Correction: Daily ESPORTS mistakenly reported earlier that Jaedong would return to Team Eight immediately should they find a sponsor. This was a misunderstanding; Jaedong's 1 year period with EG is binding.
On December 06 2012 13:16 ElMeanYo wrote: Coming from someone who never watched BW, this doesn't seem like a big deal to me. I don't mean to rain on the parade here, but Jaedong is a Code A zerg at best right now. He hasn't shown anything special.
No offense, but if you've never watched BW you don't know what you're talking about. Jaedong's play is near and dear to many of us and the way he approaches starcraft is truly special. His moment may not happen today or tomorrow or next month, but he's a living legend and deserves to be watched more closely than almost any other player.
OK I'm backing away slowly here, sorry for the fans I've upset
Well I hope he does show results for EG and not end up an ageing superstar trying SC2 for one more shot at a career, like JulyZerg and Nada.
If he has a career in SC2 as solid as Boxers then its a win. If he has a career likce Nada then it will be sad. But as you can see, BW fans will get rabid which gives EG more dirty money. Which makes it a win for them. And their dirty money.
you've got that backwards - Boxer did nothing in sc2, NaDa at least hung around in Code S for like a year.
Actually, Boxer has had by far more impact on the SC2 scene than NaDa had had even in Code S.
NaDa's career is "sad" because he didn't really do anything except hang around, like July. Boxer hung around (albeit yes, at a lower level) but also created and coached one of the most successful SC2 teams in Korea (RIP).
What ever happened to JulyZerg!? you would think a zerg with that skillset would be doing great right now.
On December 06 2012 13:16 ElMeanYo wrote: Coming from someone who never watched BW, this doesn't seem like a big deal to me. I don't mean to rain on the parade here, but Jaedong is a Code A zerg at best right now. He hasn't shown anything special.
No offense, but if you've never watched BW you don't know what you're talking about. Jaedong's play is near and dear to many of us and the way he approaches starcraft is truly special. His moment may not happen today or tomorrow or next month, but he's a living legend and deserves to be watched more closely than almost any other player.
OK I'm backing away slowly here, sorry for the fans I've upset
Well I hope he does show results for EG and not end up an ageing superstar trying SC2 for one more shot at a career, like JulyZerg and Nada.
If he has a career in SC2 as solid as Boxers then its a win. If he has a career likce Nada then it will be sad. But as you can see, BW fans will get rabid which gives EG more dirty money. Which makes it a win for them. And their dirty money.
you've got that backwards - Boxer did nothing in sc2, NaDa at least hung around in Code S for like a year.
Actually, Boxer has had by far more impact on the SC2 scene than NaDa had had even in Code S.
NaDa's career is "sad" because he didn't really do anything except hang around, like July. Boxer hung around (albeit yes, at a lower level) but also created and coached one of the most successful SC2 teams in Korea (RIP).
What ever happened to JulyZerg!? you would think a zerg with that skillset would be doing great right now.
On December 06 2012 13:16 ElMeanYo wrote: Coming from someone who never watched BW, this doesn't seem like a big deal to me. I don't mean to rain on the parade here, but Jaedong is a Code A zerg at best right now. He hasn't shown anything special.
No offense, but if you've never watched BW you don't know what you're talking about. Jaedong's play is near and dear to many of us and the way he approaches starcraft is truly special. His moment may not happen today or tomorrow or next month, but he's a living legend and deserves to be watched more closely than almost any other player.
OK I'm backing away slowly here, sorry for the fans I've upset
Well I hope he does show results for EG and not end up an ageing superstar trying SC2 for one more shot at a career, like JulyZerg and Nada.
If he has a career in SC2 as solid as Boxers then its a win. If he has a career likce Nada then it will be sad. But as you can see, BW fans will get rabid which gives EG more dirty money. Which makes it a win for them. And their dirty money.
you've got that backwards - Boxer did nothing in sc2, NaDa at least hung around in Code S for like a year.
Actually, Boxer has had by far more impact on the SC2 scene than NaDa had had even in Code S.
NaDa's career is "sad" because he didn't really do anything except hang around, like July. Boxer hung around (albeit yes, at a lower level) but also created and coached one of the most successful SC2 teams in Korea (RIP).
What ever happened to JulyZerg!? you would think a zerg with that skillset would be doing great right now.
I think he went to the militaryafter following out of GSL
I can't believe Jaedong joined EG, but Team 8 was never going to find a sponsor, so I guess this is a good thing? I don't even know what to think right now.
On December 06 2012 13:33 SafeAsCheese wrote: This makes me happy, but at the same time I am wondering something.
I did not follow brood war, but understand it.
Is it not kind of scary that the top korean SC1 pros have to find foreigner teams? Is it sustainable?
A better question is if they HAVE to join foreigner teams or is it just that EG and teams like TL are offering so much more.
If that is the case, why can EG afford so much and what are korean teams doing wrong?
SlayerS seemed like a very very popular team for fans and sponsors, what caused it to rot to death? was it bad management or just lowering interest in korean fans?
He was on Team 8 which was on life support from KeSPA.
Big sponsors didn't want to sponsor them in the same way the league was having problems finding big sponsors for PL and the OSL.
SlayerS had BoxeR tied to it but esf teams are very different in that they're freelance and didn't have the big sponsor like Samsung tied to it. Funding and the reason SlayerS is no more is because of bad management.
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