Yep, so qualify for a Major and potentially fly home with absolutely nothing.
You may remember this from the Singapore Major in 2021.
Their reward was to faceTeam Secretright off the bat.
Not completely unexpected, they fell to the EU giants 2:0 to the lower brackets.
Under the previous systems, both Majors and Minors awarded DPC points to all teams competing.
The 13-16th place teams (16 teams total participating) received $12,500 and 100 DPC points.
Therefore attendance should not be an automatic reason to receive anything further.
‘just win ez’
The problem is teams get so little for top league placements currently.
The overall prize money for a DPC Season is between $20-30k.
Something which was also pointed out by NA player David “Tan” Moonmeander.
And this was all prior to the decrease andlack of third-party tournamentsto supplement and fill the gaps.
We did fund abattle passthat went to nothing and dump millions into the TI prize pool yearly.
The final total for the TI10 prize pool clocked in at$40,018,195from crowdfunding and Battle Pass purchases.
That is a2401.14%increase from the original base amount of $1.6 million.
A bit of money to keep the scene healthy isn’t asking too much is it?
