On February 26 2013 17:15 NightOfTheDead wrote: Why do EG keep Puma if he doesnt care about wining? He actually acknolewdged this himself in several interviews.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but I get the feeling EG doesn't care about results so long as their players are popular. After all, it's popularity that attracts sponsor money.
Literally the biggest retard on this site.
well, you know, there's a reason why grubby can pull sponsor money, while someone like yoda or symbol wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell. popularity matters!
well, you know, you could not understand anything about how the business works and fail completely like TL does in SC2 now
EG-TL's lineup is not deep enough. Stephano, HerO and Taeja are pretty good, they can be ace or second ace in other teams, but the other players won't get to play much in other teams. The other teams' second tier players are so much better.
On February 26 2013 17:23 NovemberstOrm wrote: EG-TL doesn't actually have that good of a roster - -Jaedong hasn't improved to the point he needs to yet -Revival did well at the start but has done poorly after that -Hero, Taeja, and Stephano are the best on the team and everyone else is just average or below average in terms of skill - The lineup doesn't have the depth it needs to win in proleague -Taeja is in GSL so that just leaves hero and stephano has the aces
On February 26 2013 17:25 aoe2fan wrote: I am not a fan of egtl but i still feel a bit sad for them. Not as fun cheering for them to lose when they dont put up a strugle
I like EGTL a lot, but I know what you mean. I was never a Bisu fan, but I loved that he was so good because that made it that much more exciting when someone actually beat him. Now I'd never root against him because it's just sad that he's fallen so far.
On February 26 2013 17:15 NightOfTheDead wrote: Why do EG keep Puma if he doesnt care about wining? He actually acknolewdged this himself in several interviews.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but I get the feeling EG doesn't care about results so long as their players are popular. After all, it's popularity that attracts sponsor money.
Literally the biggest retard on this site.
well, you know, there's a reason why grubby can pull sponsor money, while someone like yoda or symbol wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell. popularity matters!
To be fair, Grubby got that popular because of his achievements in WC3 and has done decently in SC2. Although it is true that some players get popular due to their stream, personality , humor, ceremonies, etc. Most players still gain popularity by winning.
On February 26 2013 17:15 NightOfTheDead wrote: Why do EG keep Puma if he doesnt care about wining? He actually acknolewdged this himself in several interviews.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but I get the feeling EG doesn't care about results so long as their players are popular. After all, it's popularity that attracts sponsor money.
If they keep losing they will lose popularity, though.
No they won't. Idra doesn't win anything and he's still EG's most popular player or behind only stephano. I can't tell who has more fanboys, Idra or Stephano, since they both have a pretty vocal fanbase.
Alex garfield has said it himself. No sponsor has ever come to him complaining about results. EG is a marketing team first and competition team second. As long as they stream and keep themselves popular, results don't matter.
On February 26 2013 17:26 Fionn wrote: They're just tanking to get the #1 pick in the Proleague draft. I hear there is a Korea kid in high school who is the next Flash.
Oh I've head of him too. His name is IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ..!
On February 26 2013 17:15 NightOfTheDead wrote: Why do EG keep Puma if he doesnt care about wining? He actually acknolewdged this himself in several interviews.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but I get the feeling EG doesn't care about results so long as their players are popular. After all, it's popularity that attracts sponsor money.
If they keep losing they will lose popularity, though.
No they won't. Idra doesn't win anything and he's still EG's most popular player or behind only stephano. I can't tell who has more fanboys, Idra or Stephano, since they both have a pretty vocal fanbase.
Idra is foreigner Flash in BW, so that makes sense.
It is so sad that a team like EG can make so much money for playing so bad while there are other korean pros that dont get a sponsor although there are so much better. Í wish the sponsors would give more money to tournaments and less to teams so they would have to perform to stay a progamer. And it would be better for the esport, for the viewers.
On February 26 2013 17:15 NightOfTheDead wrote: Why do EG keep Puma if he doesnt care about wining? He actually acknolewdged this himself in several interviews.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but I get the feeling EG doesn't care about results so long as their players are popular. After all, it's popularity that attracts sponsor money.
If they keep losing they will lose popularity, though.
No they won't. Idra doesn't win anything and he's still EG's most popular player or behind only stephano. I can't tell who has more fanboys, Idra or Stephano, since they both have a pretty vocal fanbase.
Alex garfield has said it himself. No sponsor has ever come to him complaining about results. EG is a marketing team first and competition team second. As long as they stream and keep themselves popular, results don't matter.
Are you sure? I remember this as well but didn't want to state it as fact since I don't remember the source.
Watching EG;TL has made me question if I want to watch SC2 anymore. Seeing this has made me literally queasy especially the way Puma got played with like a mouse. No this is not a retiring post or anything like that, still love SC2 and I know I wouldn't be missed anyway.
I have just been watching DOTA2 and rooting for TL and they are awesome in that game, so beautiful to watch. DOTA2 scene is far more competitive it appears, it lets Euro's and USA breathe and exist in peace (China aren't required to show how much we suck every day), team aspect is more cohesive. Beginning to far prefer DOTA2 lately.
SC2 is a better game skill-wise but the scene is depressing me with "fans" who want to jump in progamers throat to make themselves feel better and stale strategies with low chance of comebacks, DOTA2 seems like mostly way more positive and easier to come back from a bad beat.
Anyway I am just saying. I am just depressed I'll be all right later.
On February 26 2013 17:15 NightOfTheDead wrote: Why do EG keep Puma if he doesnt care about wining? He actually acknolewdged this himself in several interviews.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but I get the feeling EG doesn't care about results so long as their players are popular. After all, it's popularity that attracts sponsor money.
If they keep losing they will lose popularity, though.
No they won't. Idra doesn't win anything and he's still EG's most popular player or behind only stephano. I can't tell who has more fanboys, Idra or Stephano, since they both have a pretty vocal fanbase.
Alex garfield has said it himself. No sponsor has ever come to him complaining about results. EG is a marketing team first and competition team second. As long as they stream and keep themselves popular, results don't matter.
Are you sure? I remember this as well but didn't want to state it as fact since I don't remember the source.
He said the sponsor part, but I wrote the other stuff myself.
On February 26 2013 17:26 Fionn wrote: They're just tanking to get the #1 pick in the Proleague draft. I hear there is a Korea kid in high school who is the next Flash.
On February 26 2013 17:15 NightOfTheDead wrote: Why do EG keep Puma if he doesnt care about wining? He actually acknolewdged this himself in several interviews.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but I get the feeling EG doesn't care about results so long as their players are popular. After all, it's popularity that attracts sponsor money.
Literally the biggest retard on this site.
well, you know, there's a reason why grubby can pull sponsor money, while someone like yoda or symbol wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell. popularity matters!
well, you know, you could not understand anything about how the business works and fail completely like TL does in SC2 now
On February 26 2013 17:15 NightOfTheDead wrote: Why do EG keep Puma if he doesnt care about wining? He actually acknolewdged this himself in several interviews.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but I get the feeling EG doesn't care about results so long as their players are popular. After all, it's popularity that attracts sponsor money.
Literally the biggest retard on this site.
well, you know, there's a reason why grubby can pull sponsor money, while someone like yoda or symbol wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell. popularity matters!
well, you know, you could not understand anything about how the business works and fail completely like TL does in SC2 now
On February 26 2013 17:36 WoodLeagueAllStar wrote: Watching EG;TL has made me question if I want to watch SC2 anymore. Seeing this has made me literally queasy especially the way Puma got played with like a mouse. No this is not a retiring post or anything like that, still love SC2 and I know I wouldn't be missed anyway.
I have just been watching DOTA2 and rooting for TL and they are awesome in that game, so beautiful to watch. DOTA2 scene is far more competitive it appears, it lets Euro's and USA breathe and exist in peace (China aren't required to show how much we suck every day), team aspect is more cohesive. Beginning to far prefer DOTA2 lately.
SC2 is a better game skill-wise but the scene is depressing me with "fans" who want to jump in progamers throat to make themselves feel better and stale strategies with low chance of comebacks, DOTA2 seems like mostly way more positive and easier to come back from a bad beat.
Anyway I am just saying. I am just depressed I'll be all right later.
I've been watching TL's DotA 2 team also and they only have two good players... Not beautiful to watch at all. They're SC2 team is way better than their current DotA 2 team and as a follower of both I can tell you DotA 2's scene is NOT far more competitive. It might be one day but at its current state it absolutely is not. SC2 is fine, Puma and other players need to step it up but don't analyze one team (of either esport) and think that's the whole scene. There are other teams to root for in proleague if you're disappointed in EG-TL.
On February 26 2013 17:15 NightOfTheDead wrote: Why do EG keep Puma if he doesnt care about wining? He actually acknolewdged this himself in several interviews.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but I get the feeling EG doesn't care about results so long as their players are popular. After all, it's popularity that attracts sponsor money.
If they keep losing they will lose popularity, though.
they gain popularity because they always lose. infamously known. win or lose, they came here for exposure and experience. what matters most is you learn something from being defeated.
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