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//: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty |OT4| Everyone Else Would Beat Catspajamas
- Thread starter Corran Horn
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oh thats easy.
when MLG looked at SF4 as a potential game, SRK freaked out that they didn't want to go corpporate with a 'shit' event like MLG.
When MLG looked at sc2 as a potential game, they doubled their income.
They're bigger superstars than any of the players lol. Probably the highest earners in SC2.
Corran Horn
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AdventureRacing
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I guess that's why they only show up for 1 or 2 days of GSL a week.
Corran Horn
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Is Wolf recording his stuff somewhere? Cuz his twitch has vods turned off :/
perryfarrell
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It's kind of a shame, really. I hope that we'll have more competition in the casting scene soon, so that these numbers can come down a bit. Or maybe this is a reason why we'll see more charismatic pro players take up casting as opposed to playing (agreeing with Huk, disagreeing with Slasher here).
I've always been weirded out a bit by the cult of Day9. He over-acts, drowns out co-casters and is at best a play-by-play caster. But his self-promotion has won him lots of followers.
Corran Horn
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state of the game tonight 
should be a good drunk one
should be a good drunk one
Awesome Animals
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state of the game tonight
should be a good drunk one
What time is State of the Game? And when is this Day[9], Artosis v iNcontroL, Tyler business?
Corran Horn
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stog starts at like 8:30pm PST...so about an hour from this post.
That team game is only happening with 40k viewers on the stream....which seems kinda unlikely.
Where did you see this?
Awesome Animals
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Stupid. Fuck you JP!
I call bullshit on it wherever it was.
Corran Horn
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djwheat apparently said it on Inside the Game. Which I would imagine he would know.
http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/nbrr7/no_fluff_itg_tastosis_made_more_at_mlg_than_the/
perryfarrell
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Well, if Day9 got 20k for casting Dreamhack, it's not outrageous to think Tastosis got more for casting MLG than its winner got for playing. What did Leenock win again? 50k?
(During the regular season, MLG events have a 1st place prize of only 5k anyways. So during the season, casters are definitely likely to be paid more than players.)
I think it's a sorry state of affairs, personally.
Corran Horn
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Pre state of the game
http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/itmeJP
edit: they moved to mlg livechannel
http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/mlg_live
http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/itmeJP
edit: they moved to mlg livechannel
http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/mlg_live
Odds the preshow stuff is better than actual show.....3 to 1.
PhoenixDark
Banned
Got home from work, put on my food (pot pie and rice lol)...it finished just in time for SOTG. Perfect timing
everyone knew casters been making tons of money.
i rather artosis make that kind of money while casting tournaments all over the world instead of husky getting his money through youtube.
im glad he is making shitton right now because we don't know what will happen to esport in the future.
PhoenixDark
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Artosis just seems to be very sensitive and doesn't take jokes well, I don't think it has to do with money.
SteveWinwood
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The casters are the best parts of any tournament. They deserve to be paid the most.
Corran Horn
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Some people dont talk money they make. I dont with friends...but im not famous...yet
at the end of the day people tune in to watch tastosis, not the players
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
The sad honest truth.
Tastosis could be casting bronze scrubs and I would probably watch it.
Corran Horn
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We did watch 3 bad seasons of gsl lol
Well from MLG he made 25k+ (im assuming its combined total of over 50k)
Then you add all the other tournaments they do...should be a nice amount.
Corran Horn
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Corran Horn
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I agree with jeff (the only way to spell jeff in america). Just do a fucking 4gate or something. Probe rush isnt drone rush!
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
FINALS DONE! COLLEGE DONE!
Jealous?
But did you get straight A's young man?
Corran Horn
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Corran Horn
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Anna in a bikini lololol
PhoenixDark
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OMG Artosis lmao
I think it was kinda rude of djwheat to reveal what they've been paid.
Anyways I think these popular casters deserve the money they're getting paid, especially Tastosis. This two are definitely a strong factor for me in whether I want to watch something.
PhoenixDark
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When did this happen? link, or tell me the figures
AdventureRacing
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Jesus crhist at that list of streaming players. Huk, Puma, Idra, Destiny, Hero, Jinro, Guineapig, Keen, Tails, JJakji, ForGG, July, Virus and revival.
Oh and then there is SOTG and IPL on as well. This is why i never end up laddering lol.
There is no kinda about it. It's extremely rude saying that sort of private information to a public audience unless artosis let him.
Also i'm not sure why people are saying they don't deserve the money. Tastosis bring in more viewers than any one player and as unfortunate as this may sound there are plenty of good players going around but only a handful of casters.
Trying to get quality high profile casters is much harder than getting high profile players and their pays are probably going to reflect this.
Oh and then there is SOTG and IPL on as well. This is why i never end up laddering lol.
There is no kinda about it. It's extremely rude saying that sort of private information to a public audience unless artosis let him.
Also i'm not sure why people are saying they don't deserve the money. Tastosis bring in more viewers than any one player and as unfortunate as this may sound there are plenty of good players going around but only a handful of casters.
Trying to get quality high profile casters is much harder than getting high profile players and their pays are probably going to reflect this.
Corran Horn
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lololol
AdventureRacing
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I'm not sure how anyone could have believed that. I never heard him say it but i'd say it's pretty obvious he's joking.
Corran Horn
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Your not watching state of the game I guess. He just confirmed it.