Please note that this only reflects major 1v1 tournament earnings and not other things like show matches or team leagues ------
Look jinro is #9 \o/
Edit: I'd also like to point out that naama, who's never played in a GSL is rank 10. One way to look at it is this is how much people have earned in the 6 months that SC2 has been out. -----
EDIT 2: a lot of people are recommending this list for a more accurate account of earnings. It includes earnings from a lot more tournaments and even smaller events. The list goes on further than top 20. For those interested, here's the top 20 according to ehcg:
Kinda wish GSL 1-3 were not so top heavy. Giving 75% of the prize pool to the first place person, especially when the game was still being figured out... eh. Giving like 50k to the top person and addind 2-3k to every spot below that to the top 32 would of helped a lot of people.
On February 11 2011 17:35 Alphonsse wrote: Where's White-Ra? I find it hard to believe he hasn't made more than 7k after his insane results in January.
I second this. I'm guessing that a lot of the smaller tournaments that he's won aren't being taken into by GOM, but still, i'm positive he's won decent money at some more well known tourneys.
On February 11 2011 17:35 Alphonsse wrote: Where's White-Ra? I find it hard to believe he hasn't made more than 7k after his insane results in January.
Edit: sniped by ehcg, check out his list, it's very nice and comprehensive
Sjow, Fenix, White-ra, and Naama are actually ahead of both Jinro and IdrA
Remember that player's sponsorship and team salary would be separate to tournament winnings. I'd say most players on this list are making a decent living.
A top tier BW pro who switched to SC2 as soon as the beta was released could have made an absolute killing by now. Someone like Fantasy could have probably made about $200k in a few months if he'd gone into hardcore SC2 practice made from day 1.
On February 11 2011 18:23 cuppatea wrote: A top tier BW pro who switched to SC2 as soon as the beta was released could have made an absolute killing by now. Someone like Fantasy could have probably made about $200k in a few months if he'd gone into hardcore SC2 practice made from day 1.
most of the top BW players are doing good enuf already
It's a great list but there's a lot of pretty large tournaments that's not included. For instance there's only two IEMs on the list and you can't see IEM Kiev and also some pretty large tournaments like SC2Reddit etc.
I havn't checked it but if you added those tournaments I think that both SjoW and White-Ra would be included in top 20.
the disparity between earnings is astonishing. Top 3 made more than a lawyer in a big American law firm [after tax]. Then the next 2 made more than the average income in the United States and another three did pretty well for themselves too.
On February 11 2011 17:46 ehcg wrote: It's a good list and everything but http://ehcg.djgamblore.com/ has much better info if you are interested in that kind of thing.
On February 11 2011 17:46 ehcg wrote: It's a good list and everything but http://ehcg.djgamblore.com/ has much better info if you are interested in that kind of thing.
That seems to be a much better list.
Indeed, that list has been around for a while so I don't see the point of releasing a less detailed list.
On February 11 2011 18:23 cuppatea wrote: A top tier BW pro who switched to SC2 as soon as the beta was released could have made an absolute killing by now. Someone like Fantasy could have probably made about $200k in a few months if he'd gone into hardcore SC2 practice made from day 1.
most of the top BW players are doing good enuf already
Wow Ferrari F430 O_O. Is that really real? For some reason it feels shopped... But then again Bisu earned something like 200k just in salary the past few years sooo...
On February 11 2011 18:45 Sub40APM wrote: the disparity between earnings is astonishing. Top 3 made more than a lawyer in a big American law firm [after tax]. Then the next 2 made more than the average income in the United States and another three did pretty well for themselves too.
top lawyer only makes 100k in usa? :/ thought its the land of golden opportunities and shit
On February 11 2011 18:45 Sub40APM wrote: the disparity between earnings is astonishing. Top 3 made more than a lawyer in a big American law firm [after tax]. Then the next 2 made more than the average income in the United States and another three did pretty well for themselves too.
Those are first year numbers for graduates from a decent law school, or city or county lawyers. Most private lawyers make 250k+ and partners in major firms 500k+
Wish numbers were more accurate with checking 500-3k tournies as some players have racked up a lot of money nickel and diming around.
On February 11 2011 18:45 Sub40APM wrote: the disparity between earnings is astonishing. Top 3 made more than a lawyer in a big American law firm [after tax]. Then the next 2 made more than the average income in the United States and another three did pretty well for themselves too.
Those are first year numbers for graduates from a decent law school, or city or county lawyers. Most private lawyers make 250k+ and partners in major firms 500k+
Wish numbers were more accurate with checking 500-3k tournies as some players have racked up a lot of money nickel and diming around.
Those are first year numbers for graduates from a top 10 law school, taking into account taxes. In NYC it would be around 93k actually, if you dont have to pay SS and medicare taxes because you are a foreigner.
Partners in major law firms make a minimum of 800k and up, with the 'best' law firms averaging at around 3 million. But imagine how that skews the overall salary scale. But to make partner, well good luck! out of maybe 100 graduates, maybe 1 or 2 will make it.
On February 11 2011 18:45 Sub40APM wrote: the disparity between earnings is astonishing. Top 3 made more than a lawyer in a big American law firm [after tax]. Then the next 2 made more than the average income in the United States and another three did pretty well for themselves too.
Those are first year numbers for graduates from a decent law school, or city or county lawyers. Most private lawyers make 250k+ and partners in major firms 500k+
Wish numbers were more accurate with checking 500-3k tournies as some players have racked up a lot of money nickel and diming around.
Those are first year numbers for graduates from a top 10 law school, taking into account taxes. In NYC it would be around 93k actually, if you dont have to pay SS and medicare taxes because you are a foreigner.
Partners in major law firms make a minimum of 800k and up, with the 'best' law firms averaging at around 3 million. But imagine how that skews the overall salary scale. But to make partner, well good luck! out of maybe 100 graduates, maybe 1 or 2 will make it.
Honestly those numbers include a high number of do gooders who do non profit or government work which pays crap compared to private sector. Would be pretty cool if they had a list as acurate as they do with athletes including endorsements and private appearences.
Honestly those numbers include a high number of do gooders who do non profit or government work which pays crap compared to private sector. Would be pretty cool if they had a list as acurate as they do with athletes including endorsements and private appearences.
Someone making 50k on government salary skews the numbers worst than someone making 3 million when the 'median' is at 100k? ^_^ Again, iam talking about people from a top 10 law school where no one voluntarily works for government or non profit stuff [unless its some high end shit that they then parlay into something lucrative].
Plus there is the little matter of those crippling 10% student loans.
Trust me -- being a lawyer in the states, in this economy, is super super overrated. Hence the significantly larger number of alcoholics and drug addicts in the profession as compared to the general population.
On February 11 2011 18:45 Sub40APM wrote: the disparity between earnings is astonishing. Top 3 made more than a lawyer in a big American law firm [after tax]. Then the next 2 made more than the average income in the United States and another three did pretty well for themselves too.
top lawyer only makes 100k in usa? :/ thought its the land of golden opportunities and shit
On February 11 2011 17:46 ehcg wrote: It's a good list and everything but http://ehcg.djgamblore.com/ has much better info if you are interested in that kind of thing.
Yeah this list is so much better. Good effort by GOM though.
On February 11 2011 17:46 ehcg wrote: It's a good list and everything but http://ehcg.djgamblore.com/ has much better info if you are interested in that kind of thing.
Yeah this list is so much better. Good effort by GOM though.
Weird.
Why did some people's earnings go down compared to the GOM list... like everyone in between Jinro and Idra.
White-Ra should be in that top for sure he won in January 2011 3 tournaments in a weekend or something like that and the prize pool for all 3 of them was like 4K euro and second place in IEM Kiev was like 3,5K $ i believe and these are just for January 2011.
On February 11 2011 22:13 Razyel wrote: White-Ra should be in that top for sure he won in January 2011 3 tournaments in a weekend or something like that and the prize pool for all 3 of them was like 4K euro and second place in IEM Kiev was like 3,5K $ i believe and these are just for January 2011.
Ra only started to make serious bank in 2011, before that he did make something, but apparently not in tournaments that were high-profile enough for the koreans to care about.
i updated the Op with ehcg rankings for those who wanted to know based on more events. It does change things but also note that it takes over a larger time period too.
Cool of GOM to post a major tournament list though =)
Interesting to see jinro only nr5 and idra not there even though he won an mlg and has been in every single gsl and is s class, fenix seems to come top3 every single tournament hes in and white-ra and sjow are white-ra and sjow and i guess dreamhack is the only thing keeping naama in top5
Also highest american not in korea is qxc at 33 wow, i guess most of NA's talent is canadian
On February 11 2011 22:31 LittleAtari wrote: i updated the Op with ehcg rankings for those who wanted to know based on more events. It does change things but also note that it takes over a larger time period too.
I'm still not sure why players like Kyrix, Boxer, Loner, and Ensnare have decreased earnings in the EHCG list. It's supposed to contain more tournament earnings over a longer period of time, yes?
On February 11 2011 22:56 floor exercise wrote: Anyone else find it kind of strange for GOM to put this out there? Are they trying to attract players or something?
I would imagine this would have the opposite effect. It shows how meaningless not placing top 4 is in GSL and thus how lopsided GSL prize distribution is. For many players it's just a massive pay cut to go to GSL. So no, I doubt GOM is doing this to try market themselves. If they were they would make Code A have some actual security(Money) for players and cut a bit off the top 2.
Anyway super interesting to see Fenix there. Didn't think he managed to win that much cash. I mean he's an awesome player but just didn't imagine that.
On February 11 2011 22:56 floor exercise wrote: Anyone else find it kind of strange for GOM to put this out there? Are they trying to attract players or something?
I would imagine this would have the opposite effect. It shows how meaningless not placing top 4 is in GSL and thus how lopsided GSL prize distribution is. For many players it's just a massive pay cut to go to GSL. So no, I doubt GOM is doing this to try market themselves. If they were they would make Code A have some actual security(Money) for players and cut a bit off the top 2.
Anyway super interesting to see Fenix there. Didn't think he managed to win that much cash. I mean he's an awesome player but just didn't imagine that.
Well he did go under the radar with his 3rd at dreamhack and first at the gamegune tournament that no one went to with a 20k prizepool, that+ iem northamerica is pretty huge when u actually think about it
On February 11 2011 22:56 floor exercise wrote: Anyone else find it kind of strange for GOM to put this out there? Are they trying to attract players or something?
I would imagine this would have the opposite effect. It shows how meaningless not placing top 4 is in GSL and thus how lopsided GSL prize distribution is. For many players it's just a massive pay cut to go to GSL. So no, I doubt GOM is doing this to try market themselves. If they were they would make Code A have some actual security(Money) for players and cut a bit off the top 2.
Anyway super interesting to see Fenix there. Didn't think he managed to win that much cash. I mean he's an awesome player but just didn't imagine that.
I agree that it likely has the opposite effect, I am just curious what their intention was in posting it. GSL doesn't even pay the 87k for first place anymore that put the top players where they are on the list.
I am just curious why GOM themselves would add up everyones winnings and publicize it, and adjusting it to USD, obviously for the consumption of the foreign audience. Are they trying to attract more foreigners or something?
On February 11 2011 22:56 floor exercise wrote: Anyone else find it kind of strange for GOM to put this out there? Are they trying to attract players or something?
I would imagine this would have the opposite effect. It shows how meaningless not placing top 4 is in GSL and thus how lopsided GSL prize distribution is. For many players it's just a massive pay cut to go to GSL. So no, I doubt GOM is doing this to try market themselves. If they were they would make Code A have some actual security(Money) for players and cut a bit off the top 2.
Anyway super interesting to see Fenix there. Didn't think he managed to win that much cash. I mean he's an awesome player but just didn't imagine that.
I agree that it likely has the opposite effect, I am just curious what their intention was in posting it. GSL doesn't even pay the 87k for first place anymore that put the top players where they are on the list.
I am just curious why GOM themselves would add up everyones winnings and publicize it, and adjusting it to USD, obviously for the consumption of the foreign audience. Are they trying to attract more foreigners or something?
it can be explained by looking at other professional tournament sports -- both golf and tennis supply these sorts of lists regularly, even though, for a given tournament, the majority of the money on the list didn't come from the present tournament's sponsors. they're just promoting the money that sponsors put into sc2
On February 11 2011 23:57 sudzy wrote: That's an awfully bad way to make a living...If your not @ the top of the heap, ramen noodle time!
Do remember that most gamers listed are sponsored to some degree. For instance if a player is in a Korean team, they have no expenditure except for luxuries and entertainment. So everything you get from prizes is yours to spend.
In a standard job you have to pay for your house, water, gas, electricity, food, wife, transport etc.
Though Idra's total winnings seems low, you can see on the ehcg list how his highest earnings from a tournament is only ~$2600. Besides him, none of the players around the top have anything below $4k until Socke, at #25.
tbh I'd say only 50k and above would be considered decent...yeah I understand its only been 6 months but you cannot really assume they'll earn double the amount.
Yes if your the top of the pact (top 5) you are doing really well (100k is a very good amount for esports + sponsorship ) but if you consider the amount of people playing sc2 versus the amount actually getting paid its actually pretty bad. The 20th highest paid player is only getting 10k?? That is the 20th player out of the how many thousands (maybe hundreds if you only include those who've dedicated their life to this game)
Yeah it'd be a sick experience and lots of fun but @ the end of the day not practical. just my opinion tho.
On February 12 2011 01:06 CrayonKing wrote: tbh I'd say only 50k and above would be considered decent...yeah I understand its only been 6 months but you cannot really assume they'll earn double the amount.
Yes if your the top of the pact (top 5) you are doing really well (100k is a very good amount for esports + sponsorship ) but if you consider the amount of people playing sc2 versus the amount actually getting paid its actually pretty bad. The 20th highest paid player is only getting 10k?? That is the 20th player out of the how many thousands (maybe hundreds if you only include those who've dedicated their life to this game)
Yeah it'd be a sick experience and lots of fun but @ the end of the day not practical. just my opinion tho.
Tournament winnings also aren't 100% of your income though. For many of the top players they have team provided housing (and/or food, I dunno how it works) which accounts for a lot as well as money from their team, their sponsors, streaming and coaching.
That's not to say it's a great sum of money for anyone past the top 10-20 people, but these numbers don't reflect the entirety of the situation.
Yeah it'd be a sick experience and lots of fun but @ the end of the day not practical. just my opinion tho.
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.
To answer the questions about why Koreans seem to have lower income on my site than on the GOM rankings, I would assume it is based on a difference in exchange rate when converting the currencies.
$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.
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.
I believe that Seoul (where most progamers live) rank consistently in the top ten for cities with highest cost of living.
I think it kinda sucks that 1st prize is so overwhelmingly larger than 2nd and the rest of the prizes. Especially being as high as it is when a game isn't perfectly balanced yet. Batting thousands and thousands on chance for 1st place this early is a good way to scare a lot of players out of staying in Korea to play.
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.
I believe that Seoul (where most progamers live) rank consistently in the top ten for cities with highest cost of living.
for a normal person maybe. Living in a teamhouse, your cost of living is as low as your threshold for shitty food, pretty much.
Wow, I didnt understand being a sc2 pro gamer could be this bad, especially out of korea. Even in korea you need to be top 10 to get a decent ammount of money. I doubt sponsor money is enough to live on outside of korea and I dont know how these guys manage on minimum wage.
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.
I believe that Seoul (where most progamers live) rank consistently in the top ten for cities with highest cost of living.
for a normal person maybe. Living in a teamhouse, your cost of living is as low as your threshold for shitty food, pretty much.
Lol . . anyone that's been to the oGs-TL house can tell you that the maids there cook pretty good food. Even in documentaries about BW prohouses, you can see that the food is pretty typical tasty Korean food.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And for all the people saying it's too little. 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
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...
Yeah it'd be a sick experience and lots of fun but @ the end of the day not practical. just my opinion tho.
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.
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
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.
Yeah it'd be a sick experience and lots of fun but @ the end of the day not practical. just my opinion tho.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wow, that's pretty cool to see all those numbers for once. However it is pretty disappointing to see how few players have actually earned almost any real money at all. Remember how many hundreds and thousands of hours these people spend on practicing etc. Wish there were a lot more people earning a lot more money than this in SC2.
It is a weighted ranking of results over time - More recent results are weighted higher than old results. This is similar to the way that KESPA ranks BroodWar players, although they rank based on wins and not prize money and it takes longer for results to drop off.
interesting post. it seems like the payouts are way too topheavy. it just doesn't seem fair. if its too topheavy this pretty much kills the progaming scene. but i guess they want to make it exciting cuz there's more "at stake". which is bs. unless there's a more progressive structure there's little incentive for there to be players.
It's awesome that the 3 at the top of that list are all invites for the TSL. All we need is MVP and every GSL champion will be in the TSL as well. Whoever is putting that together is doing an amazing job.
On April 08 2011 03:31 andrewlt wrote: This is just in tournament winnings in a new scene. Compare that to the tournament winnings + salary + sponsorships in an established one like BW.
Interesting bump. I thought the chart in the OP was recent, was wondering how the fuck MC had less than 100k.
not insane at all! jinro, morrow, sjow, haypro, naniwa, thorzain.. do you need more??
What's insane in that the avg winnings for swedish players is only 900 less than for korean players. Another outlier is Peru, but they really only have one player.
On April 08 2011 03:31 andrewlt wrote: This is just in tournament winnings in a new scene. Compare that to the tournament winnings + salary + sponsorships in an established one like BW.
Interesting bump. I thought the chart in the OP was recent, was wondering how the fuck MC had less than 100k.
Yeah, oops. I thought the OP was being updated with the results from that other site.
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