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Lack of content, flaming (of the French or anyone) and useless posts will be punished. Please keep it from being too inflammatory and keep discussion on-topic. -semioldguy (p.103)

Update: Please read http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=267506#1 and continue the discussion there.
SinO[Ob]
Profile Joined October 2010
France898 Posts
September 21 2011 11:52 GMT
#3081
Yea now diablo III beta is out, who cares about coL/Mille/stephano? GO KILL LEORIC FFS :D

Want my key!
Stephano and Clem enjoyer
Cargocult
Profile Joined June 2011
France15 Posts
September 21 2011 11:54 GMT
#3082
This drama is way over the top.

The only damage Col received from this is due to their hasty announcement, not even waiting for Millenium to be informed and letting them make a goodbye message which leads one to suppose that they thought that if they didn't close the deal as fast as possible they had little chance to sway Stephano away from his team.

Also in order to properly contract a French citizen you need a contract that is written in both English and French and more importantly that satisfies French law, I don't see how this is even a matter of controversy.

This has simply turned into a excuse to engage in some thinly veiled France and US bashing.
WhiteDog
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France8650 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-21 13:05:17
September 21 2011 13:04 GMT
#3083
On September 21 2011 20:34 Tofugrinder wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 21 2011 20:12 WhiteDog wrote:
This thread feel so full of pro US bullshit. Like saying french law should be like in the US. Since when the US is a good exemple of justice ?
Let's keep it a discussion between a player and two team.

The main point is, if Stephano would have signed and officially gone to the US with CoL and then would have gone back to Mill, this would have been a very bad move.
But Stephano had contracted with CoL since only a few hours : I suppose it's okay to admit that there is a certain time after the signing to retract yourself.

and your pro France bullshit is not a bit better than the pro USA bullshit. fuck off nations, this shouldn't be part of e-sports - but appearently the Millenium guys have a different opinion on that. I hope they really have to pay lots of money for the crap they created

I am not pro France in this regard, French's justice is as bad as US' justice in my opinion, and if you consider Mill & Stephano the eSport definition of France, then I do think they acted rather immature in this specific situation : CoL feel robbed and they have the right to think so, but I suppose going to court is a bit too much, an apology should be enough.
"every time WhiteDog overuses the word "seriously" in a comment I can make an observation on his fragile emotional state." MoltkeWarding
haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
September 21 2011 13:07 GMT
#3084
Stephano certainly did himself no favors. Which team is going to look his way when big money comes up for a new player?
Rillanon.au
Agathon
Profile Joined February 2011
France1505 Posts
September 21 2011 13:18 GMT
#3085
On September 21 2011 22:07 haduken wrote:
Stephano certainly did himself no favors. Which team is going to look his way when big money comes up for a new player?


Idra is far to be the most respectfull and manner man in the world, that never closed him any door, because he is a very good player.

Same for Naniwa 10 month ago when everybody was blaming his behaviour (he is a nice guy now).

If their behaviour didn't cost them anything, i've no reason to worried about Stephano's futur
"C'est au pied du mur, qu'on voit le mieux...le mur".
JulsFoF
Profile Joined April 2011
49 Posts
September 21 2011 14:24 GMT
#3086
On September 21 2011 22:18 Agathon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 21 2011 22:07 haduken wrote:
Stephano certainly did himself no favors. Which team is going to look his way when big money comes up for a new player?


Idra is far to be the most respectfull and manner man in the world, that never closed him any door, because he is a very good player.

Same for Naniwa 10 month ago when everybody was blaming his behaviour (he is a nice guy now).

If their behaviour didn't cost them anything, i've no reason to worried about Stephano's futur



NOT true naniwa was kicked out of 2 teams and the german esl pro serias because of his bahaviour.
but u are rigth that because of hes a good player he got sigthed by dignitas.


but back to topic i think its rather disturbing that a player thinks he can just ignore a contract and do what ever he wants to. if e sports ever want to reach that kind of professionalism that basketball football and so on have these things mustn't happen.
Disdain
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark26 Posts
September 21 2011 15:00 GMT
#3087
All I see is a bunch of French people defending a team that have wronged the community and eSports in general. There might be a loophole in the French law that protects Millenium from being sued by Complexity, but that does not mean that they handled this the right way. In most countries when you sign a contract, it is binding. If you sign a contract saying that you will represent a specific team, then you should do just that.

TL:DR; Whether or not the french law is on Milleniums side, they are by no means right in their actions, clearly keeping Stephano means more to them though - so I hope it was worth it, considering how much they just lost in bad publicity.
aka. zenition (in DotA)
Agathon
Profile Joined February 2011
France1505 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-21 15:07:52
September 21 2011 15:06 GMT
#3088
On September 21 2011 23:24 JulsFoF wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 21 2011 22:18 Agathon wrote:
On September 21 2011 22:07 haduken wrote:
Stephano certainly did himself no favors. Which team is going to look his way when big money comes up for a new player?


Idra is far to be the most respectfull and manner man in the world, that never closed him any door, because he is a very good player.

Same for Naniwa 10 month ago when everybody was blaming his behaviour (he is a nice guy now).

If their behaviour didn't cost them anything, i've no reason to worried about Stephano's futur



NOT true naniwa was kicked out of 2 teams and the german esl pro serias because of his bahaviour.
but u are rigth that because of hes a good player he got sigthed by dignitas.


but back to topic i think its rather disturbing that a player thinks he can just ignore a contract and do what ever he wants to. if e sports ever want to reach that kind of professionalism that basketball football and so on have these things mustn't happen.


Yes and players need someone to protect their interests and give them advices for their career (like Union, Agents, Lawyers, etc...). It doesn"t exist atm.

E Sport is very young. It's not surprising it fails from time to time. No reason for a drama like this one BTW.
"C'est au pied du mur, qu'on voit le mieux...le mur".
AIOL!
Profile Joined January 2011
France962 Posts
September 21 2011 15:23 GMT
#3089
I don't understand people who cares so much about this that they "wish Stephano and Millenium will never be able to play a competition anymore and the guy will only play Go4sc2 until the end of his miserable existance !"

COME ON ! Stephano is young, he fucked up hard, coL's manager cryed a little bit but i really don't think this deserves 3k posts of hating O_o. Are we just in real world? I mean no one died, when i read this thread i got the feeling a crowd of angry men will brake him into little pieces when he'll travel to MLG (if CIA don't arrest him at the airport).

Calm down, he didn't eat your mothers.
Stephano!!!!!!/Nerchio/Mana/Hasuobs/Grubby/Kas/Tarson/Sarens/Goody/BeastyCury
Bedrock
Profile Joined October 2010
United States395 Posts
September 21 2011 15:24 GMT
#3090
On September 22 2011 00:23 AIOL! wrote:
I don't understand people who cares so much about this that they "wish Stephano and Millenium will never be able to play a competition anymore and the guy will only play Go4sc2 until the end of his miserable existance !"

COME ON ! Stephano is young, he fucked up hard, coL's manager cryed a little bit but i really don't think this deserves 3k posts of hating O_o. Are we just in real world? I mean no one died, when i read this thread i got the feeling a crowd of angry men will brake him into little pieces when he'll travel to MLG (if CIA don't arrest him at the airport).

Calm down, he didn't eat your mothers.


I think it's just more of a passion for e-sports thing than anything else. You tend to care a lot about what's going on on the things you really care about.
eSports or die tryin'
Linwelin
Profile Joined March 2011
Ireland7554 Posts
September 21 2011 15:29 GMT
#3091
On September 22 2011 00:23 AIOL! wrote:
I don't understand people who cares so much about this that they "wish Stephano and Millenium will never be able to play a competition anymore and the guy will only play Go4sc2 until the end of his miserable existance !"

COME ON ! Stephano is young, he fucked up hard, coL's manager cryed a little bit but i really don't think this deserves 3k posts of hating O_o. Are we just in real world? I mean no one died, when i read this thread i got the feeling a crowd of angry men will brake him into little pieces when he'll travel to MLG (if CIA don't arrest him at the airport).

Calm down, he didn't eat your mothers.


So people should be angry with someone, only if he kills somebody
Ok
Fuck Razor and Death Prophet
Jongl0
Profile Joined June 2011
631 Posts
September 21 2011 15:45 GMT
#3092
This is just bullshit, I don't think Complexity did anything to disorient him. If they did I just don't understand how it's possible to not understand what Stephano did when he signed the contract. It's not like he's 13, he's 18 ffs.

And Millenium doesn't seem to be all that professional either.
alan25
Profile Joined September 2010
United States379 Posts
September 21 2011 16:05 GMT
#3093
coL.Mill.Stephano GG
Tula
Profile Joined December 2010
Austria1544 Posts
September 21 2011 16:08 GMT
#3094
On September 22 2011 00:23 AIOL! wrote:
I don't understand people who cares so much about this that they "wish Stephano and Millenium will never be able to play a competition anymore and the guy will only play Go4sc2 until the end of his miserable existance !"

COME ON ! Stephano is young, he fucked up hard, coL's manager cryed a little bit but i really don't think this deserves 3k posts of hating O_o. Are we just in real world? I mean no one died, when i read this thread i got the feeling a crowd of angry men will brake him into little pieces when he'll travel to MLG (if CIA don't arrest him at the airport).

Calm down, he didn't eat your mothers.


Out of interest what age is the age of majority in your imaginary world?

I find it very interesting that all people stress that Stephano is so young (allegedly) when he is in fact old enough to be legally and morally responsible for his actions.

Regarding the other stuff in your post, you should probably consider how silly the internet is in general, some minor scandal like this is enough to spawn 10 days of nerd rage at the very least, until the next piece of interest comes along.
JustinMartin
Profile Joined November 2010
159 Posts
September 21 2011 16:11 GMT
#3095
damn it,!
Luisa_2
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany200 Posts
September 21 2011 16:14 GMT
#3096
With the development of eSports we're gettin to the dirty parts of bureaucracy in the Sports scene.
"Tasteless,why did the Colossus fall over?" "Why?" " Because it was imbalanced"
s4life
Profile Joined March 2007
Peru1519 Posts
September 21 2011 16:17 GMT
#3097
On September 21 2011 22:18 Agathon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 21 2011 22:07 haduken wrote:
Stephano certainly did himself no favors. Which team is going to look his way when big money comes up for a new player?


Idra is far to be the most respectfull and manner man in the world, that never closed him any door, because he is a very good player.

Same for Naniwa 10 month ago when everybody was blaming his behaviour (he is a nice guy now).

If their behaviour didn't cost them anything, i've no reason to worried about Stephano's futur


I think when a player goes back on his own WRITTEN word so deliberately, it's probably a bit more serious than in-game BM and/or behavioral issues. Make no mistake, there will be a backslash against this type of unethical, shitty attitude.
karpo
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden1998 Posts
September 21 2011 16:18 GMT
#3098
On September 22 2011 01:08 Tula wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2011 00:23 AIOL! wrote:
I don't understand people who cares so much about this that they "wish Stephano and Millenium will never be able to play a competition anymore and the guy will only play Go4sc2 until the end of his miserable existance !"

COME ON ! Stephano is young, he fucked up hard, coL's manager cryed a little bit but i really don't think this deserves 3k posts of hating O_o. Are we just in real world? I mean no one died, when i read this thread i got the feeling a crowd of angry men will brake him into little pieces when he'll travel to MLG (if CIA don't arrest him at the airport).

Calm down, he didn't eat your mothers.


Out of interest what age is the age of majority in your imaginary world?

I find it very interesting that all people stress that Stephano is so young (allegedly) when he is in fact old enough to be legally and morally responsible for his actions.

Regarding the other stuff in your post, you should probably consider how silly the internet is in general, some minor scandal like this is enough to spawn 10 days of nerd rage at the very least, until the next piece of interest comes along.


I see this all the time, and yes, 18 is the legal adult age it says very little about how grown up a person is. Going from a protected environment in high school directly to signing contracts for alot of money can be hard. Especially if the person isn't sure on what they want in the future (move, travel etc).
lightbetsoin
Profile Joined September 2011
France7 Posts
September 21 2011 16:26 GMT
#3099
when will you understand that usa and france have a différent laws about contracts...
quotes are for no brainers
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45342 Posts
September 21 2011 16:28 GMT
#3100
On September 21 2011 22:18 Agathon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 21 2011 22:07 haduken wrote:
Stephano certainly did himself no favors. Which team is going to look his way when big money comes up for a new player?


Idra is far to be the most respectfull and manner man in the world, that never closed him any door, because he is a very good player.

Same for Naniwa 10 month ago when everybody was blaming his behaviour (he is a nice guy now).

If their behaviour didn't cost them anything, i've no reason to worried about Stephano's futur


There's a huge difference between having a temper and going back on contracts. Not every country has these legal loopholes, ya know.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
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