EPTSC2 Prize Money Ranking - Page 2
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B-Wong
United States240 Posts
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RiceMuncher
Australia138 Posts
Korea's GPD is significantly lower than e.g America and hence while $90k seems decent in America, 90k in Korea is A CRAP LOAD | ||
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
On November 29 2010 12:28 RiceMuncher wrote: You guys need to be mindful that this is, paid in Korean and played in Korea. Korea's GPD is significantly lower than e.g America and hence while $90k seems decent in America, 90k in Korea is A CRAP LOAD I'm not sure about that, I think the average price is about the same in korea than in USA/Europe. Korea is very different from countries like Thailand or Indonesia, you can't go there with your € and become rich as soon as you cross the border because their money is worth nothing. Well, I think at least, perhaps I'm wrong. | ||
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Pyrthas
United States3196 Posts
On November 29 2010 12:28 RiceMuncher wrote: $90k seems decent in America What the hell kind of world do people who think this, or think that it's an average annual salary, live in? (Edit: To be clear: Just under six figures is far more than decent.) | ||
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
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Carras
Argentina860 Posts
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silentreality
Korea (South)222 Posts
On November 29 2010 12:28 RiceMuncher wrote: You guys need to be mindful that this is, paid in Korean and played in Korea. Korea's GPD is significantly lower than e.g America and hence while $90k seems decent in America, 90k in Korea is A CRAP LOAD Please don't make comments like this if you don't know what you're talking about. (In this case, living, working paying taxes in Korea or in the states). I'm assuming you mean GDP when you say "GPD"... which is not some kind of magic figure used to judge standard of living or in this case, I guess purchasing power. 90k is a decent amount of money by Korean standards. It is not a "CRAP LOAD". You make it seem like it would be the equivalent to winning the lottery. | ||
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
On November 29 2010 12:45 silentreality wrote: Please don't make comments like this if you don't know what you're talking about. (In this case, living, working paying taxes in Korea or in the states). I'm assuming you mean GDP when you say "GPD"... which is not some kind of magic figure used to judge standard of living or in this case, I guess purchasing power. 90k is a decent amount of money by Korean standards. It is not a "CRAP LOAD". You make it seem like it would be the equivalent to winning the lottery. Well, its only been a few months so it is a lot haha. Multiply by 3...tax free salary...thats ridiculous O__O | ||
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tyCe
Australia2542 Posts
On November 29 2010 12:45 silentreality wrote: Please don't make comments like this if you don't know what you're talking about. (In this case, living, working paying taxes in Korea or in the states). I'm assuming you mean GDP when you say "GPD"... which is not some kind of magic figure used to judge standard of living or in this case, I guess purchasing power. 90k is a decent amount of money by Korean standards. It is not a "CRAP LOAD". You make it seem like it would be the equivalent to winning the lottery. His point is still valid. 90k USD in Korea is significantly more spending power than 90k USD in the US. He's not claiming that it's a massive fortune. I would describe 3-4 years of average salary as a "CRAP LOAD" because that is a lot of money for my situation. | ||
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silentreality
Korea (South)222 Posts
On November 29 2010 12:50 ReketSomething wrote: Well, its only been a few months so it is a lot haha. Multiply by 3...tax free salary...thats ridiculous O__O It is not tax free. | ||
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
Exactly the same when you compare with US$, 90k is between 4 and 5 years of income for an average worker. I'm really not sure that 90k is worth more for a skorean than it is for an american . * http://www.worldsalaries.org/korea.shtml | ||
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silentreality
Korea (South)222 Posts
On November 29 2010 12:51 tyCe wrote: His point is still valid. 90k USD in Korea is significantly more spending power than 90k USD in the US. He's not claiming that it's a massive fortune. I would describe 3-4 years of average salary as a "CRAP LOAD" because that is a lot of money for my situation. "A CRAP LOAD" makes it seems like he is, indeed, claiming it to be some kind of small fortune. I agree that 90K, on average, will last you longer in Korea than it does in the States, but the difference is probably not very big. In anycase, I could use an extra 90K.. short on cash  | ||
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
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Beneather
Canada451 Posts
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Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
On November 29 2010 12:59 silentreality wrote: "A CRAP LOAD" makes it seems like he is, indeed, claiming it to be some kind of small fortune. I agree that 90K, on average, will last you longer in Korea than it does in the States, but the difference is probably not very big. In anycase, I could use an extra 90K.. short on cash i must say i agree. Korea isn't really all that cheap. | ||
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avilo
United States4100 Posts
I can understand the other tournaments not having a spread prize pool...they barely have any prize to give in comparison to SC1 esports salaries...but yeah...sorta worries me that that like only 30 people are making a living from SC2 like this, and not even being paid what they deserve at that. Except perhaps the lucky people that are sponsored by huge companies. | ||
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MDew
United States256 Posts
You got to make top 8 just to pay for a plane ticket to korea basically. The top 4 should not be getting 75% of the prize pool >> | ||
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Bibbit
Canada5377 Posts
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WeeKeong
United States282 Posts
On November 29 2010 13:23 Bibbit wrote: Am I the only one surprised all to hell by Naama? He won dreamhack, thats 14k right there. | ||
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dogabutila
United States1438 Posts
On November 29 2010 12:40 Pyrthas wrote: What the hell kind of world do people who think this, or think that it's an average annual salary, live in? (Edit: To be clear: Just under six figures is far more than decent.) Where I live, MoCo, MD. Median income = 91k. Ofc, it's the 8th richest county in the nation so.... On the other hand, cost of living is higher here. | ||
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