EPTcoL signs GanZi - Page 11
| Forum Index > SC2 General |
|
0ne
Spain2464 Posts
| ||
|
frontline-
Bulgaria281 Posts
| ||
|
Jaegeru
United Kingdom676 Posts
| ||
|
klibrt
United States533 Posts
| ||
|
JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
| ||
|
chadissilent
Canada1187 Posts
| ||
Atoissen
Norway1737 Posts
| ||
|
j1nzo
Germany367 Posts
still i don't really understand it- ganzi is about to enlist in the army- that's why he's left slayers. same is with nada. so even though i like their korean roaster a lot, it's still a weired choice picking up 2 players who have to serve in the army soon (at least nada wants to do that next year). still congratz! | ||
|
Tommylew
Wales2717 Posts
| ||
|
resilve
United Kingdom678 Posts
| ||
|
blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On March 28 2012 17:25 resilve wrote: It does seem like foreign players have no appeal or interest to the bigger teams now, It is good that the teams only care about winning, but surely the ideal goal is a foreigner who can compete with koreans? Eh think the only way we'll see foreigners get signed again are if for some reason sc2 progaming collapses in korea as someone in this thread mentioned or something to that affect. I think any new foreigners being signed is going to be very rare indeed unfortunately but oh well. | ||
|
hyperknight
294 Posts
| ||
|
hyperknight
294 Posts
The answer is simple enough Note: The 2000 US$ amount is made up, but the actual asking prices for EU players is indeed in the same range of Korean players of Code A and Code S who have not won a GSL yet. Examples - FXO, Liquid, EG, Fnatic, now coL. Simple economics and common sense will always prevail in any business. | ||
|
_Khandi_
United States14 Posts
| ||
|
Irrational_Animal
Germany1059 Posts
| ||
|
LeLfe
France3160 Posts
| ||
|
ItsMeDomLee
Canada2732 Posts
| ||
|
Dark supplydepo
Sweden103 Posts
| ||
|
gruff
Sweden2276 Posts
On March 28 2012 17:36 hyperknight wrote: The reason foreigners are of no interest to bigger teams is because of their asking salary. When someone like Sjow or Thorzain asks for a $2,000/month (hypothetical scenario) salary, why would a team with financial constraints pick him up when in fact you can pick up a Code S level player for the same amount. Would you prefer a ganzi/thestc (code S players who havent recieved a top 2 placement in GSL yet) on your team or would u prefer paying the same amount for sjow/thorzain? The answer is simple enough Note: The 2000 US$ amount is made up, but the actual asking prices for EU players is indeed in the same range of Korean players of Code A and Code S who have not won a GSL yet. Examples - FXO, Liquid, EG, Fnatic, now coL. Simple economics and common sense will always prevail in any business. That's an oversimplification. You can turn it around and say why should they pay a mid-tier Korean player that get ~300 viewers when he stream instead of a player like Idra that get up to 10 000 at times despite him often getting demolished by players of that calibre. A player that Ganzi haven't won many tournaments despite him being better than most foreigners. Value is a subjective thing and even if teams does premier skill, you also have to judge the markability of said player since prize money is only part of today's buinsess model for teams. In fact many teams do not rely on prize money much at all. For that reason I think we'll see foreigners remain on most teams in combination with Korean "hit squads." | ||
|
windzor
Denmark1013 Posts
On March 28 2012 17:59 ItsMeDomLee wrote: The only reason to sign Ganzi over Taeja is for a short contract as Ganzi is supposedly leaving for the military soon. Taeja has way more upside than Ganzi. Ganzi has more achievements than Taeja, getting a SF in a recent GSL is not a bad feat. Also with the short contract the money constraint on coL is much smaller, meaning if he doesn't perform (and why shouldn't he?) he is "easier" to get away with. Taeja still needs to show that he can perform in non-team LAN tournaments. So he is a bigger risk than Ganzi because he has no "big" history. | ||
| ||
