Team Spirit manager stunned by the statement about the salaries of Dota 2 pro scene players

Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov said that winning the TI is no longer perceived by players in Dota 2 as a way to get rich, and salaries in this cybersport direction have become inferior to other disciplines.

The corresponding statement was made by the manager of Team Spirit on Twitch.

“In Dota, the salaries are smaller. Pro-players were sad because of this, when Int stopped being the “American dream” with a big prize money. Because Dota has smaller paychecks than CS, LoL, and all third-party popular disciplines. And prize money for Doters got slashed too. Now, roughly speaking, to become rich in Dota, a player needs to win a lot of things.”

According to Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov, cybersports salaries are highly dependent on the region, popularity of the game and many other factors, while prize money doesn't have much of an impact on pro players' income. Nevertheless, if a cybersport club starts winning a lot of prize money, the management may cut players' base salaries. At the same time, Team Spirit's manager believes that if players' salaries do not depend on results, it leads to problems in the team, like in Evil Geniuses.

“From the region, the salary also depends a lot. But those in Dota who pay a lot to squads without results end up like Evil Geniuses. Salary depends solely on the popularity of the game, sponsors, franchises and everything else. Salaries don't depend on prize money at all. In a way they can correlate with each other, if the prize money is super huge, you can pay a smaller salary. That's the base. Why pay a lot, if you can earn on the prize money.”

Recall that earlier Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov told what he will do during his sick leave, promising fans regular broadcasts.