Astralis discuss offers, salaries

In an interview for Astralis.gg, Nicolai "device" Reedtz and Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth discuss the offers they received after leaving TSM, and their current salaries.

In the announcement of the creation of Astralis it was made clear that the new organization would endorse players explicitly discussing their salaries and overall financial situation.


The average salary of Astralis over 2016 will reach around $9,000 per month

Astralis has just released an interview with two of their players, Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth and Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz, to ask about the offers they have received during their time without an organization, as well as their salaries for 2016 and more.

"We received a lot of crazy offers in the off-season, and if I remember correctly the biggest offer was around $10,000 dollar salary with a very high signing bonus and the possibility of revenue share after being in the organization for a few years. Also obviously 100% prize- and sticker money." Reedtz said in the interview.

While it will apparently take some time to reach such an amount with their freshly created organization, the average salary over 2016 will be quite similar, about $9,000 per month, according to Xyp9x:

"All the players are paid $9,000 per month. This is a monthly average during the next 12 months. We actually start out a bit lower and end up a bit higher due to salary increases over the year." 

The two players also answered questions about their reasoning behind creating a new organization, why transparency is important to them, and differences between their previous organizations and the current one.

HøjslethHøjsleth[/header]
Denmark Nicolai 'device' Reedtz
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
588
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.64
Denmark Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
740
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.62
#1
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World Ume
wow.. alot of money.
2016-01-19 16:46
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#18
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DEAGLE | 
Vietnam Deagle 
Money money money
2016-01-19 16:48
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#73
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World SexyPig
must be funny
2016-01-19 16:58
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#450
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Denmark LeffeN
In The Rich Man Hands
2016-01-20 10:48
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#441
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device | 
Denmark WitteCS
Pussy, money, weed.
2016-01-20 08:08
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#84
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World exsemJkee
9k for each player per month or 9k for all 5 players, so 9000/5=1800$
2016-01-19 17:00
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#96
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United Kingdom ImCONR
It's 9k each mate
2016-01-19 17:02
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10 replies
#381
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United States mr_bearking
9k for all 5 every year
2016-01-19 21:21
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9 replies
#387
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United Kingdom ImCONR
9k per month...
2016-01-19 21:31
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#444
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Russia DeeGee
nt Liquid manager
2016-01-20 08:56
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1 reply
#508
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United States mr_bearking
+1
2016-01-20 21:40
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#445
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Israel turb0csgo
$9k per month for all players. $1.8k for each player every month. Still quite a lot of money considering they can also make money from tournaments, stickers and autographes.
2016-01-20 09:02
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#475
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kenzyy | 
Denmark RaXXa
mate , its 9K pr. player. so they each get 9000$
2016-01-20 15:33
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4 replies
#479
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Israel turb0csgo
Then it's absolutely amazing for them. They make $9k per month for just doing what they are supposed to do, not including the money from the stickers and autographes, and the tournaments' money :D
2016-01-20 16:09
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#490
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Korea tai1177
It's 9k for ALL players, not EACH player...
2016-01-20 18:49
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2 replies
#511
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kenzyy | 
Denmark RaXXa
for each players, yes. They got an offer for 10K$ for each, why would the say no to that, and then only get like 1.6K$ from their own org?
2016-01-21 10:27
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#515
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kenzyy | 
Denmark RaXXa
gaming.dk/blogs/8-misundelsen-ma-vaere-u.. translate it to english. they talk about how much they get pr month.
2016-01-21 10:46
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9k each. ffs.
2016-01-19 17:03
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21 replies
#100
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World exsemJkee
ty thooorin
2016-01-19 17:03
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20 replies
Ugh.
2016-01-19 17:04
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19 replies
#109
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Norway ForfA
New video inc? :)
2016-01-19 17:05
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18 replies
I am not Thorin ffs. ;_;
2016-01-19 17:06
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17 replies
#118
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Norway ForfA
Nop, now ure thorin deal with it.
2016-01-19 17:08
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#121
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Finland Tanski^
make new video pls or by the numburs with the strangler
2016-01-19 17:10
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#136
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North America pickdeath
now you are
2016-01-19 17:17
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#137
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Norway rollofokker
richard lewis detected?
2016-01-19 17:17
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#152
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Finland Emvi
you forgot :>
2016-01-19 17:21
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#171
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Netherlands juncie
Then why are you fakenicking/fanboying him? I never understood this from people, no own identity..
2016-01-19 17:28
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8 replies
#292
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Italy Nafas41
+1
2016-01-19 18:42
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#440
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Finland sncr8
in the web you could pick any nick and u call urself a junkie. 10/10 identity
2016-01-20 07:36
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6 replies
#472
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Netherlands juncie
Oh, hey smartass, its juncie*, buts its alright, I forgive you autism.
2016-01-20 14:37
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5 replies
#491
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Korea tai1177
wtf is juncie?...
2016-01-20 18:51
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4 replies
#492
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Netherlands juncie
since when do nicknames have to "mean" anything? But for you ill spill the beans, My name is John, my surname starts with a C, now go figure out the rest yourself
2016-01-20 18:54
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3 replies
#493
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Korea tai1177
oh nvm i didn't realize your name was juncie lol. I thought you were correcting his spelling of the word "junkie". So I was like, "im pretty sure it's junkie.." But nvm
2016-01-20 18:53
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2 replies
#494
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Netherlands juncie
:)
2016-01-20 18:54
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1 reply
#495
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Korea tai1177
:'(
2016-01-20 18:55
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#215
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United Kingdom kunde
when is the next csgo video coming out? will it be about the astralis players? about where they all came from and where they are going? that would be interesting
2016-01-19 17:46
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#221
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Denmark andersvinde
make new by the numburs with richard "choker" lewis pls
2016-01-19 17:49
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#397
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Germany davidthek1ng
new video plz
2016-01-19 22:24
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#110
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Norway d0weneu
"All the players are paid $9,000 per month." how do you fail to interp this?
2016-01-19 17:06
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7 replies
#143
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Portugal tnyk1ng
cl_interp 0 I guess :3
2016-01-19 17:18
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6 replies
#280
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United States Roflcopter1
:D
2016-01-19 18:34
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1 reply
#282
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United States funnydunny5
+1
2016-01-19 18:37
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#360
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Brazil RatusNatus
+1
2016-01-19 20:13
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#439
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Georgia JJs
+1 :D
2016-01-20 07:27
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1 reply
#447
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Australia AlfaDoge
+1 :DD
2016-01-20 09:33
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#496
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Korea tai1177
VAC
2016-01-20 18:57
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#123
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jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
Good question thought the same but they they wrote it actually means its 9k for all 5 players which is around $1600 per player a month which is not a lot in certain parts of the world like canada for instance. I personally pay around $800 a month only cause ive been leaving at my place for around 10 years now but since im moving out this summer and i still want a clean cute place it might jump to 1k a month just for rent but of course it depends on people and how lucky you are finding something cheap that eill also be nice and clean but not sure about denmark. I guiss since some of them still live with their parents i guess its a lot of money just for one person unless their parents ask for a share for living :)
2016-01-19 17:10
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#160
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Norway d0weneu
No, reet. All the players are paid aka all the individuals involved are paid 9K respectively.
2016-01-19 17:25
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4 replies
#499
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Korea tai1177
Since when does all = each? There is a clear distinction between dividing between ALL and players EACH having 9k. The 9k is split between the 5
2016-01-20 19:03
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3 replies
#519
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Norway d0weneu
Why the hell would they do that? Not enough for fucking rent let alone food and other bills.
2016-01-21 12:47
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2 replies
#525
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Korea tai1177
100 percent prize money and sticker money? Plus it's not like they're completely broke and they only have that 1.8k to live off of. They have plenty of money to start with and the 1.8k will help sustain them. I'm pretty sure they have a gaming house too. If it does end up being 9k each then ima kill myself
2016-01-21 20:07
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1 reply
#526
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Norway d0weneu
If they got offers with 10K ea its fucking dumb to settle for 1,8K. 1,8K aint shit, literally below toilet cleaner.
2016-01-21 20:20
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#199
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Estonia swag420weed
Average income in Denmark is 4000 € So I doubt they would play CS every day for only 1.6 k They would have to live with their parents...
2016-01-19 17:40
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#206
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United Kingdom NiPMAGiC
obviously they would play a video game for that much dude...
2016-01-19 17:43
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2 replies
#222
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Estonia swag420weed
I meant that if they got offers for 10k € for salary, they wouldn't make a org and only earn 1.6k....
2016-01-19 17:50
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1 reply
#296
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United Kingdom NiPMAGiC
pff, why not. They dont have to deal with shit, And they will get offers as they go
2016-01-19 18:48
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#217
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United Kingdom kunde
i play everyday and dont earn shit for it
2016-01-19 17:47
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4 replies
#301
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United States Hgfgjff
i played for ~1 year and my inv is worth around $400 so i earn about $0.33 a month ;-;
2016-01-19 18:52
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3 replies
what? math pls
2016-01-19 20:30
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#497
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Korea tai1177
RIP math...
2016-01-20 18:59
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cant give you math lessons but maybe you can learn some CSGO here. youtu.be/X8bYC_m3EtE
2016-01-22 20:55
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#261
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AnJ | 
Denmark devonBFD
Yh I mean you get 690 euros after tax just for studying.
2016-01-19 18:16
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#354
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World Take on me
Average income in denmark is 4000 euro? Are you crazy?
2016-01-19 20:06
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5 replies
#394
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World pissjugs
He means his parents combined income is 4000 euro
2016-01-19 22:02
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#398
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Estonia swag420weed
Sorry, my mistake, in 2013 Average gross salary actually was 5535€ and Average net salary 3,090 €
2016-01-19 22:24
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2 replies
#456
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Yugoslavia NeNo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_c.. The average net income in DK is 2683Euros
2016-01-20 11:45
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1 reply
#459
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Estonia swag420weed
23000 dkk = 3000 eur
2016-01-20 13:00
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#448
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World Fakl
i get 3700 euro, but that is before the 44% taxes we have in dk oh and i dk every Things cost way More
2016-01-20 10:07
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#403
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United States spaceghost--
But they get 100% of prize money and sticker money. That alone could easily be over the average income in denmark.
2016-01-19 22:38
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3 replies
#422
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Denmark jac0b^hSk1nG
+ the 9k each per month
2016-01-20 01:25
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2 replies
#424
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United States spaceghost--
Exactly. They're living well beyond what is considered average in their country and it's for playing a fucking video game. I would much rather be in their position rather than making a million per year doing something I hate.
2016-01-20 02:06
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#498
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Korea tai1177
NOT EACH... DIVIDED AMONGST ALL OF THEM
2016-01-20 19:01
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#409
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Lithuania kexas
As I understood it's 9k each. But even if it's 1.6k>sauce each, it still doesn't include sticker and prize money, so they would still earn well above average. Plus, it's their own orga, so value of it will increase over time (if it doesn't close).
2016-01-19 23:18
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#514
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Switzerland klep1
average in switzerland is almost 7k euros
2016-01-21 10:42
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#234
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Russia Shokflow
Xyp9x: In terms of salary: $10,000/m per player. But that was excluding bonuses. so 9k for errrrrrbody
2016-01-19 17:58
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3 replies
#442
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Denmark AlexonDK
It's per match not month Kappa
2016-01-20 08:46
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2 replies
#446
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Russia DeeGee
per round + bonuses for kills, assists and survives
2016-01-20 09:15
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1 reply
per bullet + reloads
2016-01-20 10:35
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#321
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fox | 
Portugal thefaceoff
nt 3rd world probably more than average salary of your country
2016-01-19 19:19
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1 reply
#500
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Korea tai1177
LOL do u even realize that's higher than the average salary of your country too???
2016-01-20 19:11
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#427
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World bangohat
"All the players are paid $9,000 per month. This is a monthly average during the next 12 months. We actually start out a bit lower and end up a bit higher due to salary increases over the year." Where did I come by this info? Well It's posted above in the article.
2016-01-20 04:25
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they need money, dildo's cost a lot in denmark.
2016-01-19 18:06
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8 replies
Dildos?
2016-01-19 18:12
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7 replies
#369
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United States denali
they need money, dildo's cost a lot in denmark.
2016-01-19 20:34
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6 replies
Dildos?
2016-01-19 21:06
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5 replies
they need money, dildo's cost a lot in denmark.
2016-01-19 23:12
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4 replies
#414
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South America PartisanGrill
Dildos?
2016-01-19 23:48
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3 replies
#501
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Korea tai1177
they dildos need, money costs a denmark in lot
2016-01-20 19:11
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2 replies
#506
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South America PartisanGrill
control + C my friend
2016-01-20 20:19
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1 reply
#510
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Korea tai1177
control + friend my C
2016-01-20 23:34
0
#520
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Denmark Frankness
Its alot of money for a E-sport player. but aslong they live in Denmark. they will pay around 55% of it in taxes. but they will still make more money then i will on my job :D
2016-01-21 12:51
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#2
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Netherlands Jawbone
i offer 1$
2016-01-19 16:46
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18 replies
#15
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Turkey J1T_T3R
i offer 1.0000000000001$
2016-01-19 16:47
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1 reply
#173
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Netherlands miniL
For that amount I will give you 1 minute of my playtime per month. Any bans due to leaving matches too early will not influence the due payment of 1$ and 1.0000000000001$ per month. Also no events will be attended unless trip costs are payed in advance. Do we have a deal? :P
2016-01-19 17:29
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#264
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FalleN | 
World Vechnyp
1$ for 5 chokers is still too much
2016-01-19 18:19
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15 replies
0$ for your comment is still too much
2016-01-20 00:57
0
14 replies
#451
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FalleN | 
World Vechnyp
salty dane
2016-01-20 10:57
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1 reply
why not?
2016-01-22 09:57
0
#453
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Venezuela (*__*)
uh oh we got a fangay :D
2016-01-20 11:15
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10 replies
why? why? why?
2016-01-22 09:59
0
9 replies
#530
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Venezuela (*__*)
whyyyyy :(
2016-01-22 13:32
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8 replies
i dont know :(
2016-01-22 13:42
0
7 replies
#532
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Venezuela (*__*)
?(
2016-01-22 13:49
0
6 replies
+(
2016-01-22 13:59
0
5 replies
#534
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Venezuela (*__*)
A:>Z/
2016-01-22 14:06
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4 replies
8===D~~~ ahhhh~
2016-01-22 14:18
0
3 replies
#536
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Venezuela (*__*)
Hello, my name is DRIVE, previously known as OVERDRIVE. Many of you probably dont know me, but i have been in the scene for many years. My biggest dream is to be able to become a professional counter striker. I am very motivated and dedicate atleast 10 hrs a day on counter strike. If there is anyone in here that would grant me the opportunity to show myself, please reveal yourself. My MatchMake rank is currently DMG, i was LEM before the update. And remember. Stop, Scope, Flick, Fire. Have a nice day
2016-01-22 15:01
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2 replies
hello, my name is hello, and you can discribe how am i as you wish bb
2016-01-22 15:04
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1 reply
#538
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Venezuela (*__*)
Hello, my name is DRIVE, previously known as OVERDRIVE. Many of you probably dont know me, but i have been in the scene for many years. My biggest dream is to be able to become a professional counter striker. I am very motivated and dedicate atleast 10 hrs a day on counter strike. If there is anyone in here that would grant me the opportunity to show myself, please reveal yourself. My MatchMake rank is currently DMG, i was LEM before the update. And remember. Stop, Scope, Flick, Fire. Have a nice day
2016-01-22 15:07
0
#457
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World pimper
whats up now danes wooo! Kappa
2016-01-20 12:10
0
#3
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Faroe Islands AG.Mint
omg nice
2016-01-19 16:46
0
#4
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Korea yuh
holy shit
2016-01-19 16:46
0
#7
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Germany Pollsbruder
sick
2016-01-19 16:47
0
#8
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Macau skillig
not bad
2016-01-19 16:47
0
#9
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Finland Elpelias
damn
2016-01-19 16:47
0
#11
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France Pikana
lol
2016-01-19 16:47
0
#12
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Russia ma1Ncore
CLG Red > Astralis Kappa
2016-01-19 16:47
0
wtf
2016-01-19 16:47
0
#14
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Europe jesh
ez money ez life
2016-01-19 16:47
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#16
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Sweden Iswayodds
How much does fnatic,NiP guys earn?
2016-01-19 16:48
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52 replies
#24
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Slovenia ibeFiinder
Not much, i would guess 2k per month.
2016-01-19 16:49
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17 replies
#139
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Senegal differentgen
nice joke
2016-01-19 17:17
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5 replies
#189
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Other fakewinland
that actually true, they dont earn more than an actual swede with a decent job. and i doubt they payout 9k$ per month to each player. i wouldnt if you check their lan history, chokes every final/semi
2016-01-19 17:36
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4 replies
#219
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Estonia swag420weed
If you count prize money. Every fnatic player got 15+ k Dollars every month. ` Not earning more as an actual swede?
2016-01-19 17:48
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#259
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Senegal differentgen
you really have to be stupid to think that nip players would stay on nip if they were only being paid 2k
2016-01-19 18:15
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2 replies
#263
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Liechtenstein Swagyolo321
3-4k then... still this contract of ex tsm is probably by far the best (i can imagine gamers2 have pretty high salary aswell).
2016-01-19 18:19
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#416
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United States shaggy2121
there have been times on by the numbers they alluded to numbers similar to this, i dont think this contract is by far and away the best.
2016-01-20 00:09
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#210
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JW | 
United States theobill1
Fnatic players earn a lot of money more than NIP the last 2 years
2016-01-19 17:44
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10 replies
#283
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Slovenia ibeFiinder
I would say Fnatic get 3k per month and NiP 2k.
2016-01-19 18:37
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#382
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
JW | 
United States theobill1
IDIOT! I don't know if you're stupid or just doesn't have a brain.
2016-01-19 21:27
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7 replies
#383
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Slovenia ibeFiinder
Kid behave yourself. We are talking about salary. Not talking about prize money, sticker money and other bonuses.
2016-01-19 21:28
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6 replies
#386
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
JW | 
United States theobill1
Confirmed retarded dumb kid who just bought csgo in Christmas Sale. LMAO. Welcome to cs scene
2016-01-19 21:31
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#388
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Slovenia ibeFiinder
Can't believe someone that ignorant, pathetic and delusional even exist. Read what you're going to write before pressing "post", please, you're humiliating yourself.
2016-01-19 21:33
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#473
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World navifanboy
although the kid is flaming, he is right. In sweden 2k is paid for a shit job, so no way prof. players get paid so low. do ur research before writing stupid things.
2016-01-20 15:13
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#477
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Slovenia ibeFiinder
You're same as him. I did my research. NiP, fnatic and TSM were talking about their salary for a video. TSM had the best salary in 2015, which was 4k, and Fnatic and NiP had aroud 3k. So please stfu.
2016-01-20 15:49
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#540
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World navifanboy
:D proof fagget
2016-01-23 13:59
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1 reply
#541
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Slovenia ibeFiinder
Go find it yourself if you need a proof, i really don't care if you believe me or not. p.s watch your filthy mouth kid.
2016-01-23 16:11
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#390
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden Nitromast
You'd be surprised how low the real salary is ;)
2016-01-19 21:50
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Fnatic players, from org get at around 3000$ + 100% of money from event. NiP get like 2000$, + 90% of money from events.
2016-01-19 16:52
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#67
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Spain Ayrr
Pretty sure both Fnatic and NiP players get paid so much more than that after signing the new contracts. Specially Fnatic.
2016-01-19 16:57
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You're probably right, but they were getting these amounts in 2015.
2016-01-19 16:57
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#134
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Portugal dixy48
You don't know that.
2016-01-19 17:16
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26 replies
There was an interview, in which TSM, Fnatic and NiP were discussing about salaries.
2016-01-19 17:17
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#178
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Finland KRNG^^^^^^^^
In 2015, NiP was getting about 4k, Fnatic about the same too.
2016-01-19 17:30
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24 replies
Nope, TSM was most paid organization, which was giving 4k€/month
2016-01-19 17:31
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#192
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Other fakewinland
yeah so i doubt a no name org will give the tsm players 9k$/m
2016-01-19 17:37
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If im not mistaken, a millonaire invested in them, and some other corps.
2016-01-19 17:38
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#195
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Other fakewinland
still doubt it, okay if it was fnatic... but chokenitas?
2016-01-19 17:38
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#266
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AnJ | 
Denmark devonBFD
Idk if you're retarded or simply can't read. Big investors are getting into esports, Astralis (?) are backed by a millionaire who pays their salary.
2016-01-19 18:20
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#311
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Other fakewinland
expected from a danne, if i ware smart i wouldnt invest in a team that's never gonna win anything big. aka that millionaire, will regret that he signed that team or spent the money on them when he will never get anything from it.
2016-01-19 19:12
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#358
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Denmark nocze
Fakewinland, you are probably the most ignorant/retarded/Jelly guy walking on 2 legs. Gtfo get yourself a job and then uninstall cs.
2016-01-19 20:11
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#370
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Other fakewinland
already have a job that probably pays more than yours xD, im not jelly, just pointing out facts that if i ware the "millionarie" i would never invest in a team that chokes on lan events
2016-01-19 20:35
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#466
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Spain Ayrr
Do u think millionaire investors make benefit from prize winnings? if so, I won't argue with you.
2016-01-20 14:02
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#480
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Other fakewinland
ofc they do but im argueing about if this is true this millionaire guy that invested in tsm is either a delusional fanboy of them or just plain stupid as he will not earn that money back in anyway
2016-01-20 16:38
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#481
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Spain Ayrr
Do u seriously think a millionaire investor cares about the 100k$ prize pot a tournamend could have? Their target are the mass, the fanbase. They are millionaire investors, their target is the market like every other org. An org nowadays doesn't make their revenue from prizes lmfao
2016-01-20 16:56
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#482
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Other fakewinland
yes and just investing in a team because of a fan base is kinda stupid isnt it? this world is about money. thats what investments is for. MAKEING SOMETHING OUT IF IT. what this guy did is burning about 108k dollar on a year and getting nothing in return. except a team that will choke on lan. argue how much u want i wont change my opinion.
2016-01-20 17:26
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#483
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Spain Ayrr
Ofc it is about making money, that's why they invested and that's what they gonna do. But they won't make money from tournament prizes u dumbfuck, that's not their main goal and the prize money nowadays 100% goes to the players pocket.
2016-01-20 17:28
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#484
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Other fakewinland
your not looking in the long term... sponsors will loose interest in a team if they keep chokeing=investor not making money=fans no longer follow them as much just look at the nip hype=no payd salaries. edit:i think its funny that we edit posts every time
2016-01-20 17:32
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#487
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Spain Ayrr
Well, that's true. But look at NiP, they got a big fanbase even if they aren't winning.
2016-01-20 18:24
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#488
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Other fakewinland
but its not as huge as it was and thats probably why steelseries left them same with benq.
2016-01-20 18:31
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2 replies
#489
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Spain Ayrr
Probably because they had better deals with Eizo and logitech.
2016-01-20 18:34
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#505
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Other fakewinland
nip is not sponsored by logitech but yeah might be but it could also be my theory
2016-01-20 20:10
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#335
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Russia shinjitsu
Jelly much? Huehuehue
2016-01-19 19:41
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3 replies
#371
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Other fakewinland
nah, just pointing out facts. sounds ridiculous to reward chokenitas with that salary
2016-01-19 20:35
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2 replies
#384
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Slovenia ibeFiinder
You're so salty.
2016-01-19 21:29
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1 reply
#392
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Other fakewinland
might be true but it makes no sense giving them such a salary
2016-01-19 21:53
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#345
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Finland KRNG^^^^^^^^
Provide some facts in your comments lol, typical HLTV noname acting like he knows stuff. When TSM said how much they were getting paid, NiP CEO responded with " Our players get more and 90% of all prizemoney "
2016-01-19 19:54
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1 reply
HLTV noname, thats good.
2016-01-19 19:56
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#454
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Venezuela (*__*)
stop spreading lies m8 the delusional ppl on here rofl
2016-01-20 11:26
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#464
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Denmark AAMucKK
i think NIP earn about 50% of what astralis gets, an fnatic moree than NIP but a couple 2-3k$ less than astralis. im pretty sure this is the highest base salery in cs:go to date.
2016-01-20 14:00
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#310
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Denmark m0mentGG
Aaaaaaand where the fk did you get these numbers? None of the fnatic or NIP players, as far as i'm concerned, have spoken publicy about their contracts and salaries? You're all just making numbers up.
2016-01-19 19:10
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1 reply
There was a discussion between orgs about players' salaries
2016-01-19 19:13
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#21
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United States alphalete
nice, they are advancing into the 1%
2016-01-19 16:49
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gl
2016-01-19 16:50
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aizy laif best paid team in da world?
2016-01-19 16:50
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9 replies
#95
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Belgium TomorrowLandOfficial
Nope. G2 are paying 10,000$ for each player.
2016-01-19 17:02
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8 replies
#115
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Europe KrzywO_oki
source?
2016-01-19 17:08
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7 replies
#120
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Belgium TomorrowLandOfficial
It was since they signed their contracts with Kinguin. After that G2 got the team with sponsorship by Kinguin. In statement kinguin as their ex organisation said that the contracts are resigned with the same "rules". So I assume the that includes the same salary.
2016-01-19 17:09
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#129
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Europe KrzywO_oki
ok but how do you know how that kinguin paid them that much?
2016-01-19 17:13
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4 replies
#131
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Belgium TomorrowLandOfficial
It was posted even here on hltv.
2016-01-19 17:14
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3 replies
#135
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Europe KrzywO_oki
i cant find it do you have any links?
2016-01-19 17:16
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2 replies
#249
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Argentina ZaraLarsson
no he havent because he is lying.
2016-01-19 18:08
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1 reply
#278
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Europe KrzywO_oki
:)
2016-01-19 18:32
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#465
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Denmark AAMucKK
Rofl NO WAY g2 gets anywhere close to 10k$ 100% sure.
2016-01-20 14:01
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#37
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States HapsAps
People on here are too easily impressed. It's a good living, but really not all that impressive.
2016-01-19 16:51
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#65
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Finland get_baited
it is impressive that you earn this much for playing a game, feels little bit odd. since the average salary is much lower
2016-01-19 16:56
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#74
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States HapsAps
Yeah you're right, it's a lot for playing a video game for sure.
2016-01-19 16:58
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7 replies
#81
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Finland get_baited
for example my salary is 4000€ a month so they earn more than twice than me :( FeelsBadMan
2016-01-19 17:00
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6 replies
#94
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States HapsAps
No matter what you or really any of us do there will always be someone making more. I don't think that's anything to be too sad about, it's just the way it is.
2016-01-19 17:02
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2 replies
#101
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Finland get_baited
true that
2016-01-19 17:04
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#140
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Spain Ayrr
Bill Gates says otherwise TriHard
2016-01-19 17:17
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#116
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Poland xWangan
Well, u get 4x the average salary from my country ;p
2016-01-19 17:08
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1 reply
#262
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FalleN | 
World Vechnyp
2016-01-19 18:17
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#359
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World RobertMusil
why would it feel bad they are in the best 50-100 people in the world on their field of profession i mean if u were in the same league of your profession's u would earn more pro rata
2016-01-19 20:13
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#204
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
f0rest | 
World Hesgad
Think about it like this...it may sound much but pro gamer is nothing you can do over the next 20 years...so of course salaries have to be high
2016-01-19 17:42
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#339
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Russia shinjitsu
It's you and me who are just playing the game. They train everyday to be among the best in the world, they have to be in good shape no matter what when it comes to a tournament. + constant travels make their job much harder. Travelling for LANs is not as much fun as many think. So don't say that they are just playing the game.
2016-01-19 19:46
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#521
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Finland get_baited
yeah i know but its still a fucking video game that they are playing and they get shitloads of money. and cs pros dont even get much compared to other games. its just fucking weird imo
2016-01-21 15:28
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#126
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
f0rest | 
Slovakia Dui
Depends on where you live. Here, where people usually get 500-600€ after taxes, well this is a dreamworld salary.
2016-01-19 17:11
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#166
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
oskarish | 
Montenegro Daudy
20% taxes 2stronk...
2016-01-19 17:26
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#303
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
SpawN | 
Slovakia mBust3r
i dont even get that much..
2016-01-19 18:56
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#144
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Senegal differentgen
this is salary btw... they make an extra 200k+ each from stickers/prizemoney
2016-01-19 17:18
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#149
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States HapsAps
I see people throwing out all these random numbers when talking about what players earn from sticker money. It's clear that no one really knows how much they actually make.
2016-01-19 17:20
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#161
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Senegal differentgen
i mean just do the math yourself. valve said 9 million went to players/orgs this year. ex-tsm are one of the more popular teams so they'll obviously get a larger cut than the average team but we'll just imagine a scenario where everybody gets an equal cut. so 9 million/16 = 562500 from sticker money for the team. we know that the players get to keep all the sticker money so that's 112500 per player from sticker money alone. for prize pool you can do the same thing. ex-tsm made 500k from tournaments. that's 100k per player. so add them both together and you have over 200k from stickers/prize money now go fuck yourself
2016-01-19 17:25
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#167
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States HapsAps
You're doing a whole lot of assuming. There could easily be many other factors.
2016-01-19 17:27
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2 replies
#256
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Senegal differentgen
god don't be so stupid
2016-01-19 18:14
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#455
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Venezuela (*__*)
jesus christ youre thick
2016-01-20 11:30
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#187
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United States sighteyed
in either late 2014 or early 2015, it was stated as fact that players were making between 40-50K each from sticker money from majors.
2016-01-19 17:35
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#190
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States HapsAps
Now that seems more realistic
2016-01-19 17:36
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1 reply
That has definitely doubled or even tripled since csgo has almost quadrupled the player base since then and events get 3 times the unique viewers from late 2014 to now
2016-01-19 19:19
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#267
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AnJ | 
Denmark devonBFD
Remember that it's their base salary, on top of that they get tournament wins, sticker money and sponsorships.
2016-01-19 18:21
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#279
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States HapsAps
Yeah the tournament and sticker money will definitely add a ton to their base salary.
2016-01-19 18:33
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#40
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United States oppie
holy fuuuuuuuck
2016-01-19 16:51
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#42
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Brazil EliteNZK
MONEY MONEY MONEY Bitch
2016-01-19 16:52
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#52
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Spain Ayrr
$$$$$$$, ~10k$ monthly + bonus + prize + sticker money, we can be talking about atleast easy 500k$ yearly by playing. Not including the possibility of streaming as well. I guess deserved, gz, the dream becoming true.
2016-01-19 16:55
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9k per month to just play this game , is dream 4 all people gamers in the world. gg
2016-01-19 16:54
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#59
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Germany DankyD
And how exactly are they planning to make over 50k a month? (Xyp best baiter ingame and rl lol)
2016-01-19 16:55
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#99
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Denmark noche
Right now they don't need to, investors have thrown in a lot of money to pay out salaries etc.
2016-01-19 17:03
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#319
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Germany DankyD
I tought about that and I don't think that that money is enough if they invested own money, ofc I hope that the 9k are real, but meh, I'm not convinced. On the other hand it's obvious that most teams don't give their players enough money (too many sharks in the esports industry, the mTw Manager was the best example)
2016-01-19 19:17
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#327
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Denmark noche
They are being backed by a legitimate multi-millionaire (he is know for backing young innovative projects) and another investment company who does the same. This is not some scam person, he is well known and respected within the danish investment business. There are sharks, but for most organizations it is all about having income > expenses. You don't think it is enough? They will have an income that far exceeds 200.000 USD a year. That's A LOT more than I make working a full time job as a project manager with a lot more responsibility and running projects in the millions.
2016-01-19 19:31
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#61
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Finland get_baited
holy fuck, playing cs professionally isnt a joke. didnt know that they earn this much + all the sticker money, prize money and stream donations and subs. wtf seriously
2016-01-19 16:55
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#216
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f0rest | 
World Hesgad
Ofc they earn much...its a job you can only do for a short time so it has to pay to be attractive. Thats also why there are so few teams from countries like germany etc...their orgs dont pay enough to play fulltime without having to attend a normal job
2016-01-19 17:46
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inb4 never get to the finals. never win a major. but still millionaires in 5 years
2016-01-19 16:56
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#64
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Halton | 
Spain akproxx
"We received a lot of crazy offers in the off-season, and if I remember correctly the biggest offer was around $10,000 dollar salary with a very high signing bonus and the possibility of revenue share after being in the organization for a few years. Also obviously 100% prize- and sticker money." Reedtz said in the interview. I WANT TO BE PRO PLAYER RIGHT NOW, G2 PICK ME IM BETTER THAN FOX FOR SURE
2016-01-19 16:56
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#125
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Sweden Iswayodds
Bro u have to understand that CSGO is already 3-4(?) years old? It won't last forever. Couple more years, maybe 1 or 2, then another game will be there to master.
2016-01-19 17:11
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#128
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Halton | 
Spain akproxx
lol is 6 years old and is the bigger e-sport if u are talking about other cs version that wont be in 1 or 2 years even not in 3 o 4
2016-01-19 17:15
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#154
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Spain Ayrr
Nah, stuff is more serious and professional right now. Talking about CSGO or LoL nowadays is just like talking about football or basketball. There are already established markets, bet houses, etc If somehting in that way happens, I predict it to happen way way later, not 1 or 2 years from now, but atleast a couple of large years. Even if that happens, it will be mostly the same (improved) game.
2016-01-19 17:24
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#323
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Germany DankyD
Cs:go is 4 years old, competitive CS is older than the average COD player xD
2016-01-19 19:19
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#70
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World thegovideor
this is ex-TSM, I wonder how much fnatic gets.....
2016-01-19 16:57
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#75
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United Kingdom vanqu1sh
mad scrilla
2016-01-19 16:58
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without alphadraft? fucking heresy))))
2016-01-19 18:01
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#77
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Portugal dracø
They get to choose their team name and they end up with astralis? :< meh Other than that, this is fucking huge!! They set up an org and if they manage it right they can expand and make even more €€€.
2016-01-19 16:59
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#79
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Brazil hegium
devve*
2016-01-19 16:59
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2 replies
+1
2016-01-19 17:59
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1 reply
#237
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Brazil hegium
thank mr adam
2016-01-19 18:00
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With all of the talks of unionisation and player rights, going transparent is a great way to go. Good on the Danes.
2016-01-19 16:59
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#83
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Luxembourg SoulSearcher
this is just smoke to put pressure on other orgs because the average salary for a pro player is 5000-6000$ a month, even for fnatic, they get bonuses and other money, but the salary is static
2016-01-19 17:00
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#85
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Lebanon Lagger[]
Ok holy fucking shit, time to go pro
2016-01-19 17:00
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1 reply
#333
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Denmark gaylesbian
fuck youi<!!!!!!
2016-01-19 19:38
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#89
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Denmark noche
Jesus, they make more than I do.... gg Frede!
2016-01-19 17:01
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#90
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Netherlands allcaps
wow 9k per month, not bad
2016-01-19 17:01
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good money
2016-01-19 17:05
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Ez money
2016-01-19 17:05
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#119
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Czech Republic csl1337
108000$ a year what the actual fuck
2016-01-19 17:09
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#150
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Morocco urachicho
The salary increases every month, if it was 9k$ all the time they would've gone for that 10k$ org.
2016-01-19 17:20
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#124
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f0rest | 
Iran JKWoWiaN
wow nice :|
2016-01-19 17:11
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At 9k/month each they make more than I do...I should just go full cs...not in NA though doesn't work that way.
2016-01-19 17:11
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#130
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Poland kRAMERO
the real astralis are bloodR, GuA, tihOp, NicoustiE, diGitaL & myssE. END
2016-01-19 17:14
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#325
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Korea highlanderX
ikr wtf are they thinking?
2016-01-19 19:26
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#133
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Europe Kingunreal
9k$ for doing nothing? Very nice, rofl ahahaa
2016-01-19 17:16
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#285
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Czech Republic topperhopper
Haha go back to your 9-5 you salty jelly subhuman.
2016-01-19 18:37
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#351
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Europe Kingunreal
I didn't say no lie litle kid ahah
2016-01-19 20:01
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#146
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Germany LANDWHALE
Dream job confirmed
2016-01-19 17:19
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#153
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Australia Rx777
They made the right call, congratulations to them all, successful as fuck and none of them are even in their 30s.
2016-01-19 17:21
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#155
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Australia sunday.
wow insane money
2016-01-19 17:22
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#157
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Slovenia yung_voodoo
By creating our own thing, we can help grow the business and transition into another role in the organization when we are done competing. -Xyp9x smart And I know a lot of people hoped that we would join an existing organization, but with this solution you don’t have to follow a CoD-team too :P hahaha
2016-01-19 17:25
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9k dollar/month for never winning tournaments nice.
2016-01-19 17:26
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#163
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Morocco urachicho
"And I know a lot of people hoped that we would join an existing organization, but with this solution you don’t have to follow a CoD-team too &#128521; cya in Leipzig!" Ayy Xyp9x
2016-01-19 17:26
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$9.000 / 5 = $1.800 for ea player. Actually not that big
2016-01-19 17:26
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#172
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f0rest | 
Serbia dankooo
b8
2016-01-19 17:29
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bad b8, or just retard toilet cleaner.
2016-01-19 17:30
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#179
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Poland therealshape
"All the players are paid $9,000 per month. imho it means, they each take 9k per month, but my englando is bad.
2016-01-19 17:30
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#165
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shox | 
Germany rakFABI
im really happy for them, they deserve it.
2016-01-19 17:26
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BUT HOW?! They just won't win 45k each month + salaries for manager and coach ... They would have to win like all 250k tournaments in the entire year to be able to have a payout like this
2016-01-19 17:30
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#223
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Sweden realcsniko
danish investors has throw a lot of money in this project
2016-01-19 17:51
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#364
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Kyrgyzstan kreJzien
^This :ddd
2016-01-19 20:30
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i wonder how much the fnatic players earn, it must be more!
2016-01-19 17:30
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not even close, fnatic makes like 5k a month each max.
2016-01-19 17:41
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#467
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Denmark AAMucKK
They make less thats 4sho. i think its a safe bet to say that this is the highest payed team to date!
2016-01-20 14:15
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#181
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Ukraine skittles ;]
Too much for choker team. Cant even reach major final.
2016-01-19 17:32
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#184
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Poland Kincior
Holy shit, that's a lot!
2016-01-19 17:34
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#186
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Portugal XhAmeR
gl Astralis
2016-01-19 17:35
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#193
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Finland RaptoRStillAlive
a lot of salary there
2016-01-19 17:37
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#200
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Sweden mickeeyo
They dont deserve salaries like this. No majors won, always choking etc.
2016-01-19 17:41
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#317
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United States Cheesegoose
True, you deserve it more Kappa
2016-01-19 19:14
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#202
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World n420thing
What about zonic, how much he gets?
2016-01-19 17:41
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#207
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Vietnam stzzi
I need dollar $ dollar, dollar
2016-01-19 17:43
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its like 6lac in indian rs which is far more an yearly package of top professionals ... or more to say the basic package of 3 years for an individual ...
2016-01-19 17:45
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#212
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JW | 
United States theobill1
I CHOKED when I realized the amount of $$$ they got offered. Kappa
2016-01-19 17:45
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#213
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Europe urv1
This aint public thread to talk about tho
2016-01-19 17:45
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oh my god
2016-01-19 17:48
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#220
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Canada x00x
9000 a month, i think they get paid more than a freaking lawyer :( must be nice...play a video game and make so much money
2016-01-19 17:49
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#225
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Turkey Rtax
lucky bitches
2016-01-19 17:53
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#226
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Poland sogyo
vp is like them, only csgo 5 fathers team fathers.cs
2016-01-19 17:53
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#228
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Denmark partydodger
People write here that they wonder how much fnatic or nip players make, well, not much, getright and f0rest live with their gfs in some random studio flat. Would you live there with salary over 5k? Dont think so
2016-01-19 17:55
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#230
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Poland toniacz
9k but Steam Wallet dollars xd
2016-01-19 17:57
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#235
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hampus | 
Sweden Exxet
sick
2016-01-19 17:59
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#238
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United Kingdom bhtld
Isnt "Astralis" the original name of the old Insignia Cadre team in source? esl.eu/de/pro-series/summer_2012/css/tea..
2016-01-19 18:02
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Chill guys. Now its been said many times that it's a great salary, and it is. However, this is their salary before taxes. Taxes on income in Denmark is huge. With their base salary, they'll have to pay 56% taxes. That leaves the salary at $3960, which is slightly above the average Danish income. Sure, add sponsorships, prize and sticker money, they'll do fine.
2016-01-19 18:02
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#356
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World Juukiez
Income is calculated BEFORE taxes and the average income in Denmark is around 38.850 DKK (5.674 $) They get 61.614 DKK (9.000$). That's allready 58% higher than the average wage. Add to that their 470.000 $ in winnings, and maybe 100.000 $ in sticker money, bonuses and streaming money, and you are way way beyond the average income.
2016-01-19 20:08
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#443
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World Wasdlk
Sorry to burst your bubble but income tax is progressive in Denmark.
2016-01-20 08:52
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#241
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United Kingdom 1337haxor
10k a month living the dream
2016-01-19 18:01
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#245
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Sweden Iswayodds
still worse than tier 2 basketball/hockey player in US.
2016-01-19 18:04
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#287
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Czech Republic topperhopper
Really? They will make around 500k each this year. Is that less than tier 2 hockey players? There are NHL players who make less than that.
2016-01-19 18:38
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the org offering 10k/month mustve been faze
2016-01-19 18:02
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#247
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Netherlands Rifllix
''Xyp9x: Yes, shoutout to all the fans, you are the reason we can make this happen. And I know a lot of people hoped that we would join an existing organization, but with this solution you don’t have to follow a CoD-team too &#128521; cya in Leipzig! '' Lol xyp9x fire those shots haha
2016-01-19 18:07
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so if $9000 a month is the low point then the high point will probably be 10k a month upwards, that's basically living the dream for them.
2016-01-19 18:08
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#254
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Canada lHazard
$9k will be the average salary, not the low point.
2016-01-19 18:13
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We actually start out a bit lower and end up a bit higher due to salary increases over the year. implying that $9k a month is the starting salary/low point and that the salary will increase over the year.
2016-01-19 18:15
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#272
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Canada lHazard
"All the players are paid $9,000 per month. This is a monthly average during the next 12 months"
2016-01-19 18:26
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2 replies
oh I didn't see that in there, thanks lol.
2016-01-19 18:27
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#275
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Canada lHazard
Np
2016-01-19 18:28
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#250
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Twistzz | 
Sweden DiTzZ
holy fööck 9k to play a game
2016-01-19 18:09
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#251
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Canada lHazard
Now FaZe sign Pronax's team, save $7k and still have a T2 team. Good for them.
2016-01-19 18:11
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#269
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Romania Darkness-
faze give 3k a month to cod players?
2016-01-19 18:23
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#281
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Canada lHazard
I don't think so... Why ?
2016-01-19 18:34
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#291
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Romania Darkness-
wtf u just said faze would save 7k $ so i assumed u said that cause faze cod team got 2-3k $ a month
2016-01-19 18:42
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#413
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Canada lHazard
Why are you even talking about the COD team ? Apparently they offered $10k to this team, i said they could get Pronax's team for $3k.
2016-01-19 23:23
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#252
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Europe MICHU.FAN
lol
2016-01-19 18:11
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#258
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Europe Taquito
not bad
2016-01-19 18:15
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#265
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Finland kAurakeksi
9k is fucking alot. I would be happy to get 2k a month if I was a pro.
2016-01-19 18:19
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they probably get like 4k a month after taxes in Denmark like someone else said higher up in this thread.
2016-01-19 18:28
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#399
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Denmark vinZento
Yeah that's right, but still way better than average wages. Plus all the prize, sticker and streaming money they will be making a very nice amount!
2016-01-19 22:26
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#268
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Europe csmonster
fox receives 10k+bonus minimum wage in Portugal is 600€ pretty good, never tought they win so much.
2016-01-19 18:24
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source?
2016-01-19 19:11
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#270
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Denmark FeNoM_XD
rip FaZe dream
2016-01-19 18:24
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#276
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Poland Marcines
thats a fcking lot for playing games but atleast they dont hide it(i app\rove that)
2016-01-19 18:30
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#432
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World bangohat
In the old days the football players got paid so little many of them had to have a full time job in the off season. Took a very long time before pro sports athletes actually started getting rich. Esports is growing much faster.
2016-01-20 04:53
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#293
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Finland Spamn
Its "devve". Not "device". Fucking hltv get yourself updated. Kappa
2016-01-19 18:46
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#338
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Turkey Nerd_With_No_Life
devve Kappa nickname main nickname device but nt cold and boring country person
2016-01-19 19:45
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#469
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Denmark AAMucKK
He changed his official nick to Devve. he is not named device anymore fyi.
2016-01-20 14:21
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#297
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maoaN | 
World maoaN
it will stop when they reach 16k because u just cant have more
2016-01-19 18:50
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#336
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Pieter | 
Netherlands Grifte
:)
2016-01-19 19:42
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#361
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Turkey sharnV
xD
2016-01-19 20:13
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#298
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Ukraine bia
Now, nobody will be surprised that Guardian was offered $20000 per month
2016-01-19 18:50
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#300
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Ukraine keyword
i think they should have made a topic on hltv for their fans and discuss nametag..same as NA`vi did in 2009.cause this astralis tag is pretty weird
2016-01-19 18:51
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9k a month and they are like "starting money"...
2016-01-19 18:53
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Omg so they say 10 where thier highest offer bout now they will recive 9 and raise with time do somehow thier current salary is thier highest hehe clever boys from dk 60 THUSIND OM MÅNEDEN FOR AT RIVE DEN AF OG SPIL CS FUCK JER HELDIG SVIN MAN
2016-01-19 19:00
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#305
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Netherlands lolazzz112
how much is that manager getting? Surely he must also receive a salary and perhaps 16% cut of the prize money?
2016-01-19 19:03
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#307
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France louisvuitton
Fast money. You can just rob something, same shit.
2016-01-19 19:06
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#308
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United States mah9
amazing. so smart of them, it makes so much sense. really sets up a possible retirement plan for all of them and takes a lot of superficial pressures off of them.
2016-01-19 19:07
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#318
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France daGriLL_Anna
9k$ / month ???!!! this is disgusting as fuck ....
2016-01-19 19:15
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#326
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Sweden YeLLonEt
Nice, good for those guys! :)
2016-01-19 19:27
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#330
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Other YH!one
Congratulations for them, they have an own eSports org and they're getting 9k each plus the money from the sponsors, the stickers, what they could win in tournaments while they're traveling around the world, GG WP :D
2016-01-19 19:34
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#331
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Canada Nyne
110k a year in salary is fucking comfy for not winning a major
2016-01-19 19:34
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gl and stop choking
2016-01-19 19:35
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#337
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Hungary analbarat
+aizy and they not gonna choke :p
2016-01-19 19:43
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#340
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Germany Materix
Stop eating poop. There are top doctors paid 10 000 euro a month. A Marketing manager in NY can earn up to 120 000$ a year. A cs go player cannot earn the same amount of money. The company does not have that amount of money to throw away. The company would have to pay 50 000 euro after tax... including tax, depending on country could vary... Am guessing it would be around 75 000 euro a month... So you have to cover that cost AND MAKE SOME MONEY! I would really like to see the annexe of the contract where it specifies their pay.
2016-01-19 19:45
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#502
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El Salvador EzLife
Tommy Ahlers has hundreds of MILLIONS of Euros, if he's passionate about this, i don't think he has a problem paying this amount of money.
2016-01-20 19:50
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#341
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Brazil pedro1
9000 dollars or euros?
2016-01-19 19:48
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3 replies
#342
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Lebanon Lagger[]
Says dollars everywhere
2016-01-19 19:49
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1 reply
#344
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Brazil pedro1
you're right. maybe i asked it because it said "10,000 dollars", but didn't say anything about the 9,000. i assumed it was 9,000 dollars, but i wanted to make sure hahahha thanks anyway
2016-01-19 19:51
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#343
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Brazil pedro1
or danish monies
2016-01-19 19:49
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#352
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Sweden Anunnaki
Well my comment was right as fuck no org but this dumb af astralis one took the bait these guys trying to get wayyyy more than their worth ROFL. This won't last long anyway maybe one year max, TQM are not good enough for anyone to pay them this much long term unless they install cheats and actually start winning shit which won't happen cause they're pussies.
2016-01-19 20:03
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#366
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Denmark Wolfztar
You are legitimately cancer.
2016-01-19 20:31
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2 replies
fanboy + nature hater, continue pls
2016-01-19 20:40
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1 reply
#373
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Denmark Wolfztar
I hate trolls and people who are negative for the sake of being negative, which is exactly what you are. You baited me first, but not again - have fun with your cancer.
2016-01-19 20:46
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#433
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World bangohat
Most people don't know how sports work. How do you think they can afford to give some baseball players 120 million dollar contract. Because they pull in money for the org. People buy their jerseys and other products. Some pro sports teams have never made it to the finals but still pay their players millions per year. The worst NFL team out there could have the highest payed player.
2016-01-20 04:58
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#368
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Saudi Arabia hrmla1993
wow so good for bad team who never won anything big tbh
2016-01-19 20:33
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7 replies
#376
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Brazil tixiQo78
EnVyThem
2016-01-19 20:50
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#470
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Denmark AAMucKK
Rofl u are such a retard. keep making idiot comments newfag.
2016-01-20 14:25
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5 replies
#474
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Saudi Arabia hrmla1993
newfag? did I miss anything? did exTSM won any thing big before I start watching CS??!
2016-01-20 15:17
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4 replies
#478
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World Juukiez
Here's some: PGL CS:GO Championship Series: Season 1 FACEIT 2015 Stage 2 Finals PGL CS:GO Championship Series Kick-off Season Fragbite Masters Season 4
2016-01-20 16:05
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3 replies
#486
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Saudi Arabia hrmla1993
did exTSM won any thing big before I start watching CS??!
2016-01-20 17:53
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2 replies
#503
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El Salvador EzLife
win*
2016-01-20 19:57
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1 reply
#507
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Saudi Arabia hrmla1993
ty
2016-01-20 20:56
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#375
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Brazil tixiQo78
Astralispitecus!
2016-01-19 20:50
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#385
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Slovenia ibeFiinder
Money, money, money.
2016-01-19 21:30
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#389
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Korea OGKoala
9k a month is more than 100,000 a year. very good money for just playing a awesome video game if you ask me.
2016-01-19 21:34
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#393
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Germany bestgermanHLTV
now they have an excuse for not winning any lan, they get big salary anyway
2016-01-19 21:55
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#396
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World -ATN
well read the interview, the are directly impacting their salaries and budget depending on how they perform (better sponsors, better deals etc etc) Astralis isnt Cloud9 where they are expected to suck
2016-01-19 22:13
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#400
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pronax | 
Austria MeisterGeri
its a fucking bait u idiots. god people are so fucking retarded
2016-01-19 22:28
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#419
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FalleN | 
Switzerland pazzo0
9k to choke in semi-finals
2016-01-20 01:00
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#420
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Sweden Knaskrippa
9.000 dollar.. per month.. lol + win/bonus money + stickers money lolol better than top doctors
2016-01-20 01:01
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1 reply
top doctors earn 3k/month in my country legally (and 10k/month ilegally)
2016-01-20 01:41
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#421
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World sjofel
Now we know why the majority of pros cheat. good to know
2016-01-20 01:08
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#425
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coldzera | 
Brazil Collee
Wow not bad, even tho I win more than all of the 5 together
2016-01-20 03:13
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jesus i want to be them
2016-01-20 03:46
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How can any organization afford to pay $~45k a month (9k x 5 players). What is in it for the organization? How do they make revenue??
2016-01-20 04:40
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1 reply
You see those logos on their shirts? - money. Intel, benq, Western Digital just to name a few. There is a whole business built around exposure of those brands to MASS Viewers during tournaments. That's just a quick thought.
2016-01-20 06:41
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#434
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World DspCsGo
10k/month when some players throw their entire career for some skins.. Very smart
2016-01-20 05:30
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#437
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Denmark vnG
First of all, congrats to them - they are some of the nicest guys on the stage and I wish them only the best. Altho' its a nice salary, people seem to forget the amount of time and sacrifies, that goes into being a topplayer. The average dane works 37 hours a week, so if you need to comepare payment, please keep in mind that a CSGO player is more likely to use 100+ hours a week on this. Further more, most of them (not talking about Astralis in particular), is set with a short termed job, that isnt making them anywhere near enough to last for ever. Living the dream, sure! But at a great expense and sacrifies.
2016-01-20 07:08
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2 replies
I think I would always prefer a job doing what I love, even if it demands more hours.
2016-01-20 07:25
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1 reply
#452
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Denmark vnG
Of course, but you can get a job that you love, that allows you to earn the same pr hour and have time for your family and friends :) I'm just saying, that its not all dreams and fairy dust - these guys have their work cut out for them.
2016-01-20 11:03
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#458
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World pimper
time to go to pro boys
2016-01-20 12:27
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#461
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Austria benji789
so top players earn 300-400k/year holy shit!!
2016-01-20 13:05
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#463
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Ukraine half3lyfe
Sponsor money way bigger then prizepools
2016-01-20 13:52
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#471
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Denmark AAMucKK
Soooo many jealous comments its unreal so many young retarded kids here on HLTV..Do us all a favor and pis of plz.
2016-01-20 14:27
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Portugal bRainiak
retardo
2016-01-21 10:29
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Money weed pussy and memes
2016-01-21 10:37
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#517
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United Kingdom peaks
Very good for them. I think they will win many trophy and womans.
2016-01-21 10:48
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they r gettin 1,9 k dollars, u gotta be stupid if u think they do make 9 k dollars per month for playin cs go. What the fuck do u expect for playin cs, anyway 1,9k dollars is good for them
2016-01-22 12:25
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#542
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North America ogWARLORD
wow, paying out ~540k$ per year for the #2 team in the world? Is ad revenue really that profitable? holy fugg :DDD
2016-01-23 16:13
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