Sentences with phrase «tournament prize money»

Evil Geniuses has won more tournament prize money than any other eSports organization, so their official stamp of...

In the 1990s, a player named Dennis Fong (under the handle Thresh) was able to make a living playing Quake and other popular first person shooters of the day through tournament prize money and corporate sponsorships, becoming widely acknowledged as the first professional gamer.

But even he admits this could get tougher if the tour continues to grow and become more competitive; tournament prize money, for example, has increased 500 % in the last two years.

Whilst FIFA is one of the best - known games in the world, it's actually only the 10th most - popular eSports game in terms of tournament prize money awarded in 2017.

The team's top players can rake in up to 30 million yuan ($ 4.54 million) a year each from tournament prize money, commercial endorsements and payments from avid fans who spend hours watching them play online.

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The Virginia Slims Championships will return to L.A. next year (in April) with even more prize money offered, and the details are being hammered out now on a contract with CBS calling for live TV coverage of six 1975 tournament finals on Saturday afternoons.

And he competes, as often as once a month, in pro tournaments — some as far away as England — but rarely for prize money worth mentioning.

The differences in prize money, as in most tournaments, are sharpest at the top of the leaderboard.

Since Carter's affiliation with Budweiser and the money that comes to him from exhibitions, tournament prizes, TV, endorsements and other sources have made him one of the richest athletes in the country, this was not surprising.

By playing in the many beautiful arenas that now pepper the land, Dixon figured the troupe could wedge in as many as 80 tournaments a year, at $ 10,000 in prize money a crack.

Angling for contracts as well as prize money, tournament bass pros must work as fast as possible at «getting the meat in»

I understand the hold - ups as it seems to be not the largest academy in a smaller country trying to get as much money for their prized assets as they can... I'll actually be disappointed if this doesn't go through... Nwakali is the captain of the u17 world - cup winning squad and player of the tournament.

Wanderers players are still weighing up whether or not they will play in the tournament after the club refused to negotiate over what they believe is a fair share of the prize money.

The $ 17.7 million in prize money for the LPGA's 37 events this year falls short of the $ 19 million the Seniors will play for in their 42 tournaments, and looks puny in comparison with the minimum of $ 45 million budgeted for the PGA Tour's 52 events.

It's readily apparent that this year's winners — Chauncey Needham, who hit a $ 136,800 jackpot in the calcutta, and Mike Souchak, who shot a 7 - under - par 281 to win the tournament itself, $ 10,000 in prize money and a gift of around $ 12,000 from Needham's calcutta share — bested some pretty rough competition.

Desaulniers, on the other hand, enters only those tournaments that interest him — translation: the ones with the most prize money — and those that don't make him miss too many days of work.

Because Steffes had played in beach tournaments, he violated an NCAA rule that renders a college player ineligible if he has teamed with someone who accepts prize money.

PROPOSED: A series of 20 INTERNATIONAL TENNIS MATCHES beginning next February in which 32 selected contract and independent players would compete for $ 1 million in prize money, culminating in a tournament for the top eight qualifiers in which the winner would receive $ 50,000; by World Championship Tennis of Dallas.

LPGA commissioner Charlie Mechem was conveniently on hand at the tournament to point out that prize money on the tour has risen 40 %, to almost $ 25 million, in the past five years.

The winner gets $ 1.845 million in prize money from a total tournament purse of $ 10.25 million.

Or, perhaps not professional golf — Woods» own 18 - man Hero World Challenge is more Bahamian winter vacation than tour stop — but it's at the very least a real, scored golf tournament with prize money.

And there's no reason to talk Indian Wells, the biggest tournament outside a Grand Slam, if the prize money isn't mentioned.

The European Tour, desperate to halt the defection of Euro golfers to the more lucrative US - based PGA Tour, will dramatically reduce the number of events players must start to retain membership from 13 to five and, of far greater importance to the currency - seeking contestants, increase the prize money up for grabs at each tournament.

FIFA will give Nigeria and four other African football federations a $ 2million advance each on World Cup prize money, to pay player bonuses before the tournament...

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Last Saturday, YouTuber Mokou posted a video in which he said he'd retire from pro gaming if he didn't win any prize money at this past Sunday's Puyo Puyo tournament.

In the first half of the movie, King organizes a boycott of a major tennis tournament over the disparity in prize money between men and women, and helps found the Virginia Slims Circuit, a series of tennis tournaments that eventually became the Women's Tennis Association, a principal organizing body of the sport.

According to published reports, in addition to raising money for Education Reform Now, the education reform industry group sponsoring the poker tournament also provides a variety of prizes for tournament participants including seats at the World Series of Poker Main Event, vacations, golf outings, and «power lunches» with hedge fund managers like David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), billionaire Seth Klarman, Leon Cooperman (Omega Advisors) and Bill Ackman (Pershing Square Capital Management.)

During the season from September to December, the city becomes the meeting place for anglers from around Australia and around the globe with many tournaments offering high prize money for the winning teams.

What's more exciting about winning a game tournament, the satisfaction of coming out on top, or the prize money?

Winners of the Smash Bros. tournaments at BEAST 7 were counting on that prize money coming their way, but 7 months after the event, not a dime has been paid out.

This tournament elevates Splatoon to literal esports, with $ 1 in million prize money, and 40 events held the cities of Fukuoka, Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka, Miyagi, Hiroshima, Kagawa, and Tokyo, to culminate in the end of January 2016.

Game companies say they are awarding scholarship money at college tournaments, rather than unrestricted cash prizes, to give students an incentive to continue their studies.

The roadmap does also bring up a few interesting points to talk about, notably that in the one year that the developers plan to have Battalion 1944 in Early Access for they also intend on holding some LAN tournaments, the prize funds for which will presumably be made up of money garnered from the in - game microtransactions which let players buy loot crates containing weapons skins.

Win a first - round match, lose in the second round, buy a skill point with your prize money, go to the next tournament, win a first - round match, and repeat until you get bored.

Mark Religioso, a brand manager for the video game publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment, wants more women to be involved in the professional gaming arena known as esports, where players compete in video game tournaments to win thousands of dollars in prize money.

The Blitz tournament is a double elimination one with $ 10,000 in prize money, the Critical Ops will see two teams of five competing for the same amount of prize money, and Power Rangers will see players across North America compete for, again, a share of $ 10,000.

Players compete against each other either online or offline to qualify for the Grand Final, the final tournament where the FIWC World Champion is crowned and receives the prize money of USD 20,000 as well as an invitation to the FIFA Ballon d'Or to meet the biggest football stars in the world.

The biggest tournament is the Vainglory one, with 6 teams from North America, the EU, and Korea battling it out for $ 50,000 in prize money.

343 Industries and the Arena Gaming League are hosting a Halo tournament this weekend in Knoxville, TN where competitors will be battling for $ 10,000 in prize money.

We could even see some prize money competitions spinning up around this game as it remains a fun casual racer, but also evolves into a hyper competitive experience with all new spectator modes and ways to practice outside of the tournaments with real people who aren't driving the wrong way around the track trying to take you out.

The initiative will take the form of booths on casino floors, equipped with HTC Vive headsets and controllers running dedicated games designed specifically for competitive play and, more specifically, for each of the players to stake real world money on the outcome of any matches in the hope of winning «cash prizes in spirited VR tournaments», according to a press release from HTC.

Blizzard created a yearlong tournament circuit that paid out millions in prize money.

The game features Round Play, which you can use to practice the course in the game or compete with friends, or Tournament mode, where you play against a computer opponent in an effort to win a large amount of prize money.

Play in Tournaments and win prizes and money for charity!

Over the years there has been a change in the landscape so more and more tournaments have added a charitable component but still offer great meals, fantastic prizes, and still cost a huge amount of money — yet now the competitors help pay for it.

The tournament will be a chance for fans to watch an astonishing eSports competition that will have international and national teams go head - to - head — for a grand total of over $ 80,000 in prize money.

And it has its own PUBG Invitational, puts on a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament and hosts streamer contests with more than $ 150,000 in prize money already doled out.

Keller Williams Select Realty won the tournament and graciously divided the prize money among the four teams.