5 Things You DIDN'T KNOW About Esports Players

[@NicolaiLol]

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[@kababdadkababmom8805]

damn boi you have come a long way amigo I still remember the first stream I watched for you it was at like 30k or smth with the rammus and master yi inting on 200 ping stream lmao

[@Boobaaidz]

@@kababdadkababmom8805 LOL

[@NicolaiLol]

@@kababdadkababmom8805 lmao thanks. But aside from the streaming, not much has changed. I still int with Yi lul.

[@mamapapa8333]

This is the kind of content i need, thx nicolai

[@eragonshurtugal4239]

I like how you are talking about tradinional sports and championship rings and how "evry major sport league" is doing it, i have only ever heard about championchip rings from the US and american fottball outside of the US, i would guess that Canada has them in more sprts too but out North America i have only herd ring in american football

[@onlineuser1990]

Sneaky: lives in bathroom closet China: Trains players in spaceship

[@ductrungtran6156]

Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenywevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas The world is a weird place, indeed

[@SponsoredbyCOV]

I suppose that is because chinese teams actually win in big tournaments xd

[@SponsoredbyCOV]

i mean the only person that carried NA in Worlds 2k19 was the pilot who flew them home

[@Noormis]

Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenywevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas i mean there is a 5/6 year time difference but still

[@onlineuser1990]

@@Noormis NA now a days still plays in airplanes so I guess thats closer to spaceship LUL

[@SuperBlackonyx]

How fitting that sneakys bed was in the closet

[@theanonymouschicken169]

Ye, one day he decided to come out of the closet

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

@@theanonymouschicken169 is he actually gay/bi or anything? I thought his gf helped him with the cosplay lol

[@0927kira]

@Audairevonetta do you think every gay/bi has their own sex tape?...

[@krrisss]

@Audairevonetta bruh what????

[@wilkinlow]

@@krrisss I cant unsee that comment wtf

[@ATP980]

Faker's ad wasnt even that bad.

[@iN_Vz]

but his face XD it looks very uncomfortable

[@TheBlackfall234]

@@iN_Vz it doesnt look THAT uncomfortable. If nobody would said anything i dont think people would think of this ad as bad at all. Its a decent one i guess.

[@straybullygang]

Faker has a couple of billboards here in the phil. He advertise bacchus energy drink.

[@NN-mh4bj]

@@iN_Vz i think its just how his face looks, the add seemed completely normal to me

[@davidkunakovsky3155]

TheBlackfall234 I guess you did never seen a good ad then

[@shlock1558]

How you're able to stretch a 5 facts video on 11 minutes and put 5 midrolls in it should be considered an extreme sport.

[@Alexander-tw9fw]

Hey Nicolai, guys are here!

[@ughgowonsscalpandcrunchyvo4926]

honestly, Sneaky’s bedroom looks comfortable af

[@sanjivinsmoke9154]

True that's what I noticed too

[@Nickerarx]

Riot games to players: How do you feel after playng some ranked games. Players: We were talking about suicide...

[@KaneCiticani]

Arena of valor is the same company holder tencent. They are in stakes with literally every other game or company.

[@palmsky1119]

They own everything

[@mylz0810]

Been saying this to my parents that i had a chance to be at a esport team in mlbb because i ranked top 37 karrie Philippines and had over 878points mythical glory,5057matches and 68% winrate,with these i can apply to an esport team with these record,but rejected this request and said they'd rather leave me homeless than see be a *addict* to the game,l left mlbb for 9months and just lost my skill,i got discourage by them and i almost never touched the game again,its quite sad how people see games as not profitable and being a school janitor is more profitable than being in an esport team(my father said this to me),the ignorance in many people is quite sad

[@Alex-tq4jd]

That team liquid ring actually looks really cool

[@monomakesmecrystill1252]

It is cool tbh

[@Queen-qi4do]

Pro tip if you're binge watching Nicolai's vids when the proguides bit starts skip 20 seconds

[@kueh9287]

fun fact: OMG's training facility was used to film a chinese live action esports drama called The King's Avatar edit: please watch it or read the novel or something come join me in the fandom hahaha

[@SuperJays14]

Shit that place is awesome aff

[@ductrungtran6156]

kueh No surprise. That place looks like something straight from a movie or Animation

[@Yakuson1196]

Shit I didn't even know that The King's Avatar had a live action adaptation...

[@thaniel7313]

DUUUDE i thought that place looked familiar! i was just watching it earlier then watched this video, and the facility had an uncanny resemblance to TKA

[@jhinthevirtuoso4886]

Lmao it has a anime too it was good for a chinese anime

[@TeamFameByFlameEZ1]

As a european I kinda doubt that "essentially every sports league does this" I did a quick google search and I dont see football/soccer rings for the champs. So I assume its more like an US american tradition rather than a "traditional sports" tradition but yeah +1 for fueling the stereotype that american see themselfes as the representatives of the world :D

[@ManrielXiii]

North Americans. There is a ring crafted for the winners of the Stanley's cup in hockey.

[@itellyouaboutstuff]

I mean, football (or soccer for you american tools) is just the most viewed/played sport in the world...

[@Stroimex]

"Yeah, we have to hide Sneaky in the bathroom when we get visits"

[@Egolithz]

Having lived in China, OMG is basically the Chinese version of TSM. They are a crowd favorite, even if they aren't winning that season

[@jurgenwindcaller4]

I never heard of those rings before

[@cristinaguzman1604]

Ana Otaku ikr!? They’re so cool

[@patrickwienhoft7987]

It's a US thing. Doesn't exist in Europe's major sports leagues.

[@lakenate6066]

I love your content. So happy to find out you still post.

[@markotagoma7457]

4th u missed the part of winning worlds and getting the skins i think i heard scarra say somewhere i cant remember where that it brings in 6 figures of money every year but i cant remember if its right dont trust me but trust me edit:so it comes out that im a ooga booga man and Nicolai talked about in his last video xd

[@NicolaiLol]

I cant tell if you're joking or not lol but yeah you heard that from a previous video of mine LOL.

[@lol-kb8hz]

@@NicolaiLol Sorry if im wrong but didnt scarra say that they make 6 figures from skins? dont trust me but trust me

[@markotagoma7457]

@@NicolaiLol XD oh yeah i did just ooga booga moment dont mind me LMAO

[@jaytatadashi6465]

You could have heard it from an OTV podcast

[@Diogohsgomes]

You're right my friend All the players that have won worlds get a skin designed by themselves and all the income of each skin goes to each one of the players

[@Corl296]

6 years ago the esports scene didnt have anywhere near the amount of money that you see 100T and OMG putting into their houses and staff.

[@AxeCatcher]

the winnings of the top players is actually insane, I was looking at smash bros pros estimated earnings few months back and it has infamously low prize pools and still the winnings for top players are hundreds of thousands

[@RyoGuz]

Great video bro !

[@NicolaiLol]

Thanks mate!

[@hero8128]

Missed your videos ♥️

[@stelles1344]

7:21 I am pretty certain that Boxbox did it before sneaky

[@dirtyworkgames184]

Not gonna lie when he was so surprised that mobile games are a legit esport i felt a little attacked lol

[@onlineuser1990]

U sound like a boomer who think esports are a thing

[@axelpetersson5787]

Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenywevwe Ugwemubwem Ossas esports are a thing... wdym?

[@monomakesmecrystill1252]

@@onlineuser1990 they are though . Are you a zoomer by any chance ?

[@BoKei]

Wow! The fact about the rings is new to me! O.O It sound and looks so cool!

[@breeze5459]

3:38 isnt that where "Kings Avatar Live action" place was taken?

[@TripleTSingt]

10% of 15 million is 1,5 million *quick mafs*

[@markotagoma7457]

Nicolai you should collab with Exil he makes KINDA similar content like you and i love both of your channels just a thought you can think about :)

[@jaimytourigny3027]

1:55 Oh yeah, classy, I did the same in the first place I lived in, save alot of space for everything else and more cozy than one could think, I vote yes on efficiency, OG gamer house in a nutshell

[@RiverNeo]

07:50 To be fair, he puts a lot of effort into those Cosplays

[@monomakesmecrystill1252]

His gf is a beast in makeup . She does it for him

[@tc413141]

7:44 even if you assume everybody is pledging $2 per month, that's over $30k per year he's making just from patreon.

[@evenprime1658]

sneaky's bedroom was pretty sneaky :D

[@TheDorfkind96]

"In traditional sports they get championship rings" (US only fella ;D you make it sound like that is the case everywhere but it actually isn't) Never seen anyone receive rings for championships in Europe

[@seelfire4725]

its america.. they also expect everyone too understand miles and soccer and weird stuff like that xD

[@eloonto851]

@@seelfire4725 yall expect us to learn about Km, but people from the u.s learn both measurements in science classes. But other people can't even learn a thing about miles, feet, inches etc...

[@patrickwienhoft7987]

@@eloonto851 Because it's bullshit?

[@paultran3756]

@@seelfire4725 our soccer is your football

[@alex2005z]

@@eloonto851 we do know about miles, feet and all of that bs. Thats why we know its bs. Can you say, of the top of your head, how many inches are in a mile? We can say how many cm are in a km

[@edencole7349]

there was a new house tour since 2013 , sneaky has his own room in that

[@xDencyDaniel]

Could have mentioned that Faker was listed on Forbes top 30 under 30 (asia, sports and entertainment) in 2019.

[@clarkmosquera3580]

we send players like sneaky to worlds

[@DustAye]

This video seems like a 3 min video stretched past 10 mins

[@Zhikute]

i guess you could say "They didn't take off their training Wheels"

[@konanekonyaan]

forget about the ring or the prize money everyone wants the world champion skins which bring so much money

[@donaldutrumpu7869]

Is sneaky paying taxes on those patreon pics?!

[@MEGASTRIX]

Sneaky isnt human so how can it be paying taxes.

[@its-milaah]

you deserve more subscribers

[@michaelee1513]

8:25 dude thats fuckng old stuff how and where do you get it

[@patrickjames5524]

Fnatic posted a 2011 championship ring on twitter recently so unless they made it themselves, league has always been doing it

[@lalitsridharan3547]

Hey Nicolai,can you please make a video on number viewership of eSports including China?

[@mark.1961]

I can’t escape challenger. Any tips?

[@cristinaguzman1604]

1:58 LOL wtf indeed 😂

[@JamesCauchi]

I am quite literally blown away. The one question on my mind (besides figuring out a non-neglected/ dying game worth acing) is - 'Where is all this prize pool money being sourced?'

[@businesscatboss7622]

Usually the prize pool money is sourced from sponsorships, investors, merchandise, and the development company itself.

[@alex2005z]

Looking at the viewship numbers should answer your question

[@yoshidasaki17703]

Fun fact: Arena of Valor can't compete with Mobile Legends in SEA region market. The tournament is slowly dying. That's the reason why riot now release League mobile (wild rift) And more fun fact: ML player base in SEA server is in turnmoil since they already had enough with Mobile Legends micro (macro) transaction Good year to release Wild Rift rito. Good year

[@MEGASTRIX]

ML IS FUCKING MONEY HUNGRY.Each skin costs too much .it literally costs more than a legendary lol skin avg of 600-700 pesos while league has a premium of only 500 and the quality is over the top compared to the reused ML bs. The skins in ML even give fucking stats and runes need to be bought by the thousands . Those fucks need to die.

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

*Vainglory sitting in comfort* imagine getting skins just to get stats lmao literally pay2win

[@MechaPreet]

The spaceship building looks a lot similar to the building of The Kings Avatar on Netflix.

[@langtangwang]

that was such a bad doritos commercial but then again, the norm for commercials in china are like that, while in america companies try to be more relatable

[@HakooGaming]

2:14 That is why he called sneaky xd

[@ggg235]

I love the final fantasy XV music in the background at times

[@Denetas]

idk why, but sneaky's bedroom loks kinda comfy

[@kly8105]

You do _know_ that they struggle to pay for those team houses because the Esports organizations don't pay them what they promise them and then blackmail them with the unpaid money don't you?

[@s.c4n618]

League on mobile will be a huge shame as I have never seen a mobile Moba worth e-sports.

[@anang2231]

well if you come to china you will see league is beaten by mobile moba called honor of king which is a league rip off made by tencent who own riot, or when you come to sea you will see league is beaten by enother mobile moba called mobile legends, and in taiwan league beaten by mobile moba called aov which is international version of honor of king, all those 3 mobile game have their esport scene, that why riot decide to realese league on mobile because most of their income spically in china has been taken over by mobile moba

[@ZoroarkLover98]

But the video shows a mobile moba with a huge esport scene

[@whatteamwildcats4033]

The way they had sneakys bed in the closet like he's some gremlin nobody wants to deal with

[@WizardKingSolo]

I came for the Thumbnail clickbait*

[@eoniic3830]

Cmon bruh, why'd you have to put that clip of Dyrus crying in there

[@ericvalverderosado2046]

1:20 heyyyy, that’s not Scarra? Xd

[@Krasipol]

i think the but(t) joke will never get old for me.

[@NicolaiLol]

LOL happy to hear that. Sometimes I think about retiring but(t) in the end I keep using it!

[@Seven-we1ks]

I feel like playing FFXV again for the music

[@Ren-gy4nv]

you should check out the new TSM gaming house.

[@YoSuey]

By the end of the year, sneaky will finally come clean. Mark my words.

[@bones2323232323]

Sneaky is a goddess

[@Raysonable]

i love how he put fornite ninja doing dance instead of gameplay

[@pixel9256]

fr😆

[@SpyFromMarsZeus]

To be fair I think winning the World Championship brings a lot more money than winning a The International, just not as direct prize money.

[@zazaoyunda5022]

nobody sponsoring you insted proguides poor you

[@Hectrix]

Damn rip OMG, nice vid

[@pluperw]

most underrated gaming channel on youtube 💯

[@Grogy2512]

And my parents 5 years back were like... "it gives you nothing! Better go and play outside..." yeah, hey kids, if you catch me you will get 1M dollars! Bruh...

[@dark3rthanshadows]

when u say "esports" u mean "league of legends esport scene" cause espors existed before to league and dota, in fact one of the oldest scenes would be the fps community and the fgc(fighting games community) with tournaments back in early 00's halo,counter strike and mid/late 90's street fighter turbo 3rd strike ,tekken 3 etc. Yet the moba scene are more profitable, for having leagues where players have salary instead of fighting games where there's a tour and in order to make money u have to be at least on top 8 of a tornament.

[@faisaljamaludin2730]

Dr Thuganomics the title is too general while the content is 80% league of legends.

[@dustyacer]

i feel like the chinese team with the spaceship house isnt to cater to players but rather to show off how much money they have and how great they are, its a very chinese thing.

[@primeeraser2564]

Yo why is yt always unsubbing me from my fav channels? I need my dose of Nicolai

[@TinchoX]

Those rings look cool AF.

[@M-Soares]

Honest question, what model of phone do they use in the Arena of Valor championships?

[@anang2231]

They use Iphone 8 for offline tournament

[@M-Soares]

@@anang2231 Thanks for the answer! I was really curious about it and couldn't find that information anywhere.

[@Jon-Jon-Jon-Jon]

Well I don't think that the players ever get anything close to 10% of the prizepool, but even 2% would be 300k

[@lelovena]

living my past 8 years with teams in esports, yes the closet situation of sneaky is probably right. We used to sleep around that time of that gamehouse vid. with 3 people sometimes 4 in 1 room. there was almost no money for players, got around 500 euro a month and free housing... orgs didnt make any money.. the sponsorships were rlly poor... times have changed.

[@dustyacer]

reminds me of ssb, in ssbu biggest tourn, MKleo got like 10-20K? prize pool, most pros support themselves with twitch streams lol

[@cristinaguzman1604]

Truly wasn’t aware how much money these guys were making that’s crazyyyy

[@amaipls]

TZand but What about bad teams with non-popular players, like rogue, excel, echo Fox Etc. They mainly live off their salary Which is probably in the Lower end?

[@monomakesmecrystill1252]

@@zando807 Honestly most people from the top 3-4 teams earn a lot if money . Especially those who transferred teams . And when you think that food is paid for , housing as well, some basic expenses are gone so they save even more money . I genuinely laugh when people say they it's not possible to live comfortably when you are a pro player

[@monomakesmecrystill1252]

@@amaipls they still earn more than the average salaries in their countries. All of these regions are major which means they get way more traction and money

[@Findyification]

that TL pic got me ROFL

[@pingupleb]

Anyone know where I can see more of that insane spaceship-facility. looked cool as fuck o.o

[@nicokaine250]

OMFG I HEARD THE SOUNDTRACK FROM GALDIN QUAY AND I ALMOST STARTED CRYING HOW DARE YOU

[@nitrocatofficial6939]

Cries in Gold 4 and negative bank account

[@3MinutesD]

Dont forget how many people they have to pay if a team wins worlds in league.. 5 players plus coaches, plus substitutes , plus other staff involved. Its more people than you think.. divided by at least 10+ people

[@gwenethp511]

And they hardly pay the players lol.

[@cei2513]

Ok where do I subscribe to participate in Esports?

[@ihavehiv5815]

No amount of coaching is going to make me get end of season rewards.

[@deathbunny748]

We need an app that helps improve honor lvl

[@Μπάμπης-υ5ν]

Being a good player (gets money for playing) living with friends in a big ass house,having a shef im not gonna continue what else you want

[@KevinThePengWIN]

Taipei Assassins had rings but Fanatic from Season 1 didn't have any.

[@piuq5007]

You forgot the team skins

[@museves]

Sneaky: lives in bathroom closet Harry potter: ummm..... Hey buddy!!!

[@porororu7907]

OMG proves that money can't buy skills

[@pepperandsnowflakeadventur3877]

Imagine people failed no nut November because of sneaky

[@ductrungtran6156]

rocky tew Kinda gey, but still ok

[@pepperandsnowflakeadventur3877]

Duc Trung Tran it’s not gay as long you say no homo

[@generalj4192]

rocky tew Ahh a man of quality

[@pepperandsnowflakeadventur3877]

General J after doing my research about sneaky, I have failed nnn

[@generalj4192]

rocky tew Oh well

[@IamAhmedMohammed]

7:06 Caps never mad a good play after this one....

[@ddii2786]

Wtf are you on about, that Doritos commercial was amazing

[@SatoruJesusIII]

To be fair it isnt the building's fault that OMG didn't make it to worlds lol

[@MrPatchy248]

Mfw mobile game tournaments have more than twice the prize pool of Blizzcon

[@hanselfinn8946]

We was joking about suicide Me: he he huh.. Laugh through the pain

[@jappythevappy7958]

8:33 wont matter now since Arena of Valor and Leauge are both owned from by one company, Tencent a chinese company that has major shares or mid shares on almoost every single game u play. Wonder why Valorant skins cost a lot, cause they paid 400 million bucks on this free game, so they want money.