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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
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Lightwip
United States5497 Posts
On August 09 2012 15:34 Belisarius wrote: I feel like there may be a connection between his badly written blog post and his lack of success as a writer... Pretty much everyone who knows him here and in posts linked here speak favorably about his writing. It really seems like the money just wasn't there, which is a big part of the problem. | ||
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rEalGuapo
Germany832 Posts
He may have college education but it clearly is nowhere near the field of writing. So he asks for 2k a month with no qualification other than a little volunteer work when he was young? Sounds reasonable... Also, isn't journalism the go-to job if you want to be underpaid? I think this applies to every country. Yes there are VERY few that make good money with it but 1.8k is probably more than 80% of the journalists on this planet make.. | ||
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BlindKill
Australia1508 Posts
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SiroKO
France721 Posts
On August 08 2012 00:46 Gotmog wrote: http://reinnnn.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/the-flaw-of-esports-system.html?m=1 Quite an interesting read... It's from a (now) former dota writer/editor...but i am willing to bet that this applies everywhere. It's a long article, but i found it worth a read. I reject the premisse that mapmakers and commentators should be paid enough to make a living out of it. Few exceptions might be made, but as a whole, no. With the exception of Khaldor and Artosis, no SC2 commentators reached the degree of professionalism, knowledge, talent, and dedication required in classical industries to be paid for your work. I mean, no one can denies that the exponentially growing number of commentators among the Starcraft 2 foreign community is kind of ridiculous. Now for every tournament there are like 10 commentators, most being ex-unsuccessful players. On the other hand, the money scandals touching the players are an entirely different, outrageous story, and sadly, used to be quite common in War3. | ||
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thedz
United States217 Posts
Also, isn't journalism the go-to job if you want to be underpaid? I think this applies to every country. Yes there are VERY few that make good money with it but 1.8k is probably more than 80% of the journalists on this planet make.. 1.5k a month comes out to an annual salary of $18,000. Working 8 hours a day on minimum wage in the U.S. nets some an annual salary of $20,880. So the "good money" that he's asking for is actually quite small. He'd be making more money working full time at a McDonalds.z | ||
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ragz_gt
9172 Posts
On August 09 2012 22:42 thedz wrote: 1.5k a month comes out to an annual salary of $18,000. Working 8 hours a day on minimum wage in the U.S. nets some an annual salary of $20,880. So the "good money" that he's asking for is actually quite small. He'd be making more money working full time at a McDonalds.z Working full time @ McD is a much tougher job also. | ||
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Grend
1600 Posts
On August 09 2012 22:55 ragz_gt wrote: Working full time @ McD is a much tougher job also. And probably not his dream job.. | ||
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trainRiderJ
United States615 Posts
On August 09 2012 15:34 Belisarius wrote: I feel like there may be a connection between his badly written blog post and his lack of success as a writer... Completely agree. It was downhill from the very first poorly written, run-on sentence. | ||
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ddrddrddrddr
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EG.lectR
United States617 Posts
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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
On August 10 2012 01:26 ddrddrddrddr wrote: Where is all the money in esports going? If it's not to the writers, then it has to be the players right? What money? | ||
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Rob28
Canada705 Posts
On August 10 2012 01:26 ddrddrddrddr wrote: Where is all the money in esports going? If it's not to the writers, then it has to be the players right? First, there's probably not all that much money involved in e-sports. They basically make their money off advertising revenue or subscription services, which is meager considering e-sports are not mainstream. Reporters are paid by the outlets they report to... not by the e-sport association they are reporting on (usually). E-sport leagues and tournies pay players, news outlets pay reporters. If the news outlet is struggling to make ad revenue, then they cannot pay reporters. If you want to succeed as a reporter, you need to report for much larger news outlets. If PC Gamer Magazine started reporting SC2 matches, you could probably make a living wage, but otherwise it's unrealistic to think you can do so off of a mildly busy somewhat unknown website. | ||
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thedz
United States217 Posts
My point is that 1.8k a month being more than what 80% of journalists make is a pretty absurd assertion. | ||
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Esoterikk
Canada1256 Posts
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