On September 15 2012 00:16 Ucs wrote:
Why isen't WCS Europe showcased in the top right part on TL? I think its preatty shitty they don't do it for WCS. Higher numbers @ WCS is good for everyone.

Indeed, should have the countdown that they have for MLG and TSL etc.

Benjamin99

4176 Posts

September 14 2012 15:44 GMT

#62

On September 15 2012 00:42 Darneck wrote:

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Indeed, should have the countdown that they have for MLG and TSL etc.

You properly have to pay for that

NOOBALOPSE

Canada802 Posts

September 14 2012 15:45 GMT

#63

On September 14 2012 22:28 opterown wrote:
ooh not bad!
biggest 1st place in sc2 so far i believe
would've been nice for 500k pool though (200k for winner) haha

yeah that would have been the international of SC2 (cause obvi theere's more ppl on a dota team so...)

StarStruck

25339 Posts

September 14 2012 15:48 GMT

#64

On September 15 2012 00:16 Ucs wrote:
Why isen't WCS Europe showcased in the top right part on TL? I think its preatty shitty they don't do it for WCS. Higher numbers @ WCS is good for everyone.

Do you mean right in the banner?

Because that space is for paid for advertising only.

Doso

Germany769 Posts

September 14 2012 15:50 GMT

#65

On September 14 2012 22:20 Schlurpi wrote:
I think it is a very good prizepool. It will still be the tournament, which will bring a world-champion, but it will not crush other tournament. Like "The International" with Dota. Every other tournament will come short compared to 1,6mio.
And 100.000 for the winner and 150.000 for the rest seems pretty good for everyone competing at the world finals!

Dota2 may have a 1 Mill for the winner, but that has to be divided by six. Six players or 5 players and the clan. Also SC2 has an event with huge prize pool like every 3-4 weeks nowadays, Dota2 has like one per year.

TsGBruzze

Sweden1190 Posts

September 14 2012 15:52 GMT

#66

This is sick! Sometimes you must love blizzard!<33

StarGalaxy

Germany744 Posts

September 14 2012 16:00 GMT

#67

Great prize pool!

Looking forward to WCS and the especially the WCS GrandFinal!

mememolly

4765 Posts

September 14 2012 16:01 GMT

#68

going to be so sick

Corrupted

United States1255 Posts

September 14 2012 16:01 GMT

#69

Nice. There is so much money to be made for the top players playing this game.

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10366 Posts

September 14 2012 17:30 GMT

#70

On September 14 2012 23:28 opterown wrote:

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before that happens though, GSL and the other premiers need to step it up too so that the WCS doesn't outlcass them by 20x :p $1M is unreasonable imo, i would much rather see that $1M spread worldwide rather than to a 1st place for more player support :p

yep of course :D

1 million first prize GSL

and Code A round of 32 players still get 5,000
Code S ro32 players get ~100,000? :D

and $1000 daily playhem tournies kekek

Tidus Mino

United Kingdom1108 Posts

September 14 2012 17:38 GMT

#71

On September 14 2012 22:36 Doodsmack wrote:
Glad they didn't go overboard like Valve, and still a sick prize pool!

Well if you add up all the prize pools for World Finals, Continental and National it's probably somewhere around 750,000

Stutters695

2610 Posts

September 14 2012 20:44 GMT

#72

Glad to see Blizz is actually sticking with this instead of just patching and letting tournaments handle everything else. If the future of esports (riot, valve, and Blizz) are all giving back to the community in exchange for publicity it can only be a good thing.

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

September 14 2012 20:56 GMT

#73

That's awesome. It's even more incredible considering that only 1 man in the top 10 earnings has a shot at that. Wouldn't mind seeing some up and comer win it and instantly become a superstar though :p

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

September 14 2012 21:36 GMT

#74

On September 14 2012 23:51 Vanadiel wrote:
Why does everyone seems to believe creator is the favorite for this tournament?

because he is, really :p

bsdaemon

618 Posts

September 14 2012 21:56 GMT

#75

i hope creator do a gangnam style dance on stage after winning lol.

aike

United States1629 Posts

September 14 2012 22:03 GMT

#76

On September 15 2012 00:04 Jakkerr wrote:

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Valve flew every1 in aswell iirc.
But that doesn't really matter, why would we bother comparing pricepools.
Dota is a bigger game and it's played in a 5vs5 format.
Can't we just be happy with this sick tournament?

The difference being, valve flew every one in to 1 event. Blizzard flies pays for everyone at nations, regionals, and world finals. Blizzard paid for all of those to be live events as well. So in the end I think blizzard probably put in roughly the same amount of money as Valve (except valve's production cost on the international was probably astronomical so who knows)