Pringles MSL Season 1 Win: ~30000 USD Pringles MSL Season 2 Win: ~30000 Shinhan Starleague Season 3 Win: ~40000 1st Superfight Win: ~10000 3rd Superfight Win: ~20000 WEF2006 Win: ~7500 4th Superfight MVP: ~3000 IEF2006 3rd place: ~3000 TOTAL: ~143,500
Remaining Tourneys: GOMTV MSL : ~30000 Shinhan Masters: ~25000
TOTAL: ~198,500 USD
If savior wins remaining tourneys in which he is scheduled to appear for the 2006 season, he wins almost 200K in pure prize money. o_o with his current winnings, he has the record for highest earnings for a single year, and if he wins the remaining two events, would almost double the past record.
pimps dont take cash and fame.. u must be stupid to think like that savior is just good at what he does so was boxer, yellow so im just anxious to see how long he'll be on top for
Personally, I fucking love savior. It makes me so sad to see all of the savior-haters, but for me he is so awesome ^^
uhjoo would you happen to know if there's ever been a progamer with a more successful year? I would imagine not, seeing as how Progaming's been getting bigger and bigger, which obviously means more and more money.
How about career? Though Savior hasn't been around terribly long (afaik), and certainly hasn't been this huge for very long, I'm curious how his success so far in his career stacks up to other players who have been around longer. Players like BoxeR may have (theoretically, because I don't believe it's true) won more events, but made less in prize money because Progaming wasn't quite so developed. Got any statistics off hand for the viewers? + Show Spoiler +
I'm not asking you to dig, I'm just curious if you have some lying around or easily accessable somewhere...
i have no statistics offhand, but i'm 99.9% positive that savior's prize earnings are a record
however other players probably have made more in pure earnings, from salary + endorsements, etc. (although i'm not positive about that either)
i believe savior's salary is ~ 70,000 USD, with incentives from CJ for doubling that for player of the year. i haven't confirmed this, however, but if true, he is going to make ~ 340,000USD this year, which has to be up there in pure earnings.
edit: the CJ incentive for doubling may apply not to salary, but to prize earnings, which would mean that he will make upwards of 470,000 USD. Half a mil o_o
he will, i'm sure, get a spanking new contract from CJ soon which will put him at or above the highest salary earners in the league.
i'm pretty sure for one year those earnings are damn near setting a record
for overall i would really think someone that has been around longer + bigger yearly contracts would have definitely made more like boxer, nada, reach etc.
i think also there's still a few players that have placed more in tourneys (boxer, nada, yellow, oov would all be contenders for this)
if you look on the lifetime achievement ranks savior is still like 7th isn't he well of course winning OSL+MSL would bump him up significantly... i wonder what it will look like after
T.T That's a lot of prize money lol. It didn't come easy though, he had to win quite a lot of tourneys, but thats a pretty nice amount of cash lying around aside from his own salary.
http://news.media.daum.net/digital/game/200702/25/jes/v15846104.html this is an article titled "why savior won't be boxer" I'm going to summarize it, I thought it was pretty interesting. [일간스포츠 박명기] 바야흐로 ‘마재윤 천하’다. “마재윤(CJ)에겐 한 손만 사용하게 해야 하는 핸디캡을 줘야 한다”는 농담이 나올 정도니 적어도 앞으로 1년간은 마재윤이 패배했다는 말이 들리지 않을지도 모른다.
There is a joke that savior should be given the handicap of only playing with 1 hand, however we don't know if we will hear that savior lost in the year to come.
마재윤은 지난 24일 신한은행 스타리그 시즌3 결승전에서 이윤열(팬택)을 꺾고 생애 최초 스타리그 우승을 거머쥐었다. 지난해 상금만으로 e스포츠 사상 최초로 1억원(1억 50만원)을 돌파한 그는 이번에 4000만원을 챙겨 다음달 3일 열리는 MSL 결승에서 승리해 3000만원을 추가한다면 올 1분기 안에 연봉 1억여 원 외에 가외로 7000만원 가까운 돈을 손에 쥐게 된다.
Last week savior beat nada to win his first osl. Last year just in prize money he was the first game r to earn $100k usd (150k total). Just in the first part of this year if he also wins the MSL, he will have made $70k (counting the 40k from winning the osl) aside from his salary of nearly 100k.
이렇듯 마재윤은 랭킹 1위. 상금 1위 등 명실공히 한국 e스포츠계의 ‘넘버원’이다. 하지만 팬들은 마재윤에 대해 “가슴에 탁 꽂히는 뭔가 2％가 부족하다”고 말한다. 어떤 이는 “마재윤은 결코 임요환이 될 수 없다”고 고개를 설레설레 흔든다. 왜 이런 말들이 나오는 걸까.
Even though he is #1 ranking and prize money fans still do not think this is enough to fans. They say he will never be boxer.
우선 카리스마로 팬들을 휘어잡는 스타성의 부족을 꼽았다. 임요환의 경우 지고 있다가 드랍십을 통해 막판에 역전시키는 감동적인 한 방이 있었다. 팬들은 그의 경기에 환호하며 카타르시스를 느꼈다. 경기 후에도 감동적인 멘트를 통해 자신의 존재를 각인시켰다.
For starters, he can not capture the fans with charisma. Even when boxer was losing there was the impression that he could overcome the match with his dropships. So fans cheered his games and all thought he was genius.
하지만 마재윤은 테란이든 프로토스든 물량-정찰-기동력 등 완벽한 대비 끝에 확실한 멀티 태스킹으로 승리를 따내는 정석 플레이어다. 문제는 이기긴 이기는데 재미가 없고 감동이 없다는 것이다. 경기 후에도 마재윤은 무슨 답변을 해야 할지 전혀 준비가 없는 스타일이다. 그의 유명한 단답형 답변에 팬은 물론 기자들도 흥미를 잃어갈 지경이다.
However savior is the kind of progamar that counters all terran or protoss with macro, reconassiance, movement, perfect preparation and wins with multitasking. The problem is that even though he wins, it doesn't seem fun. Therefore fans and reporters lose interest
스타가 스타가 아닌 사람과의 차이는 뭘까. 팬들이 나쁜 일이든 좋은 일이든 빠지지 않고 알고 싶은 사람이 있다면 그는 스타다. 그저 연기를 잘 하거나 연주와 노래를 잘 하는 것으로 기억되는 사람은 실력이 있는 사람의 다른 의미일 뿐이다.
What is the difference between a star and someone who is not a star? There is a difference between people who are talented and give memorable performances, and those who are skilled.
팬들은 오랜만에 탄생한 <스타크래프트>의 지존 마재윤에 대해 단지 ‘게임을 잘하는 프로게이머’가 아니라 임요환 같은 대스타가 되기를 기대하고 있다. 그러려면 미디어 트레이닝은 물론 저그 종족이라는 한계는 있지만 병력을 몰아쳐 ‘쌈싸먹기’를 하는 박성준(MBC게임)이나 뛰어난 운영 능력으로 팬을 사로잡는 박태민(SKT) 같은 개성적인 플레이로 자신의 트레이드 마크를 개발할 필요가 있다. Fans are not just waiting for a player to be very skilled, they want a great star like boxer. To be a star you need a trademark like july, who controls and fights with few units, or gorush a master of management.
마재윤은 팀내 랜덤 경기에서 테란을 잡아도 결코 지지 않는다고 할 만큼 <스타크래프트>의 최고 실력자다. 그의 전성기가 활짝 열린 가운데 그가 ‘단지 플레이만 잘하는 선수’로만 기억된다면 이것은 분명 2007년 한국 e스포츠의 대재앙이 될 것이다. In team random games, if Savior gets terran, his teammates say he never loses.He is the most skilled starcraft player. However in 2007 e-sports, we will see if he will be known as just a very skilled player or a very memorable star player.
-----------end------------ Savior shows zerg what it can be when it reaches it's full potential. I was at the finals, and nada fans outnumbered us, and I can't understand how. Zerg lives on the edge vs terran. We are always 1 battle mismanaged away from losing to terran. Especially on these ridiculous maps, I hope we see a new generation of zerg users ready to murder the fast expand to marine-tank-vessel producing, no creativity terran robots.
In team random games, if Savior gets terran, his teammates say he never loses.He is the most skilled starcraft player. However in 2007 e-sports, we will see if he will be known as just a very skilled player or a very memorable star player.
Really? He can never lose if he plays terran? For the amount of money he could win, why doesn't he just use terran then?
Savior shows zerg what it can be when it reaches it's full potential. I was at the finals, and nada fans outnumbered us, and I can't understand how. Zerg lives on the edge vs terran. We are always 1 battle mismanaged away from losing to terran. Especially on these ridiculous maps, I hope we see a new generation of zerg users ready to murder the fast expand to marine-tank-vessel producing, no creativity terran robots.
For sure! "Zerg lives on the edge vs terran. We are.." This is the exact message I try to get across to my friends .
when boxer was at his peak he said he would focus more on giving fans interesting games to watch, and he did, i wonder if savior can do the same thing... At the moment he is just a bore to watch
Thanks for the translation.. I highly disagree, he is the most interesting player I have seen. I am a terran player and always liked mostly terran players., never a z. But he is fighting so beautifully its just brilliant. And saying he never fights against unbelivable odds... If the maps are normal than it's usually true but on this season's maps how can they say that? (ehem... 5th game vs Iris?)
I uploaded some pictures of the event. There were like 5000 people there. Seats were free but first come first serve, except for special fan club members who can go in first.
I have read this post and stayed shocked with the money savior earned but I have a bad news 4 him.
1# Taxes: around 20% pure neto and 5% on other shit.. 2# Managers: Like ever other football, basketball players SC players got managers and they take 50%
Now lets do some math: 200k - 25% = 50k - 50%= 25k now savior has earned 25k of pure cash! not 200k like the you saw in first post
Yeah 50% is way to much. In the WCG documentary about Xellos in the part where the team goes to the supermarked to buy groceries, the coach says he takes about 30% of the players winnings to feed them. But that was back in the GO days. Now with CJ as their sponsor I would presume they have joined the class of top teams that dont pay for housing and day to day expenses. So there should not be any need for the coach to take money from earnings.
I'm not saying that there are no coaches taking money, but im under the impression that it's looking up for most teams. I don't think there is much class difference in sponsorship like it used to be and I dont think any team have hard living conditions any more. Salaries are a different matter though.
"Best" is a rough word, if by best you mean skillful, then its Savior. If by best you mean sharismatic, and entertaining, then it's BoxeR. If by best you mean, statistically proven, then its NaDa
On February 26 2007 08:56 Chobo_Abe wrote: I bet the players spend some on buying russian whores
He said in a recent interview that he gave away his prize money from the Superfight with Nada to an organization run by CJ to buy books for children.
if those children ever pick up SC they're all going to play zerg haha
No. His appearance money, not winnings.
I'm not sure how much more beatiful zerg can play than the way savior does it at the moment. Boxer fanbois are blind. Zerg is not a race that can rely solely on small forces and micro and impenetrable defense, and it's not a race prone to comeback from a losing sitation either since zerg again - needs resources, units and tech (tech ZvT at least.)!
I guess the next thing in BW will be a protoss who'll find the key to almost always get reaver/archons/HTs/DAs for lategame rapewins, with slowly expanding economy relying on defense until the unbeatable army is in place.
Terran options are almost exhausted since it's the sim city race, build build build position position position mine mine mine in TvP, and run around and stim in TvZ.
even though im a nada fanboy, i'll admit that games in the future now are gonna be even better to watch cause its not so one sided with terran raping zerg all the time. Maybe we'll see more interesting plays from terran.
That money isn't shit compared to all the earnings he will get from endorsements and sponsers who hook up free shit and give him money making opportunities.
PS - Nazgul has made way more off the Party Poker free 75$ thing they offer on lp.net
On February 26 2007 13:41 CharlieMurphy wrote: That money isn't shit compared to all the earnings he will get from endorsements and sponsers who hook up free shit and give him money making opportunities.
PS - Nazgul has made way more off the Party Poker free 75$ thing they offer on lp.net
On February 26 2007 10:49 Liquid`Daaman wrote: i dont agree with anyone who says savior is boring to watch he's clinical and i absolutely love it
i always recognize and love the fancy plays but savior is just so good i'm in constant amazement =)
I agree. If you say savior is boring to watch you must have missed some of his recent games. Last game vs Iris and first game vs Nada were great. Sometimes the games are boring if the opponent doesnt put up a fight but thats not saviors fault.
On February 26 2007 10:49 Liquid`Daaman wrote: i dont agree with anyone who says savior is boring to watch he's clinical and i absolutely love it
i always recognize and love the fancy plays but savior is just so good i'm in constant amazement =)
Savior's fight are let's say boring to watch in low / mid game, but what is amazing me is how ridiculously savior takes expands for free almost while getting FAST but really fast tech. It's truely an art. Somewhat like Oov does with his macro. One day i saw a savior's game, he tried to finish a terran rather quickly but was in trouble as i saw his army being teared apart. However when i saw his he already had his hive, i was like WTF ?!? Seriously not so much player would get hive that fast especially when fighting middle game...
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