CSL presents Azubu Collegiate Champions - Page 3

On September 26 2012 04:57 MrMedic wrote:
Koreans will destroy this.

On September 26 2012 05:01 Alryk wrote:
This is crazy. Would be nice to see the prize pool a little more even (20,000 first place?) because we're all college kids and the more wealth spread around the better, but nonetheless, this is amazing!

On September 26 2012 04:58 Artifex Magnus wrote:

yeah just like they destroyed berkeley right?

On September 26 2012 05:06 Artifex Magnus wrote:

Big numbers attract sponsors and viewers.

And keep in mind each team has 6-10 people on their main competitive roster.

On September 26 2012 05:08 Alryk wrote:


Berkely won iirc. Suppy beat polt.





That's why you promote the 182k prize pool, and not numbers. But that 6-10 thing goes both ways, you'd be splitting 500$ 6-10 ways, which isn't really much. Better imo:

1st: 20k
2nd: 15k
3rd: 10k
4th: 5k
5-8: 2.5k
9-16: 1.5k
17-32: ~675$

If I did my math right, it comes out to about the same. And still, 20k would be at least 2k per person for first place, and that's assuming ten players. It's still definitely a large amount, and twice as many people are benefiting in this scenario. We're (hopefully) all college kids, I think more people should be benefiting than less, although obviously I don't decide this, and I do agree that a bigger first prize can certainly grab more viewers. But still, it's a very high end prize pool for an organization of college kids But I can definitely see why they'd do it.

On September 26 2012 04:59 Serimek wrote:
Isn't Polt at University ?

On September 26 2012 05:16 Artifex Magnus wrote:


The first quote was sarcasm.. I know berkeley won, and Suppy only had two win two matches to do so. Korean universities are nothing to be feared. Respected, as much as we respect our North American colleagues, but they are not GSTL contenders we're talking about.

As far as the second part, I think the big first prize is the big number to look at. You want to hype the finals with, 'competing for 40,000' which is essentially a GSL Code S first place finish. Big numbers big numbers big numbers.

On September 26 2012 05:36 Alryk wrote:

Oh haha my bad. I completely missed your sarcasm xD.

Yeah. From a marketing standpoint I completely understand why they have the prize pool set up how they do. It's just disappointing from a poor college kid point of view. Although there are still scholarships

Yeah the Korean universities aren't necessarily ahead. The interesting thing is all the best Korean players actually quit school. I'm more worried about the universities with European players who aren't out yet (thank god Stephano is full time right now haha)

How are the 5-16 places being found? If the top eu Asia and two na teams go to the live finals, where do the other places get found? It would be confusing (although not impossible, but a scheduling nightmare) to seed all the eu Asia and na teams into playoffs but only take the top from each. In which case, does EACH region get a 5-8 prize pool? While the 1-4 is shared? In that case, the prize pool makes more sense.

And I don't want to sound like I'm criticizing csl about the prizes, what they've done is absolutely insane and huge for growing a huge college scene.

On September 26 2012 05:36 Alryk wrote:

Oh haha my bad. I completely missed your sarcasm xD.

Yeah. From a marketing standpoint I completely understand why they have the prize pool set up how they do. It's just disappointing from a poor college kid point of view. Although there are still scholarships

Yeah the Korean universities aren't necessarily ahead. The interesting thing is all the best Korean players actually quit school. I'm more worried about the universities with European players who aren't out yet (thank god Stephano is full time right now haha)

How are the 5-16 places being found? If the top eu Asia and two na teams go to the live finals, where do the other places get found? It would be confusing (although not impossible, but a scheduling nightmare) to seed all the eu Asia and na teams into playoffs but only take the top from each. In which case, does EACH region get a 5-8 prize pool? While the 1-4 is shared? In that case, the prize pool makes more sense.

And I don't want to sound like I'm criticizing csl about the prizes, what they've done is absolutely insane and huge for growing a huge college scene.