Street Fighter 6 offering up over $2 million in prizes for the Capcom Pro Tour 2023 (and don't be surprised if some of that is added to Evo too) felt as though we could be starting to see a shift to better and wider earnings for the competitors although that's clearly not going to immediately trickle down to all large events.Ĭonsidering this year may also end up being the largest Evo tournament to date with the hype surrounding SF6 and the massive CPT circuit, we could see 10,000 players or more sign up and only 6 of them get anything besides the joy of competing. We can't deny that the $25,000 prize pool minimum for all of Evo 2023's main games will be a welcome chunk of change for those talented few who manage to get a slice of the pie, but even then, the base prize winnings will likely barely turn a profit for anyone who finishes 5th or 6th (unless they didn't need to travel at all).Ĭurrent prize split for #Evo2023 (currently adds up to 101%):ħth - $0- AceKingOffsuit ♠️❤️ February 22, 2023 In a community that already struggles to pay its best players, this feels like a big step back from where we've all been hoping to see major tournaments go as the FGC continues to grow. They better stream all those matches □- Shanks February 22, 2023 Just imagine getting 7th at the biggest tournament in the world and get nothing (no payment, no medal, no recognition). That includes no award ceremony, no medals, and nothing to say they finished 7th at Evo aside from the results themselves.Ģ5k extra prize pool at EVO is really nice but I don't know how to feel about having top 6 finalist instead of top 8. With 8 maintsage games this year, that's suddenly 16 fewer competitors who will not receive any prize money than basically every other FGC major including past Evos. On the surface, it appears like a pretty sensible plan from a business and viewership perspective, but this negatively impacts the players who are spending a lot of money to attend and compete in Evo 2023. Plus, it's hard to justify most fighting game fans on the East Coast and Midwest staying up past midnight just to watch the finals of the largest game. Tournament organizers have contracts with the event venues that includes a specific time they must be cleared out of there with crews needing to quickly tear down setups and equipment late into the night / early morning trying to meet their business obligations. Large fighting game tournaments never run "on time."īetween the bracket play itself, ad / stream breaks, award ceremonies and potential announcements, many / most events go on for hours longer than their scheduled end time, which the Evo organizers seem to be trying to rectify with this new policy. While there's much to be said about the concerns for the FGC on this decision, let's touch upon why it was made in the first place.
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