EPTAnyway good news.
MLG 2011 Circuit Prize Money Announced - Page 8
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N4duh
United States7 Posts
Anyway good news. | ||
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delo
United States333 Posts
On February 04 2011 02:14 compscidude wrote: Yes Props to MLG. Although I'm not sure where MLG is spending 8 million investement they got. This $50k is a one time tourney in one year right? It's $10 million, IIRC. And although I don't know exactly where that money is going either, my guess would be that they sunk a ton of it into the revamped Pro Circuit format this year (2 more main stages, production equipment equivalent to Halo's tech area, camera cranes, apparently 440 more Samsung monitors [according to Sundance's twitter], more expensive/larger venues, ISP contracts, more semi trucks, additional staff, and other associated equipment), the new offices NYC MLG just moved to, and furnishing their still-new studio in said offices. There are probably a bunch of other places the money went, as well. | ||
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knL
Germany400 Posts
Then i recognized thats not the main event ... holy shit 50k really awesome. | ||
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Vehemus
United States586 Posts
On February 04 2011 02:21 delo wrote: It's $10 million, IIRC. And although I don't know exactly where that money is going either, my guess would be that they sunk a ton of it into the revamped Pro Circuit format this year (2 more main stages, production equipment equivalent to Halo's tech area, camera cranes, apparently 440 more Samsung monitors [according to Sundance's twitter], more expensive/larger venues, ISP contracts, more semi trucks, additional staff, and other associated equipment), the new offices NYC MLG just moved to, and furnishing their still-new studio in said offices. There are probably a bunch of other places the money went, as well. Agreed. Production is quite expensive. Surely one can't expect a $10million bump in funding to go straight into the prize pool. If you watch MLG this year and the production values are exactly the same as last year, you may have reason to wonder. | ||
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MLG.Shrew
United States79 Posts
Now after multiple seasons and thousands upon thousands of fans showing up to spectate - not to mention the army of viewers watching from home - we're finally getting the benefits that go along with being a world class competition. Its all thanks to you guys! OMG 2011 IS GOING TO BE INSANE :D | ||
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compscidude
176 Posts
On February 04 2011 02:24 MLG.Shrew wrote: Sooooooooooo much hard work and effort went into getting that prize purse to where it is today. It literally took us 2 years to even get SC on the pro circuit. Now after multiple seasons and thousands upon thousands of fans showing up to spectate - not to mention the army of viewers watching from home - we're finally getting the benefits that go along with being a world class competition. Its all thanks to you guys! OMG 2011 IS GOING TO BE INSANE :D whens the actual event happening? If its during the summer break.. GOGO | ||
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delo
United States333 Posts
On February 04 2011 02:24 MLG.Shrew wrote: Sooooooooooo much hard work and effort went into getting that prize purse to where it is today. It literally took us 2 years to even get SC on the pro circuit. Now after multiple seasons and thousands upon thousands of fans showing up to spectate - not to mention the army of viewers watching from home - we're finally getting the benefits that go along with being a world class competition. Its all thanks to you guys! OMG 2011 IS GOING TO BE INSANE :D Shrew, just thought you should know that you're a baller. Will we see you on a KoT someday? | ||
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DirtYLOu
575 Posts
On February 04 2011 00:24 arcticStorm wrote: o.O Wow. National Championship has more prize money than GSL. GSL is every month... And has over 20 tourneys over a year counting team leagues etc... so i dont think so | ||
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Hoju
United States449 Posts
I think they could've spread out the money down to 16th as that's very difficult to get in a 272 player tournament. And maybe bump up the regular season tournaments money, but that's nitpicking and pretty minor. But, it's pretty amazing how much money they're putting into it, and the national championship should be HUGE. Also, 272 player tournament? Kind of an odd number So is that going to be a 256 player tournament, with the top 16 seeds getting byes to the ro32 (skipping 4 rounds) OR have 32 players playing preliminary games for 16 spots and have a standard 256 player tournament? Or, some other crazy, complicated system? Can we get some MLG clarification on this? | ||
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frozt_
United States234 Posts
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pookums
151 Posts
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frozt_
United States234 Posts
On February 04 2011 02:21 N4duh wrote: Just wonder if they decided what to do with maps? Take regular pool or go in the direction of the GSL? Anyway good news. Yeah this is extremely important as well, I hope they do something about the maps, the current pool is a joke and bad for sc2. | ||
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Dantaro
United States69 Posts
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MLG_Adam
United States994 Posts
On February 04 2011 02:30 Hoju wrote: WOW. I think they could've spread out the money down to 16th as that's very difficult to get in a 272 player tournament. And maybe bump up the regular season tournaments money, but that's nitpicking and pretty minor. But, it's pretty amazing how much money they're putting into it, and the national championship should be HUGE. Also, 272 player tournament? Kind of an odd number So is that going to be a 256 player tournament, with the top 16 seeds getting byes to the ro32 (skipping 4 rounds) OR have 32 players playing preliminary games for 16 spots and have a standard 256 player tournament? Or, some other crazy, complicated system? Can we get some MLG clarification on this? SC2 will be treated like every other pro circuit title: championship bracket. Look for 256 open plus 16 pre seeded pro players already in the money bracket. That is why regular season is important. | ||
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MLG_Adam
United States994 Posts
On February 04 2011 02:34 Dantaro wrote: 272 means they are going to use the lame pro bracket thing. i guarantee this. meaning the top 16 players from 2010 will already be in a championship bracket. The open bracket will consist of 256 players fighting for 16 spots in the championship bracket. i dont think this is the way to go. halo players may accept it but i dont think starcraft players will like it. Players that place consistently are rewarded for league performance with bracket benefit. | ||
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frequency
Australia1901 Posts
Spending money and effort in creating a much better live (and perhaps online) spectating experience is equally important to the prize pool offered. Cure this, and MLG will be looking pretty good. | ||
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Sholoshka
United States60 Posts
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AtrumX
United States17 Posts
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FlashIsHigh
United States474 Posts
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dacthehork
United States2000 Posts
60 x 256 = 15360, so basically it's a big buy in and the players pay the prize pool. At least for "regular season". | ||
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