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Discussing the controversy and stating your opinions in a constructive way is fine, but there will be bans for any player/organization bashing without anything to substantiate it.
Randomaccount#77123
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States5003 Posts
January 18 2012 14:43 GMT
#701
--- Nuked ---
Catatonic
Profile Joined August 2011
United States699 Posts
January 18 2012 14:44 GMT
#702
On January 18 2012 14:49 VirgilSC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 14:47 rauk wrote:
how on earth can TSL be this badly mismanaged that they keep losing players like this so consistently

Can you really blame Coach Lee? He lets Fnatic into his team house, they begin to work on a partnership, and then Fnatic takes aLive?

I think what we're all forgetting here is that aLive hasnt been signed by Fnatic :l Fnatic said they never signed him unless I missed something which I could have but I swear I read that they said they didnt sign him :l. So why Fnatic is being made out to be the big bad wolf I dont know smh
T: DeMuslim SeleCT. P: Naniwa Genius. Z: IdrA Destiny Team: EG
1sz2sz3sz
Profile Joined January 2012
Andorra173 Posts
January 18 2012 14:47 GMT
#703
They havent signed him... YET

Fnatic persuaded aLive to leave his team
tripfiend
Profile Joined January 2011
India45 Posts
January 18 2012 14:48 GMT
#704
People call out reddit for being a drama queen, TL doesnt seem much different to me. Was going through the posts.. there is so much speculation and assumptions. Just because Reddit gets to put a picture along with it they get a worse rap for it.

All the facts are not out yet. I think I will hold my judgement till they do come out.
Cattle Decapitation
say1988
Profile Joined April 2011
9 Posts
January 18 2012 14:48 GMT
#705
On January 18 2012 21:18 Xalorian wrote:
WTF is with this, anyway? So you can't talk to a player from another team, except if you talked to their team manager first? It's bullshit. Do you need to talk to the boss of someone before offering him a better job nowaday? That's completly retarded. You go to him, you offer him a spot in your team... and if he is interested, then you go discuss contract business with his manager. Logical step.

Inducement to a breach of contract makes you liable for said breach of contract and yes it happens throughout the business world.
Even when you don't have any legal liability for talking to someone under contract it is generally considered bad form to approach them directly. Many people don't care about this, but in a community driven industry this is important

We can't say anything on the specific legal issues without the details of the contract (such as what means were available to end it). But it seems like aLive and/or Lee misinterpreted something about Fnatic's position in this unless Fnatic is lying (which doesn't make a lot of sense as all the facts and logic seem to back their position).
GodOfWar
Profile Joined December 2011
870 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 14:50:14
January 18 2012 14:48 GMT
#706
aLive is so good, really impressive win over IM.Happy in Code S.

Moon and aLive.

Make it happen !
Mvp Moon Squirtle
ThaSlayer
Profile Joined March 2011
707 Posts
January 18 2012 14:49 GMT
#707
On January 18 2012 23:15 Abrafred wrote:
Now this is getting ridiculous.
Coach Lee is becoming a total joke from my perspective as a casual esports fan.
There is no way all these can be true:
1) Puma has been STOLEN from TSL by EG without him knowing
2) Trickster and Fruitdealer lied about being treated badly/ not being paid.
3) JYP, Killer, Clide (3 of the 5 best players, possibly top 3) were sent off as part of a master plan.
4) Fnatic attempted to STEAL aLive from them.

I dont think you should be calling coach lee a joke.
jellyjello
Profile Joined March 2011
Korea (South)664 Posts
January 18 2012 14:50 GMT
#708
After reading the interview, it looks more and more like coach Lee got blindsided again. Fuck Fnatic for trying to cover up their dirty laundry.
babybell
Profile Joined June 2011
776 Posts
January 18 2012 14:53 GMT
#709
On January 18 2012 23:28 Eee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 23:24 Abrafred wrote:
On January 18 2012 23:18 Eee wrote:
On January 18 2012 23:15 Abrafred wrote:
3) JYP, Killer, Clide (3 of the 5 best players, possibly top 3) were sent off as part of a master plan.

He has never claimed this, read my post above!
On January 18 2012 23:15 Abrafred wrote:
2) Trickster and Fruitdealer lied about being treated badly/ not being paid.

Was proven at sc2 con that this was infact true. And as far as I'm aware FD/TesteR never said anything about beeing treated badly?

this is from the tl article:
In order to rebuild a strong team, the coach of TSL had no choice but to release his ace players, but his voice was still calm.

and not being paid your contract is a pretty bad treatment. i don't care if it was proven false but it's just one more accusation against coach lee. he can't be on the right side of all these shenanigans.

that is not from an article, that's from a community members translation of korean interview. lol. Coach Lee said to Virgil that was the reason those three players were set free of their contracts.

Not showing up to your job is pretty much deserving it.


Still it is impossible to have so many misunderstanding around 1 person if he isn't doing anything wrong.
babybell
Profile Joined June 2011
776 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 14:55:18
January 18 2012 14:54 GMT
#710
On January 18 2012 23:49 ThaSlayer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 23:15 Abrafred wrote:
Now this is getting ridiculous.
Coach Lee is becoming a total joke from my perspective as a casual esports fan.
There is no way all these can be true:
1) Puma has been STOLEN from TSL by EG without him knowing
2) Trickster and Fruitdealer lied about being treated badly/ not being paid.
3) JYP, Killer, Clide (3 of the 5 best players, possibly top 3) were sent off as part of a master plan.
4) Fnatic attempted to STEAL aLive from them.

I dont think you should be calling coach lee a joke.

Well I believe I can call anyone however I want. Especially when pointing out that it is a conclusion from my perspective of an observer of the e-sports scene (of which I am the client) and that I am not an expert.
PaNiCterrran
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden47 Posts
January 18 2012 14:56 GMT
#711
My question is why Coach Lee wasn't trying to contact EG/fnatic before turning everything upside down. Seems to me like he acts on emotions rather than reason.
One One One Build, To Rule Them All!
jellyjello
Profile Joined March 2011
Korea (South)664 Posts
January 18 2012 15:02 GMT
#712
On January 18 2012 23:43 Barrin wrote:
On the surface it seems like there is a factor more powerful than fear of repercussions from breaking the contract that is influencing Alive to want to leave TSL.


Yeah... how about money?

aLIve already admitted that it was his mistake, that he became money hungry, and never told coach Lee until he found out about his conversation with Fnatic management from other sources. He also said that he was not happy in TSL. He said he planned on telling coach Lee (yeah.. like when? after you signed with Fnatic and out of country?), but coach Lee found out first.

Kich
Profile Joined April 2011
United States339 Posts
January 18 2012 15:05 GMT
#713
On January 18 2012 23:49 ThaSlayer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 23:15 Abrafred wrote:
Now this is getting ridiculous.
Coach Lee is becoming a total joke from my perspective as a casual esports fan.
There is no way all these can be true:
1) Puma has been STOLEN from TSL by EG without him knowing
2) Trickster and Fruitdealer lied about being treated badly/ not being paid.
3) JYP, Killer, Clide (3 of the 5 best players, possibly top 3) were sent off as part of a master plan.
4) Fnatic attempted to STEAL aLive from them.

I dont think you should be calling coach lee a joke.


Why? I see no reason to give this guy this otherworldly respect off the rumor that he's a nice guy. There's more evidence pointing to this guy fucking up horribly than there is that he's a nice guy. Why does anyone actually care about Coach Lee, all I've seen from him is crying wolf that the big bad foreign scene is attacking him.

He copy and pasted the EG incident... This is getting old, he can't be so oblivious. What, the player just disappears all the sudden and he throws his hands up in the air, "Where'd he go!? CURSE YOU FOREIGN SCEEEENE!"?

It's his fault, you can't keep making excuses for it. He shouldn't react like this. People are saying the foreign scene is hurting e-sports? No, this asshole is.
LanTAs
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1091 Posts
January 18 2012 15:06 GMT
#714
The boy who cried wolf


And nothing really actually happened?

Coach lee needs to calm his tits
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 15:10:12
January 18 2012 15:09 GMT
#715
People need to start showing coach lee some respect and stop bashing him. Right or wrong, he is an esports veteran and should not have to have people on the forums calling him
a joke. He might be wrong this time, but call him out respectfully please.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
Ragoo
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany2773 Posts
January 18 2012 15:09 GMT
#716
Man all this esport drama is so nice... not.

Can we keep the drama down a bit in the future^^
Member of TPW mapmaking team/// twitter.com/Ragoo_ /// "goody represents border between explainable reason and supernatural" Cloud
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44259 Posts
January 18 2012 15:09 GMT
#717
On January 18 2012 23:56 PaNiCterrran wrote:
My question is why Coach Lee wasn't trying to contact EG/fnatic before turning everything upside down. Seems to me like he acts on emotions rather than reason.


Good point. Turns out that EG's "poaching" of Puma was completely legal anyway, and Fnatic's "scandal" might not have even ever happened -.-' It just seems like Coach Lee jumps the gun and exaggerates things before understanding what happened on the other side of the coin. And that's probably because- while he's a great Coach- he's apparently pretty poor at running the business end of his team (not keeping players on contracts, not knowing what players are talking to what other teams, etc.).
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
bluQ
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Germany1724 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 15:19:48
January 18 2012 15:17 GMT
#718
On January 18 2012 23:49 ThaSlayer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 23:15 Abrafred wrote:
Now this is getting ridiculous.
Coach Lee is becoming a total joke from my perspective as a casual esports fan.
There is no way all these can be true:
1) Puma has been STOLEN from TSL by EG without him knowing
2) Trickster and Fruitdealer lied about being treated badly/ not being paid.
3) JYP, Killer, Clide (3 of the 5 best players, possibly top 3) were sent off as part of a master plan.
4) Fnatic attempted to STEAL aLive from them.

I dont think you should be calling coach lee a joke.

I think you should, considering his actions.
His actions remind me of a 4-yrs old. "Mommy Mommy I want that toy too!!!" "No, I won't buy it" *throws himself on floor punching it and crying*

@the Post under mine: Why? Isn't that causality? *jkn*
www.twitch.tv/bluquh (PoE, Starbow, HS)
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 15:17:27
January 18 2012 15:17 GMT
#719
you know, I never had anything against Coach Lee, however the order of the events regarding aLive is just making me upset:

(1) aLive leaves TSL... no reaction from Coach Lee
(2) aLive joins Fnatic... Coach Lee wants to sue aLive because of (1)
HuKPOWA
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1604 Posts
January 18 2012 15:20 GMT
#720
Haha Coach Lee seems to be a complete wishy washy person...he couldn't care less if aLive leaves the team...but when he wants to find another team "OH HELL NO!"

From Fnatics PoV i bet they are glad they didn't become partners with him lol...seems like Coach Lee is extremely shady...

Coach Lee needs to learn how his personal image is affected by his random venting of complete bullshit....
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