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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. | ||
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
On December 06 2012 18:30 silent_owl wrote: Blizzard has stated that they'd make an exception for him. Doesn't mean he's willing to put in the effort of trying to have an account made with his name using translators and middle men at Blizzard. | ||
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0dem
Germany129 Posts
 On a different note: Congrats EG! Somehow, I didnt see this coming :D EGTL fighting! Khan will win anyways! | ||
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Mentalizor
Denmark1596 Posts
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Cele
Germany4016 Posts
On December 06 2012 18:25 eLeVaTioN wrote: I don't know why some people can be bitter about this when this is a great milestone for the scene. Whether you like EG or not, the fact that Korean players from KeSPA are now joining foreign teams is amazing and the community should be happy for this. Who knows what the future holds now knowing that some of the powerhouse players coming over from BW are looking to join foreign teams and compete in foreign tournaments. Plus for those who want to cry out and say "Starcraft is dying) then this should help solve the issue (not that I think there's an issue but everyone has their opinion). But one thing is for certain, tournaments starring players like JD will have a boom in viewership because people love the BW players and they want to see them play so whether there is an issue with starcraft or not, this will definitely benefit the scene. And who knows, maybe a year or two from now we might see players like Fantasy, Rain, Bisu, Stork, Flash or any other KeSPA decide to sign contracts with foreign teams and star in tournaments worldwide, not just the OSL and Proleague. well i fear kespa teams will fall apart over time due to the bigger amounts of money foreign or MLG teams can provide. and that´s sad as i love kespa teams dearly. Furthermore i dislike EG's mentality of simply buying the best players available and not producing their own talents quite as much. | ||
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budar
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prplhz
Denmark8045 Posts
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xintar
Denmark1 Post
On December 06 2012 18:30 silent_owl wrote: Blizzard has stated that they'd make an exception for him. Source for this? | ||
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gTank
Austria2601 Posts
On December 06 2012 18:38 Cele wrote: well i fear kespa teams will fall apart over time due to the bigger amounts of money foreign or MLG teams can provide. and that´s sad as i love kespa teams dearly. Furthermore i dislike EG's mentality of simply buying the best players available and not producing their own talents quite as much. Same here, I don't have to like a team that just buys every hyped player out there. I will root for JD but not in Proleague or any other team competition. | ||
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rasers
Sweden691 Posts
On December 06 2012 18:38 Cele wrote: well i fear kespa teams will fall apart over time due to the bigger amounts of money foreign or MLG teams can provide. and that´s sad as i love kespa teams dearly. Furthermore i dislike EG's mentality of simply buying the best players available and not producing their own talents quite as much. Foreign teams will never be able 2 provide more money. KeSPA teams just might one day think its not worth anymore having a SC Team. | ||
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khellian
Korea (South)922 Posts
On December 06 2012 17:40 ChromeBallz wrote: LiquidFlash is the only acceptable response here. Hahaha, so true. But would be sad. I never liked Flash and I never liked EG. Always loved Liquid and always loved JD. This would all be so wrong, but funny. | ||
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Mekare
Germany393 Posts
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Sylfyre
Australia222 Posts
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eLeVaTioN
United States97 Posts
On December 06 2012 18:38 Cele wrote: well i fear kespa teams will fall apart over time due to the bigger amounts of money foreign or MLG teams can provide. and that´s sad as i love kespa teams dearly. Furthermore i dislike EG's mentality of simply buying the best players available and not producing their own talents quite as much. I don't think that would necessarily happen. The KeSPA teams are normally backed by large corporate sponsors while a lot of the foreign teams don't have the monetary backing to sign those kinds of players. EG is capable of signing the biggest stars out there but even they can only spend so much and I can only see maybe 1 or 2 other foreign teams capable of getting players like a Flash or Bisu, fantasy, stork, etc. If anything I think that some of the Korean teams like IM have a better chance of getting a KeSPA player or two if they decide to leave then most of the foreign teams currently. If I recall Flash had a contract with KT that was something along the lines of 3 years worth around $1 million? (Don't quote me because I could be wrong but I swore I heard it was something along those lines) while Stephano from when he signed with EG was said to have a contract worth around $8,000 a month. The KeSPA teams definitely have the money to keep players, I think that it's going to come down to what the players want because now Starcraft has evolved outside of Korea and holds many opportunities in the foreign scene. | ||
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Trowa127
United Kingdom1230 Posts
On December 06 2012 18:41 gTank wrote: Same here, I don't have to like a team that just buys every hyped player out there. I will root for JD but not in Proleague or any other team competition. These posts never cease to amaze me. We've got teams dropping like flies because all the moron's who thought they could make a quick buck of sc2 got burnt, and now your telling me that a financially sound organisation picking up fan favourites is bad? ?????? | ||
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Opera
France469 Posts
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lokes
Argentina80 Posts
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DreamOen
Spain1400 Posts
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Karasin
Italy5 Posts
the new EG is only zerg | ||
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mijagi182
Poland797 Posts
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kuriz
Denmark141 Posts
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