EPTWho Sez Starcraft is Dead? [Part 1] - Page 3
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
On October 03 2009 10:55 eshlow wrote: Isn't most of Idra's winnings going towards flights from Korea to US and vice versa? I remember him mentioning that about one of the tournaments... most of the winnings would be going to pay his flight there and back. I'm pretty sure (like 99%?) that CJ paid for his WCG flight... what they wouldn't pay for was Dreamhack, which is why he ended up not going. | ||
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RamenStyle
United States1929 Posts
If SC2 is half as good as SC1, I tell ya, 20K is gonna be prize total per week. | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
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DrTJEckleburg
United States1080 Posts
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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d(O.o)a
Canada5066 Posts
On October 03 2009 08:12 Tom Phoenix wrote: + Show Spoiler + Actually, compared to other sports, even top progamers are payed peanuts. Moon, one of the best WC3 players of all time, is currently the most well-payed progamer (NaDa used to have that title, but he received a major pay cut in his most recent contract). This year, he signed a three year contract worth 700 million South Korean won or 470,000 US Dollars. In comparison, Ronaldinho (currently one of the best football/soccer players) signed a three year contract worth 28 million US Dollars. This is not even mentioning the fact that WeMade essentially got Moon for free (his old team, MyM, went bankrupt), while AC Milan had to buy Ronaldinho off Barcelona for 40 million dollars. On topic, one can take the fact that there has been so many SC tournaments this year both ways. While it is a good thing that there were many foreigner events this year, one has to wonder whether this is essentially the swan song of the foreign Brood War scene before it dies and is replaced by the SC2 scene. Infact, I would honestly not be suprised if many of these events were motivated by the fact that BW is slowly running it`s course and that the development of the sequel caused a "mini revival" of BW activities in general. Is StarCraft dead? No, not yet. However, it`s death is not that far off. You're missing the point, these people are getting paid to play VIDEOGAMES! | ||
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selboN
United States2523 Posts
On October 03 2009 11:42 d(O.o)a wrote: You're missing the point, these people are getting paid to play VIDEOGAMES! Yes! That is why his comparison to soccer was so bad! | ||
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
On October 03 2009 11:28 {88}iNcontroL wrote: in 2009 I made 700$ from Pan Am and 500$ from US Open. I have also received money from small events/training people etc. o-O relax geoff, you're getting love in the other parts =P! this was excluding big national only LAN events like WCG stuff, etc  ! | ||
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Superiorwolf
United States5509 Posts
I think not only was the amount of money higher this year, but small LANs in general have been popping up everywhere (East Coast, West Coast, Texas, Singapore, Canada) which really shows how the game is still so strong :D | ||
jalstar
United States8198 Posts
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Durak
Canada3684 Posts
On October 03 2009 12:14 jalstar wrote: Do we even know for sure that SC2 will replace Brood War? CS: Source didn't replace 1.6. Isn't it? From what I've heard source has more sponsorship so everyone is switching over. | ||
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jalstar
United States8198 Posts
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GTR
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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
On October 03 2009 06:49 Ideas wrote: yeah but not TSL in 2009  lol sorry to bump. I just thought it would be funny to note, that the amount of money thrown into the TSL this time basically surpasses the entire year. + Show Spoiler + I am including random things like trip to OSL finals as well. | ||
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7mk
Germany10157 Posts
(xeris' sum vs TSL prize pool without osl trip) | ||
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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
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Halfpastnoob
United States191 Posts
On October 03 2009 12:50 GTR wrote: source pretty much died after the cgs folded. Sad but true,source wasn't really that bad of a game as people made it out to be just because they where cs 1.6 fanboys,I would go back to Source,but all it is now is zombie mods,and other stupid shit like that. | ||
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Ps
Canada5 Posts
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n.DieJokes
United States3443 Posts
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