nokz88 Profile Joined October 2010 Brazil 1219 Posts Last Edited: 2011-03-25 07:37:19 #1

Another article covering the same subject:



Well, I won't bother translating the whole article but here are the main topics:



1) TSL (Team SCV Life) will become the first StarCraft 2 Team to give salary to it's players. The first payday will be on April 10th.



2) This was possible because TSL was the first team to draw major sponsors for the team, mainly hardware manufacturers. They were satisfied with the positive effect the team gave them through advertisement and such, and decided to raise the sponsorship value. According to coach Lee "There was an increase of 60%"



3) There are currently 9 players playing for the TSL as of now. The two highest paid players will be Kim Won Ki AKA TSL.FruitDealer and Seo Ki Soo AKA TSL.Trickster, with 35,000,000 KRW (around 31,000 US$) and 30,000,000 KRW (around 27,000 US$) a year respectively.





I am not sure, but aren't there some foreign teams that give salary to their players too? Anyway, great news to TSL players and e-sports in general. Here's hoping that other teams get more sponsorship and follow TSL's example. The original article at thisisgame.com: here Another article covering the same subject: here Well, I won't bother translating the whole article but here are the main topics:1) TSL (Team SCV Life) will become the first StarCraft 2 Team to give salary to it's players. The first payday will be on April 10th.2) This was possible because TSL was the first team to draw major sponsors for the team, mainly hardware manufacturers. They were satisfied with the positive effect the team gave them through advertisement and such, and decided to raise the sponsorship value. According to coach Lee "There was an increase of 60%"3) There are currently 9 players playing for the TSL as of now. The two highest paid players will be Kim Won Ki AKA TSL.FruitDealer and Seo Ki Soo AKA TSL.Trickster, with 35,000,000 KRW (around 31,000 US$) and 30,000,000 KRW (around 27,000 US$) a year respectively.I am not sure, but aren't there some foreign teams that give salary to their players too? Anyway, great news to TSL players and e-sports in general. Here's hoping that other teams get more sponsorship and follow TSL's example. in a state of trance

daffodil Profile Joined October 2010 Australia 109 Posts #2 pretty good news. shows that at least the sponsors don't envision the sc2 korean scene dying anytime soon

littlechava Profile Blog Joined March 2004 United States 7146 Posts #3 It's kind of amazing that this is news - I thought that most of the sponsored Korean teams had salaries, however meager, at this point. Even some foreign sponsors give their players small salaries. Entusman #12

Nuri Profile Joined May 2010 New Zealand 278 Posts #4 wow not bad getting 31k usd just to play sc2 per year The biggest risk in life is not taking any risks at all

Gomas Profile Blog Joined March 2010 Poland 303 Posts #5 All top teams pay their players afaik

Sanguinarius Profile Joined January 2010 United States 3367 Posts #6 Thats excellent news. 31k is a very respectable sum. Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness

aike Profile Blog Joined July 2010 United States 1605 Posts #7 On March 14 2011 14:43 Nuri wrote:

wow not bad getting 31k usd just to play sc2 per year



But considering it's like a 80+ hour a week job... is it really worth it?



And yea I do believe a lot of the major foreigner teams pay salaries. But considering it's like a 80+ hour a week job... is it really worth it?And yea I do believe a lot of the major foreigner teams pay salaries. Wahaha

ROOTFayth Profile Joined January 2004 Canada 3350 Posts #8 On March 14 2011 14:43 Nuri wrote:

wow not bad getting 31k usd just to play sc2 per year

pretty mediocre when its 80 hours a week though, hopefully it rises in a year or 2 pretty mediocre when its 80 hours a week though, hopefully it rises in a year or 2

Elefanto Profile Joined May 2010 Switzerland 3569 Posts #9 thats definitely a good development



i really hope we get something like proleague, GSL-Team league proofed already to be fantastic.

The more stable the scene gets, and the less teams / players are dependent on winning the gsl /placing good to get money, the better. wat

red4ce Profile Blog Joined January 2011 United States 7302 Posts #10 Nice. 31k for FD is higher than the average salary in South Korea and definitely more than whatever he was getting on the estro b team.

oncearunner Profile Joined October 2010 188 Posts #11 ^^heh its "80" hours a week but its palyng a video game. time flies when ur having fun



imagine being the assistant manager at my restaurant working 70 hours a week on salary

majestouch Profile Joined December 2010 United States 395 Posts Last Edited: 2011-03-14 05:49:40 #12 first sc2 team to have salaried players?



I know for a fact that EG players get paid a salary. as to how much, I'm not sure.



I'm sure complexity sc2 players do as well seeing that they were/are a big competitor in cs 1.6



note, cs 1.6 players on EG make about $80k/yr remember that sc2 has more prize money to made [solo wise]

Sentient Profile Joined April 2010 United States 437 Posts #13 This is awesome. It takes away the volatility of making a living from progaming. This will let the players focus on their long-term game rather than winning every single tournament just to survive.

bkrow Profile Blog Joined October 2010 Australia 8481 Posts #14 This is pretty awesome news.. Heading down the BW path i guess.. Hopefully the other teams will follow suit! In The Rear With The Gear .. *giggle* /////////// cobra-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA!!!!

eviltomahawk Profile Blog Joined August 2010 United States 11024 Posts #15 At first I confused this with the other TSL, TeamLiquid Starcraft League lol.



Interesting to see TSL be the first team to take such an important step towards the SC2 pro-gaming infrastructure becoming more and more like the BW infrastructure. I wonder when large corporations will start to host their own teams, like Hite, CJ, or WeMade.



Incredible Miracle and oGs better step up their game now, especially with TSL macroing up their team. ㅇㅅㅌㅅ

MangoTango Profile Blog Joined June 2010 United States 3670 Posts #16 I can't believe it took this long to make this happen. "One fish, two fish, red fish, BLUE TANK!" - Artosis

netherDrake Profile Blog Joined September 2010 Singapore 1828 Posts #17 Hopefully this will make FD/Tester play better and start dominating like in the beta phase again.



And Clide finally fulfill his potential as the best player ever. SC2 player for Flash eSports. twitch.tv/nether_drake, https://twitter.com/bryan_sum, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bryan-Drake-Sum/468389706519567

CurLy[] Profile Joined August 2010 United States 758 Posts #18 On March 14 2011 14:46 Fayth wrote:

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On March 14 2011 14:43 Nuri wrote:

wow not bad getting 31k usd just to play sc2 per year

pretty mediocre when its 80 hours a week though, hopefully it rises in a year or 2 pretty mediocre when its 80 hours a week though, hopefully it rises in a year or 2



They also win tourneys though so that money too They also win tourneys though so that money too Great pasta mom, very Korean. Even my crown leans to the side. Gangsta. --------->

Momildo Profile Joined October 2010 Brazil 93 Posts #19 It is a nice step on the right direction, hopefully awareness will increase and the sponsorships with it.

FXOpen Profile Joined November 2010 Australia 1832 Posts #20 I've been paying my players a salary since December..... Gotta love media www.twitter.com/FXOpenESports

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