On April 04 2014 02:50 SynC[gm] wrote:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/447364-3000-no-dice-invitational-3

I thought he was playing in it. First page says that he was confirmed to play and thirsd-fourth page says never mind.

lol i read through the thread. funny stuff haha

On April 04 2014 03:11 Xiphos wrote:
I wonder if Sonic would let Love utilize his studio for the finals (or even earlier) for these "B-level" tournament to gain some live presence.

I think sonic would but I don't know if the players would be willing to make the commute to the offline venue

JohnChoi

1773 Posts

April 05 2014 01:35 GMT

#67

the prize pool for this increased
its up from 2.5mil won to 4mil won
sponsor: afreeca

source: africatv

SynC[gm]

United States3127 Posts

April 05 2014 23:15 GMT

#68

I know other leagues had a prize pool just as big, or bigger, but man... Still, realizing that these players can get $4000 for winning BW is pretty crazy to hear. Not in the bad way as in "These guys play a game, why do they make $4000", but as in "Man, $4000 will definitely motivate these players."

JohnChoi

1773 Posts

April 06 2014 00:16 GMT

#69

I think what's most surprising is the constant viewer donations. like I understand it fluctuates a lot but hiya raking in more than 4k$ a month for almost 3 years is insane. I thought maybe after the set period of time when a new streamer starts to stream and gets many "welcome to afreeca donations" it would die down and donations would be unable to financially support them but somehow afreeca has made like a system of donating in which the donator is given recognition with these balloon icons and top 20 lists and streamer reactions. weird shit but good for these expros lol
I really like the sponsor match contents. its like a win-win for both sides. The players get to play for a chance of winning really quick money and the viewer gets to watch a favorite matchup between two players. back when it was money matches there were so much issues and drama over refusing to pay.

SynC[gm]

United States3127 Posts

April 06 2014 00:45 GMT

#70

On April 06 2014 09:16 JohnChoi wrote:
I think what's most surprising is the constant viewer donations. like I understand it fluctuates a lot but hiya raking in more than 4k$ a month for almost 3 years is insane. I thought maybe after the set period of time when a new streamer starts to stream and gets many "welcome to afreeca donations" it would die down and donations would be unable to financially support them but somehow afreeca has made like a system of donating in which the donator is given recognition with these balloon icons and top 20 lists and streamer reactions. weird shit but good for these expros lol
I really like the sponsor match contents. its like a win-win for both sides. The players get to play for a chance of winning really quick money and the viewer gets to watch a favorite matchup between two players. back when it was money matches there were so much issues and drama over refusing to pay.

Yeah, it's like an obligatory, but not mandatory paying to watch sort of thing. Or I guess one can also see it as "Give for those that give us entertainment." Either way, it's awesome about all of this. Sadly I have no money to donate myself, as much as I'd like to donate for other folks... :[