I'm all for f2p at this point, but frankly, I don't see it happening.  I don't see either SD or GPG looking to devote teams to restructuring it into a f2p game.  More servers, more staff, more everything.  I'd love it if it happened, but it won't.  They could try something on a smaller scale - make it free to play, but you only get a few characters and can buy the others... I know that's something SD would be capable of (based on releasing occ and da as dlc - they actually tested this functionality), but if there was a substantial fluctuation of people, then it might require additional servers etc.  Anyway, they could probably do all of the with a one time patch, but I just don't think they are going this route.  And the connectivity isn't exactly great.  Gameplay is awesome, but connectivity is a bit of a killer for any sort of large scale plan imo. 

ah - i was just going to make a post about that tourney.  1 mil... the last sc2 tourney was like 50k. 

I agree free to play. I doubt DG generates any income at all as it is, I think make demigod free, and have advertisements in the lobby page and when you start a game. Perhaps then do what they got in some other free to play, game completely free - and then sell skins. I want my beast to have a pair of running shoes and a sweatband around it's head, And my sedna SHOULD be wearing a nurses outfit, I'd actually pay for that. Yes I would.