EPTStill, loving the absolutely massive slope on that graph. It's akin to taking a running start, jumping off a cliff and then face-planting at the bottom.
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Char711
United States862 Posts
Still, loving the absolutely massive slope on that graph. It's akin to taking a running start, jumping off a cliff and then face-planting at the bottom. | ||
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
wow... Sweden is on second place behind Korea in most money earned... that's pretty insane. | ||
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KevinIX
United States2472 Posts
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kdmx
United States23 Posts
On February 12 2011 06:19 Ownos wrote: $10K is minumum wage in some US states. Good enough to live on (nothing luxrious, but you can support yourself.. just yourself though). If it's true some of these guys do not pay for their upkeep that should definitely be a huge plus. What's the cost of living in Korea anyway? That's pretty good for 6 months of playing video games. I'd rather do that than slave over at a burger joint or something. But yeah the GSL 1st place finish is so lopsided. It's not like anyone can consistently get 1st place. But at least if you do hit first it's good enough to live off of for a couple years assuming you don't go on a shopping spree and don't earn anything else. So you could then keep playing professionally and earn a few extra bucks from a couple 4th place finishes or something. Which states would these be? I remember making about $30k a year out of college and I could barely live on that. | ||
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
On February 12 2011 08:44 Char711 wrote: Naama, proving esports is legitimate outside of Korea since 2010. (This, just by itself, causes him to rise up in my esteem considerably. Such a good example). Still, loving the absolutely massive slope on that graph. It's akin to taking a running start, jumping off a cliff and then face-planting at the bottom. Well, if you check a more updated list, you see that WhiteRa, Fenix and Sjow are ahead of naama. | ||
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Char711
United States862 Posts
On February 12 2011 08:46 Euronyme wrote: http://ehcg.djgamblore.com/compare.php?field=country wow... Sweden is on second place behind Korea in most money earned... that's pretty insane. Yet entirely expected. Sweden dominates so much! (<3 you guys!) I feel like, even when Jinro isn't involved, there is always a good Swedish player around in most tournaments. | ||
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Char711
United States862 Posts
On February 12 2011 08:47 Euronyme wrote: Well, if you check a more updated list, you see that WhiteRa, Fenix and Sjow are ahead of naama. I should clarify. Naama is, out of those, one of the ones I've heard about the least from America. WhiteRa and Fenix are the ones I've seen the most games of and SjoW has been brought up so often simply because I saw him in a lot of early tournaments and he's been doing so well lately. So, even with that updated list, I feel like Naama is a good example for a relatively "mid-tier" player that has been doing pretty damn well for himself. I don't been that Naama isn't good, because he's awesome, but more that I feel he's just a notch below that "elite" level that players like WhiteRa are on. Is this just my perception or do other people see it in the same way? Maybe I'm just not watching enough EU stuff. | ||
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
Imagine playing proffessional football. You're probably gonna make less than a hobo just from winning tournaments, but the team (ie sponsors) give a pretty badass salary. Bet we're gonna see alot of team shirts with duck sperm (duckload lmao) and whatnot on them pretty soon. For instance TL is only (as far as I know) sponsored by TLAF. Imagine if they had like 5 mainstream companies sponsoring tem.. would be pretty awesome  | ||
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TheWarbler
United States1659 Posts
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BrenttheGreat
United States150 Posts
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Kamais_Ookin
Canada4218 Posts
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Turgid
United States1623 Posts
On February 12 2011 09:10 BrenttheGreat wrote: Unless you are in the top 8 best players in the world you stand no chance playing the game for a living without living in your Mothers basement. Sad. Well, more likely you're just gonna live in a team house either way, so... | ||
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Taylor Hall
Canada44 Posts
On February 12 2011 02:42 Ome wrote: While true, it's like many competitive sports in the world. It's the same for football, baseball, soccer, hockey etc, hundreds of thousands of people play those sports, many hoping to get paid to do so, but there's only so much room at the top (for example there are currently 1300 players in MLB, and it's estimated that something like 42 million people play baseball in America). Of course, pro sports players get paid a hell of a lot more then Nestea or MVP, but at the same time, almost every major sport has existed for atleast 50 years, with many much older then that (100 years or more). In the NHL, the average salary for players in 2008 was 1.9 million, while in 1960 it was $25000 (around 160k today) for the best players. The best players in hockey make over 7 million. Give it time and I think there will be much more money to go around, but still only for the very best. QFT | ||
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SexyHyung
42 Posts
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Offhand
United States1869 Posts
On February 12 2011 09:35 SexyHyung wrote: i think you also have to consider sponsorships and stuff, such as if they are getting paid for being on a team, for instance wasn't boxer getting like 180k sponsorship or something? that would put him on top I think this is in winnings. Not player sponsorship/salaries. | ||
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happyness
United States2400 Posts
On February 12 2011 02:42 Ome wrote: While true, it's like many competitive sports in the world. It's the same for football, baseball, soccer, hockey etc, hundreds of thousands of people play those sports, many hoping to get paid to do so, but there's only so much room at the top (for example there are currently 1300 players in MLB, and it's estimated that something like 42 million people play baseball in America). Of course, pro sports players get paid a hell of a lot more then Nestea or MVP, but at the same time, almost every major sport has existed for atleast 50 years, with many much older then that (100 years or more). In the NHL, the average salary for players in 2008 was 1.9 million, while in 1960 it was $25000 (around 160k today) for the best players. The best players in hockey make over 7 million. Give it time and I think there will be much more money to go around, but still only for the very best. But the way the current system is with soooo much money at the top of tournaments often times the best players can get a string of bad luck and be eliminated early on. It's only bo3 after all. But at least it's not as ridiculous as the first 2 seasons. The prize earnings have evened out a bit. | ||
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ehcg
Canada41 Posts
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shaunnn
Ireland1230 Posts
On February 12 2011 10:15 ehcg wrote: I'm going to start tweeting updates to the site as I make them because why not since I check twitter all day. So @thisisehcg should have future updates in terms of functionality. Awesome initiative to start the site btw | ||
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DrainX
Sweden3187 Posts
On February 12 2011 09:10 BrenttheGreat wrote: Unless you are in the top 8 best players in the world you stand no chance playing the game for a living without living in your Mothers basement. Sad. That's not really true. If you are among the ~50-100 best players in the world and get sponsored into a korean team house, the sponsors will pay for your food and house. You don't really need that much to make a living on top of that. I bet team houses will start popping up in Europe soon too and we will see a similar development there. | ||
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BluePabs
United States317 Posts
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