X-CUP announced with €930 prize pool

30-6-2013 13:30

The first major CS:GO tournament in Brazil will take place later this summer, with a prize purse that amounts to €930.

Despite the fact that most of the big-name Brazilian teams from 1.6 and CS:Source switched to CS:GO some months ago, there has not been a single big LAN tournament so far, with online leagues, such as the Razer Challenge, the only thing to play for.

The lack of activity in the Brazilian scene has already made its first victim, with Raphael "cogu" Camargo's paiN confirming their disbandment earlier in the week.

To turn this worrying situation around, ESEA, together with the L.G.X Centro de Coveniência LAN center, will be hosting a tournament in Sao Paulo on September 29th with cash prizes in excess of €900.

The prize purse could still be increased, depending on the number of teams who sign up for the qualifiers, but the current breakdown is the following:

1. €585
2. €240
3. €100

There will be four qualifiers taking place for this tournament, two of them online, on August 4th and 18th, and two of them on LAN, in Sao Paulo, on September 15th and 22nd.

L@L

2013-06-30 13:30

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548€ = R$1.700

2013-06-30 14:01

WOW, how generous

2013-06-30 13:32

that's ESEA reaction to this? facebook.com/FalleNcs/posts/525765467490..

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It's a start to be honest.

2013-06-30 13:38

if brazil could support a team that could play against the best in the world he wouldnt be saying that yea its valve's fault that you travelled half way around the world and got kicked out in the group stages

2013-06-30 14:10

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Well, apparently its really expensive to send teams outside the country.

2013-06-30 14:56

when mibr had sponsors, cogu & cia used to bootcamp in sweden 2~3 weeks before major tournaments and those bootcamps really made the difference for them. now that they don't have these kind of sponsors anymore, it's REALLY hard for them to play in other countries. we really have good players, but they just don't wanna spend their own money to play ]:

2013-06-30 17:00

who does? its a huge amount of expense... the only reason orgs do it is because of marketing opportunities... From the Americas you're looking at ~$25000 when you account for airfare, lodging, food and everything to send 5 people to europe

2013-07-01 22:52

1. €585 2. €240 3. €100 Major...tell me more.

lol

ahahhaha

2013-06-30 13:33

This is interesting. If 5 people in the team were to work a normal job for 1 day they would almost make as much as the current first prize. And considering the qualifiers and having to go there they would probably end up making more money just working.

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In brazil they do not making 500euro a day...

2013-06-30 13:42

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500/5 may be?

2013-06-30 13:52

Nope

2013-06-30 17:46

No, its not that easy in Brazil. Have you ever wondered why the most of haters are from Brazil?

pretty sure anyone except nip would be better off financially by just working a normal job all year round instead of playing cs:go all year round. in fact, most would probably only have to work around six months. it's not about the money (and if it is, you're in the wrong business).

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Are the salaries in nip rly that high? lol

2013-06-30 14:09

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They gain that much prizemoney.

2013-06-30 14:17

It's not so much the salary, mainly the fact that they win almost every event they attend.

2013-06-30 14:20

Yeah but not every event pays out the money though thats why I asked ;P

2013-06-30 14:25

i have no idea how much nip gets in salary, although i doubt it's more than a bad real job. i said that because they make a ton of money from prize money, even if some events don't pay out.

2013-06-30 16:51

Id say the experience of traveling arounf the world for free makes this better than any job.

2013-06-30 15:20

it's an added plus, but 1) most places get extremely boring and repetitive after a while (e.g. germany, sweden, paris) 2) cs:go has only had one tourney in north america for europeans, none in asia. not much cool travel yet, although for 1.6 it was great.

2013-06-30 15:49

Very true the tournies in 1.6 could be anywhere, even in countries you wouldnt expect. Youve been around the world no doubt, where would your favorite place to visit be?

2013-06-30 16:39

my favorite place is always new york, followed by (in no particular order) rio de janeiro, toronto, singapore, shanghai, seoul, seattle, london, tokyo... long list, doesn't help much does it? :D

2013-06-30 16:41

Lmao haha it helps. Im looking into traveling :D i might check out london and tokyo :D i live in las vegas, nevada, so im pretty used to tourism, this time id like to be on the other end of it

2013-06-30 18:03

Everyone in NL above 20 would make more money in a day lol

2013-06-30 13:54

548€ is worth a lot more in Brazil than in most Eu country

2013-06-30 13:58

Actually i live in Denmark and I find alot of stuff way cheaper here then in Brazil. Only few things like food is cheaper in Brazil, but not that much cheaper anymore..

2013-07-03 13:22

Sure 100USD/day in brazil...

2013-06-30 17:06

In brazil, they can only make around 50-75$ if all 5 of them work.

2013-07-04 10:50

:D Bitch Please.. The are luring players to rob them.

2013-06-30 13:34

paid for by bitcoins

Hahahah, money maaaaaking!

its something go esea

epic fail

2013-06-30 13:37

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lol tell me how many championships in lan have in your country

2013-06-30 13:50

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2013-06-30 14:21

dont worry, he's just a kike

2013-06-30 15:42

2013-07-01 22:35

hueuhehu owned

HUEHUEUHEHUHUEHEHUEUH

2013-07-04 11:11

Lot of money Kappa

CS:GO major tournament HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHH

To be honest, and I know most people on HLTV won't understand, is that it is a start. This can get the ball rolling for more events in Brazil, and that could only be a good thing. Yeah a small prize purse, but a start.

2013-06-30 13:39

first intelligent comment

That defies HLTV logic surely. I need to stop with such intelligent comments ;) :D

2013-06-30 13:43

+1 and i want to add that 548€ is worth a lot more in Brazil than in most Eu country

+99999999999999

2013-06-30 13:56

Maybe, but at the end of the day, it is a starting point. Having done thorough research in the UK, a CSGO tournament really only needs to be around £1,500 to get good interest in the UK scene, from there it could grow if the scene gets behind it. It's all about baby steps.

lmao

dear friends this championship is in Brazil

2013-06-30 13:40

At least there helping o ut the scene over there!

2013-06-30 13:41

so sweet xD

Better than nothing. Regardless, it's a stepping stone for the Brazilian CS:GO community to get behind it and show they have a scene, who knows, next year it could be back with 5k+

2013-06-30 13:47

WTF

2013-06-30 13:49

wtf

troll?

lol, is this a troll????

2013-06-30 13:53

A start is a start. We dont even have that in Turkey. gl

do you even have a CS:GO community in turkey?

2013-06-30 14:11

Few teams,few organisations,very low profile local lan tourneys so no,basically

"548€ is worth a lot more in Brazil than in most Eu country"

2013-06-30 13:57

Bitcoin money

Sick prizes.

2013-06-30 14:05

still better prizes than steelseries & Razer gear.

Nice, That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

2013-06-30 14:12

MIRRA dont tell me u didnt expect this reaction xD no seriously, someone give his month salary for the prizes?

It's still news.

2013-06-30 14:15

"someone is trying to organise a tournament, lets bash them"

2013-06-30 14:24

haha this news and your comments. hahahaha

2013-06-30 14:35

rofl

Nice start.

2013-06-30 14:43

would rather just see a small Brazilian invite CSGO league then their teams come to the main ESEA invite finals.

2013-06-30 14:44

I think there is not enough brazillian teams, thats the problem. If esea thought theyd attract a big crowd im sure youd already see it, similar to the european esea. Oddly enough euro ESEA was a failure in 1.6, dont get why it worked in GO

2013-06-30 15:24