| Schlurpi Germany. September 15 2012 07:01. Posts 79 | Profile # |
The first infos on the WCS GrandFinal Prizepool were just announced by Blizzard.
"As the WCS comes to a close, it’s time for us to shift our focus from the journey to the destination. Earlier this week, we announced the format for the StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals. In two short months, 32 of the world’s best StarCraft II players will be traveling to China to compete for both country and a share of the $250,000 prize pool. The winner of the event will be taking home both the prestigious title of StarCraft II World Champion and a $100,000 cash prize."
Heres the full story:
http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/5870231/Who_Will_Be_At_BWC_-14_09_2012
My personal opinion:
I think it is a very good prizepool. It will still be the tournament, which will bring a world-champion, but it will not crush other tournament. Like "The International" with Dota. Every other tournament will come short compared to 1,6mio.
And 100.000 for the winner and 150.000 for the rest seems pretty good for everyone competing at the world finals! |
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| CoR Germany. September 14 2012 22:22. Posts 3185 | Profile # |
| 250.... 100.... they give stephano 100.000 $ ? |
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| nkr Sweden. September 14 2012 22:22. Posts 2961 | Profile Blog # |
not bad for a sc2 event
edit: 100k for first, roughly the same as the first GSL which fruitdealer won?Last edit: 2012-09-14 22:23:35 |
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| Dodgin Canada. September 14 2012 22:22. Posts 26813 | Profile # |
| Pretty much what I expected for first place, twice as much as blizzcon. |
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| Schlurpi Germany. September 14 2012 22:26. Posts 79 | Profile # |
On September 14 2012 22:22 nkr wrote:
not bad for a sc2 event
edit: 100k for first, roughly the same as the first GSL which fruitdealer won?
1st $85,700 FruitDealer
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| RolleMcKnolle Germany. September 14 2012 22:27. Posts 726 | Profile Blog # |
On September 14 2012 22:22 CoR wrote:
250.... 100.... they give stephano 100.000 $ ?
well as it seems this is for the World Finals so Stephano is going to have plenty of competition... |
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opterown  Australia. September 14 2012 22:28. Posts 28544 | Profile Blog # |
ooh not bad!
biggest 1st place in sc2 so far i believe
would've been nice for 500k pool though (200k for winner) haha |
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 Benjamin99 September 14 2012 22:28. Posts 4174 | Profile # |
| Holy shit. Huge price pool but then again it is the world championship. |
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| Michaels September 14 2012 22:28. Posts 416 | Profile # |
| wow 100k for 1st place thats sick someone gonna have good day xD |
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| KarlKaliente United States. September 14 2012 22:28. Posts 238 | Profile # |
| Pretty solid contribution from blizzard, especially considering the amount they threw at their national and continental qualifiers. And also considering they aren't in the arms race that valve and riot are stuck in. |
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| Gladiator6 Sweden. September 14 2012 22:29. Posts 6975 | Profile # |
On September 14 2012 22:28 opterown wrote:
ooh not bad!
biggest 1st place in sc2 so far i believe
would've been nice for 500k pool though (200k for winner) haha
That would be mean, also prizepool is not everything xD |
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| StarStruck September 14 2012 22:30. Posts 19274 | Profile # |
On September 14 2012 22:20 Schlurpi wrote:The first infos on the WCS GrandFinal Prizepool were just announced by Blizzard. "As the WCS comes to a close, it’s time for us to shift our focus from the journey to the destination. Earlier this week, we announced the format for the StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals. In two short months, 32 of the world’s best StarCraft II players will be traveling to China to compete for both country and a share of the $250,000 prize pool. The winner of the event will be taking home both the prestigious title of StarCraft II World Champion and a $100,000 cash prize." Heres the full story: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/5870231/Who_Will_Be_At_BWC_-14_09_2012My personal opinion: I think it is a very good prizepool. It will still be the tournament, which will bring a world-champion, but it will not crush other tournament. Like "The International" with Dota. Every other tournament will come short compared to 1,6mio. And 100.000 for the winner and 150.000 for the rest seems pretty good for everyone competing at the world finals!
Stop comparing individal prize pools and different games. The money is well spread in DotA2.
Once again stop comparing the two. |
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| Epoch Canada. September 14 2012 22:31. Posts 257 | Profile # |
| What's wrong with comparing things? |
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| Jetaap France. September 14 2012 22:32. Posts 2583 | Profile Blog # |
| I think almost everyone expected something like that, good prizepool for an awesome tournament. I wonder what was the prizepool of WCS overally, it should be around 750K no? If you add all the travel cost that were paid by blizzard, they really invested a lot to make this tournament a real world championship. Last edit: 2012-09-14 22:33:53 |
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| TeeTS Germany. September 14 2012 22:33. Posts 1785 | Profile # |
On September 14 2012 22:22 CoR wrote:
250.... 100.... they give stephano 100.000 $ ?
Haha! The spot is reserved for Creator  |
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| Schlurpi Germany. September 14 2012 22:34. Posts 79 | Profile # |
On September 14 2012 22:30 StarStruck wrote:
Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 22:20 Schlurpi wrote:+ Show Spoiler +The first infos on the WCS GrandFinal Prizepool were just announced by Blizzard. "As the WCS comes to a close, it’s time for us to shift our focus from the journey to the destination. Earlier this week, we announced the format for the StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals. In two short months, 32 of the world’s best StarCraft II players will be traveling to China to compete for both country and a share of the $250,000 prize pool. The winner of the event will be taking home both the prestigious title of StarCraft II World Champion and a $100,000 cash prize." Heres the full story: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/5870231/Who_Will_Be_At_BWC_-14_09_2012My personal opinion: I think it is a very good prizepool. It will still be the tournament, which will bring a world-champion, but it will not crush other tournament. Like "The International" with Dota. Every other tournament will come short compared to 1,6mio. And 100.000 for the winner and 150.000 for the rest seems pretty good for everyone competing at the world finals!
Stop comparing individal prize pools and different games. The money is well spread in DotA2. Once again stop comparing the two.
I meant, its a well considered prizepool by blizzard. Its is still the highest first place we have seen so far. But not so high, that other tournaments look cheap, if compared. Last edit: 2012-09-14 22:35:57 |
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| opterown Australia. September 14 2012 22:34. Posts 28544 | Profile Blog # |
On September 14 2012 22:33 TeeTS wrote:
Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 22:22 CoR wrote:
250.... 100.... they give stephano 100.000 $ ?
Haha! The spot is reserved for Creator
that's right! |
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| Azurues Malaysia. September 14 2012 22:34. Posts 3406 | Profile # | |
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| Acronysis September 14 2012 22:35. Posts 835 | Profile # |
| Good prize pool! GO blizzard =) 250,000 for the championship alone, as well as the thousands in the previous event is pretty impressive!! |
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| Doodsmack United States. September 14 2012 22:36. Posts 2143 | Profile Blog # |
| Glad they didn't go overboard like Valve, and still a sick prize pool! |
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