Dreamhack Winter 2014. Photo: Dreamhack

On Tuesday ESL published their latest plans for a new league with a million dollar prize pool. Sources to Aftonbladet Esport say that soon Dreamhack will present their counter move.

– We have regular talks with the big teams about how we can improve events and leagues, Tomas Lyckedal, Head of Esports at Dreamhack, tells Aftonbladet Esport.

ESL took the CS:GO-world with storm when they published their latest plans for a new league. One million dollars will be battled for over two seasons, ending with LAN-finals in Los Angeles and Cologne.

According to Aftonbladet Esport’s sources Dreamhack are set to present their own plans for the big teams and will do so this weekend. Dreamhack however does not veiw it as a counter move to ESL’s new league.

– To begin with we don’t talk in terms like counter moves. We rather talk about how we can do what is best for the CS:GO-scene, Tomas Lyckedal, Head of Esports at Dreamhack, tells Aftonbladet Esport.

It’s still unclear if Dreamhack’s plan involves a league, a new tournament format or development of already existing events.

– We have regular talks with the big teams about how we can improve our events and leagues. How those discussions come about and what we talk about will for now stay between us and the teams.

According to the sources of Aftonbladet Esport, Dreamhack are also planning to increase the prize pool. On Wednesday ESL presented a list of teams that have been invited to their new league. The teams however have not yet responded and are waiting for Dreamhack to present their news.

Will your plans involve an increased prize pool? If so, does the money come from you or are they sponsored by Valve in any way?

– I think we will see increased prize pools from many organizations. There is no doubt about that. I don’t think Valve will sponsor anyone with prize money except for the already existing Major-program, Lyckedal says and continues:

– The bigger question is how we solve oversaturation of online leagues, content and how much a professional team should play. It’s also about how we can give the teams and players bigger influence and also how we can provide the best possible tournament conditions.