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Guild of Imbalance and FXOpen part ways

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Alexj
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Ukraine440 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 09:19:22
March 02 2012 23:32 GMT
#1
Update: FXOBoSs clarifies the situation with "new" FXO:

On March 05 2012 16:54 FXOBoSs wrote:
Dear E-Sports community

I am going to formally address this once and for all.

First of all, what people are already calling FXO-RU and FXO-KR, is actually just FXO. That is, the teams are now officially 1 team.
However due to geographical issues and langauge issues, the Eastern side of the business will be completely run by me, and another one of our staff, Vladimir, will be running the Western side of the business.

Players such as strelok and bratok will have opportunities to compete in Korea with FXO, and we will be working on joint sponsorships for both sides.

All in all, it is now officially the same team, but with extra managers.

I hope this clarifies things for everyone. If it doesn't please feel free to ask your questions here.

Regards,

FXOBoSs


Original post:

Today it was announced that team imba.FXOpen ((T)BRAT_OK, (T)Strelok, (Z)HappyZerG, (Z)LoWeLy and others) is now reformed as team FXO. Did you previously confuse imba.FXOpen with FXO? Now prepare to confuse Russian FXO with Malaysian/Korean FXO!

At the same time a few members of imba.FXOpen reformed old Guild of Imbalance in its old pre-sponsored way: as a friendly amateur clan.

Players of FXO:

(T)FXO.BRAT_OK
(T)FXO.Strelok
(Z)FXO.HappyZerG
(P)FXO.Elbegast
(Z)FXO.LoWeLy

...and others (see team profile on goodgame.ru -- click on "StarCraft II" section to see a list of players)

Players of Guild of Imbalance:

(T)imba.Adolf[RA]
imba.vindikat
(P)imba.Couguar
(Z)imba.onelastgoodbye
(T)imba.dSKe

...and 8 (!) female players. See full team profile on goodgame.ru

Sources (in Russian): sc2tv.ru, goodgame.ru



Now a little bit of history. Guild of Imbalance dates back to Broodwar. Back in 2008 this team created the site sc2tv.ru, which became one of the biggest Russian StarCraft/eSports sites, with daily news, streams and articles. After SC2 came out, Russian branch of FXOpen (not to be confused with "big" FXOpen) started to sponsor sc2tv.ru and Guild of Imbalance. Clan Imba started to turn into professinal team: they changed their clantag to imba.FXOpen and eventually signed a few famous Russian and Ukrainian players, as well as some promising up-and-comers.

Sc2tv.ru hosted a few tournaments, including the biggest Russian team league -- RPL. First season of RPL took place back in BW days, and there were 3 more seasons in StarCraft 2 (also RPL 4 was sponsored by HP). Most people consider sc2tv.ru and goodgame.ru as the biggest "rival" sites, when it comes to covering SC2 in Russian.

It seems like eventually some conflicts aroused between FXOpen and old Imba team. This lead to sc2tv.ru no longer being sponsored by FXOpen for a few months now. Today's announcement brings the logical end to the partnership of "old school" Guild of Imbalance and FXOpen Russia.

I am not entirely sure if the tag FXO is temporary. It obviously seems wrong for two different FXO teams to exist. And I think FXOBoSs will be against it :D

Update:
On March 03 2012 15:16 FXOBoSs wrote:
I will address this on monday as i had no idea
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Eee
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden2712 Posts
March 02 2012 23:37 GMT
#2
Makes sense. I haven't heard about the protoss player, lowely is ok, but BratOK, Strelok, and happyzerg are sick players
johnnywup
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3858 Posts
March 02 2012 23:38 GMT
#3
i dont understand x.x
lit0st
Profile Joined September 2011
2 Posts
March 02 2012 23:39 GMT
#4
I like how the '8 female players' are all lumped together as an afterthought
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States13906 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 23:45:44
March 02 2012 23:41 GMT
#5
I doubt that it'll be a different team. Its just like when they bought fou. Now the fxo family has grown.

I saw a lot of great stuff out of slivko (happyzerg) and if he spends any time with leenock hes going to wreck the eu scene like no one else. I'm talking 4 base to 2 base zvp levels of crazy, oh wait both of the extra 2 base's are gold base's.
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skatblast
Profile Joined September 2011
United States784 Posts
March 02 2012 23:41 GMT
#6
On March 03 2012 08:39 lit0st wrote:
I like how the '8 female players' are all lumped together as an afterthought


why wouldnt they be
Packawana
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1081 Posts
March 02 2012 23:45 GMT
#7
So is it now FXO Russia and FXO Korea? Or is it the same team? Is there going to be any interteam training or what? (I would especially love to see any of these players hone their skills in Korea) Will they function as one team for team leagues?
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Alexj
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Ukraine440 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 23:50:03
March 02 2012 23:48 GMT
#8
On March 03 2012 08:39 lit0st wrote:
I like how the '8 female players' are all lumped together as an afterthought

There is a series on sc2tv.ru "Escape from the Bronze", where a bronze-platinum level female player is coached by master level player. Some of the episodes featured Brat_ok and HappyZerg as coaches. Most of new Imba female team comes from this series.

Packawana, I am as confused as you are. But they always were separate teams with separate management, so my guess is they will stay as separate teams
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Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
March 02 2012 23:52 GMT
#9
Wow the level of confusion in this is crazy.
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Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
March 02 2012 23:54 GMT
#10
Hah I love how FXO took every player worth a damn from imba. I never understood how this was a good investment from FXO, but oh well.
hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
March 02 2012 23:55 GMT
#11
Maybe they felt the relationship was imbalanced.
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Tufas
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Austria2259 Posts
March 02 2012 23:56 GMT
#12
imba adolf ? Please tell me I am not the only one who finds this ... strange, at best.
Its IMBALANCED ADOLF. Come on. For real
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marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
March 02 2012 23:57 GMT
#13
Today it was announced


You lost me.
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Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
March 03 2012 00:00 GMT
#14
If it makes you guys feel any better, I work for FXO and I'm confused by this as well...

I'll try to wake someone up and get some clarification for you guys hang on
Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
March 03 2012 00:01 GMT
#15
On March 03 2012 09:00 Raelcun wrote:
If it makes you guys feel any better, I work for FXO and I'm confused by this as well...

I'll try to wake someone up and get some clarification for you guys hang on


lol nice. GOGO Raelcun!
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
March 03 2012 00:03 GMT
#16
Why don't they just merge the teams together? Couldn't you save overhead costs that way and avoid confusion? I would love to see guys like Strelok, Brat_OK, Lowely training with the FXO Koreans and getting better.
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Mondieu
Profile Joined November 2011
Romania803 Posts
March 03 2012 00:05 GMT
#17
I don't get a thing out of it either :D They part ways but their players go to fxo ? What?
julianto
Profile Joined December 2010
2292 Posts
March 03 2012 00:10 GMT
#18
Congratulations, FXO! <3
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Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-03 00:13:33
March 03 2012 00:10 GMT
#19
I believe that the implication here plus knowledge of this before it developed is as follows. Please keep in mind I'm not a spokesperson here so this might not be 100% accurate:

Okay so as it was tried to be explained in the OP:

-the FXOpen you guys all associate with the Korean team, and the foreigner team was never fully associated with the guild of imbalance.
-The imba.FXOpen partnership was instead done through the Russian branch of the company, and management separate from FXOBoSs and FXOUnstable.
-There apparently have been issues... and now imba is splitting from the Russian FXOpen branch, but the top players are staying.
-And this is where it gets confusing, because they have now re-labelled themselves "FXO" even though they are still not affiliated with the Korean team, and the few remaining foreigners we have on our side of FXOpen esports.
-So there are now two teams calling themselves "FXO" who are completely separate entities...

I am so confused right now, and I'm literally the only person from our side of FXOpen esports awake right now... great
Spaceneil8
Profile Joined February 2011
United States317 Posts
March 03 2012 00:13 GMT
#20
On March 03 2012 09:10 Raelcun wrote:
I believe that the implication here plus knowledge of this before it developed is as follows. Please keep in mind I'm not a spokesperson here so this might not be 100% accurate:

Okay so as it was tried to be explained in the OP:

-the FXOpen you guys all associate with the Korean team, and the foreigner teams was never fully associated with the guild of imbalance.
-The imba.FXOpen partnership was instead done through the Russian branch of the company, and management separate from FXOBoSs and FXOUnstable.
-There apparently have been issues... and now imba is splitting from the Russian FXOpen branch, but the top players are staying.
-And this is where it gets confusing, because they have now re-labelled themselves "FXO" even though they are still not affiliated with the Korean team, and the few remaining foreigners we have.
-So there are now two teams calling themselves "FXO" who are completely separate entities

I am so confused right now, and I'm literally the only person from our side of FXOpen esports awake right now... great

Why don't you guys just merge the two?
Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
March 03 2012 00:14 GMT
#21
On March 03 2012 09:13 Spaceneil8 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 03 2012 09:10 Raelcun wrote:
I believe that the implication here plus knowledge of this before it developed is as follows. Please keep in mind I'm not a spokesperson here so this might not be 100% accurate:

Okay so as it was tried to be explained in the OP:

-the FXOpen you guys all associate with the Korean team, and the foreigner teams was never fully associated with the guild of imbalance.
-The imba.FXOpen partnership was instead done through the Russian branch of the company, and management separate from FXOBoSs and FXOUnstable.
-There apparently have been issues... and now imba is splitting from the Russian FXOpen branch, but the top players are staying.
-And this is where it gets confusing, because they have now re-labelled themselves "FXO" even though they are still not affiliated with the Korean team, and the few remaining foreigners we have.
-So there are now two teams calling themselves "FXO" who are completely separate entities

I am so confused right now, and I'm literally the only person from our side of FXOpen esports awake right now... great

Why don't you guys just merge the two?


Like I said I'm the only person from our side of FXOpen awake right now, and I'm not the proper person to be commenting on that.
babybell
Profile Joined June 2011
776 Posts
March 03 2012 00:14 GMT
#22
On March 03 2012 09:10 Raelcun wrote:
I believe that the implication here plus knowledge of this before it developed is as follows. Please keep in mind I'm not a spokesperson here so this might not be 100% accurate:

Okay so as it was tried to be explained in the OP:

-the FXOpen you guys all associate with the Korean team, and the foreigner team was never fully associated with the guild of imbalance.
-The imba.FXOpen partnership was instead done through the Russian branch of the company, and management separate from FXOBoSs and FXOUnstable.
-There apparently have been issues... and now imba is splitting from the Russian FXOpen branch, but the top players are staying.
-And this is where it gets confusing, because they have now re-labelled themselves "FXO" even though they are still not affiliated with the Korean team, and the few remaining foreigners we have on our side of FXOpen esports.
-So there are now two teams calling themselves "FXO" who are completely separate entities...

I am so confused right now, and I'm literally the only person from our side of FXOpen esports awake right now... great

The whole thing sounds like a mess to me.
Wafflelisk
Profile Joined October 2011
Canada1061 Posts
March 03 2012 00:15 GMT
#23
Dear god, my brain. But congratulations, hope it helps your business.
Waffles > Pancakes
Postman
Profile Joined July 2010
United States269 Posts
March 03 2012 00:16 GMT
#24
Perhaps we'll see FXOru?

Keeping the same tag seems like it'd be to confusing, but at the same time merging the two probably wouldn't be ideal.
zylog
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada943 Posts
March 03 2012 00:19 GMT
#25
So instead of imba.FXO and FXO as two teams under separate management, we now have teams imba, FXO and FXO all managed separately?

This is really confusing.
Brett
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Australia3820 Posts
March 03 2012 00:27 GMT
#26
Doesn't really seem like such a big deal to me... I mean, Ok, the imba guys weren't happy and have split... But if FXO Russia is still sponsoring the rest of the players, it'd sort of make sense to just incorporate them? Or not.. and have FXO.(playername).RU or something?
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States13906 Posts
March 03 2012 00:29 GMT
#27
On March 03 2012 09:19 zylog wrote:
So instead of imba.FXO and FXO as two teams under separate management, we now have teams imba, FXO and FXO all managed separately?

This is really confusing.


imba isn't a pro team so you don't have to worry about that anymore.

I'm surprised the relationship hasn't had an issue before ie in a team league. it shouldn't be too hard to tell the euros apart from the Koreans/foreigner that where the original fxo apart.

I'm sure this is going to be the lowest intensity esports drama of the year though.
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Alexj
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Ukraine440 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-03 00:36:09
March 03 2012 00:29 GMT
#28
On March 03 2012 08:57 marttorn wrote:
Show nested quote +
Today it was announced


You lost me.
I am sorry, what?

English is not my native language. If I did any grammar mistakes, I would be glad if you PMed me about it, so I could correct it. No need to be passive agressive jerk about it.

Edit: sorry if you was sarcastic about announcement itself
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Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
March 03 2012 00:34 GMT
#29
On March 03 2012 09:29 Alexj wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 03 2012 08:57 marttorn wrote:
Today it was announced


You lost me.
I am sorry, what?

English is not my native language. If I did any grammar mistakes, I would be glad if you PMed me about it, so I could correct it. No need to be passvie agressive jerk about it.


He's being sarcastic because the announcement itself is confusing, your English was fine. The announcement itself is just very strange.
Ichabod
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1659 Posts
March 03 2012 00:34 GMT
#30
Interesting situation. Thanks for the background, really helps to sort things out.

gl to FXO.RU/imba in their plans
Cosmos
Profile Joined March 2010
Belgium1077 Posts
March 03 2012 00:34 GMT
#31
Well I think I understand, they should just call the russian team FXOru like Postman said. They are russians and it would easily help people when they want to talk about one of the team.
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AlternativeEgo
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden17309 Posts
March 03 2012 00:35 GMT
#32
This makes perfect sense, I'm glad that it got sorted out. So...yeah.
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Chargelot
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
2275 Posts
March 03 2012 00:37 GMT
#33
On March 03 2012 08:57 marttorn wrote:
Show nested quote +
Today it was announced


You lost me.

I was completely unprepared for this without the announcement of this announcement.
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nooboon
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
2602 Posts
March 03 2012 01:28 GMT
#34
Either the russian FXO and the main FXO teams merge or the Russian FXO branch team changes their team tag.
Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-03 03:04:28
March 03 2012 03:04 GMT
#35
The only logical conclusion now is to resurrect the old fOu brand for the FXO branch that we all known and love.

Viva the asdfOu time
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
March 03 2012 03:05 GMT
#36
I'm prepared to be confused but I like both teams so its ok
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docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
March 03 2012 03:48 GMT
#37
Why split ways? i'm very confused by this idea that teams do better on their own, huge conglomerates do better it seems like. Like Quanti-startales and QIM.
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canikizu
Profile Joined September 2010
4860 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-03 03:51:51
March 03 2012 03:51 GMT
#38
Ok now we need the new FXO to partner with IM so that we can have fouFXO and IMFXO. This mess sounds fun.

lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
March 03 2012 03:51 GMT
#39
On March 03 2012 12:04 Primadog wrote:
The only logical conclusion now is to resurrect the old fOu brand for the FXO branch that we all known and love.

Viva the asdfOu time


And I look forward to all the troll names like HotfOu or IMherefOu.
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RoboBob
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States798 Posts
March 03 2012 04:15 GMT
#40
The whole imba.FXO and regular FXO always confused me.

I wish you guys would rebrand both teams. FXO-RU and FXO-KR.
HiSi
Profile Joined October 2011
United States68 Posts
March 03 2012 04:58 GMT
#41
The korean team should be able to keep FXO as their tag. I feel the russian based team needs a different tag.
Dexington
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada7276 Posts
March 03 2012 05:27 GMT
#42
Obvious solutions:

1. Merge them.
2. RFXO and KFXO
3. FXO and make the Korean one fOu again, since none of the original FXO guys remain except like Slog.
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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
March 03 2012 05:40 GMT
#43
On March 03 2012 08:39 lit0st wrote:
I like how the '8 female players' are all lumped together as an afterthought

my immediate thought. Why not just include them in the list. its not like iv heard of any of those male players anyway lol.
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Torpedo.Vegas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1890 Posts
March 03 2012 06:04 GMT
#44
By 2015 we will have:
FXO, FXO-SemiPro, FXO-Extreme, FXO-LightningTigers, FXO-GirlsGirlsGirls, FXO-Korea, FXO-Russia, FXO-Russia: Siberia Edition, FXO-B Team Sub Section Delta Five-Oh, and the fan favorite FXO-Team "How to jump a ravine on your bike comma Bobby".
FXOBoSs
Profile Joined August 2011
337 Posts
March 03 2012 06:16 GMT
#45
I will address this on monday as i had no idea
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Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
March 03 2012 07:48 GMT
#46
On March 03 2012 15:04 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
By 2015 we will have:
FXO, FXO-SemiPro, FXO-Extreme, FXO-LightningTigers, FXO-GirlsGirlsGirls, FXO-Korea, FXO-Russia, FXO-Russia: Siberia Edition, FXO-B Team Sub Section Delta Five-Oh, and the fan favorite FXO-Team "How to jump a ravine on your bike comma Bobby".


Kind of like how every team is Team Razor?
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Torpedo.Vegas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1890 Posts
March 03 2012 08:46 GMT
#47
On March 03 2012 16:48 Primadog wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 03 2012 15:04 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
By 2015 we will have:
FXO, FXO-SemiPro, FXO-Extreme, FXO-LightningTigers, FXO-GirlsGirlsGirls, FXO-Korea, FXO-Russia, FXO-Russia: Siberia Edition, FXO-B Team Sub Section Delta Five-Oh, and the fan favorite FXO-Team "How to jump a ravine on your bike comma Bobby".


Kind of like how every team is Team Razor?


Team Razor is kind of like TEAM U.S.A.

They are both everyone and no one at the same time, and you really only here about them when something good happens to a member of Team Razor.

Team FXO is more like an Octupus of ESPORTS. Technically its one team, but for legal and physical reasons it is functionally split into seperate "arms" that connect to single point. In this regard, FXO gains the ability to lose an arm to fend off predators (drama, legal action, associations of a dubious nature, etc.) and then regrow it under new name. Also, if they are scared, they can shoot ink and escape into the murky depths.
Vul
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States685 Posts
March 03 2012 09:31 GMT
#48
Wouldn't it benefit both sides to merge, since the European players might want to train in KR and the Korean players might want to attend tournaments in EU? Seems like it would be better for one team to have an international presence rather than splitting your team up into segments based on region. Even if it's a little bit messy logistically, since you probably have separate staffs, I hope that a merger is possible because I think that's what would be best for the players.

Did anyone else see that thread Strelok made, asking what's different about Korean Terrans and why they are so successful in the GSL? I think it would be awesome if he had more of an opportunity to learn the difference in person.
Rebel_
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada94 Posts
March 03 2012 09:38 GMT
#49
Confusing.... never heard of this partnership with a russian team.

But hey it makes sense... there is no FXO russia team. Only FXOpen korean and foreign.
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MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
March 03 2012 21:09 GMT
#50
On March 03 2012 17:46 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 03 2012 16:48 Primadog wrote:
On March 03 2012 15:04 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
By 2015 we will have:
FXO, FXO-SemiPro, FXO-Extreme, FXO-LightningTigers, FXO-GirlsGirlsGirls, FXO-Korea, FXO-Russia, FXO-Russia: Siberia Edition, FXO-B Team Sub Section Delta Five-Oh, and the fan favorite FXO-Team "How to jump a ravine on your bike comma Bobby".


Kind of like how every team is Team Razor?


Team Razor is kind of like TEAM U.S.A.

They are both everyone and no one at the same time, and you really only here about them when something good happens to a member of Team Razor.

Team FXO is more like an Octupus of ESPORTS. Technically its one team, but for legal and physical reasons it is functionally split into seperate "arms" that connect to single point. In this regard, FXO gains the ability to lose an arm to fend off predators (drama, legal action, associations of a dubious nature, etc.) and then regrow it under new name. Also, if they are scared, they can shoot ink and escape into the murky depths.

ROFL.
Also, what...
This is really strange, kinda funny, and possibly bad for the new (old?), ex-imba (now ba?) team.
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Kaitokid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany1327 Posts
March 03 2012 21:15 GMT
#51
On March 03 2012 08:41 Sermokala wrote:
I doubt that it'll be a different team. Its just like when they bought fou. Now the fxo family has grown.

I saw a lot of great stuff out of slivko (happyzerg) and if he spends any time with leenock hes going to wreck the eu scene like no one else. I'm talking 4 base to 2 base zvp levels of crazy, oh wait both of the extra 2 base's are gold base's.


Slivko and HappyZerg are not the same person....
Slivko isn't even in FXO, hes a roxkis member and Happyzerg is called FXOSlavik.
Proseat
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Germany5113 Posts
March 03 2012 21:29 GMT
#52
I guess what it comes down to is how FXO manages their worldwide sponsorships. So far it seems the various FXO branches in different countries are doing their own thing and there is no central approach on the worldwide corporate level.
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
March 03 2012 21:30 GMT
#53
FXO should just merge with the other FXO :B
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Corsica
Profile Joined February 2011
Ukraine1854 Posts
March 04 2012 02:50 GMT
#54
isnt FXO sponsors both of them (service i mean). Because on Strelok stream (btw check it out :D) he has FXO logos.
Darkthorn
Profile Joined September 2010
Romania912 Posts
March 04 2012 02:54 GMT
#55
On March 03 2012 08:41 Sermokala wrote:
I doubt that it'll be a different team. Its just like when they bought fou. Now the fxo family has grown.

I saw a lot of great stuff out of slivko (happyzerg) and if he spends any time with leenock hes going to wreck the eu scene like no one else. I'm talking 4 base to 2 base zvp levels of crazy, oh wait both of the extra 2 base's are gold base's.

Good thing you actually got a clue about the EU scene...happyzerg is not slivko...he's slavik.
KicKDoG
Profile Joined December 2003
Sweden765 Posts
March 04 2012 02:59 GMT
#56
who didn't see this coming ? ;(

well gl both teams! <3~
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GunPaladin
Profile Joined September 2011
United States1205 Posts
March 05 2012 01:16 GMT
#57
On March 03 2012 15:04 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
By 2015 we will have:
FXO, FXO-SemiPro, FXO-Extreme, FXO-LightningTigers, FXO-GirlsGirlsGirls, FXO-Korea, FXO-Russia, FXO-Russia: Siberia Edition, FXO-B Team Sub Section Delta Five-Oh, and the fan favorite FXO-Team "How to jump a ravine on your bike comma Bobby".


lol, i'm holding out for FXO-Strikeforce Wisconsin
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Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
March 05 2012 01:19 GMT
#58
the korean team can be FXO-GirlsGirlsGirls and the european team can be FXO-LightningTigers imo
T0fuuu
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia2275 Posts
March 05 2012 03:03 GMT
#59
Well if its 2 different branches of fxo and 2 diff teams they should just call one fxo.ru and the other fxo. Its not that uncommon for bigger players to have 2 teams in a competition who are run with different management and sometimes different sponsors even.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
March 05 2012 04:07 GMT
#60
On March 03 2012 09:10 Raelcun wrote:
I believe that the implication here plus knowledge of this before it developed is as follows. Please keep in mind I'm not a spokesperson here so this might not be 100% accurate:

Okay so as it was tried to be explained in the OP:

-the FXOpen you guys all associate with the Korean team, and the foreigner team was never fully associated with the guild of imbalance.
-The imba.FXOpen partnership was instead done through the Russian branch of the company, and management separate from FXOBoSs and FXOUnstable.
-There apparently have been issues... and now imba is splitting from the Russian FXOpen branch, but the top players are staying.
-And this is where it gets confusing, because they have now re-labelled themselves "FXO" even though they are still not affiliated with the Korean team, and the few remaining foreigners we have on our side of FXOpen esports.
-So there are now two teams calling themselves "FXO" who are completely separate entities...

I am so confused right now, and I'm literally the only person from our side of FXOpen esports awake right now... great


Raelcun is boss, this situation is confusing I understand it but its still dumb.
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Tiegrr
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States607 Posts
March 05 2012 05:12 GMT
#61
2 FXO??? So they won't be merging the two teams even though they're from the same company and have the same name?
FXOBoSs
Profile Joined August 2011
337 Posts
March 05 2012 07:54 GMT
#62
Dear E-Sports community

I am going to formally address this once and for all.

First of all, what people are already calling FXO-RU and FXO-KR, is actually just FXO. That is, the teams are now officially 1 team.
However due to geographical issues and langauge issues, the Eastern side of the business will be completely run by me, and another one of our staff, Vladimir, will be running the Western side of the business.

Players such as strelok and bratok will have opportunities to compete in Korea with FXO, and we will be working on joint sponsorships for both sides.

All in all, it is now officially the same team, but with extra managers.

I hope this clarifies things for everyone. If it doesn't please feel free to ask your questions here.

Regards,

FXOBoSs
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SedativeDev
Profile Joined August 2010
Slovenia316 Posts
March 05 2012 07:57 GMT
#63
Good to hear. Thanx for clarification
jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
March 05 2012 07:58 GMT
#64
Thanks for the clarification Boss. I'm actually really happy to see that they are now 1 team. Separate management makes sense though.

I really hope to see Strelok go to Korea!
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Micro_Jackson
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany2002 Posts
March 05 2012 08:11 GMT
#65
imbaAdolf...

srsly?

im surprised that "adolf" is not restricted by Blizzards name policy
Arachne
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
South Africa426 Posts
March 05 2012 08:27 GMT
#66
This is awesome. I was surprized the non-kr FXO team kinda faded away, but these are big enough names of players who can be beastly. Looking forward to the results
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Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
March 05 2012 08:32 GMT
#67
On March 05 2012 16:54 FXOBoSs wrote:
Dear E-Sports community

I am going to formally address this once and for all.

First of all, what people are already calling FXO-RU and FXO-KR, is actually just FXO. That is, the teams are now officially 1 team.
However due to geographical issues and langauge issues, the Eastern side of the business will be completely run by me, and another one of our staff, Vladimir, will be running the Western side of the business.

Players such as strelok and bratok will have opportunities to compete in Korea with FXO, and we will be working on joint sponsorships for both sides.

All in all, it is now officially the same team, but with extra managers.

I hope this clarifies things for everyone. If it doesn't please feel free to ask your questions here.

Regards,

FXOBoSs


Jesus, what a beasty team.
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skeldark
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany2223 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 08:39:30
March 05 2012 08:32 GMT
#68
That you read this here, and the parts you can read between the lines... and the fact that no one here gets the "joke"...
makes this thread really funny
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EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
March 05 2012 08:33 GMT
#69
On March 05 2012 17:11 USvBleakill wrote:
imbaAdolf...

srsly?

im surprised that "adolf" is not restricted by Blizzards name policy


It's kind of a normal name you know...
Dubzex
Profile Joined October 2010
United States6994 Posts
March 05 2012 08:39 GMT
#70
On March 05 2012 17:11 USvBleakill wrote:
imbaAdolf...

srsly?

im surprised that "adolf" is not restricted by Blizzards name policy

Why would blizzard restrict a fairly common first name?
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Deshkar
Profile Joined June 2011
Singapore1244 Posts
March 05 2012 08:46 GMT
#71
That seems pretty cool that FXO is now officially one team. Pretty good players on the Ru side as well.
Megabuster123
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada1837 Posts
March 05 2012 08:52 GMT
#72
On March 05 2012 17:11 USvBleakill wrote:
imbaAdolf...

srsly?

im surprised that "adolf" is not restricted by Blizzards name policy

You realize Adolf Hitler isn't the only Adolf that's ever existed...>_>
Zooper31
Profile Joined May 2009
United States5710 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 09:03:47
March 05 2012 09:02 GMT
#73
On March 05 2012 17:52 Megabuster123 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2012 17:11 USvBleakill wrote:
imbaAdolf...

srsly?

im surprised that "adolf" is not restricted by Blizzards name policy

You realize Adolf Hitler isn't the only Adolf that's ever existed...>_>


No but he basically ruined that name for anyone and if you use that name you should expect people to think of Hitler. While I don't think the name should be restricted by Blizzard, I think anyone choosing that name is just stupid.
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bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
March 05 2012 09:05 GMT
#74
Strelok imba or ba? Ba.
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Logros
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands9913 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 09:21:23
March 05 2012 09:21 GMT
#75
On March 05 2012 16:54 FXOBoSs wrote:
Players such as strelok and bratok will have opportunities to compete in Korea with FXO

Awesome!! I hope Strelok goes to Korea to learn from the gosu Terrans :D
Zepman
Profile Joined February 2012
Russian Federation13 Posts
March 05 2012 09:33 GMT
#76
Gl Brat_ok, Strelok. Hope to see u in Korea.
Jinsho
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom3101 Posts
March 05 2012 09:35 GMT
#77
On March 05 2012 18:02 Zooper31 wrote:
No but he basically ruined that name for anyone and if you use that name you should expect people to think of Hitler. While I don't think the name should be restricted by Blizzard, I think anyone choosing that name is just stupid.


No, it's just you. Don't be stupid.
Alexj
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Ukraine440 Posts
March 05 2012 09:36 GMT
#78
On March 05 2012 16:54 FXOBoSs wrote:
I am going to formally address this once and for all.


LIKE A BOSS!

Thanks for great news, FXO is awesome! I updated the first post
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PeZuY
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
935 Posts
March 05 2012 09:39 GMT
#79
lol idiot people whining about name Adolf, if we'd get deep into names and search for ones that have done something bad there would be too much to read, well there are only 1 human who atleast in my eyes is at the same level with Hitler, beloved Stalin.

BACK TO THE TOPIC, I've never been so confused about teams t.t
sickle
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
New Zealand656 Posts
March 05 2012 09:57 GMT
#80
Big news. Hope to see Bratok and co training with the koreans.
SolidMustard
Profile Joined May 2011
France1515 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 10:03:00
March 05 2012 10:02 GMT
#81
sorry, double post because of refresh
SolidMustard
Profile Joined May 2011
France1515 Posts
March 05 2012 10:02 GMT
#82
The liquipedia pages of those teams should be updated, they're very confusing
ZodaSoda
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia1191 Posts
March 05 2012 12:07 GMT
#83
On March 05 2012 19:02 SolidMustard wrote:
The liquipedia pages of those teams should be updated, they're very confusing


Done
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Wesso
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands1245 Posts
March 05 2012 12:17 GMT
#84
On Mar 5 2012 13:07<span style='color:#d20000'> (10 min)</span> ZodaSoda wrote:
Show nested quote +
On Mar 5 2012 11:02 SolidMustard wrote:
The liquipedia pages of those teams should be updated, they're very confusing


Done


Wow, fast!
ShatterZer0
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1843 Posts
March 05 2012 12:19 GMT
#85
lol at rendis's profile pic. Somebody's a Kanon fan xD
A time to live.
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
March 06 2012 07:09 GMT
#86
Strelok to Korea! He actually talked about going to Korea someday on his stream, he definitely thinks about it.

A little bit offtopic, but:
On March 05 2012 17:11 USvBleakill wrote:
imbaAdolf...

srsly?

im surprised that "adolf" is not restricted by Blizzards name policy

It is actually restricted. Blizz made him change his id from "imba.adolf" to "imba"
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Xivsa
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1009 Posts
March 08 2012 16:43 GMT
#87
Good to see it not only clarified but that FXO has a pretty nice lineup now across most of Eurasia. GL in the future!
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Eee
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden2712 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-08 16:54:10
March 08 2012 16:53 GMT
#88
On March 06 2012 16:09 dfs wrote:
Strelok to Korea! He actually talked about going to Korea someday on his stream, he definitely thinks about it.

A little bit offtopic, but:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2012 17:11 USvBleakill wrote:
imbaAdolf...

srsly?

im surprised that "adolf" is not restricted by Blizzards name policy

It is actually restricted. Blizz made him change his id from "imba.adolf" to "imba"

I dont understand why it's restricted(like i do, but i cant see why they would do it anyways)? it's a common name in many countries?
lagbzz
Profile Joined September 2010
Poland171 Posts
March 08 2012 16:57 GMT
#89
The title is a bit misleading. I thought you guys just disbanded or something (the eastern part). Anyway, good luck to you, and I'm happy that likes of Bratok and Strelok will be able to compete in Korea together with FXO!
Let us divine :D
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