We've tabulated the winnings so far this year for Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source, Warcraft III, and Call of Duty 2. While these numbers have been residing on the Internet in a myriad of different locations, we've decided to take all these numbers and present it in one place for the world to see. What better way to tell how a team or player has done throughout the year than the amount of cash they managed to bring home? No weighted rankings, no polls, and no arcane formulas. Just cold hard cash to determine who is the best.

So without further ado, I present to you our first Money List of 2007. Enjoy.

Counter-Strike 1.6

The completion of a major and two minor events gives us a preview for competition to come in 2007. Taking first at shgOpen gave MiBR a $20,800 prize and secured their place at the top of our list. Pentagram’s runner up position netted them $13,000, and a great launching pad from which to remain in the top ten position through December.

Pro100 places 4th on our money board with a slightly different story. The Ukranian underdogs took out strong forZe and Virtus.Pro teams to become the highest earning team who didn’t compete in shgOpen. Their Russian peers took 7th and 10th respectively for their performances.

The Chinese gain some representation on this rundown from Hacker GM’s dominate play at CEG Xian. With the $4,500 prize, the 5th place CPL team was given an early jump to the middle ranks. Time will tell if they can continue the success they had in 2006, but if their performance is any indicator, they have a strong chance of staying in our top 10.

The Scandinavians round out our money list with NoA in 3rd for finishing 3rd at shgOpen with Begrip finishing right below them in 4th. Fnatic and MYM are 8th and 9th for taking the next two placings in Copenhagen.

#	Team	CEG Xian	shgOpen	ASUS Winter	Total
1	Made in Brazil		20,800		20,800
2	Pentagram		13,000		13,000
3	NoA		8,667		8,667
4	pro100			6,400	6,400
5	Begrip		5,200		5,200
6	Hacker GM	4,518			4,518
7	forZe			4,150	4,150
8	fnatic		3,055		3,055
9	Meet Your Makers		3,055		3,055
10	Virtus.Pro			2,630	2,630

Money amounts are listed in US Dollars. Prizes not in USD are converted at the time of winning. In addition, only money earned in tournaments is counted.

For events to be included in this list they had to meet certain criteria. The first prize for CS tournaments had to be five thousand dollars or more, this prevents LAN tournaments that take place at your local net cafe from being included. The exception here is CEG in China which offers close to a five thousand dollar first place prize and draws the best from all over China. These totals do not include hardware or other prizes (ie WSVG Rolex Watches). They also do not reflect the management's cut of players winnings.

Counter-Strike: Source

With only two events in the first two months of 2007, it’s a bit early to draw any conclusions from these results. That being said, the list is essentially a composite of the these two tournaments, and is European heavy due to shg paying out to more places.

#	Team	DC-LAN	shgOpen		Total
1	Awakening	4,000			4,000
2	Volt Gaming		3,467		3,467
3	WTMSD	2,000			2,000
4	Logitech.fi		1,733		1,733
5	Devastation	1,000			1,000
6	ALTERNATE aTTaX		867		867
7	Real Life Rejects		347		347
8	Insignia Cadre		173		173

Money amounts are listed in US Dollars. Prizes not in USD are converted at the time of winning. In addition, only money earned in tournaments is counted.

For events to be included in this list they had to meet certain criteria. The first prize for CSS tournaments had to be two thousand dollars or more, this prevents LAN tournaments that take place at your local net cafe from being included. These totals do not include hardware or other prizes (ie. WSVG Rolex Watches). They also do not reflect the management's cut of players winnings.

Warcraft III: TFT

Two Night Elves dominate the money list after both of them take first place finishes with $10,000 payouts. Moon ranks first after winning the MBCGame Warcraft World War (W3), taking down Grubby 3:0 in a best of 5 match, which awarded him $10,000. The rest of his earnings come from MYM's 2nd place finish for the WC3L Season 10, along with the W3 Team where the $10,000 pot was split three ways.

ReMinD, trailing only by less than $2000 behind Moon, skyrocketed the list with his BNET Season 4 first place win. Added to that, he also won the recent CEG in Xi'an, along with the split prize for WC3L third place. Next in line is Grubby, whose biggest contribution is W3, takes in $8000. Four Kings' first place finish in WC3L net him a little more than $3,000 and his own 3rd place finish in BNET S4 merits him $2,000 for a total of $13,250.

The largest contributions to 2007's money list comes from Warcraft World War. Without this new league, Moon would only be left with $1,950 share of MYM's prize for the WC3L. Blizzard's tournament gave a big payout to ReMinD who won first place, and without Moon wining W3 team, he could have taken the first place.

#	Player	CEG Xian	BNET S4	WC3L S10	W3 Team	W3`06 S3	Total
1	Moon			1,950	3,333	10,000	15,283
2	ReMinD	2,582	10,000	975			13,557
3	Grubby		2,000	3,250		8,000	13,250
4	Lucifer		3,000	1,950	3,333		8,283
5	Susiria			1,950	3,333		5,283
6	ToD		1,000	3,250			4,250
7	Creolophus			3,250			3,250
8	FuRy			2,167			2,167
9	Shy					2,000	2,000
10	ChecK				1,666	200	1,866

Money amounts are listed in US Dollars. Prizes not in USD are converted at the time of winning. In addition, only money earned in tournaments is counted.

For events to be included in this list they had to meet certain criteria. The first prize for WC3 tournaments had to be two thousand dollars or more, this prevents LAN tournaments that take place at your local net cafe from being included. These totals do not include hardware or other prizes (ie WSVG Rolex Watches). They also do not reflect the management's cut of players winnings. Team prizes are split based on participation in matches (4K played three matches at the WC3L finals, FuRy played two while Zeus played one).

Call of Duty 2

DigitalMind top the Call of Duty 2 money list after their strong shgOpen performance with Pandemic close behind after winning Cyberhub. No team in Europe could touch dM in Denmark and their 20,000DKK first prize was thoroughly deserved. Tek-9 did manage to take second place and they rank 3rd in the money list while UK favorites Dignitas sit a distant 9th after their poor showing.

Pandemic, with $2,000, are the highest ranked American team on the list and remain the dominant lan side after knocking out the likes of favorites rSports and reigning champions eGe at Cyberhub 7. The team have not enjoyed a perfect start to CEVO-P but will have a chance to a chance to defend their title, as well as move further up the money list, this time next month at Cyberhub 8. Other teams such as 20ID and Warchild will also have the opportunity to make an impact and will look to build on their progress over the last few months after a flurry of roster changes.

Coming up next in the European scene is the second Crossfire PrizeFight Challenege in Holland, offering a $4,000 prize purse. DigitalMind remain the likely favorites and a win there would compound their number one ranking in the money list. Tek-9 look the only team likely to catch them and the multi-national side will have their full lineup available to them, unlike for shgOpen where Knaller was absent. Dignitas will also be sporting a new look roster at Crossfire and will hope to improve upon their 5th-6th place at shgOpen with new addition Mint providing the inspiration.

#	Team	Cyberhub	shgOpen		Total
1	digitalMind		3,467		3,467
2	Pandemic	2,000			2,000
3	TeK-9		1,733		1,733
4	rSports	1,000			1,000
5	suXus		867		867
6	Enervate	500			500
7	Cooltronik		347		347
8	Check-Six	250			250
9	Dignitas		173		173
10	Copenhagen eSports		173		173

Money amounts are listed in US Dollars. Prizes not in USD are converted at the time of winning. In addition, only money earned in tournaments is counted.

For events to be included in this list they had to meet certain criteria. The first prize for COD tournaments had to be two thousand dollars or more, this prevents LAN tournaments that take place at your local net cafe from being included. These totals do not include hardware or other prizes (ie. WSVG Rolex Watches). They also do not reflect the management's cut of players winnings.

There have yet to be Quake events in 2007 and the Starcraft list will be coming soon.