The dream of every hardcore video gamer out there - PC or consoles. To be a highly paid PRO gamer, lucky South Koreans. Here in the Philippines, you’re lucky if you can even get someone to sponsor your hardware (mouse,keyboard). The best you can get is a Tshirt printed with all the logos of the event sponsors that make you look like a walking billboard. I experienced that during the MBM Lan party. I looked more like an HP sales person with the big HP logo on my shirt. You might also want to checkout the post about the movie FRAG. It’s a movie about professional gaming and gamers.
With the current economic situation you would think that there would be less money to pay professional gamers. Not in Korea. According to Sk-gaming.com, Warcraft III gamer Jae Ho ‘Moon’ Jang (the guy in the Star Trek outfit) just signed a new contract for a new team that gives him a whopping $486,500 for three years.
That amount is the higher ever for a Warcraft III gamer and the second highest given for any gamer in Korea. The number is topped only by Yoon Yeoi “NaDa” Lee. The Starcraft pro player signed a three year $521,250 contract back in 2007.
Go to Source: http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/03/16/korean-warcraft-iiii-pro-gamer-gets-a-record-contract/
Via BFWGaming