It's just Pip speculation but it's definitely one way of reading the situation.Ĩ. If they're 50 cents over $200k they can just not confirm the total and leave people guessing, if it's billions over they can give everyone a solid gold zergling and drop the mic on the whole of esports marketing forever. To me that reads like Blizzard are fairly confident of getting the $200k but that what comes in beyond that is more nebulous. "The first $200K will be added to the $500K BlizzCon 2017 prize pool, with any surplus contributing to StarCraft II event production." I'm not saying that's the reason each thing functions a bit differently but it pops into my mind when I read sentences like: But The International is such a weird and powerful money black hole that it's interesting to watch other companies try to learn from its success without exactly copying it and thus, amongst other issues, inviting direct comparison via the figures each garners. Oh, and make no mistake, this is not a thing I can expense for work. It was the under the sea theme which pushed me over the edge. I would say that yes, Young People *ARE* Incomprehensible, but I'm part of the problem and I comprehend it far too well.
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Multiplied by 4 to get the full figure and it gives $79,649,680. It always starts at a base figure of $1,600,000 so the remainder tells you 25% of what has been spent on those Battle Passes so far. Speaking of Dota, the current International 2017 prize pool is $21,512,420. Progress is shared across War Chests so if you pick up all of the different races you won't have to unlock everything thrice.Ħ. There's a deadline of 4 November to complete progress but anything you don't earn will appear for purchase at full price at a later date. Once a phase is open you make progress through it by playing and unlock more stuff. The phases are just gating progress to stop people burning through the War Chest in a week.
Three phases then unlock at one-month intervals and you play multiplayer or co-op games to unlock more things. In this instance you buy a pass for whichever race you play as (or pick up the whole caboodle for a slight overall discount) and get some starter digital presents for StarCraft and for other Blizzard games. The compendium (now folded into the seasonal Battle Pass) for Dota 2 is probably the most famous because of the cash it attracts but Smite has the Odyssey, League of Legends had special wards and bits which let fans chip in to the pot during Worlds, CSGO's current Krakow Major sticker collection has thrown John for a loop because Young People Are INCOMPREHENSIBLE and so on.ĥb. It provides the buyer with digital fripperies and trinkets, amps up the rewards if they stick with the game and invest time, and chucks some of the profits into the esports prize pot instead of pocketing the whole thing. At first glance this War Chest seems pretty similar to every other esports funding drive/cash grab/shopping spree out there, especially since the Dota 2 compendium first raked in millions of dollars for Valve. And applause for the use of a blue colour palette on a sad song.ĥa. Also I am sad that fewer music videos seem to be set at night by the side of someone's pool.ģ. Westlife wore some really shiny suits back in the day.Ģ. The first $200K will be added to the $500K BlizzCon 2017 prize pool, with any surplus contributing to StarCraft II event production."ġ. "25% of all War Chest purchases go directly to StarCraft II esports. Your initial purchase also grants awesome rewards in other Blizzard titles." Additional skins are divided into three phases, and can be unlocked by playing Multiplayer or Co-op matches during or after the corresponding phase, until by the end of the challenge you have a full set.
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"Each War Chest begins with a single unit skin and an exclusive portrait.
"War Chest: BlizzCon 2017 introduces more than 70 new items (spread across three phases), including sprays, emoticons, exclusive portraits, and StarCraft II’s first army-wide skins, all for a steeply discounted price. I'll put their blurb below but in laygamers' terms it's a multi-stage digital loot box to incentivise people a) buying one and then b) playing more Starcraft II as well as c) also supporting the Starcraft II esports stuff at Blizzcon 2017:
While I wait for top scientists to develop an answer to our shared problem, Starcraft II is smooshing its esports carrot against fans' mouths/wallets in the form of a War Chest. If you know what makes a girl want to love you the way I doĮsports, you gotta let me know so I can get over you. Smile when you're around and cry when you're apart Tell me what makes an girl want to give you her credit card As Westlife once sang in their famous song about esports and their associated cash drives:
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