Shiiiiit, nice list of tourneys there

Top 100 Oldest Players

1. ID InsaneKILL
Name Pablo Vega
DOB (Age) 04/09/1971 (43)
Total (Overall) $25.00
Highest Paying Game Quake III Arena


Well, at least Quake is at the top of one of the catagories.
Good on you ol' Pablo.
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not if we count curling as a video game

Fatal1ty - nearly half a million dollars. Far more than I thought!

DOTA2 the place to be if you're a pro gamer obviously :¬)

Five top Chinese...goddamn I knew Asians were weird...

It's all from one single tournament and they are in the same team.

told you hats is the way to go like more than year ago

I'm not sure if your saying the prize pools are good or not, i find it hard to understand what i have just ready

i read from those links and this thread.

I am confused.

MTs are a basis of funds that allow such competitions, which in turn funds advertising/marketing which ultimately grows the user base and generates more money. Repeat.

So is this a bad thing?

I thought this is what quake/ID wanted?

They're a good thing if -and only if- basic gameplay is not restricted, with MTx's being necessary to unlock the core game.

If MTx's are for additional content, like demos, guides, skins etc, then it does no one any harm since it's opt in; your own choice.

This is all superseded by how the founding company uses the income from MTx's of course. If they line their own pockets the game will hit a plateau. If they push it back to the community (as we see in the DOTA2 thread) it can generate insane popularity and growth.

yeah, so i dont really want to pay for maps etc..

for skins like you said i find reasonable, for eg: buy different enemy models (if you just play for fun)

and yeah i think money should be given to expand the game not to keep for themselves.

quake needs more players not pro's (c) me

So many lucky fucks who got their dough from wank games in single tournaments.

108. China RocketBoy Yang, Meng $152,023.16 | Doom 3 $144,748.16 95.21%

120k for winning fatal1ty in one exhibition game :D

Fighting games.

1. United States black_mamba Jeremy Florence $87,000.00 | Dead or Alive 4 $87,000.00 100.00%

That's true, but the number of Dota 2 and League players counters that point, proving that the publisher's support and payment model are very important.

If salaries were included I think the list would be dominated by SC:BW, which would again prove that impressive & interesting to watch games have their advantages, too.