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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.
Mr.Brightside
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia317 Posts
September 19 2011 18:53 GMT
#401
On September 20 2011 03:50 Fionn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 03:48 Chill wrote:
I'm glad col is taking a stand. It was starting to look like contracts in SC2 were meaningless.


Are you under contract with TeamLiquid? What if an Arabian upstart e-sports community/team wanted you and would buy you in piles of gold?


You mean AlJazeeraLiquid? DON'T DO IT CHILL!!!
"Makin' Pylons, Makin' Probes, Fightin' Round The World" - Russell Crowe
Novalisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Israel1818 Posts
September 19 2011 18:54 GMT
#402
Looks like if anyone "disoriented" Stephano it would be Millennium, seeing as the contractual process took weeks of negotiation with all parties, while this breach of contract took less than a day and left Complexity out of the picture.
/commercial
Legio
Profile Joined December 2008
Sweden235 Posts
September 19 2011 18:54 GMT
#403
On September 20 2011 03:52 shrinkmaster wrote:
Complexity really needs to take a stand in this matter and make sure that every player and team will think twice about signing and breaking a contract.

Agreed, but for different reasons.

1. Stephano has the chance to go to Korea and practise with DRG, under the Col banner.
2. Col needs to show that they are serious about their contracted players, or their top players will be leaving left and right as opportunity comes their way.
keioh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France1099 Posts
September 19 2011 18:54 GMT
#404
On September 20 2011 03:48 Patate wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 02:51 itsjustatank wrote:
On September 20 2011 02:44 Jtom wrote:
The means by which to recruit Complexity Stephano was disorienting enough to influence our young player to a bad decision.


Can this be translated with more finesse? It's a critical part of the story but is pretty confusing in its current form.


Find me the original French text and I'll translate it for you


Well, actually, that's an exact translation of the text on the Millenium's site.
GIMME ALL THE BELGIAN WAFFLES I CAN GET FOR THIS MONEY !!!!!! BELGIAN WAFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFLEEEEEEEEES
Jinivus
Profile Joined July 2011
747 Posts
September 19 2011 18:54 GMT
#405
Hopefully Mil or Stephano have to pay a penalty, or can be sued. Like others said they have to make contracts actually mean something in SC2.
Gotmog
Profile Joined October 2010
Serbia899 Posts
September 19 2011 18:54 GMT
#406
Don't care about it that much, BUT, this probably means Stephano is not going to MLG Sucks for all of us
"When you play the game of drones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground"
Juanald
Profile Joined February 2011
United States354 Posts
September 19 2011 18:54 GMT
#407
On September 20 2011 03:52 stormtemplar wrote:
Col should take a stand here for certain.

definitely here in america if you dont have honor and your word you really dont have anything i dont expect coL to be surrendering here.
"hey it could happen!" ~ angels n the outfield
Monkeybay
Profile Joined August 2011
12 Posts
September 19 2011 18:54 GMT
#408
So the basic timeline is:
-> Stephano's old contract is about to expire and Complexity approaches him
-> coL und Millenium both try to win him over with offers and counteroffers
-> Stephano finally accepts an offer from coL and signs a binding contract
-> coL announces the acquisition
-> Millenium realize they lost their best player and talk him into signing a new contract
-> Millenium and Stephano announce their new contract on stream

Sorry, but i don't see any wrongdoings by Complexity.
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
September 19 2011 18:54 GMT
#409
Community headlines: Stephano to coL
me: yay!

Community headlines: Stephano is JK
me: the fuck is going on?
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
krayzy
Profile Joined August 2011
Belgium66 Posts
September 19 2011 18:55 GMT
#410
this is ridiculous.... no other words for it
Don't hate the player, hate the game!
WArped
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom4845 Posts
September 19 2011 18:55 GMT
#411
On September 20 2011 03:50 Bojas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 03:49 WArped wrote:
More drama when it comes to contract agreements and player signing.

Apparently Stephano did sign a contract with Complexity and they won't let him go without a fight.

Oh god, here we go again. If Stephano did indeed sign it, what can he do? Refuse to play for them? I am not sure if Stephano cares that much about who he plays under, as long as he gets support for his career and travel. Sure he has loyalties for Mill but we don't quite know how he was approached by Col, we only know it was "disorientating" and Millenium want to keep Stephano to build a strong French team for StarCraft 2 eSports. In my opinion it is quite a selfish view on how to run a team and would they rather stop Stephano from leaving to succeed like he will under another team with a stronger StarCraft 2 team purely because it's a French eSports team that is losing a player to Complexity, an American team who are very ambitious and have proven to have more goals and plans for the future. The question is was it Stephano's mistake to decide to leave as Cedix statement claims or was it the teams mistake for letting him leave in the first play but I want to know how coL approached Stephano.



It's not a pure french team, afaik they have Lalush who is a swede and possibly more.


I know that, but do they think by not having any French players, they are not developing French eSports themselves by supporting French players such as Stephano? It's all very strange to me.
gulati
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2241 Posts
September 19 2011 18:55 GMT
#412
On September 20 2011 03:50 Fionn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 03:48 Chill wrote:
I'm glad col is taking a stand. It was starting to look like contracts in SC2 were meaningless.


Are you under contract with TeamLiquid? What if an Arabian upstart e-sports community/team wanted you and would buy you in piles of gold?


Dude... STOP thinking that Stephano was born without a brain! CONTRACTS have risks and rewards. Stephano did not have a fucking gun held to his head. He acted under his best interests.

Let me give you a fucking example: If you sell a card collection of baseball cards, which you bought for $1, and you sell them for $20, you made a 20x profit. You are happy. Congrats. NOW, say fifteen minutes later, an appraiser brings $1,000,000,000 CASH for your cards, and begs you for them back. YOU CANNOT BUY BACK YOUR CARDS. Follow fucking litigation. Stop with this nonsense, PLEASE.
C r u m b l i n g
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
September 19 2011 18:55 GMT
#413
Slap Stephano or Millenium or both with a small fine and lets be on our way please.
twitch.tv/medrea
Otolia
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
France5805 Posts
September 19 2011 18:55 GMT
#414
On September 20 2011 03:33 LordJerith wrote:
We had a similar issue last year with vVv Titan. We brought a lawyer on board to discuss the validity of Complexity's contracts. You can listen to that show right HERE.

I recommend anyone interested take a listen. Here is a brief synopsis of the show:

"When questions arise about contracts and competitive gaming, The Loser's Bracket turns to attorney Graham Claybrook for advice. Starcraft player vVv Titan explains his recent contractual dealings with another gaming organization (we will leave them anonoymous to protect the guilty) and Graham helps us to understand our legal rights as well as how players can protect themselves. "

The Loser's Bracket Podcast

I'm still listening to it. Thank for providing the link. It is very interesting.
Merfyn
Profile Joined May 2011
United Kingdom945 Posts
September 19 2011 18:55 GMT
#415
On September 20 2011 03:54 Gamegene wrote:
Community headlines: Stephano to coL
me: yay!

Community headlines: Stephano is JK
me: the fuck is going on?


Pretty much my reaction aswell. this whole situation is like O.o omg
"One cannot play StarCraft with clenched fish.."
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25988 Posts
September 19 2011 18:55 GMT
#416
On September 20 2011 03:50 Fionn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2011 03:48 Chill wrote:
I'm glad col is taking a stand. It was starting to look like contracts in SC2 were meaningless.


Are you under contract with TeamLiquid?

No.
What if an Arabian upstart e-sports community/team wanted you and would buy you in piles of gold?

I would probably sign a contract with them and fulfill it to take their money.

One of the worst posts I've ever seen here. I can't even understand what your point is. "What if someone paid you for the work you're volunteering? THEN WHAT WOULD YOU DO???"

???
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Neurosis
Profile Joined October 2010
United States893 Posts
September 19 2011 18:55 GMT
#417
lol the headlines are so funny. "compLexity adds Stephano" then right above it...."Stephano decides to stay with Millenium"....

Anyways I think it's best to stay loyal to your team through thick and thin, so ultimately this is a good move. Stephano is definitely one of the best foreign zergs so I'm not really surprised he has 2 of the most notable non-korean pro teams fighting over him.
DrGong
Profile Joined January 2011
United States11 Posts
September 19 2011 18:56 GMT
#418
I wonder if Stephano is actually going to get away with it. I don't believe this should be allowed in any circumstance, unless both parties were informed and they were all for it.

Contracts can't be broken without repercussions. I hope somebody does take the blame and take the responsibility. This can only hurt the competitive scene.

Fix it soon, please!
GamersNexus Staff Writer -
DoomsVille
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada4885 Posts
September 19 2011 18:56 GMT
#419
On September 20 2011 03:54 Gotmog wrote:
Don't care about it that much, BUT, this probably means Stephano is not going to MLG Sucks for all of us

I would think that part of Millenniums latest offer to Stephano would include sending him to MLG/any event he wants like complexity likely would have done.

I doubt Stephano would accept an offer that was worse than what complexity had signed with him.
cywait
Profile Joined December 2010
United States10 Posts
September 19 2011 18:56 GMT
#420
If Stephano did sign a contract, shouldn't he be punished? With the information that is out right now it seems like Millennium needs to be reprimanded also. If there are no repercussions to these types of actions, what will prevent players and teams from doing this in the future?
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