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Goibon
New Zealand8185 Posts
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JerKy
Korea (South)3013 Posts
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woobsauce
United States491 Posts
Will the teams train together, or will the two teams merely live in the same spot? Will people like Cella coach players from EG? Will the players have similar training regiments/cooperative practice? I hope that this deal isn't out of financial desperation, as I seem to recall SlayerS mentioning that sponsorship contracts are expiring, and that they hope to have a good show this season to retain such contracts. If so, I hope that the addition of the EG roster to the clan house isn't terribly abrasive. Edit: Also, I hope that the EG players are enormously respectful and cordial in the SlayerS house, and aren't asinine or disrespectful. | ||
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ragealot
432 Posts
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Angelbelow
United States3728 Posts
On October 20 2011 11:16 woobsauce wrote: I sincerely hope that the players from EG and SlayerS can get along respectfully, and that this partnership benefits both teams equally. Will the teams train together, or will the two teams merely live in the same spot? Will people like Cella coach players from EG? Will the players have similar training regiments/cooperative practice? I hope that this deal isn't out of financial desperation, as I seem to recall SlayerS mentioning that sponsorship contracts are expiring, and that they hope to have a good show this season to retain such contracts. If so, I hope that the addition of the EG roster to the clan house isn't terribly abrasive. Even if it is out of financial desperation its a deal that benefits both teams. Training with players like Huk and IdrA are great, but not to mention PUMA! Another strong terran for the Slayers terrans to practice with. Obviously IdrA and Huk would benefit greatly as well. | ||
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
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Azzur
Australia6253 Posts
WOW, THIS IS HUGE NEWS!!!  Very worthy of all the hype | ||
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woobsauce
United States491 Posts
On October 20 2011 11:22 Angelbelow wrote: Even if it is out of financial desperation its a deal that benefits both teams. Training with players like Huk and IdrA are great, but not to mention PUMA! Another strong terran for the Slayers terrans to practice with. Obviously IdrA and Huk would benefit greatly as well. Hm, I think its pretty clear that Idra, Huk, and Puma have a -lot- more to benefit from this in terms of training based on the track records of both teams. More so than the enormous benefit differential for both teams, I hope that practicing with SlayerS doesn't dilute the training of the SlayerS players. | ||
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emjaytron
Australia544 Posts
On October 20 2011 11:33 woobsauce wrote: Hm, I think its pretty clear that Idra, Huk, and Puma have a -lot- more to benefit from this in terms of training based on the track records of both teams. More so than the enormous benefit differential for both teams, I hope that practicing with SlayerS doesn't dilute the training of the SlayerS players. Surely with the amount of koreans now competing in foreign tournaments exposure to foreigner styles (and some of the best foreigners at that) can only be helpful | ||
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Goshdarnit
United States540 Posts
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ohampatu
United States1448 Posts
On October 20 2011 11:35 Goshdarnit wrote: great news for puma his worst matchup is TvT, going to slayers will improve his game immensely. Its great that idra isn't the only zerg in the house also, idra alone wouldn't be that great of a practice partner, but him and cocoa will be good. And god damn should puzzle and alicia be psyched to have HuK around to practice with. I just like how EG has a well rounded race team right now. Idra's worst matchup is zvp. Coca just happens to be one of the abosolute best zvp'er around. Puma worst matchup is tvt. SlayerS terrans pretty good at that. HuK gets overall practice, and im sure he will still practice over b.net with his ogs buddies. | ||
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Angelbelow
United States3728 Posts
On October 20 2011 11:33 woobsauce wrote: Hm, I think its pretty clear that Idra, Huk, and Puma have a -lot- more to benefit from this in terms of training based on the track records of both teams. More so than the enormous benefit differential for both teams, I hope that practicing with SlayerS doesn't dilute the training of the SlayerS players. Think about it this way, if Slayers wanted to add more training partners... what caliber of players would be ideal? I wont deny that Idra, Huk and Puma have a lot to gain, but they also happen to be some of the best players in the world. Statistically Huk would be the best protoss player on slayers, Idra would be arguably the best zerg next to Coca. As far as diluting Slayers training... Huk is known to have great work ethic as does IdrA (when hes motivated, which he is now.) Stop hoping for the worse. Slayers isnt managed by a team of monkeys, they are extremely well managed and it shows in their passion and results. They aren't going to team up with EG if they didnt believe they were going to benefit as well. Btw, nothing is official, so this may not even happen =p | ||
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hunts
United States2113 Posts
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CeliosB
Canada100 Posts
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jazzyjazz
941 Posts
On October 20 2011 11:33 woobsauce wrote: Hm, I think its pretty clear that Idra, Huk, and Puma have a -lot- more to benefit from this in terms of training based on the track records of both teams. More so than the enormous benefit differential for both teams, I hope that practicing with SlayerS doesn't dilute the training of the SlayerS players. Yeah I totally agree. I don't think Slayers needs another terran to practice with, they already have a line-up of 3-4 code S terrans. Huk could come in handy I guess b/c they "only" have Puzzle and Alicia as notable protoss players. And I don't think it's out of financial desperation, slayers is probably the most well-known team and with Boxer spearheading the marketing effort, getting sponsorship renewals (eg. razer) should be easy. | ||
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dhe95
United States1213 Posts
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Loki57
United States292 Posts
On October 20 2011 11:53 Angelbelow wrote: Think about it this way, if Slayers wanted to add more training partners... what caliber of players would be ideal? I wont deny that Idra, Huk and Puma have a lot to gain, but they also happen to be some of the best players in the world. Statistically Huk would be the best protoss player on slayers, Idra would be arguably the best zerg next to Coca. As far as diluting Slayers training... Huk is known to have great work ethic as does IdrA (when hes motivated, which he is now.) Stop hoping for the worse. Slayers isnt managed by a team of monkeys, they are extremely well managed and it shows in their passion and results. They aren't going to team up with EG if they didnt believe they were going to benefit as well. Btw, nothing is official, so this may not even happen =p This summarizes my thoughts pretty well, I'm not too sure how this could be a bad partnership for either side. It's not like the entire slayers line-up is head-and-shoulders above HuK/IdrA/PuMa (I would bet that the only terran that could consistently beat IdrA would be MMA and that's a maybe after seeing his games lately) | ||
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Yamulo
United States2096 Posts
On October 20 2011 11:35 Goshdarnit wrote: great news for puma his worst matchup is TvT, going to slayers will improve his game immensely. Its great that idra isn't the only zerg in the house also, idra alone wouldn't be that great of a practice partner, but him and cocoa will be good. And god damn should puzzle and alicia be psyched to have HuK around to practice with. I just like how EG has a well rounded race team right now. I hope you know that slayers has a ton of zerg players too... They just are not big names yet. | ||
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emesen
United States256 Posts
SlayerS has always wanted to further expand their name and notoriety to the global / foreign fan base EG wants a presence in Korea and is pretty famous / infamous in the foreign scene both sides can benefit from this "partnership" as far as training / practicing goes | ||
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woobsauce
United States491 Posts
On October 20 2011 11:53 Angelbelow wrote: Think about it this way, if Slayers wanted to add more training partners... what caliber of players would be ideal? I wont deny that Idra, Huk and Puma have a lot to gain, but they also happen to be some of the best players in the world. Statistically Huk would be the best protoss player on slayers, Idra would be arguably the best zerg next to Coca. As far as diluting Slayers training... Huk is known to have great work ethic as does IdrA (when hes motivated, which he is now.) Stop hoping for the worse. Slayers isnt managed by a team of monkeys, they are extremely well managed and it shows in their passion and results. They aren't going to team up with EG if they didnt believe they were going to benefit as well. Btw, nothing is official, so this may not even happen =p Its not so much that I'm hoping for bad news, in fact I'm hoping for the opposite. I'm being rather cynical because I wouldn't want to see any damage done to the current think tank that is SlayerS. Though, nothing ventured nothing gained, etc. As for the "caliber of player" I'd want to see as training partners, I believe the people SlayerS thanks in interviews will answer that. Ex: when MMA trains - he trains TvT vs Ryung, Byun, GanZi, etc. There is not a single player in EG capable of filling those shoes. I'm sure the foreigners will work hard, but whether their efforts will have the same benefit to SlayerS remains to be seen. I simply hope (if this becomes official) that this all ends up being a mutually beneficial experience for both teams, and that the foreigners carry themselves in a way that reflects well on foreign players/organizations. | ||
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