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As pointed out by Lee Sharpe on Twitter, a StarCraft 2 tournament unintentionally turned its losers into potential millionaires. The StarCraft tournament held in 2011 was hosted by the StarCraft Brood War clan AoV and originally had a prize pool of about $700 before being increased to $1,000. The tournament awarded $500 to its first place victor, $250 to second place, $150 to third place, and $100 to fourth place. Fifth to eighth place got 25 Bitcoins each, something that wasn't as highly sought after in 2011.
A friend just sent me this ten-year-old prize structure for a Starcraft tournament, and I can't stop laughing. pic.twitter.com/imokYmVQwF
— Lee Sharpe, ⛓️ @ 🏠 (@LeeSharpeNFL) February 12, 2021
The 25 Bitcoins offered up to each of the four players were valued at about $41.25 total at the time, according to Liquipedia tournament data. Now, they could buy an expensive house, a nice car, and much more with the prize money, if they've held onto it. The four winners of the prize were Sziky, Kolll, Hejek, and Jumper.
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The total valuation of that would be $4.7 million today, so hopefully the organizer didn't blow all of their Bitcoin.
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The total valuation of that would be $4.7 million today, so hopefully the organizer didn't blow all of their Bitcoin.
Now that we know you are loaded
Sziky, buy me a beer?
https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/AoV iCCup StarLeague/Round of 32The full winner list:
1st:
Scan2nd: Ace
3rd: Heme
4th: Deska
5th: Sziky
6th: Koll
7th: Hejek
8th: Jumper
Scan nearly missed being a millionaire by defeating Sziky 3:2!
OP note: this was an sc1 tournament
Beer? once maybe :D 
he also said that he never saw the BTC, so it's gone.. 
