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http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2014/30-under-30/games.html
Alexander Garfield
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CEO, Evil Geniuses
Creator of Evil Geniuses, the world's leading professional video gaming team, which currently has 15 full-time paid employees and 45 full-time paid players. Garfield's roster includes some of the world's best from popular e-Sports titles like StarCraft and League of Legends.
Jaedong Lee
23
Professional gamer
One of the world's most successful professional gamers, nicknamed "The Tyrant" and "The Legend Killer." Lee is a World Cyber Games champion, two-time StarCraft League champion, and one of the highest-earning e-Sports players ever, taking home more than $489,000 in prize money over the course of his career so far.
TheGunRun and Justin Wong from Twitch were also mentioned. Congrats!
EDIT: Also Day 9! Forgot about him, but he transcends just esports in my humble opinion.
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Wow congrats to them! Jaedong hwaiting!
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Add day 9 to that list too.
Best known by the alias "Day[9]," this professional gamer turned broadcaster is one of the biggest names in the world of e-sports: Once a top-ranked StarCraft player, he turned a daily webshow into an entire site for gamers, and he works as a commentator at tournaments worldwide. In 2013 he joined Artillery, a startup developing strategy games for the web.
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You forgot to mention Day9. (which has a really cool photo in the article). Garfield's spot on the list is definitely earned though. He knows how to lead a team.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On January 07 2014 09:16 kakaman wrote:http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2014/30-under-30/games.htmlJaedong Lee 23 Professional gamer One of the world's most successful professional gamers, nicknamed "The Tyrant" and "The Legend Killer." Lee is a World Cyber Games champion, two-time StarCraft League champion, and one of the highest-earning e-Sports players ever, taking home more than $489,000 in prize money over the course of his career so far.
I hate to be that guy but isn't Jaedong by monetary definition the most successful player (which I'd assume is the metric one would use when dealing with different games and different eras), and hasn't he earned over $500,000?
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On January 07 2014 09:25 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On January 07 2014 09:16 kakaman wrote:http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2014/30-under-30/games.htmlJaedong Lee 23 Professional gamer One of the world's most successful professional gamers, nicknamed "The Tyrant" and "The Legend Killer." Lee is a World Cyber Games champion, two-time StarCraft League champion, and one of the highest-earning e-Sports players ever, taking home more than $489,000 in prize money over the course of his career so far. I hate to be that guy but isn't Jaedong by monetary definition the most successful player (which I'd assume is the metric one would use when dealing with different games and different eras), and hasn't he earned over $500,000?
http://www.esportsearnings.com/players/1507/jaedong
Looks like the blurb was written before the two small tournaments he won (ends with WCS)
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On January 07 2014 09:25 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On January 07 2014 09:16 kakaman wrote:http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2014/30-under-30/games.htmlJaedong Lee 23 Professional gamer One of the world's most successful professional gamers, nicknamed "The Tyrant" and "The Legend Killer." Lee is a World Cyber Games champion, two-time StarCraft League champion, and one of the highest-earning e-Sports players ever, taking home more than $489,000 in prize money over the course of his career so far. I hate to be that guy but isn't Jaedong by monetary definition the most successful player (which I'd assume is the metric one would use when dealing with different games and different eras), and hasn't he earned over $500,000?
since when exactitude has been brought back in journalism ?
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I think you should change the title. Ofc they'll be found under the Games section. Not necessarily overall.
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Keep in mind that this list is only for people affiliated with games/gaming
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heh started reading with mentality "oh thats cool". after reading started feeling like a piece of shit when i realized that these actually are ether same age or younger than me. fuck
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They should've counted Jaedong's salaries
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On January 07 2014 09:38 -niL wrote:
They should've counted Jaedong's salaries
I didn't realise they were publicly disclosed. Do you have a link?
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Fuck all that, GUNRUN was on there. He is the master of the stream and "Best Sand King because he wanted to impress a girl" out there. We must celebrate his glory.
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Once you start counting salaries things would get messy. Not all salaries are public information, so looking for the competitive gamer who has had the most lucrative career isn't really possible without insider info.
On January 07 2014 09:43 Plansix wrote:
Fuck all that, GUNRUN was on there. He is the master of the stream and "Best Sand King because he wanted to impress a girl" out there. We must celebrate his glory.
Haha awesome, and well deserved. I didn't even see him when I skimmed it.
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On January 07 2014 09:41 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On January 07 2014 09:38 -niL wrote:
They should've counted Jaedong's salaries I didn't realise they were publicly disclosed. Do you have a link?
No, but I am pretty sure he received more in salaries than in prize money. They could've stated that.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On January 07 2014 10:08 -niL wrote:Show nested quote +On January 07 2014 09:41 Zealously wrote:On January 07 2014 09:38 -niL wrote:
They should've counted Jaedong's salaries I didn't realise they were publicly disclosed. Do you have a link? No, but I am pretty sure he received more in salaries than in prize money. They could've stated that.
There are a lot of rumors circulating about Flash's and JD's salaries and hardly any have substance to them. The fact that he's the winningest player in esport through tournaments alone is enough, no need to complicate things with guesswork and hearsay.
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