The players are only going to receive sticker money, and to do so they need to qualify for the Shanghai Major.
In August, German streamer ohnePixel announced the signing of his own Counter-Strike 2 roster.
How are DRILLAS compensated?
The team started in the Levant and North African open qualifiers, advancing into the Middle East closed qualifier.
shit feels unrealthis whole project feels like the whole community coming together to fire on their boysbig shoutout to @KD69z_csgo who told me to get a team for the open qualifierhumongous shoutout to @zipelCS @SpacesalJP who then started cooking and made this their...
— ohnePixel (@ohnePixel) August 30, 2024
They surprisingly won said event, after going flawless through the lower bracket and earned qualification for the Asian RMR, taking place on LAN in November.
Whilst the goal of the project was to get stickers for ohnePixel, little details were known about the exact compensation his players were to receive.
Now, ohnePixel's manager Dona has confirmed rumors, that the players would not earn any actual salary.
team related things. Also being ohnes manager, I don't want to ignore people creating drama and fake narratives. This project was from the very beginning a PASSION project with the goal to get OhnePixel stickers. At no point was a salary discussed or agreed on. The players get
— dona (@donacsgo) October 1, 2024
This means that in order for them to get paid, they will need to qualify for the Major. If they manage to do so, each player will receive his individual sticker in the game.
They are supported in the form of a bootcamp, as well as the costs of hotels and flights, being covered by ohnePixel.
The team will receive their logo in form of a sticker too, this was ohnePixel's ambition from the beginning.
Sticker money, made by Valve in game, via capsules, is well known to be the biggest income for many organizations and their players.
Dona further stated, that this is a huge opportunity for the five players.
This is a great opportunity for the players to show off their skill-set and to get signed in the future by orgs. They are getting huge support by a huge community, we keep cheering for them and I really hope they qualify. Making it to a major can be life changing LFG drillas
— dona (@donacsgo) October 1, 2024
The RMR will take place in Shanghai, starting November 11. Do you think DRILLAS can qualify for the Major?
