EPTThey could've bought better players for 6 figures...hell maybe a whole team!
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PSIKevin
United States114 Posts
They could've bought better players for 6 figures...hell maybe a whole team! | ||
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fortheGG
United Kingdom1002 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:42 PSIKevin wrote: If EG actually bought HuK for 6 figures...why? They could've bought better players for 6 figures...hell maybe a whole team! It does seem a bit much, but Code S is impossible for almost every other foreigner out there. | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:42 PSIKevin wrote: If EG actually bought HuK for 6 figures...why? They could've bought better players for 6 figures...hell maybe a whole team! They could buy any single player they wanted and considerably more than that, realistically. Korean players aren't paid that much, even the top ones, so you could get almost anyone. edit- ^ yeah but EG have shown that they buy more than just foreigners. | ||
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suejak
Japan545 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:43 DystopiaX wrote: They could buy any single player they wanted and considerably more than that, realistically. Korean players aren't paid that much, even the top ones, so you could get almost anyone. edit- ^ yeah but EG have shown that they buy more than just foreigners. Look, man, you can doubt til the end of time, but if you ask any progamer in the loop, they'll tell you that HuK is getting a fat load of a cash from EG. | ||
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Carny
Croatia284 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:43 DystopiaX wrote: They could buy any single player they wanted and considerably more than that, realistically. Korean players aren't paid that much, even the top ones, so you could get almost anyone. edit- ^ yeah but EG have shown that they buy more than just foreigners. They could buy any MATCH with that money, so even iNcontrol would win against NesTea. | ||
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Novalisk
Israel1818 Posts
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Zaurus
Singapore676 Posts
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StutteR
United States1903 Posts
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cheesemaster
Canada1975 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:43 DystopiaX wrote: They could buy any single player they wanted and considerably more than that, realistically. Korean players aren't paid that much, even the top ones, so you could get almost anyone. edit- ^ yeah but EG have shown that they buy more than just foreigners. They could have got more bang for their buck with nestea and i bet he would have accepted the offer if it were 6 figures, they could have formed a korean team centered around nestea for that price almost. Huk , sure hes a great addition to the team, but they could have probably easily got him at half that price. If this 6 figure salary is true, sounds kind of bs, but at the same time i dont see huk leaving liquid for much less than that. edit: ahh im like contradicting myself in my posts, its late and my mind is racing. | ||
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Dox
Australia1199 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:41 zhurai wrote: http://twitter.com/#!/lcolbi http://twitter.com/#!/freytagb http://twitter.com/#!/sirscoots 3 of the 4 horsemen of the "upper management" of EG. FYI. The 4th is lectR (who was sending private announcements via PM to TL members and bumping fanclubs), however his Twitter page seems to have suddenly disappeared. http://twitter.com/iamlectR ![[image loading]](http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6613/lectr.png) | ||
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Pyskee
United States620 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:31 suejak wrote: This chick is a SC2 journalist formerly employed by Complexity Gaming, by the way: http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/jj3oc/huk_to_eg/c2ck9cf "Salary is rumored to be right around six figures." HuK is good - great even - but if he's worth six figures then I'm apparently clueless as to the inner-workings of the professional gamer. I heard somewhere that Boxer was payed around $200,000 back in his heyday (not including sponsors and tournament winner). eSports has grown since then, but I doubt it's grown enough for an above-average player to be payed half of a bonjwa. "The plan is for him to get an apartment." So this random chick is trying to tell everyone that HuK will stop practicing with the likes of MC? The reason Huk is so good is because he lives and practices just like the Koreans do. If he gives that up to go live by his lonesome, what do you think will happen to his tournament results? I for one call that reddit post complete and utter bullshit. | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:45 suejak wrote: Look, man, you can doubt til the end of time, but if you ask any progamer in the loop, they'll tell you that HuK is getting a fat load of a cash from EG. I'm not saying that Huk isn't getting money from EG, I'm saying it's nowhere near 6 figures. | ||
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caneras
433 Posts
Best screenshot ever...our new future? http://t.co/jlRdGID It's a screenshot from what I think is CS. All 4 of the players in the shot are wearing different colored hats, and I saw that the colored horses of the apocalypse have been thrown around. | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:47 Dox wrote: The 4th is lectR (who was sending private announcements via PM to TL members and pumping fanclubs), however his Twitter page seems to have suddenly disappeared. http://twitter.com/iamlectR So even twitter is in on this? Twitter now sponsering EG? | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:47 Dox wrote: The 4th is lectR (who was sending private announcements via PM to TL members and pumping fanclubs), however his Twitter page seems to have suddenly disappeared. http://twitter.com/iamlectR SO HAS TYLERS! (unless I'm out of the loop and have been for awhile) IT'S A SIGN | ||
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marttorn
Norway5211 Posts
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Kluey
Canada1197 Posts
1) Liquid gets a Protoss replacement. 2) HuK and Greg suddenly have a friendly relationship for no apparent reason even though just days ago IdrA called him retarded on Inside the Game. 3) It's literally just been 1 year since HuK signed with Liquid. He joined Liquid on around 2010/08/10 give or take a month. | ||
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fortheGG
United Kingdom1002 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:46 Zaurus wrote: u can buy nestea with 100k, why buy huk? I suppose they dont want more bad Korean PR. All that drama with Puma would be multiplied many times over if they screwed up their signing of Nestea. | ||
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JoRamFizzy
United States6 Posts
On August 15 2011 18:43 DystopiaX wrote: They could buy any single player they wanted and considerably more than that, realistically. Korean players aren't paid that much, even the top ones, so you could get almost anyone. edit- ^ yeah but EG have shown that they buy more than just foreigners. In the Episode of ITG where Alex Garfield talked about the EG.Puma acquisition, he mentioned that EG was talking to teams about acquiring players but they were asking for prices that were "more than the entire team was worth." I wouldn't doubt that EG did look into acquiring a Nestea/MC type player, but found it to be too expensive. As far as skill + marketability, I think Huk would be on any top 10 list out there, so a homerun business move for EG. | ||
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Remaker12
United States105 Posts
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