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nokz88
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil1253 Posts
March 14 2011 06:13 GMT
#41
Hm, as I suspected, there seems to be a number of foreign teams that pay their players salaries. But both articles put a strong emphasis on "first". Maybe they mean "first korean SC2 team"?
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ch33psh33p
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
7650 Posts
March 14 2011 06:13 GMT
#42
On March 14 2011 15:08 Backpack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2011 14:55 FXOpen wrote:
I've been paying my players a salary since December..... Gotta love media


Pretty sure liquid and EG also pay salaries...

No idea where this article is coming from


How much, FXOBoss?
secret - never again
SnowSC2
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States678 Posts
March 14 2011 06:15 GMT
#43
On March 14 2011 14:53 Momildo wrote:
It is a nice step on the right direction, hopefully awareness will increase and the sponsorships with it.

yeah this is great for the players in more ways than one, really hapy to hear that theyre making salary now and its a decent amount from what i can tell. In na if your on 30k a year then your not doing bad for yourself.
aPhanther
Profile Joined April 2010
United States119 Posts
March 14 2011 06:16 GMT
#44
I think they mean the first Korean team to get paid.
L3g3nd_
Profile Joined July 2010
New Zealand10461 Posts
March 14 2011 06:16 GMT
#45
wow this is awesome! i think moman gets a salary? he said in his NASL vod application that he lives off sc2
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dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
March 14 2011 06:16 GMT
#46
well this is coming from a korean website so naturally they mean the first korean team.

Also since the Korean players are living in team houses, accomodating + living expenses are basically zero.
feanor1
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1899 Posts
March 14 2011 06:18 GMT
#47
OP who translated the articles, does it say anything about what the less know players are receiving? Or just FD and Tester?
TangyChicken
Profile Joined December 2010
United States51 Posts
March 14 2011 06:19 GMT
#48
So what's the situation with the other teams? Is it that they get free housing and food when they're on a team but get no disposable income except for when they win tournaments? I guess I just assumed that everyone was under contract and got paid a salary.
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Cite
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia251 Posts
March 14 2011 06:19 GMT
#49
I guess the only difference being that their paid salaries are nearly enough to make a living in korea while foreigners have "loosely" paid their players a sum of money which is probably where the difference between salary and paid comes in. Least thats what I think.
kagemucha
Profile Joined August 2010
United States326 Posts
March 14 2011 06:20 GMT
#50
On March 14 2011 15:13 ch33psh33p wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2011 15:08 Backpack wrote:
On March 14 2011 14:55 FXOpen wrote:
I've been paying my players a salary since December..... Gotta love media


Pretty sure liquid and EG also pay salaries...

No idea where this article is coming from


How much, FXOBoss?

Yes, how much? :D
nokz88
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil1253 Posts
March 14 2011 06:22 GMT
#51
On March 14 2011 15:18 feanor1 wrote:
OP who translated the articles, does it say anything about what the less know players are receiving? Or just FD and Tester?


No info about other players on neither article. I looked up in their website(http://www.sc2tsl.com/) to no avail.
in a state of trance
Alphaes
Profile Joined April 2010
United States651 Posts
March 14 2011 06:23 GMT
#52
On March 14 2011 15:20 kagemucha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2011 15:13 ch33psh33p wrote:
On March 14 2011 15:08 Backpack wrote:
On March 14 2011 14:55 FXOpen wrote:
I've been paying my players a salary since December..... Gotta love media


Pretty sure liquid and EG also pay salaries...

No idea where this article is coming from


How much, FXOBoss?

Yes, how much? :D


I doubt he'll say. It's apparently taboo to disclose that sort of info, at least in the western e-sport scene.
What this
RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
March 14 2011 06:26 GMT
#53
I was pretty sure liquid played their players. I thought they all got like 1k/month+room/board. At least while in Korea. Maybe they don't count that as a salary because its kind of low? Whatever.
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Dommk
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia4865 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-14 06:27:44
March 14 2011 06:27 GMT
#54
I guess that is a quite a bit of money when you consider there isn't a lot (if any) living expenses
~ava
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada379 Posts
March 14 2011 06:30 GMT
#55
amazing; this adds some real legitimacy to e-sports!
W2
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1177 Posts
March 14 2011 06:31 GMT
#56
Obviously this does not compare to the 6 digit salaries that the S-class BW players have. How does this compare against your typical A-class BW pro-gamers?
Hi
Namkung
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada151 Posts
March 14 2011 06:32 GMT
#57
On March 14 2011 15:18 feanor1 wrote:
OP who translated the articles, does it say anything about what the less know players are receiving? Or just FD and Tester?


If you look at the article on the TSL site ( http://www.sc2tsl.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=61&wr_id=1978 ) it says :

뒤를 이어 팀의 주장 ‘사기수’ 서기수(TSL)가 3,000만원 정도의 연봉을 기록했다. 김원기, 서기수 외에도 모든 선수들이 연봉제도의 혜택을 받게 됐다

which reads that aside from Fruitdealer / Tester, all other TSL members are also going to be receiving salary (altho it does not disclose the amount for the other players)
FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4547 Posts
March 14 2011 06:32 GMT
#58
Now hopefully this motivates Cool & Tester to actually do better and reach their potential.
hi. big fan.
tyCe
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2542 Posts
March 14 2011 06:33 GMT
#59
On March 14 2011 15:31 W2 wrote:
Obviously this does not compare to the 6 digit salaries that the S-class BW players have. How does this compare against your typical A-class BW pro-gamers?

I think FD and SSKS's salaries are more than the average A-class salary. There was a list posted a while ago and it showed a huge, huge disparity between the TBLS salaries with the average A-class progamer.
Betrayed by EG.BuK
Noli
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom179 Posts
March 14 2011 06:34 GMT
#60
Great news for E-Sports and hell it's about time someone did.
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