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Sjow leaves Dignitas, Joins Eclypsia! - Page 9

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Irave
Profile Joined October 2010
United States9965 Posts
August 03 2012 12:38 GMT
#161
Nice play by Eclypsia, continuing to do good stuff. Hats off to them, best of luck Sjow.
SilSol
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden2744 Posts
August 03 2012 12:39 GMT
#162
EC is going all-in!! good luck in EC SjoWie!
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Jakkerr
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2549 Posts
August 03 2012 12:39 GMT
#163
On August 03 2012 21:38 Irave wrote:
Nice play by Eclypsia, continuing to do good stuff. Hats off to them, best of luck Sjow.


what good stuff? -.-
GohgamX
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada1096 Posts
August 03 2012 15:12 GMT
#164
I am very confused now. After all the bad pr? my mind hurts...
Time is a great teacher, unfortunate that it kills all its pupils ...
Sovano
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1503 Posts
August 03 2012 17:20 GMT
#165
I'm scratching my head over this. My head is bleeding. But no seriously I wonder what Eclypsia had to offer that Dignitas could not? Judging from a recent "Real Talk" show with Naniwa it could possibly be over salary. Whatever may be the reason I'm sad to see Sjow leave Dignitas I always think of him and Select first when I think of Dignitas. But best of luck to him and his endeavours!
snively
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States1159 Posts
August 03 2012 17:46 GMT
#166
wait, the website is in french I CANT READ IT AAAA
My religion is Starcraft
SolarJto
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States260 Posts
August 03 2012 18:21 GMT
#167
Hmm this is strange
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MVega
Profile Joined November 2010
763 Posts
August 03 2012 18:54 GMT
#168
Congrats to both Sjow and Eclypsia.

Sometimes parts of this community make me scratch my head in confusion. As others have pointed out amongst the flood of "Why Eclypsia? They have such a bad reputation." Scarlett/Desrow leaving Eclypsia wasn't over money, it was over other internal issues, which as far as I'm aware we don't have the specifics of. It may have just been that Eclypsia was unable to fulfill an agreement or one of the players had expectations that couldn't be met at that time. Things change, teams can get better or worse but sometimes I get the feeling that if a team makes one misstep there are elements of this community that would forever believe they're a bad team (or conversely a perfect team if they had one shining moment of glory) and not want any players to give them a chance.

We're all spectators, we're just watching from the outside and we don't ever get the nitty gritty details or at least not all of them. Sjow is a professional and Sjow has to look out for Sjow's best interest. In all likelihood Sjow knows what we know, and Sjow has chosen to leave Dignitas and join Eclypsia which means that Sjow most likely knows something about Eclypsia that we do not. Perhaps Eclypsia will go on to be an absolutely amazing team, perhaps they've taken fan/player feedback to heart and made critical changes or perhaps the earlier drama was just a tragic misstep.

Maybe it is a bad team like some people say, maybe there will be financial issues, maybe a lot of things, but since Sjow is a professional we should give him the benefit of the doubt and think that for some reason he has reason to believe that this move is best for his future. Either way congratulations again to both Sjow and Eclypsia and I wish them all the best of luck.
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DYEAlabaster
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada1009 Posts
August 03 2012 23:09 GMT
#169
On August 02 2012 23:30 NovemberstOrm wrote:
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On August 02 2012 23:28 TylerThaCreator wrote:
I feel like this article was horribly translated...the terrible GOM.tv?



Google translate bro, not my fault LOL.

If someone wants to provide a better translation please post it.


Do you still want this re-translated? I can do it if you want, but I won't if you don't say anything (lazy).

Cheers.
SilSol
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden2744 Posts
August 03 2012 23:11 GMT
#170
On August 04 2012 03:21 SolarXPn wrote:
Hmm this is strange


why is it strange`?
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AlgeriaT
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden2197 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-04 01:03:51
August 04 2012 01:01 GMT
#171
On August 03 2012 07:57 Sein wrote:
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On August 03 2012 07:34 GreEny K wrote:
On August 03 2012 07:29 CuteZergling wrote:
On August 03 2012 07:25 GreEny K wrote:
On August 03 2012 07:07 solidbebe wrote:
I don't remember what eclypsia did with that PR stunt, but I do remember I didn't like it at all. Hmm, anyways, hope it works out for Sjow and eclypsia becomes a well established and respected team.


What did they do? I don't remember.


There was an April Fool's thing they did to announce new players where they were basically accusing themselves of fraud.

They also had a terrible meme contest for rage comics or whatever.

They also had the whole Dota2 team thing as well.


Sounds... weird.


April Fool's "Joke":
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=325188

Meme contest:
http://www.eclypsia.com/forum/showthread.php?65-Post-your-best-memes-to-win-coaching

Dota team issue:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=334630

There have also been posts from people speaking out about how this organization was neglecting running its own tournament.

This one where they bump their own thread using 12 spam accounts that all get banned is also a classic:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=337902&currentpage=All
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BsCRevi
Profile Joined January 2011
Belgium24 Posts
August 04 2012 01:21 GMT
#172
Good luck Sjow but i think he made a bad move.

Apparently Eclypsia contrarts sign some strange and changes to their advantage

http://www.esportsfrance.com/starcraft-2/actualites/28580-elvis-s-explique-sur-son-eviction/ (French)
chris5180
Profile Joined July 2012
198 Posts
August 04 2012 02:03 GMT
#173
good luck Sjow!
lightrise
Profile Joined March 2008
United States1355 Posts
August 04 2012 06:17 GMT
#174
How is this not strange. I have only heard negative things about this team. Why would you sign with a team that will more than likely screw you over?
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sienekas
Profile Joined May 2012
Finland4 Posts
August 04 2012 08:27 GMT
#175
People still seems to be butthurt from the April Fool's joke..Btw Finland is not part of scandinavia therefore Welmu is not scandinavian.
dreamseller
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
Australia914 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-04 09:38:58
August 04 2012 09:38 GMT
#176
I think maybe they meant "merciless gomtv competition"

good luck sjow
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redDuke
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia207 Posts
August 05 2012 11:46 GMT
#177
iiiiitttsss Sjow time.

Like everyone else, I too am a little confused. I mean I guess EC is a cool team, rooted for them vs the korean powerhouses in IPLTAC, but compared to d.? Hmmm well best of luck to Sjow, got my vote no matter the team. Kinda like Nani, which in his case in particular is important
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Adventurekid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden505 Posts
August 06 2012 13:33 GMT
#178
Wait what, is Sjow 26 years old :O?
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46310 Posts
August 06 2012 14:32 GMT
#179
I wasn't sure if this was real or not, based on Eclypsia's past joke articles...

But apparently it is, and I respect SjoW, so best of luck to him. I hope he made the right decision, although I really liked him on Dignitas.
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Aterons_toss
Profile Joined February 2011
Romania1275 Posts
August 06 2012 14:32 GMT
#180
Why join them o.o ?
He was having a bad time recently and he is one of those players that is always considered a "serious competition" regardless of results, much like White ra, Kas, Darkforce... etc
He really built his brand with dignitas and since he was still pro gaming at his age he was likely getting a salary that was "good enough" for him.
Joining a shady, shitty team is the exact move that ( if it goes wrong )could bring him from "not doing so well recently" level to obscurity level imo.
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