But its good to see that Blizzard is still trying to improve things.
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DieuCure
France3713 Posts
But its good to see that Blizzard is still trying to improve things. | ||
Orphal
France4 Posts
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Mahanaim
Korea (South)1002 Posts
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Fango
United Kingdom8760 Posts
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pvsnp
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jpg06051992
United States580 Posts
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Topin
Peru9934 Posts
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Fango
United Kingdom8760 Posts
On January 19 2018 09:42 pvsnp wrote: Top-heavy prize pools are a very Korean thing to do, not surprised that they redistributed the WCS prizepool. As stupid as the Katowice 2014 distribution was, it was still hilarious to watch | ||
Executer08
Germany163 Posts
On January 19 2018 10:14 Fango wrote: As stupid as the Katowice 2014 distribution was, it was still hilarious to watch yeah hilarious to see the 2nd place finisher get nothing xDDD not the most stupid thing we've ever seen at all :^) | ||
Uberfather
272 Posts
On January 19 2018 16:07 Executer08 wrote: yeah hilarious to see the 2nd place finisher get nothing xDDD not the most stupid thing we've ever seen at all :^) Was that the tournaments where the players chose that? | ||
Jj_82
Swaziland419 Posts
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geokilla
Canada8161 Posts
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HsDLTitich
Italy823 Posts
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KR_4EVR
316 Posts
It's like someone read my post last year and did something about it! Here's what my post was: + Show Spoiler + On October 31 2017 09:33 KR_4EVR wrote: I think there is a kind of serious error. Blizzard messed up the prize pool. ! Basic algebra yields the exponential prizes adding to $700k, assuming each higher tier is worth approx. double the lower tier payout. Exponential: 1st) $232k x1 2nd) $116k x1 3-4) $58k x2 5-8) $29k x4 9-16) $15k x8 In particular the 3rd) to 8th) place prizes on 2017 WCS Global Finals are much lower than they should fairly be. And by "fair", I mean the limit of fairness. Anything more skewed than what I wrote above is just messed up. I don't really think prizes should scale as power 2^N, but linearly. Below is a realistic look at what the $700k prize pool should be (linear, rounded): Linear: 1st) $113 k 2nd) $90.3k 3-4) $67.7k 5-8) $45.1k 9-16) $22.6k This would ensure that each tier level won gains you the same amount of prize. The really bad thing is that the current WCS pool is WORSE THAN EXPONENTIAL in end-skew. Disclaimer: I was not paid to write this post, but it may or may not represent the opinion of someone you are unlikely to disagree with less than half the time. I'm so upbeat about this I might just have to play some LoL to return to normal. | ||
Djentleman2414
16 Posts
On January 19 2018 19:48 Uberfather wrote: Was that the tournaments where the players chose that? From what i heard is that most players wanted to split between first and second place, but sOs was there for glory... So he didn't participate in the deal... And he took it all home. It may have been a stupid concept, but sOs was badass, with balls of steel. :D | ||
BonitiilloO
Dominican Republic580 Posts
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Crocolisk Dundee
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Aeromi
France14446 Posts
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Liquid`Snute
Norway839 Posts
I tried to push for 3rd place finishers in group stage #3 (17th-24th place) being rewarded more WCS points/money than 4th place (25th-32nd), unfortunately it didn't go through. Considered this one a no brainer change, but maybe next year. | ||
the_last_terran1
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