Major Pro E-Sports Tournament Held In Singapore; Teams Will Battle For $1.36 Million Prize Money

Fame, glory, and a chance to win a boatload of money.

Once upon a time, this was but a mere dream for gamers.

The era of competitive esports (electronic sports) is here, and I’m glad to say it’s not going away.

It isn’t rare to see players or teams duke it out on an international scale in order to win millions of dollars.

And if you’re a Defense Of The Ancients (DOTA) player in Singapore, we’ve got some hype news for you.

Pro Circuit In Singapore

This little red dot is about to get hot.

According to TODAYonline, esports teams worldwide will come to Singapore in June next year to play for a prize pool of S$1.36 million in the final qualifying tournament of the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC).

That amount is probably more than what almost everyone’s earning and could change your life!

Announced on 18 December, The Singapore Major will take place from 20 to 28 June at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and is organised by ONE Esports and PGL Esports.

Remember, this is the final qualifying spot before The International 2020.

Which, by the way, is an annual world championship tournament for DOTA 2.

It would likely determine the standings and placements of how the finals will eventually turn out.

Why? Because for those of you who follow it, the winning team also gets 15,000 Pro Circuit Points along with the cash prize.

For the layman, it basically gives the winning team a huge qualifying advantage.

It’s also a win for South-East Asia as a whole!

A major was held in Kuala Lumpur last year and another was held in Manila in 2016 so Singapore being part of the repertoire is honestly pretty exciting.

But you see, that’s the huge thing next year.

What about now?

The Present Day

Yeah, we got a DOTA 2 event happening in Singapore as you read this article.

ONE Esports and PGL Esports are currently heading the Dota 2 World Pro Invitational in Singapore this week that started on 17 December and ends on 22 December.

Invited teams will play for a prize pool of around S$677,700.

It’s not in millions but boy is that a lot of cash.

In fact, it’s so big that the event is backed by sponsors such as DBS Bank and Lazada.

Even the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is providing financial support to both the World Pro Invitational and the Singapore Major.

Not to mention the whooping 700,000 people watching the games on 18 December on the streaming platform Twitch.

The Future

2020 is just around the corner and as we said, esports is here to stay and there’s no stopping it.

Jean Ng, executive director of Attractions, Entertainment, and Tourism concept development at STB, feels the same way too.

She believes events like these are a “start of a series of major events we’d like to test and assess the appetite for travel for esports.”

Welcome to the future of competitive gaming.

As a guy who participates in gaming tournaments myself, this makes me very happy and I hope the industry moves onwards and upwards!