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Rhokdar
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark240 Posts
February 03 2011 14:39 GMT
#1
So here it is http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/announcing-the-first-details-of-the-2011-mlg-pro-circuit
Wow at the national championship prize money.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 14:41:57
February 03 2011 14:41 GMT
#2
Still so much behind compared to Halo. I just cant understand it.


Well prizes are anyway sick. I'm sure that some of the Koreans might even show up this season.
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bennyaus
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia1833 Posts
February 03 2011 14:41 GMT
#3
Very impressive, maybe this will incentivize more people travelling to events, including more Koreans and Europeans.
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Rakkat
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom69 Posts
February 03 2011 14:42 GMT
#4
On February 03 2011 23:41 Grettin wrote:
Still so much behind compared to Halo. I just cant understand it.


Well prizes are anyway sick.


Halo prize is split between 4 people i believe.
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Rhokdar
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark240 Posts
February 03 2011 14:42 GMT
#5
On February 03 2011 23:41 Grettin wrote:
Still so much behind compared to Halo. I just cant understand it.


Well prizes are anyway sick. I'm sure that some of the Koreans might even show up this season.

Halo is split between 4 people
Jefferino
Profile Joined May 2010
United States69 Posts
February 03 2011 14:43 GMT
#6
50K first prize, holy crap! Could someone explain how the National Championships differs from the regular season? I'm assuming its a tournament seeded through points accumulated during the regular season?
Copenap
Profile Joined October 2010
723 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 14:45:04
February 03 2011 14:43 GMT
#7
On February 03 2011 23:41 Grettin wrote:
Still so much behind compared to Halo. I just cant understand it.


Well prizes are anyway sick. I'm sure that some of the Koreans might even show up this season.


Halo has like what, 4 players in a team? You have to consider that, so SC2 ist more per head. (Edit: at least for the NC)

National Championship is sick, 50K, damn...
Knutzi
Profile Joined July 2009
Norway664 Posts
February 03 2011 14:43 GMT
#8
lol halo

might as well just add WoW on that list and go full casual
netisopl
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada10 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 14:45:18
February 03 2011 14:43 GMT
#9
$5,000 for regular events.
$50,000 for MLG Dallas.
Knowing MLG I predict that jungle basin will still be in the map pool for next season.

Interesting.
aka_star
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United Kingdom1546 Posts
February 03 2011 14:44 GMT
#10
Sick, the winner is going to be pimping it up... its almost the same as GSL
FlashDave.999 aka Star
strike
Profile Joined August 2010
1 Post
February 03 2011 14:44 GMT
#11
This is awesome for esports! Can't wait
TaKemE
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark1045 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 14:45:49
February 03 2011 14:44 GMT
#12
Bigger then GSL for top 8!!! thats so awesome!

GSL is 44,500$ for first.
Whiladan
Profile Joined September 2010
United States463 Posts
February 03 2011 14:45 GMT
#13
Damnit, I'm two hours away from Columbus but will be in South Carolina during the time MLG is there.
saint_d
Profile Joined October 2010
United States76 Posts
February 03 2011 14:45 GMT
#14
Halo also has a much more significant amount of players per event which pay a pretty large registration fee per team which helps support its prize pool.
tahts halo, dont worry
Denizen[9]
Profile Joined July 2010
United States649 Posts
February 03 2011 14:45 GMT
#15
would be fine having a lower grand finals pay out for betterregular season 7-10k would be nice
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confusedcrib
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1307 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 14:47:36
February 03 2011 14:45 GMT
#16
Wow, wish it was higher but it's okay, I understand why it can't be. Halo also still as a much larger fan base for MLG, I mean people on Halo and Call of Duty use "MLG" instead of "Gosu" to describe skill, the prize pool for Halo should really be bigger than SC2 imo (at least for MLG)
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MLG-Kyle
Profile Joined November 2010
United States123 Posts
February 03 2011 14:46 GMT
#17
Don't forget, MLG tournaments are three days long. GSL tournaments are a month long investment.

50k in three days is a hell of a lot of money. This Season is going to be incredible I can't wait.
FarbrorAbavna
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden4856 Posts
February 03 2011 14:46 GMT
#18
On February 03 2011 23:41 Grettin wrote:
Still so much behind compared to Halo. I just cant understand it.


Well prizes are anyway sick. I'm sure that some of the Koreans might even show up this season.


halo has been in MLG for how long? a ridiculous amount of years. SC2 for 5 months(if that even). Also what others have said about team size. Considering the amount of time I'd say it's well on it's way, maybe even going very fast.
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Ikkuh
Profile Joined June 2010
Netherlands170 Posts
February 03 2011 14:47 GMT
#19
epic prizepool
Asha
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom38257 Posts
February 03 2011 14:47 GMT
#20
Goddamn that finals prizemoney is huuuuuuuge.

Money on the regular seasons isn't bad either ^^
xBillehx
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States1289 Posts
February 03 2011 14:47 GMT
#21
Prize per person for Starcraft 2 is equal to that of Halo for normal events and more for National Championships. That's pretty damn sick! Not to mention that Starcraft 2 gets it's own main stage now! Hopefully they do the event well.
Taengoo ♥
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
February 03 2011 14:47 GMT
#22
On February 03 2011 23:43 Copenap wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2011 23:41 Grettin wrote:
Still so much behind compared to Halo. I just cant understand it.


Well prizes are anyway sick. I'm sure that some of the Koreans might even show up this season.


Halo has like what, 4 players in a team? You have to consider that, so SC2 ist more per head. (Edit: at least for the NC)

National Championship is sick, 50K, damn...


Oh yeah, ofc.. Still too much!!
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
TaKemE
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark1045 Posts
February 03 2011 14:48 GMT
#23
National Championship is one time each year right?
Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
February 03 2011 14:49 GMT
#24
Pretty cool to see MLG put a lot of money on the line for the 2nd season of SC2. If it is popular it will go up the next year. Supporting MLG will only make things better.

I just don't get the hate for Halo it is a different genre than Starcraft and yet people constantly complain how it gets more money or takes less skill (Console FPS vs PC RTS good job at that comparison). I am sorry but Halo is MLG's flagship game still. It is up to us to draw more attention to SC2 and get it to take over that title.
Brood War forever!
grandmoose
Profile Joined April 2010
United States160 Posts
February 03 2011 14:49 GMT
#25
I'm worried about the amount of player slots (272). I don't think the sc2 community can sell that many passes. Starcraft has always been the spectator's esport.
not really a moose
Kelsin
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States253 Posts
February 03 2011 14:49 GMT
#26
I was extremely happy seeing these amounts. Now I just hope there'll be an event in the NE or schedules arrange nicely for me to be able to make one of the other events that's semi-close.
-Strider-
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Mexico1605 Posts
February 03 2011 14:49 GMT
#27
When is the first MLG event?
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Rakkat
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom69 Posts
February 03 2011 14:50 GMT
#28
Hmm, so if the next season of the GSL runs in March, and MLG will be at the start of April, hopefully we will get to see the Liquid crew and Idra again at MLG.
"I have just narrowly avoided having a buggering, and have come in here with the express intention of wishing one upon you."
Teddyman
Profile Joined October 2008
Finland362 Posts
February 03 2011 14:50 GMT
#29
the StarCraft 2 tournament will see 272 players square off.

My tournament system sense guesses 16 seeds plus 16 preliminaries of 16 players each leading to a 32 person final bracket. Anyway, that's a lot of players!
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InToTheWannaB
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4770 Posts
February 03 2011 14:50 GMT
#30
Can't wait for the games to start ^^. MLG did such a good job for there first season. Season 2 should be ever better.
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AnotherEon
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom250 Posts
February 03 2011 14:50 GMT
#31
Meh so much money for such a casual shit game, even if u consider it is split 4 ways -.-

there should be more money for games of skill since they are actually interesting to spectate
Ghad
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway2551 Posts
February 03 2011 14:51 GMT
#32
I love that there are 6 MLG events with SC2 this year. :D
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Antisocialmunky
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5912 Posts
February 03 2011 14:51 GMT
#33
MLG is awesome
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smileyyy
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany1816 Posts
February 03 2011 14:52 GMT
#34
the price pool sounds awesome.
I wish we could get a similar time schedule like the osl / msl. Where players have more time to prepare for their next match. Oh well I know its impossible with the travel distance in an offline tournament in the US .
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TaKemE
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark1045 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 14:53:24
February 03 2011 14:52 GMT
#35
On February 03 2011 23:50 AnotherEon wrote:
Meh so much money for such a casual shit game, even if u consider it is split 4 ways -.-

there should be more money for games of skill since they are actually interesting to spectate


You might think its a shit game but there are still more ppl watching that then ppl watching starcraft 2.
Copenap
Profile Joined October 2010
723 Posts
February 03 2011 14:53 GMT
#36
On February 03 2011 23:49 -Strider- wrote:
When is the first MLG event?


From the link...

Today, we proudly bring you the location and dates of the first two Live Competitions. We kick off the season in Dallas, TX on the weekend of April 1-3. From there, the Pro Circuit will head to Columbus, OH on June 3-5. Columbus and Dallas have proven to be popular mainstays on the Pro Circuit, and we’re thrilled to return in 2011.
Looky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1608 Posts
February 03 2011 14:53 GMT
#37
Cartel
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada255 Posts
February 03 2011 14:54 GMT
#38
Just wow. Everyone needs to give props to MLG for always putting up great events and applaud their organization and ability to get sponsors. Also thanks to the sponsors. I suspect this will attract EVERY PRO GAMER who is able to attain a VISA to the states... even the top top koreans.
WhiteLight
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada55 Posts
February 03 2011 14:54 GMT
#39
Halo has 4 players per team and they also have a dedicated coach that is always with them that tells them spawn times and other things. So if i was a halo player I would almost be upset with how much money sc is getting (clear 4x less in regular season but only half for championship).

Overall im happy to see this kind of prize money for NA tournaments.
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MadZ
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark111 Posts
February 03 2011 14:54 GMT
#40
i thnik they should lower the national championship prize and increase the prize money in their other 5 events.. 5k dollars is not enough to atract most europeans and koreans..
Mirosuu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
England283 Posts
February 03 2011 14:55 GMT
#41
This is definitely a fantastic step in the right direction for e-sports being popularised in the west. If only I could get out there for the events... =/
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
AnotherEon
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom250 Posts
February 03 2011 14:55 GMT
#42
On February 03 2011 23:52 TaKemE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2011 23:50 AnotherEon wrote:
Meh so much money for such a casual shit game, even if u consider it is split 4 ways -.-

there should be more money for games of skill since they are actually interesting to spectate


You might think its a shit game but there are still more ppl watching that then ppl watching starcraft 2.

Source?

there were more people watching SC2 at the last MLG event than Halo, and MLG is pretty much all halo has...
Scrimpton
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom465 Posts
February 03 2011 14:58 GMT
#43
LOL.

According to another poster Halo players need somebody to remind them about spawn times in game?

Caps on backwards confirmed.
Protoss is the only race with "pro" in it
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 15:00:25
February 03 2011 15:00 GMT
#44
272 players HOLY SHIT. Imagine if they sell out... heheh

I'm booking my flight for Dallas asap !>!<!>
Aikin
Profile Joined April 2010
Austria532 Posts
February 03 2011 15:02 GMT
#45
On February 03 2011 23:54 MadZ wrote:
i thnik they should lower the national championship prize and increase the prize money in their other 5 events.. 5k dollars is not enough to atract most europeans and koreans..


Last years national championship had like 6k(?) for first place and the regular seasons a lot less and still some europeans came. I think now that the sc2 teams are more established they´ll have an easier time sending people then right after forming a team.
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Vehemus
Profile Joined November 2010
United States586 Posts
February 03 2011 15:02 GMT
#46
On February 03 2011 23:54 MadZ wrote:
i thnik they should lower the national championship prize and increase the prize money in their other 5 events.. 5k dollars is not enough to atract most europeans and koreans..


MLG is a single weekend.

GSL is almost a month long.
This space for rent.
cava
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States1035 Posts
February 03 2011 15:04 GMT
#47
Although I obviously prefer starcraft over halo, the hate for Halo on I am seeing here is completely unfounded. At high levels halo is the most strategic and competitive shooter out there. The skill gap between medium to high level players might not be that high, but the strategy and teamwork skill gap is almost unlimited. As RTS players you should respect that. Being a good team in Halo might be one of the hardest things to accomplish in gaming.
cava!
Kennigit *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada19447 Posts
February 03 2011 15:05 GMT
#48
link does not constitute a good OP try harder next time
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