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Are korean grandmasters top 100 sponsored?

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eSsXiV
Profile Joined October 2011
Korea (South)45 Posts
February 05 2013 05:20 GMT
#1
I've always wondered if korean grandmasters are sponsored. But we never really hear anything about anyone else besides NesTea, DRG, HerO, ViOlet.

Is there something i'm missing? If minigun and idra can make professional gaming salary, why can't these top 100 korean server Grandmaster ? Or maybe they do?

I'm currently masters on KOR/TW, and if you view top 200 Grandmaster league, it's all names: lllllllll.

:o just food for thought.
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ReMiiX
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States338 Posts
February 05 2013 05:23 GMT
#2
I would say if you are GM on Korea you are probably on a sponsored team or clan. The reason they are all barcodes is because they don't want people to know who is who and steal/prepare for their builds.
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snafoo
Profile Joined August 2010
New Zealand1615 Posts
February 05 2013 05:23 GMT
#3
There's probably actually only like 50 people in KR GM, just with multiple accounts eg: CreatorPrime had #1,#2 and #3 for a while back, MKP has lots of accounts too.
rift
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
1819 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-05 05:32:22
February 05 2013 05:27 GMT
#4
minigun and idra are sponsored because they're well known, fame trumps skill to sponsors
eSsXiV
Profile Joined October 2011
Korea (South)45 Posts
February 05 2013 05:32 GMT
#5
The skill gap between Korea server and NA is crazy..
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Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
February 05 2013 05:33 GMT
#6
On February 05 2013 14:23 ReMiiX wrote:
I would say if you are GM on Korea you are probably on a sponsored team or clan. The reason they are all barcodes is because they don't want people to know who is who and steal/prepare for their builds.


you would think so.
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DusTerr
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
2520 Posts
February 05 2013 05:33 GMT
#7
On February 05 2013 14:32 eSsXiV wrote:
The skill gap between Korea server and NA is crazy..

The sponsorship gap between NA and KR is crazy.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
February 05 2013 06:00 GMT
#8
Korea is super hard.
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