The expansion to the computer game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, known as The Frozen Throne, had an active professional competition scene, particularly in China, Germany, and South Korea.
The amount of prize money through the years has been significant with top players winning hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A famous example was the Danish gaming organization known as Meet Your Makers which boasted of paying their players US$300,000 on an annual basis.
[2] Similar to older games with huge competitive scenes like StarCraft: Brood War and Counter-Strike 1.6, the popularity of Warcraft III steadily declined and towards the end of the previous decade almost all tournaments and players were Chinese.
After 2010, with StarCraft II, League of Legends, and Dota 2 being released and becoming popular, Warcraft III gave up its position as one of the prime eSports titles.