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> Anyway, this isn’t the Olympics, a professional sport, or Chess. Yes, its prize pool is order of magnitude higher than either of Olympics sports or Chess.

• bee_rider 7mo ago
  I’m sure there’s a game out there that has a prize pool for matchmaking mode, because any silly thing has happened somewhere, but I’d expect that sort of thing to mostly be handled in proper tournaments.
  • tapoxi 7mo ago
    It's not so much tournaments but viewership. People watch others play on Twitch, that gets you money directly as well as sponsorships. This incentives people to cheat so they're good on stream.
    • Jensson 7mo ago
      It is a lot harder to cheat on a live stream though.