Esports players will split a prize pool of 2.250.000$. The League of Legends tournament is in full swing

 
It's incredible how much the lives and mentalities of people from different generations and countries can differ. For example, in the post-Soviet region, computer games are still considered purely entertainment, and all avid players are seen as lazy good-for-nothings. Their Asian counterparts, on the other hand, consider esports a prestigious pursuit, and professional gamers are respected no less than traditional athletes. And this will continue to amaze us until we calculate how much they earn.
The creators of League of Legends have launched another tournament with a huge prize pool of more than 2 million dollars. The teams that take 1-24 place will split most of the “pie,” while those who take first place will receive more than 830.000$.
Not bad at all, considering that this entire sum will be divided among a team of five. In other words, can all those schoolchildren and students who spend their days and nights at their computers split 166.000$ between them? “Okay, Google, what is the average annual income of Russians? And where can I buy valerian?”
6240$ a year. According to statistics, that's how much the average Russian citizen earns annually. So the winning esports players earn in a week-long tournament what ordinary mortals earn in 5-26 years? Not impressed? But many other, less significant tournaments take place during the year, where they can also make good money. Still not enough? Add to that a multitude of sponsors willing to pay astronomical sums for their advertising, just to have top players wear uniforms with their logos and mention them a couple of times in interviews.
“We're going about this all wrong, comrades!”
Or are we going about it the right way after all? After all, guys from Russia are also taking part in the tournament! Four Russians and one Belarusian are playing on the team 
“Unicorns Of Love” (“Unicorns of Love”). They have already taken 1rd place twice in Russian tournaments in 2020, and earned 4.000.000 rubles, and in the last world tournament they earned 16.687$ for the whole team.
Let's wish them luck!