Can't help but think EG should have something like this. Being able to send players to train in Korea would be much more valuable than having 1 korean player for your NA/EU players to practice with.

NotSorry

United States6722 Posts

July 23 2011 03:42 GMT

#323

Makes you wonder what the next big deal is going to be, who will be the next Western team to partner up with a Korean team, or will it be the same teams already involved adding more players to their stables.

IPA

United States3206 Posts

July 23 2011 03:43 GMT

#324

mouz.HoSeo coming next?

Love DRG, will be cheering for him live in Anaheim. Cool news.

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

July 23 2011 03:45 GMT

#325

I think HoSeo would be a great partner for a foreign team with deep pockets, but HoSeo is actually sponsored by an university in Korea. No idea how that would work with a university being the head of a team.

The Final Boss

United States1839 Posts

July 23 2011 03:47 GMT

#326

Yay more DongRaeGu. I don't even play Zerg but there's something about that guy that makes him so much fun to watch (even if he did screw my fantasy team over completely...)

monx

Canada1400 Posts

July 23 2011 03:48 GMT

#327

Now thats how you deal with Koreans. Congrats to coL and MVP...amazing news.

RusHXceL

United States1004 Posts

July 23 2011 03:50 GMT

#328

so CoL is pretty much sponsor MVP, just like SK.

kvn4444

1510 Posts

July 23 2011 03:51 GMT

#329

damn, so many big names merging/joining foreign teams. gl to the both of them, hope to see more drg.

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

July 23 2011 03:52 GMT

#330

On July 23 2011 12:50 RusHXceL wrote:
so CoL is pretty much sponsor MVP, just like SK.

I would compare it more to oGs/TL partnership.

mordk

Chile8385 Posts

July 23 2011 03:52 GMT

#331

hmmmm I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about all these korean-foreigner alliances. Somehow it speaks about the health of SC2 in korea. I just hope SC2 doesn't die in Korea. If it does, I doubt it can live based only on foreigner events, at least not in a way comparable to what BW is.

IPA

United States3206 Posts

July 23 2011 03:53 GMT

#332

A much bigger coup for coL than the ROOT acquisition. More DRG is always good news.

NHY

1013 Posts

July 23 2011 03:55 GMT

#333

We need to see Keen in some foreign events...

Sunglasses mandatory, bazooka optional.

Nethermind

New Zealand445 Posts

July 23 2011 04:00 GMT

#334

I still don't agree with Alex Garfield's (EG's) logic on the negatives of these arrangements outweighing the benefits. I think a situation like this is pretty win-win, particularly if the players involved win some foreign tournaments (resulting in more prize money to players, more exposure for the sponsor-team to sponsor funding generation).

Well done to all parties involved.

HydraLF

Hong Kong626 Posts

July 23 2011 04:00 GMT

#335

Things are happening too quick the last 2 weeks or so, and I don't know is it a good thing or not, it feels like everyone is trying to react because other organisation have, so they don't get left out picking the best players possible. This might also mean that they have not had enough time to think about everything which could go wrong etc.

rotegirte

Germany2859 Posts

July 23 2011 04:03 GMT

#336

On July 23 2011 12:52 mordk wrote:
hmmmm I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about all these korean-foreigner alliances. Somehow it speaks about the health of SC2 in korea. I just hope SC2 doesn't die in Korea. If it does, I doubt it can live based only on foreigner events, at least not in a way comparable to what BW is.

Maybe. Or maybe it is exactly what KR needs in order to overcome the current situation. I really hope the recent moves are a sign of finding a "3rd way"

Umbrella

Taiwan936 Posts

July 23 2011 04:04 GMT

#337

I believe this is the best of both worlds. Foreign finance and Korean training.

Sanjuro

Indonesia252 Posts

July 23 2011 04:06 GMT

#338

The players will also be available to join compLexity’s StarCraft 2 division during online team play. compLexity players who wish to train in Korea will be hosted at the MVP House for training purposes.

I really hope somebody from Complexity will take the korean training offer.

Woshie

Australia90 Posts

July 23 2011 04:07 GMT

#339

On July 23 2011 12:50 RusHXceL wrote:
so CoL is pretty much sponsor MVP, just like SK.

Yeah pretty much. Except they are paying a lot more than SK thus they have extra conditions on their sponsorship/partnership :p

ZidaneTribal

United States2800 Posts

July 23 2011 04:08 GMT

#340

this is awesome, hope to see more korean teams and foreign teams join forces so we can have more koreans compete in western tournys and more westerners compete in gsl/gstl