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MC leaves oGs, joins SK full time - Page 36

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Witten
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2094 Posts
January 13 2012 17:38 GMT
#701
Holy shit this is shocking. Guess MC wanted to get out of the team house and live by himself, which is respectable.

Good luck MC! You're an asshole for beating Leenock but I still love you <3
Brood War Forever / NA's premiere Shadow Shaman player / Courier Collector / Bot Game Champion / Highly amateur Mystical Ninja Goemon Speedrunner
Adebisi
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada1637 Posts
January 13 2012 17:39 GMT
#702
On January 14 2012 02:38 TrojanSC wrote:
According to the wiki, MC will be the only active player. Am I missing something here?

You aren't missing a thing.
SilverBacON
Profile Joined May 2011
Norway3 Posts
January 13 2012 17:39 GMT
#703
I would be angry losing to teammates in Code-S.. They knew to much !
raf3776
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1904 Posts
January 13 2012 17:39 GMT
#704
wowwwwww. that was so unexpected! hopefully he can still practice the same. oGs is like falling apart T.T
WWJD (What Would Jaedong Do)
Chanuk
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany13 Posts
January 13 2012 17:39 GMT
#705
Wow, quite a suprise!
Best of luck with the new team MC
vivere militare est
trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
January 13 2012 17:40 GMT
#706
Going to all foreign tournaments means no GSL appearances. Quite simply, it means he gave up on competing against mostly Koreans.
Eee
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden2712 Posts
January 13 2012 17:40 GMT
#707
On January 14 2012 02:38 TrojanSC wrote:
According to the wiki, MC will be the only active player. Am I missing something here?

Nope.
ninjamyst
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1903 Posts
January 13 2012 17:41 GMT
#708
wow...this must be all about the money. i guess MC really want that 500mil wons this year.
sc2Ikill
Profile Joined January 2012
United States3 Posts
January 13 2012 17:41 GMT
#709
On January 14 2012 02:34 mordk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2012 02:33 karpo wrote:
So is team house training overrated? Seems like even the koreans can't stand living in the small confined spaces for too long anymore. :D

As far as training goes, it's clearly not overrated. Only people with results without living in a team house are NesTea and MVP, and such thing has never happened in BW since they got established. Team houses produce the best players and thus the best results.

If MC wants something other than results, I guess it's fine.

The best part of that was how you said the only people with results without living in a team house are NesTea and MVP, just the two top players in the world right now. Obviously this shows that yes on average living in a team house produces better results but once in a while you can still see players thrive outside of that environment.

Anyway good luck to MC!
feardragon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States973 Posts
January 13 2012 17:42 GMT
#710
But it's not April Fool's Day! I'm so confused! T_T
Ok Starcraft 2 Commentator
pyrodias
Profile Joined March 2011
United States27 Posts
January 13 2012 17:42 GMT
#711
A bit of a shocker to me, but my favorite player having a team all to himself seems strangely appropriate. Best of luck to you, MC! Fighting.
HuKPOWA
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1604 Posts
January 13 2012 17:42 GMT
#712
at least he will have a shitload of teammates to practice with....lol....

kind of a weird move :\ didn't see it coming...and i hope he doesn't turn up like the mc we had months ago where he could hardly win in Code A due to no practice
Naxx
Profile Joined July 2011
South Africa33 Posts
January 13 2012 17:42 GMT
#713
On January 14 2012 02:14 mordk wrote:
At least he didn't join EG, that would have made me sad in my heart.


yea, picture him training with idra or 1/1/puma, would be wtf ^^
FUCK U
SHOOG
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1639 Posts
January 13 2012 17:43 GMT
#714
Whattttttt?! I have no idea what to think. Never would have expected this. MC is what I think of first when I hear oGs. Now the partnership is ending too? I'm not happy with it, but I respect MC's decision and wish him the best.
TypeLex
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany62 Posts
January 13 2012 17:43 GMT
#715
Congrats SK! Looking forward to seeing more of MC around our area, ReaL will for sure enjoy talking some more strategy with him.
In memory of Type Gaming www.typesc.net
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-13 17:49:00
January 13 2012 17:43 GMT
#716
On January 14 2012 02:04 Seraphone wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2012 02:02 colate wrote:
On January 14 2012 01:50 shadymmj wrote:
On January 14 2012 01:48 Tarotis wrote:
On January 14 2012 01:47 shadymmj wrote:
derp, i thought it was SK Telecom and was like, WOW SRS BUSINESS

then i see it is just some swedish team...

so disappoint...

Just? it is THE e-sport team....


you must be joking. SKT1 is the most established esport team around.


I'll bet my left nut that SK-Gaming is more established and successful than SKT1. And how can they be more established than SK-Gaming? SKT1 focuses only on one game, while SK-Gaming don't have their focus on only one game (even though they might prioritize for instance CS1.6 more back in the days). Just look at SK's history in terms of tournament results http://www.sk-gaming.com/awards/ . Both teams are legends in their own respect, but SK have had more infuence and presence world wide - which imo should overweight SKT1 who only attends at domestic tournaments.

Edit: I didn't see this coming. I hope MC will still be living in the oGs house for practice - though it wouldn't suprice me if he isn't. MC fighting!


I'd say being funded by a multi national telecommunication provider trumps everything.


While SK is an internationally recognized team and are known for signing big name players in the past. SK Telecom started with BoxeR. The amount of money for that deal was unheard of at the time as SK Telecom wanted to compete with the likes of the powerhouse KTF Forever.

What you are doing is comparing two different markets. International recognition to that of Korean recognition. Both are big and influential for their own reasons.

SKT1 have a ridiculous following. They have a ton of fans inside and outside of Korea.

KT, SKT1 and CJ are the biggest teams inside Korea. Their following outside of Korea is pretty impressive as well considering they rely on re-streams because all their events are televised.
SupLilSon
Profile Joined October 2011
Malaysia4123 Posts
January 13 2012 17:43 GMT
#717
On January 14 2012 02:37 Longshank wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2012 02:28 mordk wrote:
On January 14 2012 02:24 Longshank wrote:
On January 14 2012 02:21 mordk wrote:
On January 14 2012 02:19 Longshank wrote:
On January 14 2012 02:10 mordk wrote:
On January 14 2012 02:08 purecarnagge wrote:
SK burnt the Korean bridge, I feel that Koreans are tired of getting there players poached. GL to MC it was his choice.

You can't fault someone for making more $$ if the market is going to pay them that...

Sure, thing is, if because of this he loses the practice regimen, the team house, the practice partners, and his play starts to fade away, in the long run, he'll get less money. It's shortsighted, maybe he wants to retire soon and do something else.


Where did you get all this info on his new practice setup?

It says in the OP he's leaving the team house and will start living on his own.


Doesn't say anything about his practice regimen or losing practice partners though.

Of course people will play with him, that's pretty obvious. But living in a team house means a stricter practice regimen, and constant SC2 strategy/build/timing/macro/etc discussion, while it also has the advantage of a coach.

Even if people from oGs still practice with him, it's not the same, it's detrimental to practice. He might soon dissapear from the GSL if he and SK don't have something special prepared. Which is why I think it's a shortsighted move, or MC is aiming for something other than the GSL.

That's jumping to conclusion though based on guesses. You don't know yet what his practice regimen will look like, for all we know SK could rent a spot at one of the pro houses for him to practice at. You also don't know what his practice was like inside the house. People always assumed HuK learned tons of 'sitting next to MC' when in fact they helped each other out only on a few occasions during HuKs time in the oGs house. Stop assuming things.


I agree. It's pretty indisputable that the team house environment is highly productive but not every player needs or can handle that living condition. We've already seen a few Korean players leave Korean teams because they don't want the practice house environment. Playing/talking/thinking about SC2 12+ hours a day can cause burnout and ultimately a lack of motivation and decline in performance. And yes, everyone assumed HuK was getting better because he had oGs protoss to help him but in reality he had very little help from the Koreans earlier. I think its safe to say this is a huge change for MC but we don't know yet if it will be good or bad.
[17]Purple
Profile Joined October 2011
United Kingdom3489 Posts
January 13 2012 17:44 GMT
#718
On January 14 2012 02:42 pyrodias wrote:
A bit of a shocker to me, but my favorite player having a team all to himself seems strangely appropriate. Best of luck to you, MC! Fighting.


He should change the team name to MC so it would just be like Grubby.Grubby except its MC.MC
"Turn Disadvantages into Disadvantages" and "Collect Telephones". The secrets of Chinese success.
Dumboprime
Profile Joined March 2011
985 Posts
January 13 2012 17:44 GMT
#719
Oh shit this is huge news props to SK... MC is on fire right now... Where will he train though?
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
January 13 2012 17:44 GMT
#720
Wow. 2012 is already looking like a really interesting year indeed.

Best of luck to MC and SK and oGs. I hope MC maintains a good practice regime outside of a practice house. Maybe SK may be getting a full-time team? As far as oGs goes, I think it is time for the rest of the members to step it up now that two of their core veterans (Zenio and MC) have left, though I'm sure that maybe ForGG will pick up the slack.
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