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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45176 Posts
October 10 2014 03:37 GMT
#21
On October 10 2014 12:35 Dodgin wrote:
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On October 10 2014 12:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On October 10 2014 11:55 Dodgin wrote:
Polt is basically legend status in our scene now, it took a while but he made it. over 300k earnings, third place behind MC and Mvp.


Officially more than Nestea? I know Nestea was third for a really long time and Polt was fourth, but Nestea hasn't won decent money in quite a while now so it was only a matter of time before Polt took third place in winnings.


even MMA passed Nestea

http://www.aligulac.com/earnings/


Ah okay thanks! I couldn't find the original sc2earnings site ^^
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Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-10 03:41:40
October 10 2014 03:40 GMT
#22
Yeah sc2earnings has been dead for a while, aligulac was always more accurate anyway.

side note, it's funny to see taeja and hero so close in earnings.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45176 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-10 03:47:26
October 10 2014 03:45 GMT
#23
Yeah I noticed that too lol.

Over 200 players have made over $10K each, over 70 made over $50K so far, and 32 over $100K so far; deeper roster of high earners than I had originally thought!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Jett.Jack.Alvir
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada2250 Posts
October 10 2014 04:11 GMT
#24
As much as I appreciate esports and SC2 gaining mainstream media attention, it still bothers me that the comments are still so misinformed.

There is always some dude that will mention WoW in the same breath as SC2, when we all know they are vastly different.
geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8244 Posts
October 10 2014 04:39 GMT
#25
On October 10 2014 10:38 imrusty269 wrote:
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On October 10 2014 10:23 Xinzoe wrote:
On October 10 2014 10:16 Skynx wrote:
need an article on $o$


"I made 6 figures in 25 minutes."



That TvT.. It looks so similar to TvT in HOTS in terms of micro and macro army control by Polt. Yet at the same time, it's so different because today, Polt is so much more refined and experienced. So amazing.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45176 Posts
October 10 2014 04:44 GMT
#26
On October 10 2014 13:11 Jett.Jack.Alvir wrote:
As much as I appreciate esports and SC2 gaining mainstream media attention, it still bothers me that the comments are still so misinformed.

There is always some dude that will mention WoW in the same breath as SC2, when we all know they are vastly different.


Yeah I like how he was talking about guilds that raid... in SC2.
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deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
October 10 2014 06:59 GMT
#27
Eh, what is the difference between a guild of x players(never played WoW, so I don't want to say 8 players when someone would argue to death that it is 128 players and I am noob etc.) and a team of x players focusing 2-4 hours every evening on the goal to get better in the game? The result is the same, you get better in the game.

I am totally OK with that. Grinding gear or grinding build orders, pff, the same. It consumes the same time, you use the same means to achieve that and for most of the mankind it is a waste of time

I agree that the games are totally different, but in some way they are not.
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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-10 07:51:31
October 10 2014 07:50 GMT
#28
On October 10 2014 15:59 deacon.frost wrote:
Eh, what is the difference between a guild of x players(never played WoW, so I don't want to say 8 players when someone would argue to death that it is 128 players and I am noob etc.) and a team of x players focusing 2-4 hours every evening on the goal to get better in the game? The result is the same, you get better in the game.

I am totally OK with that. Grinding gear or grinding build orders, pff, the same. It consumes the same time, you use the same means to achieve that and for most of the mankind it is a waste of time

I agree that the games are totally different, but in some way they are not.

WoW PvE's skill ceiling is not even close to a real competitive game like sc2, grinding in WoW for PvE is just a matter of time and high-tier raiding is all about trial & error, while in sc2 you need way more than that, I'd say the top of WoW's PvE content can be beaten by at least 80% of the population as long as they have time, but 95% of sc2's population won't be even close to what the progamer can do, you need talent and a way more strong mindset to do that.
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Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
October 10 2014 07:52 GMT
#29
ranked number four in the game's global standings.

This made me laugh a bit, the global standings eh, news to me we have those in Sc2
WCS is not a global ranking system, it is just a specific ranking system for something. It also if people do consider it that not very fair on those who play in Korea as we have all discussed.

Anyway, nice read.
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deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
October 10 2014 09:21 GMT
#30
On October 10 2014 16:50 digmouse wrote:
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On October 10 2014 15:59 deacon.frost wrote:
Eh, what is the difference between a guild of x players(never played WoW, so I don't want to say 8 players when someone would argue to death that it is 128 players and I am noob etc.) and a team of x players focusing 2-4 hours every evening on the goal to get better in the game? The result is the same, you get better in the game.

I am totally OK with that. Grinding gear or grinding build orders, pff, the same. It consumes the same time, you use the same means to achieve that and for most of the mankind it is a waste of time

I agree that the games are totally different, but in some way they are not.

WoW PvE's skill ceiling is not even close to a real competitive game like sc2, grinding in WoW for PvE is just a matter of time and high-tier raiding is all about trial & error, while in sc2 you need way more than that, I'd say the top of WoW's PvE content can be beaten by at least 80% of the population as long as they have time, but 95% of sc2's population won't be even close to what the progamer can do, you need talent and a way more strong mindset to do that.

Duh! Of course. I thought the comparison is on the "amateur" level, there's like a serious eSport thing about PvE? I was comparing amateurish teams in sc2 vs guilds in WoW. It's the same, the target is the same. Pro players are a whole different story, obviously You don't get payed from a company for playing PvE 10 hours/day (maybe streaming money...? maybe)
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Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
October 10 2014 09:33 GMT
#31
Hm I wonder how much all those game experts with 1mil subs on youtube make per year. Being a progamer doesn't seem to be that profitable apart from the few very best.
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Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-10 10:13:22
October 10 2014 10:12 GMT
#32
On October 10 2014 12:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Yeah I noticed that too lol.

Over 200 players have made over $10K each, over 70 made over $50K so far, and 32 over $100K so far; deeper roster of high earners than I had originally thought!

Maybe Aligulac should put total time (as official progamer) too. 65k in 1 month is more interesting than someone made 70k in two years.
#1 MC 50 483k (sc2 release until now are ~50 months)
...
#8 Stephano 24 248k
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KingAlphard
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Italy1705 Posts
October 10 2014 10:17 GMT
#33
On October 10 2014 10:24 Circumstance wrote:
Not nearly as condescending an article as I was anticipating. Progress, I suppose.

Same thing that I thought. I was expecting the usual "can you imagine there are people making more money than you simply out of playing video games??"
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26224 Posts
October 10 2014 10:36 GMT
#34
On October 10 2014 18:33 Shikyo wrote:
Hm I wonder how much all those game experts with 1mil subs on youtube make per year. Being a progamer doesn't seem to be that profitable apart from the few very best.

I consider them to be like musicians in that it's somewhat out of your hands how your material is received and if it catches on. Definitely a great gig if you get to that position, but I've seen a lot of great content from folk who are stuck on 50 subs.

At least progaming success is correlative with being good at that specific game so I imagine that is something that appeals to those of a certain mentality.
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26224 Posts
October 10 2014 10:38 GMT
#35
On October 10 2014 19:12 Dingodile wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2014 12:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Yeah I noticed that too lol.

Over 200 players have made over $10K each, over 70 made over $50K so far, and 32 over $100K so far; deeper roster of high earners than I had originally thought!

Maybe Aligulac should put total time (as official progamer) too. 65k in 1 month is more interesting than someone made 70k in two years.
#1 MC 50 483k (sc2 release until now are ~50 months)
...
#8 Stephano 24 248k

That would be a pretty neat filter to have for sure.

We also have to consider how prize pools have changed over time and tournament density as well, gets complicated dagnabbit!
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Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28512 Posts
October 10 2014 10:41 GMT
#36
On October 10 2014 12:35 Dodgin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2014 12:35 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On October 10 2014 11:55 Dodgin wrote:
Polt is basically legend status in our scene now, it took a while but he made it. over 300k earnings, third place behind MC and Mvp.


Officially more than Nestea? I know Nestea was third for a really long time and Polt was fourth, but Nestea hasn't won decent money in quite a while now so it was only a matter of time before Polt took third place in winnings.


even MMA passed Nestea

http://www.aligulac.com/earnings/

MMA even passed Polt
http://www.esportsearnings.com/games/151-starcraft-ii
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TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
October 10 2014 11:25 GMT
#37
On October 10 2014 11:55 Dodgin wrote:
Polt is basically legend status in our scene now, it took a while but he made it. over 300k earnings, third place behind MC and Mvp.

Maybe in murica but not so much in yurop
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Noonius
Profile Joined April 2012
Estonia17413 Posts
October 10 2014 11:36 GMT
#38
Polt, terran represent
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Nirel
Profile Joined September 2011
Israel1526 Posts
October 10 2014 12:25 GMT
#39
I like how they're implying that millions are watching sc2 online, the only problem is that it's not true.
Ctone23
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States1839 Posts
October 10 2014 12:28 GMT
#40
On October 10 2014 12:13 tshi wrote:
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On October 10 2014 11:02 Ctone23 wrote:
CNN hype! polt such a boss

I'd like to see him play vs that hacker, 4chan.


What? I don't follow >.>
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