With SCII’s playerbase a shell of what it once was, and its esports footprint essentially non-existent, it’s hard to imagine seeing enormous numbers from this endeavor. It rewards in-game skins and portraits, and lets fans “fund” the Starcraft esports scene, with 25 percent of the revenue going directly to tournament pay-outs. The War Chest is, to put it kindly, identical to Dota 2’s Compendium. Only $200,000 of the money raised from the War Chest will be added to the $500,000 Blizzcon prize pool, with any remaining surplus “contributing to SCII event production.” Interestingly, Blizzard has imposed a monetary cap on War Chest revenue going towards its WCS finals at Blizzcon. Only $200,000 of the money raised from the War Chest will be added to the $500,000 Blizzcon prize pool. Blizzard Entertainment looks to Valve’s crowdfunding model for the International, as the War Chest – a new crowd-funding effort for Starcraft II’s WCS tournaments – goes live later this week.
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