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On September 20 2011 08:47 Piotr wrote: In France we also have something that is called loyalty
and in Korea there's this thing call "honor." Apparently as long as you quote a vague virtues, it will supersede any national or international legal framework. Aren't we tired of this?
On September 20 2011 09:00 dsousa wrote: All that's left of this story is the drama.
Stephano CANNOT go to Col now.... I just don't see how this damage could be undone, so he's going to stay with Mill. Complexity is not a baneling, they are not going to blow themselves up trying to get legal revenge, because that's all they'll get if they sue. Lawyers are FAR more expensive than SC2 players, so rather than spend money suing an 18 year old Frenchman, they should just spend that money on another SC2 talent.
The only story left here is who Complexity is going to sign instead. If you're a pro player, near the level of Stephano, I'd be giving Jason Lake a call. He's eager to make someone "One of the highest payed players in SC2".
the founder of complexity use to own a law firm and sold his share of it to pursue esports more. So i dont think lawyer fees for him will be a issue.
No matter how rich you are....$200-$500/hour takes its toll.
The point is he is a lawyer, therefore he can represent himself..
I highly doubt about that, since he should engage legal pursuit in FRANCE.
No, he wouldn't. Jurisdiction is in Texas, USA.
Even if he's "sues" and wins.... how the heck is he ever going to collect? There is NO WAY he is going to spend years fighting this in courts, when he said he just engaged Stephano on Sept 1. He's just a lawyer who's pissed.... and I imagine most lawyers when their pissed threaten legal action.
Col will never see a dime from Mill over this UNLESS Mill freaks out and gets scared and decides to "settle". No SC2 team is worth suing, because they can just shut down and reform. SC2 teams have no money and no assets worth pursuing (No offense)
This is somewhat sad because I'm sure that if Stephano had a change of heart and said, I'm sorry, but I'd rather stay with Millenium, they'd let him off with relatively little fuss. Nobody wants to keep a player on a team they don't want to be on.
On September 20 2011 08:47 Piotr wrote: In France we also have something that is called loyalty
and in Korea there's this thing call "honor." Apparently as long as you quote a vague virtues, it will supersede any national or international legal framework. Aren't we tired of this?
You're either deliberately misunderstanding him, or deliberately misrepresenting what he says. Because I will never assume that a TL poster is just plain stupid.
Loyalty has a particular meaning in French contract law.
On September 20 2011 09:00 dsousa wrote: All that's left of this story is the drama.
Stephano CANNOT go to Col now.... I just don't see how this damage could be undone, so he's going to stay with Mill. Complexity is not a baneling, they are not going to blow themselves up trying to get legal revenge, because that's all they'll get if they sue. Lawyers are FAR more expensive than SC2 players, so rather than spend money suing an 18 year old Frenchman, they should just spend that money on another SC2 talent.
The only story left here is who Complexity is going to sign instead. If you're a pro player, near the level of Stephano, I'd be giving Jason Lake a call. He's eager to make someone "One of the highest payed players in SC2".
the founder of complexity use to own a law firm and sold his share of it to pursue esports more. So i dont think lawyer fees for him will be a issue.
No matter how rich you are....$200-$500/hour takes its toll.
The point is he is a lawyer, therefore he can represent himself..
I highly doubt about that, since he should engage legal pursuit in FRANCE.
No, he wouldn't. Jurisdiction is in Texas, USA.
Even if he's "sues" and wins.... how the heck is he ever going to collect? There is NO WAY he is going to spend years fighting this in courts, when he said he just engaged Stephano on Sept 1. He's just a lawyer who's pissed.... and I imagine most lawyers when their pissed threaten legal action.
Col will never see a dime from Mill over this UNLESS Mill freaks out and gets scared and decides to "settle". No SC2 team is worth suing, because they can just shut down and reform. SC2 teams have no money and no assets worth pursuing (No offense)
On September 20 2011 09:00 dsousa wrote: All that's left of this story is the drama.
Stephano CANNOT go to Col now.... I just don't see how this damage could be undone, so he's going to stay with Mill. Complexity is not a baneling, they are not going to blow themselves up trying to get legal revenge, because that's all they'll get if they sue. Lawyers are FAR more expensive than SC2 players, so rather than spend money suing an 18 year old Frenchman, they should just spend that money on another SC2 talent.
The only story left here is who Complexity is going to sign instead. If you're a pro player, near the level of Stephano, I'd be giving Jason Lake a call. He's eager to make someone "One of the highest payed players in SC2".
the founder of complexity use to own a law firm and sold his share of it to pursue esports more. So i dont think lawyer fees for him will be a issue.
No matter how rich you are....$200-$500/hour takes its toll.
The point is he is a lawyer, therefore he can represent himself..
I highly doubt about that, since he should engage legal pursuit in FRANCE.
No, he wouldn't. Jurisdiction is in Texas, USA.
Even if he's "sues" and wins.... how the heck is he ever going to collect? There is NO WAY he is going to spend years fighting this in courts, when he said he just engaged Stephano on Sept 1. He's just a lawyer who's pissed.... and I imagine most lawyers when their pissed threaten legal action.
Col will never see a dime from Mill over this UNLESS Mill freaks out and gets scared and decides to "settle". No SC2 team is worth suing, because they can just shut down and reform. SC2 teams have no money and no assets worth pursuing (No offense)
Based on what's been said so far, is seems like they won't take on a legal suit to try and get compensation, or that won't be their main motivation at least. It's more about the principle of the matter. Part of legitimizing esports is abiding by contracts.
On September 20 2011 09:00 dsousa wrote: All that's left of this story is the drama.
Stephano CANNOT go to Col now.... I just don't see how this damage could be undone, so he's going to stay with Mill. Complexity is not a baneling, they are not going to blow themselves up trying to get legal revenge, because that's all they'll get if they sue. Lawyers are FAR more expensive than SC2 players, so rather than spend money suing an 18 year old Frenchman, they should just spend that money on another SC2 talent.
The only story left here is who Complexity is going to sign instead. If you're a pro player, near the level of Stephano, I'd be giving Jason Lake a call. He's eager to make someone "One of the highest payed players in SC2".
the founder of complexity use to own a law firm and sold his share of it to pursue esports more. So i dont think lawyer fees for him will be a issue.
No matter how rich you are....$200-$500/hour takes its toll.
The point is he is a lawyer, therefore he can represent himself..
I highly doubt about that, since he should engage legal pursuit in FRANCE.
No, he wouldn't. Jurisdiction is in Texas, USA.
Even if he's "sues" and wins.... how the heck is he ever going to collect? There is NO WAY he is going to spend years fighting this in courts, when he said he just engaged Stephano on Sept 1. He's just a lawyer who's pissed.... and I imagine most lawyers when their pissed threaten legal action.
Col will never see a dime from Mill over this UNLESS Mill freaks out and gets scared and decides to "settle". No SC2 team is worth suing, because they can just shut down and reform. SC2 teams have no money and no assets worth pursuing (No offense)
Complexity would sue millennium, stephano, and the owners of millennium individually to prevent them from simply shutting down and reforming. Their being in France will mean little, as I suspect France recognizes and enforces US judgments. It would be one small extra step in the process. So collection will actually be quite simple, should they sue. Keep in mind, however, that a vast majority of lawsuits end in settlement anyway, not a verdict. It's likely that on suit both sides will negotiate a payout and that will be that. What could be easier? Why not pursue it, then?
On September 20 2011 08:47 Piotr wrote: In France we also have something that is called loyalty
and in Korea there's this thing call "honor." Apparently as long as you quote a vague virtues, it will supersede any national or international legal framework. Aren't we tired of this?
You're either deliberately misunderstanding him, or deliberately misrepresenting what he says. Because I will never assume that a TL poster is just plain stupid.
Loyalty has a particular meaning in French contract law.
That's interesting, what does it mean under French law?
What a mess... Really not good for the Starcraft 2 scene in general.. Hopefully the two sides can come to some sort of mutual agreement so that this ends the best possible way.
On September 20 2011 09:00 dsousa wrote: All that's left of this story is the drama.
Stephano CANNOT go to Col now.... I just don't see how this damage could be undone, so he's going to stay with Mill. Complexity is not a baneling, they are not going to blow themselves up trying to get legal revenge, because that's all they'll get if they sue. Lawyers are FAR more expensive than SC2 players, so rather than spend money suing an 18 year old Frenchman, they should just spend that money on another SC2 talent.
The only story left here is who Complexity is going to sign instead. If you're a pro player, near the level of Stephano, I'd be giving Jason Lake a call. He's eager to make someone "One of the highest payed players in SC2".
the founder of complexity use to own a law firm and sold his share of it to pursue esports more. So i dont think lawyer fees for him will be a issue.
No matter how rich you are....$200-$500/hour takes its toll.
The point is he is a lawyer, therefore he can represent himself..
I highly doubt about that, since he should engage legal pursuit in FRANCE.
No, he wouldn't. Jurisdiction is in Texas, USA.
Even if he's "sues" and wins.... how the heck is he ever going to collect? There is NO WAY he is going to spend years fighting this in courts, when he said he just engaged Stephano on Sept 1. He's just a lawyer who's pissed.... and I imagine most lawyers when their pissed threaten legal action.
Col will never see a dime from Mill over this UNLESS Mill freaks out and gets scared and decides to "settle". No SC2 team is worth suing, because they can just shut down and reform. SC2 teams have no money and no assets worth pursuing (No offense)
It's not about the money.. I mean, how much can they really sue Stephano for? .. This is about coL's image.. if they allow this to happen, what's stopping any other player from royally screwing them over again?
On September 20 2011 09:06 Bluest wrote: First, I'm not so sure Stephano can't still join CoL. If CoL wants him he can and they certainly haven't ruled it explicitly yet. More importantly, if CoL doesn't do anything to enforce these contracts it will make all their contracts and the contracts they get people to sign in the future useless pieces of paper. Frankly, it wouldn't be a bad idea for all e-sports teams tocome together and spend a few grand here to help CoL out so they could collectively send a message here.
That's pretty much the goal. It was in the linked article. They likely will not get Stephano. They probably wouldn't accept him back. They're just going to make an example out of Millennium. :X
On September 20 2011 08:47 Piotr wrote: In France we also have something that is called loyalty
and in Korea there's this thing call "honor." Apparently as long as you quote a vague virtues, it will supersede any national or international legal framework. Aren't we tired of this?
You're either deliberately misunderstanding him, or deliberately misrepresenting what he says. Because I will never assume that a TL poster is just plain stupid.
Loyalty has a particular meaning in French contract law.
That's interesting, what does it mean under French law?
Something about allowing Employer A to get compensation from Employer B if the latter decides to hire away its worker
On September 20 2011 09:15 IndoorSpawningPool wrote: Millennium really needs to address what is happening here instead of letting Stephano get thrown under the bus like this. That one letter isn't cutting it. They can't just ignore what happened hoping it will go away
They have been making snide comments about compLexity on their stream, if you want to watch that.
On September 20 2011 09:11 CEO wrote: I think there's a big difference between getting out of your contract when you're in the middle of its time period and getting out a day or something after you signed it. Compare getting out of the military before your first day of training, and deserting in the middle of an actual operation. I don't think that signed players will think that they can get away with whatever they want just because the organisation is good enough to allow people to get out of their contracts if they realize right away that they don't want to stay.
I don't see any difference between the two at all. Breaking a contract is breaking a contract, regardless of when you do it.
Imagine if an NHL/NFL/MLB player signs a contract with a team for a year, and just suddenly bails. There would be huge consequences for that kind of action.
Contrary to what my name might suggest, I am not in fact a CEO. What kind of consequences would there be if a player signs for a year and then informs them the next day that he wants to revert his decision? Did the player do irreversible damage to the team now that he has wasted one of their invaluable days? It doesn't seem unreasonable to me to ask for a cancellation of such a contract if you realize just after signing that for whatever reason it was a bad decision.
On September 20 2011 09:00 dsousa wrote: All that's left of this story is the drama.
Stephano CANNOT go to Col now.... I just don't see how this damage could be undone, so he's going to stay with Mill. Complexity is not a baneling, they are not going to blow themselves up trying to get legal revenge, because that's all they'll get if they sue. Lawyers are FAR more expensive than SC2 players, so rather than spend money suing an 18 year old Frenchman, they should just spend that money on another SC2 talent.
The only story left here is who Complexity is going to sign instead. If you're a pro player, near the level of Stephano, I'd be giving Jason Lake a call. He's eager to make someone "One of the highest payed players in SC2".
the founder of complexity use to own a law firm and sold his share of it to pursue esports more. So i dont think lawyer fees for him will be a issue.
No matter how rich you are....$200-$500/hour takes its toll.
The point is he is a lawyer, therefore he can represent himself..
I highly doubt about that, since he should engage legal pursuit in FRANCE.
No, he wouldn't. Jurisdiction is in Texas, USA.
Even if he's "sues" and wins.... how the heck is he ever going to collect? There is NO WAY he is going to spend years fighting this in courts, when he said he just engaged Stephano on Sept 1. He's just a lawyer who's pissed.... and I imagine most lawyers when their pissed threaten legal action.
Col will never see a dime from Mill over this UNLESS Mill freaks out and gets scared and decides to "settle". No SC2 team is worth suing, because they can just shut down and reform. SC2 teams have no money and no assets worth pursuing (No offense)
I stand corrected, but did they ever get their money?
A couple things about this are different. That was a case of services being rendered and not paid for, with a clear dollar amount. Secondly that was a company (not a gaming team) which means it probably has deeper pockets that Mill or Stephano. Lastly, what can they even sue Mill for, its Stephano they'd have to sue.
That being said, maybe Jason Lake is just likes to sue.... but I'd be interested to know how long that process took to wrap up and if they ever got the money. (I bet they didn't .... prove me wrong again :D)