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mindspike
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Canada1902 Posts
February 03 2011 21:29 GMT
#61
OP already lists 1.62 million in prizes. So conservatively we could have close to 2 million for 2011.

This data will come in handy for analyzing where SC2 is heading.
The key will be year over year growth. For example if next year we get something like 3 million in total prizes then that would signal good times ahead because it represents 50% growth over 2011.
zerg/human - vancouver, canada
beat farm
Profile Joined October 2010
United States478 Posts
February 03 2011 22:00 GMT
#62
wow mlg is stepping it up. i wonder if koreans will fly over for it.
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
February 03 2011 22:57 GMT
#63
GSL's prize pool is absolutely monstrous, even with the reduced grand prizes. It makes me wonder where GOM and Blizzard are getting all their money from.

Then again, I think it would be nice to see the money from our purchases of SC2 and WoW subscriptions go directly into the hands of our beloved players. It's funny to see that paying for a WoW subscription may indirectly help Fruitdealer and MVP live fruitful lives.
ㅇㅅㅌㅅ
purecarnagge
Profile Joined August 2010
719 Posts
February 03 2011 23:01 GMT
#64
re-affirms being a sc2 pro gamer isn't a financially viable career choice.
bmml
Profile Joined December 2009
United Kingdom962 Posts
February 03 2011 23:10 GMT
#65
On February 04 2011 03:52 ptbl wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2011 03:31 bmml wrote:
Cool rundown.

You should add IEM V into the mix, though they haven't announced the finals / gamescom prizes afaik.


Added. Once I get the final prizepool breakdown, I'll add it. Thanks.


May I suggest you add all the IEM season V prizes on as they dont work on a pure 1 year section and the EU/US championships that happened late last year happened are all part of their yearly season. Something quite unlike the other tournaments on your list; GSL is a 1 year thing, MLG season is all this year and both Dreamhack events are going to be in 2011 afaik etc.
ehcg
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada41 Posts
February 03 2011 23:12 GMT
#66
On February 04 2011 05:12 krazymunky wrote:

is there a way to rank the earnings by team?


http://ehcg.djgamblore.com/clans.php


RHMVNovus
Profile Joined October 2010
United States738 Posts
February 03 2011 23:14 GMT
#67
On February 04 2011 08:01 purecarnagge wrote:
re-affirms being a sc2 pro gamer isn't a financially viable career choice.


Yes. This is correct. Fear not, your son shall not be won over by these degenerates.
Droning his sorrows in massive amounts of macro
Wargizmo
Profile Joined March 2010
1237 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-03 23:45:09
February 03 2011 23:29 GMT
#68

If you want to know the top prize money earners in Starcraft 2, then check out http://ehcg.djgamblore.com. hat-tip to ehcg


Wow this is an incredible list. Great read.

Breakdown of the top 20 by country:

Korea - 12 players
Sweden - 2
Finland - 1
Peru - 1
Ukraine - 1
USA - 1
Russia - 1
China - 1

Great to see so many players from around the world making money.
ptbl
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6074 Posts
February 04 2011 01:05 GMT
#69
On February 04 2011 08:10 bmml wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2011 03:52 ptbl wrote:
On February 04 2011 03:31 bmml wrote:
Cool rundown.

You should add IEM V into the mix, though they haven't announced the finals / gamescom prizes afaik.


Added. Once I get the final prizepool breakdown, I'll add it. Thanks.


May I suggest you add all the IEM season V prizes on as they dont work on a pure 1 year section and the EU/US championships that happened late last year happened are all part of their yearly season. Something quite unlike the other tournaments on your list; GSL is a 1 year thing, MLG season is all this year and both Dreamhack events are going to be in 2011 afaik etc.


I have added them in. Thanks!
Don't mind me
Seronei
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden991 Posts
February 04 2011 17:38 GMT
#70
Dreamhack's SC2 tournament will have the largest price pool of the games played there, 4 more events outside of Dreamhack Summer and Dreamhack winter.
Woony
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany6657 Posts
February 04 2011 17:48 GMT
#71
On February 04 2011 07:57 eviltomahawk wrote:
GSL's prize pool is absolutely monstrous, even with the reduced grand prizes. It makes me wonder where GOM and Blizzard are getting all their money from.

Then again, I think it would be nice to see the money from our purchases of SC2 and WoW subscriptions go directly into the hands of our beloved players. It's funny to see that paying for a WoW subscription may indirectly help Fruitdealer and MVP live fruitful lives.


Blizzard/Actvision is a multi billion dollar company, they don't care about a few lousy millions lol.
.kv
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States2332 Posts
February 04 2011 17:53 GMT
#72
damn...it's going to be hard to top what GSL is doing for the SC2 Community but I love the fact that MLG increases the prize pool. It's a step in the right direction.

I wonder what the project that incontrol was talking about in the sotg....i mean top players are moving to california
raga4ka
Profile Joined February 2008
Bulgaria5679 Posts
February 05 2011 10:45 GMT
#73
Thanks for the thread . It's always interesting to see what kind of money progamers can make in SC 2 . I think there should be more money thrown in team leagues though , there are too few team leauges compared to individual ones . Also MVP is gonna make a ton of money if other players don't step up .
m0s1n0
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany575 Posts
February 05 2011 11:37 GMT
#74
very nice overview but i miss several cups with about 5000 euros price money in a month
go4sc2, 4pl, eset, etc.
http://www.fragster.de - editor in chief
salle
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Sweden5554 Posts
February 05 2011 22:14 GMT
#75
On February 05 2011 20:37 m0s1n0 wrote:
very nice overview but i miss several cups with about 5000 euros price money in a month
go4sc2, 4pl, eset, etc.

List them all then and OP might add them.
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RyanRushia
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2748 Posts
February 05 2011 22:16 GMT
#76
it's crazy how much money has already been put into starcraft 2... we so lucky theres such a bountiful scene for it!
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. | coL.Ryan | www.twitter.com/coL_RyanR
TeMiL
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Peru545 Posts
February 07 2011 20:33 GMT
#77
who is the creator of that page? http://ehcg.djgamblore.com/
i have some details to fix on it
TheBanana
Profile Joined December 2010
Norway2183 Posts
February 07 2011 21:00 GMT
#78
On February 08 2011 05:33 TeMiL wrote:
who is the creator of that page? http://ehcg.djgamblore.com/
i have some details to fix on it


Ehcg

On February 04 2011 04:41 ehcg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2011 04:34 ptbl wrote:

Do you mind if I put your link in the OP? Great list


I do not mind at all. And if anyone has any suggestions for features or is interested in helping update things or creating a design feel free to post here or e-mail me at sterlingl@gmail.com

If you're not getting better faster than everybody else, you're getting worse.
mardi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1164 Posts
February 15 2011 01:50 GMT
#79
On February 04 2011 07:57 eviltomahawk wrote:
GSL's prize pool is absolutely monstrous, even with the reduced grand prizes. It makes me wonder where GOM and Blizzard are getting all their money from.

Then again, I think it would be nice to see the money from our purchases of SC2 and WoW subscriptions go directly into the hands of our beloved players. It's funny to see that paying for a WoW subscription may indirectly help Fruitdealer and MVP live fruitful lives.


I believe most if not all their money comes from sponsors like Sony Ericson. I also like your play on words in bold.
MrCon
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France29748 Posts
February 15 2011 02:06 GMT
#80
I think the prizepool of IEM are in euro, so they're actualy 1.35 times higher.
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