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TSL to become first SC2 team with player salaries - Page 15
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Washow
Korea (South)119 Posts
Also GDP is skewed for US quite a bit because of hundreds of billionaires in US | ||
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aike
United States1629 Posts
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Troxior
United States168 Posts
(to anyone who has watches Hyungjoon becomes a progamer you will know what I mean). On topic though Im not surprised that TSL is one of the first because they've done well and have players who are fan favorites such as Fruitdealer and CLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE! | ||
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Aruno
New Zealand748 Posts
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Zeke50100
United States2220 Posts
<3 Sure, the pressure might be ridiculously over-bearing, but I would just suck it up >.> | ||
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tok
United States691 Posts
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IamaGrapeMan
Canada165 Posts
On March 14 2011 14:46 Fayth wrote: pretty mediocre when its 80 hours a week though, hopefully it rises in a year or 2 ya, but that's not counting personal sponsors and ad revenues you can make on the side. and of course tournament pay-outs. doesn't seem to shabby... so long as you're a top player.; | ||
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Sumwar
Canada199 Posts
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Kazzabiss
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Kazzabiss
1006 Posts
On March 15 2011 01:33 JiYan wrote: i think they meant first team to have salaries that you could live on? No, most Korean teams don't pay their players (actually all, as this is the first one), the money iirc goes to a communal thing to buy food and of course pay utilities and rent, and the players are given an allowance essentially, but not a salary. | ||
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redFF
United States3910 Posts
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
On March 15 2011 12:29 SupastaR wrote: congrats to torch ^^. you gotta understand that the 30k is money. none of it will go towards cost of living because they live in a teamhouse. add in the fact that they have consistent tournies to enter, and hey, its not a job its starcraft! id love to be paid 30k a year and free food/housing to play sc2 all day! TorcH is on Startale.... | ||
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feanor1
United States1899 Posts
On March 15 2011 11:08 Washow wrote: You can't compare them 1:1 like that........ Also GDP is skewed for US quite a bit because of hundreds of billionaires in US Lol, you think that having massive amounts of wealth in the hands of the few is a problem limited to the US. Your making this stuff up, the cost of living in SK is significantly lower than that of the US, and on average a Sk makes quite a bit less(hence the lower CoL). 31k+Housing+Food is a very good deal for some 20-25 year olds. | ||
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kash2k
139 Posts
I assume big name players do. But majority of the players are investment for the teams. So I would wonder, would Jinro, Moonglade or Huk keep at least 50% of the prize money is they win GSL? Personally I don't think they will, which is sad  . | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
On March 15 2011 12:38 feanor1 wrote: Lol, you think that having massive amounts of wealth in the hands of the few is a problem limited to the US. Your making this stuff up, the cost of living in SK is significantly lower than that of the US, and on average a Sk makes quite a bit less(hence the lower CoL). 31k+Housing+Food is a very good deal for some 20-25 year olds. from what grrrr told me, it's not cheaper at all to live in SK | ||
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chenchen
United States1136 Posts
South Korea is a highly highly developed country, easily one of the fifteen most developed countries in the world (actually widely considered to be ranked 10th-15th) along with nations like NA (no Mexico), Northern Europe, Japan, and Australia. The cost and standard of living in Korea is very high and comparable to that of any other urban first world country. The Seoul area is especially notoriously expensive. | ||
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jester-
Canada547 Posts
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UnderlineENT
United States130 Posts
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Honeybadger
United States821 Posts
31k seems low, but I'm sure the exchange rate makes that amount pretty damn fair in korea. Also, they probably have paid-for housing, utilities, and food. | ||
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C5Five
England53 Posts
On March 14 2011 14:48 oncearunner wrote: ^^heh its "80" hours a week but its palyng a video game. time flies when ur having fun imagine being the assistant manager at my restaurant working 70 hours a week on salary You're also melting your brain/eyes/nerves all along. Just try to play 11 hours a day of SC2 and enjoy the symptoms you'll get (blurry vision, intense headaches, nausea, back pain, tetany attacks, tremor, etc) If half of your salary is there just to cover the extensive amount of medical care you'll need to go thru, I say it's not worth the hassle. | ||
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