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Zulk
Profile Joined June 2010
United States20 Posts
July 21 2011 07:32 GMT
#1141
This is more TSL fault then puma or EG. Does no one remember them losing two other players?

this kid plays sc2 for a living and wasn't getting paid. i'm sure other teams try and recruit but don't make deals. this is awesome for usa esports. try paying your players or we will.

gg
Chicago Blackhawks
hobosrus
Profile Joined June 2011
United States99 Posts
July 21 2011 07:33 GMT
#1142
Poor TSL they've been losing a lot of players lately... Rain,Fruitdealer, trickster and now puma
There is obviously a huge racial imbalance in the global starleague. Just take a look at the code s roster: Korean Korean Korean Canadian Korean...
PikaXchU
Profile Joined December 2010
Singapore379 Posts
July 21 2011 07:33 GMT
#1143
Basically, what EG just did is something like this:

Your family allows you to go over to your friend's house for the weekends. On Sunday, your friend's parents offer you to stay at their house instead of your house, and in return gives you much more allowance than your parents give and some other benefits. Well, you take this offer, and you get home, pack your things and tell your parents you are not staying with them anymore. How exactly would your parents feel?

First of all, in business, it's ethical to approach the group instead of the individual belonging to the group if you intend to bring him over to your side.
Secondly, TSL pays their players, so obviously there has to be a certain contract.

IMO, this is quite detrimental for the relationship between Koreans and Foreigners. As someone earlier in this thread has already mentioned, Korean teams might be afraid to send their best players overseas to compete in fear of losing them.
Carrier has arrived.
TheButtonmen
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada1405 Posts
July 21 2011 07:33 GMT
#1144
On July 21 2011 16:32 namste wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 16:25 trikshun wrote:
On July 21 2011 16:22 Ajnin wrote:
Team is doing poorly?
Bribe NASL winner korean terran with paycheck.
Hope to win.


+ Show Spoiler +
EG

idrA player placing 4th behind 3 Koreans. Representing North America at Gamescon. Yeah EG is doing bad


Yeah EG is doing bad, idra isn't. One player doesn't make a team!


Funny you say that on this site.....

What teams are doing "good" then?
Novalisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Israel1818 Posts
July 21 2011 07:33 GMT
#1145
This is bananas.
/commercial
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1146
On July 21 2011 16:31 EchoZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 16:29 JoeSchmoe wrote:
On July 21 2011 16:28 Mycl wrote:
From SirScoots via twitter

"I see esports journalism continues its fine tradition of no fact checking! Bravo! Bravo! /me rolls eyes"


great. he spends his time making a tweet instead of attempting to clarify the situation.


I got ninja-ed :D. Yeah seriously though is he like waiting for the flames to get bigger or what.


It means they'll have a statement in the morning and the flaming in this thread was pointless. More than likely.
Mortal
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
2943 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1147
On July 21 2011 16:33 TheButtonmen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 16:32 namste wrote:
On July 21 2011 16:25 trikshun wrote:
On July 21 2011 16:22 Ajnin wrote:
Team is doing poorly?
Bribe NASL winner korean terran with paycheck.
Hope to win.


+ Show Spoiler +
EG

idrA player placing 4th behind 3 Koreans. Representing North America at Gamescon. Yeah EG is doing bad


Yeah EG is doing bad, idra isn't. One player doesn't make a team!


Funny you say that on this site.....

What teams are doing "good" then?


Other than IM?..... damn...
The universe created an audience for itself.
Gooey
Profile Joined September 2010
United States944 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1148
On July 21 2011 16:32 Pratoss wrote:
Weird i was just watching Sotg where JP called EG the yankees but mentioned the fact they haven't bought any koreans

then i refreshed TL

JP the next Nostradamus?

Haha, I was listening to the exact same thing! I had to double take while listening lol.
www.twitch.tv/Thatgooey
IceSlipper
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Australia1028 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1149
On July 21 2011 16:32 taLbuk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 16:30 IceSlipper wrote:
On July 21 2011 16:28 Mycl wrote:
From SirScoots via twitter

"I see esports journalism continues its fine tradition of no fact checking! Bravo! Bravo! /me rolls eyes"

Such a stupid response from scoots.. Really? We are only going off what we have, what more facts can we check? lmfao.. how about you give us some instead of sitting on your high-horse and thinking of anyway you can justify this horrible display of ethics and lack of respect..

No response at all would be much more professional than this trash..


you can wait to make an irrational emotion fueled post until we have more facts.

or you can spew your nonsense like you just did.

How long are we suppose to wait? We have plenty of facts right here (Puma on TSL -> Puma NASL -> Puma released -> Puma EG), and you want us to just sit here while scoots/EG make up a nice little fairytale? He just took a jab at the whole community, without clarifying anything at all..
setzer
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3284 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1150
On July 21 2011 16:33 TheButtonmen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 16:32 namste wrote:
On July 21 2011 16:25 trikshun wrote:
On July 21 2011 16:22 Ajnin wrote:
Team is doing poorly?
Bribe NASL winner korean terran with paycheck.
Hope to win.


+ Show Spoiler +
EG

idrA player placing 4th behind 3 Koreans. Representing North America at Gamescon. Yeah EG is doing bad


Yeah EG is doing bad, idra isn't. One player doesn't make a team!


Funny you say that on this site.....

What teams are doing "good" then?


Dignitas and mouz.
Butigroove
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Seychelles2061 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1151
Maybe Korean teams should start paying their players better.There are lots without salaries at all, according to Artosis.
beach beers buds beezies b-b-b-baaanelings
StatikKhaos
Profile Joined January 2011
United States214 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1152
On July 21 2011 16:32 namste wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 16:25 trikshun wrote:
On July 21 2011 16:22 Ajnin wrote:
Team is doing poorly?
Bribe NASL winner korean terran with paycheck.
Hope to win.


+ Show Spoiler +
EG

idrA player placing 4th behind 3 Koreans. Representing North America at Gamescon. Yeah EG is doing bad


Yeah EG is doing bad, idra isn't. One player doesn't make a team!

But i mean several teams have only one player perform, what liquid player has done anything (recently) besides HuK? what oGs player besides MC. The list goes on...stop just hating on EG cause it makes you sound stupid
Those Bitches
sandyph
Profile Joined September 2010
Indonesia1640 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1153
so this mean Puma will no longer be TSL_Gentleman eh
Put quote here for readability
Keeler
Profile Joined November 2010
United States313 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1154
The real question is, WHAT ABOUT MY FANTASY GSTL TEAM ?!??!
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1155
On July 21 2011 16:26 udgnim wrote:
some people really need to see that this sets a HORRIBLE PRECEDENT for Korean teams to send their players to foreign tournaments

Puma can decide whatever he wants, but instilling fear, suspicion, and paranoia that a KR team's player might end up being poached and taken away from them with minimal ability to do anything about it other than to keep their players in Korea is not a good step for SC2 e-sports


This a thousand times over.
Midgetman101
Profile Joined February 2011
United States825 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-21 07:35:05
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1156
Clide tweeted about this
~Terran For Life~
jellyjello
Profile Joined March 2011
Korea (South)664 Posts
July 21 2011 07:34 GMT
#1157
On July 21 2011 16:28 Soleron wrote:
Why does anyone think his practice will degrade?

It doesn't say he's leaving Korea. It's normal to have many practice partners outside your team anyway, so why would he stop practising with them? Puma wouldn't get this good by just practising against Clide, FD and Trickster up to now. So he'll likely continue to practice with who he has been, maybe even including his own team.



Why would any progamer in Korea want to willingly practice "for" PuMa now that he's not even in Korea? Think about it, who's more important - people you see and talk everyday or someone who's living in completely different country?

Sure, PuMa will get to ladder vs Koreans as long as he keeps his Korean ID, but laddering is completely different than practicing.
Averious
Profile Joined November 2010
United States32 Posts
July 21 2011 07:35 GMT
#1158
On July 21 2011 16:30 IceSlipper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 16:28 Mycl wrote:
From SirScoots via twitter

"I see esports journalism continues its fine tradition of no fact checking! Bravo! Bravo! /me rolls eyes"

Such a stupid response from scoots.. Really? We are only going off what we have, what more facts can we check?


I wasn't aware you were a journalist. What publication do you represent?
TheButtonmen
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada1405 Posts
July 21 2011 07:35 GMT
#1159
On July 21 2011 16:32 forgottendreams wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2011 16:31 skoad wrote:
So here's my take on it so far.

Grats to Puma. Obviously EG offered something that he was wanting that he was not able to get from TSL. It was all his choice.


We don't know that and it probably wasn't


It probably wasn't Puma's choice?

Did they kidnap his family or something?
Thewildfish
Profile Joined September 2010
United States113 Posts
July 21 2011 07:35 GMT
#1160
Why does everyone get so angry so quickly about something we haven't even heard both sides of?
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