Top tier teams, Fantic, Nv, NiP etc are paid a proper salary by the organisation their players are fully focused on the game itself. They do not need to consistently play ever other weekend of a sum of money in order to sustain themselves. They have the luxury of choosing what tournaments they want to attend as the case with Astralis where they stated that they can and will choose what tournaments they want to attend. Hence i think your point only relates to lower level teams, tier 2 EU, but def not the top level teams. However,having money to retire or having a job or education post retirement may be an issue, that still stems from the fact that esports is still relatively young and money isnt flowing in like traditional sports to allow comfortable retirement for most of its players.
The iBP bans were indeed harsh, fair or not its up to debate. The iBP players felt they could take a risk and maybe at most get banned for awhile. If they had known that a lifetime ban is the consequence, they might have considered. Sad that valve didnt make things clear. Realistically speaking, valve cannot be blamed for their lack of communication, it is their game afterall and with nothing set in black and white till now, no one can really blame them.
Hope this is some fun insight for you. I have spent quite a bit of time diving into esports and all. CSGO, Halo, Starcraft, a bit LoL as well, would be fun to chat. Hit me up if you have anything you want to discuss about, its good fun :D
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Top tier teams, Fantic, Nv, NiP etc are paid a proper salary by the organisation their players are fully focused on the game itself. They do not need to consistently play ever other weekend of a sum of money in order to sustain themselves. They have the luxury of choosing what tournaments they want to attend as the case with Astralis where they stated that they can and will choose what tournaments they want to attend. Hence i think your point only relates to lower level teams, tier 2 EU, but def not the top level teams. However,having money to retire or having a job or education post retirement may be an issue, that still stems from the fact that esports is still relatively young and money isnt flowing in like traditional sports to allow comfortable retirement for most of its players.
The iBP bans were indeed harsh, fair or not its up to debate. The iBP players felt they could take a risk and maybe at most get banned for awhile. If they had known that a lifetime ban is the consequence, they might have considered. Sad that valve didnt make things clear. Realistically speaking, valve cannot be blamed for their lack of communication, it is their game afterall and with nothing set in black and white till now, no one can really blame them.
Hope this is some fun insight for you. I have spent quite a bit of time diving into esports and all. CSGO, Halo, Starcraft, a bit LoL as well, would be fun to chat. Hit me up if you have anything you want to discuss about, its good fun :D