From the mouse.

Salary cuts, meager prize money, fewer tournaments - the economic crisis is forcing the sponsors in e-sports to save. The result: For some players is just promising career already over. Only Koreans deserve even more than before - 16,000 U.S. dollars per month.

 

At CeBIT 2008, two self buhlten the European computer at the same time to viewers and professional Daddler, the so-called e-athletes. A year later, there is economic crisis, therefore missing not only Samsung at Cebit 2009, but the Samsung Euro Championship.

Behind it, the World Cyber Games (WCG) as the organizer, the Korean company is not currently responding to inquiries. The e-sports experts from the scene page
fragster.de now report that the WCG tournament only move an alternate date will be mentioned.

Even in November attracted the WCG World Zasterzocker hundreds and thousands of spectators to the finals in the Cologne trade fair halls, the largest of the five self-proclaimed WMS, within five weeks took place - the conditions in the E-Sports to recall here the confusion in boxing. As it now stands at this years finals in China? Samsung spokeswoman Katja Meincke said, find the place, its sponsor companies, in any case. It is also urgently needed because of the WCG was just another sponsor flutes: Processor manufacturer AMD.

After dramatic sales drops announces AMD spokeswoman Friederike Gonzalez to: Given the economic situation of this year all the major e-sports sponsoring. These include the World Cyber Games as well as the contract with the German clan SK Gaming, home of the famous twins, Daniel and Dennis Schellhase, series winner of several cyber-football. "We knew them long and looking for new partners," says SK manager Alexander Müller, starting in March, he wants to present new.

Salary cuts in professional players

AMD's savings club has already met with the clan mTw, whose paid Baller boys hold the world title in Counter-Strike in the version of the World Cyber Games. Formerly Hamburger contributed nor the names of the processors wrought in the title. Meanwhile, not only the name shrunk. The northern Germans have their teams a salary prescribed diet. "We are approaching again the old days, there were 500 to 600 euros a month for a good Warcraft 3 players normally," says spokesman mTw Sebastian Conrad. "Recently we were at Euro 1000 to 2000, then came to travel expenses for flights to China or Dubai." Well, in the fall of the misery salaries.

As the culprits for the wage explosion in the past, many view the clan Denmark Meet Your Makers. MYM has financial investors in the back and drew with four to five months' salary, the best players in the world. But the revenue of the clans remained behind the spending, which investors now shooting for the third time after coal and stressed the management cost.

For example, Grubby, alias Manuel Shenkhuizen. The Dutchman, the World Cyber Games 2004 and 2008 in Warcraft 3 and won as audience favorite is needed blow. His ex-colleague MYM Jang "Moon" Jae-Ho used the dismissal to the financial career. The Koreans zockt now for a home team and 16,000 U.S. dollars months salary, writes the scene website
fragster.de.

Editor-in-chief question Gerriet Ohlsen believes: "Moon is an exceptional player." Moreover reign in his native Korea, other conditions, two TV stations reported around the clock from the e-sports. The local teams to achieve more revenue, for example through merchandising. Such alternative revenue missing here. In Europe, the scene at the drip of the sponsors - a break away, are a league or clan quickly before Off.

Sponsor Intel calms the E-athletes - to Cebit

Many e-athletes look so anxious to Intel. Chip forge but praised the Electronic Sports League (ESL) loyalty: "We have as the main sponsor of a long-term strategy and this includes the long-standing partnership with the ESL," says Intel spokesman Hans-Juergen Werner. The contracts are still ongoing, but at the same time he announces that Intel Cebit after his commitment to review. Around five to ten percent could be the chip manufacturers take back its activities, the rumor scene. "I can neither confirm nor deny," says Intel spokesman.

The ESL Intel partner explained the crisis to opportunity. "Many companies will realize that with e-sport is an important target for affordable reach: young, technikaffin, consumerist sociable, influential," says ESL spokesman Ibrahim Mazari. There were even companies that have invested more.

35,000 Euro prize money less

ESL thus equal Eitel sunshine league? No way to lush 35,000 euros prize money drops for the German professional league. Instead it goes to 165,000 in the next season by only 130,000 euros. And it reduces the ESL competitions Warcraft 3 and Fifa, which the clan saving easier. The result: SK Gaming sacked nearly all of its Fifa-gambler, the Berlin of Mousesports announced four of its seven Warcraft players.

Questions-chief Gerriet Ohlsen said: "We are probably experiencing a structural correction, accelerated by the financial crisis." To shrink salaries and prize money. For some tournaments and players means the first: from the mouse.