nice!!!! I loook forward to this team !! i am already a fan sort, of cuz of Kiwikaki in it, now i just hope the last 2 spots are filled by some big names, i wish they could get whietra but he goes solo, but i hope its some solid players, would have wished thorzain joined them but oh well.

LanTAs

United States1091 Posts

June 15 2011 05:04 GMT

#354

Wait SF Bay area? thats hella close

Spades,Phoenix, Kiwi, Fayth,and Slush, PM me if u want me to bring over some doughnuts there =D there are some krispy kreme doughnuts in Daly City.

On June 15 2011 14:03 fire_brand wrote:
so wat happened to VT? and where's pokebunny headed?

VT will still be VT, Reign will just be the more serious side with a ProHouse and stuffs

Chicane

United States7875 Posts

June 15 2011 05:07 GMT

#355

I really hope they can fund the house properly. D: Either way I think this move gave VT a crap load of new fans... myself included.

mango_destroyer

Canada3914 Posts

June 15 2011 05:14 GMT

#356

edit - nevermind the description from the OP differs from their site.

caelym

United States6429 Posts

June 15 2011 05:16 GMT

#357

The goal of Reign is to fuse the structured professional training regimen of Korea, and couple it with the promotional machine of western E-Sports.

that is kinda of vague... is he talking about a jersey shore type of promotion for the gaming house? i wonder what the revenue source is. unless they picked up some big sponsors, i dont see how the team is sustainable.

The long-term goal is to create salaried professionals who become celebrities in the field of professional gaming.

does this mean that the current players are not salaried? Who's paying for a gaming house in San Francisco (fyi very expensive city to live in)?

i realize i sound like a hater, but this business model seems incredible. I do want to see it work though.

caelym

United States6429 Posts

June 15 2011 05:17 GMT

#358

fucked up my edit. delete please.

xAPOCALYPSEx

1418 Posts

June 15 2011 05:18 GMT

#359

This is huge!!!!!!

Already becoming a favorite team of mine, I love Everyone in it!!!!

GOGO TEAM REIGN

MrBitter

United States2940 Posts

June 15 2011 05:19 GMT

#360

On June 15 2011 14:03 fire_brand wrote:
so wat happened to VT? and where's pokebunny headed?

Only Poke can speak for Poke.

The team VT will still exist. All the players on the current roster will continue to be supported, barring someone leaving on their own accord or falling into ill-favor with the management. (At least, so far as I've been informed)

For all intensive purposes, Reign is a separate team. Its just funded by the same blanket organization as VT.

This whole thing is basically VT management saying "let's get serious about making a truly competitive house in North America" and doing everything in their power to follow through with that.

Let's face it... for all the talent in the foreigner scene, there's not a single team that's taken a truly legit stab at running a top-tier house. This is a huge opportunity for everyone involved, and, hopefully, can serve as a standard for things to come from other teams in the future.

^^ All that having been said, these are my words, and this is my understanding of the situation. Clearly I do not speak for VT management, or for any of the players involved other than myself.