The real question here is why did IGN stop their partnership with RGN? Reign disbanding was expected or at least a heavy cut, as a teamhouse+(probably) paying salary and flying their members to events was most likely very expensive and not possible without a big financial sponsor. Maybe IGN is planning to expand their events or they are having some financial difficulties? I really hope it's not the latter

aderum

Sweden1459 Posts

February 17 2012 00:41 GMT

#185

lol wtf----

darkest44

United States1009 Posts

February 17 2012 00:41 GMT

#186

It was pretty obvious this was going to happen to be honest. Especially with rumors growing of BW pros switching over soon, there is not going to be enough money to go around for teams of mediocre NA players who win a small online tournament here and there at best (besides maybe Kiwi, but he doesn't really win much anymore either). Sure, teams like this can exist, but expecting them to get big sponsor money and team housing was a short lived pipe dream.

When Spades left he even said people in the Reign house weren't practicing much and there was no practice schedule or anything... What is the point of a team house if you're going to half ass it with players who haven't produced many results and no practice schedule/rules while Koreans are practicing 10 hours a day? Besides they didn't even have their best player, kiwi, in the house.. Waste of money. These kids needed a reality check, sad but necessary.

RunningInSquares

United States215 Posts

February 17 2012 00:41 GMT

#187

Such Reigny news on a rainy day.

Piledriver

United States1697 Posts

February 17 2012 00:41 GMT

#188

On February 17 2012 09:26 turamn wrote:
Can't really say that it matters all that much, honestly. They were a middling North American team who never accomplished much. Sucks for the guys who have to need to find new teams, but when you don't post any results at all, you can't expect to stick around forever.

EDIT: For all the people who will quote this and say that I'm a douchebag, it is what it is. Sorry for being a realist.

Spoken like a true idiot who doesnt understand how a sporting scene works. In any sport, there needs to be the underdogs, middle level contenders and top level champions in order for the scene to thrive and to allow new talent to rise up through the ranks of the game. Look at the Korean scene for example.Without a team like ZeNeX or the old fOu team, we wouldnt have any of the new talent that we see on the scene today (like Byun, Puzzle, Taeja and so on).

The easiest way to identify the death of the game is when all the lower level teams start dying or disbanding, and only a few top level teams and top level players remain who keep playing over and over in the all the tournaments and finally the competition dies out(just look at wc3).

In reality, I am more worried when a middle level team or a low level team dies out. These teams form the pillars of the scene, and the players in these teams are usually talented individuals who perform exceptionally well, considering the limited resources and practise environments that they are provided with. But they would definitely have a harder time getting recognized and picked up by other teams. I would not worry so much if a team like EG or mouz disbands, because I know for sure that these players would get easily picked up by any team, and they will continue to play the game in some form or the other.

So next time you post such senseless shit, step back for a minute and think about what you post, and whether it makes any sense.

UncleTomNZ

New Zealand43 Posts

February 17 2012 00:41 GMT

#189

Complexity getting some new players from this.

drooL

United Kingdom2108 Posts

February 17 2012 00:41 GMT

#190

Wow, wtf. I've never been a big fan but with the team house, the big sponsor and Ax joining I saw some potential. I feel sorry for Axslav now though :/ EG should just re-pick him up lol. I could actually imagine him being one of the new coL recruits, it would certainly fit him. FnaticRC.Axslav doesn't sound bad either