• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 06:16
CEST 12:16
KST 19:16
  • 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
[ASL22] Ro4 Preview: Mirror Mirror4[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: Within Reach5[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: In A Tizzy11[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver5[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Rough Waters10
Community News
Weekly Cups Results (Sep 28-Oct 4)0SC4ALL: II SC2 Complete Invited Player Lineup10StarCraft II 5.0.17 PTR Patch Notes (Sept 30, 2026)76Weekly Cups (Sept 21-27): herO and ByuN double2Weekly Cups (Sep 13-20): herO scores triple3
StarCraft 2
General
StarCraft II 5.0.17 PTR Patch Notes (Sept 30, 2026) How do you feel about the mass reverts in the 5.0.17 PTR? Weekly Cups Results (Sep 28-Oct 4) SC4ALL: II SC2 Complete Invited Player Lineup Back to SC2 after 14 years - Protoss CTRL groups?
Tourneys
Stellar Fest TWO the Moon (Dec 16-20) ISSL (IntoTheTV x SOOP SC2 League): Premier Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament 2026 GSTL Grand Finals Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond)
Strategy
[H] ZvP Mid-Late Game: Stalkers Collossi HT
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Sweltering Sands [M] (2) Frigid Storage
External Content
Mutation # 546 Catch the Train The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 545 And Drops and Rifts Mutation # 544 Double Trouble
Brood War
General
Sagi.gg Launcher Released 20-year-old Valorant player starting StarCraft Bot on ladder BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Fantasy returning?
Tourneys
[ASL22] Semifinal B [ASL22] Semifinal A [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL22] Ro8 Day 4
Strategy
Cliff Jump Revisited (1 in a 1000 strategy) Replay Review Process - What do you do? Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Total Annihilation Zero
Dota 2
Dota 2 Champions League Season 3 Begins April 25! Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread Dating: How's your luck? Artificial Intelligence Thread
Fan Clubs
Serral Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Diablo Animated Series on Netflix
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
[ASL22] Ro4 Day1 Ticket Giv…
bITt.mAN
Escaping Into Video Games: G…
TrAiDoS
38 yo Retired SWE loo…
PurE)Rabbit-SF
Can Bots Beat Pros?? Starcr…
namkraft
[meme] I finally understa…
LUCKY_NOOB
Regacy Esports:Our Goa…
regacyesports
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 7403 users

'TSL expelled from SC2 Conference' - Page 15

Forum Index > SC2 General
1124 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 13 14 15 16 17 57 Next
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
August 04 2011 13:45 GMT
#281
On August 04 2011 22:42 Asday wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 20:59 teer wrote:
sixjax.Clide? Artosis orgasm

We don't want another August.WeRRa fiasco.


WAY too soon.
brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
August 04 2011 13:46 GMT
#282
On August 04 2011 22:44 Wfat wrote:
Ok so from what I gather from this and the Puma/EG issue:

Coach Lee thinks it's acceptable to withhold salaries that have been agreed under good faith without signing a legally binding contract, but defames Puma/EG when Puma was not himself contracted. Childish, unprofessional... the whole situation with this bloke and TSL seems pretty fucked to me if this is the case.

Please tell me that this isn't the norm in Korean competitive gaming.

Apparently all of your conlcusion after your "gathering" is all wrong and almost have nothing to do with this thread -_-
I hate all this singing
Terrafros
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands194 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 13:49:56
August 04 2011 13:47 GMT
#283
On August 04 2011 22:34 shell wrote:
This is unfortunate and sad for korean SC2, it's never pretty when an argument is judged by the public opinion..

2 points:

-Coach Lee is not a saint
-EG is not that evil



Pretty much this.

It's good for people to realize that there's more than one side to the story, and that what the main consensus may believe isn't always right.

A shame to see all this crap being thrown around left and right, but at the very least it'll teach a valuable lesson. Hopefully, one that does not have to be repeated.
Wfat
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Australia108 Posts
August 04 2011 13:48 GMT
#284
On August 04 2011 22:46 brachester wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 22:44 Wfat wrote:
Ok so from what I gather from this and the Puma/EG issue:

Coach Lee thinks it's acceptable to withhold salaries that have been agreed under good faith without signing a legally binding contract, but defames Puma/EG when Puma was not himself contracted. Childish, unprofessional... the whole situation with this bloke and TSL seems pretty fucked to me if this is the case.

Please tell me that this isn't the norm in Korean competitive gaming.

Apparently all of your conlcusion after your "gathering" is all wrong and almost have nothing to do with this thread -_-



Can you please explain how? Not trying to be ignorant but maybe I've missed some key details?
eight.BiT
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States240 Posts
August 04 2011 13:48 GMT
#285
On August 04 2011 22:46 brachester wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 22:44 Wfat wrote:
Ok so from what I gather from this and the Puma/EG issue:

Coach Lee thinks it's acceptable to withhold salaries that have been agreed under good faith without signing a legally binding contract, but defames Puma/EG when Puma was not himself contracted. Childish, unprofessional... the whole situation with this bloke and TSL seems pretty fucked to me if this is the case.

Please tell me that this isn't the norm in Korean competitive gaming.

Apparently all of your conlcusion after your "gathering" is all wrong and almost have nothing to do with this thread -_-

Yes, the TSL coach has nothing to do with this thread.
EnSky
Profile Joined June 2011
Philippines1003 Posts
August 04 2011 13:49 GMT
#286
This is actually sad. I hope the parties concerned learned from this experience.
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12889 Posts
August 04 2011 13:51 GMT
#287
at least this will be a good lesson for all teams to learn.
I mean korea had been doing esport bigger and longer than anywhere else (as far as I know), it's kind of strange to see how problem like "no contract, relying only on good faith" can still occur
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Clow
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Brazil880 Posts
August 04 2011 13:52 GMT
#288
If I don't work, I don't get paid. How is that wrong? Maybe it wasn't in the contract, but bashing Coach Lee for this is just stupid.
(–_–) CJ Entusman #33
Onox
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1072 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 13:52:57
August 04 2011 13:52 GMT
#289
On August 04 2011 22:42 Asday wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 20:59 teer wrote:
sixjax.Clide? Artosis orgasm

We don't want another August.WeRRa fiasco.

rofl
Anyways, I always thought Lee wouldn't act like this. I always though highly of him, but meh.
Eufouria
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom4425 Posts
August 04 2011 13:52 GMT
#290
On August 04 2011 20:48 b_unnies wrote:
Honestly I think what Coach Lee did is fair. Trickster/Fruitdealer don't practice? They don't get paid. Do you expect your boss to pay you if you don't show up for work either?

I agree that in theory what he did was right, but you can't just ignore contracts. The contracts should be designed in a way that takes account of practice time, probably through bonuses, that way players have motivation to practice. From the sounds of it TSL has been being run awfully, the team is basically the top players from just after release, who wanted a more relaxed practice regime. Add to that some sponsorship money so they could afford to pay some of those players wages meant that their results suffered and some of the players with wages got too comfortable.

I'm speculating here, but I imagine maybe the sponsors threatened to cut some of the funding and either because of that, or at a similar period, some of the players on TSL decided they wanted to improve the results, which lead to Fruitdealer and Trickster being confronted.
brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
August 04 2011 13:52 GMT
#291
On August 04 2011 22:48 Wfat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 22:46 brachester wrote:
On August 04 2011 22:44 Wfat wrote:
Ok so from what I gather from this and the Puma/EG issue:

Coach Lee thinks it's acceptable to withhold salaries that have been agreed under good faith without signing a legally binding contract, but defames Puma/EG when Puma was not himself contracted. Childish, unprofessional... the whole situation with this bloke and TSL seems pretty fucked to me if this is the case.

Please tell me that this isn't the norm in Korean competitive gaming.

Apparently all of your conlcusion after your "gathering" is all wrong and almost have nothing to do with this thread -_-



Can you please explain how? Not trying to be ignorant but maybe I've missed some key details?

Because the whole thing about Puma is not about he defaming Puma or Puma being lusted by money and leave TSL, its about EG approaching Puma behind Lee's back, which is unacceptable. But that's another story and it alsmost has nothing to do with this thread and we should stop talking about that.
I hate all this singing
boon2537
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States905 Posts
August 04 2011 13:53 GMT
#292
More drama yay?!?!
I hope everything will be sorted out with more information available and TSL will not get disbanded.
brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
August 04 2011 13:53 GMT
#293
On August 04 2011 22:48 eight.BiT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 22:46 brachester wrote:
On August 04 2011 22:44 Wfat wrote:
Ok so from what I gather from this and the Puma/EG issue:

Coach Lee thinks it's acceptable to withhold salaries that have been agreed under good faith without signing a legally binding contract, but defames Puma/EG when Puma was not himself contracted. Childish, unprofessional... the whole situation with this bloke and TSL seems pretty fucked to me if this is the case.

Please tell me that this isn't the norm in Korean competitive gaming.

Apparently all of your conlcusion after your "gathering" is all wrong and almost have nothing to do with this thread -_-

Yes, the TSL coach has nothing to do with this thread.

Yeah, those EG shit doesn't have its place in this thread
I hate all this singing
ReturnStroke
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States801 Posts
August 04 2011 13:54 GMT
#294
It seems like a lot of Korean organizations need to get their act together. C'mon people... no gg no skill.
Redmark
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada2129 Posts
August 04 2011 13:56 GMT
#295
I don't know why people keep bringing up EG when this brings no new information about that situation. No matter if they were right or wrong, they're no more right or wrong now even if coach Lee is literally the manifestation of the devil.
Additionally half the people criticizing EG were focusing on their communication with the foreign community anyway.
VGhost
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States3621 Posts
August 04 2011 13:57 GMT
#296
I don't get the "we're kicking you guys out but you can still play" thing. Granted, it would be rough on the players if TSL wasn't allowed to participate - and I don't really know how Korean team contracts work. It just seems like a bare formality.

Note: I'm not saying blame one way or another, it's just that the action taken doesn't make sense to me no matter who's right or wrong.
#4427 || I am not going to scan a ferret.
b_unnies
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
3579 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 13:59:10
August 04 2011 13:58 GMT
#297
On August 04 2011 22:52 Eufouria wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 20:48 b_unnies wrote:
Honestly I think what Coach Lee did is fair. Trickster/Fruitdealer don't practice? They don't get paid. Do you expect your boss to pay you if you don't show up for work either?

I agree that in theory what he did was right, but you can't just ignore contracts. The contracts should be designed in a way that takes account of practice time, probably through bonuses, that way players have motivation to practice. From the sounds of it TSL has been being run awfully, the team is basically the top players from just after release, who wanted a more relaxed practice regime. Add to that some sponsorship money so they could afford to pay some of those players wages meant that their results suffered and some of the players with wages got too comfortable.

I'm speculating here, but I imagine maybe the sponsors threatened to cut some of the funding and either because of that, or at a similar period, some of the players on TSL decided they wanted to improve the results, which lead to Fruitdealer and Trickster being confronted.


Contract's are always 2-way, never 1-way. FD/Trickster gets money but what does TSL get? Since thats pretty much what you mean by saying contracts didnt take into account practice times.

TSL' sponsors have already reduced funding.
Reasonable
Profile Joined September 2010
Ukraine1432 Posts
August 04 2011 13:59 GMT
#298
Either coach Lee is an asshole, which he is probably not, or he's a crappy manager to allow a team to scramble for pennies with such humiliation. I always was and will be on Tester's and FD's side because they were the ones who initially formed TSL.
FXOpen
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia1844 Posts
August 04 2011 13:59 GMT
#299
One thing I have learned, and this is not in reference to coach lee as I dont know the true situation. Is that you cannot trust the players association.

I may dive into the reasons why in a different post/thread and not hijack this one.
www.twitter.com/FXOpenESports
Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
August 04 2011 14:00 GMT
#300
This is why we need a goverment approved body like Kespa for SC2. Or I really hope that Kespa and Blizzard will come to an agreement soon so Kespa can manage the legal aspect of SC2 too.
Terran
Prev 1 13 14 15 16 17 57 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 44m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Lowko204
StarCraft: Brood War
Shuttle 1698
actioN 1012
Horang2 553
Jaedong 530
Bisu 477
BeSt 387
Hyuk 349
firebathero 267
Soma 239
Larva 226
[ Show more ]
Hyun 212
Mong 202
Soulkey 185
Stork 184
Rush 131
Shine 120
PianO 106
Pusan 75
Mind 67
910 62
hero 49
Sexy 41
Shinee 37
ZerO 36
Yoon 36
Last 35
HiyA 30
Bale 28
Sharp 28
Free 26
sSak 26
ZergMaN 24
sorry 20
Hm[arnc] 15
Noble 7
Dota 2
XcaliburYe185
Counter-Strike
olofmeister1312
shoxiejesuss1246
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King296
Other Games
gofns35502
summit1g7161
singsing1474
ceh9533
KnowMe157
DeMusliM142
Pyrionflax135
Livibee99
Trikslyr29
ZerO(Twitch)4
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick465
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream30
[ Show 10 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Jankos1281
Other Games
• Shiphtur376
Upcoming Events
Kung Fu Cup
44m
Patches Events
5h 44m
The PondCast
23h 44m
INu's Battles
1d
Percival vs SHIN
Zoun vs herO
OSC
1d 11h
Replay Cast
1d 12h
OSC
2 days
BSL: Ladder Tournament
3 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
3 days
Patches Events
4 days
[ Show More ]
BSL Open Qualifier
4 days
BSL Open Qualifier
4 days
WardiTV Weekly
6 days
PiGosaur Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL 2026 AUTUMN (S22)
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
Copium Cup

Ongoing

ASL Season 22
Super Anchor Qualifying S3
Acropolis #5
Acropolis #5 - GSB
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual

Upcoming

Acropolis #5 - GSC
BSL Season 23
SC4ALL II: Brood War
BSL 23: Non-Korean Championship
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
HCC Season 3
eXTREMESLAND 2026
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
IEM Beijing 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
1win Private Club #2
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
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 © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.