On November 21 2020 20:49 Sent. wrote: But why would Perkz take a pay cut if it was G2 who "sold" him to C9? I mean he had a contract with G2 and that's why he couldn't go to Fnatic, why would he agree to "renew" his contract on worse terms with C9?
I have doubts about that statement. I think it's something that might be technically correct but is purposely omitting other details like potential income not included in the salary.
Part of the deal was probably that he takes a pay cut, considering his buyout was rumored to be 5m.
I don't think Perkz had zero say in this situation, Carlos would be a monkey if he decided to burn all bridges with the 2nd most popular player in the LEC (after Rekkles) and sold him completely against his will. This situation likely arose because Perkz wanted to play mid, and Carlos might be able to stop him from going to FNC (and maybe LEC in general), but if NA teams are willing to offer big money then he will sell him.
On November 21 2020 22:54 DarkCore wrote: I don't think Perkz had zero say in this situation, Carlos would be a monkey if he decided to burn all bridges with the 2nd most popular player in the LEC (after Rekkles) and sold him completely against his will. This situation likely arose because Perkz wanted to play mid, and Carlos might be able to stop him from going to FNC (and maybe LEC in general), but if NA teams are willing to offer big money then he will sell him.
G2: You have C9 on your list of teams you're willing to go to that we're willing to send you to so you can play mid again, but C9 wants you to take a paycut because they're buying you out. Otherwise you're gonna stay here next season.
I can't see a world where this iteration of C9 doesn't autowin NA. Fudge was always considered an upgrade on licorice, and Perkz is an incredible step up on Nisqy by any metric.
Be interesting to see how Rekkles works in G2.
TSM and Fnatic utterly failed at achieving much of anything while losing their best players.
Signing PoE after Bjergsen's retirement is like best out of worst case scenario for TSM, wouldn't you agree? Losing BrokenBlade shouldn't hurt too much either.
TL, TSM and C9 all have great rosters. G2 has a great roster. FNC got shafted a little bit because at best it's a sidegrade and they lost a great adc, but if they have taught us anything in the past, it's that they have a great way of attracting and promoting talent, so I'm hoping it happens again and they can field a competitive roster for 2021, even if it looks "weak" on paper.
On November 22 2020 00:56 Sent. wrote: Signing PoE after Bjergsen's retirement is like best out of worst case scenario for TSM, wouldn't you agree? Losing BrokenBlade shouldn't hurt too much either.
Short of players like Perkz and highly touted Koreans he was the best case scenario. From a business perspective, the price of signing the other players over POE isn't worth the skill disparty as well.
I wonder if report that DoubleLift wouldn't play without SwordArt and the swap to Lost accounted for Crownshot being teamless right now. Things could get interesting
It's strange because with Perkz changing to mid, a spot opened up for ADC in LEC and LCS. Crownshot is a solid mid tier player, only way I can imagine him not getting a spot was because some deal fell through. Wonder what the impact on his career will be, maybe he'll just stream all day with Nemesis ?
Sorry for someone that does not keep track on these things, is fudge a really good player as in replacement for Licorice,? Those are some big boots to fill.
I dont think many here have an idea how good that guy is. Very few actually watch challenger. I am also surprised Licorice is off C9, I thought he was highly regarded. But C9 has usally made pretty good roster decisions.
Jack mentions in the video I linked on the previous page that the only reason Fudge wasn't in already is because he was an import. So C9 is clearly very high on him
Would be funny if they somehow managed to get better results than 4 other teams, just like they did in the spring this year. Those CLG, TL Immortals and Dignitas teams were something special.
- Apology to Untara - Feels like he should have handled the Malice vs Untara situation better. Wanted to support Malice (didn't know he said something racist just thought he was being toxic) - Story about living in KR for 10 years (remembers a kind Korean lady gave him discounts on mandu [oh its kr dumplings] when he was homeless) - Apologises for not communicating with his friends and then other problems arising - Originally joined as a content creator, then he said there was an option to be a coach - Decided against being a coach eventually. Staying as a content creator with T1
I've seen glimpses of this video, he looks.. dehydrated/sick. Whatever happened to him, I hope he recovers fully. I have never known the era surrounding the controversy around him. I do think I used to find him unprofessional on air and especially during his streams/videos (call it Western or American arrogance), however he showed some growth as a commentator and even enjoyed listening to him somewhat. No one really deserves to suffer in life, no matter how inundated in toxicity one is.
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