$5Million Prize Pool! - LoL Season 2

[Araneatrox]

http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/news/league-legends-season-two-feature-5-million-prize-pool


Summoners!

With League of Legends fans setting viewership records in the Western world for the League of Legends Season One Championship, we're as excited as you are to kick Season Two off in style. As you've helped us become one of the most popular online titles to date, we thought it was only appropriate that League of Legends Season Two should boast the largest prize pool in eSports.

The League of Legends Season Two prize pool will feature a record setting $5 million prize pool!

The thriving eSports community surrounding League of Legends continues to grow at an incredible pace, and it�s the enthusiasm of competitors from across the globe that has engendered this special opportunity. And with League of Legends featured as an official title in such landmark eSports organizations as Major League Gaming, Electronic Sports League, and the World Cyber Games, this substantially increased prize pool is just the first glimpse into what we have planned for the upcoming season.

The money will be funding prizing for local, national and international tournaments to foster and grow the League of Legends eSports scene. For starters, the new season will feature weekly livestreams of our ongoing regional tournaments in North America, and across both European enviornments, so stay tuned for more information on these broadcasts and to see a lot more of League of Legends enthusiasts like Phreak, Rivington III and Nikasaur.

League of Legends Season Two is coming this fall, summoners! And with $5 million on the line this time around, the League of Legends eSports scene just got even more exciting!

League of legends 5 MILLION DOLLARS!

[Antidote]

Saw that this morning. Seems like an interesting way to counter DotA 2's announcement.

[Giant421]

I still dont understand LoL. Seems like its SC2 but not as much work. If that is the case then why hasnt MLG upped the purse for it since its the worlds most popular PC game and has the most tournys?

[Antidote]

I still dont understand LoL. Seems like its SC2 but not as much work. If that is the case then why hasnt MLG upped the purse for it since its the worlds most popular PC game and has the most tournys?

Because one of the only things that does beat it out in the PC gaming world is SC2. Nothing comes close.

Also comparing SC2 to LoL would be like comparing Halo to Street Fighter. The only thing they have in common is you beat the crap out of the other player to win.

[Araneatrox]

I still dont understand LoL. Seems like its SC2 but not as much work. If that is the case then why hasnt MLG upped the purse for it since its the worlds most popular PC game and has the most tournys?

Perhaps because LoL doesn't have the most tournaments of any game. Sc2 still has that title.

So far the only LoL tournament that has generated any sort of interest is the Season 1 that concluded while i was at Dreamhack.

[HavkinKnight]

i saw that this morning on GI.com they make a good point 1mil=3 days of work 5mil=for a whole year of effort. i guess would you rather earn 200,000 in a weekend or 1 million in a year

[pt ogre]

I still dont understand LoL. Seems like its SC2 but not as much work. If that is the case then why hasnt MLG upped the purse for it since its the worlds most popular PC game and has the most tournys?

sc2 doesn't really have much competition, lots of people love it and there's very few pure RTS at the same calibre

LoL has to put up big money to bring people to play their game because they're competing with HoN and DotA2 for players' attention and money