EG signs PuMa, responds to criticism - Page 59

On July 27 2011 01:56 bonifaceviii wrote:

Is Beckham still part of the LA Galaxy, by the way? Because that's pretty much a concrete example of your "rich but bad team buying a good player" thing.

On July 27 2011 01:57 Fermats_last wrote:
Going Somewhere with more money and less skill. Is not going to help you improve as a player, it's just going to give you a bit more money, (which i'm sure he needs after winning $50k which TSL took 0% of). In a sport where your own skill can vastly depend on practice partners, this is a huge detriment.

On July 27 2011 01:57 Fermats_last wrote:


Going Somewhere with more money and less skill. Is not going to help you improve as a player, it's just going to give you a bit more money, (which i'm sure he needs after winning $50k which TSL took 0% of). In a sport where your own skill can vastly depend on practice partners, this is a huge detriment.

On July 27 2011 01:57 originalred04 wrote:
@Ferments, obviously EG isn't a major city, this is online gaming, It is not difficult to draw the conclusion that they are the equivalent of a major city. They have the sponsors, and they have a fan base. Just because a small market city has good players doesn't mean they will be successful. I will not see Puma more than I would have otherwise. Incontrol, Idra, & Puma is a very solid core.

Also having sponsorships is not luck, it's diligent hard work.

On July 27 2011 02:00 Grimsong wrote:


Is it not detrimental that all he does is play in Korea, with Koreans, in a Korean market that is floundering? While not being contracted by TSL? Come on.

I heard it's wrong for Puma to want to maximize his profits, while still playing with the BEST PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, not just Korea. In tournaments such as MLG which garner a ton of attention and such. He's got a window to make money in the market as it is, EG needed another top tier player to partner with iDra. And he's still going to play against great gamers. His APM might go down 20 though. Oh no.

On July 27 2011 02:04 originalred04 wrote:
Fruit Dealer, Tester, & Rain didn't entice the sponsors, but now they are all gone, but Puma alone is going to get the job done??? Puma will still be able to practice with Koreans, his teammates, plus have tons of foriegn opportunities that are not currently available to him.

On July 27 2011 01:32 Fermats_last wrote:
Other than taking good players away from the teams that shaped them into good players what the fuck does EG do? It's entire mode of business is:
Wait for a small time team to create talent
Don't wait for long enough that the small time team is able to salary it's players well from the sponsorship the talented player can bring in from his big tournament wins.
Throw offers of large sums of money directly at the player who, because sponsorship and salaries have not been sorted out yet will see this as a great offer.
Sign new talented player
Leave Small time teams struggling to survive as just as they are about to become profitable their players are lured away from them.
Fuck the long term viability of the scene.

EG should really invest in it's own players rather than throwing money at other teams players untill they leave. Of course EG can offer a better deal to Puma right now, it's an already established business but if they gave it a month or two the extra money in sponsorship and tournaments Puma could bring in to TSL would rival that of EG's offer, they just don't give it a chance to happen.

On July 27 2011 02:04 originalred04 wrote:
Fruit Dealer, Tester, & Rain didn't entice the sponsors, but now they are all gone, but Puma alone is going to get the job done??? Puma will still be able to practice with Koreans, his teammates, plus have tons of foriegn opportunities that are not currently available to him.

On July 27 2011 02:05 Fermats_last wrote:


What results did they post? Puma just won NASL with 80k viewers, what have FD Tester and rain done similar recently?

On July 27 2011 01:57 StiMMy wrote:


This shit disgusts me.

You're the type of person who would leave the doors of your car unlocked and then blame it on someone else when it got stolen.

If you honestly appreciate something, and care about it, you will protect it. Period.

TSL made a terrible business decision in leaving PuMa unprotected. EG capatilized on this mistake. Maybe you should all write EG letters with little hearts and pink lining telling them they should be "nicer".

Word's like disgusting and pathetic don't even begin to describe whats going on in this thread.

On July 27 2011 02:11 bonifaceviii wrote:

You're assuming Korean sponsors give a shit about North American tournaments.

On July 27 2011 02:01 Fermats_last wrote:


Yah they have sponsors and a fan base. They don't have the players with the abilities to be good practice partners for Puma, apart from TvZ. I don't see Puma improving much with EG.

Yes and i'm sure TSL could have secured sponsors had EG not immediately taken away the player that would have enticed sponsors to choose TSL