entire career.&nbsp; But it ain't the money value of the ring they're after now, is it?&nbsp; World Series rings are much the same and players, especially the nearer the end of their careers, can become highly opportunistic in seeking to be traded to teams with the best chances of winning.So, you can make your prize nothing more than a simple statue, piece of jewelry, or scroll whose value derives from it being an award FROM the wizard tournament more than anything else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 3099464, member: 32740"] My thoughts are that the prizes don't need to have much in the way of inherent magical or monetary value to still be "prized". If we're talkiing about a long-established, well-known tournament you might be honored to simply participate. Maybe you get the same trophy as any other winner but the value in it derives from your particaption in the event, or the recognition it symbolizes, not the fact that the trophy can level cities or wreck economies. Take a few real-world examples: The Olympic Games. Gold, silver, bronze medals. Worth a few hundred bucks at most? But what does it represent to the winners? The Oscars awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A gold plated statue, that isn't even particularly large or artistically impressive or accomplished. But the hype that surrounds them is staggering. Annual sports tournaments like the the Superbowl for instance. The Vince Lombardi trophy itself is worth $12,500 and made of sterling silver. A new one is made each year for the winning team to keep on permanent display. But the participating players each get a ring to commemorate the game. It gets a little complicated but the winning team is entitled to 150 rings paid for by the league (though the team can pay for and hand out as many as they like to whomever the like) the cost of which [I]starts[/I] at $5000 and increases depending on things like the actual diamond value (which for example increases in carat value depending on the number and frequency of superbowl wins). Players can easily become exceptionally driven to obtain just ONE such ring over the course of their entire career. But it ain't the money value of the ring they're after now, is it? World Series rings are much the same and players, especially the nearer the end of their careers, can become highly opportunistic in seeking to be traded to teams with the best chances of winning. So, you can make your prize nothing more than a simple statue, piece of jewelry, or scroll whose value derives from it being an award FROM the wizard tournament more than anything else. [/QUOTE]

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