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Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
February 10 2007 12:02 GMT
#81
You may say XellOs, Reach, YellOw, etc are overpaid [old giants who are slumping like crazy now] but remember that even if their skill isn't competitive anymore, they are still as good looking as they used to be. They're not paid to win the game. They're paid to sell products for whatever company sponsors them. YellOw and Reach can still sell KTF cellphones easily, because their fanclubs are still die hard loyal and buy KTF stuff.

KTF can easily shell out a couple hundred thousand a year for each of their progamers since they easily get it back through the marketing those progamers give. KTF itself said that it thinks it has profited at least 10fold by making their MagicN's team, even after creating Magic Camp and paying salaries and everything.
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infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
February 10 2007 12:05 GMT
#82
On February 10 2007 20:54 itemlock wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 10 2007 18:27 RawkusTk wrote:
Seo Ji Hoon's income is SOOOOOO overpaid


he sux


If you think about all he's really been through with his team, he very well deserves every bit of it...

Though I agree it is slightly overpaid, I think he deserves it.
The loyalty he's shown from the G.O. days AND his great Ace-match record makes him worthy of his salary.
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thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
February 10 2007 12:08 GMT
#83
On February 10 2007 18:39 RawkusTk wrote:
sry but, he can't even come up to league any more


+___+ was it just me, or was xellos just in MSL...
TT1_banned
Profile Joined March 2006
Canada1206 Posts
February 11 2007 02:33 GMT
#84
wow nada rofl
ToKoreaWithLove
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Norway10161 Posts
February 11 2007 02:58 GMT
#85
Wonder if Yellow will get a new contract
ModeratorFather of bunnies
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
February 11 2007 03:00 GMT
#86
On February 11 2007 11:58 ToKoreaWithLove wrote:
Wonder if Yellow will get a new contract


he better

or I will throw a huge fit.
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spammerA
Profile Joined July 2006
China355 Posts
February 11 2007 03:17 GMT
#87
On February 11 2007 11:58 ToKoreaWithLove wrote:
Wonder if Yellow will get a new contract


I think this will be an easy one.

On February 10 2007 21:02 Last Romantic wrote:
You may say XellOs, Reach, YellOw, etc are overpaid [old giants who are slumping like crazy now] but remember that even if their skill isn't competitive anymore, they are still as good looking as they used to be. They're not paid to win the game. They're paid to sell products for whatever company sponsors them. YellOw and Reach can still sell KTF cellphones easily, because their fanclubs are still die hard loyal and buy KTF stuff.

KTF can easily shell out a couple hundred thousand a year for each of their progamers since they easily get it back through the marketing those progamers give. KTF itself said that it thinks it has profited at least 10fold by making their MagicN's team, even after creating Magic Camp and paying salaries and everything.
d4d
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Switzerland1066 Posts
March 02 2007 19:54 GMT
#88
On February 10 2007 12:25 Cpt Obvious wrote:
i felt bored and did a sorted list from rich nada to poor free[gm]:
(i used Ryp's list)


1. [ReD]NaDa, Lee Yoonyeol - $200,000
2. iloveoov, Choi Yunsung - $150,000
2. XellOs, Seo Jihoon - $150,000
4. [Oops]Reach, Park Jungsuk - $133,000
5. YellOw, Hong Jinho - $110,000
5. Nal_rA, Kang Min - $110,000
5. July, Park SungJoon - $110,000
8. Kingdom, Park Yongwook - $100,000
8. GoRush, Park Taemin - $100,000
10. sAviOr, Ma Jaeyoon - $70,000
10. JJu, Byun Eunjong - $70,000
12. Silver, Shim Somyung - $60,000
13. Stork, Song Byungkoo - $50,000
14. ZergLee, Lee Changhoon - $46,000
15. PuSan[S.G], Park Jiho - $40,000
15. AnyTime, Oh Youngjong - $40,000
15. ClouD, Cha Jaewook - $40,000
18. Casy[Alive], Han Dongwook - $36,000
19. TheROCK, Ahn Kihyo - $30,000
20. Tester[gm], Seo Kisoo - $28,000
21. Bright[z-zone], Kim SungKeon - $24,000
21. Eliza, Cho Yongsung - $24,000
21. Cool[fOu], Kim Wonki - $24,000
24. GGPlay, Kim Joonyoung - $23,000
25. Sea.Shield , Yum Bosung - $20,000
25. ShinHwA[Name], Choi Karam - $20,000
27. ZeuS, Jeon Taekyu - $18,000
27. DaezanG[GnH], Park Daemahn - $18,000
29. Free[gm], Yoon Yongtae - $6,000

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damn i couldn't get excel to show all the names, but you get the point.


I am bumping this...

?. Bisu[Shield], Kim Taek Yong - $??'???

How much does he earn right now?
How much is he worth in the light of today's event?
At what rank will he enter the list?
When does his initial contract ends?

A reminder of his teammate top 3:
On February 10 2007 09:01 Ryp wrote:
This is the anual salary of the listed progamers per year and not the full contract.
(...)
MBC Game
July, Park SungJoon - $110,000
PuSan[S.G], Park Jiho - $40,000
Sea.Shield , Yum Bosung - $20,000
(...)


He was unleashed today...
luck is not a factor
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muramasa
Profile Joined March 2005
Canada1299 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-03-02 20:07:43
March 02 2007 20:06 GMT
#89
On February 10 2007 20:54 itemlock wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 10 2007 18:27 RawkusTk wrote:
Seo Ji Hoon's income is SOOOOOO overpaid


he sux


If you think about all he's really been through with his team, he very well deserves every bit of it...

This is the truth. He could have jumped ship like all the other G.O. players who hit it big (GoRush, rA) etc. and signed a fat contract. Instead, he stuck with his team, which is probably the only reason G.O didn't go broke before they managed to find a sponsor.
Hong Jin Ho. Nevar forget.
OSM.OneManArmy
Profile Joined April 2011
United States509 Posts
June 03 2011 06:07 GMT
#90
Hey guys, so i'm doing a research project for English on the competitive scene, and i'm wondering if you have a link to maybe a really credible source for these salaries, like KesPa, that has this Data too!
If the Data was found over many many websites, I'll just use the MYM article for my data. But if you guys did use a direct source for this information, please share!! Thanks!! ^^ =]
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shinjin
Profile Joined January 2010
United States398 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-03 06:25:06
June 03 2011 06:24 GMT
#91
stork 50,000? what the jesus fuck?

edit: omfg, just realize how neco'd this post was LOL jk.
give it one more try because the best things in life dont come free.
Funnytoss
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Taiwan1471 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-03 06:26:01
June 03 2011 06:25 GMT
#92
On June 03 2011 15:24 shinjin wrote:
stork 50,000? what the jesus fuck?

edit: omfg, just realize how neco'd this post was LOL jk.


You *do* realize how old that graph is...

EDIT: oh, it appears you just noticed
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bokchoi
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Korea (South)9498 Posts
June 03 2011 06:27 GMT
#93
On June 03 2011 15:24 shinjin wrote:
stork 50,000? what the jesus fuck?

edit: omfg, just realize how neco'd this post was LOL jk.


You realize this was back in '07 right? long before TaekBangLeeSsang's domination and Stork's OSL gold. Stork probably makes at least 100k but more likely between 150-200k/year easy now.
Requisition
Profile Joined April 2010
United States97 Posts
June 03 2011 08:24 GMT
#94
Anyone have any updated numbers? I'd love to see what they make now, as well as players like Flash and Jaedong.
ShadeR
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7535 Posts
June 03 2011 08:34 GMT
#95
It's said that Samsung is pretty stingy in terms of progamer salary.
RaLakedaimon
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1564 Posts
June 03 2011 08:44 GMT
#96
I was reading post by post for 3 pages before I even looked at a date omg lol. Would love to see what the current salary numbers are, to see maybe even where some of the top players over the years until now slowly widdled down and others shot up would be a fun read.
Batibot
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Philippines348 Posts
June 03 2011 09:02 GMT
#97
Maybe, that's why savior proceeded to earn money thru match-fixing because his earnings are lower than that of July's.
Jaedong has to be a Bonjwa. Tired of of rooting for July.
LunarDestiny
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States4177 Posts
June 03 2011 09:12 GMT
#98
If Savior was paid more... say NADA's OMG wage, he won't risk his career for earning the extra buck.
sharky246
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1197 Posts
June 03 2011 09:39 GMT
#99
Wow savior so underpaid despite his achievement, abit of injustice by his team. Well i guess that explains the matchfixing
On January 03 2011 13:14 IdrA wrote: being high on the ladder doesnt get you any closer to your goal. Avoiding practice to protect your rating is absurd. If you want to be good go play 40 games a day and stop thinking about becoming a pro.
ii.blitzkrieg
Profile Joined November 2006
Canada1122 Posts
June 03 2011 09:49 GMT
#100
Savior was still under his old contract at this point and it got raised to 140k/year later in 2007 or maybe 2008 iirc.
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