Him going to Azubu would make no sense. They have five Protoss, two Zerg and one Terran. One of those Zerg, Violet, is living in America.

That would mean their GSTL line-up would be six Protoss, TOP and Sleep.

Chenz

Sweden1197 Posts

January 03 2013 01:11 GMT

#223

On January 03 2013 09:45 Boucot wrote:
I must admit I'm stunned by this "announcement" and I have no idea where he'll go. The safe bets are EG, Fnatic and AZUBU but why does he look so sad on Twitter if he got a good offer ?

For the same reason Huk was sad when he left TL I'd wager. Startale seems like a great team to be on.

Anyway, both the best foreign and korean Protoss of 2012 is currently teamless. I vote they merge to an archon to secure those titles for this year too.

MrMotionPicture

United States4327 Posts

January 03 2013 01:12 GMT

#224

What a shame! I thought he was perfect for ST! Hope his new team suits him well.

Thalandros

Netherlands1151 Posts

January 03 2013 01:13 GMT

#225

..Holy shit, that's insane. Never expected that. He'll probably have either a ton of offers, or he will get them.

starfinder

Japan167 Posts

January 03 2013 01:13 GMT

#226

On January 03 2013 09:58 sitromit wrote:

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What Kespa? There's a trade-lock aggreement, he can't go to a Kespa team.

EGTL is not a KeSPA-affiliated,and hadn't signed on this shit.

Fuell

Netherlands3111 Posts

January 03 2013 01:13 GMT

#227

Please no EG, TL, col or ROOT. Really hoping for either MVP, FXO, KeSPA team or Acer/Azubu!

EDIT: STX Soul would be appropriate! ^^

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

January 03 2013 01:13 GMT

#228

Parting and Polt are obviously going to Complexity to create the Complexity Heat with themselves and qxc.

L3g3nd_

New Zealand10461 Posts

January 03 2013 01:14 GMT

#229

that was out of the blue. hopefully he goes to kespa team

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10364 Posts

January 03 2013 01:14 GMT

#230

if he leaves... does it still count as ST having first places? haha jk

Hm, darn, i really like ST and like parting so it sucks he's leaving

Whatson

United States5357 Posts

January 03 2013 01:15 GMT

#231

On January 03 2013 10:13 Fionn wrote:
Parting and Polt are obviously going to Complexity to create the Complexity Heat with themselves and qxc.

qxc is bosh, not wade.

babylon

8765 Posts

January 03 2013 01:15 GMT

#232

On January 03 2013 09:58 bduddy wrote:
The KeSPA trade lock is until October, so in theory that would prevent Parting from going to a KeSPA team. But considering that he's now a free agent, does that still apply?

http://esfiworld.com/news/kespa-esports-fed-agree-trade-lock-until-oct-2013

Won't pretend to understand or know the contract, but it would seem weird if it didn't apply. Otherwise players could easily "leave" teams and join KeSPA teams; it's not as if teams can keep players who don't want to stay anyways.

@ rasnj: Parting discovered Tencent Weibo like a few days ago and has been on a roll tweeting to Dream. (I'd first thought Dream was some random Chinese pro, actually, didn't know he was associated with dignitas.)

He's also been tweeting to some iG pros and said that Edison (the iG manager) was the one who introduced him to Tencent. /grasping at straws

bduddy

United States1326 Posts

January 03 2013 01:15 GMT

#233

On January 03 2013 10:10 Ace Frehley wrote:

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If Kespa says 'f*ck that shit' and buys him anyway, what is ESF gonna do? Buy Flash as retaliation?

Sue? Get an injunction? Pull everyone out of OSL/prohibit them from entering PL? Quite a lot, actually...

AgentW

United States7725 Posts

January 03 2013 01:15 GMT

#234

On January 03 2013 10:13 Fionn wrote:
Parting and Polt are obviously going to Complexity to create the Complexity Heat with themselves and qxc.

Which of those poor bastards gets stuck with being Chris Bosh? And as a qxc fan, I'll take comparisons to Dywane Wade any day of the week.

Holdenintherye

Canada1441 Posts

January 03 2013 01:15 GMT

#235

Omg?! I smell Kespa poaching...

L3g3nd_

New Zealand10461 Posts

January 03 2013 01:16 GMT

#236

for those of you not on reddit, some clever sod made this.

Liquid'Parting

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Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

January 03 2013 01:16 GMT

#237

Was the ESF to Kespa and vice versa trade agreement set to expire on Jan 1 or was it 1 year from when it was set?

Ldawg

United States328 Posts

January 03 2013 01:17 GMT

#238

Please not EG, Please not EG.....I don't need any more reason to detest the evil empire than if they buy up the top talent again.

Resist Parting, you must not go to the dark side!

On another note, I bet this guy will be getting a TON of offers. Super-smart of him IMO, put yourself on the market when you are red hot, I just hope we don't see a drop-off in talent like we have so many other players after they signed big contracts.

NicksonReyes

Philippines4431 Posts

January 03 2013 01:17 GMT

#239

SKT1_Parting

babylon

8765 Posts

January 03 2013 01:17 GMT

#240

On January 03 2013 10:16 Shellshock1122 wrote:
Was the ESF to Kespa and vice versa trade agreement set to expire on Jan 1 or was it 1 year from when it was set?

Trade lock until October 2013.