Post by Eorl @ 03:07pm 16/05/14 | 12 Comments
Valve originally kicked in just $600,000 to start the prize pool off, with users pitching in the rest since its debut only just this weekend gone. The rather rapid increase is all thanks to a $2.50 donation from any player purchasing the Compendium, an all-in-one digital in-game book that offers users the chance to interact with fans and eSports players.
More details about The Compendium, which allows fans to keep up to date with competitors and matches, and its fundraising stretch goals are on The International's official site. The International will be held at Seattle’s Key Arena From July 18th to July 21st.
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Posted 03:20pm 16/5/14
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Posted 05:40pm 16/5/14
Initial prize pool - $600K
With 25% of the sales going towards the prize pools Valve's cut is 75%.
Prize pool has increased by $4.4M which means Valve's current cut is about $7.7M (from an estimated $13.1M). Now it's true that Valve do have some operating costs but I think it's fair to say some people are using money for toilet paper because of the International.
Posted 05:51pm 16/5/14
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Posted 05:13pm 17/5/14
ha! i'd be down for that
Posted 03:20pm 18/5/14
Posted 12:52pm 20/5/14
How do I even tinker?
Posted 12:58pm 20/5/14
Boots of travel to lane > Blink to trees > March of machines > Reload > March of Machines > Boots of Travel to fountain > Repeat
In the compendium you can re-roll your uncompleted heroes if you have trouble, i believe you can only do this once though.
Posted 10:58pm 20/5/14
if split the same as last year, first place will get >$3M :o
Posted 07:41am 21/5/14
I rerolled and got axe and dragon knight :D
Is there any other game with a prize pool of this much?