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dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
November 29 2010 04:45 GMT
#41
the euro guys probably has their earning understated because their income comes from the weekly tournaments and they have crap loads of tournament having like $100 first prize every week.

There is like go4sc2, craftcup,cyborginside,zotac. Around $1000++ is distributed per week in those tourneys.

I think EG master had good prize pool also that should put HuK higher up.
shakenbake
Profile Joined August 2010
United States207 Posts
November 29 2010 04:50 GMT
#42
On November 29 2010 13:37 dogabutila wrote:
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On November 29 2010 12:40 Pyrthas wrote:
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.)



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.

U live in MoCo? Where at? Rockville/ north bethesda here
Bear4188
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1797 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-29 04:58:40
November 29 2010 04:50 GMT
#43
On November 29 2010 13:45 dtz wrote:
the euro guys probably has their earning understated because their income comes from the weekly tournaments and they have crap loads of tournament having like $100 first prize every week.

There is like go4sc2, craftcup,cyborginside,zotac. Around $1000++ is distributed per week in those tourneys.

I think EG master had good prize pool also that should put HuK higher up.


EG Masters Cup

1: Liquid`Huk $1000
2: ROOTSlush $500
3: EG.LzGaMeR $250

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=164748
"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something." - R. Feynman
dogabutila
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1438 Posts
November 29 2010 04:53 GMT
#44
On November 29 2010 13:50 shakenbake wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 29 2010 13:37 dogabutila wrote:
On November 29 2010 12:40 Pyrthas wrote:
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.)



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.

U live in MoCo? Where at? Rockville/ north bethesda here


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Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
November 29 2010 04:54 GMT
#45
On November 29 2010 13:27 WeeKeong wrote:
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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.


Woops, I knew he won DH but I didnt realize it was that much. And I never heard him win anything else. I guess DH was enough. :O
Bear4188
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1797 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-29 05:57:59
November 29 2010 05:57 GMT
#46
I added up the Go4SC2 Europe cups through #57, the weekend tournaments (odd#) have a cash prize as well as the month end tournament.

1-25 (Beta) were €100
27-> are €200
Monthlies are €500

Naama €900
SjoW €900
White-Ra €800
Brat_OK €800
HuK €600
LucifroN €500
Tarson €500
MaNa €400
Dimaga €300
Naniwa €300
TLO €200
Socke €200
GoOdy €200
DarKFoRcE €200
ClouD €200
Mardow €100
DeMuslim €100
MorroW €100
Strelok €100


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=163401
"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something." - R. Feynman
Welmu
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Finland3295 Posts
November 29 2010 06:14 GMT
#47
On November 29 2010 13:15 avilo wrote:
sooooooooo...20 guys are getting paid not even a salary. How does this help e-sports? ME thinks GSL needs to spread out their prize pool more.

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.

Many teams pay some salary~~
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Bear4188
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1797 Posts
November 29 2010 06:18 GMT
#48
On November 29 2010 15:14 Welmu wrote:
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On November 29 2010 13:15 avilo wrote:
sooooooooo...20 guys are getting paid not even a salary. How does this help e-sports? ME thinks GSL needs to spread out their prize pool more.

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.

Many teams pay some salary~~


Keep in mind these are mostly the result of just a few months of winnings so it shouldn't be compared to an annual salary, next year's GSL may have even more prize money as well as MLG, IEM, etc.
"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something." - R. Feynman
sihyunie
Profile Joined June 2008
United States108 Posts
November 29 2010 15:39 GMT
#49
These tournaments need to be top heavy to keep the players motivated as they move further into the tournament. Usually, the 1st place will have double the prize money of 2nd place, which is double the 3rd place prize and rest of the participants don't usually get anything. In GSL, just qualifying nets you some money and just simply doubling from there on will make the 1st place prize money absurdly high. To top things off, the first place gets more than 3 times the prize money of the 2nd place, which is why NesTea and FruitDealer are so far ahead of everyone else (From Ro64 prize of 0.3 Million Won, prize money jumps 1.66x, 4x, 2x, 2.5x, 3x, and 3.33x, so really winning the Ro32 match is the biggest increase in terms of the ratio). GSL also wants to make a big deal out of their prize money, so they put this massive prize for the 1st place, but they also want to keep the total prize money reasonable, so they made the drop pretty big.

As far as comparing to the salary, these are non-guaranteed money and I think we won't see a repeat winner of GSL for a while, so while it's a pretty hefty sum for playing sc2 for a month, it's probably about all they get throughout the year (we rarely see repeat top finishes and player pool only gets deeper).
MoreFaSho
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1427 Posts
November 29 2010 15:43 GMT
#50
I think Morrow should be listed as (T), I know he plays (Z) now, but he made almost all of that money as Terran.
I always try to shield slam face, just to make sure it doesnt work
Xiron
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1233 Posts
November 29 2010 15:50 GMT
#51
On November 29 2010 12:17 Arcanne wrote:
white-ra is in Duckload?


Actually, Duckload is White-Ra's sponsor, not his clan.
"The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. " - Charlie Chaplin
sihyunie
Profile Joined June 2008
United States108 Posts
November 29 2010 16:17 GMT
#52
On November 30 2010 00:50 Xiron wrote:
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On November 29 2010 12:17 Arcanne wrote:
white-ra is in Duckload?


Actually, Duckload is White-Ra's sponsor, not his clan.


I believe he's no longer in Mousesports, leaving him technically teamless. So I put him Duckload "team" since that's his sponsor.
Same can be said about SlayerSBoxer. He's not in any team, but his clan is SlayerS, so that's the tag he gets (and I don't really wanna get into Zenith, NEX clans and ZeNEX team, as well as Genius not being in either clan despite being in ZeNEX team since he recently founded NSP clan and his bnet ID reflects his clan, and not the team).
Bear4188
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1797 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-29 19:48:56
November 29 2010 19:46 GMT
#53
The Canadian Cup also just finished up yesterday:

ROOTdrewbie $1000
Ganon $500
fnatic.KawaiiRice $250

I'm actually not sure if that's USD or CAD, but I assume USD. Either way they're almost equal in value.
"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something." - R. Feynman
Vimsey
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom2235 Posts
November 29 2010 20:28 GMT
#54
DeMuslim won £3,000 at i41 which is about $4677?

Not sure how much Randy won at i40
sihyunie
Profile Joined June 2008
United States108 Posts
November 29 2010 22:33 GMT
#55
Updated with the entire spreadsheet
rastaban
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2294 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-29 22:56:07
November 29 2010 22:55 GMT
#56
On November 29 2010 13:09 Subversion wrote:
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On November 29 2010 12:59 silentreality wrote:
On November 29 2010 12:51 tyCe wrote:
On November 29 2010 12:45 silentreality wrote:
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.

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


i must say i agree. Korea isn't really all that cheap.


It really all depends on where you are living. Where I live in America the average salary is probably around 30K.


For the small rural locations that 90K may be worth more but if you live in Seoul it is actually worth less. Cost Of Living As you can see it is ranked higher than any US city. My friend is from there and talked about how ridiculous the prices are.

Tastosis also mentioned how you couldn't buy a nice house with that money. around here 100,000 starts to get you a decent house (nothing grand) so i wouldn't be surprised if they money matched up fairly well.
Tyler: "...damn it, that's StarCraft. Opening doors is what we do. Being the first to find food is the greatest pleasure a player can have!"
Ragoo
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany2773 Posts
November 29 2010 23:07 GMT
#57
Nice list!

You should add the prize money from DSRack LAN.
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Sniggle
Profile Joined April 2010
United States21 Posts
November 29 2010 23:26 GMT
#58
Crazy how top heavy the money distribution is.
FlamingTurd
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1059 Posts
November 29 2010 23:29 GMT
#59
Cool to see some actual numbers, unfortunately most aren't that high :-/
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knL
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany400 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-29 23:39:13
November 29 2010 23:37 GMT
#60
I really like this list. If i could help with a cup and research some results just pm me. I think it would be great to have something like this uptodate.

I looked through the spreadsheet but i couldnt find a total Pricemoney. It would be nice to add that too.
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