IGN's new $150k+ SC2 League - Page 31

On March 29 2011 23:31 Sablar wrote:
Having too many leagues seems like a good problem. Probably not all of them will survive, unless they have some nische, but what can you do.

So I'm kind of sad that EU or more specifically swedes probably won't be able to do anything here, but it's a good thing for e-sports overall and NA especially. It's interesting how Sweden has been able to do so well in the e-sports scene from CS to war3 and SC2 and many others, and I think it's because of dreamhack and a larger culture for gaming. So something similar for NA should definetely get more players motivated and better I guess.

But.. how many viewers are EU-based? I guess from a marketing perspective it's easier to get new viewers and ads for NA like pointed out. But an event like TSL3.. it wouldn't suprise me if the majority of viewers are EU? Or at least close? Just looking that that old TL.net poll "where are you from?" anyway. I hope they notice that there is a big market share on this side of the atlantic.

In the meantime I can only think that it's a good thing that many tournaments are popping up and that prize pools are growing. Even if all of them can't make it it's good with a little competition I think, at least for me as a viewer.

On April 04 2011 22:28 -Archangel- wrote:
So any news about this?
I remember reading somewhere that 4.4 is when they will tell us the details?!

On April 04 2011 23:46 TestSubject893 wrote:


The timer on the site (http://www.ign.com/proleague) expires at midnight. Let's hope we get some answers then.

Q: Why only $5,000 for Season 1?

A: $5,000 is the maximum you can give as prize money before you have to jump a bunch of hoops with Blizzard. We're working with Blizzard in regards to our future events but for now, for our test run, we're just working with that amount. Also, not to say that $5,000 is an insignificant amount, but our future events will significantly eclipse that mark.