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Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
July 21 2011 14:05 GMT
#2961
On July 21 2011 23:04 Sandro wrote:
Puma has gone from training with Flash to training with Incontrol.


This obviously means Incontrol will be as good as Bisu by the end of the year.
Writerhttps://twitter.com/FionnOnFire
jiveturkey
Profile Joined March 2011
United States18 Posts
July 21 2011 14:05 GMT
#2962
On July 21 2011 23:00 Copenap wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 22:48 meadbert wrote:
So in the real world when someone wants to hire me they call me, not my current manager. Why should it be different in esports? If Puma had some contractual obligation then he would need to negotiate out of the contract. What is it with management acting as if they own their employees? That is not how it operates in America at all.


1. TSL made it possible for Puma to become this good and basicly paid for his "qualification". Now that finally that pays dividends EG comes a picks him up instead putting the money in developing own talents.

2. What's even worse imo (if that is all true, I'm still waiting for an official statement), you don't approach a 19yr old boy who's probably abroad for the first time and make him an offer a kid can't really comprehend. Wait for him to return home to korea and contact him and his parents while also informing TSL of this move, that would have been the better way.

We still don't know everything but the op states that they contacted him while the tournament wasn't even finished and that's not responsible at all imo, even if I certainly hope he took this offer home and discussed it throroughly with his parents.


1. If a team wants to stipulate that they have the exclusive rights to a player's 'talent' if they are the people that cultivated that talent, then they need to put that in a contract. Plain and simple.

2. Really? At 19 people are not able to comprehend offers? I know that I was married, had a full time job, had an apartment, was paying insurance, healthcare bills, and picking a major in schhool that determines my life direction at the age of 19. That's plenty old, and definitely old enough for the parents to be left out of it. That is, unless there is some strange cultural thing I'm missing where Koreans feel that 19 is still a kid. If that's the case, that's sad.
Maenander
Profile Joined November 2002
Germany4926 Posts
July 21 2011 14:07 GMT
#2963
You all make it sound like the TSL management is not to blame. It is their job to get sponsors and money for their players, it is their job to make contracts.
Several players left already, there must be a reason.
Warrice
Profile Joined July 2010
United States565 Posts
July 21 2011 14:07 GMT
#2964
i honestly dont even see what the drama is about.

There is a person with talent, that person needs a team and or sponsor. The team and or sponsor with the best offer gets the player if their are no conflictions(attachments contracts ect)

Thats all there is to it. If eg gave puma a better offer than what he was betting. whats all the drama about.

And i love the fact that people are hating on EG when it was pumas decisiont o make. Not EG's.
Kurr
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2338 Posts
July 21 2011 14:07 GMT
#2965
TSL is a pretty unlucky team. I doubt they will go on much longer, they were stripped of all their players essentially.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ | ┻━┻ ︵╰(°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
WTFZerg
Profile Joined February 2011
United States704 Posts
July 21 2011 14:07 GMT
#2966
Good for Puma.

EG probably made him a solid offer and TSL could not match it. Nothing wrong with taking the option that is in your best interest.
Might makes right.
DeSam
Profile Joined April 2010
Belgium84 Posts
July 21 2011 14:07 GMT
#2967
well this just lowers my respect for EG even more, not to surprised
poor coach Lee
Proko
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1022 Posts
July 21 2011 14:09 GMT
#2968
On July 21 2011 23:02 Numy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 22:59 Proko wrote:
On July 21 2011 22:53 Numy wrote:
On July 21 2011 22:50 Proko wrote:
On July 21 2011 22:48 Numy wrote:
On July 21 2011 22:46 DyEnasTy wrote:
I think thats a BS comment by TSL coach: "foreign teams stealing korean players". They make it sound like the world is a terrible plague that "stole the life" from their player. Wish him the best and move on. And why are people pissed at EG? They just got a powerhouse player, be happy.


Congrats EG, he will add alot of strength to your lineup.

oh and will he be living in the team house?


Picture you were the coach. Your young player goes overseas to compete in an event. He comes back and tells you he wants/thinking to leave the team for a foreign team. I imagine you would be outraged.



Then picture yourself offering him more money and perks than the foreign team did and him saying, "you're right, I really did want to stay on my team and play in my homeland."


You really don't get it do you. It's all well and fine that they can pay him more and that he left. It's just how it happened that caused this. I'm sure if TSL and Puma were spoken to then none of this drama would have happened. Please remove your fanboy blinds and actually think.

Anyway cool to see Puma at more events and best of luck to him.


You really don't get it do you? TSL could have kept him if they wanted and could afford it. they couldn't and they are mad so they are starting a shitstorm about it. Take off your villainy glasses and see it for what it is. TSL is falling apart and the coach doesn't like it. Starts whining publically. It's retarded to think that Scoots has to go and talk to TSL's coach to make an offer to one of his players, write your contracts better and pay the player what he's worth. One of the problems with Kespa was that it treated (and treats) players like cattle. Lucky, SC2 doesn't have that problem.


I like EG, they have my favourite player. I also like Puma and TSL. You are assuming I view things in a certain way in order to push your own belief. You have shown you don't like TSL and have shat all over them. So who here is the one with shaded glasses?


I don't like that people are acting like Puma shouldn't have a say in what team he plays for. I don't have a problem with TSL, I just think the writing is on the wall about them since 4 of their best known players have left them in the last month. To blame EG for this is really presumptuous. Just look at tsl's shrinking roster and do the math.
Caster duos should compliment each others' strengths. "You look very handsome today, Tasteless."
Woshie
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia90 Posts
July 21 2011 14:09 GMT
#2969
On July 21 2011 23:00 jiveturkey wrote:
I like how people say that they 'stole' him. As if players are property.

And there is nothing wrong with bypassing management. If they would have gone through TSL as opposed to talking to Puma directly, Puma most likely would not have joined EG because the TSL management would most likely twist the offer in a way that Puma would not want to join. They are desperate to keep their best player.

Talking directly to him allows them to give him the straight up offer. If it's a good enough offer, he'll take it. If not, then he will not. This is a mutually beneficial arrangement and people should be happy for both EG and Puma.

"IMO it takes a fairly scumbag person aka organization to approach PUMA personally like this."

Why? He is a person. If you want to offer a person something, then do it. It makes no sense to go through that person's management. It is not EG's responsibility to talk to the team of a player they are interested in. They are simply interested in the player, and it his that player's obligation to figure things out with his team, which he obviously did.


I 100% agree. People need a rude awakening to the real world. In the real world when I'm working for a company and another company wants to hire me they approach me. Not my company. They offer a package and I take it or not. The only reason some sports don't do that is because of a governing body which SC2 does not have.

Also it was Puma's decision. He took himself out of TSL as have a few other players of late. So I'm unsure exactly what the situation is there. Maybe nothing is wrong in TSL but it seems odd.

My main concern is where is Puma going to live. In EG's American house? Is EG going to get a place in Korea now as well? Is EG going to partner with someone like FXO to give Puma a place to train?
flipstar
Profile Joined January 2011
226 Posts
July 21 2011 14:09 GMT
#2970
Hm, Sc2 becoming more and more like a real sport for every day that passes. I completely understand Puma's decision. Like Idra said 'It's nice to not HAVING to win a tournament to eat."

It's really sad for TSL though, they are losing their stars left and right.
Lexxes
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden144 Posts
July 21 2011 14:09 GMT
#2971
So.... when can we expect some EG-response? We need some new fuel to keep this flame going,
If you dont do it, someone else will
Sandro
Profile Joined April 2011
897 Posts
July 21 2011 14:09 GMT
#2972
So, who is left on TSL now? Clide, Alive and Sangho?
DeSam
Profile Joined April 2010
Belgium84 Posts
July 21 2011 14:10 GMT
#2973
On July 21 2011 23:07 Warrice wrote:
i honestly dont even see what the drama is about.

There is a person with talent, that person needs a team and or sponsor. The team and or sponsor with the best offer gets the player if their are no conflictions(attachments contracts ect)

Thats all there is to it. If eg gave puma a better offer than what he was betting. whats all the drama about.

And i love the fact that people are hating on EG when it was pumas decisiont o make. Not EG's.


yeh well u gotta understand that stuff happens a bit different and probably with a bit more respect and less backstabbing in korea, keke?
Elefanto
Profile Joined May 2010
Switzerland3584 Posts
July 21 2011 14:10 GMT
#2974
I don't like EG, now more than ever.
wat
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
July 21 2011 14:10 GMT
#2975
On July 21 2011 23:05 jakethesnake wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 22:42 GreEny K wrote:
On July 21 2011 22:39 Darkong wrote:
Welcome to the world of professional sports where such practises happen ALL the time.


Actually, if you are a contracted player in the MLG, NFL or NBA you are not allowed to do that... It is breaking rules.


Actually, when they are under contract and they want to move, they just whine in the clubhouse. If that doesn't work, they complain to the press. Then, once they become toxic to the team morale, ownership has no choice but to give in to the player and trade them where they want. These kinds of things happen in sports - it just looks different because of the governing body and league rules.


Really... That's the crap justification you're gonna use to make it all better? wow.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
ZasZ.
Profile Joined May 2010
United States2911 Posts
July 21 2011 14:10 GMT
#2976
On July 21 2011 23:07 DeSam wrote:
well this just lowers my respect for EG even more, not to surprised
poor coach Lee


I agree that EG should have gone through TSL instead of PuMa, but really? Apparently they made a pretty good offer, because he took it.

Also this is the first top-tier player to play for a foreign team (Rain/Oz don't count). Very exciting.
Proko
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1022 Posts
July 21 2011 14:10 GMT
#2977
On July 21 2011 23:07 Maenander wrote:
You all make it sound like the TSL management is not to blame. It is their job to get sponsors and money for their players, it is their job to make contracts.
Several players left already, there must be a reason.


I agree with this as well. They've got to put food on the table and money in their players' pockets if they want to keep them.
Caster duos should compliment each others' strengths. "You look very handsome today, Tasteless."
Souljah
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States423 Posts
July 21 2011 14:10 GMT
#2978
Same old EG.. things never change. Every other pro team has respect for one another and approach the players the right way.. I'm not one bit surprised EG pulled this off. They've been doing this ever since quakeworld.

I don't know why there are comparisons between this and FXO acquiring FoU. The FXO/FoU deal was handled through the team managers vs. going behind a teams back and picking up their players. Its called professionalism, and obviously EG lacks it.
stormchaser
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada1009 Posts
July 21 2011 14:11 GMT
#2979
Man EG is awesome. This was the announcement I was hoping for when EG was going to announce a new player in their lineup. I guess the NASL had another prize: a good salary and a great team.
SoniStreet
Profile Joined October 2010
Macedonia98 Posts
July 21 2011 14:11 GMT
#2980
On July 21 2011 23:09 Lexxes wrote:
So.... when can we expect some EG-response? We need some new fuel to keep this flame going,

I hope InControl will be the one to make the statement, he is always constructive about it.
Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain
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