*Wealth Inequality in the NSFL

[IsaStarcrossed]

That comes with a lot of burnout though, I'll be honest, when I took a break after Kaz hit regression I didn't expect to comeback to the league, I thought I was done for good.

This hit me hard because it was the same with me. The day I left, I was 100% convinced that I'd never come back to this league. I was just completely exhausted, fed up, and just couldn't force myself to keep logging in. The burnout hits hard and fast and becomes a bit overwhelming, especially when you don't want to let anyone else down. At the end of the day though, you have to take a step back and take care of yourself before you drive yourself insane. Looking back at my start in this league, its hard for me to even comprehend now the kind of hours I was investing into it. I'm honestly not sure where I found the time!

[infinitempg]

Sounds fair to me. Media is pretty simple to write here, no real guidelines except writing about the game/football/your story, so i feel that if we have people with a lot of money, it's because they spend way more hours here than the rest.

I think the biggest issue I've had with this is (obvious bias of course) graphics does not get paid at a fair rate IMO. Someone could spend an hour or two putting together a 1000 word article and get paid more than someone putting several hours of work on a 5/5 graphic (1.5M). A 4/5 graphic is equivalent to a 650 word article (1M). A 3/5 is equivalent to a 475 word article (700K).

Graphics take more time to create (especially for newbies) than it does to write articles, and isn't paid adequately enough. Plus, while there is a bonus for good media, there isn't a real punishment or grading scale for bad media.

5/5s are works of art essentially, and they should be paid off as such. Perhaps a top payout of 2.5M (equivalent to a 1500 word article) would be more adequate, while a 4/5 gets 1.5M, and a 3/5 gets 1M. Obviously, 1/5 should stay as low-effort 150K, but even 2/5 could stand to use a pay raise.

[IsaStarcrossed]

Graphics!

I agree with this wholeheartedly. Our really good graphics artists have always put me in awe and I've long been a proponent of those guys getting paid more for their work. I know how much time some of these guys put in to make theirs and then to watch them get a low graded and barely get paid for hours of work can be crushing. There is a definite disparity there.

Then again, I feel like media graders also get a bit a shafted here. Most media graders spend more time grading media than they would writing an article that'd make more money than their job pay for the same effort. I think I worked through the math once and the conversion was like 1.4x more money if they'd just write instead of grade. I feel like its one of our most devalued jobs!

[Opera_Phantom]

I think the biggest issue I've had with this is (obvious bias of course) graphics does not get paid at a fair rate IMO. Someone could spend an hour or two putting together a 1000 word article and get paid more than someone putting several hours of work on a 5/5 graphic (1.5M). A 4/5 graphic is equivalent to a 650 word article (1M). A 3/5 is equivalent to a 475 word article (700K).

Graphics take more time to create (especially for newbies) than it does to write articles, and isn't paid adequately enough. Plus, while there is a bonus for good media, there isn't a real punishment or grading scale for bad media.

5/5s are works of art essentially, and they should be paid off as such. Perhaps a top payout of 2.5M (equivalent to a 1500 word article) would be more adequate, while a 4/5 gets 1.5M, and a 3/5 gets 1M. Obviously, 1/5 should stay as low-effort 150K, but even 2/5 could stand to use a pay raise.

Yeah, i totally agree, it's way harder to do a good graphic than a good media. And bad media is paid at the same rate as great media, and that's not the case for graphics

[ADwyer87]

I didnt have that much money last time i checked.

Can I put it all in stocks so itll accumulate interest while i'm gone? or however stocks work

Also GFX sux nerds

[rapideagle]

capitalism at its finest

[37thchamber]

To an extent, spending more time and effort is the reason for the huge bank accounts... but not entirely.

I mean, if it were simply due to those two things... why do I not have six figures, too?

[infinitempg]

To an extent, spending more time and effort is the reason for the huge bank accounts... but not entirely.

I mean, if it were simply due to those two things... why do I not have six figures, too?

...actually yeah that's weird. What's going on there? You should have more than 54M

[Symmetrik]

I think the biggest issue I've had with this is (obvious bias of course) graphics does not get paid at a fair rate IMO. Someone could spend an hour or two putting together a 1000 word article and get paid more than someone putting several hours of work on a 5/5 graphic (1.5M). A 4/5 graphic is equivalent to a 650 word article (1M). A 3/5 is equivalent to a 475 word article (700K).

Graphics take more time to create (especially for newbies) than it does to write articles, and isn't paid adequately enough. Plus, while there is a bonus for good media, there isn't a real punishment or grading scale for bad media.

5/5s are works of art essentially, and they should be paid off as such. Perhaps a top payout of 2.5M (equivalent to a 1500 word article) would be more adequate, while a 4/5 gets 1.5M, and a 3/5 gets 1M. Obviously, 1/5 should stay as low-effort 150K, but even 2/5 could stand to use a pay raise.

At least the 4 per week cap is gone, but if you’re in that 3-4 range, it doesn’t pay nearly as well as media does.

The issue is always how to quantify time invested in a graphic. With articles it’s easy cause of word count, it’s a tangible number you can base something off of it.

[nickyvmlp]

I wrote and graphicked my way to riches beyond my wildest dreams