Last month, Blizzard announced that it will hold the we love it too ), and bragging rights, but yesterday Blizzard announced that the winners will also be rewarded handsomely.
The total prize pool for the 2014 Hearthstone World Championship is $250,000. First place will win $100,000, second place will receive $50,000, third and fourth will get $15,000 each, fifth through eighth $7,600 each, and ninth through 16th will get $5,000 each.
None of these are a bad payday for a few spirited rounds of a card game. The recent Dota 2's prize pool, funded by sales of its Compendium .
It's currently up to $6.4 million, so Hearthstone's World Championship doesn't even come close. Then again, nothing does.
You can find out more about how to participate in Hearthstone's World Championship and its different qualifiers on Blizzard's website .
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