|
I'm doing a project proposal due tomorrow.. It's going to be on e-sport culture, if someone could help me out with any links to where I can find such information. Or if anyone has any ideas to help me with my project, please feel free to contribute.
Aside from the salaries. I am looking for good sources, and information on the topic. (I'll have a large section on Korean e-sports).
Credible academic sources prefered, although given the lack of such information, websites and articles can work too
Many Thanks!
|
|
9069 Posts
|
hey disciple could you give me more info on that mag like the publisher etc. "Korea e-Sports Association/ May. 2008 "
and thats really awesome, could you tell me more about things like that? I'm in your debt
|
Sweden33719 Posts
|
Umm it doesn't work the link
|
Works for me, ill quote the main salaries bit.
ID Name Team Annual salary NaDa Lee, Yoon-yoel Wemade FOX $266,071 July Park, Sung-jun SK Telecom T1 $191,571 iloveoov Choi, Yeon-sung SK Telecom T1 $180,928 XellOs Seo, Ji-hoon CJ Entus $159,642 Reach Park, Jung-suk KTF Magics $141,550 Kingdom Park, Yong-wook SK Telecom T1 $127,714 GoRush Park, Tae-min SK Telecom T1 $127,714 Nal_rA Kang, Min KTF Magicns $127,714 sAviOr Ma, Jae-yoon CJ Entus $106,428 Midas Jun, Sang-wook SK Telecom T1 $106,428
|
432 Number of Pro-gamers leading Korea e-Sports
18,000,000 Number of Koreans who love e-Sports
way funny number...
only 432 people lead 18 mil crazy about e-Sports ... I love the ratio... =)
|
In my opinion, the tricky part about progamer salaries is the fact that they are provided a living space (team house). Simple necessary things that most people have to pay for, progamers are provided for by their team. If you look at the weemee article, it says most pros make around 10k, but 10k is a lot if its just for "extra" fun things.
|
But you also have to take into account that you can't be a progamer for your whole life and only the better known progamers can have a career as caster or coach.
|
On November 14 2008 05:47 InfeSteD wrote: 432 Number of Pro-gamers leading Korea e-Sports
18,000,000 Number of Koreans who love e-Sports
way funny number...
only 432 people lead 18 mil crazy about e-Sports ... I love the ratio... =) 432 pro StarCraft players or 432 progamers in general? There are other games besides SC, like Kart Rider, and I guess there are (many?) others too, but I don`t know what further games are played professional.
|
9069 Posts
432 in total, the article was not only about SC, its not so easy to become a Pro-gamer actually
|
lol 432 is a ton....are they all on a and b teams and stuff? Or are you counting the retired ones
|
9069 Posts
On November 14 2008 07:09 Racenilatr wrote: lol 432 is a ton....are they all on a and b teams and stuff? Or are you counting the retired ones
anyone with a valid progaming license is registered as a pro-gamer in KeSPa. A, B, C teams doesnt matter
|
Wait do, Oov and Nal_Ra still have their same contracts or whatever? Isn't nal ra gonna be a braodcaster like TheMarine and Oov a Coach?
And what about people that go into military service like Reach and Boxer?
|
Umm interesting discussion but anyone else have any advice?
|
wow didnt know july was paid so much on skt i bet since he left that for stx and just won osl he must be making BANK
|
SKT1 bankrolls a lot of players who don't do a lot of winning. In fact, none of the most winning players this year or last year were on that list.
But with the free agency thing going around, the salaries are probably going to drastically increase.
|
United States17042 Posts
On November 14 2008 06:18 DTF-ZeRo wrote: But you also have to take into account that you can't be a progamer for your whole life and only the better known progamers can have a career as caster or coach.
yes, although to be a progamer you don't need an education necessarily, just dedication to the game. The barrier to entry is really quite low
|
On November 14 2008 06:18 DTF-ZeRo wrote: But you also have to take into account that you can't be a progamer for your whole life and only the better known progamers can have a career as caster or coach. I remember reading somewhere that a lot of progamers are recruited by day-traders because of their quick hand-eye reflexes and apm on computers. Also a lot seem to be doing well at poker lately.
|
|
|
|