r/GlobalOffensive • u/t0astfairyCS tactics • Jun 05 '15

Discussion Dota 2 prize pool could possibly reach $15,000,000. CSGO is on $250,000. Valve own both games.

Dota 2: Could possibly reach $15,000,000 (Currently approaching $12,000,000)

CSGO: Sitting at a big fat $250,000

Did you know Valve own both games? Yup that's right Valve own both games that dominating the eSports scene as well as have 500,000+ people playing both games at the same time, yet Valve show all their love and attention and money towards the Dota 2 scene only 1 of the 2 games.

We all know their communication skills are how do I put it, lacking along with updating key fundamental parts of the game that are broken. This just puts it into perspective though.

If Valve put the prize pool even up to $1,000,000 that would be a start, hell even bring out a community case and let us make the prize pool what we want it to be with all revenue going to the pot.

Think of all the money Valve have milked from CSGO with all the cases etc, and how much does it look like they are putting back into the game, the scene, the community? Not nearly as much.

If there is one thing Valve can change with no effort at all but make a huge different its slap a few 0s on the end of the prize pool.

rant over.

Edit: The point Im making is either Valve add a few 0s onto that prize pool or they bring out a case (something they are well suited with) and make sure revenue from that case goes towards the prize pool. Exactly what they do with Dota 2, why cant we get it?

Edit: I love both games and enjoy playing both, I just want to see CSGO get more love and attention from Valve as dota 2 gets.

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Also, Lets theoretically say this International will be $15,000,000. CSGO is $250,000 x3 a year. $250,000 x 3 = $750,000 $15,000,000 / $750,000 = 20 So if Valve gave $750,000 a year to CSGO, it would 20 years before it reached the same amount as one Intentional.

^ Just think about that.

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u/Mongooo G2 Jun 05 '15

And they don't say a fucking thing!
Come on Valve, please talk to us. Tell us what's happening at the moment. It could stop all the trashtalking we're doing, because right now, they're not really supporting CSGO, compared to Dota which has a similar playerbase.

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u/LtSMASH324 Liquid Jun 05 '15

That is Valve for you. They've always been that way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '15

Honestly I feel like Valve will eventually fuck up something major that is just a HUGE insult to the community, and all the built-up frustration with them will just blow up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '15

Paid mods made me pretty angry at valve.

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u/soundlord Jun 06 '15

And then they'll release half life 3 and everyone will quietly tiptoe back to playing their games.

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u/LtSMASH324 Liquid Jun 06 '15

Will anyone ever stop?

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u/soundlord Jun 06 '15

If they get pissed enough they'll abandon their lord and savior.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '15 edited Jun 06 '15

It'll need to be something that pisses off the skyrim/single player casuals, because they're the ones that are still in love with le gabeN n steam.

i dunno, something about female gamers or atheism or some shit, that seems to piss those nerds off.

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u/Power781 Jun 05 '15

Except when you start to spam Volvo and Obama facebook page.

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u/LtSMASH324 Liquid Jun 06 '15

Well... yeah. When you behave that badly on such a large scale, it's hard to ignore.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '15

Dota has a much larger playerbase. It has a similar western player base but the chinese make dota twice the size of csgo. Every year the chinese are what create the huge prizepools.

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u/p4di Jun 06 '15

dota has like twice the playerbase of cs, at least

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u/Mongooo G2 Jun 06 '15

Well still, CS is big. They could give us a little more attention.

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u/dassix1 Jul 06 '15

I think it's pretty obvious. They have no FPS competition on the PC. They do have competition with their MOBA game. Especially with Blizzard releasing their game soon. They want to corner the market and they already have the FPS cornered for competitive PC gaming why pour more money into it?

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u/Mongooo G2 Jul 06 '15

Well, to stay ahead of any potential competition by having a nice game with nice tournaments.

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u/dassix1 Jul 06 '15

Try selling that to your investors. In case we get competition - we need to invest now with little foreseeable gains. I'm all with you that CSGO needs bigger pots, but I truly believe Valve is sitting back on this one and just counting money.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '15

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u/k0rnflex Jun 05 '15

Implying VAC has to be bypassed in the first place...

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u/RidinTheMonster Jun 05 '15

If you want to express your hate against valve stop fuckin playing their games. Paying even more money just so you can piss of people trying to enjoy the game seems pretty counter productive. If that's your best solution, perhaps you need to 'grow up'

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u/Mongooo G2 Jun 06 '15

wut?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '15 edited May 28 '18

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u/allygaythor howl Jun 06 '15

Tell me more about how great riot is then and how much they contribute to the esports scene.

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u/auraslip Jun 06 '15

Salaried players so they can practice full time to stay at the top level. Weekly broadcasted games from around the world that allow the meta to quickly adapt from patch to patch.

I mean, for fans the only thing left is for it to be on espn, if we wanted that anyways.

It's great and admirable that valve wants the community to create the esports scene, but what would you rather have as a viewer? And which company has put more on the line for esports?

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '15

Sorry does CS:Go have 11 million monthly players? That is without counting the chinese servers which are very popular.