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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.
McFeser
Profile Joined July 2011
United States2458 Posts
January 18 2012 16:22 GMT
#801
How many times has the title changed for this article? 3?

After reading the interview, it looks like Coach Lee preempted Alive's chance to talk to him, and that the negotions are just in the begining stage. Fnatic may be at fault for how they tried to recruit Alive, but the fact that Coach Lee read aLive's skype calls supports the claims that Lee is a control freak (And a mean one at that).
Promethelax still hasn't changed his quote
Witten
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2094 Posts
January 18 2012 16:22 GMT
#802
On January 19 2012 01:15 FXOpen wrote:
I just don't understand this thread at all. Like.. A player doesnt respect a contract. All of a sudden coach lee is a control freak douche? What?

Really?

<brain explode>

I hope no player breaks my contract, cos then if I fight for my rights, I will apparently be some sort of criminal control freak.



Depends on if you steal Skype conversations from their computer and then publicly bash another organization (again).
Brood War Forever / NA's premiere Shadow Shaman player / Courier Collector / Bot Game Champion / Highly amateur Mystical Ninja Goemon Speedrunner
LeFroMaGe
Profile Joined October 2010
United States628 Posts
January 18 2012 16:22 GMT
#803
Can you feeeeeeel the drama? And reddit is down today, how sad.
speedphlux
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Bulgaria962 Posts
January 18 2012 16:23 GMT
#804
Oh dear ... Not dear Coach Lee again
Q_Q
FML !
... Humanity Is Not What I Suffer From ...
Ysellian
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands9029 Posts
January 18 2012 16:23 GMT
#805
Sounds like coach Lee got a bit too emotional.
Cuddle
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1345 Posts
January 18 2012 16:23 GMT
#806
All parties should just stop with the accusations and present evidence if there is any. Coach Lee has handled this and previous situation horribly bad by going straight to media with little to no evidence of wrong doing.

There's nothing shady in offering a contracted player a deal. It wasn't shady when EG did it and it's not shady if Fnatic did it. Breaking the contract is shady, however, but that remains to be proven in this case.
Eee
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden2712 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 16:42:55
January 18 2012 16:24 GMT
#807
On January 19 2012 01:09 ckaren wrote:
To be honest, Brian supposedly played a big part in signing Moon. I can see how him casually talking to any korean progamer would end up with that progamer playing for Fnatic.

Did he? I though it was Elroy (through his old wc3 contacts) who was in charge of that?
CEPEHDREI
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany1521 Posts
January 18 2012 16:24 GMT
#808
Before (T)PuMa hyung’s situation, there were no contracts. Coach Lee also said when (T)Clide and (P)JYP hyung left that if I was still unhappy, I could leave too. I was going to leave at that time but because of personal issues, I said I would stay in the team a bit longer, but just physically, not as an active teammate. I thought that Coach Lee had accepted it at the time but I guess that wasn’t the case.


so why is coach lee making a drama out of this?
Eee
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden2712 Posts
January 18 2012 16:25 GMT
#809
On January 19 2012 01:22 Witten wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2012 01:15 FXOpen wrote:
I just don't understand this thread at all. Like.. A player doesnt respect a contract. All of a sudden coach lee is a control freak douche? What?

Really?

<brain explode>

I hope no player breaks my contract, cos then if I fight for my rights, I will apparently be some sort of criminal control freak.



Depends on if you steal Skype conversations from their computer and then publicly bash another organization (again).

Could as well have been his teammate who saw the conversation or something, he may have left the chatlog open.
Kavas
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia3421 Posts
January 18 2012 16:25 GMT
#810
On January 19 2012 01:15 FXOpen wrote:
I just don't understand this thread at all. Like.. A player doesnt respect a contract. All of a sudden coach lee is a control freak douche? What?

Really?

<brain explode>

I hope no player breaks my contract, cos then if I fight for my rights, I will apparently be some sort of criminal control freak.



You apparently missed the part where the coach somehow found out about the "private" conversation between Alive and whoever he talked to and even printed out the entire conversation? While I can understand employers wanting to monitor his employees, this is a bit extreme isn't it?
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
January 18 2012 16:25 GMT
#811
On January 19 2012 01:23 Ysellian wrote:
Sounds like coach Lee got a bit too emotional.


why would he be emotional, it's not like he's mentoring young restless adults and trying to maintain a roster trying to jump ship...
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
jellyjello
Profile Joined March 2011
Korea (South)664 Posts
January 18 2012 16:26 GMT
#812
On January 19 2012 01:20 babylon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2012 01:16 jellyjello wrote:
On January 19 2012 01:13 babylon wrote:
On January 19 2012 01:04 Asha` wrote:
aLive's interview completely confirms Fnatic poached him lol.

Couldn't Fnatic back out from taking you in as well?

They could. However Fnatic also played a part. I hope that doesn't happen. I'm only able to accept this situation because I'm certain that Fnatic sign me.

Fnatic is a foreign team. Couldn't there have been misunderstandings in communication with the translator?

Of course I've also thought that. I also left because of money. But if that were the case there's nothing I could do. I'll accept it


aLive seems to be handling this all very maturely though despite part of it being down to his immature decision making initially.

---

messy stuff all around though tbnh

I would say the overall gist is:
- aLive wants to leave the team, but is contracted to stay until July.
- Fnatic translator and him talk a bit casually. Translator raises the possibility of aLive moving to Fnatic, but nothing official. (I don't see anything wrong with this, personally, but maybe there should be rules about when a player should be allowed to talk to someone else from another team.)
- aLive decides to forgo the entire process by leaving TSL so Fnatic doesn't have to pay a transfer fee. (-1 aLive, -1 Fnatic for encouraging this).
- Lee finds out somehow. (-1 Lee. Sorry, snooping on ppl's personal computer is sketchy as hell.)
- Lee and aLive talk, aLive apologizes, owns up, but says he still wants to leave, and Lee says he understands. Yaaaaay.
- Lee nevertheless releases details to media. Oh god, why, Lee? (-1 Lee, please deal with this privately, please?).
- Fnatic responds saying there was no official offer. (This is true.)
- Ongoing discussion, probably.

$1000 is chump change for Fnatic to buy aLive, IMO. They should just do it and get aLive out of this awkward situation, rofl.


aLive said Fnatic is giving him an offer. Doesn't sound like a casual talk to me. He also said that he talked to Fnatic management on Skype over the details of his transfer. Again, how deep was Fnatic in this shit seriously?

I bet Fnatic was hoping aLive keeps his mouth shut, but noooooooo that didn't happen. Now cue the damage control!

Did it say he actually talked to the actual manager? I'm going off moonmeh's translation; it was the first released. I don't know which one's correct. There's a conflicting statement there.

"Cross contract seems be an over reaction, as I haven't made a contract yet. I received an offer from the translator last Sunday and on Monday he asked if I wanted to talk to the Fnatic manager and talked in detail."

vs.

"A: Trying to get a deal while I was still under contract with TSL. I have not signed with Fnatic yet. Fnatic's translator told me last Sunday that they'd give me an offer. I talked to the Fnatic's management on Monday with more details."

Lol, translations.



Quoting my own here.

Q: What do you think you did wrong?
A: Trying to get a deal while I was still under contract with TSL. I have not signed with Fnatic yet. Fnatic's translator told me last Sunday that they'd give me an offer. I talked to the Fnatic's management on Monday with more details. But after that, Coach Lee called me and showed me a print out of conversation I had with Fnatic's management. I was speaking with Fnatic via Skype on my computer, so I was curious how he was able to get a hold of it. However, I let coach Lee know that I made a mistake and asked him to be considerate.

CloudCat
Profile Joined May 2011
Singapore160 Posts
January 18 2012 16:26 GMT
#813
it just feels like Coach Lee is sour/upset that a player he invested into leaves without him getting anything never mind that his player isn't happy in the team. :/ he does seem possessive ><;;;
Money. sigh.
SeaSwift
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Scotland4486 Posts
January 18 2012 16:26 GMT
#814
On January 19 2012 01:15 FXOpen wrote:
I just don't understand this thread at all. Like.. A player doesnt respect a contract. All of a sudden coach lee is a control freak douche? What?

Really?

<brain explode>

I hope no player breaks my contract, cos then if I fight for my rights, I will apparently be some sort of criminal control freak.



Except Alive didn't make a new contract, ergo he didn't break his contract.
iiGreetings
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada563 Posts
January 18 2012 16:26 GMT
#815
I hate how TSL always gets fucked by lack of money and sponsors. They make such good players but they leave quickly because of this kinda shit. Shocked they are still 'alive' pardon the pun. Lol
Adapt and React I MKP, PartinG, EffOrt ♥
hyperknight
Profile Joined May 2011
294 Posts
January 18 2012 16:26 GMT
#816
On January 19 2012 01:15 FXOpen wrote:
I just don't understand this thread at all. Like.. A player doesnt respect a contract. All of a sudden coach lee is a control freak douche? What?

Really?

<brain explode>

I hope no player breaks my contract, cos then if I fight for my rights, I will apparently be some sort of criminal control freak.



1) You don't own your players. They're free to talk to anybody they like, obviously without breaching their contract. If FXO wanted to recruit IdrA, the logical thing to do would be to approach IdrA first and see if he was interested before approaching the team/manager. I imagine that maybe what have happened when Coach Lee found out. And there's no chance of aLive ever breaching his contract - if he ever wants to leave TSL, fnatic or he will have to pay some sort of penalty (for him to continue playing competitively in Korea) to "buy him out of his contract" which is what every esport team does for any player - irrespective of whether its SC2 or CS or DoTA.

2) Fnatic hasn't signed or come to any official agreement with aLive so far irrespective of whether alive is "sure" that fnatic will pick him up. Fnatic's statement did say that they were trying to negotiate some stuff out with Coach Lee. So Coach Lee broke the fundamental rule of a non-disclosure agreement when talking or negotiating with any business organization.

3) If you snoop on your player's skype convos or facebook msg inboxes, you're always gonna be a criminal control freak.
"you 6poll?" - aLive to IdrA on NASL Sunday Showmatch, Feb 2012
Junichi
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany1056 Posts
January 18 2012 16:26 GMT
#817
On January 19 2012 01:15 FXOpen wrote:
I just don't understand this thread at all. Like.. A player doesnt respect a contract. All of a sudden coach lee is a control freak douche? What?

Really?

<brain explode>

I hope no player breaks my contract, cos then if I fight for my rights, I will apparently be some sort of criminal control freak.



I guess as long as you respect the privacy of your players you're golden. But getting the information of a private (granted: this is an assumption) Skype account is very bad.

This may (!) be an indication of the reasons why alive wanted to leave the team in the first place.
"Until the very, very top, in almost anything all that matters, is how much work you put in. The only problem is that most people can't work hard even at things they do enjoy, much less things they don't have a real passion for." - Greg "IdrA" Fields
Eee
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden2712 Posts
January 18 2012 16:27 GMT
#818
On January 19 2012 01:21 FXOpen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2012 01:18 dezmathio wrote:
On January 19 2012 01:15 FXOpen wrote:
I just don't understand this thread at all. Like.. A player doesnt respect a contract. All of a sudden coach lee is a control freak douche? What?

Really?

<brain explode>

I hope no player breaks my contract, cos then if I fight for my rights, I will apparently be some sort of criminal control freak.




I don't think that's specifically the issue, it just seems like Coach Lee blows things out of proportion.

But I agree with you that he has the right to be angry if the player doesn't respect the contract. But public outcry over it? Nobody is gonna hate the player for leaving, only the team he is leaving/that coach.
Just seems unprofessional and high-school ish


This is e-sports. Public outcry is the ONLY way to get things done. As I have demonstrated a few times.

Its impossible to get things done behind the scenes nowadays, people ignore you, say things like "so what, what are you going to do", "if you sue me I'll sue you so ner"... The beauty of the internet and multiple jurisdictions. The one thing that hits people where it hurts is bad PR. So its the only way to really get peoples attention.

where's the "like" button?
Ysellian
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands9029 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 16:28:34
January 18 2012 16:27 GMT
#819
On January 19 2012 01:25 Gamegene wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2012 01:23 Ysellian wrote:
Sounds like coach Lee got a bit too emotional.


why would he be emotional, it's not like he's mentoring young restless adults and trying to maintain a roster trying to jump ship...


It's understandable, but it's still something that can be criticized and as far as I'm concerned the only thing Coach lee can be criticized for.
Xivsa
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1009 Posts
January 18 2012 16:28 GMT
#820
On January 19 2012 01:17 Azzur wrote:
Btw, this is really offtopic but how come TeamLiquid ESPORTS only has 1 post???


The mods maintain the count at 1 at their own discretion.

On topic: Still need more information as to who's really at fault. Good to see that Fnatic has responded quickly, unlike EG in the Puma fiasco. Still hope this can only be sorted out fairly.
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