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Melchior
United States112 Posts
On January 17 2012 00:31 FallDownMarigold wrote: Nope. Merely that it's pretty lacking in professionalism. Any professional organization that didn't want salaries/trade secrets shared would have had people sign NDAs and pay them... | ||
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Headnoob
Australia2108 Posts
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canikizu
4860 Posts
On January 17 2012 01:56 HyTex wrote: This thread is a great example of why 99.9% of the fan base should never go pro. You work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for less than Federal Minimum Wage. Working at McDonald's is literally a better life than progaming, unless you're one of the 0.0001% of the populace that makes it to super-stardom. What's the difference between esports and regular sports or entertainment industry then? Just like those, esports industry is a seletive market, you can't guarantee what you can make and only a handful of people can make it out of thousands of people. There's nothing wrong with trying to go to your dream or something for a year or so, it's not like youth nowaday (around 20s) have big thing to do or great job that can change the world or something. | ||
Chewbacca.
United States3634 Posts
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CallousCarter
United Kingdom81 Posts
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voy
Poland348 Posts
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AnachronisticAnarchy
United States2957 Posts
Unfortunately, this is like sinking your own ship and waiting around for a luxury cruise ship to save you. It's not going to happen. They probably should lower their expectations but the best decision would have been to stay on their own teams. | ||
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Awatsu
173 Posts
I'm not saying we must know how much does each player earn, but why the fuck xeris can't release info? | ||
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Noro
Canada991 Posts
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BeginninG
United States3 Posts
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Xxavi
United States1248 Posts
If anything, tax info, salaries etc. should be available for transparency reasons. Now, you might not make it official how much each player earns, but somebody has to know it, and people knowing the range doesn't hurt. What Xeris did may not be seen as something good by those particular players (Sangho and Sleep) or Fnatic, but this kind of info should be official somewhere, even if fans don't know. | ||
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vnlegend
United States1389 Posts
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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Kmonx
United States102 Posts
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jax1492
United States1632 Posts
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dementrio
678 Posts
After graduating I spent 2 years playing poker as a professional. Then I decided I wasn't good enough and started looking for a real job. I have a degree with honors in engineering. With that, I spent 1 year unemployed and actively looking for a job. The one I ended up accepting is nowhere near as good as a job you'd expect to get with straight As in engineering. A two year hole in your resume is huge. If you spend a few years doing something unmarketable, when looking for a job you will be competing against people with a few years more experience than you, all else being equal. Of course it's perfectly reasonable to argue that 2 years is not that big of a deal, if you don't live the dream when you're 20 when will you? but unfortunately, that's not the way the world works. | ||
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Xxavi
United States1248 Posts
On January 17 2012 02:38 vnlegend wrote: Ya. Poor uninformed Koreans. They're gonna leave their teams and can't get into any decent paying foreign ones. Then they'll probably get low-balled and have to join some low-level team for a tiny salary. Then as their skills and confidence deteriorates, that's the end of their gaming career. Agree with this, too. These Korean kids better talk to some others who have made this mistake before. Talk and learn what are the conditions before making a mistake. In fact, it's best if they negotiate conditions and contract before leaving their current teams. | ||
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atmuh
United States246 Posts
On January 17 2012 02:22 canikizu wrote: What's the difference between esports and regular sports or entertainment industry then? Just like those, esports industry is a seletive market, you can't guarantee what you can make and only a handful of people can make it out of thousands of people. There's nothing wrong with trying to go to your dream or something for a year or so, it's not like youth nowaday (around 20s) have big thing to do or great job that can change the world or something. theres a minimum pay in most professional sports that is a very good salary and the players go to college for something else while playing so if they dont make it into the pros they already have the means to take their career in a different direction | ||
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colate
Norway121 Posts
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Steelo_Rivers
United States1968 Posts
On January 17 2012 02:12 Xalorian wrote: I don't think that any one going pro (someone that have the skill to do it, not someone who just dream to and is like plat) is doing it to earn a shit ton of money. That would be retarded. We pretty much all know that this is not paid that well. Still, most people who aim for that are doing it to earn a living from what they like the most. If you don't "love" to go to tournamenet, to play, to train, to compete... if it's a "job" for you, and not a hobby that you are actually so good that you are paid to do it, to entertain people with you skills, then obviously don't go pro. And it's not that hard to go back to school if you are 18-21 and pro-gaming is not working that well for you. Funny thing is... Im 18, Ive worked at mcdonalds (I hated it..), Im in plat league, and I train everyday for long hours with hopes of becoming a progamer soon. I guess I should find a gun and shoot myself right? | ||
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