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unionbank
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Australia666 Posts
August 10 2010 01:54 GMT
#101
99% eStro
김정우.... 이겼다!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
domane
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada1606 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 02:47:27
August 10 2010 02:46 GMT
#102
I agree that it will likely be either Hite or Estro.

I'd be sad for Really if it ends up being Estro. He looks very depressed already (only second to Canata), and having his career put on hold would make him feel worse.
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 03:00:26
August 10 2010 02:49 GMT
#103
If they've been considering it for some time, my money would be on eSTRO, who is pretty much ACE without the lack of practice time and oldschools. They may have gotten bored of being awful and decided to just quit.
If you are not Bisu, chances are I hate you.
Zona
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
40426 Posts
August 10 2010 03:03 GMT
#104
Maybe it is Estro. I didn't even know which company was sponsoring the team (branding failure) and had to look it up to find out.

And which team was it that had to be supported by Kespa for awhile between sponsors? For some reason I had an impression that it was Estro, but now I'm not so sure about things.
"If you try responding to those absurd posts every day, you become more damaged. So I pay no attention to them at all." Jung Myung Hoon (aka Fantasy), as translated by Kimoleon
FlameSworD
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States414 Posts
August 10 2010 03:04 GMT
#105
cj cause there cho left ;(
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Black Gun
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Germany4482 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 03:22:55
August 10 2010 03:22 GMT
#106
either hite or estro obviously imho. after the scandal, hite´s reputation is down and they literally have only 4 players left which are proleague-material (leta, horang2, hogil, puma) of which only 1 is actually a decent player with any kind of marketing value.

estro has been horrible forever, but their involvement in the scandal might have been the straw that broke the camel´s back. (is this correct? because this proverb is completely different in german XD")
in particular as the company backing them up is rather small and the team has no real starpower and no real future.


but the really interesting question to me is who will pick up leta/really. for example, imagine woonjing with a terran of leta´s or really´s caliber.... leta, zero, free, kwanro. ridiculous lineup....


"What am I supposed to do against this?" - "Lose!" :-]
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
August 10 2010 03:33 GMT
#107
On August 10 2010 12:22 Black Gun wrote:
either hite or estro obviously imho. after the scandal, hite´s reputation is down and they literally have only 4 players left which are proleague-material (leta, horang2, hogil, puma) of which only 1 is actually a decent player with any kind of marketing value.

estro has been horrible forever, but their involvement in the scandal might have been the straw that broke the camel´s back. (is this correct? because this proverb is completely different in german XD")
in particular as the company backing them up is rather small and the team has no real starpower and no real future.


but the really interesting question to me is who will pick up leta/really. for example, imagine woonjing with a terran of leta´s or really´s caliber.... leta, zero, free, kwanro. ridiculous lineup....




yeah its correct haha

but what about action? i imagine someone is gonna want him
HEY MEYT
bokchoi
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Korea (South)9498 Posts
August 10 2010 03:40 GMT
#108
I definitely think its either eStro or Sparkyz, but definitely leaning towards Sparkyz. With everything that has happened to Sparkyz: match-fixing scandal, no coach, no players, 1 star who just became a FA (Leta). If I were HITE/OGN I wouldn't keep the team without Leta, and at the same time I may not want to pay Leta just to keep a team running. Its not an issue of StarCraft dying at all, but an issue of a franchise failing so theres no need to keep it. If anything OGN could become a non-title sponsor to another team, most likely CJ if this were to happen.

Although I believe eStro is a possibility, I feel like its a much slimmer possibility. For a long time eStro was the bottom of the pro team hierarchy but recently have shown they are capable and have some great and talented players in: Action, hyvaa, Really, and Classic. Although, it would definitely be interesting to see the likes of Action, hyvaa, Really, and Classic on another team.

One thing I would like to suggest as a possibility, just because I think it'd be fucking awesome if it happened, is the pro-team being bought out by an existing pro-team sponsor. In essence merging the two teams, and the first ever StarCraft Pro-Team Merger. For example, what if Woongjin were to just straight up buy-out HITE, keep Leta, PuMa, HoGiL, Horang2, and then they have free, MVP, ZerO, Kwanro, and SoulKey on top of that. Woongjin would then have a Terran, Protoss, AND Zerg line. That'd be pretty bad ass to see.
wozjflwnl
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada344 Posts
August 10 2010 04:11 GMT
#109
Estro more than hite to me.
jyLee
Profile Joined August 2009
United States350 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 04:20:29
August 10 2010 04:19 GMT
#110
I would love for it to be Hwaseung. That way we'll see a Lebron like announcement with JD picking his new team. JD to Khan? SKT? KT? Holy shit can you imagine how hard any of those teams would dominate and how hard JD would dominate with an all star cast around him. JD+Flash combo makes me drool.
dukethegold
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada5645 Posts
August 10 2010 06:46 GMT
#111
On August 10 2010 12:03 Zona wrote:
Maybe it is Estro. I didn't even know which company was sponsoring the team (branding failure) and had to look it up to find out.

And which team was it that had to be supported by Kespa for awhile between sponsors? For some reason I had an impression that it was Estro, but now I'm not so sure about things.


Which company exactly is sponsoring estro?

I tried to look it up, but couldn't find a conclusive result. Branding failure big time.
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
August 10 2010 06:56 GMT
#112
First that came to mind was definitely SPARKYZ, especially with Leta becoming a FA :/
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
August 10 2010 07:00 GMT
#113
On August 10 2010 13:19 jyLee wrote:
I would love for it to be Hwaseung. That way we'll see a Lebron like announcement with JD picking his new team. JD to Khan? SKT? KT? Holy shit can you imagine how hard any of those teams would dominate and how hard JD would dominate with an all star cast around him. JD+Flash combo makes me drool.

Jaedong to KT would turn him into the Zerg fOrGG
Jaedong to SKT will turn him into a B Teamer
Jaedong to Khan means he will be the only on practicing.
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
Kennigit *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada19447 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 07:14:16
August 10 2010 07:12 GMT
#114
On August 10 2010 10:50 Jugan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2010 09:47 Kennigit wrote:
I'm calling eStro.


Haha but haven't they always been bad? Why sell now?

I guess after they showed some promise halfway through the season then ended up failing, it might have been the nail in the coffin...

P.S. nice new border :D

IEG owns them, and bought them in order to buy broadcast licenses. Their core business is buying broadcast licenses for sports - boxing, soccer, baseball etc etc. They bought the proleague/msl licenses for a large sum of cash and then didn't do anything with them (i suppose there were plans on SC4ALL but well....yea). Theres obviously been zero return on the investment, and with economic climate, they seem like the most logical candidate to drop their team.

Hite bought the naming rights to OGN, they don't "own" them so we can scratch that off the list.
So no fek
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3001 Posts
August 10 2010 07:17 GMT
#115
On August 09 2010 19:29 Shinshady wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 09 2010 19:28 motbob wrote:
Well, Hite is OGN. It wouldn't make any sense for OGN to want to sell.


I thought it would seeing how CJ bought OGN awhile back and having 2 teams doesn't really make sense as one of them is starting to fall apart after the scandal (I think this dealt the final blow to HITE).



Hadn't thought of that at first. I just figured that OGN wouldn't sell since they're a gaming channel, but figured that Hite may want to stop sponsoring. But with CJ looming overhead, it makes even more sense.
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swanized
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada2480 Posts
August 10 2010 07:52 GMT
#116
if woongjin dismantles I will kill a puppy
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RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
August 10 2010 08:10 GMT
#117
On August 10 2010 16:12 Kennigit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2010 10:50 Jugan wrote:
On August 10 2010 09:47 Kennigit wrote:
I'm calling eStro.


Haha but haven't they always been bad? Why sell now?

I guess after they showed some promise halfway through the season then ended up failing, it might have been the nail in the coffin...

P.S. nice new border :D

IEG owns them, and bought them in order to buy broadcast licenses. Their core business is buying broadcast licenses for sports - boxing, soccer, baseball etc etc. They bought the proleague/msl licenses for a large sum of cash and then didn't do anything with them (i suppose there were plans on SC4ALL but well....yea). Theres obviously been zero return on the investment, and with economic climate, they seem like the most logical candidate to drop their team.

Hite bought the naming rights to OGN, they don't "own" them so we can scratch that off the list.

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swanized
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada2480 Posts
August 10 2010 08:37 GMT
#118
On August 10 2010 00:07 BisuFanBoy wrote:
Imagine if Leta went to Woongjin.


Zero-Leta-free-kwanro-promising B-team(dream league finalists)


aaaaahhhhhh
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Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 20:26:18
August 10 2010 14:52 GMT
#119
Apparently "The Mysterious" company is negotiating with a big korean corporation with KeSPA on selling the team. They're saying that they may have results soon
Doughboy
Profile Joined April 2010
United States721 Posts
August 10 2010 15:27 GMT
#120
On August 10 2010 16:52 swanized wrote:
if woongjin dismantles I will kill a puppy

Many a puppy will perish if this tragedy were to occur.
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