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IEM World Championship to be Winner Takes All for $100,000…
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
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argonautdice
Canada2720 Posts
Which is going to be sick :p | ||
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Zax19
Czech Republic1136 Posts
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Epamynondas
387 Posts
On January 28 2014 04:36 ProBot wrote: So let me get this straight, most of you are telling me you would turn down the chance at an free trip to a tournament at a chance of winning 100k just because there's only 1 payout? No, but as an spectator I feel that all games of this tournament besides the finals will be less meaningful than if a player increased their prize for every match they won. | ||
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Fusilero
United Kingdom50293 Posts
On January 28 2014 04:38 ujonecro wrote: HAHA imagine being dragged to stage after you just lost in the finals at a tournament like tihs. The runner up: "I'm going to get nothing, fuck you I'm out of here" | ||
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ProBot
Canada170 Posts
On January 28 2014 04:38 Canucklehead wrote: I think they should up the ante and make it so all casters/hosts, etc salary for the event goes into a winner takes all pot with the winner chosen by a reddit vote! Bad troll is bad | ||
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Musicus
Germany23579 Posts
On January 28 2014 04:36 DinoMight wrote: But I mean, aside from the top LETS SAY 5 players... if this money was distributed like other tournaments. You still have almost 11 guys going home empty handed anyway. Maybe they get $500. But is that going to pay the bills? I think the problem is just there's not enough money to put into it. E-sports isn't really viable until guys who never win tournaments can make a decent living. how the top 1-5 players split their money won't really affect the rest of the scene IMO. Why are you assuming so many things? At IEM everybody always got money, at least 600$ for the last place at normal IEMs and 1.4k at the WC. Winner got 30k, it was the best distribution in the scene, IEM always was the most fair and rational tournament when it came to prize money. It doesn't make sense. | ||
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sCnInfinity
Germany82 Posts
( I think the price distribution is the most important thing at tournaments.. | ||
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Qwyn
United States2779 Posts
On January 28 2014 04:38 shinobi112 wrote: Really, you believe any foreigner just says well I am going to lose a Korean, I might as well not go… If you are going to lose to a korean mentality and there are 10 koreans you are not going to participate anyways because you will be knocked out first round before any money anyways… They all are INVITED to this tournament after getting other prize money earlier in the year… THIS is like a BONUS tournament… with a BONUS prize of 100,000 so… All these players already got paid for their efforts. If I am a professional player - who in most cases - evaluates tourneys based on prize payout and competition...why the HELL would I spend my precious time flying out to a tournament where only one person - 99% a top level Korean - is going to take ALL 100k? I'm sorry, but a tourney isn't made by its prize-pool, and this does nothing to foster talent whatsoever. It's just a payout to a player who has very likely done very well this year and is rounding up another bundle of cash. Tourneys are forgetting...cash does not a memorable tourney make. | ||
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SinCitta
Germany2127 Posts
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ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
That's just brutal for the other 15 guys. | ||
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invisigoat
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Eliezar
United States481 Posts
On January 28 2014 04:22 Liquid`Nazgul wrote: It's hard to be negative about a $100k announcement but this is just bad. This reminds me of Soso talking about how Thresh won all this many playing Doom/Quake whatever, but how can you keep trying to support yourself like that when if you make it to the final and lose then you can only afford to live in your parents' basement. The funny thing is that I feel this is going in the opposite direction. The pay needs to be more for most of the field at these events and at times less for the winners. Of course there has been a shift in that direction since the earliest GOM tournaments. | ||
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Aeromi
France14461 Posts
On January 28 2014 04:42 invisigoat wrote: Its just Blizzcon - $150,00 Not really. JD won 45K. | ||
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ProBot
Canada170 Posts
On January 28 2014 04:39 Epamynondas wrote: No, but as an spectator I feel that all games of this tournament besides the finals will be less meaningful than if a player increased their prize for every match they won. then those players have every right to .... NOT GO. Wholly fuck your all acting like this is the standard here. It's a one off thing that they're trying. In reality are any of you not going to watch it? Probably not, so why the fuck does it matter. Every time anyone tries to do something slightly different in the community people bring out the pitch forks without even thinking about what the fuck they're saying. Just let them do what they're going to do and if it sucks. Fair enough ... bitch. But not giving them the chance before even giving it a go ..... grow up guys. | ||
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NovaMB
Germany9534 Posts
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CCa1ss1e
Canada3231 Posts
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argonautdice
Canada2720 Posts
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Killmouse
Austria5700 Posts
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DifuntO
Greece2376 Posts
Personally i'm fine with this.I saw some pros comment on twitter but let's be real foreigner players,you wouldn't win any significant amount of money anyways,so get fucked! Winner takes all! HYPE!!! | ||
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