DreamHack Summer with $30k

14-5-2014 18:18

DreamHack have announced the $30,000 CS:GO tournament to be held at their Summer event in Jönköping, Sweden on June 14-16.

A total of sixteen teams will take part in the DreamHack SteelSeries Championship, eight of whom have been directly invited. Six slots will be determined in the coming days, and two will make it through an on-site BYOC qualifier.

DreamHack will once again use the GSL-style group stage format with four groups of four teams each, while the playoffs will be played out in a single elimination best-of-three bracket.

NiP	fnatic	dignitas	Titan
ex-LGB	Virtus.pro	Na`Vi	HellRaisers

For those hoping to qualify on-site via the BYOC qualifier, check out the official announcement for more information. The BYOC qualifier will be played out during Saturday, June 14. Main tournament takes place on June 15-16.

The $30,000 prize pool, which is almost identical to last year's event, will be distributed among the top eight finishers in the tournament as seen below:

1. $10,000
2. $5,000
3-4. $3,500
5-8. $2,000

DreamHack will also play host to ESPORTSM 2013/2014 Grand Finals, where 100,000 SEK will be given out to the winners with Sweden's best teams going head-to-head for the prize.

HLTV.org will travel on-site to provide you with full coverage of the event. More information, such as how the six undetermined slots will be given out, will be released in the coming days.

2014-05-14 17:18

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nip ezpz

2014-05-15 09:28

hm i think DH summer its 250k tourney

2014-05-14 17:19

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to all the idiots here, dreamhack guys organise like 3 or 4 events in the hole year and this is not new it has been like that since 1.6 2 or 3 tournaments with good prizes then in the end of the year they came with dreamhack winter the biggest event idiots so dreamhack summer is something and dreamhack winter is something else and if they made dreamhack summer more prize then dh winter event will lose the shine cause they try always to make sure its the last event in the hole year with the biggest prize

2014-05-14 18:39

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I feel really sorry for your miserable life and failures because of which you have to come here and unloud your whole frustration. real pussy

2014-05-19 13:01

why not 250k

2014-05-14 17:19

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because there was already 2 - 250k tournament? genius

2014-05-14 17:22

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one of them was in 2013

2014-05-14 17:23

should be at least another 2 genius

2014-05-14 17:32

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i think he born 2 times haha

2014-05-14 19:59

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did any one told you how funny you are :)? haha real funny

2014-05-14 20:59

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jordan sponsor you?

2014-05-14 21:09

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What if it did? Since you won't even understand and thus not be capable of answering my question, let me shorten this whole thing up: You're a nerd, you are scum and the only place you are able to shine is the internet which you obviously fail at since you are stupid as fuck. Peace and out, retard.

2014-05-15 01:22

i think that the winter will be with bigger prize money pole

2014-05-14 20:24

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pole as in you?

2014-05-15 08:11

cuz counter-strike is a shit game and competition nowadays

2014-05-14 21:11

lol where is 250k prize pool? VOLVO FIX IT!

2014-05-14 17:19

Awesome!

2014-05-14 17:19

Are we buying esport keys for nothing ? :(

2014-05-14 17:20

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From now on, yes :D

2014-05-14 17:20

I hate that valve puts all the nice skins in non-esport cases so they get more money off the keys

2014-05-14 17:28

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Noticed that too ... Only 2 cases for esport and 7 for non esport

2014-05-14 17:42

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i hope for new eSport 2014 case :)

2014-05-14 19:45

....

2014-05-14 17:20

LDLC should be invited

2014-05-14 17:20

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-HR +LDLC imo

2014-05-14 17:34

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imo too

2014-05-14 17:46

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and clan mystik too :D

2014-05-14 18:03

im so lucky that my job starts 14 june

2014-05-14 17:21

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shhh, no tears...

2014-05-14 18:02

and then it ends in August. My job is a neverending story. Buhu.

2014-05-14 18:56

Not enough !

2014-05-14 17:21

rofl

2014-05-14 17:21

volvo why

2014-05-14 17:22

250k?no

2014-05-14 17:22

30k only ? lol

2014-05-14 17:22

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no Valve, no big money

2014-05-14 17:24

+LDLC +CM +coL +iBP +mouz +(?)

2014-05-14 17:22

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mouz shouldn't be invited... Otherwhise I agree.

2014-05-14 18:11

Waste of money for Americans to come to sweden for a chance at $10k.

2014-05-15 00:28

not bad...we need matchea :)

2014-05-14 17:22

Interesting, would have been the obvious choice for the 250k. Wonder what tourney is gonna get it this time then.. or are they saving for an international 1mil?

2014-05-14 17:22

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SLTV

2014-05-14 17:27

DHW

2014-05-14 18:57

noooooo :(

2014-05-14 17:22

We want more team and more cash !!

2014-05-14 17:25

NEED MOAR MYSTIC & LDLC

2014-05-14 17:25

wtf valve, u must have at least 1 million by now

2014-05-14 17:28

esport"SM"

2014-05-14 17:28

Six slots will be determined in the coming days, and two will make it through an on-site BYOC qualifier. There will be more teams!!

2014-05-14 17:28

people got 2 big tourneys and now they whine like bitches when there are no $250k in prizes

2014-05-14 17:29

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whine?lol we are whining because we want to see cs:go grow wtf are you talking about,do you think ppl whine because of the prize money?which 99% of userbase here WONT GET?stupid argument

2014-05-14 18:16

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you cant expect every tourney to be with super prizes...

2014-05-14 18:33

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you can, when we (the community) are spending a shitload of money on their skins, including the so-called eSports keys. It was quite obvious there would be another valve funded tourney coming up, since we had the eSports cases, and DHS was an obvious pick

2014-05-14 20:00

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and what makes you think that DHS is an obvious pick? Maybe Valve have something different in mind?

2014-05-14 20:04

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Because they picked DHW and it was a great event also DreamHack is one of the biggest events in the world and there wouldnt be a better place to hold the CSGO tournament there

2014-05-15 01:13

ESWC in Paris would be nice as last major of the year.

2014-05-14 17:30

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agreed

2014-05-14 17:31

Last will be DH Winter.. But it would be nice if ESWC had the same price money (250k-ish).

2014-05-14 17:36

ESWC needs better organization, imho. Seems a bit too caotic to hold a major. But who knows, maybe then they would get their shit together. It would be cool to have majors in different countries though, so in part I do agree.

2014-05-15 13:46

30k what a fucking joke. wp

2014-05-14 17:30

-HR +LDLC

2014-05-14 17:33

Why do you even care guys how big is the price pool? I just wanna see some good games. Jeez...

2014-05-14 17:34

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The bigger the prize pool is the more teams will practice for the event leading to better games.

2014-05-14 17:44

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I still believe they are playing for such a "stupid things" like glory etc. Not only for money. ;D

2014-05-14 17:47

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Agreed.

2014-05-14 18:06

2014-05-14 18:33

going back to being only cows for valve to milk.

2014-05-14 17:35

Lets go!

2014-05-14 17:35

great

2014-05-14 17:36

The international on it's way to 5 million XD 30k, very nice motivation for cs players. 1/150th of current Ti4 prize pool.

2014-05-14 17:36

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+1000

2014-05-15 02:27

next event with 250k: ESL One

2014-05-14 17:36

wtf volvo wtf?where is communitys money? only 2 majors per year? volvo biggest scammer ever

2014-05-14 17:37

to early back to back i think for another 250k tourny perhaps we will see it at ESWC people don't seem to understand that not every event can be a major....

2014-05-14 17:37

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You can't connect your steam to dailymotion for drops... nope

2014-05-14 17:40

ex-MAYAM, ex-DeNova.lv, ex-GGWP.pro - baltic gigants!!

2014-05-14 17:39

so we buy skins and cases like crazy and they don't announce any more 250k tourneys? K

2014-05-14 17:40

disappointing...

2014-05-14 17:40

No online qualifiers:|

2014-05-14 17:41

rofl... even 1.6 used to have more when it was on the verge of dying i think. pathetic :P

2014-05-14 17:41

250k? 30K HAHAHA 1ST PLACE 10K AHAHA

2014-05-14 17:44

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sltv @ 15k? stfu

2014-05-14 20:41

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30k you dumb.

2014-05-14 21:15

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First place sltv 15k.. But okey im a dumb fuck.

2014-05-16 16:36

even CPH games had bigger prizepool :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ggwp valve...

2014-05-14 17:45

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CPH games had a 26,000 euros prizepool.

2014-05-14 17:53

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26k euros=35,6k usd

2014-05-14 18:00

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lol

2014-05-14 18:06

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? x-rates.com/calculator/

2014-05-14 18:51

Ahh, didn't notice the different currencies.

2014-05-14 18:08

Good with a tournament but the prize pool is surprisingly low for dreamhack.

2014-05-14 17:47

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"Surprisingly low for DreamHack". Yet this prize pool is BIGGER than last years DreamHack Summer.....

2014-05-14 18:07

such a poor price :O

2014-05-14 17:47

Where is all the esports case money going?

2014-05-14 17:49

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Into a pot I assume, so they can use it in the future.

2014-05-14 18:01

Goes to Dota 2

2014-05-14 19:47

ONLY 10K FOR TOP1? LOL

2014-05-14 17:52

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+1 - taking into considaration the fact that each player also has to pay $40 ticket as well to attend the event, which is not that much, but still counts...

2014-05-14 18:16

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Still, its 2800$

2014-05-14 19:57

2low

2014-05-14 17:54

+Property

2014-05-14 17:55

Any chance to see IBP or coL?

2014-05-14 17:57

30k ??? minecraft tournament higher prize pool

2014-05-14 17:58

They need to keep exclusivity as well!!

2014-05-14 18:01

1. NiP 2. Virtus.Pro 3-4. dignitas 3-4. Titan 5-8. Na`Vi 5-8. fnatic 5-8. HellRaisers 5-8. ex-LGB

2014-05-14 18:02

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fanboy

2014-05-14 18:10

change virtus.pro and dignitas change HellRaisers with LDLC & MAYBE(if Titan performs bad again :((()change them with ex-LGB

2014-05-14 18:12

People need to chill, we just had a major two months ago. Maybe the next major will be in late august or early September.

2014-05-14 18:03

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+1 And in the summer the event is much smaller.

2014-05-14 18:10

I'm starting to doubt Valve concerning their will to promote the competitive scene in CS:GO. First of all, they alredady made millions with the skins, operations, stickers, tags etc... The game is more than profitable. Second, only two different esports case have been released, against 7 for the other type, which obviously limit the amount of money the players can give to contribute to the esports scene. Furthermore, one of these two cases is not even dropped anymore. Also, the skins available in the only esports case currently dropped are not as popular as the other cases, which brings even less money. And now DreamHack doesn't even get a contribution from Valve for their second major event??? What the fuck? We need at least 3 majors per year, that's a minimum if we want the scene to grow stronger. Ideally, we would also need kind of an ultimate tournament like "The International" for Dota2, but I'm not even asking for that... Wake up Valve.

2014-05-14 18:11

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2014-05-14 18:18

" Furthermore, one of these two cases is not even dropped anymore." Both Cases are still dropped. The stickers from EMS Katowice meant that all 16 organisations got a split of the profits. I wouldn't worry too much about it. There is still plenty of time, and DH usually state themselves that their Summer LAN is the smaller of the two, so perhaps maybe this deterred Valve from it. ESL have recently expanded to America, so I have a feeling the next major will be heading that way. I am sure there is more information I don't know that is still being pegged away, but I do know that Valve are working with tournament organisers more closely these days. May/June/July for Valve is currently filled with DotA2 events (May the qualifiers for TI4, June, DreamHack, ESL One etc, & July TI4 itself), so I have a feeling their priorities lie elsewhere currently.

2014-05-14 18:21

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"Both Cases are still dropped" Have you got anything to prove that? Because I've never seen the red one dropped since the blue one is out, prices for the red one have drastically increased since january, and quantity is incredibly small compared to the blue one, roughly 20,000 vs 230,000+. Nothing shows that the red ones are still dropped. "I have a feeling their priorities lie elsewhere currently." That's my concern. CS:GO is (or at least should be) one of their big games, it needs constant attention from their part. Or at the very least attention when it's needed, aka at the important events.

2014-05-14 18:32

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reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/22.. Was 1 month ago on reddit. It drops but is a very rare drop. "That's my concern. CS:GO is (or at least should be) one of their big games, it needs constant attention from their part. Or at the very least attention when it's needed, aka at the important events." I only mention their priorities lay elsewhere with the very intense and packed schedule DotA2 has just brought in. Since the compendium was released, Valve have probably pocketed in the region of $15mill from the community (rough estimate), so they know they need to work hard on the timescales the community expect. It doesn't help there are only 8 - 10 guys who actively work on CSGO.

2014-05-14 20:24

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That's weird. They'll probably make it drop as long as there are people to open them. "I only mention their priorities lay elsewhere with the very intense and packed schedule DotA2 has just brought in. Since the compendium was released, Valve have probably pocketed in the region of $15mill from the community (rough estimate), so they know they need to work hard on the timescales the community expect. It doesn't help there are only 8 - 10 guys who actively work on CSGO." I understand that completely, but it's no excuse for a company like Valve. If they don't commit to their responsibilities, the esports scene, and eventually the game, will suffer from it.

2014-05-14 21:12

As Gumpstar mentioned, Dreamhack will be a huge event even that Valve not support it. It will be nice to see another ESL/EMS event with a big amount of money. Another idea could be that Valve is building on another format for their events, like 2-3 events starting after summer, with a big event next summer. I really really hope that Valve wants to extent their support to the competetive scene, because it means so much right now to keep a some sort of a professional scene.

2014-05-14 18:32

First of all, they alredady made millions with the skins, operations, stickers, tags etc... The game is more than profitable. Valve can't be the one constantly pushing the game forward. The community can't depend on it, or else tournaments won't feel the need to step it up because Valve will always back them with the money. And now DreamHack doesn't even get a contribution from Valve for their second major event? DHS has always been a smaller tournament.

2014-05-14 19:19

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"Valve can't be the one constantly pushing the game forward. The community can't depend on it, or else tournaments won't feel the need to step it up because Valve will always back them with the money." Constantly? Surely not. That's why they're called majors, because there are also minor events. But two a year is simply not enough, and no organization other than Valve can raise the money needed for a major. So yes, I think it's their responsibility to make sure their main FPS game has a great scene, and of course the organizations have to step it up accordingly. But two majors a year is not enough. "DHS has always been a smaller tournament." I don't see anything wrong with changing that.

2014-05-14 19:58

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and no organization other than Valve can raise the money needed for a major MLG? ESL? etc.

2014-05-14 20:11

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The fact that ESL didn't host any big tournament until Valve came up with the money means they're not ready to invest in CS:GO that much. They don't want to take risks, because they feel like they can't afford it. MLG probably feels the same. Valve has to show them that they're hear to back them up, or they'll just continue raising these tiny prize purse until CS:GO is no more. Don't forget that this money is not only Valve's. The community paid in order to raise these prize purse. We deserve these majors because we paid for it. And Valve has a responsibility, whether they like it or not, whether they fulfill it or not. That's my opinion anyway.

2014-05-14 21:00

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"The fact that ESL didn't host any big tournament until Valve came up with the money means they're not ready to invest in CS:GO that much." ESL hosted three $39k tournaments in 2013 did they not? They did the same for DotA2 in 2013 as well. MLG is completely different, over in America the top FPS is CoD and not CSGO. Therefore they have no reason to include CSGO into their circuit at the moment.

2014-05-14 22:13

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"ESL hosted three $39k tournaments in 2013 did they not?" Sure, and that's tiny compared to what Valve raised, don't you agree? The fact that they didn't raise more money for Dota2 only confirms the fact that ESL won't host majors unless they know they have Valve with them. "Therefore they have no reason to include CSGO into their circuit at the moment." Which is my point. They need a reason if we expect them to take over Valve some day, and no one else but Valve can convince them, and I don't mean with words.

2014-05-14 22:22

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You think ESL are made of money? The point they need is sponsors, before Valve, tournaments relied on sponsors.

2014-05-14 22:27

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No, I don't, which was my point when I wrote "no organization other than Valve can raise the money needed for a major".

2014-05-14 23:02

+1 i'm getting already dissapointed by the cs:go 2014, watch 5.000.000$DOLLARS dota International and you see that Valve doesn't give almost any fuck about counter strike.

2014-05-15 02:29

pff Volvo - joke

2014-05-14 18:11

where the fuck is LDLC, pkey.d (i they havent disbaneded by then), CM :c

2014-05-14 18:18

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Most likely in the next 6 teams that will be invited?

2014-05-14 18:21

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nvm, im stupid

2014-05-14 18:47

gl Na'Vi

2014-05-14 18:19

rofl csgo volvo staff can't manage money for shit. people behind tournaments trying to get sponsors for csgo also suck, how can we display such good growth and donkeys can't even get a bigger prizepot than 30k in 2014 when every good team will be attending.

2014-05-14 18:40

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What is this to do with Valve? It says Dreamhack?

2014-05-14 19:11

it would be better if they added a little bit , like a 50k DHS

2014-05-14 21:28

valve care only skins but tournaments or cheaters no.

2014-05-14 18:42

30k :D cs dead?

2014-05-14 18:45

Rofl at the prizepool. Not expecting 250k but 30k is nothing... could atleast get it up to 50k.

2014-05-14 18:46

ahah lawl

2014-05-14 18:47

There are far too many idiots on this site.

2014-05-14 19:00

300k

2014-05-14 19:05

next 8 should be +LDLC +CM +coL +iBP +Mousesports +Reason +Property +Wizards/Vox

2014-05-14 19:09

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I agree about col / ibp Although they wont come as even if they'll win the tourny it wont cover their expenses.

2014-05-14 19:42

I hope coL isnt even thinking about sending their team to Europe before they get their shit together.. I mean even onlinesports would de_stroy them @DH..

2014-05-15 15:10

30k? WTF?

2014-05-14 19:13

oh god, why you guys don't just enjoy watching the games? The prize pool will make any difference in your lives?

2014-05-14 19:16

Sad with only a $30k pool tournament... They need to step up the prizepools for all Dreamhacks tournaments atleast 100k.

2014-05-14 19:38

+cm +ldlc +reason +mouz/wildfire +any norway team +any finnish team

2014-05-14 19:40

in dota2 on championship is $1,437,190 USD for top1, in csgo $10.000 USD, CSGO AND VALVE SUCKS

2014-05-14 20:00

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I dont know how CSGO sucks and Valve sucks, when this is an event run by Dreamhack & Sponsored by SteelSeries.

2014-05-14 20:26

i was laughing to those people that thought that valve will fund dhs. there was NO time you dumbwits

2014-05-14 20:06

LDLC is the strongest clan and not invite...dat swedish idiots....

2014-05-14 20:15

may Be ESWC will Valve sponsored one, gl to all the team attending DreamHack Summer.

2014-05-14 20:24

+LDLC +wildfire +h2k +mouz +ibp +wizards +Mystik +coL?

2014-05-14 20:25

Valve will support DHW so plz chillout. DHW has always been the bigger tourny.

2014-05-14 20:45

Volvo sucks. All these kids buying cases and no 250k tournament. Lets be honest. They could make 2 tournaments of 1 million every year if they wanted.

2014-05-14 20:52

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Volvo sucks? Volvo does not give a damn about counter-strike. And that's right. Dota 2 is a new flagship game that dominate Europe, after 1.6 death, nobody gives a damn about counter-strike discipline. And don't say "No, you're wrong, we are still here". Nowadays "We" are just ashes of 1.6 community. Look at these livestream numbers, it's pathetic and Valve are not stupid to invest money into the game that not worth it.

2014-05-14 21:20

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Not worth it? Csgo is the god of fps games idk wtf u r talking about. LoL and dota are huge because players are treated like gods and they earn a lot. Csgo requires a lot more skill and they are treated like shits.

2014-05-14 21:22

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csgo dont requires more skill than moba its just different kind of skill.

2014-05-14 22:22

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yes it does, dota can be "learned" , csgo can't

2014-05-15 01:04

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2014-05-15 02:37

Yes, it is the god of fps games, but fps genre has pretty much died out.

2014-05-15 06:51

Nice, best teams at the moment.

2014-05-14 21:05

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+LDLC

2014-05-14 21:25

Seriously what kind of investment is that? CS has grown by more than double since last DH Summer looking at players/viewers. Why are the pricemoney at this level?

2014-05-14 22:14

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It seems the answer with valve is simply because they can. Clearly they didn't invest any money into this.

2014-05-14 22:26

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Valve is one thing, I think Dreamhack should have recognized the growth and put atleast 10k more in to it!

2014-05-17 17:12

LDLC instead of Titan :]

2014-05-14 22:22

steelseries is so damn good, thank you for having these events.

2014-05-14 22:23

uff , no Wizards ;-DD

2014-05-14 22:24

Shitty news, not sure how anyone is twisting it any other way. With the amount people are spending on csgo items/keys etc there should be 100k tournaments minimum all over the place, 30k is a joke to fly 5 people to sweden for. 4.5 million dota tournament... second place team gets more than a million dollars...

2014-05-14 22:25

all prizemoney of valve going to DOTA2 CS:GO is the stupid brother of the family.

2014-05-14 22:25

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the dim witted step child with a limp and a lazy eye.

2014-05-14 22:26

Yes all $1.6million of it. Whilst the community has put in a further $3million, but lets gloss over that fact.

2014-05-14 22:29

cLy 15 Min · hltv.org/news/12450-dreamhack-summer-wit.. I'm happy to announce that we will attend the DreamHack Summer with 30k$ prize money!!! Before this event we will bootcamp for couple of days Planetkey Dynamics confirmed :)

2014-05-14 22:35

go Na'Vi

2014-05-14 22:42

good event

2014-05-14 22:57

I hope.. ESWC 250k :)

2014-05-14 23:35

valve should sponsor with 20k atleast, should'be be a problem for them and it'll make a bit more interesting.

2014-05-14 23:35

30k vs $6m+ for TI4, Kappa

2014-05-14 23:39

Wtf volvo selfish idiots........ We got flaming skin kids who spent millions on skins and you can't provide 250k+ tourney...... Get out volvo

2014-05-15 01:29

If we want CSGO to be as big as something like Dota or LoL, we need to have more than 1-2 250K tournaments in a year. NA most likely won't travel for $10K. It will be EU. We need like 3-4 $250K tournaments a year imo. Of course this is Harder said then done but I still think thats what is needed

2014-05-15 02:33

we need 6 250 K TOURNAMENTS VOLVO PLEASE

2014-05-15 04:03

Now, who just said "Kickstarter"?

2014-05-15 08:56

I wonder what is wrong with you people..

2014-05-15 09:39

not bad

2014-05-15 10:42

dont care if its 1$ or 30k$ just enjoy the matches guys.

2014-05-15 12:43

I agree with what somebody said up a few comments. With the amount of money Valve is making, perhaps they could throw in some money to help out the minors, and not just fund the majors. For instance, if a tourney says they'll put in 30K for their CSGO tournament, Valve could add another 30K or 20K and make it a 60K or 50K tournament. I think this would also help the game grow.

2014-05-15 13:54