EPTOn September 24 2011 20:02 arQ wrote:
All about the money huh? Interesting view coming from a "pro".
All about the money huh? Interesting view coming from a "pro".
You become a pro when you make money.
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
You become a pro when you make money. | ||
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
the funny thing is - he beat MMA in the IPL qualifier  edit: but he sure would benefit from a stay in korea | ||
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arQ
1033 Posts
While that was not my point, you become a pro when you are paid for doing what you are doing. Winning tournament price money does not make you a pro. My point was that for many pros out there, it isnt about making money, its about improving and becoming the best at the sport. Hopefully they can make money along the way. | ||
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Vira
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Poopi
France12793 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:12 zul wrote: the funny thing is - he beat MMA in the IPL qualifier edit: but he sure would benefit from a stay in korea He wouldn't beat him in lan (since PuMa TvZ is far worse than MMA's I assume...) and the outcome of the final didn't matter that much. | ||
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YourMom
Romania565 Posts
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MapleLeafSirup
Germany950 Posts
I'd say you are a professional when you make so much money that you can live off it. @ the korea issue: I can understand that young players are money-focused and stephano wants to win EU/NA tournaments easily to earn some money. But in the mindset of a sportsman there should be more than this, especially when you are that exceptionally talented like stephano. Not going to korea would be a waste of talent and a missed opportunity for gaining so many experiences that cannot be paid for. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:13 arQ wrote: My point was that for many pros out there, it isnt about making money, its about improving and becoming the best at the sport. Hopefully they can make money along the way. Many top Sc2 players are here for the money. I really doubt that all the former bw / war3 pros or even amateurs would have switched without the $$$ and the easier competition. Maybe they would have tried the game for fun but when you start to practice 8-10 hours/day you need to earn money. I think MVP said something about that in an interview. Now obviously if you want to make money you have to be the one of the best but the first motivation for those guys is money. | ||
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dsll
United Kingdom143 Posts
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mr_tolkien
France8631 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:20 Vira wrote: Stephano said He got no fun to play at sc2 now , and it's a work. Source ? Not that I don't understand him though, must be awfully tiring to play this much. | ||
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Elefanto
Switzerland3584 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:28 Boblion wrote: Many top Sc2 players are here for the money. I really doubt that all the former bw / war3 pros or even amateurs would have switched without the $$$ and the easier competition. I think MVP said something about that in an interview. Now obviously if you want to make money you have to be the one of the best but the first motivation for those guys is money. IIRC MVP said in an interview that his family is poor, and he saw a better opportunity to make money in SC2 than in Broodwar. So he switched that he could support his family. And i think it was a wise choice, considering he was a B-Teamer in Broodwar. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:25 MapleLeafSirup wrote: I'd say you are a professional when you make so much money that you can live off it. Yea that's what i wanted to say. Teams and sponsors are not a prerequisite, they will eventually come to you if you get results anyway. I know that it isn't the "official" definition but it makes much more sense, especially with all the events. Definitly different of bw where there are only two large tournaments and players need a team salary. | ||
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St3MoR
Spain3256 Posts
i consider it the right move too anyway | ||
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Novalisk
Israel1818 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:32 mr_tolkien wrote: Source ? Not that I don't understand him though, must be awfully tiring to play this much. It's also pretty discouraging when no one around you is putting nearly the same effort as you. He's put so much pressure on himself, and all he gets is a pat on the back instead of friendly competition and guidance. Essentially, there are two language barriers to pick from: One is the SC2 language which Millennium barely understands, and one is the English/French language which Korea barely understands. | ||
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Longitze
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s4life
Peru1519 Posts
On September 24 2011 05:57 Beyond Magic wrote: didnt he smash MMA? i'd consider him as one of the top terrans. I thought we were talking about LAN here though.. w/e you'd say korean lag is real. | ||
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ThE)ShoWTimE
Italy213 Posts
This guy is totally on another level right now, also, it was incredible how he was totally messing up in ladder games like making just spine crawlers and get broodlords at 12 minutes, or playing using bane drops/mines vs protoss...He was totally fooling around with the best players out there in EU and yet he did not drop a single game for the entire time...Impressive! | ||
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leather gracket
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Ludwigvan
Germany2371 Posts
On September 24 2011 20:22 YourMom wrote: Blizzard should reward runs like this to motivate players to play better on the ladder I think. I think this thread is reward enough. ^^ | ||
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Towni
Austria144 Posts
I really think we haven't had that for a very long period of time. Zers dominating atm. no more 7 out of 10 terrans in sight anywhere. interesting. | ||
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