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Xeris and Fnatic part ways - Page 3
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arew
Lithuania1861 Posts
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
On December 23 2011 17:11 VATO_Gandair wrote: Xeris, what was your busiest day as a manager and why? My busiest day as a manager was when Fenix had to get his VISA to go to Korea. He was staying in AZ, but there was no Korean embassy there, so I had to arrange a last minute bus trip for him to come to LA... then I had to pick him up, take him to the embassy, wait around all day, make sure he got the VISA, and make sure he got back on the bus to go back home. That was a pretty stressful day | ||
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
On December 23 2011 17:13 arew wrote: Sad though, you fitted really well there, IMO... Does it mean Xeris to NaVi's new team since 2012 or anything like that? Heya Arew ~~ I dunno if any European organization would want me, plus they're mostly Ukrainian right? | ||
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arew
Lithuania1861 Posts
On December 23 2011 17:15 Xeris wrote: Heya Arew ~~ I dunno if any European organization would want me, plus they're mostly Ukrainian right? Long time no see, btw. How have you been?  Well, I think they'll do something globally since 2012 and it was the first mind which came to my head once I've read this post. But I'm sure that you'll get involved into something big, sooner or later | ||
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nGBeast
United States914 Posts
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Skuller
United States197 Posts
What are the specific duties of a manager? Why are managers essential to any team? Who of your fellow managers do you think is doing a great job and why? We do not get to hear a lot about what managers do in general. We sometimes hear (for example on the last couple episodes of sotg) that Nazgul is one of the most pro-active managers, and that most are relatively inactive. Thank you! | ||
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RuMCaKe
United States559 Posts
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
Beast ... just figure out what teams need, and get involved. I.E. if a team needs writers, and you can write.. apply to be a writer. If they need social media, apply for that, if they need a manager apply for that. Having some kinda resume helps, otherwise, you can do what I did. I used to be a player, and I eventually started doing organizational work because I thought that could help my team more than me playing (since I didn't have time to play 8 hours a day any more)... and from there I just got more experience and a reputation as a manager and organizer, and from there it became much easier to get those kinds of positions | ||
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-Cyrus-
United States318 Posts
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GoSuChicken
Germany1726 Posts
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Regina
Netherlands148 Posts
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Superiorwolf
United States5509 Posts
GL with whatever you do in the future! | ||
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
On December 23 2011 17:21 Skuller wrote: General question: What are the specific duties of a manager? Why are managers essential to any team? Who of your fellow managers do you think is doing a great job and why? We do not get to hear a lot about what managers do in general. We sometimes hear (for example on the last couple episodes of sotg) that Nazgul is one of the most pro-active managers, and that most are relatively inactive. Thank you! Specific duties : Can vary depending on the team but; writing, scheduling, budgeting, pampering, wiping of asses, communicating with management, serving as a human alarm clock, etc. Why are managers essential: Players are lazy and can't do anything for themselves (ok I'm generalizing here... this is obviously not true). But seriously, with a good manager, the player ONLY has to focus on playing. A player has a lot of things to worry about, for example: "how am I getting to the next LAN? where do i find a taxi to get from the airport to the venue? how do i complete my registration? how do I sign up for this tournament? how can I get invited to Dreamhack?" ... it is hard for a player to focus on training when he has all these questions to answer. A manager answers all those questions for him, so he can focus on playing. This is why a good manager is important. I think RumCaKe from ItsGosu is doing a really good job, because he's built a team from the ground up and they've become a very respectable organization. But I think the people over at Mouz are doing an amazing job... they've built the #1 foreign team, I don't think anyone can doubt this claim. They won 2 seasons of EGMC, got 2nd in IPL Team Arena Challenge, 3rd in GCPL 2. No team has done better... and they have done it without recruiting any Korean players. You can even say they are the only true foreign team amongst the top tier teams, and their players are able to consistently beat Korean players in events.... you need to give a lot of credit to their management for making that happen. Also, I will add that Nazgul is basically my role model, ever since I was 10 years old. I've been a huge fan of his even before Liquid was created, when he was a part of [i'm] on US East with my older cousin. He was my favorite player then (I was a newbie kid on the training team), and I followed his results when he was playing in Korea, and today I just admire and respect everything he's done with Liquid. Nobody can top Nazgul in my opinion | ||
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EleanorRIgby
Canada3923 Posts
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
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sVnteen
Germany2238 Posts
 hope youre gonna find another great team that picks you up gogo xeris | ||
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
On December 23 2011 17:35 shindigs wrote: What's the biggest misconception about team management or any "behind-the-scenes" biz? I think the biggest misconception is that managing is easy? People don't seem to put a lot of thought into what it takes to manage a team. In fact, I'd say that managing Fnatic took up just as much time as working full time at NASL. | ||
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Wolf
Korea (South)3290 Posts
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Valashu
Netherlands561 Posts
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Belial88
United States5217 Posts
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