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thenexusp
United States3721 Posts
On July 09 2013 12:24 gtrsrs wrote: you can't play league on hotel internet, I've played league just fine at a holiday inn somewhere in wyoming, and since i'm from the east coast, the ping was a lot better than I was used to even. It probably helped that basically no one else was staying there atm tho | ||
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upperbound
United States2300 Posts
On July 09 2013 12:42 caelym wrote: Fionn, you just applied right? It may be too early to start apartment/house searching. Riot's application process takes like 2 months (it's done on a team by team basis, so the writing staff may be faster than average). He was speaking in hypotheticals, I think I was the one talking like he already had the job :p + Show Spoiler + BECAUSE HE'S GONNA | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On July 09 2013 12:42 obesechicken13 wrote: So I remember yesterday there was talk about Marn being a bad guy and then he said he'd defend himself. What happened from that? Can someone give me like a three sentence summary? What page of this thread should I read? Summary: Dudes wanted money. Dudes don't have money because they were bad at budgeting. Dudes are sad. | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
On July 09 2013 12:44 xes wrote: Summary: Dudes wanted money. Dudes don't have money because they were bad at budgeting. Dudes are sad. Lol. Thanks. | ||
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upperbound
United States2300 Posts
For slightly more detail, look here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=416737¤tpage=360#7197 | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On July 09 2013 11:54 caelym wrote: I don't think anyone in Curse actually enjoys living in Vegas. They literally spend 24 hours inside (aside from food runs). What do you think the Korean teams do? Whats different? All other stuff is distractions. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On July 09 2013 12:03 gtrsrs wrote: every time someone makes a post here about how much curse pays for housing, or what riot covers in terms of travel, or anything else related to the financial side of the LCS - ESPECIALLY when it's said matter-of-factly like "...it's the best out of all teams" or "riot subsidizes this so that isn't that expensive" - without doing any sort of research or fact-checking, a part of me seriously dies. edit: just stop trying to pass things off as fact. there are tons of lurkers here who see high post counts or icons and assume that what you're saying is correct, when you are really just postulating. you're helping people form opinions on people who have their name at stake (mega, marn, etc) or teams that have an image to uphold, without actually doing your research All of these things; like travel stiphened and rent stuff is all talked about by Liquid112 in previous vids. | ||
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gtrsrs
United States9109 Posts
On July 09 2013 12:50 wei2coolman wrote: All of these things; like travel stiphened and rent stuff is all talked about by Liquid112 in previous vids. any chance you can link me? one of my fears is that i say something i shouldn't say. but if liquid is going into specifics, i don't mind clarifying further to you guys. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On July 09 2013 12:44 xes wrote: Summary: Dudes wanted money. Dudes don't have money because they were bad at budgeting. Dudes are sad. Riot pays players $12,500 each and then $25,000 in addition for other expenses. Marn took half the $25,000 so he had a salary equal to the players and used the rest on rent and stuff. He took a little bit of the players' salaries to help cover rent and expenses. Players were lazy, didn't help him with sponsors or advertising their "brand" and fucked up the teamhouse. Four sentences but I think that's a little bit better. | ||
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sylverfyre
United States8298 Posts
On July 09 2013 11:49 Irave wrote: Different scenario. Riot isn't cutting you a large check for you and four friends to relocate. They became popular overnight, thousands of people talking about them etc. Why not indulge in the rockstar life. If they would have managed to continue being able to play in the LCS none of this would even get discussed. Did they have fun, more than likely yes. Now the dream is over, the fair amount of money they had once now gone. Realization that they could have saved better sure. Everyone has that. Point A) Marn should have kept finances in a more ... easily disclosable fashion, like a spreadsheet that everyone could see or something. Open finances with roomates are really important (I learned this the hard way, having roomated with a lot of different people over the years.) Point B) Living in a nice house by the beach is expensive, and It seems like Megazero was the only one who was like "uhh guys, this is too expensive" and got peer-pressured into accepting the decision. Point C) Landlords, especially those of particularly nice homes/apartments, want their place back IN THE CONDITION YOU MOVED IN ON. If you're picking up an old apartment in an average neighborhood, vacuuming floors and such might be enough, but on a nice, beachfront home? They're going to want the place looking like it's never been touched by human hands. Point D) Everyone should get a chance to live in a beachfront location for a few months. Finances be damned. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On July 09 2013 12:51 gtrsrs wrote: any chance you can link me? one of my fears is that i say something i shouldn't say. but if liquid is going into specifics, i don't mind clarifying further to you guys. ugh so long ago; don't know where vid is. it wasn't so specific; but he pretty much said riot covers travel costs. | ||
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HazMat
United States17077 Posts
On July 09 2013 11:57 red_ wrote: I'm pretty sure even a lot of people who do lift roll their eyes a bit, or are completely befuddled when you really talk exercise science with some other people educated in the related fields. It's like how a doctor has to dumb down what they're saying at some point during a visit, I have to remember that not everyone has years of formal schooling on the subject matter and really just wants to know how to get swole. Ha yeah, I just started weightlifting last week and it was so difficult to know where to start. I had to google every single abbreviation just to know what exercise people are talking about. Though it took a couple hours of reading and finally knew where to start and I'm slowing learning more and more about liftin'. Luckily I got a friend who's been lifting for years to spot me and teach me good form. I definitely recommend the weightlifting to anyone though. It's crazy how much better I feel both physically and mentally. My first day I was struggling with benching and squatting the bar and a week later I'm already adding on weights. The progress just feels so great. | ||
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gtrsrs
United States9109 Posts
On July 09 2013 13:01 HazMat wrote: Ha yeah, I just started weightlifting last week and it was so difficult to know where to start. I had to google every single abbreviation just to know what exercise people are talking about. Though it took a couple hours of reading and finally knew where to start and I'm slowing learning more and more about liftin'. Luckily I got a friend who's been lifting for years to spot me and teach me good form. I definitely recommend the weightlifting to anyone though. It's crazy how much better I feel both physically and mentally. My first day I was struggling with benching and squatting the bar and a week later I'm already adding on weights. The progress just feels so great. i really need to get maple to understand the psychological effects of physical exercise. i think he will explode as a player if he starts getting regular exercise, even if it's just to clear his mind from bad scrims the day before. it's just tough to get guys who've never ran/lifted before to go the first time. t.t | ||
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upperbound
United States2300 Posts
On July 09 2013 13:01 HazMat wrote: Ha yeah, I just started weightlifting last week and it was so difficult to know where to start. I had to google every single abbreviation just to know what exercise people are talking about. Though it took a couple hours of reading and finally knew where to start and I'm slowing learning more and more about liftin'. Luckily I got a friend who's been lifting for years to spot me and teach me good form. I definitely recommend the weightlifting to anyone though. It's crazy how much better I feel both physically and mentally. My first day I was struggling with benching and squatting the bar and a week later I'm already adding on weights. The progress just feels so great. Drilling good form from the beginning is super helpful. I got nowhere for a long time lifting because I didn't know that I was slightly cheating on some big muscle exercises and it was really holding me back. If you learn form now and how to keep it consistent even when you're maxing out, you'll see incredibly better results and it will be easier to keep yourself going. | ||
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HazMat
United States17077 Posts
On July 09 2013 13:05 gtrsrs wrote: i really need to get maple to understand the psychological effects of physical exercise. i think he will explode as a player if he starts getting regular exercise, even if it's just to clear his mind from bad scrims the day before. it's just tough to get guys who've never ran/lifted before to go the first time. t.t Yeah, like I said I have a friend who's guiding me. It would be a lot harder for me to try to do barbell stuff without any idea of what I'm doing. But I feel like even just buying a couple of dumbbells and tracking progress on those would really help him. | ||
Fionn
United States23455 Posts
On July 09 2013 12:42 caelym wrote: Fionn, you just applied right? It may be too early to start apartment/house searching. Riot's application process takes like 2 months (it's done on a team by team basis, so the writing staff may be faster than average). Yeah, just applied. And my wait begins. I've been told it could be anywhere from a month to two IF they want to even interview me, so who knows. Hopefully my two plus years of being Wax's bitch and writing over 200 articles will work in my favor. | ||
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ketchup
14521 Posts
http://leaguepedia.com/wiki/MOBAFire_Challenger_Series http://www.twitch.tv/mcsesports | ||
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Slusher
United States19143 Posts
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gtrsrs
United States9109 Posts
>entertaining-because-skilled-rather-than-entertaining-because-obnoxious streamer/youtuber >strong enough to fight you and whip yo ass if you disagree with him >devilishly handsome ladies, beware | ||
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ketchup
14521 Posts
On July 09 2013 13:14 Slusher wrote: it's been all blowouts so far sadly I must have some really bad timing. I've watched maybe 5 minutes of it before this pause-fest started. | ||
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