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On November 04 2010 21:10 madcow305 wrote:
Funny how people are making fun of FPS games, when FPS has always been the most popular genre of esport outside Korea.
Quake, Counterstrike, Halo, Unreal Tournament, etc. have always had more leagues and tournaments than RTS games.
Heck, even fighting games like Street Fighter and Tekken are probably more popular outside Korea than RTS.
Who would ever make fun of Quake? That's the manliest game only second to starcraft.
Halo is a bunch of crap held together by the brittle "mess" off a generation born too late.
FPS games have their place in e-sports, I just wished it was something other than Halo...
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On November 03 2010 14:21 Protoss_Carrier wrote:
or you can just go to medical school, much easier way make that 170k.
20000 medical student each year, only one boxer. Boxer needs to get more. But the value attached to doctors and highly educated professionals in general is greater than that associated to a Starcraft player, regardless of how good he is.
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Well seeing how every time he has played a single game in the GSL or Blizzcon, all the free servers have had issues or crashed. That's a LOT of potential ad dollars in the "premium" range of 18-30 range.
His salary pays itself off =). However... New SC2 team with BoxeR as a backing... Fun times ahead!
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I will train hard and be on BoxeRs team as soon as I can just because this is so awesome
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on a side note, this thread makes me feel like the korean won needs to be divided by 100 or something. 200 million won for an amount that doesn't even equate past six figures in any other major currency bar the yen (eur/gbp/greenback ... even in the yuan it just barely makes it over 1 million, but that currency's mostly fixed anyway) seems a bit silly.
even by 10 would seem a bit reasonable. jsut thinking after 20 years of even standard inflation of around 1-3% would make prices start to sound absurd. next few generations will need to be the equivalent of 'wealthy' just to buy a coke.
(for another topic, can someone put up a price comparison of standard shopping items/luxuries)
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Boxer cant attend any kespa related events for 3 years? Hahaha I love it when their stupid rules turn against themselves.
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On November 05 2010 00:19 k!llua wrote:
on a side note, this thread makes me feel like the korean won needs to be divided by 100 or something. 200 million won for an amount that doesn't even equate past six figures in any other major currency bar the yen (eur/gbp/greenback ... even in the yuan it just barely makes it over 1 million, but that currency's mostly fixed anyway) seems a bit silly.
even by 10 would seem a bit reasonable. jsut thinking after 20 years of even standard inflation of around 1-3% would make prices start to sound absurd. next few generations will need to be the equivalent of 'wealthy' just to buy a coke.
(for another topic, can someone put up a price comparison of standard shopping items/luxuries)
Equivalent of "wealthy"? The only reason you feel this way is because you live (apparently) in Australia and are used to the Australian dollar. The number of figures has no meaning whatsoever. Buying a cup of coffee at starbucks in the morning for KRW 4000 feels just as normal as it did buying a cup of coffee for USD 3.00 when I was in the States.
I weigh about 70kg.. which would be about 150pounds. That would be like me saying they should divide pound denominations by 2 because I would be the equivalent of "fat". (I realize this analogy isn't perfect .. FX rates change.. but you get the idea).
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On November 04 2010 22:40 hmunkey wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2010 14:21 Protoss_Carrier wrote:
or you can just go to medical school, much easier way make that 170k.
20000 medical student each year, only one boxer. Boxer needs to get more. But the value attached to doctors and highly educated professionals in general is greater than that associated to a Starcraft player, regardless of how good he is.
Can't fault a guy who makes that kind of money by playing video games. Living the dream of every teenage male out there...
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Boxer really deserves this kind of money. He is well worth it.
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lol I think boxer not being able to attend kespa events is 100x worse for kespa than boxer
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On November 04 2010 22:40 hmunkey wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2010 14:21 Protoss_Carrier wrote:
or you can just go to medical school, much easier way make that 170k.
20000 medical student each year, only one boxer. Boxer needs to get more. But the value attached to doctors and highly educated professionals in general is greater than that associated to a Starcraft player, regardless of how good he is.
I'm pretty sure Boxer can cure cancer by bunker rushing you, no joke.
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Can't knock a man for making a living out of something he loves to do. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of nurses and lawyers who love the money but hate the job.
Plus I'm pretty sure lawyers and doctors don't get korean fangirls. :D
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Wow.... only the Emperor himself could pull this off... That's awesome! Boxer hfighting!
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200 million won for how long a contract? It is a lot of money but if its spread out over a 3 year term, its actually not that much. Also, what is the implication now that BoxeR's progamer status has been temporarily revoked? Does that mean he can't compete in Korean-sanctioned competitions, thus hurting his chances of scoring a contract? I would hate to see him be out of the competition due to his license...
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boxer vs foxer finals maybe? :D
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boxer is such a badass...
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On November 05 2010 02:13 Mystgun wrote:
200 million won for how long a contract? It is a lot of money but if its spread out over a 3 year term, its actually not that much. Also, what is the implication now that BoxeR's progamer status has been temporarily revoked? Does that mean he can't compete in Korean-sanctioned competitions, thus hurting his chances of scoring a contract? I would hate to see him be out of the competition due to his license...
If i got it correctly he is just no BW progamer any more and can't do shit related to SC:BW anymore. In SC2 he can do what he wants.
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While that's alot of money, that still seems woefully underpaid for how much he means to Korean E-Sports. 180K is less than what the worst paid players get paid in any professional sport. I mean, minor league baseball players sometimes are paid more than that.
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Wow personal sponsorship? One man army/team! Boxer hwaiting =)
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On November 05 2010 02:55 Accidentus wrote:
While that's alot of money, that still seems woefully underpaid for how much he means to Korean E-Sports. 180K is less than what the worst paid players get paid in any professional sport. I mean, minor league baseball players sometimes are paid more than that.
Well this type of professional sport doesn't have millions and millions of viewers and huge arenas seating thousands of people for it. It's just fundamentally smaller. Having said that I think that much of a base salary is pretty standard but not over the top. He will likely make a lot more money by doing ads and things like that.
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