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AEsgaims
Profile Joined November 2010
United States237 Posts
September 20 2011 00:31 GMT
#2301
@ vojnik LOL

Even if it was a mistake Stephano has liability to the contract that he signed. He is 18 and if he was signing a foreign contract, he should have sought to see what foreign laws apply. coL pursuing a legal resolution to this fiasco is good for e-sports and brings more legitimacy to the industry. And thus demands a higher level of professionalism from those trying to live off of this industry.
ShadowDrgn
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2497 Posts
September 20 2011 00:32 GMT
#2302
On September 20 2011 09:17 Deshkar wrote:
I really dislike contract breaches, especially since we all aspire to legitimize E-Sports.


Contract breaches happen regularly in American football, and that's a legitimate sport. Just look at college coaches -- those guys don't seem to ever honor their contracts. I'm not saying this is good for e-sports, but I don't think it hurts its legitimacy at all.
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
OzVelas
Profile Joined September 2011
Bulgaria516 Posts
September 20 2011 00:32 GMT
#2303
On September 20 2011 09:24 Ownos wrote:
Show nested quote +
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


How ? They have 0 chance to win if they take action in france. Stephano has a period to retract from his contract, its a french law and french law rules in france.
hypnoxide
Profile Joined August 2011
240 Posts
September 20 2011 00:32 GMT
#2304
On September 20 2011 09:04 Slider954 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 09:02 hypnoxide wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:58 Angelbelow wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:56 hypnoxide wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:49 French fries wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:47 AIOL! wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:46 French fries wrote:
France 1-0 USA

Ban plz -_-



Pas cool mec T__T
Si on peux plus faire d'humour

France getting raped in every modern war:

Everyone: 1
France: -9001


This post is equal if not worse than his. Poor taste in your response.

He's clearly trolling and so am I. Don't be so sensitive.


2 wrongs don't make a right, and calling attention to the fact that you are trolling isn't very smart. Suggest you take a few minutes and read the 10 commandments.

0 fucks.
Proud hipster of the SlayersCoCa fanclub!
Piotr
Profile Joined September 2011
26 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-20 00:36:31
September 20 2011 00:33 GMT
#2305
On September 20 2011 09:23 Callosum wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 09:21 BarbieHsu wrote:
On September 20 2011 09:16 Primadog wrote:
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?



It means that when you have a contract with an employer you have a duty of loyalty. The employer has also this obligation. Both of them have to ease the execution of the contract (in fact it works for any kind of contracts). It is mainly defined by the case law.
You can also add some clauses for exclusivity (for example after working in R&D in the company X you can't work in company Y which is a direct concurrent of X), that's why you have to read carefully your contract.

The labor law in US and in France is not really defined by laws, it's common sense, case law and conventions. It is not a scientific issue.
Gevna
Profile Joined August 2010
France2332 Posts
September 20 2011 00:34 GMT
#2306
This thread makes me so sad. I don't understand all this racism, and why there is no moderation. It's a problem between two teams. My education, my culture, or my sister have nothing to do here.

Maybe this is unprofessional by a part (which ? We only have Col's version), but what it kills e-sport is your behaviour. You are just hating on everything, and never looking to understand facts or people who work hard to grow e-sport.

KoshkaTV
Profile Joined October 2010
United States430 Posts
September 20 2011 00:36 GMT
#2307
On September 20 2011 09:24 s4life wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 09:18 dsousa wrote:
On September 20 2011 09:12 Chargelot wrote:
On September 20 2011 09:11 MyRevenge wrote:
On September 20 2011 09:09 ZestyPickle wrote:
On September 20 2011 09:06 dsousa wrote:
On September 20 2011 09:02 Falcor wrote:
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?


So what are they going to win when they sue? Some token amount from Stephano?
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Nimic
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway1360 Posts
September 20 2011 00:37 GMT
#2308
On September 20 2011 09:32 hypnoxide wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 09:04 Slider954 wrote:
On September 20 2011 09:02 hypnoxide wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:58 Angelbelow wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:56 hypnoxide wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:49 French fries wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:47 AIOL! wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:46 French fries wrote:
France 1-0 USA

Ban plz -_-



Pas cool mec T__T
Si on peux plus faire d'humour

France getting raped in every modern war:

Everyone: 1
France: -9001


This post is equal if not worse than his. Poor taste in your response.

He's clearly trolling and so am I. Don't be so sensitive.


2 wrongs don't make a right, and calling attention to the fact that you are trolling isn't very smart. Suggest you take a few minutes and read the 10 commandments.

0 fucks.


How are you not banned yet?
Slider954
Profile Joined March 2011
United States342 Posts
September 20 2011 00:38 GMT
#2309
On September 20 2011 09:34 Gevna wrote:
This thread makes me so sad. I don't understand all this racism, and why there is no moderation. It's a problem between two teams. My education, my culture, or my sister have nothing to do here.

Maybe this is unprofessional by a part (which ? We only have Col's version), but what it kills e-sport is your behaviour. You are just hating on everything, and never looking to understand facts or people who work hard to grow e-sport.



There has been plenty of moderation, please go to the ban list to see it for yourself. You have to realize that it takes the mods some time to read all the posts, and not just on this thread, they still to moderate the rest of the forums regardless if this is the hot topic at the moment. TL mods do a fine job of keeping the forums decent and troll free.
Best in the world at what I do
theBizness
Profile Joined July 2011
United States696 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-20 00:38:50
September 20 2011 00:38 GMT
#2310
Millenium has assets to go after should they sue. I mean, after all you had all these fans extolling their development of a proprietary network etc. in France. Definitely worth it for Col to go after financially, but as others have pointed out, more important in terms of setting precedence and validating their contract process.
Less money for casters, more money for players.
deathly rat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom911 Posts
September 20 2011 00:39 GMT
#2311
If they have any sense they won't pursue legal action, it just sounds like they are annoyed at the accusations of improper action on col's part.
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Callosum
Profile Joined April 2010
United States56 Posts
September 20 2011 00:39 GMT
#2312
On September 20 2011 09:31 CEO wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 09:12 teamsolid wrote:
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.


They lost more than a valuable day, they lost the right to sell stephano's skills to sponsors and fans, to take home potential prize-winnings from having him on the team, the damage of now competing against him in venues, etc. There are a host of potential damages.

Sports contracts are frequently breached, and according to their terms, the flexibility concerning such breaches differs. Often coaches take pay cuts to have non-compete clauses kept out of their contracts, which leads to their flexibility to change teams when better offers come along. All negotiations, pre- and post-contract are at a price, however. In this case, there will be a price as well. The exact value will simply depend on negotiations.
ho hum
RusHXceL
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1004 Posts
September 20 2011 00:39 GMT
#2313
we might as well forget this ever happen.

"/
exShikari
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia237 Posts
September 20 2011 00:39 GMT
#2314
On September 20 2011 09:32 hypnoxide wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 09:04 Slider954 wrote:
On September 20 2011 09:02 hypnoxide wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:58 Angelbelow wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:56 hypnoxide wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:49 French fries wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:47 AIOL! wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:46 French fries wrote:
France 1-0 USA

Ban plz -_-



Pas cool mec T__T
Si on peux plus faire d'humour

France getting raped in every modern war:

Everyone: 1
France: -9001


This post is equal if not worse than his. Poor taste in your response.

He's clearly trolling and so am I. Don't be so sensitive.


2 wrongs don't make a right, and calling attention to the fact that you are trolling isn't very smart. Suggest you take a few minutes and read the 10 commandments.

0 fucks.

That attitude is totally going to get you far in life. TL is designed to keep moronic people like you away, thank god.
It is, in the end, whatever the Hell I want it to be, And when I'm through with it, it's gonna blow a hole, This wide, straight through the worlds own idea of itself. They're throwing bottles at your house. Come on, lets go break their arms.
Jayrod
Profile Joined August 2010
1820 Posts
September 20 2011 00:39 GMT
#2315
I dont understand why these teams air out their dirty laundry about stuff like this. These is between two teams and a player, why am I reading about this?
arbitrageur
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia1202 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-20 00:40:49
September 20 2011 00:40 GMT
#2316
So you can just sign a contract and then leave saying you're not going to do it? Lol. What about the PR cost to coL? Is Stephano planning on compensating coL for this? Biggest anti-fan now.
exShikari
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia237 Posts
September 20 2011 00:40 GMT
#2317
On September 20 2011 09:39 RusHXceL wrote:
we might as well forget this ever happen.

"/

No way! We need to actually take this example as the main reason why we really need a SC2 governing body.
It is, in the end, whatever the Hell I want it to be, And when I'm through with it, it's gonna blow a hole, This wide, straight through the worlds own idea of itself. They're throwing bottles at your house. Come on, lets go break their arms.
sunman1g
Profile Joined May 2011
United States334 Posts
September 20 2011 00:42 GMT
#2318
stephano just lost a fan :/
hypnoxide
Profile Joined August 2011
240 Posts
September 20 2011 00:43 GMT
#2319
On September 20 2011 09:39 exShikari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 09:32 hypnoxide wrote:
On September 20 2011 09:04 Slider954 wrote:
On September 20 2011 09:02 hypnoxide wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:58 Angelbelow wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:56 hypnoxide wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:49 French fries wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:47 AIOL! wrote:
On September 20 2011 08:46 French fries wrote:
France 1-0 USA

Ban plz -_-



Pas cool mec T__T
Si on peux plus faire d'humour

France getting raped in every modern war:

Everyone: 1
France: -9001


This post is equal if not worse than his. Poor taste in your response.

He's clearly trolling and so am I. Don't be so sensitive.


2 wrongs don't make a right, and calling attention to the fact that you are trolling isn't very smart. Suggest you take a few minutes and read the 10 commandments.

0 fucks.

That attitude is totally going to get you far in life. TL is designed to keep moronic people like you away, thank god.

Really? I thought TL was designed for elitist assholes to sit together and circle jerk to inflate their egos.
Proud hipster of the SlayersCoCa fanclub!
Chargelot
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
2275 Posts
September 20 2011 00:43 GMT
#2320
On September 20 2011 09:32 OzVelas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 09:24 Ownos wrote:
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


How ? They have 0 chance to win if they take action in france. Stephano has a period to retract from his contract, its a french law and french law rules in france.


The contract was filed using American laws. He knew this, I'm guessing. The jurisdiction is in Texas, USA. It has nothing to do with French laws, it's American laws that matter in this case.
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