EPTWho is going to Korea for GSL season 2? - Page 6
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Gatsbi
United States1134 Posts
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Bosu
United States3247 Posts
On September 19 2010 04:57 Gatsbi wrote: OK, so it will just be another korean dominated game where foreigners are second class once again.. great! If no one is willing to take risks the e-sport aspect of this game will never grow outside of Korea. Sponsors need to man up and pay the money for their players to get over there and compete and have serious practice time. And players need to stop being pussies and go after their dreams (if being a pro sc2 player is what they want). You can't blame players for not wanting to risk that much money. Most of the top SC2 players do not have much money. And the ones that are making good money like Gretorp probably couldn't take that much time off from work to play in a starcraft tournament. | ||
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ProV1
United States980 Posts
It is a risk to go and it's going to be really hard, but the chances of making it are 0% if you don't try. | ||
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-HellZerg-
United States409 Posts
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kirkybaby
Korea (South)781 Posts
On September 19 2010 05:13 ProHellZerg wrote: It's sad that professional RTS gaming career is so short compared to professional football/baseball/basketball, etc. and its salary is so low compared to other sports. Even if some foreigner becomes a legend at SC2, it's not for long, and that player probably will quit SC2 and try to catch up with his own life and career which he will have so hard time with. Will we ever see the day when the RTS gaming e-sports has contracts like $10 million or more for the players in the future? I wonder. lol... 10 million salary when the fans aren't willing to pay $20 for the entire season? get real. | ||
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-HellZerg-
United States409 Posts
On September 19 2010 05:30 kirkybaby wrote: lol... 10 million salary when the fans aren't willing to pay $20 for the entire season? get real. You are right. Professional RTS gaming career is a trashy career with no long-term financial security, and it's obvious why so many people in general don't praise such career. But, if, in the future, it becomes a very popular e-sport and has at least a couple major global tournaments with a prize pool of $1 million or more like how tennis has 4 major global tournaments (the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open), then the very top seeded professional RTS players are very likely to be able to make a living off of it when they get old by becoming world-renowned coaches, making their own RTS gaming foundations, or doing business selling products like how Fatal1ty does. Who knows if SC2 or future RTS games will become as popular as tennis or other 1v1 athletic sports? Time will tell. And remember, SC2 is only about 2 months old. Tennis is about 135 years old. So what that means is that RTS gaming career may not be as popular as tennis or other sports until after all of us and our grandchildren die or even longer, which is even more sad. | ||
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Tonyoh
France218 Posts
If nice and skilled people are interested, feel free to send me a private message ^^ | ||
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