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glzElectromaster
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Japan2474 Posts
August 14 2012 13:18 GMT
#121
On August 14 2012 03:31 shabby wrote:
Stephano is the only progamer that says that his race is better off than others. If its true or not doesnt matter, its just refreshing.


not the only one, but one of a very few
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Lasbike
Profile Joined January 2011
France2888 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 13:20:36
August 14 2012 13:19 GMT
#122
On August 14 2012 22:12 aintz wrote:
i highly doubt streaming makes as much money as some people think. if thats the case i better just start casting dota2 matches and make some easy bux since so many noobs watch and dont even mind watching bad casters like those featured in tl.

Well he did something like 600€ (~740$) on a 4 hours streaming session with about 13k people watching, once.
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10846 Posts
August 14 2012 13:19 GMT
#123
Was even funner when, back in the day, he said, that he isn't using Mutas vs Protoss because they are Imba... While next to every other Zerg was bitching about ZvP ^^.
Eufouria
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom4425 Posts
August 14 2012 13:52 GMT
#124
On August 14 2012 03:40 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2012 03:19 m0ck wrote:
Thank you!

*Oh, and someone should point out MC to Stephano. Though he participates in GSL, he manages to partake in as many foreign tournaments as any foreign player and to be more successful than any of them. Do it!


Well, maybe Millenium can't afford it.

Maybe someone more in tune with the French scene can confirm this, but I'm pretty sure Millenium is one of the richest foreign teams, I don't know quite where they are in comparison with Quantic, EG and Complexity, but I'm pretty sure they're up there.
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
August 14 2012 13:54 GMT
#125
On August 14 2012 22:52 Eufouria wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2012 03:40 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
On August 14 2012 03:19 m0ck wrote:
Thank you!

*Oh, and someone should point out MC to Stephano. Though he participates in GSL, he manages to partake in as many foreign tournaments as any foreign player and to be more successful than any of them. Do it!


Well, maybe Millenium can't afford it.

Maybe someone more in tune with the French scene can confirm this, but I'm pretty sure Millenium is one of the richest foreign teams, I don't know quite where they are in comparison with Quantic, EG and Complexity, but I'm pretty sure they're up there.


Far from EG for sure, but probably richer than almost any European team, yes.
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Sleed
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada181 Posts
August 14 2012 13:57 GMT
#126
On August 14 2012 22:52 Eufouria wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2012 03:40 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
On August 14 2012 03:19 m0ck wrote:
Thank you!

*Oh, and someone should point out MC to Stephano. Though he participates in GSL, he manages to partake in as many foreign tournaments as any foreign player and to be more successful than any of them. Do it!


Well, maybe Millenium can't afford it.

Maybe someone more in tune with the French scene can confirm this, but I'm pretty sure Millenium is one of the richest foreign teams, I don't know quite where they are in comparison with Quantic, EG and Complexity, but I'm pretty sure they're up there.


Well Lewellys once said that "money was not a problem and people needed to stop assuming Millenium could not afford players such as Stephano". He added that Mill had more budget than an other big european team but I can't remember which one.
reki-
Profile Joined July 2008
Netherlands327 Posts
August 14 2012 14:09 GMT
#127
idk before stephano joined they didn't really have a good roster so i wonder where the money comes from then..
>BD
Gevna
Profile Joined August 2010
France2332 Posts
August 14 2012 14:15 GMT
#128
On August 14 2012 23:09 reki- wrote:
idk before stephano joined they didn't really have a good roster so i wonder where the money comes from then..

Not really true, Millenium had Huk, then Tarson when he was like top 5 EU. Not the biggest, but still a good roster.
Agathon
Profile Joined February 2011
France1505 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 14:36:24
August 14 2012 14:33 GMT
#129
On August 14 2012 23:09 reki- wrote:
idk before stephano joined they didn't really have a good roster so i wonder where the money comes from then..


The money comes from :

Their website: News/streams/events in french for most of games and gaming events, millions of pages views every months with many ads and their sponsors everywhere.

Dailymotion : 3 Web TV, TV1 30M views (50 000 unique viewers during last ASUS ROG), TV2 13M views, TV3 4.4M views, all with video game content and ads again.

The money they get from Stephano's fame is in fact a pretty small part of their income. And they have a ton of money, just with their website and their TVs


"C'est au pied du mur, qu'on voit le mieux...le mur".
reki-
Profile Joined July 2008
Netherlands327 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 15:10:37
August 14 2012 15:09 GMT
#130
Ah, it seemed like a small team that had no impact at all let alone having money in the bank. Then i guess Stephano is staying right where he is if Millenium wants him to.
>BD
TsGBruzze
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Sweden1190 Posts
August 14 2012 15:19 GMT
#131
happy to hear that he practices alot!
''you got to yolo things up to win''
ArcticRaven
Profile Joined August 2011
France1406 Posts
August 14 2012 15:27 GMT
#132
On August 15 2012 00:09 reki- wrote:
Ah, it seemed like a small team that had no impact at all let alone having money in the bank. Then i guess Stephano is staying right where he is if Millenium wants him to.


As an SC2 team, maybe. Don't forget Mill plays about every game there is out there.
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Dawg_Snow
Profile Joined September 2011
France425 Posts
August 14 2012 15:31 GMT
#133
On August 15 2012 00:09 reki- wrote:
Ah, it seemed like a small team that had no impact at all let alone having money in the bank. Then i guess Stephano is staying right where he is if Millenium wants him to.


Millenium has teams in almost every game. They recruited the best players from Quake to play in their shootmania team for exemple.

I hope they will improve their LoL team though. And recruit another top tier player for their sc2 lineup.
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Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
August 14 2012 15:34 GMT
#134
On August 14 2012 12:11 FataLe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2012 11:00 lannisport wrote:
On August 14 2012 10:38 opterown wrote:
On August 14 2012 10:34 Pokebunny wrote:
On August 14 2012 10:29 Reborn8u wrote:
On August 14 2012 10:15 Exigaet wrote:
How does Stephano not know how much money he has made from winnings..

[image loading]


It is possible that he hasn't received some yet, I've heard it is a common problem. Also, he may mean it's 120 after taxes? Either way, at his age having the cash to buy a nice home outright is awesome. He could buy a house and work part time the rest of his life and live comfortably.

I'm not sure about buy a house and work part time and live comfortably lol. You can't simply work part time the rest of your life if you have 50k in the bank. Especially considering it's significantly less in Euros than dollars.

yeah lol this is not nearly enough to buy a house/work part time, you'd need upwards of 1 mill for that


Stephano routinely draws in 10k viewers on his stream and usually plays for 4-5 hours. That and his salary should be netting him over 200k+. If he didn't put that in a bank and instead hired a broker to build a large and diverse investment portfolio he COULD actually live off that while still growing his wealth (Comfortably retiring in his mid twenties). He'll stay in progaming for at least one more year and make a lot more money. Of course, he's a 19 year old with a six figure income and I doubt he'd carefully plan for his financial future like this.

if you think millenium could afford 200k in salary a year for steph ur caraaaazy.

the only team i think could afford that would be EG, but even i don't think they'd pay that much.


I really don't think EG can afford something that Mill can't.
People underestimate Millenium money as much as they overestimate EG money.
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4524 Posts
August 15 2012 06:58 GMT
#135
On August 15 2012 00:34 Noocta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2012 12:11 FataLe wrote:
On August 14 2012 11:00 lannisport wrote:
On August 14 2012 10:38 opterown wrote:
On August 14 2012 10:34 Pokebunny wrote:
On August 14 2012 10:29 Reborn8u wrote:
On August 14 2012 10:15 Exigaet wrote:
How does Stephano not know how much money he has made from winnings..

[image loading]


It is possible that he hasn't received some yet, I've heard it is a common problem. Also, he may mean it's 120 after taxes? Either way, at his age having the cash to buy a nice home outright is awesome. He could buy a house and work part time the rest of his life and live comfortably.

I'm not sure about buy a house and work part time and live comfortably lol. You can't simply work part time the rest of your life if you have 50k in the bank. Especially considering it's significantly less in Euros than dollars.

yeah lol this is not nearly enough to buy a house/work part time, you'd need upwards of 1 mill for that


Stephano routinely draws in 10k viewers on his stream and usually plays for 4-5 hours. That and his salary should be netting him over 200k+. If he didn't put that in a bank and instead hired a broker to build a large and diverse investment portfolio he COULD actually live off that while still growing his wealth (Comfortably retiring in his mid twenties). He'll stay in progaming for at least one more year and make a lot more money. Of course, he's a 19 year old with a six figure income and I doubt he'd carefully plan for his financial future like this.

if you think millenium could afford 200k in salary a year for steph ur caraaaazy.

the only team i think could afford that would be EG, but even i don't think they'd pay that much.


I really don't think EG can afford something that Mill can't.
People underestimate Millenium money as much as they overestimate EG money.

okay nice to see some light shed. i misunderstood anyway, the guy meant cumulative money is 200k+ a year not just his salary alone.
hi. big fan.
k3n705
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada134 Posts
August 18 2012 00:31 GMT
#136
I found myself reading the interview in Stephano's voice hahhahhah.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45267 Posts
August 18 2012 00:37 GMT
#137
On August 14 2012 22:52 Eufouria wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2012 03:40 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
On August 14 2012 03:19 m0ck wrote:
Thank you!

*Oh, and someone should point out MC to Stephano. Though he participates in GSL, he manages to partake in as many foreign tournaments as any foreign player and to be more successful than any of them. Do it!


Well, maybe Millenium can't afford it.

Maybe someone more in tune with the French scene can confirm this, but I'm pretty sure Millenium is one of the richest foreign teams, I don't know quite where they are in comparison with Quantic, EG and Complexity, but I'm pretty sure they're up there.


I wonder if Complexity is more wealthy, considering Stephano tried switching to Complexity when he was still under Millenium's contract. (I can't think of any other reason besides money that Stephano would want to leave Millenium for Complexity.)
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37058 Posts
August 18 2012 01:10 GMT
#138
On August 18 2012 09:37 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 14 2012 22:52 Eufouria wrote:
On August 14 2012 03:40 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
On August 14 2012 03:19 m0ck wrote:
Thank you!

*Oh, and someone should point out MC to Stephano. Though he participates in GSL, he manages to partake in as many foreign tournaments as any foreign player and to be more successful than any of them. Do it!


Well, maybe Millenium can't afford it.

Maybe someone more in tune with the French scene can confirm this, but I'm pretty sure Millenium is one of the richest foreign teams, I don't know quite where they are in comparison with Quantic, EG and Complexity, but I'm pretty sure they're up there.


I wonder if Complexity is more wealthy, considering Stephano tried switching to Complexity when he was still under Millenium's contract. (I can't think of any other reason besides money that Stephano would want to leave Millenium for Complexity.)

compLexity signed Heart, Killer, NaDa, GanZi all at once. Pretty sure they got some serious dough Oo;;
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45267 Posts
August 18 2012 01:13 GMT
#139
On August 18 2012 10:10 SeeKeR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2012 09:37 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On August 14 2012 22:52 Eufouria wrote:
On August 14 2012 03:40 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
On August 14 2012 03:19 m0ck wrote:
Thank you!

*Oh, and someone should point out MC to Stephano. Though he participates in GSL, he manages to partake in as many foreign tournaments as any foreign player and to be more successful than any of them. Do it!


Well, maybe Millenium can't afford it.

Maybe someone more in tune with the French scene can confirm this, but I'm pretty sure Millenium is one of the richest foreign teams, I don't know quite where they are in comparison with Quantic, EG and Complexity, but I'm pretty sure they're up there.


I wonder if Complexity is more wealthy, considering Stephano tried switching to Complexity when he was still under Millenium's contract. (I can't think of any other reason besides money that Stephano would want to leave Millenium for Complexity.)

compLexity signed Heart, Killer, NaDa, GanZi all at once. Pretty sure they got some serious dough Oo;;


A very good point lol. I just hadn't heard/ didn't realize that Millenium was so wealthy too (compared to other teams)!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
FaRess
Profile Joined September 2010
Tunisia937 Posts
August 18 2012 01:24 GMT
#140
On August 18 2012 10:13 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2012 10:10 SeeKeR wrote:
On August 18 2012 09:37 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On August 14 2012 22:52 Eufouria wrote:
On August 14 2012 03:40 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
On August 14 2012 03:19 m0ck wrote:
Thank you!

*Oh, and someone should point out MC to Stephano. Though he participates in GSL, he manages to partake in as many foreign tournaments as any foreign player and to be more successful than any of them. Do it!


Well, maybe Millenium can't afford it.

Maybe someone more in tune with the French scene can confirm this, but I'm pretty sure Millenium is one of the richest foreign teams, I don't know quite where they are in comparison with Quantic, EG and Complexity, but I'm pretty sure they're up there.


I wonder if Complexity is more wealthy, considering Stephano tried switching to Complexity when he was still under Millenium's contract. (I can't think of any other reason besides money that Stephano would want to leave Millenium for Complexity.)

compLexity signed Heart, Killer, NaDa, GanZi all at once. Pretty sure they got some serious dough Oo;;


A very good point lol. I just hadn't heard/ didn't realize that Millenium was so wealthy too (compared to other teams)!


To get an idea you need to look at millenium as a whole not just the starcraft 2 team, they just built a shootmania team with Strenx in it, recruited Cypher the Quakecon 2012 winner, they have 4 channels that deliver content from 10 AM to late in the night which are getting a lot of viewers, CDiscount one of the sponsor was the third e-commerce website in France for the year 2011 just behing ebay and amazon, with numbers close to amazon, it's not just a random sponsor, and you know MSI.
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