EPTThe prize for this tournament is 12 BTC, which at the time of writing exchanges for over $10,000. This would be a large prizepool for your average tournament but it is the largest prizepool for a single showmatch in Starcraft 2 history.
This should have been put in the event poster too, and the event titles. I knew what bitcoin was, but still had no idea of its dollar worth. Thus, when I see the title or the poster, it doesn't occur to me that I'm looking at the largest showmatch in SC2 ever.Bitcoin Starcraft - Scarlett vs Naniwa for 14BTC - Page 5
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figq
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Qwerty85
Croatia5536 Posts
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Phaenoman
568 Posts
On December 16 2013 16:08 IvorYchef wrote: It´s like this in all sports, will never change. But eSport is still not there where other sports are. Still long way to go. So u can't compare them with eSports. The money here is not healthy for eSports. This money could have been used for a larger set of player, helping eSports by distributing the money much better! | ||
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CyberVoid
Brazil165 Posts
Go Scarlett! $_$ | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On December 16 2013 16:16 Phaenoman wrote: But eSport is still not there where other sports are. Still long way to go. So u can't compare them with eSports. The money here is not healthy for eSports. This money could have been used for a larger set of player, helping eSports by distributing the money much better! but what if the sponsors dont want a bigger tournament? what if all they want is Naniwa vs Scarlett? | ||
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Phaenoman
568 Posts
On December 16 2013 16:22 jmbthirteen wrote: but what if the sponsors dont want a bigger tournament? what if all they want is Naniwa vs Scarlett? It's still better than no money for eSports at all, don't get me wrong. But I am sure u got my point here. | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On December 16 2013 15:58 Phaenoman wrote: I don't like this at all. I think the prize distribution is pretty bad cuz its only 2 players. If ppl complain about the fact that u can't make money for living out of sc2 then this is why. Very good players that earn a lot get even more money like that. Thats very sad. Less known/ successful ppl have very low chance to get to that money. The match is great, no doubt. But the prize is not distrubuted fairly and too high for a "2 player tournament". I don't like this. You don't understand how sponsorship works. This is a false dichotomy. That money would not go elsewhere. This is what this money was for and if this did not happen, that money would simply not be spent. This is not a utopian democracy where there's a pool of funds that the community gets to decide how to spend. It does not work that way. Naniwa just won a bunch of money in what was basically a free win for him Swedish tournament. Major just won a bunch of money in a tournament that he breezed through just like every other Latin American event. Is any of that fair? No probably not, but that's where that money is and it's not magically going to distribute itself fairly somewhere else if that event does not happen. These people wanted a high profile showmatch to promote the understanding and use of Bitcoin, that's what their money got them. That's it, end of story. That is the reality of how the business works. | ||
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StayPhrosty
Canada406 Posts
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Gene(S)is
Sweden419 Posts
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Goibon
New Zealand8185 Posts
can't wait also can't decide who i'd want to win. long time nani fan but scarlett has earned my admiration and respect in recent time also | ||
nimdil
Poland3748 Posts
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synd
Bulgaria586 Posts
Keep it up! | ||
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nvs.
Canada3609 Posts
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ampson
United States2355 Posts
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Doublemint
Austria8510 Posts
On December 16 2013 15:57 BisuDagger wrote: If Naniwa wins are people going to blame protoss? If so I propose a TvT. Does the pope shit in the woods? Nani <3 | ||
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StatixEx
United Kingdom779 Posts
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Drake
Germany6146 Posts
On December 16 2013 09:10 Ace Frehley wrote: They should take advantage that Scarlett is in Europe and do the showmatch while both are in Europe. Cross server = lag whinning if you whine about lag when you play on american server as european, your just braindead ^^ there is litaraly no lag | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
This is going to be siiiiiiiiiiiiiick! | ||
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Drake
Germany6146 Posts
On December 16 2013 16:16 Phaenoman wrote: But eSport is still not there where other sports are. Still long way to go. So u can't compare them with eSports. The money here is not healthy for eSports. This money could have been used for a larger set of player, helping eSports by distributing the money much better! thats bs, sry but i mean the sponsors WANNA sponsor this sm, why they should wanna sponsor a tournament ? no its absolute fine you seem to think that these players live of their pircemoney. but most of them live on their contracts, the monthly money they do, this is just a bonus (Like in sport too) | ||
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budar
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