Maybe in terms of overall view and height, Effie is not outstanding enough, but in terms of execution, it is still very good.

Throughout mid-to-late September, she led the team vigorously and resolutely and achieved a series of results.

On September 18, Facebook Games acquired the WCG brand and its operating company for $2 million. The company established a new "E-sports Division" and officially entered the e-sports industry. The team of the former WCG operating company was integrated into Facebook Games and was responsible for the organization of future events.

On September 20th, Facebook Games and Project Hope Foundation reached a cooperation agreement, and half of the sales amount of the 2003 WCG commemorative edition skin will be donated to Project Hope to build Hope Primary School, library, train rural teachers, and improve the diet and nutrition of students in mountainous areas.

Moreover, Facebook Games promised a guaranteed amount of $5 million in the cooperation agreement, which means that if the sales of the commemorative version of the skin are not good, the amount will not reach $5 million, and all the money will be made up by Facebook Games. If it exceeds 5 million, there is no cap on the donation amount!

On September 25th, not too many people paid attention to Dao, and the Demon City Government issued a document to the relevant departments. In order to make the image of the city younger and more popular with the younger generation, the city will actively promote and support the development of the game and e-sports industry.

On September 28, the headquarters of Facebook Games Continent and the North American company jointly issued an announcement. The 2003 WCG will start the global selection tournament in December and the global finals will be held at the end of December in the magic city, and the prize money of this competition will be unprecedented!

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This announcement of Facebook Games was issued, and the gaming circle was a sensation.

"WCG was acquired by Facebook, and the bonus is unprecedentedly huge?! Hell, we at CPL just got a big sponsorship this year, and we said we were going to overtake WCG!" said the CEO of CPL's operating company angrily.

CPL is run by a North American company and is also well-known around the world, ranking as the top two esports events in the world along with WCG, and it has been around for a longer time than WCG.

This year, CPL Operators has just pulled in a sponsorship of up to $800,000 from Hewlett-Packard Computers and is ready to go big, and the news broke that Facebook Games has entered the esports industry.

Of course, the industry is no stranger to Facebook games, which is the parent company of Villefort and Blizzard!

is notoriously wealthy, and now in the European and American game circles, no one does not know the Facebook game platform, and no one has not used this platform.

Obviously, this year's WCG will be unusually rich.

But strangely, in this announcement, Facebook Games did not specify how much prize money there is.

When some game reporters inquired through personal connections, they didn't get an accurate reply, and the people at Facebook said with a mysterious face that no one knows this number now, but the number will be surprisingly high!

CPL couldn't hold back its breath, and on September 30, it took the lead in issuing a high-profile announcement, announcing that the total prize money of this year's CPL will reach millions of dollars!

The 2003 CPL had a total of five events, in addition to the three main events (Counter-Strike, Warcraft, and StarCraft), there were also two games, Halo and Hero Sam.

Among them, the prize money of the Counter-Strike project reached 300,000 US dollars, which is the highest single prize money in the history of e-sports!

They're going to compete with WCG for attention, and obviously, the more attention and influence you have in any game, the better, because that means sponsors are going to be rushing to give you money.

If no one watches a competition, there will definitely be no advertising revenue, and there will be no high-level players to participate in the competition.

In fact, regarding CPL, Facebook has discussed internally whether to acquire it by the way, or cancel the licensing of several games.

After discussion, everyone thought that it was better to keep it, because the CPL game was before the WCG, so it was right for the players to warm up and build momentum for the WCG.

And this tournament does not pose any threat to the WCG at all, and when the prize money of the WCG rises, everyone will understand that this is not a competition at the same level at all!

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On October 1st, Facebook Game Platform, Half-Life, Warcraft, and StarCraft released new patches at the same time, announcing the official launch of limited edition game skins, which can be purchased in gift boxes through the store within the Facebook Game platform.

By opening the box, you can get a variety of 2003WCG limited edition skins, and the price of the box is not expensive, in Europe and the United States and other economically developed countries, the price of a box is only one dollar. In developing countries, such as continents, Africa, etc., a box costs only $0.5.

And the Facebook game is very conscientious, as long as you open the box, you will inevitably get a skin, and you will never cheat Krypton!

This year's limited skin theme is "Oriental Dragon".

The skin forms of the three games are also different, Warcraft and StarCraft are a bit simpler, because the number of players in these two games is not comparable to Half-Life, so Facebook Games did not put much effort into these two games.

In StarCraft, a limited flag has been added, which will be erected on top of your main base in the game, and by opening the chest, you can open several different colors of flags, such as black dragons, white dragons, red dragons, blue dragons, etc., among which there are also the rarest golden dragons!

Warcraft, the same skin as StarCraft, is a limited flag with the same color.

Because after Effie's analysis, the potential of these two games is not great, so there is no need to make it too complicated. The main base is the most conspicuous and often seen in the camera in these two games, so planting a flag here is also more eye-catching, and players will buy it.

The main force of krypton this time, of course, is half a life!

Because Half-Life has the largest number of players, it is also the most popular, influential, and most watched game at the moment!

So the limited skin of Half-Life is more complicated, mainly the skin of the gun, because in this game, the gun is the thing that people pay the most attention to.

And there are several guns that are especially loved by players, such as Desert Eagle, AK, M4, AWP, which are definitely the favorites in every player's heart.

There are also a lot of things that can be opened in the limited skin box of Half-Life, and the skins of various guns may appear, of course, the rarest golden dragon skin is still the most difficult to open.

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Facebook Games specifically pointed out that this time, the "Oriental Dragon" theme skin will be permanently offline by the end of this year's finals. And all the proceeds from the sale of the box, Facebook Games will not ask for a penny, half of which will be used for WCG tournament bonuses, and the other half will be donated to Project Hope!