Colossus<\/strong> fielded the smallest group of players in its short history.<\/p>\nBrazilian Roberly Felicio<\/strong> won the event, banking the\u00a0$1,000,000 <\/strong>first-place prize<\/p>\nColossus fields\u00a0shrink each year<\/span><\/h2>\nThis year\u2019s tournament fielded 13,070 entries<\/strong>. The tournament, a five-day event, ran from June 2 to June 7.<\/p>\nThere\u2019s no denying the tournament is a gigantic event. Multiple big-name players offer instructions for how to navigate the huge number of players in the event.<\/p>\n
Still, this year\u2019s event was the smallest incarnation<\/strong> of the Colossus so far. In fact, the fields have shrunk each subsequent year since the tournament\u2019s debut in 2015.<\/p>\nThe 2015 event remains the largest version of Colossus. In fact, it\u2019s the largest live tournament ever played, with 22,374 entries<\/strong> generating a prizepool that ballooned over $11 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe fields have tumbled by 42 percent since<\/strong>. Even more alarmingly, each year\u2019s decline has been greater than the last<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThis year\u2019s event hosted nearly 5,000 fewer entries<\/strong> than 2017\u2019s event alone. Overall, attendance is down by more than 9,000 entries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n