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guii
Brazil31 Posts
It's easy to say "why throw matches" assuming you work 8h/5day/week and getting a good payment. It's not about loving what you do, it's about playing this all day long, and dont get payed for that. Everyone says "Do what you like to do" when you're in doubt of what to do as work. But "love" and "fun" isn't the only things you need to live. Gotta make money too. | ||
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Slow Motion
United States6960 Posts
On May 19 2010 09:28 guii wrote: I think money is money. You need it. It's a fact. It's easy to say "why throw matches" assuming you work 8h/5day/week and getting a good payment. It's not about loving what you do, it's about playing this all day long, and dont get payed for that. Everyone says "Do what you like to do" when you're in doubt of what to do as work. But "love" and "fun" isn't the only things you need to live. Gotta make money too. My point is that if you just went into progaming, not because you love it despite the challenges, but because you wanted to make lots of money, then there is no need for us to feel bad for you when you cheat for money. Nothing wrong with making money at all, but you should have stayed in school and gotten a decent job to do it. Unless these cheaters are actually starving, there is something very wrong from trying to make money from an illegal act. If you don't love Starcraft, don't come into progaming to exploit the game for your own gain. No one is forcing you to be a progamer. That is why we respect the ones who sacrificed money and a life to try progaming because they love it. | ||
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pR0gR4m3R
Spain1446 Posts
1. Blizz will organize tournaments with high prizes 2. Korean pros, fed up with their low salaries, will go away from teams/kespa and try to create their own Sc2 pro teams to compete to get that money 3. "Free agency period" hurt sooooo bad this esport. Showing how good players can win $200.000 a year, and other get even less than a half of it | ||
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TuElite
Canada2123 Posts
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Slow Motion
United States6960 Posts
As an alternative, there should be a high school progaming organization for the kids. After they become adults, they may freely choose to become true pros who practice 10 hours a day in a house. Until then, they will be students and the teachers and coaches in a high school will make sure they do not neglect their academics while encouraging balances gaming and student life. Basically something like how basketball or football is here in the U.S. The problem is that even in Korea gaming might not be popular enough to get that kind of support, but if enough kids are interested then I think it could be a possibility. Also schools may not want to encourage video gaming (as they would with physical sports that are seen as more healthy), but really we are seeing the cost of not having this kind of program and it is much worse. | ||
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MrBob
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JohannesH
Finland1364 Posts
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Skvid
Lithuania751 Posts
Anyways, it's a nice read, thanks for translating. | ||
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SilverSkyLark
Philippines8437 Posts
On May 19 2010 05:44 JDforever wrote: Nice Artical~~~thx Damn you managed to read that within a minute?! Gotta learn how to do that soon. | ||
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hacpee
United States752 Posts
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l10f
United States3241 Posts
On May 19 2010 10:40 hacpee wrote: Um, there is nothing new in this article. We knew this for a long time. Fact is that the progamers can choose to leave whenever they want and pursue an occupation a real occupation. yup so the time you spent practicing starcraft to get to their level (what, A/A+ on iccup?) instead of studying can be randomly made up so you can go to a college and "pursue an occupation a real occupation." Especially when getting a job in Korea after high school is very hard. | ||
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darktreb
United States3016 Posts
Because, you know, it's not like people ever change their minds or regret their decisions anything, right? | ||
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peidongyang
Canada2084 Posts
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years
Costa Rica216 Posts
The amount fo games played vs the amount of games being thrown is ridiculously high. Its not like all of BW was one big setup. | ||
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alexpnd
Canada1857 Posts
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XinRan
United States530 Posts
On May 19 2010 11:26 alexpnd wrote: Good article. Though yet again, feels like nothing is being done. Boxer where are you? It takes a really brave man to stand up to the huge corporate sponsors, broadcasters, and KeSPA. I'm not sure whether there is a man in progaming brave enough to stand up. Besides, they spend all their time practicing. Where will they get the time to advocate for better conditions? | ||
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Hesmyrr
Canada5776 Posts
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
On May 19 2010 10:40 hacpee wrote: Um, there is nothing new in this article. We knew this for a long time. Fact is that the progamers can choose to leave whenever they want and pursue an occupation a real occupation. So NBA players should get paid nothing because it's not a "real" occupation? Get real, they're entertainers/sportsmen who have worked for many years to develop a skill capital that you think they should just throw away because they are not paid appropriately and their job isn't legitimate. You're either a troll or should gtfo of this forum if you're that naive. | ||
TheYango
United States47024 Posts
On May 19 2010 11:49 XinRan wrote: It takes a really brave man to stand up to the huge corporate sponsors, broadcasters, and KeSPA. I'm not sure whether there is a man in progaming brave enough to stand up. Besides, they spend all their time practicing. Where will they get the time to advocate for better conditions? It's kind of funny. I think the only player who would have enough influence to really advocate those kinds of rights would be someone with bonjwa-level media attention; and the last person who really had that level of attention gave into the pressure and is at the center of this scandal. | ||
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Guilty
Canada812 Posts
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