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Being a professional Smasher is widely considered to not be very lucrative given the time commitment. In a [[Reddit]] post, {{sm|Hungrybox}} speculates that Mango is the highest earning Smasher and earns $70,000 a year from tournament winnings, Twitch subscriptions/donations/ads, and Cloud9 stipend. Outside of the top 10-20 ''Melee'' players, it is not sustainable as a full time job.{{ | Being a professional Smasher is widely considered to not be very lucrative given the time commitment. In a [[Reddit]] post, {{sm|Hungrybox}} speculates that Mango is the highest earning Smasher and earns $70,000 a year from tournament winnings, Twitch subscriptions/donations/ads, and Cloud9 stipend. Outside of the top 10-20 ''Melee'' players, it is not sustainable as a full time job.{{fact}} | ||
ZeRo revealed that he makes around $40,000 in 2014.<ref>http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/05/feature_the_poor_career_choice_of_super_smash_bros_professionals</ref> S2J said he used to make 1k+ a month from getting 1st-3rd at [[Super Smash Sundays]]/[[Mayhem]]s.<ref>http://ask.fm/S2JFALCON</ref> | ZeRo revealed that he makes around $40,000 in 2014.<ref>http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/05/feature_the_poor_career_choice_of_super_smash_bros_professionals</ref> S2J said he used to make 1k+ a month from getting 1st-3rd at [[Super Smash Sundays]]/[[Mayhem]]s.<ref>http://ask.fm/S2JFALCON</ref> | ||