Looks like Ali Sports, of Alibaba.com have created a new esport division.
They've got 5.5 million to contribute to esports prize money and there will be a $400,000 SC2 Tournament .
Source:
Alibaba Create Esports Division and Starcraft Tournament
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w0mbat_
3 Posts
Looks like Ali Sports, of Alibaba.com have created a new esport division. They've got 5.5 million to contribute to esports prize money and there will be a $400,000 SC2 Tournament . Source: Alibaba Create Esports Division and Starcraft Tournament | ||
Nakajin
Canada8738 Posts
Please be true!!!! Edit: Yessssss, I hope this will be the "premier" (or whatever is the name of the tournament with Korean, like old IEM), that we were waiting for. | ||
cha0
Canada484 Posts
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
On March 31 2016 10:36 y0su wrote: 1 Post accounts giving links that sound too good to be true? It's happening it seems. Alibaba is a massive company, 400k is peanuts to them | ||
w0mbat_
3 Posts
Long time reader, first time poster! Couldn't believe it myself. They are giving 1.5M to CS GO & Dota 2 . As SetGuitarsToKill said above, 400K is peanuts! | ||
pzlama333
United States273 Posts
It is real and confirmed. The first tournament includes Dota2, CS:GO, lotv and Heartstone. The total prize pool is at least $5.5 million, which 1.5M for dota2 and cs:go, and 400k for Starcraft 2, 300k for Heartstone. The tournament will begin on April and global final will be on December in China. However, it is unknown how the tournament will be organized now. | ||
redloser
Korea (South)1721 Posts
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jcairne
United States127 Posts
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NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
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Kaizor
Singapore908 Posts
Not much details into specific tournaments though, its mainly business terms. And they did not mention the prizepool for specific games in the official release, so i do not know where esprts. com got their numbers | ||
digmouse
China6270 Posts
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imre
France9263 Posts
On March 31 2016 12:05 digmouse wrote: It's likely to be ridiculously bad organized. No faith on their partner organization if what I heard of is true. Would be sad but still nice to see such a company invest in esports. | ||
Perseverance
Japan2800 Posts
On March 31 2016 10:53 pzlama333 wrote: offical link It is real and confirmed. The first tournament includes Dota2, CS:GO, lotv and Heartstone. The total prize pool is at least $5.5 million, which 1.5M for dota2 and cs:go, and 400k for Starcraft 2, 300k for Heartstone. The tournament will begin on April and global final will be on December in China. However, it is unknown how the tournament will be organized now. So with 3.7 million covered for those four games....where is the other 1.8 million going? Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch? a man can dream... | ||
thickertom
China608 Posts
On March 31 2016 12:05 digmouse wrote: It's likely to be ridiculously bad organized. No faith on their partner organization if what I heard of is true. likely! Only likely! If you have to think that the organization is the same as WCA and The Shanghai Major of Dota2, I have no words to say to you. | ||
Yiome
China1687 Posts
On March 31 2016 12:05 digmouse wrote: It's likely to be ridiculously bad organized. No faith on their partner organization if what I heard of is true. I read the original announcement and it is just some PR thing that is nowhere near informative. If it is okay to ask, which company they choose the organize the event? Or they are going to do it themselves? | ||
Kaizor
Singapore908 Posts
On March 31 2016 13:50 Yiome wrote: Show nested quote + On March 31 2016 12:05 digmouse wrote: It's likely to be ridiculously bad organized. No faith on their partner organization if what I heard of is true. I read the original announcement and it is just some PR thing that is nowhere near informative. If it is okay to ask, which company they choose the organize the event? Or they are going to do it themselves? From the official release it seems to be under Alibaba's esports branch? | ||
GTR
51117 Posts
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Yiome
China1687 Posts
On March 31 2016 13:53 Kaizor wrote: Show nested quote + On March 31 2016 13:50 Yiome wrote: On March 31 2016 12:05 digmouse wrote: It's likely to be ridiculously bad organized. No faith on their partner organization if what I heard of is true. I read the original announcement and it is just some PR thing that is nowhere near informative. If it is okay to ask, which company they choose the organize the event? Or they are going to do it themselves? From the official release it seems to be under Alibaba's esports branch? If they are going to build a team from scratch then I can see why digmouse think this would be badly organized... | ||
rotta
5560 Posts
On March 31 2016 14:00 GTR wrote: WECG 2.0 right here I'd really enjoy WCG 2.0. | ||
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