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On August 17 2011 01:43 Tokay wrote:Show nested quote +On August 17 2011 01:42 ES.Genie wrote:
Under normal circumstances I would be sooo excited, but with all the hype and stuff going on...this is sad and Huk/EG lost 1 fan. I can really understand his decision and I dont blame him for leaving TL, its just the way he left and it was definitely the "asshole"-variant. You cant treat a team that has done so much for you like that.
Still, gl Huk - its your life, do what ever you want, but I doubt watching any of your games or cheer for you in any tournament. So you are not allowed to move on to a better salary? Why is that? Will you do the same if another company wants to hire you, but up your salary quite alot?
Money might move the world, but there are other things also. And many people decline better salaries for whatever reason, your coworkers being one of them.
As for your first question, of course he is allowed, no one is preventing him. But in the same vein people can move on from being his fans.
Good for me I never was big fan of his, recently started becoming one, but that will easily stop now  I am sad for Liquid and his teammates.
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United States1327 Posts
On August 17 2011 01:56 Nimic wrote:
Disappointed.
In so many ways.
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And EG continues to buy arrived players in every corner of e-sport.
How about they grow a player/team on their own for a change. The manchester city/chelsea of e-sports, makes me very sad and even a little angry.
Best luck to Huk, you cant just say no to a generous offer.
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United Arab Emirates116 Posts
Oh Lord it just dawned on me now.
I knew confirmed with absolute certainty EGHuk at 390ish in the announcement thread, at around 1400 KST iirc. It has been 2+ days that that thread was running, and the last 24 hours have been totally insane, like llama insane. If from a fans point of view it was extremely anxiety-inducing, i can't imagine how it must have been for TL, especially Nazgul!
Be strong Nazgul!
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If anyone is looking for a bright side to this...
as unfortunate as this is, this is E-sports taking its first steps to becoming "legit". Contract negotiations are a part of every other sport, and thats becoming the case now
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United States10774 Posts
Sad to see you go, Huk. I can't say I don't hate your decision but at the same time I respect it. Business is business - that's the way of life. I have always rooted for you and that won't change regardless of your tag.
Good luck bud, go get em!
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On August 17 2011 01:55 Toadvine wrote:
But it doesn't benefit the foreign scene in any way, like Liquid's actions.
NA training house, sending IdrA to Korea.
That does benefit the foreign scene.
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TLO is so piss about Huk moving away that he purposely doing stupid stuff and throwing games away
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To do this, EG must have offered him a lot. Maybe twice the amount Liquid did?
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I almost fucking cried reading this article, OMG.
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On August 17 2011 01:53 toemn wrote:Show nested quote +On August 17 2011 01:51 youngminii wrote:On August 17 2011 01:49 ellirc wrote:On August 17 2011 01:47 TheHova wrote:On August 17 2011 01:46 youngminii wrote:On August 17 2011 01:45 Maker wrote:
i wonder how much eg is gonna pay huk close to 6 figures, rumours state It is 6figures according to most people. Who are these "people"? no it's not 6 figures, the original source said "close to 6 figures" and then everyone just spread the news as 6 figures either way, it's a huge deal for him and i can understand why he did it who's the "original source" anyways? i don't believe it's that much money Oo
The original source was from a reddit comment made by an ex-coL employee. The post was:
"jenzebubble (_) 76 points 1 day ago* (90|17)
1. HuK will be staying in Korea. The plan is for him to get an apartment.
2. Salary is rumored to be right around six figures.
3. EG aggressively pursued him. This has been in the works for a while.
4. I'm told there is a new sponsor and this sponsor's influx of money is what made this deal possible. (Say what you want about EG, from a business stand point they set the standard for North American organizations)
5. This is news to most (this had been "very few", it should have always been most) people "in-the-know". Apparently if you are female and have MSN HuK has been willing to tell you for a while.
6. Rumor has it that Team Liquid has signed a Protoss to replace HuK. That I am less sure of so that's all I'll say about that.
This is likely not the last major move for EG, but nothing else is signed/100% confirmed."
When asked how the information was obtained:
"jenzebubble (_) 20 points 1 day ago* (26|4)
A friend, who is a manager of a team, asked me if I thought EG had signed HuK. He was convinced that they had. Knowing that EG had just threw money n0thing's way and with CS:GO having just been announced -- I thought it more likely that it was something CS:GO related. That said, my friend is usually right so I decided to look into it.
What I found is this: if you have any tie to the professional StarCraft2 community, and I mean even tenuous at best, you knew. Most people I spoke to were surprised that it didn't leak earlier. EG has been looking to sign a top foreigner for a while now. I'm told that they've made overtures to just about every top foreigner that is available/soon to be available.\
*edit I did contact SirScoots for an official statement. He said, "We signed Huk?" Twice, in fact."
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bye huk, you were really fun to watch on tl and i wish you the best
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On August 17 2011 01:54 Doodsmack wrote:
lol @ all the idiots in the "mystery announcement" thread who thought this was going to be bigger than the simple prediction that the thread started with, and that supernova and others leaked (Huk to EG). They were trying to look smart with their detective skills....people actually believed that TL and EG were going to merge LOL.
GG nubs
You are missing the point... You don't make a fucking countdown and ARG just to announce a player transfer. OF COURSE people were expecting something bigger. Although I admit that some speculations such as TL-EG merge were kind of absurd.
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Germany2762 Posts
On August 17 2011 01:57 desty wrote:
Lol most of teamliquid are under 18yrs old and don't understand the real value of money.
He's a progamer, doing this for his Job/Career.
Moneys Usually like 90% of the time comes first, and when there is a difference of 30-40K between the two salaries. Money Comes first.
Don't be mad at the player, be mad at the Game.
Peace
even though you're right there's no need to post the same twice.
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Fuck you, EG gl huk, gl TL still my fav. Time for tyler and haypro to step it up.
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A teamhouse in america, a (kind of) teamhouse in Korea, and it seems extremely high contracts... EG must be shitting money somehow.
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The only reason this team switch really seems to make me upset is because of the family that Huk is leaving behind at Liquid and oGs.
I can understand the money reasoning though. People have to live
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Now the real question is, can Huk grow an EG-beard?
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EPT
