Team EG mystery announcement in 1 day 19 hours? - Page 545

xBillehx

United States1289 Posts

August 16 2011 14:49 GMT

#10881

That's a mighty bold claim. I can't even begin to imagine what would live up to that hype. It's way past Huk to EG at this point.

Edit: Actually Slasher might just be trollin. -_-;

Choboo

Sweden2088 Posts

August 16 2011 14:49 GMT

#10882

I think Slasher is just trolling EG because it's actually not that good :D Everyone is overhyping it so it will be underwhelming

SecondChance

Australia603 Posts

August 16 2011 14:49 GMT

#10883

Midnightttttt not a sound from the pavementtt; has the moon lost her memoryy?

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

August 16 2011 14:50 GMT

#10884

On August 16 2011 23:44 youngminii wrote:

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6000 posts and I never knew this existed...

Dah fuck? I also never knew this existed...

TheAmazombie

United States3714 Posts

August 16 2011 14:50 GMT

#10885

It sounds more and more like a big tourney or league thing with some old BW players, like maybe something where old BW players come over and compete, get placed with teams or something. I am excited.

Revelatus

United States183 Posts

August 16 2011 14:50 GMT

#10886

On August 16 2011 23:48 pStar wrote:
In my opinion. It has to be a HotS annoucement now. Its the only one which really makes sense.

Completely agree. *cough*Blizzcon*cough*

IceSlipper

Australia1028 Posts

August 16 2011 14:50 GMT

#10887

arg this announcement is costing me so much money! refuse to shut these poker tables until the next mp3 is up and im tilting hard! rofl

rastaban

United States2294 Posts

August 16 2011 14:50 GMT

#10888

On August 16 2011 23:49 Pandemona wrote:
The EG announcement will be so good. Is the best thing to happen in competitive #SC2 thus far. Outside of MLG of course!

Wow, so that must direct it to a tournament? If its like MLG?

Remember Slasher is the king of Trolls, so I am not sure how much weight his words should carry.

StarCraft64

United States354 Posts

August 16 2011 14:50 GMT

#10889

On August 16 2011 23:47 TheHova wrote:
Slasher Rod Breslau
The EG announcement will be so good. Is the best thing to happen in competitive #SC2 thus far. Outside of MLG of course!

Makes me feel like it's gonna be a league of sorts.

Possibly a new league that takes place at the same time as MLG with a gargantuan $5,001 first place prize.

KvltMan

Sweden1609 Posts

August 16 2011 14:50 GMT

#10890

Bippzy

United States1466 Posts

August 16 2011 14:50 GMT

#10891

On August 16 2011 23:48 Revelatus wrote:

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At least it is relevant to the last 540 pages in terms of speculation, unlike the rather abrasive comment you just posted :/

Tell me, what would you find so useful about another 100 pages or so of "ZoMG EG gettin HuK???1!?"

Well, actually, if he follows the theory of EG releasing video clips every 100 pages then he finds those 100 pages very useful. Now that we're arguing over real things, we actually have to type long things before we post.

ABPID

Netherlands293 Posts

August 16 2011 14:50 GMT

#10892

On August 16 2011 23:47 shockaslim wrote:

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Looking at that list, i find it rather interesting that the foreigners sat all of the money is in the west but the people making the most money are koreans...particularly ones that have never even left korea.

First of all, MC is first, probably the Korean who has been to the most international tournaments(excepting Moon, who isn't anywhere near as good). Also, the problem is only Code S is an earning spot. Code A gives you no money at all(well, a tip). Code A level Koreans however can get a pretty good spot in tournaments like Assembly, DH, MLG, IEM.
And I agree with you, there is a lot of sc2 money in Korea. Winning Code S is a big earner, considering its like a bimonthly event?

MrSexington

United States1768 Posts

August 16 2011 14:50 GMT

#10893

Now that it's clear that EG.Justin Wong is going to play SC2, the only question I have is if he's going to play Protoss or Zerg?

>.<

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts

August 16 2011 14:51 GMT

#10894

So i just been told by a few people;

Announcement no1: Achilies a writer has joined EG, must be a good writer for EG to personally sign him up
Announcement no2: A Spanish Terran has been signed by them (rumour is its Lucifron)
Announcement no3: Yes, HuK is supposidly an EG player

This is pretty solid information from Achilies himself, but he might be trolling us -_-

zYwi3c

Poland1811 Posts

August 16 2011 14:51 GMT

#10895

It some kind of tournament, for sure.

PeggyHill

1494 Posts

August 16 2011 14:51 GMT

#10896

So at 7:51am PDT, my countdown says 1:08:53, is that the same as everyone elses?

Bippzy

United States1466 Posts

August 16 2011 14:51 GMT

#10897

On August 16 2011 23:50 On_Slaught wrote:

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Dah fuck? I also never knew this existed...

It's my homepage. Hotbid posted it on twitter a while back.

kuroshiro

United Kingdom378 Posts

August 16 2011 14:52 GMT

#10898

On August 16 2011 23:48 ETisME wrote:
would be amazing if it is EGDeezer+EGCombatEX

Axlsav and Strifecro fired from 2v2s, Deezer and CombatEX to replace.

Twiggs

United States600 Posts

August 16 2011 14:52 GMT

#10899

On August 16 2011 23:50 KvltMan wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LbvFckptY

NSFW!

karpo

Sweden1998 Posts

August 16 2011 14:52 GMT

#10900

On August 16 2011 23:48 Bippzy wrote:

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On August 16 2011 23:43 SolHeiM wrote:

On August 16 2011 23:34 Bippzy wrote:

On August 16 2011 23:29 SolHeiM wrote:

On August 16 2011 23:27 Ipp wrote:

On August 16 2011 23:09 Lordwar wrote:
15k per year is alot of money for playing starcraft all day long in training house. Get real guys

If the training house supplies food, sure it may be ok. But lets be serious you are a pro gamer making 15k/y for 5 years that is a total of 75k (~50k after taxes) for 5 years of your life. If you save 100% of it, you would be on a nice start to a retirement plan. However after you finish your progaming career where do you go? You're ~25 with a pretty bad resume, your hope is to stay within the scene as a commentator, writer, etc. That savings you had over the course of 5 years will mostly used up by the time you get back on your feet.

Last but not least, lets say they practice 56 Hours per week (I'm sure some put in 70+). That comes just under $7 per hour, factor that in with they are the best in that particular field of work, its a very very small number even I can top that number by streaming.

I'm not saying progaming isn't lucrative, but 15k/y is a horrible estimate. Didn't Destiny say he gets at least 50k/y on his own?

Have you heard of a thing called a UNIVERSITY? It's a weird magical place that students that have finished High School go to in order to get something called a degraa... degrede?? Degree, that's the word. A degree. Which they later use to get a job.

Being 25 is not the end of the fucking world.

Actually the fact that your life isn't off to the greatest start is the problem with progaming. It doesn't seem realistic to say that you'll have a lot of savings, and if you don't want to be lonely for the rest of your life you'll want to have children, and children cost tons of money, which shouldn't be a problem if you're working your way up the work ladder, but oh wait "you're just a progamer, yeah my super important company wants you...not. You'll probably just game on the job."

You have such a twisted view of what a pro gamer's life is like I literally can't understand how your brain works.

What is the problem really? That you spent a few years having a blast, doing what you love doing and earning money doing it? Is that somehow a problem? I don't understand.

Who has lots of savings going straight in to university? Not many. There are things called student loans and scholarships or stipends that anyone can get if they look hard enough. Most people aren't willing to look farther out than their bedroom window though, so I understand how it may seem impossible to you.

Who says you'll be alone your entire life? Being 25 is young, really fucking young. I'm not planning on having kids until I'm at least 28. If I'm a sad loner for my entire life up until 25, I have three years I can learn mad social skills, and at 28 I can find a girl I like and start a family with. Forever alone? Doesn't look like it to me.

Children cost money, yeah. But if you live an average persons life, you have two people making the income. Guess what? Women are allowed to get jobs now. Did you know that? Let's pull a number. 40,000 USD a year as a University graduate. You're 29-30 now maybe, and you want to start a family with a girl. She has a job as well. If she hasn't, what the fuck are you doing with her? She'll probably earn the same amount you do, so that's 80k a year you're earning together. You share everything, because that's what you do when you're a family. 80k is a fucking lot of money.

Children are expensive, sure. But you are the parent, so you can set the limitations. Just because they want shit doesn't mean you have to give it to them. Teach them the value of money, make them work for their toys. Just because they want the newest video game console, doesn't mean you have to give them what they want. All you have to do is feed them and buy them clothes.

No boss is going to think you'll spend all your time playing video games. What ever made you think that, I have no idea.

Yeah, that was me being cocky with my assumptions. But let's apply starcraft logic to the real world. You want to get an early lead and then get more ahead in starcraft. I want to do the same in life. Admittedly, if you're good enough to be a progamer, then one or two nights a week you could just do an easy peez online tourney and make a few hundred.

Women have jobs? Oh yeah. Forgot about them cuz we're on the internet. Touche, I agree with you. Pro gaming is something everyone should do if they have the talent for it.

I'm glad i don't live in the US. Seems like alot of pressure to start working right after school and starting pooling money as early as possible. I sweden i have alot of friends with well paid jobs (70kish $ / year) that traveled and just slacked from 18-25. There's no rush to start school or serious career until you really want to.

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