• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 03:20
CET 09:20
KST 17:20
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
RSL Revival - 2025 Season Finals Preview8RSL Season 3 - Playoffs Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups C & D Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups A & B Preview2TL.net Map Contest #21: Winners12
Community News
Weekly Cups (Jan 5-11): Clem wins big offline, Trigger upsets3$21,000 Rongyi Cup Season 3 announced (Jan 22-Feb 7)15Weekly Cups (Dec 29-Jan 4): Protoss rolls, 2v2 returns7[BSL21] Non-Korean Championship - Starts Jan 103SC2 All-Star Invitational: Jan 17-1823
StarCraft 2
General
Full list of Mcafee Customer® Service Number Full list of Mcafee Customer® Service Number {{SUPPOrt~Us}}How do i cancel Norton subscription? Full list of Customer® Service Number how do i contact norton to cancel my subscription
Tourneys
$21,000 Rongyi Cup Season 3 announced (Jan 22-Feb 7) $25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced WardiTV Winter Cup WardiTV Mondays SC2 AI Tournament 2026
Strategy
Simple Questions Simple Answers
Custom Maps
Map Editor closed ?
External Content
Mutation # 508 Violent Night Mutation # 507 Well Trained Mutation # 506 Warp Zone Mutation # 505 Rise From Ashes
Brood War
General
[ASL21] Potential Map Candidates A cwal.gg Extension - Easily keep track of anyone Potential ASL qualifier breakthroughs? BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL21] Grand Finals - Sunday 21:00 CET [BSL21] Non-Korean Championship - Starts Jan 10 SLON Grand Finals – Season 2
Strategy
Game Theory for Starcraft Simple Questions, Simple Answers Current Meta [G] How to get started on ladder as a new Z player
Other Games
General Games
Beyond All Reason Nintendo Switch Thread Awesome Games Done Quick 2026! Mechabellum Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Russo-Ukrainian War Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread Trading/Investing Thread
Fan Clubs
White-Ra Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List TL+ Announced
Blogs
My 2025 Magic: The Gathering…
DARKING
Physical Exercise (HIIT) Bef…
TrAiDoS
Life Update and thoughts.
FuDDx
How do archons sleep?
8882
James Bond movies ranking - pa…
Topin
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1870 users

Taeja Leaving Slayers? - Page 9

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 7 8 9 10 11 24 Next All
wun4
Profile Joined March 2011
Slovakia91 Posts
March 12 2012 15:49 GMT
#161
Liquid'Taeja would be sick as some have already said. Then again, not sure if they want to become that Korean-heavy. I'll keep hopin though...
MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
March 12 2012 15:50 GMT
#162
This makes allot of sense, as Taeja doesn't live the Slayers house, so there would be no reduction in practice for him. gogogo Taeja!
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
Vadrigar
Profile Joined January 2011
Bulgaria2379 Posts
March 12 2012 15:50 GMT
#163
I doubt he'd leave if he hasn't spoken to some foreign team already.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45210 Posts
March 12 2012 15:50 GMT
#164
On March 13 2012 00:45 blamekilly wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2012 00:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:38 blackone wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:36 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:35 blamekilly wrote:
Foreign teams need top stop whispering into player's ears when they attend foreign tournaments.


Oh good, accusations already!

That's not an accusation. At least in the case of PuMa, that's exactly what happened.


I thought the thread title was "Taeja Leaving Slayers?" and not "PuMa's hide gets poached?"

My mistake. lol.

His comment should be relevant to Taeja.


It's relevant. Puma first foreign tournament, leaves for foreign team. Taeja first foreign tournament, leaves for foreign team. :>


Puma has four letters in it, while Taeja has five letters.

As you can see from my argument, which is just as relevant as yours, there's simply no chance that these two share the exact same mindset. Also, take into account the countless other Koreans who played a foreign tournament and didn't switch teams soon after.

That's not to say that there couldn't exist a coincidence for both Puma and Taeja to have similar stories (which we'll eventually find out about), but it's ridiculous to preemptively accuse foreign teams of stealing Taeja from SlayerS before we know anything about... well, anything! Unless you have an outside source you'd like to share?
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-12 15:53:43
March 12 2012 15:50 GMT
#165
On March 13 2012 00:43 SniXSniPe wrote:
Things like this make me worried for the future of "foreign" teams. Why pick up a NA/EU player when you can get a Korean who is much more skilled?


Exactly. But you can't really blame them, as it is a no-brainer. Let's look at 2 teamless Terrans right now, Taeja and Sjow. If you are building a team, who would you rather have on the team, assuming you pay them comparable salaries? It's definitely not a knock on Sjow, as I believe he is definitely a top foreigner and has survived Code A's elimination round. But Taeja is so much better than anything the foreign scene has at the moment.

I actually do not want to see Taeja on a major foreign team, as I would like to see him on a smaller one. Unlikely yes, but it would be nice to see him help carry a minor foreign team into major relevance. I would have liked to see him stay on Slayers, but how about...vileTaeja?
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
dizzy101
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands2066 Posts
March 12 2012 15:53 GMT
#166
soon Mouz will be the only major foreign team without Koreans
zEnVy
Profile Joined June 2011
United States446 Posts
March 12 2012 15:54 GMT
#167
On March 13 2012 00:50 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2012 00:45 blamekilly wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:38 blackone wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:36 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:35 blamekilly wrote:
Foreign teams need top stop whispering into player's ears when they attend foreign tournaments.


Oh good, accusations already!

That's not an accusation. At least in the case of PuMa, that's exactly what happened.


I thought the thread title was "Taeja Leaving Slayers?" and not "PuMa's hide gets poached?"

My mistake. lol.

His comment should be relevant to Taeja.


It's relevant. Puma first foreign tournament, leaves for foreign team. Taeja first foreign tournament, leaves for foreign team. :>


Puma has four letters in it, while Taeja has five letters.

As you can see from my argument, which is just as relevant as yours, there's simply no chance that these two share the exact same mindset. Also, take into account the countless other Koreans who played a foreign tournament and didn't switch teams soon after.

That's not to say that there couldn't exist a coincidence for both Puma and Taeja to have similar stories (which we'll eventually find out about), but it's ridiculous to preemptively accuse foreign teams of stealing Taeja from SlayerS before we know anything about... well, anything! Unless you have an outside source you'd like to share?


You can't measure or calculate their "mindset", your argument is completely speculative, making it awfully weak. I find the coincidence to be a little too convenient.
SC2NeCro
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada507 Posts
March 12 2012 16:00 GMT
#168
EG.Taeja
Fav Terran: forGG, aLive, Jinro ||| Fav Zerg: Moon, TLO, DRG ||| Fav Protoss: Genius, Grubby, ToD
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
March 12 2012 16:03 GMT
#169
On March 13 2012 00:50 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2012 00:45 blamekilly wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:38 blackone wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:36 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:35 blamekilly wrote:
Foreign teams need top stop whispering into player's ears when they attend foreign tournaments.


Oh good, accusations already!

That's not an accusation. At least in the case of PuMa, that's exactly what happened.


I thought the thread title was "Taeja Leaving Slayers?" and not "PuMa's hide gets poached?"

My mistake. lol.

His comment should be relevant to Taeja.


It's relevant. Puma first foreign tournament, leaves for foreign team. Taeja first foreign tournament, leaves for foreign team. :>


Puma has four letters in it, while Taeja has five letters.

As you can see from my argument, which is just as relevant as yours, there's simply no chance that these two share the exact same mindset. Also, take into account the countless other Koreans who played a foreign tournament and didn't switch teams soon after.

That's not to say that there couldn't exist a coincidence for both Puma and Taeja to have similar stories (which we'll eventually find out about), but it's ridiculous to preemptively accuse foreign teams of stealing Taeja from SlayerS before we know anything about... well, anything! Unless you have an outside source you'd like to share?


I don't really want to join in on this discussion, I just have a quick question out of curiosity:
What foreign tournament did Taeja participate in? Because I cannot remember anything.
Balgrog
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1221 Posts
March 12 2012 16:04 GMT
#170
Would LOVE to see liquid pick him up, they really do need a terran! But this trend of koreans going foreign makes alot of sense. Koreans don't make money unless they win GSL and very few get flown to foreign tournaments, and since there are SO many tournaments in america and europe they have a much higher chance at makin money playing in 2-3 tournaments a month rather than one every 3-4 months.
The only way to attack structure is with chaos.
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
March 12 2012 16:04 GMT
#171
On March 13 2012 01:03 JustPassingBy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2012 00:50 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:45 blamekilly wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:38 blackone wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:36 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:35 blamekilly wrote:
Foreign teams need top stop whispering into player's ears when they attend foreign tournaments.


Oh good, accusations already!

That's not an accusation. At least in the case of PuMa, that's exactly what happened.


I thought the thread title was "Taeja Leaving Slayers?" and not "PuMa's hide gets poached?"

My mistake. lol.

His comment should be relevant to Taeja.


It's relevant. Puma first foreign tournament, leaves for foreign team. Taeja first foreign tournament, leaves for foreign team. :>


Puma has four letters in it, while Taeja has five letters.

As you can see from my argument, which is just as relevant as yours, there's simply no chance that these two share the exact same mindset. Also, take into account the countless other Koreans who played a foreign tournament and didn't switch teams soon after.

That's not to say that there couldn't exist a coincidence for both Puma and Taeja to have similar stories (which we'll eventually find out about), but it's ridiculous to preemptively accuse foreign teams of stealing Taeja from SlayerS before we know anything about... well, anything! Unless you have an outside source you'd like to share?


I don't really want to join in on this discussion, I just have a quick question out of curiosity:
What foreign tournament did Taeja participate in? Because I cannot remember anything.


He was at Assembly Winter. He lost to Polt in the first round of the playoffs.
He dominated his group tho.
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
fortheGG
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom1002 Posts
March 12 2012 16:04 GMT
#172
On March 12 2012 22:29 Apollo_Shards wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2012 22:27 whiteLotus wrote:
whats with all the koreans "go foreign team" ? do they imagine that foreign teams have gold mines and can pay them 10k$ month?


On FXOBoss's tumblr he made a post saying that Koreans thought that foreign players got loads and loads of money. So I guess so.


More like how its the only way non a-teamers get to go to events and make 'ez pz' foreign money.
anApple
Profile Joined November 2011
Singapore275 Posts
March 12 2012 16:06 GMT
#173
Some of them probably just want a better chance at attending more foreign events, and I guess foreign teams provide just that.
huehuehue
bluQ
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Germany1724 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-12 16:06:40
March 12 2012 16:06 GMT
#174
SKTaeja. Phoenix playin taejas account(EU) into GM -> Type = Take -> Reis = SK.
www.twitch.tv/bluquh (PoE, Starbow, HS)
bmml
Profile Joined December 2009
United Kingdom962 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-12 16:08:26
March 12 2012 16:06 GMT
#175
fnatic probably going to drop their CS/dota2 teams after contract what with carn retiring and their dota2 team being shit, wouldnt suprise me if they pick him up.

That said I hope noone picks him up, Korean players (for the most part) may win but they sure as hell are shitty at being interesting characters and being relatable like most foreigners are.
ThatGuy89
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1968 Posts
March 12 2012 16:06 GMT
#176
EGTaeja sounds good
maybe demuslim needs a good terran to practice with/get advice off so he can go from being awesome to being fucking awesome! :D
xBillehx
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States1289 Posts
March 12 2012 16:06 GMT
#177
On March 13 2012 00:50 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2012 00:45 blamekilly wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:41 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:38 blackone wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:36 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On March 13 2012 00:35 blamekilly wrote:
Foreign teams need top stop whispering into player's ears when they attend foreign tournaments.


Oh good, accusations already!

That's not an accusation. At least in the case of PuMa, that's exactly what happened.


I thought the thread title was "Taeja Leaving Slayers?" and not "PuMa's hide gets poached?"

My mistake. lol.

His comment should be relevant to Taeja.


It's relevant. Puma first foreign tournament, leaves for foreign team. Taeja first foreign tournament, leaves for foreign team. :>


Puma has four letters in it, while Taeja has five letters.

As you can see from my argument, which is just as relevant as yours, there's simply no chance that these two share the exact same mindset. Also, take into account the countless other Koreans who played a foreign tournament and didn't switch teams soon after.

That's not to say that there couldn't exist a coincidence for both Puma and Taeja to have similar stories (which we'll eventually find out about), but it's ridiculous to preemptively accuse foreign teams of stealing Taeja from SlayerS before we know anything about... well, anything! Unless you have an outside source you'd like to share?

Well FXOBoss did rant on this last week (when it happened to one of his players) saying that Koreans are approached at nearly every foreign tournament. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Taeja was as well.
Taengoo ♥
Stanlot
Profile Joined December 2010
United States5742 Posts
March 12 2012 16:07 GMT
#178
Liquid, get on this! Jinro is a lonely terran ;_;
MC: "Sentry Forcefield Forcefield Marauder... cage Marauder die die"
Leifish
Profile Joined July 2011
851 Posts
March 12 2012 16:08 GMT
#179
On March 13 2012 01:06 bmml wrote:
fnatic probably going to drop their CS/dota2 teams after contract what with carn retiring and their dota2 team being shit, wouldnt suprise me if they pick him up.


Try typing that again? I can't make sense of it.

I hope Taeja gets picked up by Liquid or SK. Would be pretty awesome to see him as MC's sidekick in globetrotting.
Sajaki
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada1135 Posts
March 12 2012 16:08 GMT
#180
On March 13 2012 01:00 SC2NeCro wrote:
EG.Taeja


I would get very giggly if that were true. Unfortunately i kinda feel bad for slayers... -__-
Best wishes to TaeJa!
Inno pls...
Prev 1 7 8 9 10 11 24 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
PiGosaur Cup
01:00
#64
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
WinterStarcraft581
BRAT_OK 24
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 29172
Mong 283
Soma 128
BeSt 119
Zeus 104
EffOrt 103
Hyun 96
Dewaltoss 48
Sacsri 42
Mind 31
[ Show more ]
ZergMaN 15
Noble 14
Bale 6
League of Legends
JimRising 670
C9.Mang0463
Counter-Strike
shoxiejesuss290
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King123
Other Games
summit1g9293
ceh9364
XaKoH 207
Livibee101
minikerr27
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1552
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 17 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH161
• LUISG 7
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Migwel
• intothetv
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• iopq 5
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV224
League of Legends
• Lourlo1299
• Jankos669
• Stunt413
Upcoming Events
WardiTV Invitational
3h 40m
The PondCast
1d 1h
OSC
1d 3h
OSC
2 days
All Star Teams
2 days
INnoVation vs soO
sOs vs Scarlett
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
3 days
All Star Teams
3 days
MMA vs DongRaeGu
Rogue vs Oliveira
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
OSC
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
[ Show More ]
Wardi Open
5 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-01-13
Big Gabe Cup #3
NA Kuram Kup

Ongoing

C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
BSL 21 Non-Korean Championship
CSL 2025 WINTER (S19)
OSC Championship Season 13
Underdog Cup #3
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual
eXTREMESLAND 2025
SL Budapest Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S1: W4
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
HSC XXVIII
Rongyi Cup S3
Thunderfire SC2 All-star 2025
Nations Cup 2026
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League Season 23
ESL Pro League Season 23
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.