1st place prizepool for every international event

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gamergirl

1st place winnings for all international riot hosted masters/champions/showcase events

iceland 2021 : 200k USD
berlin 2021 : 225k USD
berlin(champs) 2021 : 350k USD
iceland 2022 : 200k USD
copenhagen 2022 : 200k USD
istanbul 2022 : 300k USD
sao paolo(lock in) 2023 : 100k USD
tokyo 2023 : 350k USD
los angeles 2023 : 1m USD
madrid 2024 : 250k USD
shanghai 2024 : 350k USD
korea 2024 : 1m USD

what can we draw from this??

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cloudberry

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Champs gives you more money than Masters

~~Also that's not prize pool, that's how much the winner gets~~ nvm I'm stupid you said 1st place prize pool

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early winners robbed

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gamergirl

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nah only fnc got robbed, 500k total prizepool (smallest to date) to share with 32 teams, riot shouldve funded that event more man

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DBStudios

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VCT LOCK//IN Capsule: From February 8th - March 7th 2023, 50% of net proceeds from the capsule were shared among VCT partner teams. Up to March 7th, the LOCK//IN Bundle has raised more than $10M for VCT partner teams.

If you can't do the math btw each team got an additional $312,500 so by default fnatic and every team would have gotten more earnings from that event than master winners did (and previous champ winners too).

Also riot already put more than enough funding lmao they had just gave funds to the 32 new teams that got accepted into franchising, had to rent out an entire stadium for 32 teams, and had to set up 32 matches which includes promotion and production costs too.

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gamergirl

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idk if u can read but it says prizepool in the title

riot still shouldve funded the event more because sadly it lost a lot of competitiveness

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Aayan

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you have to consider the sheer cost of flying, housing and feeding 32 teams (224 people minimum when you only consider a team of 5, a sub and a manager)
(even as a FNC fan, who would've been happy if they won more money, I think it's understandable)
Also the prizepool (unless its absolutely insane, like I'm talking millions for #1) isn't as big of a motivator.
Normally you have to pay taxes twice, divide it in half, then divide it in in 6 or 7 to get your cut

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gamergirl

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the prizepool would increase for all teams if you increase it for first place

stop the cope train, accept reality and grow in life

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prizepool isn't a motivator is crazy when fnatic is losing 28 million dollars per year LOL the cope is certainly good

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champions 2022 being only 300k is crazy

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Plumber’s era

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catNmouse

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What about 2021 then?

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2021 > 2022

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catNmouse

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because emea won more trophies than NA did? sentinels literally won the first masters without a coach

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Who even cares? Those two years were a mess anyway. Real Valorant only began with franchising.

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lock in less than first masters #noticing

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gamergirl

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10 team event had a 600k prizepool, 32 team showcase event has 500k prizepool

#noticing

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1243

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https://valorantesports.com/en-GB/news/vct-lock-in-everything-you-need-to-know
clearly states it is a "tournament to kickoff 2023"
nowhere does it even mention "masters"
smh riot you didn't have to be so obvious

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gamergirl

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tragic

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fnatic got robbed

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what can yo draw from this? 1 calendar season in cs got more prizepool than whole valo history, thats a shame, game is so much better https://www.hltv.org/calendar

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don’t click ip grabber

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cameran

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we cab draw that the prize pools increased
champs gives more money
riot doesnt care about america viewers
emea viewers were partying

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the game was still picking up steam early on. riot cant fund an esport without it having major watchers and sponsors behind it. Just give it a few more events and we can expect a major increase. but riot is also a smaller company than say valve or epic, which is why the prizepools are significantly smaller even for LoL Worlds.

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It tells me that champs 2021 is bigger than m0drid

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catNmouse

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you’re not even gonna point out champs 2022?

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Good point.. zeek > pancada

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it also tells us that lock in was the smallest event by this logic

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Fine by me, anything for 2021 champs

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W

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Lock in was the biggest mickey mouse of all time.