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Re:What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft by kjr on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @07:22PM (#2172919)
yeah but how much? has a market actually taken form or are those casters who are making money nothing more then novelty?
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Re:What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft by 3pt14159 on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @07:52PM (#2173031)
The top caster (H to the husky, husky) has a lambo and wasn't rich prior to casting esports.
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Re:What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft by hartror on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @08:02PM (#2173063)
He doesn't. At the end of Bainlings he says he doesn't even have the money to hire one.
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Re:What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft by loganlinn on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:26PM (#2173272)
I thought he mentioned that justin.tv provided him with it
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Re:What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft by angrycoder on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @08:15PM (#2173096)
What method are you using to determine he is the 'top' caster?

Of all popular casters out there, he is the least professional and least insightful.

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Re:What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft by Charuru on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:08PM (#2173216)
# of views?
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Re:What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft by Charuru on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @07:26PM (#2172946)
Rumors puts popular casters at around 250K a year, just from youtube revenue.
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Re:What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft by kjr on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @07:28PM (#2172956)
Pretty impressive. Much of this money likely goes to further tournaments and such anyways so a lot of the money is probably finding its way back to players.
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Re:What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft by Charuru on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @07:34PM (#2172985)
They also spend their money making videos like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzMhh8zhTiY

He really looks like he's having fun.

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