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How much does Flash get paid?

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aupstar
Profile Joined June 2007
Australia912 Posts
June 11 2011 10:30 GMT
#1
I remember reading once in an interview that he had a base salary and a performance salary and that one year he earned around 480k USD.

Can someone clarify?

I can't seem to find the interview since there's so many Flash interviews.
Firebats, the natural enemy of octozerg
J1.au
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Australia3596 Posts
June 11 2011 10:32 GMT
#2
They are talking about this right now in the [MSL] Grand Final thread.
aupstar
Profile Joined June 2007
Australia912 Posts
June 11 2011 10:35 GMT
#3
Ahh, I see it now.. Thanks...
Firebats, the natural enemy of octozerg
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
June 11 2011 10:35 GMT
#4
On June 11 2011 19:32 J1.au wrote:
They are talking about this right now in the [MSL] Grand Final thread.


Only cuz the people wanna feed the stupid sc2 trolls.

Anyway I remmeber it being 250k-300 BASE + prize money.
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aupstar
Profile Joined June 2007
Australia912 Posts
June 11 2011 10:37 GMT
#5
There's lots of here say..nothing much concrete.

People are saying his base salary is between 200k and 285k.
Firebats, the natural enemy of octozerg
TwoToneTerran
Profile Joined March 2009
United States8841 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-11 10:38:32
June 11 2011 10:38 GMT
#6
Prize money isn't factored in, Flash gets something like a base of 200K and then gets incentives to increase his salary based on # of proleague wins, # of ace match wins, and how deep he runs into each tournament because such things promote KT, I believe. No one besides his employers, Flash, the government and his parents probably know exactly how much he makes.
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aimaimaim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Philippines2167 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-11 10:38:53
June 11 2011 10:38 GMT
#7


OI OIE POTENTIAL MAJOR SPOILERS, OMG!
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Musou
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
1375 Posts
June 11 2011 10:38 GMT
#8
Just because it wasn't linked directly.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129095

Basically says on the 'low end' he gets 250m KRW (~250k USD) which is likely his base salary. Note that the interview was done April 1 before he went on his rampage, and that his salary was raised to 300m KRW by KT after he lead them to win basically everything last year. Add in winnings and bonuses...
aupstar
Profile Joined June 2007
Australia912 Posts
June 11 2011 10:38 GMT
#9
On June 11 2011 19:38 TwoToneTerran wrote:
Prize money isn't factored in, Flash gets something like a base of 200K and then gets incentives to increase his salary based on # of proleague wins, # of ace match wins, and how deep he runs into each tournament because such things promote KT, I believe. No one besides his employers, Flash, the government and his parents probably know exactly how much he makes.


I remember him answering the question in an interview though!!
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TwoToneTerran
Profile Joined March 2009
United States8841 Posts
June 11 2011 10:39 GMT
#10
On June 11 2011 19:38 aimaimaim wrote:
OI OIE MAJOR SPOILERS! OMG!!!


How does this thread spoil anything at all? There's only a vague mention to the MSL finals thread, it's purely about flash's salary.
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moopie
Profile Joined July 2009
12605 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-11 10:42:33
June 11 2011 10:39 GMT
#11
On June 11 2011 19:37 aupstar wrote:
There's lots of here say..nothing much concrete.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129095#1

AHEM
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
June 11 2011 10:41 GMT
#12
Christ. 1k a month with living expenses covered? I wish I could hit that much cash playing LoL... (no, just kidding).
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aimaimaim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Philippines2167 Posts
June 11 2011 10:42 GMT
#13
On June 11 2011 19:39 TwoToneTerran wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2011 19:38 aimaimaim wrote:
OI OIE MAJOR SPOILERS! OMG!!!


How does this thread spoil anything at all? There's only a vague mention to the MSL finals thread, it's purely about flash's salary.


I said "Potential"!

+ Show Spoiler +
Hell, it doesn't take rocket science to knonw the result from the Finals base on this thread!
Major spoilers!
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Black[CAT]
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Malaysia2589 Posts
June 11 2011 10:45 GMT
#14
I expected this kind of thread to pop up after the reading the finals LR thread...
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aupstar
Profile Joined June 2007
Australia912 Posts
June 11 2011 10:47 GMT
#15
On June 11 2011 19:39 moopie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2011 19:37 aupstar wrote:
There's lots of here say..nothing much concrete.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129095#1

AHEM


W00t!!

I think this may have been the one! :D

Q: What’s your salary?
-The income includes prize money from the leagues. On the low side, it’s about 250000000 won, and it can get up to 400000000 won on the high side. Last year I got about 300000000 won.

Interview conducted on April 1st, 2010, Shindonga Magazine.


Though this was before he went on his monster rampage..:D

I would seriously not be surprised if it was much more now.
Firebats, the natural enemy of octozerg
Dhalphir
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia1305 Posts
June 11 2011 10:56 GMT
#16
On June 11 2011 19:41 IntoTheheart wrote:
Christ. 1k a month with living expenses covered? I wish I could hit that much cash playing LoL... (no, just kidding).


300k a year is a lot more than 1k a month.

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moopie
Profile Joined July 2009
12605 Posts
June 11 2011 10:57 GMT
#17
On June 11 2011 19:56 Dhalphir wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2011 19:41 IntoTheheart wrote:
Christ. 1k a month with living expenses covered? I wish I could hit that much cash playing LoL... (no, just kidding).


300k a year is a lot more than 1k a month.


He's talking about his allowance.
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ffreakk
Profile Joined September 2010
Singapore2155 Posts
June 11 2011 11:01 GMT
#18
On June 11 2011 19:47 aupstar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2011 19:39 moopie wrote:
On June 11 2011 19:37 aupstar wrote:
There's lots of here say..nothing much concrete.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129095#1

AHEM


W00t!!

I think this may have been the one! :D

Q: What’s your salary?
-The income includes prize money from the leagues. On the low side, it’s about 250000000 won, and it can get up to 400000000 won on the high side. Last year I got about 300000000 won.

Interview conducted on April 1st, 2010, Shindonga Magazine.


Though this was before he went on his monster rampage..:D

I would seriously not be surprised if it was much more now.


Wasnt that before the Kespa-Blizz affair as well? I heard during that period that KT nearly doubled Flash's salary. Nothing concrete though, basing entirely off rumors and memories n such. Any confirmation?
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Brad`
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada548 Posts
June 11 2011 11:09 GMT
#19
Enough to be sure that he'll never have to work a day in his life after retiring.
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
June 11 2011 11:16 GMT
#20
On June 11 2011 20:09 Brad` wrote:
Enough to be sure that he'll never have to work a day in his life after retiring.


Thats quite a stretch lol
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