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Shibunbundit
Bulgaria22 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:39 darkness wrote: Such a shame, I remember their co-operation with... was it IM-MVP's team? It was definitely a good Korean team. StartaleQ | ||
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mikkmagro
Malta1513 Posts
I'd really like to hear what their CEO has to say. I always saw him as being very business savvy, so I'd like to see what went wrong for him. | ||
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Melaine
United States56 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:39 playLoud wrote: The funny part was he was typing like he was educating us on how EG is run. Funny part is you failed to read the person above me after I made the comment, I did not say she runs the entire team, but she is runs most of the marketing and promotions/funds alot of Major things that make EG so popular, you should of prob read the the guy I quoted before flaming nonsense. And the fact she was a celeb prior to esports and is such a popular person helps EG 10 folds in all-round marketing strats vs a teams that have no such support. | ||
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Serpico
4285 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:45 Sc2Corpse wrote: Really makes me wonder how unstable E Sports is. Did you think it was stable? Esports is a tiny little community that's just trying to survive. If I had a kid I'd tell him/her to never get involved as a player let alone start or manage a team. It's almost never worth it. | ||
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Fluid
Canada136 Posts
Damn, this is so depressing... | ||
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ViktorSC
United States75 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:47 Melaine wrote: Funny part is you failed to read the person above me after I made the comment, I did not say she runs the entire team, but she is runs most of the marketing and promotions/funds alot of Major things that make EG so popular, you should of prob read the the guy I quoted before flaming nonsense. And the fact she was a celeb prior to esports and is such a popular person helps EG 10 folds in all-round marketing strats vs a teams that have no such support. Imagine: The hottest girl of, what was it, 2010? Starts hanging out and telling everyone to buy your tshirts. What happens? Everyone starts buying your tshirts. | ||
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VirgilSC2
United States6151 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:44 Dodgin wrote: They later got one with Startale that lasted a lot longer, but was more like " Startale will let Sase stay at their place " and nothing else. That's not exactly true, other Quantic members, including State and Illusion went to stay at the StarTale House. | ||
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Laryleprakon
New Zealand9496 Posts
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Fluid
Canada136 Posts
(someone hug her asap) | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:50 VirgilSC2 wrote: That's not exactly true, other Quantic members, including State and Illusion went to stay at the StarTale House. I forgot about Illusion, I remember he just got back from Korea recently actually. But yeah, Naniwa before he left, Sase and Illusion are the ones I knew of. I was more talking about Quantic didn't do much for Startale ( as far as I know... ) but Startale let those guys hang out at their place, they never competed in team leagues together or anything I don't think? And It's not like Startale players were mentioning their team as StarTaleQ or anything like that at international events. | ||
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Broodwurst
Germany1586 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:47 Melaine wrote: Funny part is you failed to read the person above me after I made the comment, I did not say she runs the entire team, but she is runs most of the marketing and promotions/funds alot of Major things that make EG so popular, you should of prob read the the guy I quoted before flaming nonsense. And the fact she was a celeb prior to esports and is such a popular person helps EG 10 folds in all-round marketing strats vs a teams that have no such support. Hi my name is Jessica, I'm famous in Korea and run a SC2 team. | ||
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Thrill
2599 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:18 Melaine wrote: To be fare EG was always rich, Ann who runs it is a Celeb before Esports and had powerful finical resources and had good connections marketing wise, vs other teams that started from nothing. EG is like a Wallstreet run powerhouse that had rich people supporting it from the start, Not every team is blessed and can grab a ex supermodel to run the team. Teams need to develop a tangible products for sponsors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Prosser You're a very high quality troll, i must admit. Elegant. Liked your effort with the barbie-caster too. | ||
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Chicane
United States7875 Posts
I loved all the support they gave to so many NA players... so many now don't have homes and many may not find one. Or even if they do, I'm sure most will not find one that will support them as well. Maybe a few will get picked up by big teams like EG or Liquid, but I can only see things getting worse for most.  I was also looking forward to seeing Flo improve over time, but again... I question if she will find a new supportive team where she can focus solely on playing. | ||
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SupLilSon
Malaysia4123 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:49 Fluid wrote: How is this possible? Weren't they like the 2nd biggest team in NA? They even had a huge team house and everything. And their players were doing pretty good... Damn, this is so depressing... Because they were apparently 100% reliant on investor funding... It doesn't really matter much if you have a ton of non-guaranteed money that isn't really yours. Everyone likes to shit on EG, but in the end they are one of the few foreign teams, along with Liquid that can actually offer stable conditions for players. I think Quantic just got too big for it's own good but I guess no one really knows except those directly involved. | ||
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Fluid
Canada136 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:57 SupLilSon wrote: Because they were apparently 100% reliant on investor funding... It doesn't really matter much if you have a ton of non-guaranteed money that isn't really yours. Everyone likes to shit on EG, but in the end they are one of the few foreign teams, along with Liquid that can actually offer stable conditions for players. I think Quantic just got too big for it's own good but I guess no one really knows except those directly involved. But then how did they get the money to use that huge team house? Did the ceo just blindly accept to rent a huge house without knowing if their investors would pay them the next month? What kind of business rationale is that? | ||
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SupLilSon
Malaysia4123 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:59 Fluid wrote: But then how did they get the money to use that huge team house? Did the ceo just blindly accept to rent a huge house without knowing if their investors would pay them the next month? What kind of business rationale is that? By the sound of things that's exactly what happened... Are you really surprised by this point though? We've seen numerous teams fail, most of them were headed by guys with little to no business experience or education. Lots of people jumped on the opportunities that SC2 presented based on ambition alone. SC2 bubble has burst and the NA scene is especially weak on a global scale. | ||
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Broodwurst
Germany1586 Posts
On December 05 2012 09:59 Fluid wrote: But then how did they get the money to use that huge team house? Did the ceo just blindly accept to rent a huge house without knowing if their investors would pay them the next month? What kind of business rationale is that? If SirScoots was right some months back it was payed by the college funds from the owners kids, but who knows | ||
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-Lullaby-
Canada7 Posts
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shizaep
Canada2920 Posts
Hope all the (ex)Quantic players can find a new team, feel for them. | ||
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Fluid
Canada136 Posts
On December 05 2012 10:02 SupLilSon wrote: By the sound of things that's exactly what happened... Are you really surprised by this point though? We've seen numerous teams fail, most of them were headed by guys with little to no business experience or education. Lots of people jumped on the opportunities that SC2 presented based on ambition alone. SC2 bubble has burst and the NA scene is especially weak on a global scale. It's true that the team is only ~1 year old, but they had some big names join them (Sase,Stc,Nani,etc...). You'd think that would make investors more relaxed since they are guaranteed advertisement in big tournaments. It still feels suspicious that such a big team with very good players can vanish instantly. | ||
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