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MMA demoted to B-Team, wants to join foreign team?

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Please stop with the jokes/posts that speculate something sexual or scandalous is at play here. They do not contribute to discussion and are generally of very poor taste.
TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-17 04:11:52
July 17 2012 03:08 GMT
#1
All apologies to ThisIsGame for this full translation, but this issue seemed to be getting out of hand.

Source: ThisIsGame

Translation

A heavy punishment has been put upon MMA, the billboard star of the SlayerS team.

According to press materials released by SlayerS on the 17th of this month, MMA has been demoted to the SlayerS B-team removed from the team house. This measure initiated on the 16th of this month, while the reason for this disciplinary action remained unrevealed, cited as a internal issue of the team.

MMA was demoted to the B-team forced to leave the house and return to his home. Unlike the incident with CoCa in November of 2011, there are no issues with MMA's participation in the GSL. MMA will participate as planned, against HerO in the Code A Ro32 on the 18th.

It is reported [or "known"] that MMA is against this punishment. SlayerS states that MMA refuses to accept his demotion, and has expressed his desire to join a foreign team. However, MMA still has time remaining on his contract with SlayerS, thus he must have SlayerS' permission to join a foreign team.



Progamer Tweets:

Please don't read too deeply into these. Progamers are often as misinformed, and as quick to judge without concrete evidence, as the rest of the Starcraft II viewing populace.

@crank832: Wow, so flabbergasted as soon as I wake up...

@SlayerSRyung: Seriously? Such ridiclousness as soon as I get up?
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FYRE
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
New Zealand314 Posts
July 17 2012 03:10 GMT
#2
Why the hell did he get demoted???
RAGEMOAR The Pope
Profile Joined February 2011
United States216 Posts
July 17 2012 03:10 GMT
#3
Wow! I wonder what he did to deserve this demotion.

Best of luck, maybe he'll improve more with a foreign team?
MasterKang
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1373 Posts
July 17 2012 03:10 GMT
#4
T-T....................
Players: MMA, Boxer, Ryung, Life, TaeJa, Squirtle, Brown, Dark,
dragonborn
Profile Joined January 2012
4781 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-17 03:18:30
July 17 2012 03:10 GMT
#5
MMA without SlayerS tag?

Just doesnt seems right
tsuxiit
Profile Joined July 2010
1305 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-17 03:18:07
July 17 2012 03:11 GMT
#6
This is the weirdest news I've heard in awhile. Wasn't MMA being groomed as the so-called "face of SlayerS?" Why would they punish him for going down to Code B?

edit: Code A.
hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
July 17 2012 03:11 GMT
#7
I feel like their press statement actually made the situation less clear.
Sedzz
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Australia391 Posts
July 17 2012 03:11 GMT
#8
Wait what?

What the hell could have happened? He was the Son of BoxeR.

Oh well, EGMMA?
justsayinbro
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
307 Posts
July 17 2012 03:11 GMT
#9
and supposely MMA removed slayers clan tag from his twitter account
NHY
Profile Joined October 2010
1013 Posts
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#10
On July 17 2012 12:10 FYRE wrote:
Why the hell did he get demoted???


"the reason for this disciplinary action remained unrevealed, cited as a internal issue of the team."

We can only speculate as to why, or wait for someone to spill the beans.
IRL_Sinister
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Ireland621 Posts
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#11
Bit dramatic from MMA to want to join a foreign team because of one disciplinary sanction. We don't get the full picture here so it's hard to tell what the problem is; ie with Slayers, the Manager or MMA himself.
ownyah
Profile Joined April 2012
146 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-17 03:12:56
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#12
All I can imagine is ryung and mma in a catfight..

On serious notes I really can't see him not being in slayers.
Devise
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada1131 Posts
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#13
On July 17 2012 12:11 tsuxiit wrote:
This is the weirdest news I've heard in awhile. Wasn't MMA being groomed as the so-called "face of SlayerS?" Why would they punish him for going down to Code B?


sometimes you have to beach your superstar to teach him a few lessons, happens in all sports, but kicking him out of team house... man poor MMA
actionbastrd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Congo598 Posts
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#14
Thank you for making an "official" thread about this. It is reasons like this i enjoy teamliquid so much. That other thread was getting a little bad last time i checked in. Good to know TL is on top of its stuff.

Other than that i dont have too much to say about this MMA incident other than, what could he have possibley done? Ignore practice schedule? Disrespected teammates? Who knows, at least he is still playing unhindered, though with a different practice enviroment. Hopefully this situation doesnt affect his play.
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TemujinGK
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States483 Posts
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#15
Thanks for full translation wax.

mma though
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Kieofire
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1809 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-17 03:22:26
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#16
On July 17 2012 12:11 justsayinbro wrote:
and supposely MMA removed slayers clan tag from his twitter account


He did, he is SC2_MMA now on twitter.
Apollo_Shards
Profile Joined February 2011
1210 Posts
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#17
Do we really have to start these 18 pages over again?
Jaedong, sOs, avilo, MaSa, Oprah
JerKy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)3013 Posts
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#18
On July 17 2012 12:11 tsuxiit wrote:
This is the weirdest news I've heard in awhile. Wasn't MMA being groomed as the so-called "face of SlayerS?" Why would they punish him for going down to Code B?

He's not Code B, he's still Code A actually.

I'm really interested in the actual cause of this
You can type "StarCraft" with just your left hand.
mango_destroyer
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3914 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-17 03:14:08
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#19
On July 17 2012 12:11 tsuxiit wrote:
This is the weirdest news I've heard in awhile. Wasn't MMA being groomed as the so-called "face of SlayerS?" Why would they punish him for going down to Code B?


Where in the OP does it say his being punished for code B? He isn`t even in code B. They cited internal problems.

Anyways, Fnatic_MMA please
Ansinjunger
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2451 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-17 05:25:56
July 17 2012 03:12 GMT
#20
I really can't believe this, I hope the best for MMA, and Crank if it will harm him, too (the other thread mentioned Crank's twitter no longer includes 'SlayerS').

I wonder if it has anything to do with him not participating in TSL4 qualifiers. I believe he was in the first 2, then I didn't see him at all in the last 3 (it may have been 1 : 4).

On July 17 2012 12:12 IRL_Sinister wrote:
Bit dramatic from MMA to want to join a foreign team because of one disciplinary sanction. We don't get the full picture here so it's hard to tell what the problem is; ie with Slayers, the Manager or MMA himself.


That is hard to imagine, which makes me wonder if it's the sum of a lot of little things.

edit: he was in qualifiers 1 and 4
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