H3CZ Claims Crowdfunding The CDL Would Beat TI10’s $40mil Prize Pool

After seeing Team Spirit win the majority portion of a record-breaking $40,000,000 prize pool in Valve's Dota 2 The International 10, OpTic Gaming owner Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez has claimed that the CDL would be able to generate an even bigger amount - if Activision would open up crowdfunding options.

The International 10 broke the record for the biggest prize pool in esports history as the crowdfunded pot rolled over for two years amid the global pandemic. Having previously been priced at around $30million, the pandemic cancelled the event in 2020, resulting in an extra year for the pot to be filled to the brim through in-game microtransactions.

Drawing comparisons to the marketing system that is implemented by Activision throughout Black Ops Cold War (soon to be Vanguard), and Warzone, H3CZ believes that Activision would be able to top the $40million in a crowdfunded pot, considering they make "just shy of $2billion a year" from their in-game stores. 

Taking to an OpTic podcast, H3CZ claimed that the $2.5million prize at the CDL World Championships would be smashed if crowdfunding was added, considering they make double that figure every day.

H3CZ said: "If there was an opportunity for everybody throughout the year to buy Champs packs of the teams and personalities, and everybody gets their little piece."

"We are going to have some pretty cool moments where $40 million is f**king obtainable," he added. 

H3CZ also proposed that a 60% (hypothetical) profit margin could be pocketed by Activision, making it a win-win situation and allowing for teams to earn back some of the huge buy-in fees to the league.

Currently, Activision makes roughly $5.2million per day on microtransactions, according to H3CZ, which is more than the entire CDL prize pool last season. Maybe some crowd support wouldn't be too bad of an idea...