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by riprock 5486 days ago
Just to point how competitive starcraft 2 is right now:

Global Starcraft League is pretty much monthly. first place wins $80,000, second place wins $25,000, and so on

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=141...

The North American StarCraft League, funded for a minimum of 3 seasons with a $400,000 total prize pool

http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft2/news/14686-400-000-priz...

IGN Pro League, $50,000 prize pool for each season

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=218...

Then there are MANY other tournaments, such as MLG, Blizzcon, Dreamhack, and TSL.

http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/competitions/17#event_36_pr...

starcraft2, if anything, is a huge GLOBAL success so far as an esport.