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Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
November 05 2015 18:49 GMT
#21
On November 06 2015 03:34 St3MoR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 06 2015 03:26 RouaF wrote:
On November 05 2015 20:26 Mensol wrote:
uuh Reginald says that TSM's new top laner has 11 characters in his name.

ZionSpartan has 11 characters in his name, but also TSM Hauntzer makes it 11 character, ugh.

GankedByMom
11 characters


god please NO

not going to happen.

Dyrus once said on his stream that he expects new TSM's top laner to be American.
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-05 19:05:07
November 05 2015 19:03 GMT
#22
http://clgaming.net/news/735-clg-black-is-recruiting

CLG Black is recruiting for every role but jungle.

Idk why CLG is using applications; surely they should recruit by seeing how fast they can win a game of dominion :>
Glorious SEA doto
JonGalt
Profile Joined February 2013
Pootie too good!4331 Posts
November 05 2015 19:16 GMT
#23
TSM JonGalt

?????
LiquidLegends StaffWho is Jon Galt?
Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
November 05 2015 19:27 GMT
#24
On November 06 2015 03:49 Mensol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 06 2015 03:34 St3MoR wrote:
On November 06 2015 03:26 RouaF wrote:
On November 05 2015 20:26 Mensol wrote:
uuh Reginald says that TSM's new top laner has 11 characters in his name.

ZionSpartan has 11 characters in his name, but also TSM Hauntzer makes it 11 character, ugh.

GankedByMom
11 characters


god please NO

not going to happen.

Dyrus once said on his stream that he expects new TSM's top laner to be American.


Depends if before or after doublelift for how relevant that is. Their plans appear to have changed since then.
Carrilord has arrived.
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
November 05 2015 19:57 GMT
#25
On November 06 2015 04:16 JonGalt wrote:
TSM JonGalt

?????
Need to be at least D3 to play in LCS.
Wijnruit
Profile Joined October 2014
Brazil294 Posts
November 05 2015 20:38 GMT
#26
https://dd.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/3rnzsi/maple_to_stay_with_flash_wolves_despite_offers/
Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-05 22:02:35
November 05 2015 22:01 GMT
#27
On November 06 2015 04:27 Slusher wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 06 2015 03:49 Mensol wrote:
On November 06 2015 03:34 St3MoR wrote:
On November 06 2015 03:26 RouaF wrote:
On November 05 2015 20:26 Mensol wrote:
uuh Reginald says that TSM's new top laner has 11 characters in his name.

ZionSpartan has 11 characters in his name, but also TSM Hauntzer makes it 11 character, ugh.

GankedByMom
11 characters


god please NO

not going to happen.

Dyrus once said on his stream that he expects new TSM's top laner to be American.


Depends if before or after doublelift for how relevant that is. Their plans appear to have changed since then.

oh pretty sure TSM's top lane is going to be a NA player.

Both Zion and Hauntzer's contracts expires on next week, and Regi says they'll reveal the top laner on next week.
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-05 22:41:12
November 05 2015 22:33 GMT
#28


Moe moe flash wolves state that Kkramer is still on the team; he is only playing for that team for the tournament.


Seems that Karsa's contract is until 2016 so the Flash Wolves' core trio should be good for next year
Glorious SEA doto
orzeu
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland5205 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-05 23:21:54
November 05 2015 23:21 GMT
#29

about new coast
Saradin
Profile Joined January 2015
456 Posts
November 06 2015 00:14 GMT
#30
Imagine having one part of your brain occupied with thinking about paying at least 525k (upward to at least 1,499k depending on years of service) for that scrub at the end of the bench who should only see garbage time. Then another part occupied with offering 180k-240k for the new centerpiece of your esports team.
There's something about that contrast that fascinates me; I'm really curious as to how that actually feels.
Celial
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
2602 Posts
November 06 2015 00:42 GMT
#31
eSports bubble is getting real. There is no way this is sustainable, and there is no way that the investors can make their money back within the next 5 years.

On the other hand, now is the time to get into the business even as a mediocre player.

Lets say you get on a mediocre EU LCS team - SK paid 600 euros a month on top of the Riot-mandated salary.

Lets just say you make it in for just one split - 12.5k from Riot. Lets assume your sponsor/team kicks you out after 6 months - 3.6k.

So just if you just made it into the LCS for one split, and did nothing else at all, you just made 16k.

If you are somewhat good looking and have somewhat decent social skills, you can propel that into a b-tier streaming career - I'd assume about 1-5k viewers average. That segways into donations and other avenues of content monetization (elo boosting, youtube, coaching (soloqueue), coaching (teams) etc etc).

Now if you just manage to scrape by and maybe develop a decent shotcalling ability (something valued extremely highly), you too might find yourself on the other end of a six figure deal!

I'm honestly surprised there arent more kids trying hard. I'm honestly surprised so many pros try to get out of the scene in their early 20s. The earning potential is there up to the late 20s, with the potential to lay a foundation for a livelong independent "career", be it in esports or other independent "business".
Do not regret. Always forward, never back.
Caiada
Profile Joined January 2015
United States3052 Posts
November 06 2015 00:50 GMT
#32
Or you crash and burn, you get no viewers, get passed up in skill for whatever reason, and you're fucked because once the eSports career (really only what, 4 years *if you're very lucky?*) burns out, you've got no education and minimal experience. Boosting as an income source is popular for a reason.

Keane was decently popular and averages about 400-500, which, from what I know of Twitch, is not even livable.
XDG Mata
Amarok
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia2003 Posts
November 06 2015 01:05 GMT
#33
I don't see how it's a bubble. Some of the money is speculative, but it's not like the speculation is without basis. LCS pulls boatloads of eyes to a screen on a weekly basis and streamers account for even more than that. Advertisers pay huge money for these kinds of numbers. People (lots of people) want to watch video games so there will be money to be made in all aspects of delivering the content.
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity
Saradin
Profile Joined January 2015
456 Posts
November 06 2015 01:21 GMT
#34
Hmm, whether the esports bubble bursts or not, or if/when it does, gets more interesting when you start adding in more factors. The question also has to get altered a bit.

Whether esports is profitable or not hinges on the number of viewers (as advertisers flock to wherever the eyeballs are). So the core question becomes, how do you expect the leisure time of people to be spent in the future? Reading, watching shows/movies, playing games, following competitive sports, etc; how will that all be split up?

And within the sphere of following competition, how would that be split up?
This question gets more fascinating when you account for past changes. For example, it is frequently said that back around post-WWII, the big three mainstream sports to follow in the US were baseball, boxing, and horse racing. Fast forward to now; boxing and horse racing are way off the mainstream radar here. Lot of societal-related changes happened along the way. Horse racing's main allure is the gambling aspect; it ran into problems as other legal gambling options started showing up over the years. Boxing's player pool and the fascination that the public at large held it with declined due to the evolution of race relations in this country (particularly, the breaking of the colour barrier in more and more careers like other sports).

And that's the real fun part of this sort of topic. When you try to predict what the masses will participate and/or watch in the future, at the same time, you're also actually attempting to predict shifts in society.
What kind of things are changing now? We're seeing traditional television heading downward while people turn more and more towards the internet and streaming services. We're seeing gaming entering more and more into the popular conscious with the current generation than before (while still not truly mainstream yet, there's still a huge difference between pre-2001 and post-2001). And there are far more ramifications that the proliferation of internet usage has had on this world that I am nowhere near ready to grasp.

It's the sort of question that can become very interesting if you go deep enough into it.
lindless
Profile Joined May 2015
Sweden40 Posts
November 06 2015 01:57 GMT
#35
Ganked by mom now have officaly left Jin air and is joining a NA LCS team.

Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
November 06 2015 01:59 GMT
#36
daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn GBM to na?
Bronze player stuck in platinum
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
November 06 2015 02:00 GMT
#37
I'd expect Immortals or Sacramento Coast to be his destination. Following that alicius tweet I'd assume it's Sacramento Coast
Glorious SEA doto
AlterKot
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Poland7525 Posts
November 06 2015 02:10 GMT
#38
http://renegades.gg/renegades-head-to-korea-for-off-season/

Renegades think sending Crumbz and RF (and rest of the team) to Korea will help with anything. Or searching for a korean ADC to join a team with Crumbz and RF.
Americans don't like to use unblockables, it is considered not honest. You press a button at the wrong time and hit the other person, you are random, not a top player. You DP Sim's far fierce, it is random and not honest.
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
November 06 2015 03:22 GMT
#39
--- Nuked ---
Amarok
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia2003 Posts
November 06 2015 03:30 GMT
#40
Monte should be able to pull some strings. I doubt he'd send them over without something lined up.
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity
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