My rebirth is different

Chapter 693 A Feast for Global Players

Although Effie, the president of Facebook Games, has gone abroad, the promotion of the 2003 WCG event has not stopped. The company headquarters has a dedicated e-sports event department, which is in charge of the original WCG event organizing team.

The time has come to mid-December. After two months of competition selection, the representative teams of each competition area have been confirmed, and the strong teams from various countries in Asia, Europe and the United States have also gathered in Shanghai, preparing to participate in the final finals!
The most eye-catching one is naturally the CS competition.

The CS project of WCG this time is really star-studded, and all the strong teams in the world are here.

Nordic Titans SK-GAMING, MYM, Fnatic, Deutsche Chariot MTW, MouseSports, Dutch giants Team Liquid, Maple Leaf giants Evil Genius, CS uncrowned king 3D and other giant clubs also broke out from the fierce competition. The European division stood out and came to the finals.

Many people may not be familiar with MouseSports, a German team, but when it comes to the sniper Johnny.R, there should be no old CS players who don't know it.

In North America, of course, the strong team 3D is indispensable.

In Asia, of course, China and South Korea have the most qualified teams, and SKT, KT, Samsung, etc. have also won the right to qualify.

On the Chinese side, as many as six teams have won the right to qualify, representing the six regions of the country.

Among them, the local Hongtu Club in Shanghai and the Legendary E-sports Club in Pengcheng deserve attention.

In Hongtu, there is Zhang Liang, an alumnus of Jiaotong University who both Yu Wenfei and Effie know. After joining Hongtu Club, he can be regarded as a "man of the hour" in the school.

A top student at Jiaotong University and a professional e-sports player, these two identities may not be surprising if they are taken separately, but it is relatively rare to have them on the same person at the same time.

The Legendary e-sports club is owned by the Legendary mobile phone company, and the crow personally serves as the general manager of the e-sports club.

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The 16-year-old Xiao Wu and several teammates, under the personal leadership of the general manager Wu Ya, flew from Pengcheng to Shanghai by plane.

This is Xiao Wu's first visit to Shanghai.

This is also the first time in his life to take a plane and the first time to travel far.

Since he came into contact with the CS game, it can be said that his destiny has truly changed. ,

Originally, with his age and academic performance, it was almost time for him to enter the factory to work, but because he played well in CS and was the first batch of champions in South China, he was favored by the legendary club and invited him to join the club.

Although the salary of the club is not high, he can still play games with his teammates every day including food and lodging. After a month, he still has a salary of several thousand yuan. For him, this is already the most ideal life.

This kind of e-sports club sponsored by a big company is indeed much better than the amateur team. The legendary club has also been invincible from the Guangdong provincial trials, becoming the only representative team in the South China region, all the way to the WCG global finals.

"Wow! Demon City is so beautiful, much more beautiful than Pengcheng."

Sitting on the minibus heading to the hotel, Xiao Wu felt dizzy looking at the scenery outside the window.

In 2003, of course, Pengcheng could not be compared with Shanghai, no matter from any point of view.

And the urbanization construction of Shanghai has always been in a leading position in China.

"Hey, if you can win the championship this time, the bonus alone will be enough for you to buy a big house in Shanghai and live comfortably for the rest of your life." Crow joked.

"Boss, don't look at the jokes. It's not easy for us to reach the finals. We will definitely not be able to beat those strong teams in Europe and America. The sniper god Johnny.R is here! Who can beat that kind of pervert!" A team member said quickly.

In addition to training, they often watch the game videos of European and American teams.

In the video, the reaction speed of the European and American masters is really amazing, especially Johnny.

"But that bonus is really... a lot of riding!" Another team member sighed.

Speaking of the prize money of this competition, everyone became more excited.

The competition bonus system has been announced. The CS project occupies 70.00% of the total prize pool, the Warcraft project accounts for 20.00%, and the StarCraft project only accounts for [-]%.

This is also allocated according to the number of game players and the number of participants. CS is the hottest game with the greatest influence and the widest audience. It is also the most watched project in this WCG.

In addition, in the bonus pool, CS players contribute the most!
Warcraft is relatively inferior, but there are still many loyal players in Asia, the United States and Europe. As for StarCraft, there are too many niche players, except for Chinese and Korean players. The influence is not as good as before.

As of NO.15 in December, the total prize pool of WCG has reached 200 million US dollars, and it is still increasing.

Because the 2003WCG limited edition skin box will be sold until the last day of the finals, during this period, all income will be included in the total prize pool.

Not to mention how much money can be sold in the next half a month, but based on the current amount, the bonus allocated to the CS project has reached 200 million...

There are a total of 64 top teams selected from around the world. Anyone selected for this global final will have a basic bonus of 640 US dollars!This part totaled [-] million US dollars.

The 64 teams were divided into four groups, with sixteen teams in each group. The round-robin points system was used to fight each other. The top four in each group qualified. The competition was quite fierce.

Then, the top 40 teams that qualify from the group will receive an additional reward of US$ 640 per team, totaling US$ [-] million.

In other words, as long as you can enter the top 50 in the world, [-] US dollars will already be in your hands!

This amount is more than the previous WCG championship bonus!

After subtracting these two 640 million US dollars, there is still at least 200 million US dollars left in the prize pool. These are the prize money for the champion, runner-up, and third place.

Because this figure is still in flux, pro-rata is used.

60.00% exclusive to the champion!
Runner-up 30.00%!
[-]% for third place!

Even in the following period of time, the bonus pool will not increase by a single point, if it is only 200 million.

If you win the championship, there will still be 720 million US dollars in the account!
Get rich overnight!
Under normal circumstances, for professional clubs, the game bonus is divided in half between the player and the club.

Five players (some teams will also have a substitute), can get 360 million US dollars, 72 per person!

No matter in any country, $72 is not a small amount of money, especially at that time in 2003.

And because Magic City has decided to build the capital of e-sports, it has also given great preferential treatment to the e-sports industry in terms of taxation. In this WCG finals, all bonuses are tax-free!
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"I didn't dare to think about the championship. It would be great if we can enter the top [-], [-] US dollars per person!" Another team member said enthusiastically.

The top 50 teams can get [-] US dollars, which is shared equally between the club and the players. The Legendary CS team has only five players and no substitutes, so each player can get [-] US dollars.

This is more than 40 RMB!

With this money, you can buy a house in the non-city center area of ​​Shanghai.

For these young CS players, it is an astronomical sum, so their goal this time is to enter the top sixteen!

The crow slapped the team member on the shoulder, staring and said: "Is it good to be a little promising! The top sixteen is not enough, this is good, I will leave the word here, if you can enter the top eight, or get more For a good ranking, all the bonuses for that one are yours, and the club doesn’t take any money!”

Xiao Wu and the other four team members stared wide-eyed and asked in unison: "Boss, are you kidding? Are they really all ours?!"

If the club doesn't divide it, then the prize money distributed to everyone will be doubled in an instant!
Fifty thousand dollars turned into one hundred thousand dollars...

And from the top sixteen to the top eight, it is nothing more than defeating another team. There is still hope for a win.

Of course, none of them considered the situation of not being able to make it to the top [-]. After all, they are also the king of the Facebook platform, Gaowan, and everyone is still a little confident.

The promise of the crows is of course not just to encourage them to achieve better results, but also has other meanings.

Legendary Company established such an e-sports club for the purpose of promoting the company's mobile phones, and the new mobile phones will be launched soon.

If at this juncture, the legendary CS team can achieve good results in this WCG finals, then the publicity effect cannot be brought by 25 US dollars.

Therefore, whether or not the $25 is needed is not important to the legendary company, what is important is that the team can go further and let more players remember the "Legend" brand!
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For this WCG competition, the Facebook game company has also launched a comprehensive cooperation with the relevant departments of the magic city.

The city specially provided a large stadium as a competition venue, which was temporarily transformed into an e-sports stadium for this competition.

Moreover, the city has allocated special funds for a dedicated e-sports venue. In the next two years, a new large-scale e-sports venue will be built in Pudong New Area.

In terms of publicity, let's not talk about the overwhelming news reports of relevant media in the city.

Dragon TV also provided pre-game recordings and live broadcasts during the finals. In an e-sports column temporarily added by the TV station, you can watch all the games.

Facebook Game also contacted some foreign TV stations, and authorized them to live broadcast or record the competition for free, without charging a penny, the purpose is to expand the global influence of WCG!

On the Internet, due to the limitation of bandwidth, it is unrealistic to broadcast all games live on the Internet in real time, because there are too many users watching at the same time, and the network at that time could not meet that requirement.

Therefore, on the Facebook game platform and the Facebook video website, game videos (non-live) are provided for global users to watch.

In short, within the scope of technical permission, Facebook Games has done its best!
WCG in 2003 was definitely a feast for gamers all over the world!
(End of this chapter)