On September 13 2012 05:05 Dumbtruck wrote: If Fuzer is not getting his money back I'm not going to watch or support anything MoW is associated with. Complete boycott.
Oh my god. Some polish Esports fan should go down to the MoW and set things straight. "IF" the terms that Fuzer said the contract stated are true, then indeed that contract should not be signed by ANYONE. Sami did the right thing to contact lawyer and if they refuse you a lawyer you know something shady is going on.
GJ Fuzer, ( btw still the funniest streamer on TL [and best music] )
On September 13 2012 04:52 kliu wrote: whats wrong with a second pair of eyes looking at a contract? seems like MoW didn't want that second look to happen
You sign an NDA to see the contract. You can't just send it off to random people, there needs to be evidence that someone is working as a legal counsel to the party you're contracting. It's not just a "oh trust me he's my lawyer" kind of thing.
Jesus, I understand how much we all love to get in on the drama and what not, but if you don't have at least the basic semblance of business sense why even bother posting in this thread?
Yeah, having to sign an NDA to see the contract seems very legit and doesnt scream "something fishy's going on" at all!
"Something fishy's going", you have absolutely no fucking idea what you're talking about. The fuck are you, some 18 year old frosh in college who thinks he knows everything about the business world?
Ten people want to go to the MoW. Two of them are big names. When negotiating all of the contracts, the house wants to find a way to keep everyone happy but also to keep itself sustained, financially. I know how much you all BLEED E-SPORTS but money is kind of fucking important, the real world doesn't run on HOPES AND DREAMS AND RAINBOWS.
If there were no NDAs to negotiate contracts, the two big name players see that they have to pay a bit more to stay at the house than the smaller players. Now all of a sudden they feel ripped off, and they don't want to go because they feel like they're subsidizing the existence of everyone else there. Now they pull out and the 8 smaller names all have to pay a larger share than they can afford, etc...etc...
Or take teams for instance. You don't think there's an NDA attached to every single contract that a player signs? What if Stephano was being negotiated with and he thought he was worth 2X as much as HuK, and he was able to read HuK's contract exactly. EG now has no ability to negotiate with him.
etc...etc...etc...
There are reasons NDA's and NCC's exist in the business world, and it's not that "something fishy HURR DURR" is going on. It's because people want to protect their financial interests and their ability to operate as a business.
I am quite aware this is the way of the (business) world. But thanks for assuming my ignorance.
>quite aware this is the way of the (business) world.
On September 13 2012 04:41 Xcobidoo wrote: Wait so if Ret has signed, then he can't go to any liquidhouse etc.? Ouch :/
Fuzer make mistake in post , dont knowing that or...
You can go to another house.., YOU CANT OPEN OWN house and coach people there. This is in conbtract , not that you cant go to another house.
Are you sure you're not a part of the MoW management? You're acting awfully hysterical considering the situation. You said it yourself: We will know as soon as MoW release their statement. Why defend every comment made about the situation? Fuzers intent was good.
Becase what fuzer write is not true.. ? and i defend the true ? ( dont know abouth rest of the post , but 10 years thing , that you cant join another house is not true ) , you got some problems with true or what ? , i was thinking that everyone wanna true here.. Im not posting abouth rest of Fuzers post , i post only abouth that what he read wrong and then write here.
he got it slightly wrong but it's understandable when english isn't his first language, chill out, you obviously have a vested interest here
Maybe make sure to get it completely correct and not slightly wrong before outing someone like this if the reason was language barriers. Now I do not know if that was the reason, but, I often see these vilification threads on TL and people start jumping on the band wagon before hearing both sides of the story. However, the accusations could all be true of course, but with only one side of a coin one should always be threading carefully.
On September 13 2012 04:52 kliu wrote: whats wrong with a second pair of eyes looking at a contract? seems like MoW didn't want that second look to happen
You sign an NDA to see the contract. You can't just send it off to random people, there needs to be evidence that someone is working as a legal counsel to the party you're contracting. It's not just a "oh trust me he's my lawyer" kind of thing.
Jesus, I understand how much we all love to get in on the drama and what not, but if you don't have at least the basic semblance of business sense why even bother posting in this thread?
Yeah, having to sign an NDA to see the contract seems very legit and doesnt scream "something fishy's going on" at all!
"Something fishy's going", you have absolutely no fucking idea what you're talking about. The fuck are you, some 18 year old frosh in college who thinks he knows everything about the business world?
Ten people want to go to the MoW. Two of them are big names. When negotiating all of the contracts, the house wants to find a way to keep everyone happy but also to keep itself sustained, financially. I know how much you all BLEED E-SPORTS but money is kind of fucking important, the real world doesn't run on HOPES AND DREAMS AND RAINBOWS.
If there were no NDAs to negotiate contracts, the two big name players see that they have to pay a bit more to stay at the house than the smaller players. Now all of a sudden they feel ripped off, and they don't want to go because they feel like they're subsidizing the existence of everyone else there. Now they pull out and the 8 smaller names all have to pay a larger share than they can afford, etc...etc...
Or take teams for instance. You don't think there's an NDA attached to every single contract that a player signs? What if Stephano was being negotiated with and he thought he was worth 2X as much as HuK, and he was able to read HuK's contract exactly. EG now has no ability to negotiate with him.
etc...etc...etc...
There are reasons NDA's and NCC's exist in the business world, and it's not that "something fishy HURR DURR" is going on. It's because people want to protect their financial interests and their ability to operate as a business.
So why do you say stuff like: "As for the 'not allowed to stay at another house in 10 years,' that's not true, you're just not allowed to start your own team house in 10 years." ? Apparently you only have access to your own contract, therefore (following your logic) you dont know shit what's in Fuzer's contract. Take your own fucking advice.
On September 13 2012 03:46 Chaggi wrote: The streaming thing, okay, whatever. The 10 year thing? lol no
Lol, no, not even the streaming. 35 hours a week? Let me tell you, 5 hours of streamed practice is much worse than 5 hours of normal practice... That's just my experience. I think it's okay that they get a cut of the money but... :'/
On September 13 2012 04:41 Xcobidoo wrote: Wait so if Ret has signed, then he can't go to any liquidhouse etc.? Ouch :/
Fuzer make mistake in post , dont knowing that or...
You can go to another house.., YOU CANT OPEN OWN house and coach people there. This is in conbtract , not that you cant go to another house.
Are you sure you're not a part of the MoW management? You're acting awfully hysterical considering the situation. You said it yourself: We will know as soon as MoW release their statement. Why defend every comment made about the situation? Fuzers intent was good.
Becase what fuzer write is not true.. ? and i defend the true ? ( dont know abouth rest of the post , but 10 years thing , that you cant join another house is not true ) , you got some problems with true or what ? , i was thinking that everyone wanna true here.. Im not posting abouth rest of Fuzers post , i post only abouth that what he read wrong and then write here.
On September 13 2012 04:56 DarKFoRcE wrote: To me it seems Destiny is pretty right here. The thing is, even if the Boss of MoW is technically right, its still comes of really badly to treat a player in the house like this. While its good to be very careful when doing business, i personally prefer to do business with people where i dont have to expect to get screwed any moment if i make a mistake.
Looking forward to the other side of the story~
this 100%. that is something Destiny is missing. yes, the boss can do whatever he wants, but he is more than a dick for doing so.
if he let someone get into the house without a singed contract, he should not charge him for the month and then kick him and not return what he had paid. this is ridiculous. he is in the "legal right" to do so, but it's a really bad attitude.
I won't be surprised if they are having financial problems, seems like it for such behaviour.
not to mention how amateurish it is to let someone in the house for more than a month without a contract. and some clauses in the contract are ridiculously non sense. there isn't anything they need to protect or hide from other team houses! lol seriously... it's all suspicious and weird to say the least.
Actually if it goes to court and there was no signed contract while say he stayed for 1-5 or so days it should hold up that he gets his money back. You can't invite people to an establishment, take their money and because they want a lawyer to look over the documents kick them out and steal their money.
On September 13 2012 04:41 Xcobidoo wrote: Wait so if Ret has signed, then he can't go to any liquidhouse etc.? Ouch :/
Fuzer make mistake in post , dont knowing that or...
You can go to another house.., YOU CANT OPEN OWN house and coach people there. This is in conbtract , not that you cant go to another house.
Are you sure you're not a part of the MoW management? You're acting awfully hysterical considering the situation. You said it yourself: We will know as soon as MoW release their statement. Why defend every comment made about the situation? Fuzers intent was good.
Becase what fuzer write is not true.. ? and i defend the true ? ( dont know abouth rest of the post , but 10 years thing , that you cant join another house is not true ) , you got some problems with true or what ? , i was thinking that everyone wanna true here.. Im not posting abouth rest of Fuzers post , i post only abouth that what he read wrong and then write here.
he got it slightly wrong but it's understandable when english isn't his first language, chill out, you obviously have a vested interest here
True i have some.. because i care for polish e-sport , like i think everyone hwo is interested in e-sports will do for own country. They put a lot of work to make this house working , eveyone who was in the house ( snute , cyto etc ) say it was superb and very profesional and they are happy that they go to Poland , everyone who is in house now say the same Sage , Ret Wilko , all say everything is ok..
But like i write before it all this what Fuzer write is true im goona go to MoW house and kick boss ass for real , for fucking this up. But if this is not true ... then polish e-sport will suffer for nothing.. because of one player..then it not good and fair.
On September 13 2012 05:07 mikkmagro wrote: a) Do you often go to your first day of work (let alone in a foreign country), without having read the employment contract first? You should've asked for it, and got someone fluent in English (hell, even from TL) BEFORE leaving Finland. b) Never enter into a costly venture without first making sure everything is understood (and thus, a contract the terms of which are mutually agreed to by the parties). c) Non compete clauses are not uncommon, particularly in employment contracts for fields of businesses which might be deemed 'innovative'. d) A non-compete clause would be extremely hard and costly for MoW to enforce, especially if you're in a different country. e) The contract talks about setting up a house yourself, or becoming a coach in such a house; it is NOT a prohibition from entering any other gaming house - this is just misinformation. f) Whoever said that the contract needed to be in Finnish is wrong. Some contracts must be translated, such as transactions involving immovable property etc, but not a rendition of service and a revenue share agreement like this one. (this might differ from country to country, but I doubt that it is widely different across continental Europe). g) As regards the money from streaming, it's unfair of them not to have mentioned it (though it was pretty obvious, as the MoW guys have talked about them scheduling streams from their players in interviews etc in the past), even so, people should condemn them for not having mentioned it, but not for asking for it. This is a very time-consuming business at the end of the day, they have a right to make money off it, particularly since they're the only people who offer such a service (unless you're on one of the few teams owning a house).
You are wrong sir. He payed 600 EUR he entered the house and played. for him his deal was done. Then contracts came up with the things he dislike and they started the discussion.
It's not about going to your first day of work without knowing how much you will earn or how things work. It's more like a commercial trade. Give me money. I provide you stuff. And suddenly later on a contract with EXTRA stuff appears.
On September 13 2012 04:52 kliu wrote: whats wrong with a second pair of eyes looking at a contract? seems like MoW didn't want that second look to happen
You sign an NDA to see the contract. You can't just send it off to random people, there needs to be evidence that someone is working as a legal counsel to the party you're contracting. It's not just a "oh trust me he's my lawyer" kind of thing.
Jesus, I understand how much we all love to get in on the drama and what not, but if you don't have at least the basic semblance of business sense why even bother posting in this thread?
Yeah, having to sign an NDA to see the contract seems very legit and doesnt scream "something fishy's going on" at all!
"Something fishy's going", you have absolutely no fucking idea what you're talking about. The fuck are you, some 18 year old frosh in college who thinks he knows everything about the business world?
Ten people want to go to the MoW. Two of them are big names. When negotiating all of the contracts, the house wants to find a way to keep everyone happy but also to keep itself sustained, financially. I know how much you all BLEED E-SPORTS but money is kind of fucking important, the real world doesn't run on HOPES AND DREAMS AND RAINBOWS.
If there were no NDAs to negotiate contracts, the two big name players see that they have to pay a bit more to stay at the house than the smaller players. Now all of a sudden they feel ripped off, and they don't want to go because they feel like they're subsidizing the existence of everyone else there. Now they pull out and the 8 smaller names all have to pay a larger share than they can afford, etc...etc...
Or take teams for instance. You don't think there's an NDA attached to every single contract that a player signs? What if Stephano was being negotiated with and he thought he was worth 2X as much as HuK, and he was able to read HuK's contract exactly. EG now has no ability to negotiate with him.
etc...etc...etc...
There are reasons NDA's and NCC's exist in the business world, and it's not that "something fishy HURR DURR" is going on. It's because people want to protect their financial interests and their ability to operate as a business.
I am quite aware this is the way of the (business) world. But thanks for assuming my ignorance.
>quite aware this is the way of the (business) world.
>thinks NDA's are fishy
Pick 1, buddy.
I dont need to. One doesnt exclude the other.
Edit: and please refrain from calling me buddy, bro.
On September 13 2012 03:52 seanisgrand wrote: 12 players. 7200 euro/mo for rent PLUS a cut of a minimum of 60 hours of their streaming profits DAILY.
Better be feeding them hella good...
oh wait
You're from the U.S. That rent, by U.S. standards, would be atrociously insufficient. Of course, it may be in the middle of buttfuck nowhere, I don't know, but considering the services provided, I would say they could not come even close to covering their costs with 7200 euros per month. It's simply not realistic.
Also, streaming revenue is highly dependent on the player. If you're one of the people with 120 viewers, your streaming revenue is negligible anyways.
MoW is meant to be a business. While I think the 10-year thing is ridiculous if true concerning joining another team, it is completely reasonable in terms of opening a house of their own (assuming it's for-profit).
I would assume streaming revenue couldn't be taken on their "days off" like weekends or whatever as well. The fact food is even supplied at 600 Euros a month, with gas/water, Internet/utilities, and the actual amount of equipment and services provided, is once again, in my eyes, a fucking steal.
I'd bet if they disclosed their financial statements you'd find they'd be operating on a very marginal profit margin. I'd be surprised if they've been able to even recoup their initial total investment, which is most likely leveraged in the first place and thus they'll also have to pay interest.
People that think the costs to the players are ridiculous are people that have absolutely no concept of finances.
On September 13 2012 05:07 Giantt wrote: I have to say Fuzer is wrong in this case. If he failed to understand the terms of the contract I dont see how this can be MoW's fault. Why am I saying this? A month-two ago MoW manager contacted me about joining their house. At the end I had to refuse due to my personal reasons, but I have to say he was extremely patient, answering all of my queestions during ~ 3 weeks, explaining everything in details INCLUDING that I would be required to put a lot of efforts towards creating high quality stream that would generate profit of which they would take significant portion.
Did you read what he typed?
Fuzer attempted to get a copy of the contract to his lawyer and MoW refused..
And also if i'm not mistaken MoW came up with idea that fuzer has to pay last of the rent now or he will be kickd out.
On September 13 2012 04:52 kliu wrote: whats wrong with a second pair of eyes looking at a contract? seems like MoW didn't want that second look to happen
You sign an NDA to see the contract. You can't just send it off to random people, there needs to be evidence that someone is working as a legal counsel to the party you're contracting. It's not just a "oh trust me he's my lawyer" kind of thing.
Jesus, I understand how much we all love to get in on the drama and what not, but if you don't have at least the basic semblance of business sense why even bother posting in this thread?
Yeah, having to sign an NDA to see the contract seems very legit and doesnt scream "something fishy's going on" at all!
"Something fishy's going", you have absolutely no fucking idea what you're talking about. The fuck are you, some 18 year old frosh in college who thinks he knows everything about the business world?
Ten people want to go to the MoW. Two of them are big names. When negotiating all of the contracts, the house wants to find a way to keep everyone happy but also to keep itself sustained, financially. I know how much you all BLEED E-SPORTS but money is kind of fucking important, the real world doesn't run on HOPES AND DREAMS AND RAINBOWS.
If there were no NDAs to negotiate contracts, the two big name players see that they have to pay a bit more to stay at the house than the smaller players. Now all of a sudden they feel ripped off, and they don't want to go because they feel like they're subsidizing the existence of everyone else there. Now they pull out and the 8 smaller names all have to pay a larger share than they can afford, etc...etc...
Or take teams for instance. You don't think there's an NDA attached to every single contract that a player signs? What if Stephano was being negotiated with and he thought he was worth 2X as much as HuK, and he was able to read HuK's contract exactly. EG now has no ability to negotiate with him.
etc...etc...etc...
There are reasons NDA's and NCC's exist in the business world, and it's not that "something fishy HURR DURR" is going on. It's because people want to protect their financial interests and their ability to operate as a business.
So why do you say stuff like: "As for the 'not allowed to stay at another house in 10 years,' that's not true, you're just not allowed to start your own team house in 10 years." ? Apparently you only have access to your own contract, therefore (following your logic) you dont know shit what's in Fuzer's contract. Take your own fucking advice.
There's no reason for them to change that NCC part of the contract. The only thing in the contract that will vary from player to player will be exact $$$ amounts and maybe length of stay. For them to randomly insert clauses in some contracts defies reason.
On September 13 2012 04:52 kliu wrote: whats wrong with a second pair of eyes looking at a contract? seems like MoW didn't want that second look to happen
You sign an NDA to see the contract. You can't just send it off to random people, there needs to be evidence that someone is working as a legal counsel to the party you're contracting. It's not just a "oh trust me he's my lawyer" kind of thing.
Jesus, I understand how much we all love to get in on the drama and what not, but if you don't have at least the basic semblance of business sense why even bother posting in this thread?
Yeah, having to sign an NDA to see the contract seems very legit and doesnt scream "something fishy's going on" at all!
"Something fishy's going", you have absolutely no fucking idea what you're talking about. The fuck are you, some 18 year old frosh in college who thinks he knows everything about the business world?
Ten people want to go to the MoW. Two of them are big names. When negotiating all of the contracts, the house wants to find a way to keep everyone happy but also to keep itself sustained, financially. I know how much you all BLEED E-SPORTS but money is kind of fucking important, the real world doesn't run on HOPES AND DREAMS AND RAINBOWS.
If there were no NDAs to negotiate contracts, the two big name players see that they have to pay a bit more to stay at the house than the smaller players. Now all of a sudden they feel ripped off, and they don't want to go because they feel like they're subsidizing the existence of everyone else there. Now they pull out and the 8 smaller names all have to pay a larger share than they can afford, etc...etc...
Or take teams for instance. You don't think there's an NDA attached to every single contract that a player signs? What if Stephano was being negotiated with and he thought he was worth 2X as much as HuK, and he was able to read HuK's contract exactly. EG now has no ability to negotiate with him.
etc...etc...etc...
There are reasons NDA's and NCC's exist in the business world, and it's not that "something fishy HURR DURR" is going on. It's because people want to protect their financial interests and their ability to operate as a business.
I am quite aware this is the way of the (business) world. But thanks for assuming my ignorance.
>quite aware this is the way of the (business) world.
>thinks NDA's are fishy
Pick 1, buddy.
I dont need to. One doesnt exclude the other.
Edit: and please refrain from calling me buddy, bro.
Now you are behaving like a 12 year old...just saying
and the idiots go for it again....not even waiting for any kind of statement or anything...want me to bring you a torch for the witch hunt? How can people possibly be this stupid and immature on the internet....I simply can't understand it...
On September 13 2012 04:41 Xcobidoo wrote: Wait so if Ret has signed, then he can't go to any liquidhouse etc.? Ouch :/
Fuzer make mistake in post , dont knowing that or...
You can go to another house.., YOU CANT OPEN OWN house and coach people there. This is in conbtract , not that you cant go to another house.
Are you sure you're not a part of the MoW management? You're acting awfully hysterical considering the situation. You said it yourself: We will know as soon as MoW release their statement. Why defend every comment made about the situation? Fuzers intent was good.
Becase what fuzer write is not true.. ? and i defend the true ? ( dont know abouth rest of the post , but 10 years thing , that you cant join another house is not true ) , you got some problems with true or what ? , i was thinking that everyone wanna true here.. Im not posting abouth rest of Fuzers post , i post only abouth that what he read wrong and then write here.
he got it slightly wrong but it's understandable when english isn't his first language, chill out, you obviously have a vested interest here
True i have some.. because i care for polish e-sport , like i think everyone hwo is interested in e-sports will do for own country. They put a lot of work to make this house working , eveyone who was in the house ( snute , cyto etc ) say it was superb and very profesional and they are happy that they go to Poland , everyone who is in house now say the same Sage , Ret Wilko , all say everything is ok..
But like i write before it all this what Fuzer write is true im goona go to MoW house and kick boss ass for real , for fucking this up. But if this is not true ... then polish e-sport will suffer for nothing.. because of one player..then it not good and fair.
it's not about polish esports, it's about MoW and that's it. and stop saying that fuzer is lying, there is no reason for him to do that and you don't have anything to prove against him.