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TazzDingo

Germany502 Posts

August 15 2011 10:43 GMT

#2321

On August 15 2011 19:39 zere wrote:

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you're ruining ESPORTS!

UnholyGregor

111 Posts

August 15 2011 10:43 GMT

#2322

I hope this is true, imagine how unstoppable Eg's lineup would be then, with arguably one of the best players for each race: Idra, Puma, demuslim, Huk....... *nerdchills* As an idra fanboy, im glad to see idra can finally get some decent zvp practice now

Usagi

Spain1647 Posts

August 15 2011 10:43 GMT

#2323

I love this thread, lots of entertainment xD

FarbrorAbavna

Sweden4856 Posts

August 15 2011 10:43 GMT

#2324

On August 15 2011 19:38 isM wrote:

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Why would Apple sponsor a gaming team when their products dont even work with games :-/

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can't resist apple potshots

uh sc2 exists for mac and steam does too. Possibly other games as well but I dont care enough to know about them. So you actually took a potshot at yourself :D

ch33psh33p

7650 Posts

August 15 2011 10:43 GMT

#2325

On August 15 2011 19:43 UnholyGregor wrote:
I hope this is true, imagine how unstoppable Eg's lineup would be then, with arguably one of the best players for each race: Idra, Puma, demuslim, Huk....... *nerdchills* As an idra fanboy, im glad to see idra can finally get some decent zvp practice now

I lost all respect for your post when you added Demuslim in there.

Demonace34

United States2493 Posts

August 15 2011 10:44 GMT

#2326

I'm loving this thread, and any audio file that is that edited gives me chills for some reason. Who were the casters in both of the games that were edited into that clip?

On August 15 2011 19:32 Technique wrote:

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I would almost believe that if incontrol was not in that list.

IG the korean part of EG^^

Incontrol has been to Korea before though, but I am doubting Greg or Inc going back unless they are staying there for a long time or there is another team house with Korean players.

Madera

Sweden2672 Posts

August 15 2011 10:44 GMT

#2327

Ah, so much hype!

Fireflies

United Kingdom211 Posts

August 15 2011 10:44 GMT

#2328

I have a totally unverified source that says Huk is staying on TL. So, remember this post if he stays and forget it if he leaves, OK?

Herper

501 Posts

August 15 2011 10:45 GMT

#2329

On August 15 2011 19:38 isM wrote:

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Why would Apple sponsor a gaming team when their products dont even work with games :-/

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can't resist apple potshots

Well sc2 does work in OSX

fortheGG

United Kingdom1002 Posts

August 15 2011 10:45 GMT

#2330

On August 15 2011 19:44 Fireflies wrote:
I have a totally unverified source that says Huk is staying on TL. So, remember this post if he stays and forget it if he leaves, OK?

Well if they make a new foreigner team in Korea (perfect practice vs Koreans), he could play for them AND be on teamliquid. I still do believe him joining EG is more likely.

Sergio!

Romania18 Posts

August 15 2011 10:45 GMT

#2331

On August 15 2011 19:28 jmbthirteen wrote:

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Well they are able to get more sponsors than other teams so they are doing something right. The Monster sponsorship is huge as its a non gaming company.

They picked up their sponsors after all of the good CS1.6 teams left for CSS. EG got burned, Alex leaves coL and starts gobbling up all the sponsors that no longer have a 1.6 team. They're still terrible at spending it. To say they're the Yankees would be giving too much credit, since they only pay top dollar after the player peaks (and they've heard of them) and their farm system is weak. More like the Detroit Tigers, in Sergio's opinion.

JKira

Canada1002 Posts

August 15 2011 10:45 GMT

#2332

On August 15 2011 19:44 Fireflies wrote:
I have a totally unverified source that says Huk is staying on TL. So, remember this post if he stays and forget it if he leaves, OK?

I also have an unverified source that says HuK is going to EG, and then is traded along with IdrA for Jaedong, as in Jaedong will play SC2 and HuK and IdrA will play SC1.

dbddbddb

Singapore969 Posts

August 15 2011 10:45 GMT

#2333

On August 15 2011 19:44 Fireflies wrote:
I have a totally unverified source that says Huk is staying on TL. So, remember this post if he stays and forget it if he leaves, OK?

post that source :D

Odoakar

Croatia1835 Posts

August 15 2011 10:46 GMT

#2334

I doubt it's HuK moving to EG. I can understand EG being dicks about it and trying to antagonize the whole TL community by having a lame countdown and basically a marketing thread for this move on TL forum of all places, but I doubt HuK would be ok with it.

If this was HuK moving to EG, there wouldn't be a lame counter, and TL admins would shut down this thread rather quickly. Both sides would make a professional statement, and the deal would be out.

What is also certain, if HuK was indeed moving to EG, TL stuff wouldn't play into EG's hand by making vague posts and deleting them and what not.

FarbrorAbavna

Sweden4856 Posts

August 15 2011 10:46 GMT

#2335

On August 15 2011 19:40 AllSalesFinal wrote:

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On August 14 2011 23:10 Shalaiyn wrote:
The EG Team Twitter just tweeted (uhm?)

THEY SHALL NOT..#$)2399999999.900 http://t.co/MGwVDPN 324_____ITCANT gooog through...CLICK CLIK SLCI

Source

The link goes to http://myeg.net/unknown/ which has a massive countdown with 1 day 19 hours to go...

any speculation what it may be? :o

Oh shit...

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Dox made an excellent post about this:

On August 15 2011 16:08 Dox wrote:
Because the same stuff keeps getting recycled lately, here's a summary:

* There is text scribbled into the background of MyEG.net/unknown. (Easy-to-view version)
Each piece of text says:
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--- "The face of the light"
--- "One more game, just one more game"
--- "Two face, two face, two face"
--- "I will not GG..."
--- "For the fans"

* The aforementioned text closely identifies with the following subjects:
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--- The face of the light: White-Ra (Egyptian Sun God)
--- One more game, just one more game: OneMoreGame.tv
--- Two face, two face, two face: To Face
--- I will not GG: IdrA
--- For the fans: Showmatch

* The first (of 5) MP3 has been revealed on the site. It contains recordings of two matches, commentated by various community figures, in between the sounds of waves (=liquid?) crashing.
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--- Game 1 is HuK vs HasuObs from TSL3.
--- Game 2 is HuK vs QXC from Day9 Daily #262.

* The file name of the MP3 is "neca_eos_omnes_deus_suos_agnoscet.mp3", which is a Latin phrase which translates into “Kill them all, God will know His own.” This phrase references a French crusade. I curiously attempted to subtract some sort of anagram from these letters, but unfortunately the only common/relevant words which stood out were:
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--- announce
--- guess
--- guest
--- game
--- omega
--- cameo
--- message
--- sea
--- coast
--- endgame
--- succeed
--- success
--- season
--- second
--- stage
--- tease
--- get
--- team

* In the javascript source code for the site, the web author's name was discovered on the 2nd line.
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--- Upon searching for this Author on Facebook, his location was revealed as Egypt.
--- The source has since been edited to display, "@author keep lookin..."

* Curiously, the following script which controls the countdown timer is written in Polish:
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--- var dzien=16;
--- var miesiac=8;
--- var rok=2011;
--- var godzina=12;
--- var minuta=00;
--- var sekunda=00;
--- var d = new Date(rok, (miesiac-1), dzien, godzina, minuta, sekunda, 0);
--- var curent = new Date();
--- var mili=d.getTime()-curent.getTime();
if(mili>0)

* As the countdown is based on the time of your computer clock, you can force all of the "Play" buttons to display by winding your clock forward. This accomplishes nothing though, as the MP3's have not yet been uploaded.

* It seems that EG is intentionally extending information and then revoking it, as seen by several cryptic tweets being posted, investigated, and then deleted. (ie. A scrambled tweet was posted directing users to NatGeo Egypt, and has since been deleted.) Along with the author being removed from the javascript, and also evidenced by looking at the source code for the first MP3 file.
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---
ID3vTCONOtherTYER2011TDATTXXXEngineerSound ForgeGEOBSfMarkersdGEOBˆSfCDInfod‰Æ’ÓÌÇL¿Å¾bð“d‰Æ’ÓÌÇL¿Å¾bð“DDUSLTengNice try, Reddit.ÿûÒüK€¤€ p.

* EG.LectR PM'd several TeamLiquid members with links to various YouTube links, accompanied with the messages, "THEY SHALL JOIN TOGETHER." and "THEY SHALL NEVER FORGET.#@))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))."
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--- One was a Lord of the Rings scene, where Gandalf the White commands reinforcements from the East.
--- Another was a Johnny Cash song: Folsom Prison Blues.

* EG.LectR bumped the fan-club threads for every single member of Team EG. He has since been banned.

* When Heosat was asked to confirm/deny whether or not HuK was joining EG, he said he was not at liberty to comment. He removed this post soon after.

* Several key community figures who know what the announcement is, have suggested that there will be some form of community backlash.
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--- Kennigit: "Some massive drama is going to go down in about a week which people have known for months."
--- FXO.BoSs: "A new protoss player is my guess.... Maybe huk or sase."
--- Mr Bitter: "As someone that knows what it is, I can assure you all, this announcement may cause internet implosion."
--- Heosat: Wwhat I can say is this: it is the first item of a chain of news items. Sadly not all the items are good news.

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--- GenoZStriker: "Find the four horsemen and you'll perhaps find your answer."

I think that pretty much sums up everything so far... it's hard to say which elements are red herrings and which are substance.

My own personal speculation is some kind of partnership / player trade between EG and Liquid.

EDIT: Included the Johnny Cash song, thanks Andrew2658.

Does the twitter thing make anyone else really pissed off? He basically took advantage of someone who was in no way involved, and could potentially be getting him in trouble... Speculation is fun, but don't bring people in that shouldn't be or put people into situations that they don't want to be in. Thank you for being a punk goro87, couldn't wait roughly 36 hours or whatever it would be to find out news. Now we can all rest easy and hope that supernova doesn't get into trouble.

I wanna thank you for having no faith in Supernove being able to take care of himself and making up his mind about wether or not to talk about this on his twitter.

youngminii

Australia7514 Posts

August 15 2011 10:46 GMT

#2336

This thread is like a live report thread specifically for the rumour mill.

I like it.

Moosy

Canada396 Posts

August 15 2011 10:46 GMT

#2337

practicing with puma may make demuslim the best terran in addition to being the best looking progamer.

Chibithor

Brazil514 Posts

August 15 2011 10:46 GMT

#2338

On August 15 2011 19:45 JKira wrote:

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I also have an unverified source that says HuK is going to EG, and then is traded along with IdrA for Jaedong, as in Jaedong will play SC2 and HuK and IdrA will play SC1.

I have a verified source who wishes to stay anonymous that EG will pick up a massive roster of BW players.

leakingpear

United Kingdom302 Posts

August 15 2011 10:46 GMT

#2339

i wanna meet that dad

UnholyGregor

111 Posts

August 15 2011 10:47 GMT

#2340

I bet its just going to be the video tour of the eg house....
damn you incontrol!