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Puma leaves TSL for EG

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Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-22 03:40:43
July 21 2011 06:00 GMT
#1
Update: Notes from Weapon of Choice
- Puma has not signed a contract with EG yet.
- EG did approach Puma first, and then Puma and EG agreed that it would be for the best if Puma talked to the coach. EG never contacted the coach after that.

Update: TSL Coach Lee Woon Jae explains his stance

Coach Lee Woon Jae of TSL talked with TeamLiquid, trying to clear up some of the misunderstandings while explaining the situation from his point of view:

"It's not just TSL, but most Starcraft II teams right now run on trust and faith instead of contracts. Because of many similar occurances [to Puma's case], we plan to make contracts mandatory.

Puma was with us for ten months, and where we provided him and his teammates with a good practice environment, food, etc, and developed him as a player. The team didn't take any of the prize money a player earned, all of it went to the player. Unfortunately, Puma wished to join EG so we released him.

To acquire a player, contacting the original team regarding a transfer is a natural courtesy and the way things should be done. That is why I am very angry, and why it is huge topic in Korea right now. The Korean SC II association is preparing some measures, and I believe something similar won't happen again.

EG claims that Puma approached them first regarding joining their team, but this is not true. As I know it, EG's owner contacted Puma first. Not only Puma, but other Korean players."





TSL announced today that they will be releasing Puma on their team. The team revealed today that after Puma won NASL, Puma directly received interest from a foreign team, Evil Geniuses.

Manager Lee noted that "It is disappointing that we have to make a decision like this, but it's extremely objectionable [T/N: displeasing, disgusting, etc] that Evil Geniuses would ignore the coaches completely and directly go talk to the player"

TIG confirms that Puma will be joining Evil Geniuses. EG made an offer to Puma after they made it to the round of 4, and after that, Puma had decided that he would accept EG's offer. Puma revealed his intentions to the TSL manager after coming back to Korea. Manager Lee decided to respect the player's wishes in the end. He noted that "It's really disturbing. It feels like the player I raised was just stolen away from me.", adding that "There needs to be a system to stop foreign teams from stealing Korean players like this"

Puma had left the TSL house as of the 20th.

EG has been revealed to pay Puma a certain amount of salary, and to provide Puma with money for foreign tournaments.

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frequency
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Australia1901 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-21 15:16:36
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#2
F5

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DirtYLOu
Profile Joined May 2010
575 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#3
LOL

wtf is wrong with TSL? I don't understand this shit anymore.
http://sc2ranks.com/c/9051/slayersteam/ <-- SlayerS players in Grandmaster !
Emporio
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3069 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#4
Does this mean he was fired or that he wanted to leave and TSL let him???

Makes no sense
How does it feel knowing you wasted another 3 seconds of your life reading this again?
Tippany
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States765 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#5
What? Released, and not leaving on his own accord?!?
Real action, my dream.
sTsCompleted
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States380 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#6
whhhatttt?

waiting for the news to be "updated."

For those of you who arrived late:
On July 21 2011 15:00 Milkis wrote:
news being updated.

echO [W]
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1495 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#7
On July 21 2011 15:01 frequency wrote:
F5

Holy shit.

F5 here as well.

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"Or a school bus over a bunch of kids" - Tasteless --- “A man's errors are his portals of discovery.” - James Joyce
Tacosalad
Profile Joined October 2010
United States73 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-22 05:22:33
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#8
I hope this means Idra will just become that much better with such a great practice partner.
Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-21 06:01:56
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#9
Head to MVP, Young Puma.

Help DongRaeGu's shoulders.

Also TSL just went from GSTL contender to Meeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh again.
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cENTRYZ
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway832 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#10
F5555555555

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iyoume
Profile Joined May 2011
2501 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-21 15:16:50
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#11
f5f5f5f5f5f5

TSL falling apart...

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BeSt <3 | HoeJJa | Leta :: team Polt
ifonlyiwereawsum
Profile Joined November 2010
United States484 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#12
My heart sank a tiny bit reading the title. F5'ing like mad.
LiquidSnute // Zai //
Crais
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2136 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#13
I saw your tweet - wtfff..

OrangeMilkis
Breaking news: Puma gets released from TSL due to Evil Geniuses. TSL's Coaches not happy.
1 minute ago

oh boy

f5f5f5f5f55f5

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ForTheDream
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany1780 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#14
ㅇ.ㅇ;; puma hwaiting!!!
In BurNIng we trust.
SovietHammer
Profile Joined March 2011
United States166 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#15
what the? This is when we need esports reporters. Oh, wait, we have milkis.
shinyA
Profile Joined November 2008
United States473 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#16
TO MY ANTITEAM~!!
twitch.tv/ggshinya
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#17
Holy Batmobile

Thanks for the updates milkis
o choro é livre
iAmSiklee
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada74 Posts
July 21 2011 06:01 GMT
#18
why???

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Namu
Profile Joined February 2011
United States826 Posts
July 21 2011 06:02 GMT
#19
i was JUST about to post haha
milkis so fast
Xation
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada147 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-21 06:02:52
July 21 2011 06:02 GMT
#20
Why the f5'ing?

Edit: Oh,refresh. I thought it was tornado -_-"
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