EPTI was not entertaining much hopes the prize pool would be split in a more reasonable way but still it's a shame. At least it's gonna create plenty of drama!
SC2 at Esports World Cup to have $1m prize pool
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
I was not entertaining much hopes the prize pool would be split in a more reasonable way but still it's a shame. At least it's gonna create plenty of drama! | ||
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Ciaus237
South Africa281 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25318 Posts
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Balnazza
Germany1177 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33388 Posts
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rwala
297 Posts
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Balnazza
Germany1177 Posts
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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
This might be the highest prize pool in SC2, but I still find it hard to care much about. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6929 Posts
On June 14 2024 05:10 Balnazza wrote: Curious how it will work with the points though. Do all players ranked 8th to 11th get the 20 points for 8th place? In that case SC2 could actually bring quite the insane value for the EWC race. Are there any details on how this EWC clan race thing actually works? | ||
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tigera6
3397 Posts
On June 14 2024 18:17 Harris1st wrote: Are there any details on how this EWC clan race thing actually works? Top 8 in each event collect points to their teams, which team has the most collected points AND win at least 1 event will be crowned the champion. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10343 Posts
The other thing I'm confused by though, is why the prizes are split between placements like that. It's not standard at all. For example, why does 3rd and 4th make the same, 6th and 7th make the same, but 5th is different? For Double Elim, 3rd and 4th make the same unless there's a 3rd place match later. And then 5th and 6th make the same. I guess I haven't seen how the bracket will actually work. The jump from 6th-7th to 3rd-4th being almost triple the amount is pretty crazy, and 4th making almost double that of 5th... But again, i guess anyone making it can be happy enough, that $15k is enough to live off for a year (assuming frugal living costs, which I'm sure most programers have) | ||
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bela.mervado
Hungary388 Posts
so in ~eu you can * ~0.5 the prize money. | ||
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Balnazza
Germany1177 Posts
On June 14 2024 18:17 Harris1st wrote: Are there any details on how this EWC clan race thing actually works? There is an Overview page for EWC on Liquipedia Commons Here. Though I still don't know how the 8-11th place in SC2 will work with that. On June 14 2024 20:25 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: $15k just to show up is pretty nice at the least, though yes I don't like how top heavy the prize pool is. 1st place making 2x that of 2nd place is already totally fine. The other thing I'm confused by though, is why the prizes are split between placements like that. It's not standard at all. For example, why does 3rd and 4th make the same, 6th and 7th make the same, but 5th is different? For Double Elim, 3rd and 4th make the same unless there's a 3rd place match later. And then 5th and 6th make the same. I guess I haven't seen how the bracket will actually work. The jump from 6th-7th to 3rd-4th being almost triple the amount is pretty crazy, and 4th making almost double that of 5th... But again, i guess anyone making it can be happy enough, that $15k is enough to live off for a year (assuming frugal living costs, which I'm sure most programers have) You can look up the bracket here for SC2. Basically, from "Phase 1" three players advance to the Final 4 and then there is another Single Elimination Bracket for the remaining players. The finals of that bracket then basically determine the last slot for the Final 4 and the loser ofc will be 5th place. That's why the 5th place is singled out in prizemoney | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10343 Posts
On June 15 2024 00:34 Balnazza wrote: There is an Overview page for EWC on Liquipedia Commons Here. Though I still don't know how the 8-11th place in SC2 will work with that. You can look up the bracket here for SC2. Basically, from "Phase 1" three players advance to the Final 4 and then there is another Single Elimination Bracket for the remaining players. The finals of that bracket then basically determine the last slot for the Final 4 and the loser ofc will be 5th place. That's why the 5th place is singled out in prizemoney Ah gotcha, so there's emphasis on making it to the top 4 | ||
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UnLarva
458 Posts
On April 19 2024 09:07 jy_9876543210 wrote: Serral is still listed? "Summer 2024" Well, I guess he won't be able to attend... He will. Unless there are some bad military conduct, which is very ha(aaaaaaaaaaa)rd to believe. He represents Finland... and his unit. It will be a military command. Expect no easy path to his competitors. It's about as far as Joona with the mission will ever go... | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6929 Posts
On June 15 2024 00:34 Balnazza wrote: There is an Overview page for EWC on Liquipedia Commons Here. Though I still don't know how the 8-11th place in SC2 will work with that. prizemoney Thanks! Haven't seen that | ||
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InfCereal
Canada1759 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany6929 Posts
On June 17 2024 19:04 InfCereal wrote: Crazy they're setting aside 400k just for serral Should be 500k then so he can get his 2 mil full | ||
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MJG
United Kingdom1054 Posts
BBC article on the controversy surrounding the ESWC being hosted in Saudi Arabia, with some quotes from Team Liquid: Steve Arhancet told BBC Newsbeat that weighing up whether to take part had been "quite the quandary and challenge for us". "Team Liquid is rooted in values of inclusivity," he said. "So how do we continue operating with our values in a region of the world that conflicts so strongly, and with pretty egregious human rights violations?" Steve said the team eventually decided it was important to turn up and use the contest as a platform to show their support for LGBT people. As a gay man himself, Steve said it's personally important to him and plenty of other gamers. Cool to see eSports on the BBC at all, to be honest. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25318 Posts
On July 04 2024 19:36 MJG wrote: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5x85zd71eo BBC article on the controversy surrounding the ESWC being hosted in Saudi Arabia, with some quotes from Team Liquid: Cool to see eSports on the BBC at all, to be honest. As someone who doesn’t follow eSports outside of SC2 it’s interesting that in the article they mention boycotts. I’ve zero idea how numerous or notable those are based on the article and my prior knowledge mind. Which is in stark contrast to this scene where I don’t think anyone has even come out publicly to be mildly critical about the situation. If anything I’d rather they just banned LGBTQ folks, the idea that foreigners can be tolerated for a short period for a bit of reputation laundering while their native populace are subject to sometimes brutal sanction is to me more gross if anything. At least the former is less insulting to folks’ intelligence. Whose minds are we changing here and why do we even need to? We need to kowtow to Saudi Arabian sensibilities in activities whose audience, participants and general structure overwhelmingly reside elsewhere? This isn’t some eSports powerhouse or even some potential gigantic emergent market, they’re throwing money at it in a PR exercise. Be OK with that or not, it is what it is. Football sure as fuck didn’t need Qatar to be popular, or subsequently (quel surprise) Saudi Arabia. | ||
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