The former “League of Legends” professional and top laner Dyrus has revealed that his former team TSM did not pay him any salary.
Who is this about?
- Marcus “Dyrus” Hill (31) is a former professional player of League of Legends, who was active on the top lane for TSM and before that for Epik Gamer.
- Dyrus gained special fame during his time with the US esports organization TSM (March 2012 to October 2015), where he won 3x the NA LCS and the IEM World Championship Season IX alongside Bjergsen.
- Anyone who has been active in the LoL scene for a long time may remember the pillow that Dyrus took to some tournaments.
- In October 2015, Dyrus ended his career as a LoL esports player and subsequently worked as a streamer for TSM until 2017.
At the beginning of 2024, Dyrus agreed to answer some questions on X.com (formerly Twitter) that his followers could ask him. He provided interesting insights into the salary he earned during his time at TSM.
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“I did not receive a paycheck”
What exactly does Dyrus say? On January 3, Dyrus answered several questions on X.com that his followers asked him. One user wanted to know what the highest salary Dyrus earned during his time at TSM was.
To the surprise of his followers, Dyrus replied that he did not receive a salary from TSM: “I did not receive a paycheck; everything was funded through streaming.”
However, Dyrus then added that he had forgotten about the tournament winnings. According to esportsearnings.com, that’s 158,973.97 US dollars, which he earned over 49 tournaments and 5 years of professional play.
However, according to Dyrus, that was still not much money and Riot Games only started awarding large prize pools at tournaments after his retirement.
According to esportsearnings.com, Dyrus earned the most money by winning the IEM World Championship Season IX. That was nearly 21,700 US dollars.
Did Dyrus provide any other interesting insights? Yes, the ex-professional explained, for example, how it happened that he took a pillow to the stage at tournaments. It was not a conscious decision, and he simply went with the “flow”.
He also explains how he managed to avoid burning out from all the training sessions, etc., during his professional time. He loved the game enough to play it for more than 12 hours a day. Nevertheless, he believes he should have retired a year earlier.
One who is not thinking about retirement is the “Unkillable Demon King” Faker. The four-time world champion recently explained that his goal is not to make money but to learn and grow even more:
LoL: Faker explains why he turned down an offer of nearly 17 million euros
