On August 17 2011 09:16 Senx wrote:
Its really just LoL and Dota 2 pulling out these ridiclous prizepools out of their asses, but they're also one of the first developers to actually invest into the esport scene.

Esport has consisted of sponsor money since the dawn of time, now that devs are getting involved we should just embrace it. These companies knows what they're doing.

So as long the games are succesful, the companies behind will find reasons to invest further to up its popularity.

Well..
Dota 2 is supportable, Valve is balls deep in money and they're doing this to boost their game's introduction rather than help eSports. My main worry is LoL, I don't know how they're affording a 5 million dollar tournament on their "f2p" (not really most of my friends have bought so much shit) system.

As Incontrol said though, hopefully it all works out.

befek

Poland413 Posts

August 17 2011 00:20 GMT

#1923

On August 17 2011 09:19 Fanek wrote:
I'm sorry, just turn on stream, where is the 1mln $ pool ?
sc2 turnament ?

DotA 2 this weekend(?), LoL has 5 mln proze pool season 2.

Loxley

Netherlands2480 Posts

August 17 2011 00:21 GMT

#1924

What tourney would generate as much viewers when they can't get to 10% of that prizepool? If blizz sponsors a tourney for 10million (by tripping and picking up the change) - the 3rd party companies feel demotivated to host one aswell with sponsors. They simply can't generate the viewers to fullfill the ROI.

Edit; and thats not even mentioning big scene sponsors like intel/steelseris etc, they would choose their attachment to tourneys based on viewers. The blizz 10million one would be worth it for the buzz alone, the 50.000 tourney wouldn't. For a time it could hold, but like they said in iTG; the bubble would burst upon itself.

diarsenic

United States385 Posts

August 17 2011 00:21 GMT

#1925

Idra QQing

ZAiNs

United Kingdom6525 Posts

August 17 2011 00:21 GMT

#1926

Oh Idra...

constantqt

176 Posts

August 17 2011 00:22 GMT

#1927

cool story bro

User was temp banned for this post.

Zeevo

148 Posts

August 17 2011 00:22 GMT

#1928

whats the difference between inside the game and state of the game?

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

August 17 2011 00:22 GMT

#1929

Err... Valve is obviously going to win this "war" they can host an infinite number of $1million tournaments, while it is highly unlikely that Riot is going to be able to keep hosting $5million tournaments.

Termit

Sweden3466 Posts

August 17 2011 00:23 GMT

#1930

lmao

Senx

Sweden5901 Posts

August 17 2011 00:24 GMT

#1931

On August 17 2011 09:20 youngminii wrote:

Show nested quote +

LoL is one of the most popular PC game on the market right now, they're pulling in ridicilous numbers. They also got chinese investors.

I dont think money is a problem for either developer, its just their motivation on where to use it which may be the issue in the future.

Skamtet

Canada634 Posts

August 17 2011 00:24 GMT

#1932

MUTE THE STREAM, GOD DAMN

ZAiNs

United Kingdom6525 Posts

August 17 2011 00:24 GMT

#1933

On August 17 2011 09:22 Zeevo wrote:
whats the difference between inside the game and state of the game?

State of the Game has better hosts.

Tabbris

Bangladesh2839 Posts

August 17 2011 00:24 GMT

#1934

corruptors dont have energy....

Idra zerg king!!!!

Silfurstar

Switzerland263 Posts

August 17 2011 00:25 GMT

#1935

On August 17 2011 09:22 Zeevo wrote:
whats the difference between inside the game and state of the game?

Inside the game is more about interaction with viewers, people calling in, etc.
State of the game is more like a talk show with pro players discussing on their own.

That's the way I see it anyway, someone will correct me if I'm wrong ! :D

Andreas

Norway214 Posts

August 17 2011 00:27 GMT

#1936

Main reason I shut down the stream once people start calling in is it's just lower level zergs asking Idra about imbalances... Really dull in my opinion, though I don't know what djWheat can really do about it.