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Flash just re-signed his contract with KT Rolster for another 2 years. His salary is gonna be over 500,000 $ per year exceeding the amount that Bisu and Jaedong both are currently earning (250mil and 400mil won respectively), and is now officially the biggest baller in E-sports history.
Source: http://www.wfbrood.com/xingji/hanguoxingji/xingji_66093.html
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On August 23 2011 03:45 Milkis wrote:EDIT: Sorry about that, was on the phone when checking. 1) Flash had a two year contract from KT last year (either that, or he extended the contract from last year). 2) Nothing on salary, other than it's over 250K, that can hit 300K with incentives. 3) Flash made 500K last year, One million since debut. So the OP is still very misleading and wrong 
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Holy shit that's incredible... Baller!
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Well he deserved it 
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WOW......Flash is so balling out of control......500k salary.....I'm sure his wrist will make it another 2 years 
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Being the greatest BW player sure has its benefits
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Great news, that KT is willing to spend this much money means there is a chance for BW even after the WeMadeFox news. Go KT, save BW!!
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The only time Flash will stop being #1 baller is when
+ Show Spoiler +he goes back in time to save the world
Flash HWATINGGUUU
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well, he definitely deserved it...
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Incredible.. he deserve it.. he can then support to get rid of his wrist problem with the salary!
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WTF!! 2 years, at least, no flash in SC2
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On August 23 2011 02:49 pred470r wrote:Flash just re-signed his contract with KT Rolster for another 2 years. His salary is gonna be over 500,000 $ per year exceeding the amount that Bisu and Jaedong both are currently earning (250mil and 400mil won respectively), and is now officially the biggest baller in E-sports history. Source: http://www.wfbrood.com/xingji/hanguoxingji/xingji_66093.html
Correction. The article says Flash's salary is rumored to exceed the SUM of Bisu and Jaedong's salary. Bisu signed a contract of 250 million for ONE year while Jaedong signed 400 Million OVER TWO years (that's 200 million/year).
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If anything, a really good sign for BW in the midst of the WeMade disband. KT thinks there's still at least 2 more years, and is willing to put money on it too.
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hohoho, good for him
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Flash is still underpaid!
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Wow great news. BW can't do too bad if teams pay salaries like that.
Maybe Flash should buy Wemade Fox now ;D
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Well, that certainly answers quite a few questions after Flash's short stint as a free agent.
With that much money on the line, Flash is pretty much set for life. Hopefully, he'll continue to be the best well past those 2 years.
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Seems a little ridiculous honestly, given that BW's competitive scene more than likely will be dead long before the contract expires.
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No point in being a free agent for Flash. I seriously doubt any team is willing to shell out more than 500k to have Flash on their team.
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op is misleading, there's not actually any info regarding the specific amount of his salary, and it's certainly not 500k$.
it appears that it's about 200mil won in salary alone and roughly over 300mil won in total including incentives, maybe about 275k in US dollars. including last years prize winnings it adds up to more than 500mil won or about 460k US dollars. (according to fomos)
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On August 23 2011 03:06 lizzard_warish wrote:
Seems a little ridiculous honestly, given that BW's competitive scene more than likely will be dead long before the contract expires.
......... What in the hell makes you think that? I don't think BW will die in korea for a very, very long time.
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United Kingdom16710 Posts
On August 23 2011 02:58 renzy wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 02:49 pred470r wrote:Flash just re-signed his contract with KT Rolster for another 2 years. His salary is gonna be over 500,000 $ per year exceeding the amount that Bisu and Jaedong both are currently earning (250mil and 400mil won respectively), and is now officially the biggest baller in E-sports history. Source: http://www.wfbrood.com/xingji/hanguoxingji/xingji_66093.html Correction. The article says Flash's salary is rumored to exceed the SUM of Bisu and Jaedong's salary. Bisu signed a contract of 250 million for ONE year while Jaedong signed 400 Million OVER TWO years (that's 200 million/year).
Seems like the OP got some figures wrong. Can we get a confirmation?
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On August 23 2011 03:06 lizzard_warish wrote:
Seems a little ridiculous honestly, given that BW's competitive scene more than likely will be dead long before the contract expires.
BW is waaaaay bigger than sc2 in korea afaik and a team or 3 dying does not necessarily mean the end as gloomy as it is.
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500k... WOW. GOD IS FRIGGIN' RICH!
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Holy shit.... go flash!!!!
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On August 23 2011 03:06 lizzard_warish wrote:
Seems a little ridiculous honestly, given that BW's competitive scene more than likely will be dead long before the contract expires.
Please share your insider info. KT clearly thinks the scene is still worth investing in and the finals still attracted a large young demographic.
So happy for flash! He deserves it.
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On August 23 2011 03:06 lizzard_warish wrote:
Seems a little ridiculous honestly, given that BW's competitive scene more than likely will be dead long before the contract expires.
Given that proleague final had very good viewership, i dont it will die out soon.
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United Kingdom1707 Posts
Great news, bad news, great news... I don't know what to think any more!!!!!!
Flash deserves the reward, that's for sure.
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As much as I hate flash for making my favorites progamers life miserable, this is totally deserved.
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Flash's parents are so lucky, child paying for himself by 15, then millionaire by 19.
Crazy stuff
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wow. im really happy that KT is still investing so much into their players. good news for everyone here that this kind of salary is made possible :D
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Damn, I really hope SC2 grows to such an extent that exceptional professionals will be paid that much. Other than that, Flash earned that money.
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On August 23 2011 03:16 GoTuNk! wrote:
As much as I hate flash for making my favorites progamers life miserable, this is totally deserved.
Especially when you think some untalented boy like Justin Bieber made 100 million dollars in a few years. ;,<
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Wow, a dude making sweet six-figure salary playing SC. And here I am spending 50K per year on this shit called education
EDIT: Totally deserved though. The greatest of all time.
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i want to emphasize again that the 500k$ salary thing is unsubstantiated, and simply wrong.
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On August 23 2011 03:09 dasanivan wrote:
op is misleading, there's not actually any info regarding the specific amount of his salary, and it's certainly not 500k$.
it appears that it's roughly over 300mil won in total including incentives, maybe about 275k in US dollars. including last years prize winnings it adds up to more than 500mil won or about 460k US dollars.
The figure you quoted was the old salary.
The reports suggest that that his base salary was upped. So if we take it that he does earn more than 450mil KRW that translates to roughly about 410k AT LEAST. Not to mention incentives like you mentioned. But we don't know how it is structured; I suppose a more accurate representation is that we're reasonably certain that it's in the region of 400-500k, but one thing we're completely sure is that he earns a SHITLOAD OF MONEY, more than any pro has ever earned.
On August 23 2011 03:21 dasanivan wrote:
i want to emphasize again that the 500k$ salary is unsubstantiated, and simply wrong.
I suppose calling it unsubstantiated is fair, but I personally think the source is credible. Just take it with a grain of salt. It's not as if he's not the greatest earner in BW still.
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2 more years of A-teamers never switching to SC2 lol
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On August 23 2011 02:59 PanoRaMa wrote:
If anything, a really good sign for BW in the midst of the WeMade disband. KT thinks there's still at least 2 more years, and is willing to put money on it too.
I agree. And well deserved for Flash.
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Flash is a genious. This is very good news for BW: that people are willing to pay that kind of money. This probably means his wrist is going to be fine too!
This is great. I need some one to hate 
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You can't trade money for good looks. +1 Bisu.
But honestly, that's awesome and Flash friggin earned it!
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On August 23 2011 03:21 Winechu wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 03:09 dasanivan wrote:
op is misleading, there's not actually any info regarding the specific amount of his salary, and it's certainly not 500k$.
it appears that it's roughly over 300mil won in total including incentives, maybe about 275k in US dollars. including last years prize winnings it adds up to more than 500mil won or about 460k US dollars. The figure you quoted was the old salary. The reports suggest that that his base salary was upped. So if we take it that he does earn more than 450mil KRW that translates to roughly about 410k AT LEAST. Not to mention incentives like you mentioned. But we don't know how it is structured; I suppose a more accurate representation is that we're reasonably certain that it's in the region of 400-500k, but one thing we're completely sure is that he earns a SHITLOAD OF MONEY, more than any pro has ever earned.
no, it's his salary now. he does not earn more than 450mil won in salary, where is that even coming from?
let's face it, 450mil won base salary is simply out of the questio
edit: actually you might be right, i'm actually unsure now. it might in fact be a lot more than 300mil won, maybe even...
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that is insane! Grats Flash!
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The way Flash has been playing since 2 years now, he earns every penny he gets. The guy is just a
genius in the full sense of the word. His understanding of this game is absolutely unparalleled.
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Flash won't be playing SC2 anytime soon 
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So does this mean in two years, if Flash decides he doesn't want to be on KT, if another team wants to acquire him they have to pay 2x his salary to do so? lolol.
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On August 23 2011 03:24 BisuDagger wrote:
You can't trade money for good looks. +1 Bisu.
But honestly, that's awesome and Flash friggin earned it!
Plastic surgery. Not implying Bisu got one.
Better: "You can't trade money for sexiness that turns straight men gay and makes Megan Fox seem ugly."
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On August 23 2011 03:06 lizzard_warish wrote:
Seems a little ridiculous honestly, given that BW's competitive scene more than likely will be dead long before the contract expires.
BW is far far far stronger then SC2 in Korea and will never die there.
You'll never see someone get 500k in SC2. Want to know why? (a) no ne cares about SC2 in Korea and (b) LoL and DOTA2 will soon overtake SC2 outside of Korea.
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I'm more happy about the two years than the 500k to be honest ^^. Flash definitely deserves every cent he's earning, although it might be nice if salaries were a bit more balanced between all the players.
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haha I guess it will stop flash-go-sc2 silliness.
Dont forget Flash is mark that keeps BW alive and strong, i hope to see another generation of S-class players so BW can go endlessly ! :>
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Well deserved for flash.
How many progamers break 100K? Anyone know?
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I can't believe KT signed him for that amount. With his wrist surgery coming up, that might end up being a lot of money down the drain...
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edit:^^ fuck yeah KT optimist haha
Not bad, he deserves it more than anyone though.
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I'd love to see this thread being featured in the community news
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Thats just silly, but gratz to him.
+ Show Spoiler +hopefully he doesnt lose anything from the wrist thing. :X
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On August 23 2011 03:26 dasanivan wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 03:21 Winechu wrote:On August 23 2011 03:09 dasanivan wrote:
op is misleading, there's not actually any info regarding the specific amount of his salary, and it's certainly not 500k$.
it appears that it's roughly over 300mil won in total including incentives, maybe about 275k in US dollars. including last years prize winnings it adds up to more than 500mil won or about 460k US dollars. The figure you quoted was the old salary. The reports suggest that that his base salary was upped. So if we take it that he does earn more than 450mil KRW that translates to roughly about 410k AT LEAST. Not to mention incentives like you mentioned. But we don't know how it is structured; I suppose a more accurate representation is that we're reasonably certain that it's in the region of 400-500k, but one thing we're completely sure is that he earns a SHITLOAD OF MONEY, more than any pro has ever earned. no, it's his salary now. he does not earn more than 450mil won in salary, where is that even coming from? let's face it, 450mil won base salary is simply out of the question
It's from the source.
I'll just roughly translate the link from OP since it's from playsc and not fomos.
+ Show Spoiler +Flash已经以历史最高待遇与KT续约。
KT相关人士22日表示 "去年SPL 2009-2010赛季夺冠后就已经与Flash续约2年，给了他历史最好的待遇。"虽然没有透露具体的合约内容但Flash的年薪在2年前就是FA的最高待遇了。据悉，他的年薪超过了bisu和jaedong的总和，在2010-2011赛季前就是职业选手中最高的待遇了。据悉，2009-2010赛季 FA jaedong签下了2年4亿年薪的合同。而Bisu则是1年2.5亿。
KT人士还透露 "除Flash之外的其他选手也已经要开始协商和他了。"
"Flash is now the greatest BW earner ever after contract renegotiations with KT"
KT representatives reported on 22 Aug. that after the SPL win of 2009-2010, KT already extended Flash's contract by 2 years and gave him the best compensation. Although the details regarding Flash's contract were not disclosed, but Flash's annual salary was already the best amongst the free agents since two years ago. It was reported that his annual salary exceeds the combined earnings of both Bisu and Jaedong, and even before 2010-2011 was already the best paid player amongst the pro players. According to reports, 2009-2010 FA jaedong signed a contract worth 400mil over 2 years while bisu's contract is worth 250mil per year.
The KT rep also revealed that other than Flash, the other players are also beginning to renegotiate their contracts.
That's about the gist of the text from the link provided.
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that means he will be playing for another 2 years!! yes!!
flash is.. just a major badass.. deserves every penny with how much he's put into his career.
flash, FLASH, F L A S H!!
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Wow that's great for him way to go flash you complete baller, I wonder if bisu and jaedong will demand raises after hearing about this.
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On August 23 2011 03:40 Fusilero wrote:
Wow that's great for him way to go flash you complete baller, I wonder if bisu and jaedong will demand raises after hearing about this.
Every player can demand whatever he wants but just like in any other job you need to show good results in order to get a raise.
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LONG LIVE BROOD WAR!
Even though I'm SKT fan, I'm happy to see the best in the world get compensated fittingly.
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EDIT: Sorry about that, was on the phone when checking.
1) Flash had a two year contract from KT last year (either that, or he extended the contract from last year).
2) Nothing on salary, other than it's over 250K, that can hit 300K with incentives.
3) Flash made 500K last year, One million since debut.
So the OP is still very misleading and wrong
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are you sure, milkis? the fomos article indicates that he wills stay at KT
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On August 23 2011 03:45 Milkis wrote:
This is a badly translated article from Fomos. The fomos article just says flash made one mil over his career (500K last year), not that he re-signed.
I see. Thanks for the correction Milkis. I hope OP is changed to reflect that. In the chinese version it is phrased as "续约" which is literally "renewal (of contract)".
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Jesus Christ! I'm in the wrong line of work!
I'm not familiar with Korean sociology/economics. Is that as huge over there as such a salary would be in western countries?
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On August 23 2011 03:47 dasanivan wrote:
are you sure, milkis? the fomos article indicates that he wills stay at KT
I don't see any source that says that. I mean, it's obvious Flash will stay at KT but there's no "news" about it other than speculation.
EDIT: got off the phone and double checked, and i did find something and edited my post.
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