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Why does every thread that mentions LoL NEED to turn into a LoL vs HoN vs Dota2 thread? Seriously, cut it out.

Page 7, 00:29 KST.
Trizz
Profile Joined June 2010
Netherlands1318 Posts
August 15 2011 14:26 GMT
#61
On August 15 2011 22:58 Moosai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2011 22:56 klops wrote:
Throw a 5 million dollar tournament.

Still don't have spectator support.

wat.

The LoL season 1 championship had about 250k people watching.


As said before, the stream numbers were bugged out.
250k is far from the actual number, it's much lower.
nope
Senx
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Sweden5901 Posts
August 15 2011 14:26 GMT
#62
On August 15 2011 23:22 Looky wrote:
all pro dota players pick this game up take the money and go back to playing dota2. ez. even one of the best hon players got ranked 1 on solo ladder for playing it only a month.


Yeah bro chu8 and his team just dominated the shit out of the LoL scene, oh wait they havent won anything..

Derp?
"trash micro but win - its marine" MC commentary during HSC 4
DND_Enkil
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden598 Posts
August 15 2011 14:26 GMT
#63
On August 15 2011 22:45 FieryBalrog wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2011 22:41 Ryhn wrote:
Valve: 1.6M~ for a three day invitational tournament

Riot: 5.0M~ for a 365 day worldwide season, spanning multiple tournments.


I think Valve still has a record, guys.

Uh....

Riot: $5 million for an actual functioning tournament scene
Valve: $1.6 million for pre-selected teams for a marketing hype

Valve's prize pool isn't actually supporting the scene yet. It's no different from Black Ops hype prize pools of $1 million. It's part of marketing.


Yeah agree with this, valve throws 1,6 mil in a marketing move and Riot sets up a year long functioning tournament scene, complete with a kick-ass final for probably a large chunk of that money.

Cant say i like LoL but Riot actually seem to know how to properly support E-sports more than any developer or organiser i have seen before.
"If you write about a sewing needle there is always some one-eyed bastard that gets offended" - Fritiof The Pirate Nilsson
saint_d
Profile Joined October 2010
United States76 Posts
August 15 2011 14:27 GMT
#64
On August 15 2011 23:26 Trizz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2011 22:58 Moosai wrote:
On August 15 2011 22:56 klops wrote:
Throw a 5 million dollar tournament.

Still don't have spectator support.

wat.

The LoL season 1 championship had about 250k people watching.


As said before, the stream numbers were bugged out.
250k is far from the actual number, it's much lower.

Stop spreading false information.
tahts halo, dont worry
Grimjaw
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
178 Posts
August 15 2011 14:29 GMT
#65
Dota2 will make money hand over fist, just watch. You have most of the HoN and DOTA community going over, those who are tired of LoL, and generally all those who want the next gen MOBA. If Valve is good at one thing, it's making a shit ton of money; I would expect no less from them and Ice Frog.
Jakkerr
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2549 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-15 14:30:27
August 15 2011 14:29 GMT
#66
On August 15 2011 23:26 Trizz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2011 22:58 Moosai wrote:
On August 15 2011 22:56 klops wrote:
Throw a 5 million dollar tournament.

Still don't have spectator support.

wat.

The LoL season 1 championship had about 250k people watching.


As said before, the stream numbers were bugged out.
250k is far from the actual number, it's much lower.


idd m8 get ur facts straight.
Cuz ur Dutch I'll explain it to you.
They added a link to the stream into the gameclient, this link didn't autoplay and you had to click on it to go to the stream.
If it would have autoplayed the viewernumber would have been much much higher since LoL's daily playerpeak is usually around 500k.
so Yes the viewernumber was legit.
Xplitcit
Profile Joined October 2010
United States419 Posts
August 15 2011 14:30 GMT
#67
On August 15 2011 23:26 Senx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2011 23:19 Cevari wrote:
I'm curious, does LoL have any kind of tournament scene outside these events directly sponsored by the developer and if it does what kind of money moves in those tournaments? Just wondering because despite how enormous $5 million in prizes is, it's not actually in a different scale of magnitude when compared to the entire sc2 competetive scene since release. A very fast guesstimate derived from sc2earnings.com would put the total prize money distributed in sc2 competetions over this past year and a bit at somewhere around $2 million. And there's no reason to believe that figure won't go higher this coming year imo.

The sc2 scene is just extremely different in structure. I expect Riot to be organising more events than in the past but it feels like they're still keeping the numbers relatively low, so what I see happening is a lot more centralised scene with the top teams competing at pretty much every event, instead of the extremely decentralised sc2 scene. Whether this is a good or bad thing is up for debate, though for the spectator it's probably a good thing since it limits tournament overflow and creates storylines that are relatively easy to keep track of. From a business point of view I can't imagine it's a good thing the entire scene is sustained by the developer though. Afaik Blizzard accounts for a fairly marginal piece of the sc2 prize money pie at least for now, with almost all of the money coming from sponsors. This seems the better option to me.


ESL runs quite consistantly tournaments and cups, MLG will also be starting with LoL at Raleigh.

There is a LoL scene, its just poorly covered, we also have no good commentators like SC2 has.

Prolly cause no one want to cast that piece of crap.

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It aint easy being crazy
LoLAdriankat
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4307 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-15 14:33:39
August 15 2011 14:31 GMT
#68
On August 15 2011 23:29 Jakkerr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2011 23:26 Trizz wrote:
On August 15 2011 22:58 Moosai wrote:
On August 15 2011 22:56 klops wrote:
Throw a 5 million dollar tournament.

Still don't have spectator support.

wat.

The LoL season 1 championship had about 250k people watching.


As said before, the stream numbers were bugged out.
250k is far from the actual number, it's much lower.


idd m8 get ur facts straight.
Cuz ur Dutch I'll explain it to you.
They added a link to the stream into the gameclient, this link didn't autoplay and you had to click on it to go to the stream.
If it would have autoplayed the viewernumber would have been much much higher since LoL's daily playerpeak is usually around 500k.
so Yes the viewernumber was legit.

I don't even understand why people keep saying an actual stream was embedded into the client despite all the various efforts to prove that it wasn't. >.<
Grimjaw
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
178 Posts
August 15 2011 14:34 GMT
#69
Well chu did dominate soloQ in a fast manner, no one can deny that. He said he never planned on taking the game too seriously, which is why he's back on HoN (Starting streaming this week too!) and just awaiting Dota 2.
Kyhol
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2574 Posts
August 15 2011 14:34 GMT
#70
You're supporting E Sports! : ) Go LOL!
Wishing you well.
Midas_
Profile Joined September 2010
268 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-15 14:35:30
August 15 2011 14:34 GMT
#71
Looks like a pretty desperate all-in-ish move from riot to keep "competitive"-LOL playersbase for at least another year.
DemiSe
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
883 Posts
August 15 2011 14:35 GMT
#72
On August 15 2011 22:47 GTR wrote:
i just see all the chinese dota teams just picking up lol for a few days then taking all the money.

Who else would compete? I'am totally clueless when it comes to the LoL-scene, are there any sponsored teams?
Let's See Who's Stronger, Your Tricks, Or My Skills.
bunnymuncher
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada112 Posts
August 15 2011 14:35 GMT
#73
It's great for esports that Riot is doing this, but it won't change my opinion on LoL. I've had an account since the game came out, and have played many games. LoL is too simple and boring. In terms of skill and quality it is nowhere near Starcraft 2. I just find the strategy and decision making in LoL too easy.

Of course this is just my personal opinion, i have respect for all gamers and people can choose whatever game they want ^^
Alaron
Profile Joined August 2010
United States225 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-15 14:37:38
August 15 2011 14:36 GMT
#74
On August 15 2011 23:26 Senx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2011 23:22 Looky wrote:
all pro dota players pick this game up take the money and go back to playing dota2. ez. even one of the best hon players got ranked 1 on solo ladder for playing it only a month.


Yeah bro chu8 and his team just dominated the shit out of the LoL scene, oh wait they havent won anything..

Derp?


Wanna see something funny?

[image loading]

Took him less than 3 months. Imagine if an ENTIRE team were to go to LoL.
Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
August 15 2011 14:37 GMT
#75
I really hope that they talk about this on Lo3. 5 million is a ton of money. Jesus christ.
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
August 15 2011 14:37 GMT
#76
Lol this is getting ridiculous. Good news for the players I guess.
o choro é livre
Looky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1608 Posts
August 15 2011 14:38 GMT
#77
On August 15 2011 23:26 Senx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2011 23:22 Looky wrote:
all pro dota players pick this game up take the money and go back to playing dota2. ez. even one of the best hon players got ranked 1 on solo ladder for playing it only a month.


Yeah bro chu8 and his team just dominated the shit out of the LoL scene, oh wait they havent won anything..

Derp?


yeah because chu was on a team derp.
Benjef
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom6921 Posts
August 15 2011 14:38 GMT
#78
There just trying to compete with Dota 2. Nothing wrong with healthy competition.
<3 | Dota 2 | DayZ | <3
skrotcyk
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden432 Posts
August 15 2011 14:39 GMT
#79
lol ezcash to the hon/dota players if they switch over to LoL
Grimjaw
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
178 Posts
August 15 2011 14:39 GMT
#80
Agree with screenshot. Took him just over half the games than HSGG to get there in 3 months, not even counting his 2 smurf accounts.
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