Except those Koreans stream their ladder games pretty often, MC/Nestea/MVP/MKP/DRG/etc. have all streamed, MKP used to do it pretty regularly. And RoxKis spends money to fly him everywhere, spends money to promote him, etc. If he can't make that a mutually beneficial deal it's not worth it for them to keep him. It didn't come across as unprofessional, they just stated why they couldn't come to an agreement; they have other players to care for and slivko couldn't make himself worth the extra money to roxkis.

The whole "Yeah, we're still best friends. I hope everyone does well xD." statements are both boring and untrue, I don't understand how lying about the situation is any more professional than being honest. They didn't slander his name at all, nor did it make them look any worse.

Are MC/Nestea/MVP/MKP/DRG/MKP still streaming? I never seem to find their stream on the TL sidebar.

Swords

6038 Posts

August 25 2012 20:44 GMT

#143

On August 25 2012 22:52 cutler wrote:
so a Player doesnt like the community and wants more money...thats okay...but i will not root for him.
I enjoy players who like to interact with the community.

From what I've seen of his stream Slivko seems to interact with his viewers a lot. It's all in Russian, but when I watch, over half the time he seems to be giving commentary on what he's doing in game, which is pretty cool (even cooler if you know Russian). It sounds like the dispute was less about interacting with the community and more about getting a fatter contract, which is a pretty typical dispute in the gaming community.

GL to Slivko.

Wounded31

124 Posts

August 26 2012 00:47 GMT

#144

!GL Slivko!

vitruvia

Canada235 Posts

August 26 2012 03:46 GMT

#145

Reality is douche bag =(

Catatonic

United States699 Posts

August 26 2012 14:34 GMT

#146

So he left for a worse team then what he was on? Makes tons of sense haha. He wanted more money but didn't wanna do more work so I would drop him as well such a greedy guy haha.

EmilA

Denmark4618 Posts

August 26 2012 15:13 GMT

#147

On August 26 2012 03:44 Al Bundy wrote:

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Are MC/Nestea/MVP/MKP/DRG/MKP still streaming? I never seem to find their stream on the TL sidebar.

Except for MVP i've seen all those recently. You listed MKP twice, but he is indeed awesome.

Dingodile

4139 Posts

August 26 2012 18:26 GMT

#148

On August 26 2012 23:34 Catatonic wrote:
So he left for a worse team then what he was on? Makes tons of sense haha. He wanted more money but didn't wanna do more work so I would drop him as well such a greedy guy haha.

He only want to play, he doesnt want to promote his supporters. Just only play, nothing others.

Do you would drop him if [player] continues his "work" 40h/week (like always) instead of 55h/week like you want in his new contract? Thats really silly.

GhandiEAGLE

United States20754 Posts

August 26 2012 18:31 GMT

#149

suprised Treehugger hasn't already picked him up. lol get on it Liquid

Bromo

United States7 Posts

August 26 2012 19:22 GMT

#150

Make more money streaming? Wtf dawg i only like recieving money when they make it rain in that music video, nahh dawg just give me more money im playing video games its hard on the wrists, travel around the world playen video games ohh god the difficulty and hard work SEND THAT MAN MORE MONEY NOW!

Dexington

Canada7276 Posts

August 26 2012 20:09 GMT

#151

On August 27 2012 04:22 Bromo wrote:
Make more money streaming? Wtf dawg i only like recieving money when they make it rain in that music video, nahh dawg just give me more money im playing video games its hard on the wrists, travel around the world playen video games ohh god the difficulty and hard work SEND THAT MAN MORE MONEY NOW!

I don't understand.

CaptainCrush

United States785 Posts

August 26 2012 23:06 GMT

#152

On August 25 2012 16:40 CryMeAReaper wrote:

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Yea he's such a patchzerg. I mean look how bad he was pre-patch, only getting top 8 IEM barely losing to SuperNova! Horrendous!

OMG, he nearly BEAT a jet-lagged korean one time in Brazil!!! Hire him and give him shit-loads of money!!!!

GoonFFS

Denmark323 Posts

August 27 2012 05:35 GMT

#153

it's not that slivko is BAD, it's just that he's not a star. I think it's fine to think you deserve more than what you get, but cmon, it's an outrage from both sides.. 1, to act like you're some kind of superstar but also 2, the team should not have posted bitter things as their public statement..

bad :/

markrevival

United States222 Posts

August 27 2012 05:58 GMT

#154

I agree that you need to earn your place before you go demanding things. But it's also fair to say that slivko is his own person and seeking something better for himself is totally fine. I would feel a little betrayed if I was RoxKis but not so much and I would have to understand.

That being said, there are far more established players and players with higher potential that don't go around asking for more without showing results, long-term, first

Laneir

United States1160 Posts

August 27 2012 12:36 GMT

#155

great pick up for Virus

AlternativeEgo

Sweden17309 Posts

August 27 2012 15:16 GMT

#156

On August 25 2012 16:13 Druff wrote:

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Now that's just dumb. It makes no sense whatsoever.

He took on late night Sao Paulo without hesitation. KESPA would stand no chance.

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xO.Thunder

United States37 Posts

August 28 2012 12:13 GMT

#157

Best of luck to both parties.

Reguarding the income thing, he wants to make a profession out of starcraft, so naturally he'd ask for pay.

The streaming demand is a bit blurry to me, I'm not sure if they wanted him to stream more and interact during it, or they just wanted him to stream period. If it's the latter, I'm not sure I agree with his decision.

Interacting with viewers really takes a toll on your play, many streamers use smurf accounts while doing so, for that sole reason. imo smurfing doesn't give very good practice.