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KeSPA 2012 Free Agency Period - Page 3

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Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-06 14:57:56
September 06 2012 14:57 GMT
#41
On September 06 2012 23:55 Djagulingu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 06 2012 23:52 LeLfe wrote:
On September 06 2012 22:49 antifan wrote:
I hope a Korean team signs stephano


if it's a KeSPA team, that would mean no international tournament besides MLG, that's a no for me!

If it's an ESF team though, that would mean no monetary income besides tournament prize money, that would be a no for him too I guess.


never mind im bad at reading
sinigang
Profile Joined August 2012
360 Posts
September 06 2012 14:59 GMT
#42
On September 06 2012 23:55 Djagulingu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 06 2012 23:52 LeLfe wrote:
On September 06 2012 22:49 antifan wrote:
I hope a Korean team signs stephano


if it's a KeSPA team, that would mean no international tournament besides MLG, that's a no for me!

If it's an ESF team though, that would mean no monetary income besides tournament prize money, that would be a no for him too I guess.


a.k.a., "a farce."
Djagulingu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany3605 Posts
September 06 2012 15:00 GMT
#43
On September 06 2012 23:56 sinigang wrote:
Roro should bargain hard.

RorO's salary is very likely to get doubled. He has been very successful in SC2, which PL is completely switching into. There are at most 2-3 other players that are in his caliber (Sun, Flying and maybe herO[jOin]?) That's it though.
"windows bash is a steaming heap of shit" tofucake
aristarchus
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States652 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-06 15:03:56
September 06 2012 15:01 GMT
#44
As someone who's new to following this, I'm amazed by how badly this is structured for the players. They can't negotiate with both their team and other teams at the same time? Imagine you're the player - you have no idea what other teams would offer you, so you have to just take a wild guess when deciding on whether to re-sign with your old team at first. Then you go talk to other teams. If it turns out your team had the best offer, you're sort of stuck - you can't take it while you still have the other offers on the table. If you wait and let that period end, you lose all bargaining power. During phase 3 your old team can offer you next to nothing and you still have to take it. You have no bargaining power at all. So realistically you have to take the best thing you get offered during phase 2.
Xiahou
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Singapore80 Posts
September 06 2012 16:16 GMT
#45
On September 07 2012 00:01 aristarchus wrote:
As someone who's new to following this, I'm amazed by how badly this is structured for the players. They can't negotiate with both their team and other teams at the same time? Imagine you're the player - you have no idea what other teams would offer you, so you have to just take a wild guess when deciding on whether to re-sign with your old team at first. Then you go talk to other teams. If it turns out your team had the best offer, you're sort of stuck - you can't take it while you still have the other offers on the table. If you wait and let that period end, you lose all bargaining power. During phase 3 your old team can offer you next to nothing and you still have to take it. You have no bargaining power at all. So realistically you have to take the best thing you get offered during phase 2.


Yes to everything you said. History has seen more than 1 player totally screwed over by free agency.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
September 06 2012 16:19 GMT
#46
a part of why this structure is pretty exploitative on the players is that gaming skills isn't very useful outside of gaming. no surprise to many here i suspect
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18696 Posts
September 06 2012 16:19 GMT
#47
On September 07 2012 00:01 aristarchus wrote:
As someone who's new to following this, I'm amazed by how badly this is structured for the players. They can't negotiate with both their team and other teams at the same time? Imagine you're the player - you have no idea what other teams would offer you, so you have to just take a wild guess when deciding on whether to re-sign with your old team at first. Then you go talk to other teams. If it turns out your team had the best offer, you're sort of stuck - you can't take it while you still have the other offers on the table. If you wait and let that period end, you lose all bargaining power. During phase 3 your old team can offer you next to nothing and you still have to take it. You have no bargaining power at all. So realistically you have to take the best thing you get offered during phase 2.


But that doesn't happen. Teams offer the same deal in phase 3 they had proposed in phase 1.
They would take too much PR damage if they didn't.
aristarchus
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States652 Posts
September 06 2012 16:38 GMT
#48
On September 07 2012 01:19 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2012 00:01 aristarchus wrote:
As someone who's new to following this, I'm amazed by how badly this is structured for the players. They can't negotiate with both their team and other teams at the same time? Imagine you're the player - you have no idea what other teams would offer you, so you have to just take a wild guess when deciding on whether to re-sign with your old team at first. Then you go talk to other teams. If it turns out your team had the best offer, you're sort of stuck - you can't take it while you still have the other offers on the table. If you wait and let that period end, you lose all bargaining power. During phase 3 your old team can offer you next to nothing and you still have to take it. You have no bargaining power at all. So realistically you have to take the best thing you get offered during phase 2.


But that doesn't happen. Teams offer the same deal in phase 3 they had proposed in phase 1.
They would take too much PR damage if they didn't.

If that was reliably true, then what you should see is no one ever taking a contract in phase 1 - if the offer will still be there later, there is no downside to seeing what other teams offer. Now, I'm new to it and maybe that's what occurs... but if it ever does, it means that the player themself at least isn't convinced the offer will still be there later.
YourGoodFriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2197 Posts
September 06 2012 18:49 GMT
#49
Wow that's quite similar to NFL. That is one of the good sides of kespa they have made standards for all of the player processes. It should be interesting what happens to roro he is a pretty good sc2 player
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Condor Hero
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2931 Posts
September 06 2012 18:51 GMT
#50
On September 07 2012 00:01 aristarchus wrote:
As someone who's new to following this, I'm amazed by how badly this is structured for the players. They can't negotiate with both their team and other teams at the same time? Imagine you're the player - you have no idea what other teams would offer you, so you have to just take a wild guess when deciding on whether to re-sign with your old team at first. Then you go talk to other teams. If it turns out your team had the best offer, you're sort of stuck - you can't take it while you still have the other offers on the table. If you wait and let that period end, you lose all bargaining power. During phase 3 your old team can offer you next to nothing and you still have to take it. You have no bargaining power at all. So realistically you have to take the best thing you get offered during phase 2.

In theory what you say is true and players have potential to be screwed over and over.
But players generally get what they deserves (aka results).
If you have a monster Proleague round, you can bet on getting a huge raise.

The only problem I have with it is that contracts are yearly or more and the life of a progamer is short.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
September 06 2012 18:53 GMT
#51
On September 07 2012 03:49 YourGoodFriend wrote:
Wow that's quite similar to NFL. That is one of the good sides of kespa they have made standards for all of the player processes. It should be interesting what happens to roro he is a pretty good sc2 player

you do realize the nfl is also an owners dominated league with few player rights right
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
AyMnRSC2
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States123 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-06 19:04:28
September 06 2012 18:55 GMT
#52
From what I have picked up from reading the forums throughout the last few months, I do not think that a player can go from a Kespa team to free agency and then to an ESF team due to the "no trade agreement" or whatever it was. However, I do think it is possible for a Kespa player to go from a Kespa team to a "foreign" team.

It will be really interesting to see what happens in the upcoming weeks. Especially if RorO plays as well as he has been playing. I think that he has a really good shot at impacting the SC2 scene along with Jaedong and EffOrt as far as Zergs go.
Masters Zerg player on NA twitch.tv/aymnr
Condor Hero
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2931 Posts
September 06 2012 18:55 GMT
#53
On September 07 2012 03:53 oneofthem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2012 03:49 YourGoodFriend wrote:
Wow that's quite similar to NFL. That is one of the good sides of kespa they have made standards for all of the player processes. It should be interesting what happens to roro he is a pretty good sc2 player

you do realize the nfl is also an owners dominated league with few player rights right

That's what happens when the owners have all the money and all the leverage.
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18696 Posts
September 06 2012 19:06 GMT
#54
On September 07 2012 01:38 aristarchus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2012 01:19 sharkie wrote:
On September 07 2012 00:01 aristarchus wrote:
As someone who's new to following this, I'm amazed by how badly this is structured for the players. They can't negotiate with both their team and other teams at the same time? Imagine you're the player - you have no idea what other teams would offer you, so you have to just take a wild guess when deciding on whether to re-sign with your old team at first. Then you go talk to other teams. If it turns out your team had the best offer, you're sort of stuck - you can't take it while you still have the other offers on the table. If you wait and let that period end, you lose all bargaining power. During phase 3 your old team can offer you next to nothing and you still have to take it. You have no bargaining power at all. So realistically you have to take the best thing you get offered during phase 2.


But that doesn't happen. Teams offer the same deal in phase 3 they had proposed in phase 1.
They would take too much PR damage if they didn't.

If that was reliably true, then what you should see is no one ever taking a contract in phase 1 - if the offer will still be there later, there is no downside to seeing what other teams offer. Now, I'm new to it and maybe that's what occurs... but if it ever does, it means that the player themself at least isn't convinced the offer will still be there later.


The Asian mentality doesn't really allow this.
Why should a player decide to look at other offers if the team he wants to stay in offers him a good salary with terms he wants?

But yeah last year we had a few in phase 2 and then resigning with their teams in phase 3.
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
September 06 2012 19:19 GMT
#55
Ah lets see what the free slave trade brings in this year.
twitch.tv/medrea
sour_eraser
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada932 Posts
September 06 2012 19:20 GMT
#56
On September 07 2012 04:19 Medrea wrote:
Ah lets see what the free slave trade brings in this year.


Hehe. Funny thing is that slave usually gets paid more than freed people.
"What's the f*cking point of censoring a letter if everyone and their mother knows what it stands for.... F*cking morons"
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
September 06 2012 19:31 GMT
#57
On September 07 2012 04:20 jidolboy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2012 04:19 Medrea wrote:
Ah lets see what the free slave trade brings in this year.


Hehe. Funny thing is that slave usually gets paid more than freed people.


Not unless its an A lister.

Many free agency players get bought back by the original team for a fraction of what they were originally making. Thereby commiting esports sudoku.

Also, its still bad practice that the player doesnt get to choose what team they go to.
twitch.tv/medrea
Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
September 06 2012 19:34 GMT
#58
As a KT fan, I'd love Roro or Zero, but seeing as neither Samsung or Stars are poor, both are core players, and it's almost impossible for a player to ever leave their team during "free agency", almost nothing will change.
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jinorazi
Profile Joined October 2004
Korea (South)4948 Posts
September 06 2012 19:35 GMT
#59
U mean sepuku aka harakiri...sudoko is a game, no?
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sour_eraser
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada932 Posts
September 06 2012 19:38 GMT
#60
On September 07 2012 04:31 Medrea wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2012 04:20 jidolboy wrote:
On September 07 2012 04:19 Medrea wrote:
Ah lets see what the free slave trade brings in this year.


Hehe. Funny thing is that slave usually gets paid more than freed people.


Not unless its an A lister.

Many free agency players get bought back by the original team for a fraction of what they were originally making. Thereby commiting esports sudoku.

Also, its still bad practice that the player doesnt get to choose what team they go to.


I was talking about current Free Agents -.-
"What's the f*cking point of censoring a letter if everyone and their mother knows what it stands for.... F*cking morons"
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