|
I don't see how people can like this? I mean as i said before, it's nothing but awesome for MC and NaDa. But not a single person is gonna consider these players "SK Pro's", they're still gonna be oGs players in everyone's minds. SK is sponsoring these players, they're not part of the SK team. It's like saying TLAF is a SC2 team, because they're paying the Liquid guys salary & expenses.
I can stretch as far as seeing it as SK loaning the players, which happens regularly in other sports.
Don't get me wrong, i love that players are getting money thrown at them from organizations. I just dislike that SK even consider MC & NaDa a part of their team. They're not gonna practice with other SK team members, they're in a teamhouse with another team, which they are also contracted to, thus all the credit should, and will go to oGs & TheWind. Not SK & TheSlaSh.
Long story short; SK is taking the easiest possible way to the most exposure possible.
Then again SK has not been a respectable organization in a long time. (we miss you bds)
Have to stress that MC & NaDa are not at all doing anything wrong here, why would they not take the offer? Even if they don't get another salary (which i would think they are) they're still getting trips paid to wherever they want to, that oGs might not have been able to afford.
|
On July 15 2011 20:15 nufcrulz wrote:
dont get the point of this, why can't SK go find their own teamless koreans to join their team? Doesn't oGs already have a partnership with TL anyway?
Apparently the TL/oGs partnership isn't that deep, when a confusing threewaylike this appears.
|
Pretty sick, not sure how big difference this will be for the players themselves, but it's a very symbolic and iconic move by SK.
|
Well SK surely took bigger step player wise after those rather unknown young players 
|
So, I take it we can expect MC at the MLG National Championships now.
|
It's basically like slapping a big "hey look at us" sticker on guys that are already in a team, I don't see this as a new team as such, just a sponsor, like razor and steelseries. This is amazing news though. Anything that will get NaDa overseas is great in my books.
|
|
|
On July 15 2011 20:18 Jiddra wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2011 20:15 nufcrulz wrote:
dont get the point of this, why can't SK go find their own teamless koreans to join their team? Doesn't oGs already have a partnership with TL anyway? Apparently the TL/oGs partnership isn't that deep, when a confusing threewaylike this appears.
oGs-TL is a pragmatic relationship where they train and live together. oGs-SK is a business relationship where MC and NaDa are basically mercenaries. TL and SK are both offering something different to oGs and neither offers are conflicting. Its not like SK is forcing some players to live with oGs-TL at their team house nor is TL in any kind of (at least known) business relationship with oGs. Just think of it like - TLAF is to Team Liquid what SK is to MC/NaDa.
(no matter what sk says, they're just sponsoring oGs. no one believes for a second MC / NaDa are in the SK team.)
|
Don't get the criticism. These guys are both incredible players, if SK wants to throw money at them and help them come to foreign events more power to them.
|
On July 15 2011 20:18 ineq wrote:
I don't see how people can like this? I mean as i said before, it's nothing but awesome for MC and NaDa. But not a single person is gonna consider these players "SK Pro's", they're still gonna be oGs players in everyone's minds. SK is sponsoring these players, they're not part of the SK team. It's like saying TLAF is a SC2 team, because they're paying the Liquid guys salary & expenses.
I can stretch as far as seeing it as SK loaning the players, which happens regularly in other sports.
Don't get me wrong, i love that players are getting money thrown at them from organizations. I just dislike that SK even consider MC & NaDa a part of their team. They're not gonna practice with other SK team members, they're in a teamhouse with another team, which they are also contracted to, thus all the credit should, and will go to oGs & TheWind. Not SK & TheSlaSh.
Long story short; SK is taking the easiest possible way to the most exposure possible.
Then again SK has not been a respectable organization in a long time. (we miss you bds)
Have to stress that MC & NaDa are not at all doing anything wrong here, why would they not take the offer? Even if they don't get another salary (which i would think they are) they're still getting trips paid to wherever they want to, that oGs might not have been able to afford.
Hit the nail on the head. I find it despicable that SK has NaDa and MC listed under "players", right under their counter-strike squad. THEY ARE NOT YOUR TEAM. THEY ARE TEAM OGS.
|
I don't care :D
People should be happy for MC and NaDa that's what matters. NaDa going to Assembly is what is pure win!
I'm so jealous of the people that are going to meet NaDa at Assembly.
|
I personally find this extremely stupid. SK is just getting used and abused.
|
Sounds pretty smart from the perspective of oGs, they don't have to pay and organize the trips to foreign tournaments anymore and everyone will still think of them as oGs players no matter what shirt they wear.
From the perspective of SK it is basically a capitulation though: "we can't get a good team on our own so we just sponsor a few players of another team to represent us and show shiny pictures to our sponsors."
I mean I like more Nada and MC in foreign tournaments but I won't think of them as SK players 
|
Good for SK, good for oGs. Will oGs be compensated by SK, as well as the players?
|
On July 15 2011 20:24 Duravi wrote:
Don't get the criticism. These guys are both incredible players, if SK wants to throw money at them and help them come to foreign events more power to them.
I think that what you just mentioned is nothing but great. But the fact that SK are saying on their website that they "acquired MC and NaDa in oGs deal" pisses me off a whole lot.
It should say "SK act as a personal sponsor for MC & NaDa."
edit; it's kind of ironic that MC has a oGs shirt on SK-Gaming.com's roster.
|
424 Posts
On July 15 2011 20:24 Duravi wrote:
Don't get the criticism. These guys are both incredible players, if SK wants to throw money at them and help them come to foreign events more power to them.
My thoughts exactly. MC brings so much flair and personality to every event he joins, plus his great play obviously. If SK gets him to go more places to boss it up, while I watch on stream, then thats a win.
|
As i've said before, acquiring jimpo, inuh and Joe was very unexcepted move from SK. They've always been the european powerhouse where money talks. When they announced that they would be revealing a new lineup on the 15th, i thought that they would be recruiting 2-3 top tier Koreans. They propably just checked a pricelist for players and picked the two most expensive ones.
Nothing wrong with that, just shows that they've got some real sponsorships and influence.
|
This is really cool and weird news! x)
|
WOW this is brilliant, but how about TL?
|
Does this up the chance of increasing our proximity with his hiar? In that case I'm ok with truckloads of money being thrown around.
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPT
