$473,000 to play Warcraft III

Jae-ho Jang is a happy man. The 22-year-old video game player has just inked the second largest contract in the history of e-sports to play Warcraft III for a living. His take? A three year contract worth 700,000,000 won, which is roughly $473,000.

Jang has relished the chance to play for a Korean team, having played recently for a foreign team, and promised to live up to his big salary by bringing home a lot of wins. In press conference Jang stated, “I am honored to play for a Korean professional gaming team for Koreans…I will give everything to my fans and FOX team by winning lots of titles in 2009.”

Jang become the second highest paid player in e-sports history. Only Yoo-yeoh Lee has been paid more, getting 750,000,000 won in 2007. Jang earns far more than the highest paid Starcraft player, Bisu, who is paid 150,000,000 won, a relative bargain in comparison.

Via Kotaku.

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