Four two-legged ASUS Cups announced

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By Michal 'Carmac' Blicharz

Apr 11, 2008 21:43

A full season of Moscow's ASUS Cup tournament was announced comprised of four two-legged tournaments in May, July and August, November and February 2009 for WC3, SC, DotA, Q3, FIFA08, and CS 1.6.

Each of the ASUS Cups will have a prize purse of around $42,600 (totaling at roughly $170,000 for the entire year) and will run over two weekends. The first weekend will hold Warcraft 3, StarCraft, DotA, Quake 3 and FIFA 2008, while the other will have Counter-Strike 1.6. Splitting the tournament allows the organisers to better handle the player load at the event.

The upcoming ASUS Cup will take place on May 17-18 and May 24-25. The CS 1.6 tournaments get over half of the total prize money allocated for each ASUS Cup. The prize purse structure is as follows:

First weekend:
Warcraft 3 DotA 5v5 Open (32 teams): ~$6,400
Quake 3 1v1 (64 gamers): ~$2,130
FIFA 2008 1v1 Open (64 gamers): $2,130
Starcraft: Bw 1v1 Open (64 gamers): $2,130
Warcraft 3 TFT 1v1 Open (64 gamers): $2,130

Second weekend:
Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Masters (32 teams): ~$19,180
Сounter-Strike 1.6 5v5 NoN Profi Open (96 teams) ~$7,460

The Summer, Autumn and Winter ASUS Cups are expected to have the same game lineup and prize total.