• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 23:59
CEST 05:59
KST 12:59
  • 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
[ASL22] Ro4 Preview: Mirror Mirror6[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: Within Reach5[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: In A Tizzy11[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver5[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Rough Waters10
Community News
Weekly Cups (October 5-11): Farewell to 5.0.162Rollback Netcode in Brood War995.0.17 Patch Notes - October 7, 202624Weekly Cups Results (Sep 28-Oct 4)0SC4ALL: II SC2 Complete Invited Player Lineup10
StarCraft 2
General
Server Blocker Stellar Fest 2 Replay Pack SCII needs to put more weight on strategy and tact How do you feel about the mass reverts in the 5.0.17 PTR? 5.0.17 Patch Notes - October 7, 2026
Tourneys
Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) $3,500 WardiTV Not-Summer Championship Stellar Fest TWO the Moon (Dec 16-20) ISSL (IntoTheTV x SOOP SC2 League): Premier RSL 2026 Offline Finals LCQ Sign-Ups
Strategy
[H] ZvP Mid-Late Game: Stalkers Collossi HT
Custom Maps
[G] How to playtest arcade maps [A] Nemrods 1/4 players [M] (2) Sweltering Sands [M] (2) Frigid Storage
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 547 Temple Of Terror Mutation # 546 Catch the Train Mutation # 545 And Drops and Rifts
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion Sagi.gg Launcher Released Bot on ladder BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Rollback Netcode in Brood War
Tourneys
ASL 22 Finals [Women's StarCraft] MonstarZ vs Dreams 2026-10-15 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL22] Semifinal B
Strategy
Cliff Jump Revisited (1 in a 1000 strategy) Simple Questions, Simple Answers Replay Review Process - What do you do?
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread Dawn of War IV General RTS Discussion Thread Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Dota 2
Dota 2 Champions League Season 3 Begins April 25!
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Artificial Intelligence Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
Serral Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! Diablo Animated Series on Netflix
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
The Link Between Gaming and …
TrAiDoS
[ASL22] Ro4 Day1 Ticket Giv…
bITt.mAN
38 yo Retired SWE loo…
PurE)Rabbit-SF
Can Bots Beat Pros?? Starcr…
namkraft
[meme] I finally understa…
LUCKY_NOOB
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 11839 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 States46532 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
OSC
08:00
OSC Elite Rising Star #21
CranKy Ducklings24
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RuFF_SC2 223
ViBE149
StarCraft: Brood War
Rain 2887
GuemChi 1499
ajuk12(nOOB) 13
ZergMaN 10
Terrorterran 10
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm200
League of Legends
JimRising 711
Counter-Strike
taco 581
PGG 120
Other Games
summit1g6251
Coldzera 802
WinterStarcraft375
C9.Mang0297
PiGStarcraft261
Livibee155
[ Show 16 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• CranKy Ducklings SOOP29
• Nickrosys16
• practicex 14
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• Azhi_Dahaki8
• Pr0nogo 5
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Rush569
• Stunt220
Other Games
• Shiphtur751
Upcoming Events
Online Event
7h 1m
Korean StarCraft League
23h 1m
Afreeca Starleague
1d 2h
Rush vs Soulkey
CranKy Ducklings
1d 6h
AI Arena Tournament
1d 12h
BSL Open Qualifier
1d 15h
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
OSC
2 days
IPSL
2 days
BSL Open Qualifier
2 days
[ Show More ]
WardiTV Weekly
3 days
IntoTheTV X SOOP
4 days
PiGosaur Cup
4 days
The PondCast
5 days
Kung Fu Cup
5 days
IntoTheTV X SOOP
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Super Anchor Qualifying S3
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
Copium Cup

Ongoing

ASL Season 22
Acropolis #5
HCC Season 3
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026

Upcoming

Acropolis #5 - GSC
BSL Season 23
SC4ALL II: Brood War
BSL 23: Non-Korean Championship
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
eXTREMESLAND 2026
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
IEM Beijing 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
1win Private Club #2
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.