Actually since they're being sponsored by an University, how would partnerships with the university work in terms of process and deals? The more I think of it, the more I'm not entirely sure how their team works.

Torpedo.Vegas

United States1890 Posts

July 23 2011 02:22 GMT

#202

Given Complexities and EG's history, and how EG exec basically put down these sorts of deals plus how team MVP specially mentioned complexities respectful approach....this seems kinda funny.

pdd

Australia9933 Posts

July 23 2011 02:22 GMT

#203

On July 23 2011 11:18 Sina92 wrote:
Am I the only one who doesn't care too much about these joint ventures? I prefer to keep track of the players individually and follow them.

Players cannot grow and develop without financial and travel support. Teams allow them to do this.

Personally, I'm not a fan of these joint ventures as I much rather prefer teams to just merge or something so as to keep the identity of the team consistent. But I think it's the start of potential partnerships into the future, so who knows.

freeloader625

United States180 Posts

July 23 2011 02:23 GMT

#204

Grats!

harhar!

Germany190 Posts

July 23 2011 02:23 GMT

#205

col will be very strong now after merging with root and now this.

Blasphemi

United Kingdom980 Posts

July 23 2011 02:23 GMT

#206

On July 23 2011 11:18 Sina92 wrote:
Am I the only one who doesn't care too much about these joint ventures? I prefer to keep track of the players individually and follow them.

And this allows great players like DRG to play foreign events

Aurdon

United States2007 Posts

July 23 2011 02:24 GMT

#207

I really do not like these 'partnerships.' I wish the foreign teams would just strive to create their own teams with their own players with their own prohouses. Create more opportunities for players to live the dream not shrink the pool of sponsorships and money by renting a few Koreans.

StarcraftKevin

United States285 Posts

July 23 2011 02:24 GMT

#208

hell ya

SoJu.WeRRa

Korea (South)820 Posts

July 23 2011 02:25 GMT

#209

Sounds good for them. Good luck!

Aaronplayshorn

United States15 Posts

July 23 2011 02:25 GMT

#210

when will this happen for oGs and Liquid?

1ManArmy

Netherlands895 Posts

July 23 2011 02:25 GMT

#211

On July 23 2011 11:18 Sina92 wrote:
Am I the only one who doesn't care too much about these joint ventures? I prefer to keep track of the players individually and follow them.

But these joint ventures make it possible for your favourite korean players to play in more tournaments than before. It also makes it possible for your favourite foreign players to showcase their stuff against the best players possible, which will improve their skill.

Good reason to care about these joint ventures it seems

ForlornHope

Vietnam111 Posts

July 23 2011 02:26 GMT

#212

mouz is the only team left that not invole with the korean. Mouz Fighting!!

StyLeD

United States2965 Posts

July 23 2011 02:26 GMT

#213

On July 23 2011 11:24 Aurdon wrote:
I really do not like these 'partnerships.' I wish the foreign teams would just strive to create their own teams with their own players with their own prohouses. Create more opportunities for players to live the dream not shrink the pool of sponsorships and money by renting a few Koreans.

Uh, "living the dream" is for foreigners to be able to go to Korea and train there. So your point is moot.

WArped

United Kingdom4845 Posts

July 23 2011 02:26 GMT

#214

My mind is trying to comprehend and work out the amount of news in eSports recently. Great news for MVP, and great news for future Western tournaments.

udgnim

United States8024 Posts

July 23 2011 02:26 GMT

#215

On July 23 2011 11:14 nihoh wrote:
These partnerships seem so meaningless to me.

being able to rely on outside foreign teams relieves a lot of pressure off of Korean teams to send their players to foreign events

babylon

8765 Posts

July 23 2011 02:26 GMT

#216

On July 23 2011 11:25 1ManArmy wrote:

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And if they have a decent amount of success, it's possible more sponsorships will come to them, which is great for everybody involved.

Aurdon

United States2007 Posts

July 23 2011 02:26 GMT

#217

On July 23 2011 11:23 Blasphemi wrote:

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And this allows great players like DRG to play foreign events

No it allows for Koreans to remain dominant by spending money on flying them all around world instead of the foreign teams to man up and create their own teams with their own players and their own teamhouses and training regimens.

There might be a lot of great players in the foreign scene that haven't had the opportunity to train and grow because all the resources are being spent on Koreans.

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

July 23 2011 02:27 GMT

#218

I don't see this as coL not growing their own players. I still mainly see DRG and Genius as MVP players. Just like I see MC and Nada as oGs players. Just like MarineKing and Polt as Prime players. They're going to live their normal lives in Korea with their team, but have more financial backing and get to go to foreign tournaments. This also means if coL wants to, you know, actually grow their home grown talent, they can send them to the MVP house for a few months and have them practice with DRG, Genius, Keen, Violet, etc. This helps both teams immensely if coL takes the opportunity to send players to Korea.

Only thing I don't like is that DRG won't be wearing his awesome MVP jacket at MLG. If he wins, most of the non-GSL/Korean watchers won't get exposed to the MVP team.

StyLeD

United States2965 Posts

July 23 2011 02:28 GMT

#219

On July 23 2011 11:26 udgnim wrote:

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being able to rely on outside foreign teams relieves a lot of pressure off of Korean teams to send their players to foreign events

Exactly. Over the next few months there will be Korean players coming to foreign tournaments, and foreign players moving to Korea to train. The financial burden is essentially halved when there is another team paying for the costs

Mayor

United States472 Posts

July 23 2011 02:29 GMT

#220

Wow, we're finally bridging the gap between Korea and the outside world, this is really great. There might not be any foreigners anymore eventually, just players.