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Gamers8 to have $500,000 prize pool for SC2 & BW

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33339 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-03-29 21:04:25
March 29 2023 16:24 GMT
#1
Gamers8, a multi-game esports festival held in Riyadh by the Saudi Esports Federation, announced that it is adding StarCraft II and Brood War to its games line-up.

While there are few details at the moment, the total prize pool has been announced at $500,000 combined for both games. According to a preview video, the SC2/BW main events are set to be held during August 3-6 (Gamers8 is held for around two months, starting in July).

ESL's StarCraft II product manager Alex007 has clarified that there will be no EPT points awarded by this event.

Qualifiers for the StarCraft II portion of the event will be held online during April 14-23 through the Gamers Without Borders tournament, another affiliated event of the Saudi Esports Federation. The qualifiers will be split into Korea/EPT, with 12 players competing per region. Of the 12 players, 8 will qualify for the main event at Gamers8 (16 total).



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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13973 Posts
March 29 2023 16:24 GMT
#2
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Kreuger
Profile Joined October 2011
Sweden694 Posts
March 29 2023 16:26 GMT
#3
damn, awsome!
lepricon1992
Profile Joined July 2019
96 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-03-29 17:22:05
March 29 2023 16:27 GMT
#4
They *might* have $400k for Starcraft 2, and $100k for Broodwar
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
March 29 2023 16:37 GMT
#5
Between this and SCBoy, 2023's gonna end up with the biggest prize pool in years.

Give me that sweet sweet Saudi Prince PR money.
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argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2716 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-03-29 16:40:53
March 29 2023 16:39 GMT
#6
Alright which Saudi Prince is a secret TL user?

Also:
On March 28 2023 03:17 argonautdice wrote:
The year is 2023. Starcraft 2 is literally only running on Saudi oil money and Chinese gacha games.
very illegal and very uncool
Haku
Profile Joined August 2013
Germany550 Posts
March 29 2023 16:47 GMT
#7
Glad about SC2 getting some love, but really don't like where the money for this is coming from.
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Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1797 Posts
March 29 2023 17:18 GMT
#8
First it was China's turn to bankroll everything and now it's MBS' turn but with equal or a whole lot more "look at us we're not evil" intentions behind it
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swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-03-29 17:33:35
March 29 2023 17:33 GMT
#9
Does MBS's visit to China recently has to do with the announcement? Oliveria/TIME's winning picture above somehow made me think that he managed to convince XJP cough***
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
Rez0nence
Profile Joined February 2023
1 Post
March 29 2023 17:36 GMT
#10
More BW lets go!!
cesmin
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Germany17 Posts
March 29 2023 17:38 GMT
#11
www.youtube.com

Saudi Arabia is the world's largest arms importer ( ~11% of all global arms imports ), the United States is their top supplier (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute).

22% of the Saudi population lives below the poverty line ( Saudi Journal of Medicine, 2017 ).

~233,000 people have been killed due the Saudi "intervention" in Yemen ( Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project ).

The United Nations has described the situation in Yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with millions of people suffering from hunger, disease, and displacement.
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom926 Posts
March 29 2023 17:48 GMT
#12
Good ol' sportswashing, now with more esports.
"You have to play for yourself, you have to play to get better; you can't play to make other people happy, that's not gonna ever sustain you." - NonY
luxon
Profile Joined August 2012
United States111 Posts
March 29 2023 17:53 GMT
#13
with this type of dough, esl really should reward ept points for this, this tournament arguably going to be bigger than katowice/world championship this year.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12789 Posts
March 29 2023 18:28 GMT
#14
Bad location, nice prizepool though
WriterMaru
lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
386 Posts
March 29 2023 19:03 GMT
#15
Well.

That's awkward.
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4400 Posts
March 29 2023 19:24 GMT
#16
Wow absolutely amazing news. With the EPT decrease this is now the most important event of the year.
Glorfindelio
Profile Joined October 2022
202 Posts
March 29 2023 19:25 GMT
#17
Ehhhh, great for the players but feeling rather conflicted about this one. The world is a complicated place.
Gluon
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands388 Posts
March 29 2023 19:29 GMT
#18
Dang, that looks like an incredible tournament. All we could have dreamed of, but then in Saudi. Still, I'm excited for the pros that there is some future for them yet!
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-03-29 19:55:13
March 29 2023 19:42 GMT
#19
On March 30 2023 04:24 JJH777 wrote:
Wow absolutely amazing news. With the EPT decrease this is now the most important event of the year.


It is kind of hilarious that the Saudi State investment fund reduced the EPT prize pool while at the same time putting money somewhere else to make the biggest event of the year, and somehow this tournament won't have any EPT points awarded to it.

I know these decision are not linked, but still, you gotta welcome the obsurdity.
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
March 29 2023 20:50 GMT
#20
UNEXPECTED!! Good news.

On March 30 2023 01:27 lepricon1992 wrote:
They *might* have $400k for Starcraft 2, and $100k for Broodwar


It's other way around! That prince who funded is for sure FlaSh or Bisu fanboy.
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