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WTL Winter prize pool to double

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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
January 01 2022 12:50 GMT
#1
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So, you probably have heard of the fact that WTL Winter did a league merch run, and sold out 1000 in 40 minutes.

Here is the content of the merch drop (~$47).

Certificate signed by scboy;
Themed poker set featuring top league players;
Invictus Gaming player badges;
WTL mousemat;
WTL winner's trophy theme medal set;
WTL mug;

All proceedings of the merch drop (300K CNY, ~$47K) will be added to the WTL Winter prize pool:

250K CNY (~$39K) will be added to the league prize pool, spread proportionally among all teams;
10K CNY ($1.6K) each for seasonal MVP, best Terran, best Zerg and best Protoss player award winners;
10K CNY ($1.6K) for best on stream celebrations (exact amount of winners pending)

More merch will be available for subsequent seasons for extra funding for the league, with the ultimate goal being increasing the total prize pool to 1M CNY ($160K) per season.
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Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14458 Posts
January 01 2022 12:55 GMT
#2
Super cool initiative!
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TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
January 01 2022 13:15 GMT
#3
Good stuff and good news!

This is one of those measures they had planned for a long time to support the league, right? Super cool the see it become reality.
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Gemini_19
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1238 Posts
January 01 2022 13:39 GMT
#4
Bro I would kill for that playing card set. Those look so sick.
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Haku
Profile Joined August 2013
Germany550 Posts
January 01 2022 13:53 GMT
#5
Good news! Glad to hear that!

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buzz_bender
Profile Joined August 2019
445 Posts
January 01 2022 13:55 GMT
#6
Wait, where can we buy these merch?
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3357 Posts
January 01 2022 13:58 GMT
#7
I wish they made those merch available through international shipping, would certainly double the sale.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
January 01 2022 14:28 GMT
#8
Great stuff! WTL is like the chinese HSC, glad the comunity get involved behind it
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lepricon1992
Profile Joined July 2019
96 Posts
January 01 2022 14:54 GMT
#9
I bet Harstem will win that $1600 for best celebration XD
Evilmj
Profile Joined December 2021
China103 Posts
January 01 2022 17:36 GMT
#10
SCboys save SCII!
Magnath10
Profile Joined February 2020
Egypt33 Posts
January 01 2022 18:09 GMT
#11
On January 01 2022 22:55 buzz_bender wrote:
Wait, where can we buy these merch?

SCboy says he will open sales again and wants to make them available to the world as well, nothing set in stone quite yet though.
xelnaga_empire
Profile Joined March 2012
627 Posts
January 02 2022 10:52 GMT
#12
If I am reading this right, the proceeds of each merchandise sale, $47 USD, has been put back into the prize pool.

But those items cost money, and there is also the cost of shipping, right? Or is $47 the net profit made from the merchandise sales, and the profit is being put back into the prize pool? If $47 is the cost of the items and shipping, SCBoy is actually losing money to do this (not to mention the time and labor invested to do this, which in itself costs money).

Either way, the World Team League is a great way to support the pro players and give them extra money to support their livelihood as pro SC2 players. So a big thanks for SCBoy for supporting the SC2 pro scene with the World Team League
ciwomuli
Profile Joined December 2021
China5 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-01-02 12:18:09
January 02 2022 12:17 GMT
#13
On January 02 2022 19:52 xelnaga_empire wrote:
If I am reading this right, the proceeds of each merchandise sale, $47 USD, has been put back into the prize pool.

But those items cost money, and there is also the cost of shipping, right? Or is $47 the net profit made from the merchandise sales, and the profit is being put back into the prize pool? If $47 is the cost of the items and shipping, SCBoy is actually losing money to do this (not to mention the time and labor invested to do this, which in itself costs money).

Either way, the World Team League is a great way to support the pro players and give them extra money to support their livelihood as pro SC2 players. So a big thanks for SCBoy for supporting the SC2 pro scene with the World Team League

You are right.SCBoy is losing money.They said that each merch cost about $24 USD,and they paid for it.
lepricon1992
Profile Joined July 2019
96 Posts
January 02 2022 12:27 GMT
#14
On January 02 2022 19:52 xelnaga_empire wrote:
If I am reading this right, the proceeds of each merchandise sale, $47 USD, has been put back into the prize pool.

But those items cost money, and there is also the cost of shipping, right? Or is $47 the net profit made from the merchandise sales, and the profit is being put back into the prize pool? If $47 is the cost of the items and shipping, SCBoy is actually losing money to do this (not to mention the time and labor invested to do this, which in itself costs money).

Either way, the World Team League is a great way to support the pro players and give them extra money to support their livelihood as pro SC2 players. So a big thanks for SCBoy for supporting the SC2 pro scene with the World Team League


It's not net profit but sale price. The organizer absorbs the material costs themselves and put all the money they gathered back into the prize pool in order to support teams. I'd say it's kinda like a way of donating, while supporters could get some souvenirs either.
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-01-02 13:54:45
January 02 2022 13:54 GMT
#15
On January 02 2022 19:52 xelnaga_empire wrote:
If I am reading this right, the proceeds of each merchandise sale, $47 USD, has been put back into the prize pool.

But those items cost money, and there is also the cost of shipping, right? Or is $47 the net profit made from the merchandise sales, and the profit is being put back into the prize pool? If $47 is the cost of the items and shipping, SCBoy is actually losing money to do this (not to mention the time and labor invested to do this, which in itself costs money).

Either way, the World Team League is a great way to support the pro players and give them extra money to support their livelihood as pro SC2 players. So a big thanks for SCBoy for supporting the SC2 pro scene with the World Team League

Correct. SCboy is basically losing $28K doing this. Alternatively, you can see this as the community contributing half of the additional prize pool, the other half scboy added themselves.
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JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4401 Posts
January 02 2022 16:40 GMT
#16
I will definitely buy that set if it goes live again and is available for international shipping.
Elliot1
Profile Joined January 2016
Sweden5 Posts
January 02 2022 21:06 GMT
#17
Awesome!
atrox_
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom1710 Posts
January 02 2022 22:20 GMT
#18
We don't deserve scboy
Bob_Vernen
Profile Joined July 2018
41 Posts
January 03 2022 18:29 GMT
#19
That is awesome to hear!

Also this is a sick set. Like I'm sure a bunch of people, I would be super excited to purchase future iterations of that set at much highest prices than $47 (assuming it can be shipped outside of China).

Go scboy!!

rextor92
Profile Joined September 2020
7 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-01-04 23:22:01
January 04 2022 22:34 GMT
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