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Executor1
Profile Joined April 2011
1353 Posts
July 18 2011 22:43 GMT
#901
The only thing that sucks is that Fou is going to have to give up its team jerseys and apparel, their new jerseys and their jackets are really nice.

I hope FXO comes out with some nice looking Jackets/ jerseys soon the FXO ones arent going to cut it for the korean team IMO

I hope its something they are looking into.

Not that i dont like the current fxo jerseys, but right now most teams in the GSL have multiple jerseys jackets , even pants sometimes. So i hope its something FXO is considering.
MercuryViper
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada26 Posts
July 18 2011 22:44 GMT
#902
Just because I feel like rising to Mordiford's bait.

How is this different then the mercenary buying of players? In the mercenary posistion, the players are not actually part of the team. The team paying for the mercenary's has no real interaction that we know of beyond the mercenaries flying their colors during foreign events and in return get compensation for travel and other expenses. Outside that, there is no partnership on the daily level between say oGs and sk. The mercenaries are only their to fly the flag during foreign events.

Now, in this merger of teams FXO is taking on full financial responsibility for fOu. FXBoSs is actually the boss of the team now, with choya being the managing director of the team handling daily responsibility. The two teams will moving forward have a full working partnership together including foreign players living with/playing for the former fOu division during GSTL events. This is a full partnership between teams where each will be using resources of the other to improve the quality of play for all players of both teams.

This is actually buying quality for FXO that will improve the team overall, as opposed to just renting megastar players to make it look like your team is important during foreign events while those players represent a totally different team the majority of the time. Going forwards, we will think of leenock and sC as FXO players. Is anyone REALLY going to be thinking of MC as an sk player? Nope, he's just going to be wearing their T-shirt and saying thank you for paying for my flight!

It is completely different situations and seemingly you are one of the few players to draw that conclusion.

A far better sports parable to make would be saying the New York Redbulls went out and dropped a bunch of cash to buy the Tottenham Hotspurs. They did this partnership so that Redbull players and Tottenham players could travel back and forth during training season and the interaction between the two clubs would hopefully help drive marketing and training for both clubs with obviously the Tottenham gaining international exposure in New York and Redbulls getting a far superior training system. Also in turn, Tottenham will be sporting the Redbull sponsorship on their jersey.
Bluerain
Profile Joined April 2010
United States348 Posts
July 18 2011 22:44 GMT
#903
On July 19 2011 07:34 Davidxcom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 19 2011 07:30 Bluerain wrote:

i didnt see the post but if boss did criticize mercing than that would be funny as fxo's only competitive player in GSTL was oz a merc



Why is Oz a merc? FXO acquired him as a full time member so there is no mercing. Added to that he is trying to learn english so he can communicate better with his team. Don't see the merc there at all...


ok my bad, looks there is a diff def of a merc for starcraft than wc3. in wc3 basically any newly recruited player than left another team to join a team where he did not have close relationships with was considered a merc. korean players who joined international teams were especially considered mercs ie. oz. teams that merced were oftentimes looked upon negatively but it was the only way for non-korean teams to be competitive save for a few extremely talented european teams. but it looks like sc-mercing is diff and only where the player is on a krn team and plays for an international team in international tourneys. this seems funny to me and worse than wc3-mercing hah

Nimic
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway1360 Posts
July 18 2011 22:44 GMT
#904
On July 19 2011 03:48 Taf the Ghost wrote:
Okay, we need to deal with "TheBestfOu"'s name. Can he be FXOChobo?


FXOTheArtistFormerlyKnownAsTheBestfOu?
shell
Profile Joined October 2010
Portugal2722 Posts
July 18 2011 22:44 GMT
#905
A guy is not a merc when he signs a player/coach contract...

If fou got a good sponsorship everybody would be happy but because its fxo , it's shit???

I don't get how this could be bad news, the koreans get money and the foreigners get better practice and living conditions and boss gets one step closer to wins because the man is a winner and he wants it!

Gl and i'm a fan
BENFICA || Besties: idra, Stephano, Nestea, Jaedong, Serral, Jinro, Scarlett || Zerg <3
CPTBadAss
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States594 Posts
July 18 2011 22:44 GMT
#906
FXO is about to become NASTY
I'll keep on struggling, 'cause that's the measure of a man | "That was the plan: To give him some hope, and then crush him" -Stephano
epikAnglory
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States1120 Posts
July 18 2011 22:45 GMT
#907
Awesome, great to see the two scenes working together! I always thought FXO was some nubsauce team until GSTL, definitely gained a lot of respect for them!
710+ Posts with a Probe Icon =D
Cow
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada1104 Posts
July 18 2011 22:47 GMT
#908
Seems like a great opportunity for fOu turned FXO Korea. Should open up a lot of possibilities outside of Korea, excited to see how everything turns out :o
R.I.P. Nujabes ♫
ellirc
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden3286 Posts
July 18 2011 22:48 GMT
#909
The scene just keeps exploding! This is GOOD FOR ESPORTS
kaisuki
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia68 Posts
July 18 2011 22:48 GMT
#910
FXO is like, one of the best sponsors in the SC2 scene at the moment.

How could you say no?
DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3714 Posts
July 18 2011 22:49 GMT
#911
Wow this is pretty cool imo.
Much better to die an awesome Terran than to live as a magic wielding fairy or a mindless sac of biological goop. -Manifesto7
Xanderk
Profile Joined November 2010
United States51 Posts
July 18 2011 22:50 GMT
#912
FXOgottoomuchmoney
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
July 18 2011 22:51 GMT
#913
Can't beat em, buy em?

I don't know if this is good, bad or doesn't matter. It would be nice to see FXO Korea get a salary, they play all day for Fou (fxo now) why shouldn't they?
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3714 Posts
July 18 2011 22:53 GMT
#914
On July 18 2011 20:22 tgun wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 18 2011 20:21 RevThirteen wrote:
So... Where does FXO get all thier money from?


I accidentally hit BoSs once while he was here, and 1,000 Won fell on the ground. I think it grows on him, kind of like on trees.



lol nice. can you hit him for me plz? kk
Much better to die an awesome Terran than to live as a magic wielding fairy or a mindless sac of biological goop. -Manifesto7
jupidar
Profile Joined December 2010
United States229 Posts
July 18 2011 22:55 GMT
#915
Must have a lot of money because I don't think there will be much return on investment.
Dajibjaw
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada83 Posts
July 18 2011 22:57 GMT
#916
FXOpen must have some insane macro and micro, managing a company and a large sc2 team at the same time o_O
lunchforthesky
Profile Joined June 2011
United Kingdom967 Posts
July 18 2011 23:00 GMT
#917
Incidently FXO.sC just became the best player in the world on a foreign team.
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
July 18 2011 23:02 GMT
#918
On July 19 2011 08:00 lunchforthesky wrote:
Incidently FXO.sC just became the best player in the world on a foreign team.


If it we're a foreign team?....
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
FXOpen
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia1844 Posts
July 18 2011 23:04 GMT
#919
On July 19 2011 07:57 Dajibjaw wrote:
FXOpen must have some insane macro and micro, managing a company and a large sc2 team at the same time o_O


I dont sleep, hence why I can get moody
www.twitter.com/FXOpenESports
rift
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
1819 Posts
July 18 2011 23:14 GMT
#920
Why create a team house in Malaysia when all the talent and infrastructure is in Korea? An FXO house in Korea strikes me as more logical from a business and competitive standpoint.
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