Don't think I can post the pics here because they're sourced from fomos, but the whole of KT was there, not to mention famous faces such as Boxer, Coach Park, GoRush, Kingdom, Zergbong (more famously known as Nestea now) and Nal_rA etc.
Pretty sweet, congratulations Coach Lee :D
Flash really money bonjwa btw, he makes ~500k USD per year now (since JD is 400m KRW/2 yrs and bisu is 250m KRW/yr and he earns more than both of them combined)? wtf that is sick. Source: http://www.wfbrood.com/xingji/hanguoxingji/xingji_66093.html
On August 22 2011 21:23 mmdmmd wrote: Source wfbrood/plu
Flash just signed another 2 year contract with KT, his salary now exceed the combined total of Bisu(250 mil/1year) +JD(400 mill/2 years).
The two telecoms are loaded. Kespa needs to attract more such conglomerates to invest in BW. Sigh, I wish the Shanghai finals had succeeded. + Show Spoiler +
So JD signed a 2 yr contract in 2009. I'm curious as to why he's not on the FA list again. But that's another issue altogether.
Its not just about the company's worth, its about how much they are willing to spend on bw (advertising). Technically speaking, the Samsung Group eclipses both KT and SK Telecom by an order of magnitude in their net worth and revenues. They just don't value BW as much as far as a worthwhile PR investment.
Its also hard to convince a company to start a new team (as opposed to take over an existing team in need of a new sponsor) because thats a risky investment that would take at least a couple seasons to show results and the future of BW isn't as clear as it was a few years ago.
I am hopeful that Korean Air will decide to pick up FOX since they have clearly shown they are interested in esports during recent seasons. Besides, being the saviors of a team would be a huge PR boost.
On August 22 2011 22:53 moopie wrote: Its not just about the company's worth, its about how much they are willing to spend on bw (advertising). Technically speaking, the Samsung Group eclipses both KT and SK Telecom by an order of magnitude in their net worth and revenues. They just don't value BW as much as far as a worthwhile PR investment.
Its also hard to convince a company to start a new team (as opposed to take over an existing team in need of a new sponsor) because thats a risky investment that would take at least a couple seasons to show results and the future of BW isn't as clear as it was a few years ago.
I am hopeful that Korean Air will decide to pick up FOX since they have clearly shown they are interested in esports during recent seasons. Besides, being the saviors of a team would be a huge PR boost.
It helps that SKT and KT are both based entirely in Korea, with their most profitable demographics being the most likely to watch BW. A lot of (most of? hard to determine when they're so fucking big) Samsung's income comes from stuff they don't even sell to consumers, but parts they sell to other manufacturers, so PR doesn't even do anything for them.
Don't think I can post the pics here because they're sourced from fomos, but the whole of KT was there, not to mention famous faces such as Boxer, Coach Park, GoRush, Kingdom, Zergbong (more famously known as Nestea now) and Nal_rA etc.
Pretty sweet, congratulations Coach Lee :D
Flash really money bonjwa btw, he makes ~500k USD per year now (since JD is 400m KRW/2 yrs and bisu is 250m KRW/yr and he earns more than both of them combined)? wtf that is sick. Source: http://www.wfbrood.com/xingji/hanguoxingji/xingji_66093.html
Flash you millionaire @___@
That's fkn BEAST.... this topic deserves a thread of its own.
Don't think I can post the pics here because they're sourced from fomos, but the whole of KT was there, not to mention famous faces such as Boxer, Coach Park, GoRush, Kingdom, Zergbong (more famously known as Nestea now) and Nal_rA etc.
Pretty sweet, congratulations Coach Lee :D
Flash really money bonjwa btw, he makes ~500k USD per year now (since JD is 400m KRW/2 yrs and bisu is 250m KRW/yr and he earns more than both of them combined)? wtf that is sick. Source: http://www.wfbrood.com/xingji/hanguoxingji/xingji_66093.html
Flash you millionaire @___@
That's fkn BEAST.... this topic deserves a thread of its own.
Nal_rA has become skinny @@ poor dude and coach lee definitely is happy like hell which is good .
I haven't seen any of these games, so Imma stream we watching them and commentating in good ol' fanboy fashion. That is, if I can get my sound to work :E
The Chinese translation of the article is misleading, Flash has not actually renewed his contract yet. The Fomos source simply stated that Flash earned 500k KRW last year, while the Osen source did not actually give any numbers. Apologies for the misleading information.