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Watch StarCraft II on Twitch to Support Esports in 2019
War Chest, StarCraft II’s seasonal program that gives players a way to unlock an arsenal of in-game extras while supporting StarCraft II esports, is back with all-new rewards with War Chest 4! Additionally, for the first time ever, War Chest will integrate directly with social video service Twitch to reward players for watching StarCraft II on the platform. Players who watch participating StarCraft II streams on Twitch during War Chest 4 will earn XP towards unlocking rewards, just as they do for playing the game.
War Chest 4 rewards are themed after Terran Special Forces, Simulant Zerg, and Forged Protoss, and they include in-game player portraits, sprays, emoticons, banners, and—for the first time—building skins.
Players can purchase access to War Chest 4 for €9.99 (EUR) per race or €24.99 (EUR) for all three races. 25% of the proceeds will fund 2019 StarCraft esports. War Chest 4 kicks off December 18, so stay tuned for more details!
War Chest 3 increased the prize pool for the 2018 WCS Global Finals at BlizzCon by $200,000, bringing the total prize pool to $700,000—tied with the highest prize pool ever for a StarCraft II esports event.
Source: StarCraft II BlizzCon 2018 Fact Sheet
Edit 2018-12-20: You can buy the Warchest through affiliate links to support your favourite streamer!
Here is a list https://www.twitch.tv/team/sc2warchest/
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And still no option to disable skins, what a bummer.
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Not gonna happen creager, its a source of money for them.
Same thing happened in dota, people ask for it but its their revenue stream so they have to keep it.
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It doesn't feel right for a warchest where its the same price but is only building skins... They should've been bundled together in the first place.
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On November 03 2018 07:15 zolocommander wrote:
Not gonna happen creager, its a source of money for them.
Same thing happened in dota, people ask for it but its their revenue stream so they have to keep it.
Well, just because other games do it, doesn't mean it has to be this way with all games, and SC2 didn't even start on a f2p business model.
I'm just not a person to get triggered to buy skins when forced to look at them and I just wish, they'd respect (apparently the minority of) players who just see skins in such a highly competitive game as annoying, I'd rather spend $5 or even $10 for an option like this (which actually also sounds kinda ridiculous, just let me play the game I've grown accustomed to over the years without all this new cosmetic bs they're cranking out).
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Just bumping this because this is the most noteworthy thing that happened for sc2 at BlizzCon, besides the actual WCS tournament of course.
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Bit offtopic but has anybody got the watching rewards?
I have watched everyday of WCS Global finals and I havent got anything. I got rare loot chest for Heroes of the Storm even tho I watched it for less than 1 minute.
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is there any information about what tournaments are going to be supported with that?
because i don't have any interest in increasing the prizepool of the already biggest tournaments in sc2 instead of more grassroot stuff just for some superficial hype
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No new misson pack announcement?
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South Korea2106 Posts
On November 03 2018 21:01 romson87 wrote:
No new misson pack announcement?
There's a 'What's Next' panel later on today, something might get announced, who knows
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On November 03 2018 21:50 Ziggy wrote:There's a 'What's Next' panel later on today, something might get announced, who knows
A mission pack would be pretty big news that even lapsed players could be interested in. I can't imagine it not being shown in the opening ceremony.
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On November 03 2018 07:15 zolocommander wrote:
Not gonna happen creager, its a source of money for them.
Same thing happened in dota, people ask for it but its their revenue stream so they have to keep it.
what i'd like is.. i can customize my skins and my opponents skins based on the skins i've purchased. creating the exact experience i want.
imagine a Terran mirror that is....
Raynor's Raiders Versus Dominion Special Forces
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Austria24422 Posts
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Disruptor Portrait, wheres raven portrait...
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United States33604 Posts
An extra large refinery to hide Widow Mines behind, please
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This is great for people who mainly watch Starcraft and don't play much but want to support eSports by buying the warchest. This way they still get the unlocks even if they don't play enough to get the unlocks.
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I'd do that, but I have no idea how the money is spent.
Adding 200k to Blizzcon price pool (which I know is the result of warchest funding) hardly seems worth it, to be honest.
Shoutcraft's were an awesome thing to fund this way (especially if they would be truly regular, as in every month), but with TB gone they seem to be gone as well.
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If they could at least update the list of winners on the Warchest tab ffs...
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More news, that is unexpected. Looking forward to get more out of my warchest buys 
I am one the buyers who doesn't play much anymore, so I like that I will get some rewards by watching twitch.
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