bearhug Profile Joined September 2010 United States 996 Posts Last Edited: 2016-05-16 21:19:15 #1





World E-Sports Games [WESG]



This is a tournament organised by AliSports ( Alibaba.com, aka the "amazon/ebay" of China ). The totoal prize pool for Starcraft 2 is $400,000 (and $1,500,000, $1,500,000, $300,000, for DOTA2, CS:GO, Hearthstone, respectively). Each region has 2-4(?TBC) qualifiers. The global finals will be held in December 2016, in Shanghai, China.



Prize Pool Distribution - SC2 :



Global Finals

Total : $400,000

1. Place : $200,000

2. Place : $100,000

3. Place : $50,000

4-. Place : TBD



Asian Finals

1. Place : $10,000

2. Place : $5,000

3. Place : $2500



EU, NA, and other regions: TBA



Region Qualifiers :

TBA



Map pool :

Blizzard ladder maps



Date :

June 2016-December 2016





Stream :

TBD



Official website (Chinese) :

www.wesg.com



[BTW, so far the official schedule of regional qualifiers other than China is not available. I will keep you updated. Stay tuned.]



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This is a tournament organised by AliSports ( Alibaba.com, aka the "amazon/ebay" of China ). The totoal prize pool for Starcraft 2 is $400,000 (and $1,500,000, $1,500,000, $300,000, for DOTA2, CS:GO, Hearthstone, respectively). Each region has 2-4(?TBC) qualifiers. The global finals will be held in December 2016, in Shanghai, China.Global FinalsTotal : $400,0001. Place : $200,0002. Place : $100,0003. Place : $50,0004-. Place : TBDAsian Finals1. Place : $10,0002. Place : $5,0003. Place : $2500EU, NA, and other regions: TBATBABlizzard ladder mapsJune 2016-December 2016TBD--------------------------------------------------------------- On May 17 2016 06:14 bearhug wrote:

Here is the story:

Upon planning the event, Alibaba asked a popular Chinese SC2 commentator XiaoSe, "what's is the largest prize money so far for SC2 in the world ?"

Xiaose replied "ahh, $200k... ( total prize pool ) ."

Alibaba "Got it. Let's match that. $200k for 1st place. "

We are dusts in the vast cosmic arena. Need to make the most out of life when we still have it.

Hughgrant Profile Joined June 2015 32 Posts #2 Woot! 200K! $$$$$

SuperHofmann Profile Joined September 2013 Italy 1741 Posts #3 well this seems huge Vasacast always in my <3

Haku Profile Joined August 2013 Germany 457 Posts #4 Wtf is this. Koreans banned inc.? Jaedong | Life | MKP | PartinG | LosirA | Flash | TaeJa | Revival | TLO | Bomber | HerO | Armani | viOLet | Stephano | Maru | Ragnarok | MC | IdrA | Serral | Creator | TY | INnoVation | Liquid | Prime | JinAir

ssg Profile Joined July 2011 United States 1696 Posts #5 Holy crap

alukarD Profile Joined July 2012 Mexico 395 Posts Last Edited: 2016-05-16 16:23:52 #6 We need more info! Die Trying

endy Profile Blog Joined May 2009 Switzerland 8910 Posts #7

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/506733-ali-sports-announces-55mil-wesg-translation I believe there was already a thread for this event ॐ

Nakajin Profile Blog Joined September 2014 Canada 6579 Posts #8 Wow that is a huge prize pool, I hope Alibaba don't burn their finger. http://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg

Ej_ Profile Blog Joined January 2013 47288 Posts #9 fucking china man "Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya

rotta Profile Joined December 2011 5526 Posts #10 WCG hype! don't wall off against random

Charoisaur Profile Joined August 2014 Germany 13352 Posts #11 lucky sOs INnoVation

Incognoto Profile Blog Joined May 2010 France 10199 Posts #12 What's up with this? Prize pot is too high! eso-community.net | Age of Empires 3 Community Forum ! | maru lover forever | I LIVE IN USA NOW http://i.imgur.com/EZPrgbW.png

rotta Profile Joined December 2011 5526 Posts #13 On May 17 2016 02:46 Incognoto wrote:

What's up with this? Prize pot is too high!

don't wall off against random

Nerchio Profile Joined October 2009 Poland 2628 Posts #14 Somebody said this is pretty shady though, right? Progamer "I am the best" - Nerchio , 2017.

ErrantKnight Profile Joined November 2012 Switzerland 186 Posts #15 If it isn't fake, sOs will win it, if sOs doesn't win it, it's fake. "Quantity is quality by itself"

HolydaKing Profile Joined February 2010 20320 Posts Last Edited: 2016-05-16 18:16:21 #16 On May 17 2016 02:55 Nerchio wrote:

Somebody said this is pretty shady though, right?

I'm sure you'll be able to play your games and everything will be fine, but I could very well imagine that you won't see your prizemoney (if you win any) at all. Not sure if my memory is wrong, though, but there have been similar sounding tournaments in China for WC3 back in the days were no money was paid.



Maybe today this thing doesn't happen anymore tho, idk. Given their huge sponsor I wouldn't be thinking it could happen. I'm sure you'll be able to play your games and everything will be fine, but I could very well imagine that you won't see your prizemoney (if you win any) at all. Not sure if my memory is wrong, though, but there have been similar sounding tournaments in China for WC3 back in the days were no money was paid.Maybe today this thing doesn't happen anymore tho, idk. Given their huge sponsor I wouldn't be thinking it could happen.

Nakajin Profile Blog Joined September 2014 Canada 6579 Posts #17 On May 17 2016 02:55 Nerchio wrote:

Somebody said this is pretty shady though, right?



Alibaba is one of the biggest compagnie of the world so I would say it is pretty safe but of course I am not the one playing.

Alibaba is one of the biggest compagnie of the world so I would say it is pretty safe but of course I am not the one playing. http://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg

kugHop Profile Joined January 2016 Luxembourg 42 Posts #18 I'm not worried it's fake. Schould I be worried? I think I should be...



I want to be excited but the prizepool worries me a lot actually but hey, first real global event incoming! ...and on the final day, our Lord and Savior, Maru, and his disciples sOs and Rogue appeared before us and said: Don't worry my loyal fans for Proleague will forever be our Kingdom!"

Musicus Profile Joined August 2011 Germany 23387 Posts Last Edited: 2016-05-16 18:36:56 #19 On May 17 2016 02:55 Nerchio wrote:

Somebody said this is pretty shady though, right?



Well the money backer is not shady with Alibaba, I think this event is quite safe.



On May 17 2016 03:14 HolydaKing wrote:

Show nested quote +

On May 17 2016 02:55 Nerchio wrote:

Somebody said this is pretty shady though, right?

I'm sure you'll be able to play your games and everything will be fine, but I could very well imagine that you won't see your prizemoney (if you win any) at all. Not sure if my memory is wrong, though, but there have been similar sounding tournaments in China for WC3 back in the days were no money was paid.



Maybe today this thing doesn't happen anymore tho, idk. Given their huge sponsor I wouldn't be thinking it could happen. I'm sure you'll be able to play your games and everything will be fine, but I could very well imagine that you won't see your prizemoney (if you win any) at all. Not sure if my memory is wrong, though, but there have been similar sounding tournaments in China for WC3 back in the days were no money was paid.Maybe today this thing doesn't happen anymore tho, idk. Given their huge sponsor I wouldn't be thinking it could happen.



You might be talking about WCA, they have not paid out all the prize money afaik.



https://esports.yahoo.com/wca-is-a-chaotic-mess-owes-players-over-half-a-185720718.html Well the money backer is not shady with Alibaba, I think this event is quite safe.You might be talking about WCA, they have not paid out all the prize money afaik. Maru and Serral are probably top 5.

weiliem Profile Joined January 2008 1402 Posts #20 Flash may have to un-retire and return to SC2..... The return of god is necessary for this.... Oppa feeding style

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