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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.
KanoCoke
Profile Joined June 2011
Japan863 Posts
January 18 2012 17:32 GMT
#901
TSL's coach is an overgrown drama queen.

During the PuMa controversy, I initially sided with him until I saw how underhanded he himself was, immediately taking it to the presses RIGHT AFTER he had a conversation with PuMa and said everything was ok. Even PuMa was bewildered, because the conversation went well, and supposedly there were no hard feelings.

Then BOOM.

I hate these types of backstabbing assholes.
Will always cheer for: MMA Bomber Taeja Curious Life herO Zest
ChewSenTv
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States99 Posts
January 18 2012 17:33 GMT
#902
Why does it seem like TSL is always in the mix of the bad news? First it was Puma correct? Then they start dumping players, now its this. I dont know things are going to get bad for TSL i feel it
Akta
Profile Joined February 2011
447 Posts
January 18 2012 17:34 GMT
#903
On January 19 2012 02:22 Kazeyonoma wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2012 02:19 moonmeh wrote:
On January 19 2012 02:17 Kazeyonoma wrote:
On January 19 2012 02:12 moonmeh wrote:
Honestly the only fucked up thing Coach Lee did was search Alive's computer without consent and print out the skype conversation. That just seems wrong to me.



where in any official releases was this mentioned.

he has evidence of the chat logs. that's all we have.

how he got it, is never released. another player could've found it. how do we know alive has his own 'personal' computer when players rotate on machines in team houses. another player could've overheard alive's skype convo and brought it to lee's attention.

how are we so quickly to jump on Coach Lee, when we know so little of the situation?


Because on the TIG interview I translated Alive specifically mentioned that the conversation was on his computer and he wonders how Coach Lee got his hands on it

Link for source bro


'his computer' is kind of vague. Does he own his own PC in the team house? Or is it as someone above mentioned, that the entire team house is likely funded by Coach Lee, and he therefore owns the equipment, giving him the right to look at whatever he wants.

Guess what, maybe in europe it's illegal to search an employee's computer, but in the US, if there is reason for suspicion, an employer can search, and even dig through logs of your activity to see if there is reason for termination for breach of contract or employment obligations. That means if you're looking at kiddy porn on your PC, and an employer hears you might be doing that on work computers... they can search your PC, and if they find it, it IS evidence to be used to terminate you.
It's a translation but it clearly implies that the skype conversation isn't something the coach should have been able to read.
Flare23
Profile Joined September 2010
United States27 Posts
January 18 2012 17:34 GMT
#904
On January 19 2012 02:26 WigglingSquid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2012 02:25 Flare23 wrote:
On January 19 2012 02:17 Kazeyonoma wrote:
On January 19 2012 02:12 moonmeh wrote:
Honestly the only fucked up thing Coach Lee did was search Alive's computer without consent and print out the skype conversation. That just seems wrong to me.



where in any official releases was this mentioned.

he has evidence of the chat logs. that's all we have.

how he got it, is never released. another player could've found it. how do we know alive has his own 'personal' computer when players rotate on machines in team houses. another player could've overheard alive's skype convo and brought it to lee's attention.

how are we so quickly to jump on Coach Lee, when we know so little of the situation?


I work as a lawyer in corporate compliance and investigations and fyi, as long as he computers belong to TSL, coach lee is within his rights to do whatever he wants to the computer, including looking in to it. And guess what, if your company is big enough, you are probably being monitored too. You just don't know it. This is common practice for most companies.

You certainly seem to be familiar with korean law.


I'm a us lawyer who worked on projects in China, UK, most parts of the middle east, Africa, and most other parts of eastern Asia and Oceania. you are right, I am not 100 percent sure of Korean law. But This law is standard for most parts of the world, so I wouldn't bet against it.
moonmeh
Profile Joined July 2011
Korea (South)105 Posts
January 18 2012 17:34 GMT
#905
Well I think he just got a lot more possesive after the whole Puma incident. I wouldn't call him a drama queen.

But certainly there are parallels of Puma being bewildered and aLive being bewildered at the press because they both were led to believe by Coach Lee that it was okay and in aLive's case won't be attacking.
RusHXceL
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1004 Posts
January 18 2012 17:35 GMT
#906
TSL kicked Alive out of the house so I dont see a reason why Fnatic should be in trouble.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
January 18 2012 17:36 GMT
#907
On January 18 2012 15:45 ToD wrote:
aLive hasn't joined us actually....


LOL WUT, ToD lays down the cliffhanger
User was warned for too many mimes.
stratmatt
Profile Joined April 2011
United States913 Posts
January 18 2012 17:37 GMT
#908
fnatic is always acting shady so this is no surprise. they got caught before they could make anything happen so this is all damage control right now. normally id take players' sides in what team they want to play for, but fnatic is wrong on this one. between the entire sk/gux situation, the fenix situation, this, and others, fnatic is not a very profesional acting team.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 17:41:37
January 18 2012 17:38 GMT
#909
On January 19 2012 02:30 Jibba wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2012 01:48 Fionn wrote:
"Poor aLive"

"Alive is young it's not his fault"

"Don't fault Alive here."

This is why people don't take e-sports seriously. When a player breaches a freaking contract and people act like it's a-okay because he didn't like his situation, it just shows how far Starcraft 2 still has to come to even be seen as anything more than a hobby. Alive got a place to stay and eat while also getting paid money from the contract he signed. He signed a contract that would last until July.

Shit, Coach Lee even let JYP, Clide and Killer go without any hesitation. No bad drama. Nothing. All three left and we didn't hear any negative talk at all except Coach Lee had a new vision on how he wanted his team to be. Alive treated this situation terribly.

There was no breach of contract. aLive was in private discussions with fnatic and Lee found out before anything happened, through unknown means. According to aLive they talked it out and it had been settled with a reparation fee, and then Lee made this public.

Personally, I think it was inappropriate to begin the discussion behind Lee's back, but whether the plan was to break the contract or not is unknown since they could've been preparing an offer for the future. Beyond that, Lee is just ...


This is completely true, it could have been discussions that might bear fruit in the future. Just talking about signing another contract or changing teams is IMO not enough to really be a super huge deal to be dealt with legally. Since aLive hasn't signed anything so his contract hadn't been breached. Discussions are not breaches. They might not be very professional but they are not breaches. It would only be a breach of contract if he had actually agreed to terms and put that to paper and signed. This was not the case.

If anything, Coach Lee is at most fault for obtaining a log from a private skype conversation. He started the whole mess and had he not then it wouldn't be an issue. Furthermore, there has to be some underlying reason so many players want to leave TSL and are unhappy. If he had focused more of his energy on trying to remedy these issues then its entirely possible this would never have happened in the first place. Heck, if I was a player I would never join TSL for fear of my name being dragged through the mud or possible consequences for acting out of line with Coach Lee's expectations of me. Not only with regards to teams et. al. but anything. If he can get this mad and this denigrating towards other teams and players like aLive over a private discussion that had yet to bear any fruit then I don't want to know what lead aLive and other players to talk to outside teams in the first place.

Please note: What Alive did was unprofessional but legal. What Coach Lee is doing is even more unprofessional and harmful to the player and his team.
Alive leaving TSL after having secret talks with another team but not saying anything bad about the team and paying a fee for ending his contract early is one thing. Coach Lee speaking poorly of the player and the other team and threatening legal action over no true breach of contract publicly is harmful to himself, his team and his players.
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
NexUmbra
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Scotland3776 Posts
January 18 2012 17:39 GMT
#910
On January 18 2012 14:50 rauk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 14:49 VirgilSC2 wrote:
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?


if all these players (rain, puma, clide, sangho, alive, etc) are so eager to jump ship from TSL clearly coach lee is doing something wrong


Rain wanted to be with his dad in new york

PuMa wouldn't have been pinched if he hadn't gone to NASL

Clide wanted to be with his friends in the slayers house(iirc)

SangHo and JYP left because of a stricter practice regime
Life has won two GSLs and a Blizzard Cup. NOT three GSLs.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
January 18 2012 17:41 GMT
#911
I don't see what the big deal here is... aLive isn't even on Fnatic...
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
Moosy
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada396 Posts
January 18 2012 17:42 GMT
#912
TSL has two of the best terrans: Polt and Alive. Alive being the one with infinite potential. I would make a fuss over that player aswell.
aderum
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Sweden1459 Posts
January 18 2012 17:43 GMT
#913
On January 19 2012 02:22 Kazeyonoma wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2012 02:19 moonmeh wrote:
On January 19 2012 02:17 Kazeyonoma wrote:
On January 19 2012 02:12 moonmeh wrote:
Honestly the only fucked up thing Coach Lee did was search Alive's computer without consent and print out the skype conversation. That just seems wrong to me.



where in any official releases was this mentioned.

he has evidence of the chat logs. that's all we have.

how he got it, is never released. another player could've found it. how do we know alive has his own 'personal' computer when players rotate on machines in team houses. another player could've overheard alive's skype convo and brought it to lee's attention.

how are we so quickly to jump on Coach Lee, when we know so little of the situation?


Because on the TIG interview I translated Alive specifically mentioned that the conversation was on his computer and he wonders how Coach Lee got his hands on it

Link for source bro


'his computer' is kind of vague. Does he own his own PC in the team house? Or is it as someone above mentioned, that the entire team house is likely funded by Coach Lee, and he therefore owns the equipment, giving him the right to look at whatever he wants.

Guess what, maybe in europe it's illegal to search an employee's computer, but in the US, if there is reason for suspicion, an employer can search, and even dig through logs of your activity to see if there is reason for termination for breach of contract or employment obligations. That means if you're looking at kiddy porn on your PC, and an employer hears you might be doing that on work computers... they can search your PC, and if they find it, it IS evidence to be used to terminate you.


So if your employer suspect you might be talking to another company he has the right to look through your personal Skype-conversations? Thats pretty messed up.
Crazy people dont sit around and wonder if they are insane
D_K_night
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada615 Posts
January 18 2012 17:43 GMT
#914
so if we summarize the sequence of events:

1. alive left TSL of his own accord and own personal reasons
2. alive joins Fnatic
3. TSL coach erupts

maybe, just maybe what happened was there was not enough of a "cooling period" between steps 1 and 2. because if alive left on his own, then the contract is terminated - unless there is a no-competition clause in there, which is pretty typical of contracts.

if there was no clause like that in there, than maybe if alive waited say a week(?) then joined fnatic, then things would not look like they are now.

But if there is indeed a no-competition clause in the contract, then there is trouble brewing for alive.
Canada
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
January 18 2012 17:44 GMT
#915
On January 19 2012 02:41 GreEny K wrote:
I don't see what the big deal here is... aLive isn't even on Fnatic...


Thats actually exactly what the problem is. This discussion is less about "alive did something wrong" and more about "wtf is going on at TSL and why is coach Lee always trying to drag people's names in the mud whenever they want to leave the team".

Then it necessarily gets down to whether or not alive truly did anything wrong at all which most people are slowly realising: he never did with regards to his contract in a legal sense.
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 17:48:03
January 18 2012 17:47 GMT
#916
On January 19 2012 02:43 D_K_night wrote:
so if we summarize the sequence of events:

1. alive left TSL of his own accord and own personal reasons
2. alive joins Fnatic
3. TSL coach erupts

maybe, just maybe what happened was there was not enough of a "cooling period" between steps 1 and 2. because if alive left on his own, then the contract is terminated - unless there is a no-competition clause in there, which is pretty typical of contracts.

if there was no clause like that in there, than maybe if alive waited say a week(?) then joined fnatic, then things would not look like they are now.

But if there is indeed a no-competition clause in the contract, then there is trouble brewing for alive.


He hasn't actually signed a contract with TSL

the sequence of events:

1. TSL starts losing players; some are unhappy.
2. Alive stays on TSL because of his contract but is not actively a member of the team (member in name only)
3. Alive discusses potential for a future with a new team
4. Coach Lee gets skype logs (somehow) and confronts alive.
5. Alive apologises, explains he wants to leave will pay whatever contract breach fees he has to.
6. Coach Lee goes public and starts a bunch of drama (as usual .... )
7. Alive is flabbergasted, he had discussed this in private
8. Alive is now teamless as was his plan
9. Alive was planning on leaving TSL, paying fees, being teamless then later joining fnatic.
10. Alive has yet to sign a contract with fnatic, and has yet to pay the fees
11. Coach Lee and TSL will be seeking legal advice and dealing with the issue potentially in the courts.

-_- crap double post, sorry
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
D_K_night
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada615 Posts
January 18 2012 17:48 GMT
#917
On January 19 2012 02:43 aderum wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2012 02:22 Kazeyonoma wrote:
On January 19 2012 02:19 moonmeh wrote:
On January 19 2012 02:17 Kazeyonoma wrote:
On January 19 2012 02:12 moonmeh wrote:
Honestly the only fucked up thing Coach Lee did was search Alive's computer without consent and print out the skype conversation. That just seems wrong to me.



where in any official releases was this mentioned.

he has evidence of the chat logs. that's all we have.

how he got it, is never released. another player could've found it. how do we know alive has his own 'personal' computer when players rotate on machines in team houses. another player could've overheard alive's skype convo and brought it to lee's attention.

how are we so quickly to jump on Coach Lee, when we know so little of the situation?


Because on the TIG interview I translated Alive specifically mentioned that the conversation was on his computer and he wonders how Coach Lee got his hands on it

Link for source bro


'his computer' is kind of vague. Does he own his own PC in the team house? Or is it as someone above mentioned, that the entire team house is likely funded by Coach Lee, and he therefore owns the equipment, giving him the right to look at whatever he wants.

Guess what, maybe in europe it's illegal to search an employee's computer, but in the US, if there is reason for suspicion, an employer can search, and even dig through logs of your activity to see if there is reason for termination for breach of contract or employment obligations. That means if you're looking at kiddy porn on your PC, and an employer hears you might be doing that on work computers... they can search your PC, and if they find it, it IS evidence to be used to terminate you.


So if your employer suspect you might be talking to another company he has the right to look through your personal Skype-conversations? Thats pretty messed up.


well that's nothing new. If you are using equipment provided to you by your employer, they have every right to that equipment. period. it is not yours. it belongs to the company, not you. you were merely the user.
Canada
InternalSync
Profile Joined December 2011
176 Posts
January 18 2012 17:48 GMT
#918
All this fuzz for what? Lousy 1k $ and a bruised ego? Just lol
careohx
Profile Joined June 2011
263 Posts
January 18 2012 17:49 GMT
#919
Even if Fnatic did something. TSL players went behind Coach Lee's back twice, which means his players dont respect/trust him at all and there must be a reason for it i quess.
laharl23
Profile Joined February 2011
United States582 Posts
January 18 2012 17:49 GMT
#920
TSL being a bunch of babies again to try to get some publicity, what else is new.
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