EPTAxslav and Strifecro part ways with EG - Page 4
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Nazeron
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ROOTdrewbie
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GizmoPT
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Chocolate
United States2350 Posts
On January 19 2012 08:54 iSometric wrote: Strifecro is my fav. player. Too bad EG cut the midtier players... No longer a fan of them. IMO it's kinda shallow to dislike a team just because they dropped a player. Of course it is your opinion, but if you look at it from EG's perspective they haven't seen many results from Strifecro compared to their other players and frankly it might not be worth the money for him to remain on the team from a business standpoint. Whether you like it or not, these teams are businesses and I believe this decision will inevitably lead to more growth within Esports as EG can allocate their money to players that they may feel are more deserving. That being said I too regret their decision to part but I wish all parties the best. | ||
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DyEnasTy
United States3719 Posts
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On January 19 2012 08:55 Shadow_Dog wrote: LZ and Machine are next... A lot more unlikely than StrifeCro and Axlav. Machine arguably has more 'publicity' than stifecro or axlav and the same can be same about LZ. LZ spent two weeks commentating for NASL and has followed up with more commentating gigs afterward. I'd say both of these players streams are more popular as well. | ||
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Charwhal
United States18 Posts
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nvs.
Canada3609 Posts
On January 19 2012 09:01 Chocolate wrote: IMO it's kinda shallow to dislike a team just because they dropped a player. Of course it is your opinion, but if you look at it from EG's perspective they haven't seen many results from Strifecro compared to their other players and frankly it might not be worth the money for him to remain on the team from a business standpoint. Whether you like it or not, these teams are businesses and I believe this decision will inevitably lead to more growth within Esports as EG can allocate their money to players that they may feel are more deserving. That being said I too regret their decision to part but I wish all parties the best. Then you have to ask why incontrol is still on the team. Straight up due to personality? | ||
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Gamegene
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sashamunguia
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YellOwSky
Canada156 Posts
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Hydrox911
United Kingdom261 Posts
 Is it just me or does it feel wrong that they will probably keep machine, purely based off he seems a bit more of a personality with the eg guys than these two, yet has the same results. | ||
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eNtitY~
United States1293 Posts
On January 19 2012 09:00 StrinterN wrote: yeah thats my point! If they were only going for "a teamers" then why are incontrol, machine and lzgamer not being "kicked" of the team? iNcontroL should be obvious, hes a pillar to the SC community and a very marketable person and markets the EG brand well because of his attention and the Dallas finish. Lz and Machine are both marketable people as well and even though they don't get very many streamed matches or attention they go all the way back to the start of EG:SCBW. I'm not too surprised by this news, it kind of seemed like it was going to happen. I hope Axslav still streams a lot though. If I was in their shoes the worst part would be having to move out of the EG Lair. :/ | ||
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JoeAWESOME
Sweden1080 Posts
That's my bet | ||
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TylerThaCreator
United States906 Posts
On January 19 2012 09:02 shindigs wrote: A lot more unlikely than StrifeCro and Axlav. Machine arguably has more 'publicity' than stifecro or axlav and the same can be same about LZ. LZ spent two weeks commentating for NASL and has followed up with more commentating gigs afterward. I'd say both of these players streams are more popular as well. Machine is probably here to stay but you can't seriously argue for Lz's staying on with EG. He may continue commentating, but his days at EG are numbered if he doesn't show any serious results (which seems very unlikely at this point). I think Axslav's stream was more popular than Lz's too. | ||
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MrCash
United States1504 Posts
On January 19 2012 09:00 turdburgler wrote: they were never any good at sc2 2v2 lol. they won 1 league using 1 abusive cheese, as soon as someone watched a reply of them playing they instantly stopped winning. infact EG stopped using them as a pairing for things like the egmc. after hearing all that people like idra and incontrol said about how EG was building itself im really suprised by this. they had atleast heavily implied that EG was happy with their performance, and happy to have an unoffical B team/bigger roster for things like moral, team training, smaller leagues. now the article specifically says EG dropped them, they didnt ask to leave. kinda shocked. this leaves machine and incontrol as the last non superstar players on eg. incontrol obviously safe as a huge PR guy and team captain position but i gotta wonder what their plans are for machine. he attends some smaller american lans and was at CES for them, so maybe they want to model him on incontrol as another guy to help market sponsors with? who knows. seems like EG has dropped clan support for starcraft 2 (lol funny bnet joke!!!) they seem to be trying to up the 'professionalism' by being a full on team akin to a 'real' sport rather than a sponsored clan that most esports teams actually are. Some people have an odd definition of "superstar". As far as foreign eSprots is concerned, Incontrol is one of the biggest superstars we have, he just isn't a SC2 champion yet. Both the positive talk in the past and the kind words of separation now are all marketing. Saying "we kicked these 2 players cause they aren't doing well" would cost them fans and support of a certain demographic, the size of which is difficult to determine. And while on team, saying "we are thinking about getting rid of these guys" is not good for sponsors, reputation or moral. We will never know the intricacies of these releases, everything will be pure speculation... Unless someone from EG spills the beans, but i don't see that happening. | ||
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Mr Showtime
United States1353 Posts
calling it..... EGalive | ||
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turdburgler
England6749 Posts
On January 19 2012 09:02 Charwhal wrote: Does this mean EG is going to go after another 2v2 team? no, theres no logical reasoning for it. 2v2 hasnt picked up in sc2 so EG has no reason to invest in it. | ||
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AGIANTSMURF
United States1232 Posts
I hope you keep playing, you have one of the best streams on all of TL | ||
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StrinterN
Denmark531 Posts
On January 19 2012 09:01 JoeAWESOME wrote: They still have an active contract. I can't see EG keeping LZGamer when his contract have expired.... Didn't "all" the contracts end weeks back? o.O ? ? Do you know when LZGamers and Machines contracts are expiring? | ||
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