Although Worlds has ended for a long time, the supporters still lingered at the atmosphere in the US. Witnessed the new King Drx lift the Summoner's Cup and their magical journey did not help, many fans were touched. However, besides those joys, Worlds 2022 also brings many debates for the viewers and the organizers about the amount of bonuses that Riot announced.
Specifically, the DRX champion was confirmed to bring about $ 489.5 thousand bonuses (equivalent to VND 12.1 billion). With a year considered to be the success of Riot, this bonus is considered to be much less than the years before Damwon Gaming – Champion World Champion 2020 also received a bonus amount of $ 556.25 thousand even if it was the year of the Pandemic.
Fans commented that this reward is not enough for the efforts of the championship of Summoner's Cup, especially with what Deft and DRX had to go through to have this magical victory. According to Sohu, this is too low not only compared to the scale of Worlds but also with the salary of the LPL players.
According to Chinese media, Theshy is said to pocket about 20-30 million yuan/year (equivalent to 2.8 – 4.2 million USD); While Knight also brings a bigger figure than 45 million yuan/year (US $ 6.3 million). Besides, the other names have a salary of over 10 million yuan/year (14 million USD). Worse, the stars who have not yet reached A or S also have a salary of 10 times the champion's prize.
It is not known how Riot Games's organizers will face the wave of protest, but it can be clearly seen that the bonuses at Worlds are gradually following tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not only that, the annual salary of the stars at the LPL is much more than the award, but the champion has to fall out to get, showing that the injustice is not light in the world of gamers around the world.
