[Xeen]

Originally Posted by DeathsFang

That's it i'm going to Dota. It's not about how fun the game is, it's about HOW MUCH MONEY IS INVOLVED

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On second thought Dota's an absolutely atrocious, unplayable shit game. Starcraft 2 it is

You have no idea how much money is involved. This tournament is not the esports budget, it's the advertising budget, if you want a simplification. It will not be setting a trend of tournaments of this scale, it purely exists to generate prerelease hype - and you can bet companies like Blizzard threw a lot more money than 1M into advertising.

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Originally Posted by Xeen

You have no idea how much money is involved. This tournament is not the esports budget, it's the advertising budget, if you want a simplification. It will not be setting a trend of tournaments of this scale, it purely exists to generate prerelease hype - and you can bet companies like Blizzard threw a lot more money than 1M into advertising.

I think this is the best marketing plan in e-sports ever - for 1M they have by far outdone any kind of advertising Blizzard has done in the past.

I think Dota still has a lot of potential for an esport mainly because of how many players there are. Every time an update of a map is posted, there will be about 10 million downloads(which means 10 million active players), far more than the amount of SC2 players.

still extremely excited for dota2 and the tournament.. GO SCYTHE!