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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
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 05:58:40
January 18 2012 05:58 GMT
#81
Who does that leave on TSL? Polt, Hyun and . . .
Promethelax still hasn't changed his quote
Necro)Phagist(
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada6660 Posts
January 18 2012 05:58 GMT
#82
On January 18 2012 14:56 Fionn wrote:
This is actually worse than EG. At least with EG, Puma had no contract and Lee sent Puma away to America. It could be called shady by EG, but it still wasn't breaching any contracts. If it's true that Lee let Fnatic into his team house, let them stay and practice there, and one of the members of Fnatic (translator, member, whatever) pretty much got Alive to leave, breaching his contract, then that's pretty bullshit and Lee should be pissed.

It's like getting invited into someone's house and stealing their expensive television. Not cool.

But this is all depends on if Lee is telling the truth/Fnatic is innocent, etc.

This post sums up my feelings on this situation perfectly! I couldn't have worded it better! Thank you!
"Are you talking to me? Because your authority is not recognized in fort kick ass!"" ||Park Jung Suk|| |MC|HerO|HyuN|
FakeDeath
Profile Joined January 2011
Malaysia6060 Posts
January 18 2012 05:58 GMT
#83
Drama.Time to wait for the facts to come out.
Play your best
Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
January 18 2012 05:58 GMT
#84
On January 18 2012 14:57 GuiltyJerk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 14:45 kineSiS- wrote:
Is there an actual contract that TSL has with Alive?


Probably not, and everyone's going to give Fnatic a lot of shit for "poaching" aLive despite there being no contract


Pretty sure Alive has a contract. After the Puma incident, there was a report that said Lee gave his core players a contract/salary. That would have to include Alive, Polt, Hyun, etc.
Writerhttps://twitter.com/FionnOnFire
Sublimexx
Profile Joined December 2011
Great Britain23 Posts
January 18 2012 05:58 GMT
#85
Why would you leave TSL to join a sub par, half dead foreign team?
"If you are a fan GREAT I want to hear that, if you aren't a fan why would I care that you say that specifically? In fact I care less..right?" - The always classy, iNcontroL
OPL3SA2
Profile Joined April 2011
United States378 Posts
January 18 2012 05:58 GMT
#86
Please remember that when this happened before, coach Lee was not given the benefit of the doubt, and he turned out to be correct, but not before he had to voluntarily dismiss himself from the korean governing body of starcraft 2 (sc2con) due to the accusations.

It seems that he may be right again here, after taking legal action! It may be that although Coach Lee is usually correct, he might not be a reasonable person, hence the conflict. Usually conflict is stemming from a reasonable situation and one or more unreasonable party. Usually conflict is not reasonable people responding to an unreasonable situation...
Playoffs? You're talking about playoffs?
rauk
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States2228 Posts
January 18 2012 05:59 GMT
#87
On January 18 2012 14:54 VirgilSC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 14:50 rauk wrote:
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

You clearly haven't seen anything I've posted about this.
Rain left to live with his father in New York
PuMa was poached by EG
Clide respectfully approached Coach Lee about the move to SlayerS because of his friends in the SlayerS house.
SangHo and JYP left/were removed after failing to adjust to the new training regimen at the TSL house.
aLive was apparently poached (I had heard otherwise, this is news to me) and left the team house with his best friend who's name I won't reveal.


with the exception of rain, all of those indicate some kind of discontent with TSL. a player who's happy with the team he's in doesn't just switch unless they're offered a shit ton of money (and if that's consistently the case with TSL then they're mismanaging their finances and/or sponsorships).
VirgilSC2
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States6151 Posts
January 18 2012 05:59 GMT
#88
On January 18 2012 14:58 McFeser wrote:
Who does that leave on TSL? Polt, Hyun and . . .

Feel free to read my signature.
Clarity Gaming #1 Fan | Avid MTG Grinder | @VirgilSC2
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45857 Posts
January 18 2012 05:59 GMT
#89
On January 18 2012 14:55 Goibon wrote:
I'm sick of all these foreign teams hurting ESPORTS.

Do they just not give a shit?

-_-


You're already placing 100% of the blame on Fnatic? Wasn't it already established that the Puma acquisition didn't *hurt* e-sports, in that players should have contracts? If anything, the TSL coach recognized (or should have recognized- we'll hopefully see soon) that he has to know what his players are doing.

Don't jump the gun on a verdict.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
January 18 2012 05:59 GMT
#90
Can't wait until Fnatics statement, that's when things are gonna get really good.
Photographer@shindags || twitch.tv/shindigs
ChuCky.Ca
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada2497 Posts
January 18 2012 05:59 GMT
#91
On January 18 2012 14:58 Sublimexx wrote:
Why would you leave TSL to join a sub par, half dead foreign team?

ya there so dead they have only recruited toD, Rain, Moon, and now alive ya there so dead
Most Skilled Current esport Games Scbw>Sc2>Cs1.6>Dota2>Hon>Loopin Louie The Drinking Game>LoL
Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
January 18 2012 06:00 GMT
#92
On January 18 2012 14:58 McFeser wrote:
Who does that leave on TSL? Polt, Hyun and . . .


Revival - Code B/A tweener
Heart - Really impressive Terran prospect
Symbol - Interesting prospect
Ultimate - Again, interesting prospect
Cyrano - Another prospect

They really only have one established guy in Polt. Hyun also may be really good, but we haven't seen a lot of him.
Writerhttps://twitter.com/FionnOnFire
hyperknight
Profile Joined May 2011
294 Posts
January 18 2012 06:00 GMT
#93
From what I hear, Coach Lee is one strict ringleader. Most of the sc2 Korean community think he's half mad.

Either ways, TSL will get screwed if aLive leaves. IMO, the coach might be doing something wrong if all his players are the only ones leaving. The same stuff isnt happening with slayers/mvp/im etc. Also, I doubt fnatic would do something so dirty. This might be Coach lee's panic mode where he's preventing his top player from leaving the team. He's lost enough players anyways...
"you 6poll?" - aLive to IdrA on NASL Sunday Showmatch, Feb 2012
rUiNati0n
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1155 Posts
January 18 2012 06:00 GMT
#94
I was just about to go to sleep and then this drama hits the fan *sigh*. I really hope that this doesn't come down to legal battles because that isn't good for anybody, but I am really sad that Alive got taken from TSL in way that causes this much of a disconnect. TSL was alredy struggling to build a deep team and now this. Hopefully this at least brings them together rather than causes it to self destruct. TSL is my favorite team and I would be really sad to see them fall apart.
eating corn while thinking about eating more corn
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
January 18 2012 06:01 GMT
#95
On January 18 2012 14:59 VirgilSC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 14:58 McFeser wrote:
Who does that leave on TSL? Polt, Hyun and . . .

Feel free to read my signature.

Does that means his best friend that he left with wasn't on TSL at the time?

This just makes me think ToD for some reason, lol.
Laxx
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia61 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 06:01:50
January 18 2012 06:01 GMT
#96
On January 18 2012 14:58 Sublimexx wrote:
Why would you leave TSL to join a sub par, half dead foreign team?


You truly show your ignorance if you call Fnatic, one of the biggest and wealthiest eSports teams in the world, a "sub par, half dead" team. Their SC2 roster may have been lacking, but Fnatic is eSports legacy.
Head of Marketing // Quantic Gaming // @LaxxSC
VirgilSC2
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States6151 Posts
January 18 2012 06:01 GMT
#97
On January 18 2012 14:59 rauk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 14:54 VirgilSC2 wrote:
On January 18 2012 14:50 rauk wrote:
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

You clearly haven't seen anything I've posted about this.
Rain left to live with his father in New York
PuMa was poached by EG
Clide respectfully approached Coach Lee about the move to SlayerS because of his friends in the SlayerS house.
SangHo and JYP left/were removed after failing to adjust to the new training regimen at the TSL house.
aLive was apparently poached (I had heard otherwise, this is news to me) and left the team house with his best friend who's name I won't reveal.


with the exception of rain, all of those indicate some kind of discontent with TSL. a player who's happy with the team he's in doesn't just switch unless they're offered a shit ton of money (and if that's consistently the case with TSL then they're mismanaging their finances and/or sponsorships).

Well, PuMa and aLive were both offered "a shit ton of money"
SangHo and JYP didn't like the new, stricter practice schedule Coach Lee was forming the team around
Clide, I'm not sure if he was discontent in the house or not, but he apparently took the restructuring as a time to ask his leave.
Clarity Gaming #1 Fan | Avid MTG Grinder | @VirgilSC2
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
January 18 2012 06:01 GMT
#98
Holy crap lol... I knew about Moon joining, but I actually had no clue about this one. #________#
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
DisaFear
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia4074 Posts
January 18 2012 06:01 GMT
#99
On January 18 2012 14:59 shindigs wrote:
Can't wait until Fnatics statement, that's when things are gonna get really good.

Haha, indeed!
More sc2 drama! While it's all interesting, feel sorry for TSL
How devious | http://anartisticanswer.blogspot.com.au/
hyperknight
Profile Joined May 2011
294 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-18 06:02:21
January 18 2012 06:01 GMT
#100
On January 18 2012 14:59 VirgilSC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2012 14:58 McFeser wrote:
Who does that leave on TSL? Polt, Hyun and . . .

Feel free to read my signature.


Ex-BW player Heart has already walked out of TSL btw. Might want to update your signature.
"you 6poll?" - aLive to IdrA on NASL Sunday Showmatch, Feb 2012
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