EPTAfter their match against NiP i WCA qualifiers, on the LR thread:
On September 22 2015 04:45 Asjo wrote:
Wow, I'm really hoping they are not taking ALWAYSWANNAFLY back. I mean, he's already registered for the next majors with CIS Rejects and committed to playing with them in several tournaments. CIS-R were shaping up to be a decent team. At TI5, Empire seemed like a really good team that was under-performing and had to try something new to somehow evolve, so I was happy to see them add some new blood, even if it was almost impossible to find an adequate replacement for someone like yoky.
But yeah, if they take AWF back, that's once again another roster change. It might be "for free" in terms of them not getting an invite anyway, but I'm certain that this instability is hurting them. Of course, since we haven't heard much from them, it's hard to tell, really. It might down to them missing a good shot-caller, as Zeelah says. Empire might have under-performed at TI5, but their TI5-performance definitely wouldn't have them losing to the teams who are beating them these days. You might suspect that Empire are "lying low" for a while like Alliance, but that would really cost them, since they are missing out on several big tournaments in the next few month. You would think that Empire expect more from themselves than Alliance do. At least, they seem really serious and professional, whereas the Alliance-boys seem more casual.
Wow, I'm really hoping they are not taking ALWAYSWANNAFLY back. I mean, he's already registered for the next majors with CIS Rejects and committed to playing with them in several tournaments. CIS-R were shaping up to be a decent team. At TI5, Empire seemed like a really good team that was under-performing and had to try something new to somehow evolve, so I was happy to see them add some new blood, even if it was almost impossible to find an adequate replacement for someone like yoky.
But yeah, if they take AWF back, that's once again another roster change. It might be "for free" in terms of them not getting an invite anyway, but I'm certain that this instability is hurting them. Of course, since we haven't heard much from them, it's hard to tell, really. It might down to them missing a good shot-caller, as Zeelah says. Empire might have under-performed at TI5, but their TI5-performance definitely wouldn't have them losing to the teams who are beating them these days. You might suspect that Empire are "lying low" for a while like Alliance, but that would really cost them, since they are missing out on several big tournaments in the next few month. You would think that Empire expect more from themselves than Alliance do. At least, they seem really serious and professional, whereas the Alliance-boys seem more casual.
From the Reddit-thread about yoky:
On September 26 2015 11:45 Asjo wrote:
Everyone is talking like changes have actually been made to the roster of Team Empire, but as far as I can see, nothing has been announced yet. Empire have had terrible results, but I think that them playing with a different roster almost every game is a major contributor to that. Has anyone seen any confirmation of roster changes?
I really hope that they stick by their new roster, but it's really impossible to tell where they are going. After TI5, they've played matches with ALWAYSWANNAFLY, yoky, GeneraL, PotM, Fervian in various tournaments, despite none of these officially being members of their roster. There has definitely been some instability, but there has never been an explanation as to why (except when Resolut1on was on holiday and they had GeneraL as stand-in). JotM definitely does not seem good enough to become a part of the team, and it would be if they just added their old members against, since I think they need a chance to get to the next level.
Everyone is talking like changes have actually been made to the roster of Team Empire, but as far as I can see, nothing has been announced yet. Empire have had terrible results, but I think that them playing with a different roster almost every game is a major contributor to that. Has anyone seen any confirmation of roster changes?
I really hope that they stick by their new roster, but it's really impossible to tell where they are going. After TI5, they've played matches with ALWAYSWANNAFLY, yoky, GeneraL, PotM, Fervian in various tournaments, despite none of these officially being members of their roster. There has definitely been some instability, but there has never been an explanation as to why (except when Resolut1on was on holiday and they had GeneraL as stand-in). JotM definitely does not seem good enough to become a part of the team, and it would be if they just added their old members against, since I think they need a chance to get to the next level.
