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Blizzard Entertainment has withdrawn the prize money for two upcoming Esport tournaments in World of Warcraft. A total of 500,000 US dollars, the company originally wanted to contribute. However, after a crowdfunding action reached that amount, Blizzard withdrew its contribution. Fans and players were already disappointed.

Esport players from World of Warcraft are currently preparing for the Arena World Championship as well as the Mythic Dungeon International. After the Hong Kong controversy, Blizzard Entertainment is once again at the center of the discussions. Originally, the company wanted to donate $ 500,000 to the prize pool of the two competitions.

By selling products in the Blizzard Store, fans also had the chance to increase the prize pool for the players. After crowdfunding reached the $ 500,000 mark, Blizzard withdrew its contribution. In the end, there are now $ 660,000 in the prize pool, of which Blizzard is not heading for a dollar. Fans have assumed that they will increase the prize money in addition to the $ 500,000 and not fund the event for Blizzard when they buy their products. Even Esport professionals have commented on Twitter on the subject. Including Chan and Snutz from the Esport organization Cloud 9.

Blizzard did not contribute a single cent to the AWC & MDI prize pools this year. They pulled their own ‘base’ contribution of 500k when they realised how well the crowd funding did ($2.64m USD). I wonder how many who bought the toys would have if they had known this. https://t.co/c4hCAIlgQL — Chan (@C9_Chan) October 29, 2019

Also, World of Warcraft YouTuber Bellular explained in this video Blizzard decisions step by step

So all the pro players who thought they were going to be paid more money, are normally very upset now.

Tell us in the comment what do you think about this Blizzard move?