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The 2014 version of the International Compendium continues to break records after reaching the 18th stretch goal earlier this week of a whopping $8,400,000 unlocking future support for customisation of the multi-kill banner.
The new milestone leaves a total of only four more stretch goals to go with the final one resting comfortably on the $10,000,000 mark.
Looking at the maths behind the money raised so far we can see that we are already sitting on a daily average of $279,636. This is mainly due to the initial strong support for the Compendium but also due to the release of the Immortal items. A number of prediction graphs were made however none of them could really take into account the release of the stretch goal rewards such as the Immortal items.
The healthy numbers below should mean we are in a very good standing to reach the $10,000,000 mark and even more so with a number of rewards still pending for release.
25 days into the release of the Compendium and we still have a daily average of $279,636 in prize pool increase.The release of the Immortals was able to provide a huge spike to the prize pool and there are still plenty of goals left yet to be delivered to the Compendium owners, all of which will do their part in helping increase the prize pool even further.
The current remaining deliverables are as follows:
Chat EmotesAlternative Styles for Lieutenant Squawkins (Alternative styles unlocked at Level 24 and Level 41)Mini-Pudge Courier (Plus alternative skin for those with a level 50 Compendium)New Music PackEnvironmental EffectsBase CustomisationFavourite Hero ChallengeMulti-Kill Banner CustomisationThere are more rewards to be delivered however I have only listed the ones that are restricted to Compendium owners only as these are more likely to contribute to sales than the other rewards.
At no point in time has the daily average prize pool increase dropped below double of what is required now to hit the $10,000,000 goal. The next question we should be asking is how do we split $10,000,000 between the 16 teams.