[inmaniac]

League of Legends will put up a $5,000,000 prize in Season 2 of their World Championship.

League of Legends Developer Riot Games is putting up a $5 Million purse for the 2nd Season of its World Championship Series. Players from around the world will compete for a spot in the World Championship Finals in Los Angeles, California in October. The world champion will take home what Riot Games is billing as "the biggest payday in eSports history," taking a good hunk out of a $5 million prize pool offered across all of Season Two's events. Currently, top League of Legends teams have been participating in a series of Challenger Circuit events to qualify for the regional championships. The first of those will be staged July 26 in Shanghai, China.

The eSports scene is blowing up, with the Blizzard World Championship Series now followed by a $5 Million LoL tournament. The future of eSports is looking bright.

[S5 Unit]

That's huge. Finals series for the entire event would be intense.

[Weasel]

A free game can afford 5 million dollars, love it. Cant wait to watch all the events.

[schmuttt]

Weasel, on 17 May 2012 - 03:13 PM, said:

A free game can afford 5 million dollars, love it. Cant wait to watch all the events.

You underestimate the power of micro transactions.

[Aphotic]

Ah I remember talk of this right after that $1,000,000 DOTA 2 tourney. So it's finally happening.

[Mental]

It's weird how they put an "Alcohol & Tobacco Use" warning at the start. OT: Looks amazing, will tune in.

[Weasel]

schmutttampon, on 17 May 2012 - 03:22 PM, said:

You underestimate the power of micro transactions.

ha yeh I know, I have spent probably 120 bucks on skins and champs.

[BrainSeeker 2.0]

How interesting... ACL announces this now even though it was announced by Riot some time ago.

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[Tranquility]

Weasel, on 17 May 2012 - 03:42 PM, said:

ha yeh I know, I have spent probably 120 bucks on skins and champs.

$250 here =\

[iiFlippyy]

Makes me want to actually play lol more often.

[inmaniac]

BrainSeeker 2.0, on 17 May 2012 - 06:10 PM, said:

How interesting... ACL announces this now even though it was announced by Riot some time ago.

Obviously judging by the responses both on here and through our social media avenues, not many people knew about it, including us.

EDIT: Also, the official video from Riot was only released this month.

[BrainSeeker 2.0]

inmaniac, on 17 May 2012 - 07:14 PM, said:

Obviously judging by the responses both on here and through our social media avenues, not many people knew about it, including us.

EDIT: Also, the official video from Riot was only released this month.

Yeah its been known for a while and since the video was released it has been spammed so hard on Official Tournament Streams.

I want to cut Phreaks hands off when he speaks.

Hopefully ACL gets a chance to pick it up in the near future.