EPTBut his choice ill stay fanboy...
ThorZaIN joins Evil Geniuses! - Page 85
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Mambo
Denmark1338 Posts
But his choice ill stay fanboy... | ||
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takingbackoj
United States684 Posts
On May 10 2012 23:04 mcc wrote: Lets start with, what does that have to do with the discussion I had with jmbthirteen about whether EG is the best foreign team ? Your response have no relation to that. That is why I responded with "And ?". If you have problem with what I said in post on page XXX, quote the relevant post. Do not quote completely unrelated one with completely unrelated response. Now for your arguments. There is nothing contradictory about me not caring about esports and having emotional investment in teams. I can easily not care if esports dies or not and yet be emotionally invested in teams or players. They are not the same thing. Not even mentioning that teams (not pro, but still teams) can exist without professional esports. If you quoted the posts you would also notice the context which would be helpful so you do not make completely irrelevant remarks like last part of your post. Are you insane? Really. You're attempting to sound like you're educated but not only have you not made a point throughout this whole thread but you also sound insane. How can you possibly not care about E-sports yet have a favorite team? How? I don't get how that works. Why are you even posting in this thread if you don't care about E-sports? Why? And do you seriously, like no joke, think that Thorzain is some brain dead idiot who can't make decisions for himself? Do you seriously think you know whats better for Thorzain then Thorzain? Really? Make 1 valid point. Instead of trying to sound smart, be smart. You sound like a completely insane idiot. Hes a 21 year old grown man. Let me burst your insane bubble, you don't know everything. In fact, if you really believe in the stuff you have been spewing in this thread, get help, fast. | ||
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Pantera
Germany4 Posts
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Vildhjarta
Sweden126 Posts
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Resilient
United Kingdom1431 Posts
Best of luck to both parties. | ||
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tMomiji
United States1115 Posts
That came right the -bleep- out of nowhere. -still floored- | ||
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Elroi
Sweden5617 Posts
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On May 11 2012 01:30 altered wrote: When i think about it, Incontrol is the Anna Kournikova of eSports <3 geoff is way better looking though | ||
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Venomsflame
United States613 Posts
He is quite handsome. | ||
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tsuxiit
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On May 11 2012 02:43 tsuxiit wrote: Another great pickup by the Yankees. Love how the same trolls said nothing about Zenio and Taeja. Obviously TeamLiquid "poaching" Code S players is much better, right? | ||
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Fym
United Kingdom189 Posts
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FairForever
Canada2392 Posts
On May 11 2012 02:49 Fym wrote: EG.Stephano, you heard it here first Except others have said it already... | ||
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Goliath0nline
Canada165 Posts
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tsuxiit
1305 Posts
On May 11 2012 02:45 WolfintheSheep wrote: Love how the same trolls said nothing about Zenio and Taeja. Obviously TeamLiquid "poaching" Code S players is much better, right? Zenio and Taeja were both free agents who openly declared their intent to join a foreign team prior to being recruited. I'm far from trolling. It's more EG's preoccupation with hugely salaried white guys that makes the Yankees comparisons particularly apt in their case. Also, the comparison originated after EG's poaching of TL's HuK, in case you've forgotten, which makes calling TL the big-guy poaching team a bit less than fitting. | ||
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permelito
Sweden19 Posts
So happy for Thorzain, and happy he is continuing his career! | ||
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Badjas
Netherlands2038 Posts
 Good luck to you Thorzain, hopefully training in the SlayerS house will pay off. | ||
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takingbackoj
United States684 Posts
On May 10 2012 23:38 helvete wrote: I'm gonna butt in here to quickly state that this is so very very true! The SC2 community especially seem to suffer from the idea that only professional Esports matter, as if the value of the games played equals the amount of money invested, or the number of viewers. Personally, I don't give a rats ass about how many others are watching a game, or how much the winners take home. By that logic we should all be watching soccer instead. In fact, I prefer to watch a stream without a lot of people in it. I prefer a low level tournament (if it includes good players ofc) that focuses on the games and not some "brand". To me monetizing Esports too much is to remove the soul of the games and replace it with empty commercialism, it is to remove the true fan and replace him/her (well.. him) with sheep who'll flock to whatever is the flavor of the month. The love of the game is all that matters and while a little money will help spread that love, a lot of money will kill it. For me. edit: to bring this horribly off topic post more on topic, I'll just say that this is why I don't like Thorzain going to EG. Or rather, this is why I don't like EG. They seem to be one of the great engines of monetization in Esports. You make some really good points. You should start a Podcast. You can call it Out of Left field with helvete where you jump into a topic real quick and find the most arbitrary thing in a post or discussion and turn it into a rant that has nothing to do with it and make statements that Esports fans only care about Esports. You can have guests on who also have nothing to do with the actual discussion like Gary Busey and kind of just riff back and forth between your abstract thoughts. It would be great. But on your very true statement above, do you know that Pro SC2 players have the ability to be pro because they get paid enough to focus on SC2, to perfect their craft, to shoot ideas off their teamates. If you want to see players who work a regular 9 to 5 play starcraft without all the money involved you can. Its called masters league, just go watch some replays or something of your favorite Masters league player no one is stopping you or forcing you to watch GOMtv or MLG. Without money, sponsers, and pro teams the level of competition would be terrible in comparison to what we have now. You may want to watch amateur games but the whole point of pro sports is to be able to see great and amazing players do great and amazing things. I have never heard of a football fan who forsakes the NFL due to its commercialization and is content on watching Arena league. These pro SC2 players are not corrupted by money, they play a game that they enjoy playing and try to get the most out of it they can. Whats wrong with that? And for EG being an engine of the monetization in Esports, please explain. Im guessing you are somehow privy to what each player at EG gets paid in comparison to other teams. And im guessing you're also privy to how much their sponsers pay them in comparison to other teams sponsers. I hope so because I would hate to think you made this whole thing up. | ||
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Hardigan
Switzerland1297 Posts
On May 11 2012 02:55 tsuxiit wrote: Zenio and Taeja were both free agents who openly declared their intent to join a foreign team prior to being recruited. I'm far from trolling. It's more EG's preoccupation with hugely salaried white guys that makes the Yankees comparisons particularly apt in their case. Also, the comparison originated after EG's poaching of TL's HuK, in case you've forgotten, which makes calling TL the big-guy poaching team a bit less than fitting. Is there a diffidence between contracting a teamless player and contracting a whos Contract with his old team just finished? That counts for both Huk and Thorzain. | ||
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Cassel_Castle
United States820 Posts
On May 11 2012 02:45 WolfintheSheep wrote: Love how the same trolls said nothing about Zenio and Taeja. Obviously TeamLiquid "poaching" Code S players is much better, right? It's more the concept of buying a player right after he wins a tournament. Sure liquid did it in 2010 with tlo and huk, but eg's done it with idra, puma, huk, and now thorzain | ||
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