Xeris and Fnatic part ways - Page 6

On December 24 2011 05:12 Slakkoo wrote:
Did you just help with SC2 or CS aswell, or even my favorites, the HoN team

On December 24 2011 05:20 Xeris wrote:


I only did SC2... and I was one of the most active journalists on the site... I never really spoke to or dealt with any other squads of Fnatic.

On December 24 2011 05:34 Torenhire wrote:
GL Xeris, you should come back to DC for one of our LANs/dinners. It's been so long! (like...BW days long!)

On December 24 2011 05:32 zJayy962 wrote:


Lets say there was a team out there that would theoretically hire you. What would be the ideal minimum offer?

On December 24 2011 05:40 Xeris wrote:


Dude I live in DC, and I was at Netolic in November :D

On December 23 2011 16:32 Xeris wrote:

Anyway, I'd like to also take this time to answer people's questions about... whatever: I'll talk about my experience managing a pro team for the past 2 years, and whatever else you guys might be curious about. I won't spoil any secrets, but otherwise I'll happily answer questions if anybody is curious about stuff.

On December 24 2011 06:30 Torte de Lini wrote:


=_____________________________=;;

I feel so bad for Xeris with misinformed stories like this.


I got a question, where did you get that blazer in your most recent interview with Hot_Bid, it's so nice O:

On December 24 2011 06:38 Torte de Lini wrote:
Consider both sides of the story and it's in the past, why are you bringing up something relatively minor and one-sided (that has nothing to do with Xeris as a manger of a team)?

http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=250398

On December 24 2011 05:10 Xeris wrote:


I think there are a lot of valuable roles to play, but my main thought about that would be...

a) Once the scene fully develops and matures, there are going to be a finite number of teams capable of paying people a sustainable / livable salary. Maybe 10-20 teams will be able to do that... so right there, there are only 10-20 people who will be able to support themselves from being team managers. Obviously, there are an almost infinite number of manager positions available, but there's a huge difference between being the manager for a team like vVv and EG, for example. So, while I think it is a realistic career choice, someone considering it needs to be aware that the pool of jobs will be VERY limited and only a handful can make a real living by just being a manager.

b) Team managers aren't getting enough to live off of, the salary I got from Fnatic based on the amount of work the job required was fractional. My salary at NASL is much higher than what I got paid from Fnatic but the work load was very comparable. So right now, the scene is not developed enough where managers can even earn a livable wage, this is another issue. In the next 5 years however, I think this issue will probably be resolved, and managers will be able to earn real wages.

c) The other thing to think of is that there will be different positions other than team manager. I think coaching is going to be a new developing trend in the foreign community. I think Strelok is a person positioned to do that, where he basically left Mouz to join imba not only to compete as a player, but to position himself to be a sort of coach / leader / mentor to the next generation of players to be in the team after he 'retires.' I think there is a real future in these kinds of positions that older top players thinking about not playing full time will be able to do.


Hopefully that's a decent answer

On December 23 2011 16:43 Xeris wrote:


Daily duties include... writing news articles (I wrote about 15-20 per month), making sure people came to clanwars, handled scheduling of events / tournaments, travel schedules, budgeting, and overseeing other duties like making sure players wrote their blogs, did video content, etc.

It was very stressful at times, especially dealing with some players is much more difficult than others (maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa), but overall, managing a team is very fun, at least for me.