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Keype
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden455 Posts
June 24 2011 13:23 GMT
#121
First they left oGs for a reason I can't remember and now TSL , wonder where they are heading?:o FD and Tester love to you both anyway! Gl
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DreamOen
Profile Joined March 2010
Spain1400 Posts
June 24 2011 13:24 GMT
#122
Well this is not the first time that happens, tester and cool < aka trickster and fruitdealer already left oGs before and found TSL, so something is going on with them.
Tester | MC | Crank | Flash | Jaedong | MVP
lolsixtynine
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States600 Posts
June 24 2011 13:25 GMT
#123
On June 24 2011 20:05 DownMaxX wrote:
I have Fruitdealer *and* Trickster on my fantasy anti-team.

lolwut


Hahaha me too. It's sad, but TSL was really a struggling team anyway, and none of them were really getting great results.
ReaperX
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong1758 Posts
June 24 2011 13:30 GMT
#124
All the Koreans are interested in doing foreign tournaments, it's just that some teams don't get invited.
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Nouar
Profile Joined May 2009
France3270 Posts
June 24 2011 13:36 GMT
#125
Ah thanks , I had FD on my anti team !

I wonder what they are gonna do next though... Wait and see !
NoiR
aDd3z
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany885 Posts
June 24 2011 13:48 GMT
#126
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Maskedsatyr
Profile Joined September 2010
Singapore1245 Posts
June 24 2011 13:49 GMT
#127
On June 24 2011 20:04 bittman wrote:
2 of TSL's greater players, combined with Rain, leaving the team? I smell something more going on in the background here =/

Best of luck to both FD and Trickster. They are both great players, but haven't gone well lately. Perhaps there is something in TSL which can be attributed to this?

I think this is more to do with the coach wanting the players to put in more practice time and focusing on the GSL.

FD and trickster on the other hand have never been ones to practice a lot. They also probably want to go to the "easier" foreign tournaments for more money.
"Don't believe in you who believes in me, don't believe in me who believes in you, believe in you...who believes in yourself!"
KameZerg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1772 Posts
June 24 2011 13:49 GMT
#128
Leaving? Id be happy to be on any progamer team no matter the conditions lol
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Novalisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Israel1818 Posts
June 24 2011 13:52 GMT
#129
Ouch, TSL is in a bad spot right now.

I hope FD ends up in a fitting home, though. Maybe that'll give him the motivation he needs.
/commercial
Agh
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1098 Posts
June 24 2011 13:53 GMT
#130
On June 24 2011 19:59 lowkontrast wrote:
From the translator I understand that TSL wants to be more team-based, so they are getting rid of their team? I'm not sure I understand.


tester/cool were known for their lack of effort in regards for practice. Was their main reason for parting with ogs iirc.

Who ever is heading the team probably wants some form of structure so they can hope to produce results.

That's just my take.
I may appear to be an emotionless sarcastic pos, but just like an onion when you pull off more and more layers you find the exact same thing everytime and you start crying
cYaN
Profile Joined May 2004
Norway3322 Posts
June 24 2011 13:54 GMT
#131
New team on the way i guess. interesting.
ZergX
Profile Joined October 2010
France436 Posts
June 24 2011 14:00 GMT
#132
EG fruitDealer :p
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KebertXela
Profile Joined August 2010
United States322 Posts
June 24 2011 14:01 GMT
#133
Guys, I don't think Tester or FD would join a foreigner team. They could join Fox or just make their own team.
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vectorix108
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4633 Posts
June 24 2011 14:05 GMT
#134
Wow, having FD and trickster on my FGSTL team... That being said, I'm very sad about this.
Aka XephyR/Shaneyesss
Cartel
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada255 Posts
June 24 2011 14:05 GMT
#135
The issue I have with this is that TSL was the first pro SC2 team to find sponsors from my understanding, and do they have a lot! I mean Coke n such. Big names, and they are lucky that they are the first to have regular big salaries (30-40k approx for FD and Tester) i mean thats a lot of money in the sc2 scene in terms of salary. To leave that, what are the chances of them making that much money in the future? Its really odd.
Cosmos
Profile Joined March 2010
Belgium1077 Posts
June 24 2011 14:07 GMT
#136
So we can begin to see the reason why Rain left TSL earlier
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Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-24 14:10:48
June 24 2011 14:09 GMT
#137
I very much doubt they left of their own accord, considering the salary they had at TSL. The announcement has a rather diplomatic wording anyway.

Every rumour we've heard so far had it that they just weren't too committed to training and improving their game. My take on it is that TSL tried to fix that by giving them the highest regular salary, but it obviously didn't work out at all.

It's a shame though, both are (were?) really talented, and I very much doubt they'll get better terms and treatment than they had in TSL anywhere else right now. As for foreigner teams, I just don't see either of them really fitting in and contributing much to the team - and they'll probably be even less motivated to practice themselves.

Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6566 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-24 14:12:42
June 24 2011 14:10 GMT
#138
best of luck to fd + tester. hope fd finds himself and tester lives up to his beta hype!

edit: such a shame really, these guys were such beasts in the first season or 2 of the gsl. TSL was the scariest team by a long shot. Now they are nowhere near the top
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skullhoof
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (North)835 Posts
June 24 2011 14:19 GMT
#139
hope TSL still remain, I don't want them to become Werra
Polt was right about luck
Merany
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
France890 Posts
June 24 2011 14:23 GMT
#140
Wow... Did not see that coming...
Really curious to see what they are going to do. Hope they will benefit from it and both start shining again!
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