Regardless that Doinb shouldn’t be taking part in competitively this yr, he nonetheless has a robust presence within the esports scene, particularly within the LPL.
After not touchdown on a workforce throughout the offseason, Doinb is streaming full-time, sharing his solo queue gameplay, and commenting on the Chinese language competitors alongside different personalities within the scene.
Earlier at present on stream, Mille (米勒), a well-known Chinese language esports caster, requested Doinb whether or not he had intentions of taking part in overseas. The Korean mid laner revealed that he did obtain some gives from European and North American groups alike.
Whereas he didn’t point out the organizations in query or what number of groups reached out to him, the 2 talked about salaries throughout the completely different areas for this yr.
“At first, LPL was the area with the very best salaries, however now the LCK pays probably the most,” Doinb mentioned. This shift is as a result of implementation of wage caps within the Chinese language area, which limits gamers’ compensation relying on the tier they belong to.
“If we’re speaking about the most effective gamers (S-tier gamers), the very best wage these gamers can get is in LCK, then LCS second and LPL third. S-tier gamers can get well-paid in NA, however in EU, it relies upon. Solely a few of them can get that remedy,” he continued, including: “Again previously, quite a lot of LEC gamers went to hitch the LCS as a result of salaries had been too low, and you can earn 4 to five occasions as a lot by taking part in in NA. The distinction was large, however now I do assume the situations in LEC are getting higher.”
Whereas salaries are hardly ever disclosed throughout the esports scene, this could give a greater thought of how a lot of a distinction there’s between the main areas.
