Orena launches R1.7-million CS: GO and Dota 2 tournament

eee! yes!

good to see proper prizes instead of mousepads and nonsense.
 
I know a guy whose wife quit her job 9 or 10 years ago in order to become a full time professional gamer. At the time I thought "lol wtf". So I checked now on her facebook to see if she is a millionaire and you won't believe what happened. Not much really.
 
kallie_marie said:
I know a guy whose wife quit her job 9 or 10 years ago in order to become a full time professional gamer. At the time I thought "lol wtf". So I checked now on her facebook to see if she is a millionaire and you won't believe what happened. Not much really.
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Sponsored gamers earn enough to make a living, not so much in SA though.
 
kallie_marie said:
I know a guy whose wife quit her job 9 or 10 years ago in order to become a full time professional gamer. At the time I thought "lol wtf". So I checked now on her facebook to see if she is a millionaire and you won't believe what happened. Not much really.
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It's like with any sport - to make decent money, you have to be really, really good (like top 1%).

Wonder where Orena and Mettlestate are getting the cash. There obviously has to be a good business case for this, but I am not seeing it at all. The market in SA is so small. I know people don't like hearing this, but it's the reality of the situation.
 
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Emjay said:
It's like with any sport - to make decent money, you have to be really, really good (like top 1%).

Wonder where Orena and Mettlestate are getting the cash. There obviously has to be a good business case for this, but I am not seeing it at all. The market in SA is so small. I know people don't like hearing this, but it's the reality of the situation.
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We do have esports organisations with global traction. It is only that there are many potential players which lacks exposure. Yeah, small market.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
We do have esports organisations with global traction. It is only that there are many potential players which lacks exposure. Yeah, small market.
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Global traction means nothing. How are the companies/individuals providing this money going to see a return on it? In the case of Telkom, I could kind of understand the motivations, but with the rest, I am quite uncertain.

Don't get me wrong. It's great for eSports in general in SA, but it's very confusing and makes me worry about the long term viability of eSports. Also, if I was a serious competitor, I would not forsake University or a stable job to compete.
 
I'd just like to to say screw Twitch :mad: ...refuses to work with either of my internet connections.

This tournament is great news and I can kinda see the business sense behind it for some of the partners like MSI and Red Bull. The Twitch streams will contain ad breaks during warm-ups \ changeovers \ pre- and post-match so that's quite a lot of air time over an extended period with a very focused (and captive) target market. For a company like Red Bull, whatever they're contributing is probably a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of their promotions budget.
 
Emjay said:
Global traction means nothing. How are the companies/individuals providing this money going to see a return on it? In the case of Telkom, I could kind of understand the motivations, but with the rest, I am quite uncertain.

Don't get me wrong. It's great for eSports in general in SA, but it's very confusing and makes me worry about the long term viability of eSports. Also, if I was a serious competitor, I would not forsake University or a stable job to compete.
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Our local organisations are carried by sponsorships and promotions in general. Salaries are around ~R4000, excluding any incentives, bonuses, etc. There are also many discrepancies overseas though, like the teams which are built on businesses like G2A, Kinguin and online gambling.
 
Neoprod said:
I'd just like to to say screw Twitch :mad: ...refuses to work with either of my internet connections.

This tournament is great news and I can kinda see the business sense behind it for some of the partners like MSI and Red Bull. The Twitch streams will contain ad breaks during warm-ups \ changeovers \ pre- and post-match so that's quite a lot of air time over an extended period with a very focused (and captive) target market. For a company like Red Bull, whatever they're contributing is probably a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of their promotions budget.
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Red Bull has a strong e-sports presence in the USA. See these poor players,

https://www.esportsearnings.com/players
 
Neoprod said:
I'd just like to to say screw Twitch :mad: ...refuses to work with either of my internet connections.

This tournament is great news and I can kinda see the business sense behind it for some of the partners like MSI and Red Bull. The Twitch streams will contain ad breaks during warm-ups \ changeovers \ pre- and post-match so that's quite a lot of air time over an extended period with a very focused (and captive) target market. For a company like Red Bull, whatever they're contributing is probably a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of their promotions budget.
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Have you used Streamlink?
 
Soul Assassin said:
Have you used Streamlink?
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I fiddled a bit initially but tbh, watching replays on YouTube is more convenient...don't have to be in front of the TV at a specific time. Tournament results are also pretty easy to avoid compared to mainstream sports like soccer and F1 so replays of the stream are fine for me.
 
Neoprod said:
I fiddled a bit initially but tbh, watching replays on YouTube is more convenient...don't have to be in front of the TV at a specific time. Tournament results are also pretty easy to avoid compared to mainstream sports like soccer and F1 so replays of the stream are fine for me.
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A lot of the streams are on YouTube Live Streaming as well btw.
 
Neoprod said:
I fiddled a bit initially but tbh, watching replays on YouTube is more convenient...don't have to be in front of the TV at a specific time. Tournament results are also pretty easy to avoid compared to mainstream sports like soccer and F1 so replays of the stream are fine for me.
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Alternatively you can download the demos,

http://www.hltv.org/?pageid=28
 
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