| KainiT Austria. September 17 2012 04:31. Posts 382 | Profile # |
On September 14 2012 23:07 Hiea wrote:
Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 23:04 Torte de Lini wrote:
On September 14 2012 23:02 opterown wrote:
On September 14 2012 22:57 Torte de Lini wrote:
Its no international, but very nice!
the prize pool is much more evenly spread than the international, plus 750k (x5 for the non-team aspect) is pretty solid ;D
On September 14 2012 22:59 Vindicare605 wrote:
And now the speculation begins. who's going to win it!?
creator
Why is evenly spread good?
Because if 1 guy wins it all you have 1 very rich person and a lot of people with very little. If all the price money went to the winner, there would be no way for other people to work their way up to catch those guys because they just don't have the income to keep playing.
All the players winning any money at the global finals are most definitely well accomplished pros. Therefore your argument is irrelevant. |
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| Krogan Sweden. September 17 2012 06:47. Posts 307 | Profile # |
| Lets please recognize that this is the most impressive esports effort that any company has ever done for eports trumping Riot, more then the fact that Blizzard put out over 500$ for WCS they also held over a dozen tournaments. With how Blizzard is approaching Hots and the fact that we have an insanely balanced game I think it's about time we show our love. |
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opterown  Australia. September 17 2012 09:24. Posts 27766 | Profile Blog # |
On September 17 2012 04:31 KainiT wrote:
Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 23:07 Hiea wrote:
On September 14 2012 23:04 Torte de Lini wrote:
On September 14 2012 23:02 opterown wrote:
On September 14 2012 22:57 Torte de Lini wrote:
Its no international, but very nice!
the prize pool is much more evenly spread than the international, plus 750k (x5 for the non-team aspect) is pretty solid ;D
On September 14 2012 22:59 Vindicare605 wrote:
And now the speculation begins. who's going to win it!?
creator
Why is evenly spread good?
Because if 1 guy wins it all you have 1 very rich person and a lot of people with very little. If all the price money went to the winner, there would be no way for other people to work their way up to catch those guys because they just don't have the income to keep playing.
All the players winning any money at the global finals are most definitely well accomplished pros. Therefore your argument is irrelevant.
not really, a lot of these guys have teams, but not a solid sustainable salary |
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| Sumahi Guam. September 17 2012 10:02. Posts 4938 | Profile Blog # |
| I hope Squirtle wins the whole thing. After 3 silvers thus far this year I don't want him to be the next MKP. |
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| dashpar United States. September 17 2012 11:10. Posts 15 | Profile # |
kinda cheesy because there's only 5 terrans. Zerg not imba ya right!
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| sVnteen Germany. September 17 2012 15:49. Posts 2165 | Profile # |
woow nice
best prize pool so far?
or was one of the gsls better?
well anyways AWESOME |
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| opterown Australia. September 17 2012 17:56. Posts 27766 | Profile Blog # |
On September 17 2012 15:49 sVnteen wrote:
woow nice
best prize pool so far?
or was one of the gsls better?
well anyways AWESOME
this is best  so far! |
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| markrevival United States. September 17 2012 18:23. Posts 201 | Profile # |
On September 17 2012 11:10 dashpar wrote:
kinda cheesy because there's only 5 terrans. Zerg not imba ya right!
5? I only count 4. 28 Z & P, 4 T in the Asia final. It is incredibly unlikely that any of the Terran make it top 6 considering none of them are korean. So very likely, the World Finals will be, just like the Asia final
28 Z & P + 4 T
Fenix
Lucifron
MajOr
Illusion
Interestingly enough, 3 of the 4 Terran at the world final are Spanish speaking. |
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| Rovskagg Sweden. September 17 2012 20:40. Posts 46 | Profile # |
On September 14 2012 23:05 Hiea wrote:
North America: 120.000
South America: 44.600
Europe: 189.000
Oceania: 30.000
Asia: 125.980
Global Finals: 250.000
Total: 759.580
There was some missing or no price pool at all for some South American countries.
Now if you think about the 1,6 mill valve put into DotA 2, this is just under half, but keep in mind that Blizz pays for the travel to all of their events, they flew Tastosis across the world to try and get more attention to countries like the UK and Australia.
I think if we knew the prices of all the plane tickets it probably wouldn't be much different in total prize money than what valve did.
Well if you gonna count travel and living expenses you shuld also count income, i dont know if dreamhack get the WCS beacuse of Blizz being nice or beacuse they paid the best? (Maybe im wrong here) also obvs DOTA pay travel |
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| HorvatH93 Romania. September 17 2012 20:52. Posts 3 | Profile # |
Dota 2 and Starcraft II prize pools shouldn't be compared imo. Of course it is everyone's right to compare anything, but publicly disputing the prize pools is just silly. Valve invests x amount of money while Blizzard invests y. The companies aren't head competitors, because the games are different.
On topic : The prize pool is impressive. 1st place taking 100k is not small at all. It's a start for bigger things surely, and next year it will be better! |
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| Hiea Denmark. September 17 2012 21:21. Posts 1496 | Profile # |
On September 17 2012 20:40 Rovskagg wrote:
Show nested quote +On September 14 2012 23:05 Hiea wrote:
North America: 120.000
South America: 44.600
Europe: 189.000
Oceania: 30.000
Asia: 125.980
Global Finals: 250.000
Total: 759.580
There was some missing or no price pool at all for some South American countries.
Now if you think about the 1,6 mill valve put into DotA 2, this is just under half, but keep in mind that Blizz pays for the travel to all of their events, they flew Tastosis across the world to try and get more attention to countries like the UK and Australia.
I think if we knew the prices of all the plane tickets it probably wouldn't be much different in total prize money than what valve did.
Well if you gonna count travel and living expenses you shuld also count income, i dont know if dreamhack get the WCS beacuse of Blizz being nice or beacuse they paid the best? (Maybe im wrong here) also obvs DOTA pay travel
DotA also pays travel, yes, but for Starcraft 2 I think we can both agree the travel / venue expenses are far higher, however TI2 makes up for that in prize pool, so that why I think it ends up kinda even. |
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| eSc_Kin Hong Kong. September 18 2012 14:00. Posts 23 | Profile # |
How many Terrans there
i cant find out
Hope Asia final make some Terran!Last edit: 2012-09-18 14:01:39 |
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| Knee0fJustice United States. September 18 2012 14:02. Posts 2 | Profile # |
| Wasn't the LoL season 2 tournament to have a 5 million dollar prize pool? |
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| opterown Australia. September 18 2012 14:12. Posts 27766 | Profile Blog # |
On September 18 2012 14:02 Knee0fJustice wrote:
Wasn't the LoL season 2 tournament to have a 5 million dollar prize pool?
the entire circuit was 5 mil i think, with the finals being 2mil prize pool |
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| Zealos United Kingdom. September 19 2012 06:31. Posts 1756 | Profile Blog # |
On September 18 2012 14:02 Knee0fJustice wrote:
Wasn't the LoL season 2 tournament to have a 5 million dollar prize pool?
Bear in mind it has to be spread between the team though.
On topic: I think this is a sick price pool for sc2, and considering the absolute awesomeness that was WCS Europe, I really can't wait for this tournament :D |
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 ChillRussian United States. September 19 2012 17:33. Posts 5 | Profile # |
how the fuck whoever wins this can be called the world champon when there aint no best koreans players in this in the first place? Taeja would shit on all these kids no problem so will most top korean players so how the fuck is it a world championship when the very best arent even in it. fail
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| GohgamX Canada. September 20 2012 13:20. Posts 912 | Profile # |
| This is great. I'm really hoping the WCS goes super well and we see a lot of support for the movement. A big prize pool next year will help more players decide to dedicate more time, knowing there is big money in tournaments like this. |
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| JJH777 United States. September 23 2012 06:14. Posts 2930 | Profile # |
| It's a shame this tournament is going to suck. No korean terrans means it will be PvZ and PvP all the way through. |
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| MrJoKer France. September 25 2012 19:20. Posts 219 | Profile # |
| OMG what a cash prize. It's sick. |
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