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Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke doubles HSC XX prize pool

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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23580 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-11-21 18:34:55
November 21 2019 18:24 GMT
#1
The German programmer Tobi "Lorax" Lutke is known to be a huge StarCraft fan and even competed himself in BW (winning a tournament is one of his proudest achievements).

He was part of the team that built Ruby on Rails and went on to found Shopify in Canada, resulting in him becoming a billionaire at young age.

Just recently he offered Select an internship at Shopify on grounds of his progaming career and achievements in SC2.

Now he just doubled the HSC XX prize pool. He is active on reddit and might use TL, so thank you Tobi!





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Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10105 Posts
November 21 2019 18:36 GMT
#2
awesome, we have the most loyal/passionate fans, bar none
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
traderjoe
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany69 Posts
November 21 2019 18:47 GMT
#3
awesome so the Players will give the best
Popparockz
Profile Joined April 2011
United States40 Posts
November 21 2019 18:51 GMT
#4
what a legend
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-11-21 18:54:52
November 21 2019 18:54 GMT
#5
Didn't see it here at first, this is so awesome, wow.
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
November 21 2019 19:09 GMT
#6
So awesome - astounding to see the passion he still has for Starcraft and his generosity is so appreciated. Would not be surprised to see Shopify's name as a sponsor for future events!
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
November 21 2019 19:29 GMT
#7
So 2€ for the winner of the waterslide competition? Nice.
Riquiz
Profile Joined June 2011
Netherlands402 Posts
November 21 2019 19:35 GMT
#8
SICK
Caster man does casting on yt/RiquizCasts
EndlessViolence
Profile Joined January 2011
115 Posts
November 21 2019 19:41 GMT
#9
amazing news
dswarm
Profile Joined October 2012
United States73 Posts
November 21 2019 19:45 GMT
#10
Billionaire starcraft fans, best starcraft fans.
I bleed creep
Tastyyyy
Profile Joined July 2018
Portugal95 Posts
November 21 2019 19:54 GMT
#11
If I was a blizzard employee I would be all over this guy trying to get a Shopify sponsorship.

Btw, long live rich starcraft fans that keep streams alive, double prize pools and create chinese teams for CTC.
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4420 Posts
November 21 2019 19:54 GMT
#12
Wow that's incredible.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19399 Posts
November 21 2019 20:01 GMT
#13
This is awesome. Thank you Lorax!
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
November 21 2019 20:01 GMT
#14
Wow.
Dave4
Profile Joined August 2018
494 Posts
November 21 2019 20:03 GMT
#15
On ya Tobes!
Big-t
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria1351 Posts
November 21 2019 20:11 GMT
#16
Awesome <3
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Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2224 Posts
November 21 2019 20:15 GMT
#17
Hero
FlaSh MMA INnoVation FanTaSy MKP TY Ryung | soO Dark Rogue | HuK PartinG Stork State
dankobanana
Profile Joined February 2016
Croatia244 Posts
November 21 2019 20:24 GMT
#18
wow. thank you man!
Battle is waged in the name of the many. The brave, who generation after generation choose the mantle of - Dark Templar!
AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-11-21 20:44:13
November 21 2019 20:43 GMT
#19
What a Legend!!!!! Thank you so very much for your generosity and passion. People like you are what we as a community should aspire to be, thank you for keeping the game that much more alive!!
Faker is the GOAT!
Jank
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States308 Posts
November 21 2019 20:46 GMT
#20
Wow that's awesome
"You don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day." - Michael Parenti
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