EPTTSL Disbands - Page 22
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MosART
United States1899 Posts
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Slakkoo
Sweden1119 Posts
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di4m0nd
United States297 Posts
Liquid'HyuN??? | ||
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Shinespark
Chile843 Posts
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Ydriel
Italy516 Posts
Still, a total shame, I loved TSL, so much talent right there. Symbol has always been one of my favourite Zs. Let's hope they can find a suitable team for them Edit: Oh my, nevermind, somehow confused TSL with ST >.< That's what I get for posting right out of bed | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45003 Posts
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Tenks
United States3104 Posts
On January 04 2013 00:22 Ydriel wrote: Wow. Parting gets elected player of the year by TL, he leaves TSL. TSL gets elected team of the year, disbands. I see a pattern here...*gets a tinfoil hat* TSL isn't ST ... | ||
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AyatoK
Morocco12 Posts
On January 04 2013 00:22 Ydriel wrote: Wow. Parting gets elected player of the year by TL, he leaves TSL. TSL gets elected team of the year, disbands. I see a pattern here...*gets a tinfoil hat* Parting was on Startale, team of the year was Startale | ||
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leandroqm
Netherlands874 Posts
That said, I really do feel sad for the players on the team. I wish the team could continue, but without coach Lee. Good luck for the (really good btw) players that are now free of contract. | ||
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Enzymatic
Canada1301 Posts
This is sad as I have a lot of good memories of TSL in the GSTL and such. | ||
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zkeller51
United States25 Posts
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gelle
Germany12 Posts
On January 03 2013 23:49 Arbee wrote: While I am saddened by this as I have always really liked TSL as one of those "smaller" teams, I can't say it is overly surprising. But it also is a bit upsetting on how poorly the Korean teams are being run. Let me tell you this: A couple months ago or so, I contacted TSL about a possible sponsorship for their team. I initially spoke with Sephora as she was kind of the website/English person and she was very good at communicating with me and relaying a few messages with Coach Lee. Finally Coach Lee wanted to set up a meeting on Skype and asked me to add him, I did but he never accepted. Sephora then asked that I email him, and I did with some basic overviews of what I was willing to offer and what I was hoping to get out of a sponsorship. Once again, he never responded. When I followed up with Sephora the only answer I got was that he was really bad with Skype and emails, and that she would try again. Its really a shame, but at the same time I can't feel bad for the Korean teams who say they have sponsorship problems that force them to lose players, or even an entire team but do not respond to serious sponsorship proposals. I can say that my proposal ranged from a couple thousand dollars for a small recognition (logo/patch) for my organization, to something in the 5-digit range for a little more formal sponsorship and possible partnership with the team I am building that could be used for expenses, stipends, or to help send players to foreign events if thats what they desired. So needless to say, while it may not have saved the team on its own, it would most certainly have been a pretty substantial private sponsorship amount, that could have helped a team continue to operate and help players out. TSL is not the only team I have previously contacted either, however sadly enough they were actually the most responsive of the teams that were apparently having financial trouble. I have thought this for quite some time, but the Korean ESF teams (not including FXO, and maybe even ST) are extremely poorly run as a business. And for a team having trouble to not even respond to sponsorship inquires and then use lack of sponsors as a reason to disband, is not a true portrayal of the problem with teams in Korea. I may consider looking into a "save TSL" effort though..... very insightful post, thanks. it seems to me that with the major changes in the last months there has to be some change in the ESF-teams. With Kespa teams switching over and more and more foreign teams picking up good korean players and even entering PL before any ESF team there's a lot of pressure on the existing ESF-teams. From the beginning of sc2 i heard that the korean teams doesnt pay salery or only a small one to their players and wondered how long the players will accept that. I hoped that the situation changed, but unfortunatly not for TSL. Maybe now there is the point of change for the teams. Partings depart from Startale fits to that, too. | ||
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Ace Frehley
2030 Posts
Too much is too much Next on the line are Prime Team 8 (let's see how long Kespa will put up with this team without a sponsor) NSH won't die because it's not a real pro-team, it's more like a clan or something. As long as their players feel like playing, they can go on I know it'll never happen (and it's mean), but I think the ideal situation (not so ideal, though) would be for Prime/Team8 to just die, and Proleague absorbs LG-IM/Startale/MVP/FXO and be a 10 teams league (assuming EG-TL doesn't come back next season). GSL just handles the individual league But because of the OSL boycott, Kespa wouldn't do that, I'm sure | ||
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MHT
Sweden1026 Posts
 Still hurts. | ||
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cLAN.Anax
United States2847 Posts
Amazing they were playing without any salaries. May they all find well-sponsored teams in the future.  | ||
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
On January 03 2013 23:57 ThomasjServo wrote: God I hope not. IPL is a great league but please no. I would see him fitting in well on a team like AZUBU or something in a similar vein. Was mostly joking, I don't think IPL will take that kind of role after what happend to team REIGN | ||
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Obeast96
United States106 Posts
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Psyclon
Bulgaria2443 Posts
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Shinespark
Chile843 Posts
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MrF
United States320 Posts
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