EPTWCS GrandFinal Prizepool - Page 2
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Liquid`Nazgul
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Eury
Sweden1126 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On September 14 2012 22:41 Eury wrote: Do anyone know the total prizepool for the whole WCS? about 750k i think | ||
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SpiZe
Canada3640 Posts
Also, add all the paid trips to this 711 000 USD plox. NICE PRIZE POOL | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On September 14 2012 22:34 Schlurpi wrote: I meant, its a well considered prizepool by blizzard. Its is still the highest first place we have seen so far. But not so high, that other tournaments look cheap, if compared. It's by Blizzard so of course they want to make it look like the most legitimate tournament even though they're borrowing other organizations facilities and staff to run it. It does have that WCG feel to it with all the regionals, continent finals and then finals etc. When the focus is on the individuals opposed to team formats I don't have many problems with what we've seen thus far at the top. As Victor pointed out, the problem is with the spread usually. Look at other individual sports like Tennis where the Grand Slam brings home 1.8 million to the winners then compare the scales and you'll see we're heading in the right direction. | ||
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WindWolf
Sweden11767 Posts
On September 14 2012 22:47 SpiZe wrote: Ok so about the prize pool, I have added evry event so far (National + Continental + Grand Finals) for a total of 711 000 USD, roughly. Some country in South America do not have prize pool in liquidpedia page. The other big chunk missing is the Asia Continental which as no prizepool announced as far as I know. Also, add all the paid trips to this 711 000 USD plox. NICE PRIZE POOL Thanks for doing this calculation! And I think that the prize pool will be nice, not to little but not to much either. We need another WCS next year! | ||
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On September 14 2012 22:47 SpiZe wrote: Ok so about the prize pool, I have added evry event so far (National + Continental + Grand Finals) for a total of 711 000 USD, roughly. Some country in South America do not have prize pool in liquidpedia page. The other big chunk missing is the Asia Continental which as no prizepool announced as far as I know. Also, add all the paid trips to this 711 000 USD plox. NICE PRIZE POOL asia continentals is 60k, so the total in the end i guess is about 780k? very solid | ||
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SilSol
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Nick_54
United States2230 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On September 14 2012 22:51 Dodgin wrote: I'm glad they are not making it more top heavy, I know this is Blizzard's tournament and they have the right to pay out as much as they want for it but it would be a little annoying to have someone suddenly win 250k for one tournament while others like mvp/mc/nestea have been winning multiple tournaments for years to get to that point. conceivably, creator could, if he gets lucky: 10.5k from WCS KR 24K from WCS Asia 100K from WCS Global =125k ish i think that's the max anyone can get from the WCS | ||
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FuRong
New Zealand3089 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16099 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On September 14 2012 22:57 Torte de Lini wrote: Its no international, but very nice! the prize pool is much more evenly spread than the international, plus 750k (x5 for the non-team aspect) is pretty solid ;D On September 14 2012 22:59 Vindicare605 wrote: And now the speculation begins. who's going to win it!? creator | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On September 14 2012 23:02 opterown wrote: the prize pool is much more evenly spread than the international, plus 750k (x5 for the non-team aspect) is pretty solid ;D creator Yeah, wish guys would drop the whole International 2 thing already. -_- Even Torte got the International bug, ha! | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On September 14 2012 23:02 opterown wrote: the prize pool is much more evenly spread than the international, plus 750k (x5 for the non-team aspect) is pretty solid ;D creator Why is evenly spread good? | ||
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Hiea
Denmark1538 Posts
South America: 44.600 Europe: 189.000 Oceania: 30.000 Asia: 125.980 Global Finals: 250.000 Total: 759.580 There was some missing or no price pool at all for some South American countries. Now if you think about the 1,6 mill valve put into DotA 2, this is just under half, but keep in mind that Blizz pays for the travel to all of their events, they flew Tastosis across the world to try and get more attention to countries like the UK and Australia. I think if we knew the prices of all the plane tickets it probably wouldn't be much different in total prize money than what valve did. | ||
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
better support for the players, rather than for publicity imo, since atm prize winnings are the main source of income for most sc2 progamers (e.g. not many people get big salaries, maybe that will change soon though). top heavy is good for publicity, but it's harder to survive of if you're average-ish imo i think a good spread is better  | ||
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Hiea
Denmark1538 Posts
Because if 1 guy wins it all you have 1 very rich person and a lot of people with very little. If all the price money went to the winner, there would be no way for other people to work their way up to catch those guys because they just don't have the income to keep playing. | ||
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