• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 04:03
CEST 10:03
KST 17:03
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins EWC 202529Tournament Spotlight: FEL Cracow 20259Power Rank - Esports World Cup 202580RSL Season 1 - Final Week9[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall15
Community News
[BSL 2025] H2 - Team Wars, Weeklies & SB Ladder5EWC 2025 - Replay Pack4Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced38BSL Team Wars - Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk & Sziky teams10Weekly Cups (July 14-20): Final Check-up0
StarCraft 2
General
The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings Serral wins EWC 2025 EWC 2025 - Replay Pack #1: Maru - Greatest Players of All Time Greatest Players of All Time: 2025 Update
Tourneys
Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond) TaeJa vs Creator Bo7 SC Evo Showmatch Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $10,000 live event Esports World Cup 2025
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 484 Magnetic Pull Mutation #239 Bad Weather Mutation # 483 Kill Bot Wars Mutation # 482 Wheel of Misfortune
Brood War
General
Flash Announces (and Retracts) Hiatus From ASL [BSL 2025] H2 - Team Wars, Weeklies & SB Ladder BW General Discussion Google Play ASL (Season 20) Announced Shield Battery Server New Patch
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL] Non-Korean Championship - Final weekend [BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China CSL Xiamen International Invitational
Strategy
Does 1 second matter in StarCraft? Simple Questions, Simple Answers Muta micro map competition [G] Mineral Boosting
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Beyond All Reason Nintendo Switch Thread Total Annihilation Server - TAForever [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok)
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine UK Politics Mega-thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread
Fan Clubs
INnoVation Fan Club SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NBA General Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Gtx660 graphics card replacement Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Ping To Win? Pings And Their…
TrAiDoS
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Socialism Anyone?
GreenHorizons
Eight Anniversary as a TL…
Mizenhauer
Flash @ Namkraft Laddernet …
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 594 users

Puma leaves TSL for EG - Page 40

Forum Index > SC2 General
7189 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 38 39 40 41 42 360 Next
10or10
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Sweden517 Posts
July 21 2011 07:03 GMT
#781
On July 21 2011 15:54 10or10 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 15:46 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
On July 21 2011 15:44 Shewklad wrote:
Ahh... Good old United States of America. It's all about the $$$ - Too bad you're soon out of $.


Low blow. Just for that, we wont be buying any more swedish fish OR meatballs. How do you like them apples?

Yeah, it's not like any swedes was involved in the CS1.6 affair with gux, delpan, fnatic & SK.

Similiar situation this; like gux-thingy if it Puma wasn't under contract and like delpan if Puma had a contract... either way sirscoots commented on in on Lo3 in a pretty critical manner then so I would assume he has an explanation.

some reading for those interested: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=227816

I don't remember what episode of Lo3 this was discussed, one in may I would assume... anyone know?
|| @10or10 || 이영호 이제동 - 화이팅 ^^ ||
SourD
Profile Joined February 2011
United States81 Posts
July 21 2011 07:03 GMT
#782
been lurking at playxp.com for koreans reaction to this (im korean born and raised)

people are saying Puma just let the coach know that he is leaving for EG and just packed his things and left on the 20th without any discussion of this matter.

also, it seems like there was no written contract signed with TSL.

with that, of course the coach had no choice but to announce his release.

this was from just a forum so take it for what it is.

Ezze
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada934 Posts
July 21 2011 07:03 GMT
#783
On July 21 2011 16:02 youngminii wrote:
What a fucking joke. EG has no respect, I have no respect for EG.

Good job making SC2 look like a joke.


That sums it up pretty nicely!
forgottendreams
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1771 Posts
July 21 2011 07:03 GMT
#784
On July 21 2011 15:59 Talin wrote:
Meh.

If it was any other team, I might have been shocked. Typical EG though.


I guess you haven't heard of SK, fnatic and mYm....

Acting like this is a new thing in esports is just naive.
D.Devil
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany227 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-21 07:07:09
July 21 2011 07:03 GMT
#785
Why is everybody so surprised about PuMa joining EG? Korean SC2 teams aren't superior to Western ones in terms of marketing or business professionalism. There are several EU/US organizations that have a bigger budget than any Korean SC2 team. And I can guarantee you that every successful Western teams makes use of player contracts. If TSL had a valid player contract with PuMa, they most certainly wouldn't have let him go just like that, that's just not how things are done.

Furthermore, Korean SC2 players have been in touch with European and American clans since quite a while, that's nothing new either. Even PuMa himself had contact to other teams prior to EG.
@larisyrota on Twitter
andaylin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States10830 Posts
July 21 2011 07:03 GMT
#786
good job BMing korea EG. good pickup nonetheless.
"Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard." - Kevin Durant
maahes`ra
Profile Joined January 2011
United States255 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#787
What is this, Counter-Strike?

o: Very sensationalist. Crazy stuff, but what I've come to expect from EG.
( ._.) ( ._) ( .) ( ) (≖ ) (‿≖ ) (≖‿≖ ) (≖‿≖) ( ≖‿≖) ( -‿-)
DystopiaX
Profile Joined October 2010
United States16236 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#788
On July 21 2011 16:02 TheButtonmen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 16:00 RmoteCntrld wrote:
Something definetly needs to be done about foreign teams making offers to players who are already on teams. If a player wants to leave his team for a foreign team that's fine but just blatantly stealing them not cool.


Yes, EG broke into their team house in a daring midnight raid and kidnapped Puma before the alarm could be raised. They then snuck him onto a container ship and have smuggled him into America where they are now going to lock him in the basement of their new team house and beat him savagely with lake trout until he practices with them.

Lol you don't get it. You don't attempt to recruit players without talking to their teams. It's why no one made a fuss when FXO got Oz, cause they went through the proper channels and contacted F0u. It may be ok to poach employees where you're from (but I'm from the US and it's not ok here so I doubt it), but you don't dodge the organization who HAS THE CONTRACT for a player and recruit him first, then go to the team and ask to release him.
oBlade
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States5584 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#789
On July 21 2011 15:56 bounca wrote:
--waits for tyler to make a comment--

What's the significance of this? What am I missing with respect to Tyler - how does he fit into this?
"I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck?" - Andy Dufresne
Deathmanbob
Profile Joined December 2010
United States2356 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-21 07:04:54
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#790
Okay im so confused, im a big EG fan because of Incontrol and all the help i have gotten watching his stream and his streaming lessons. What i dont get is all the EG hate, it seems that its not just this that people are mad about but Eg has done stuff in the past to make people mad. If someone could list out what EG has done to piss people off so much it be appreciated.
And please dont just flame EG, tell me what they did and not just some bs BLARGH THEY SUCK thing

Also i think this is great for EG and for the fans, we can see puma and a LOT of big tournys now like dream hack and MLG
No Artosis, you are robin
Tommylew
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Wales2717 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#791
must be more worthwile Puma entering all foreign tournaments then playing in GSl, probably sitll play in it but looking for what he thinks is easy money abroad... )
Live and Let Die!
LlamaNamedOsama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1900 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#792
Wow, is TSL going to disband soon, it's losing players left and right...on the other hand, wow for EG. Huge news..."foreign" team leagues are going to be scary, now.
Dario Wünsch: I guess...Creator...met his maker *sunglasses*
yeint
Profile Joined May 2011
Estonia2329 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#793
On July 21 2011 16:01 baby elephant wrote:
I thought in major sports, teams couldn't just approach a player who's already under contract? Isn't it tampering? Don't teams get punished for that?


You say that as if it's a good thing. Professional sports are a corrupt, evil industry who profiteer massively off players and treat them like cattle to be sold.

The fact that SC2 players are allowed to actually hear about better opportunities for themselves is great.

Are we rooting for players here, or is this another case of "we want our nerd sports to emulate jock sports so we look cool"?
Not supporting teams who take robber baron money.
namste
Profile Joined October 2010
Finland2292 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#794
On July 21 2011 16:03 dc302 wrote:
All I wanna know is what Idra thinks xP


Probably something about terran being imbalanced.
IM hwaitiing ~ IMMvp #1 | Bang Min Ah <3<3
Shaetan
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1175 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#795
Obligatory Yankees reference.

But yay EG! Strong T to go with Demuslim. Will Puma be coming to MLG then?
My Casts: www.youtube.com/Shaetan
Corrosive
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3741 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#796
On July 21 2011 16:03 SourD wrote:
been lurking at playxp.com for koreans reaction to this (im korean born and raised)

people are saying Puma just let the coach know that he is leaving for EG and just packed his things and left on the 20th without any discussion of this matter.

also, it seems like there was no written contract signed with TSL.

with that, of course the coach had no choice but to announce his release.

this was from just a forum so take it for what it is.




if this is true then there is nothing wrong with anything that has happened.
Maruprime.
PHC
Profile Joined March 2011
United States472 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#797
On July 21 2011 16:03 SourD wrote:
been lurking at playxp.com for koreans reaction to this (im korean born and raised)

people are saying Puma just let the coach know that he is leaving for EG and just packed his things and left on the 20th without any discussion of this matter.

also, it seems like there was no written contract signed with TSL.

with that, of course the coach had no choice but to announce his release.

this was from just a forum so take it for what it is.




That is CRAZY. So he just packed his things and left, wow...
Chicane
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7875 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#798
On July 21 2011 16:02 youngminii wrote:
What a fucking joke. EG has no respect, I have no respect for EG.

Good job making SC2 look like a joke.


I really don't think it is THAT big of a deal. I still don't know how I feel on the whole situation and I will wait for more info, but the point I am making is that your post is essentially equivalent to "YOU'RE RUINING ESPORTS!"
IceSlipper
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Australia1028 Posts
July 21 2011 07:04 GMT
#799
On July 21 2011 16:01 Corrosive wrote:
I dont understand what the big deal is since TSL LET PUMA OUT OF HIS CONTRACT

Like they had a choice? Why would they keep someone who no longer has any interest at all in staying on the team?
Have a think before you post such nonsense.. You think TSL just let puma out of his contract for no reason and EG signed him before any other team? Thats obviously not what took place.. EG clearly poached puma, then when TSL found out they had no choice but to let their player go..
Mayor
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States472 Posts
July 21 2011 07:05 GMT
#800
On July 21 2011 16:04 namste wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 16:03 dc302 wrote:
All I wanna know is what Idra thinks xP


Probably something about terran being imbalanced.

Ahaha, this made me crack up. Nice one.
"You can be creative but I will crush it under the iron fist of my conservative play." - Liquid`Tyler
Prev 1 38 39 40 41 42 360 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 1h 57m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Nina 250
ProTech68
StarCraft: Brood War
ggaemo 2384
Killer 566
actioN 336
ToSsGirL 154
Leta 97
Britney 79
TY 61
Backho 43
Yoon 41
Sacsri 35
[ Show more ]
Dewaltoss 34
Bale 31
sSak 30
Hm[arnc] 19
Sharp 19
soO 15
yabsab 15
IntoTheRainbow 3
Dota 2
BananaSlamJamma174
Fuzer 160
XcaliburYe154
ODPixel46
League of Legends
JimRising 570
Counter-Strike
Stewie2K1111
shoxiejesuss639
olofmeister242
Super Smash Bros
Westballz43
Other Games
summit1g9434
crisheroes163
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1168
StarCraft: Brood War
UltimateBattle 78
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• davetesta215
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 1
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Stunt824
Upcoming Events
The PondCast
1h 57m
Online Event
7h 57m
Korean StarCraft League
1d 18h
CranKy Ducklings
2 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
2 days
Mihu vs QiaoGege
Zhanhun vs Dewalt
Fengzi vs TBD
Online Event
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
3 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
3 days
Bonyth vs TBD
OSC
4 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

BSL 20 Non-Korean Championship
FEL Cracow 2025
Underdog Cup #2

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
CC Div. A S7
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025

Upcoming

BSL 21 Qualifiers
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #2
ASL Season 20
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
BSL Season 21
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
SEL Season 2 Championship
WardiTV Summer 2025
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
HCC Europe
Roobet Cup 2025
Yuqilin POB S2
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.