The most dominant team of 2012... their players are obviously looking for better things. It's too bad the way esports works with sponsors, because they obviously had a great environment for their players but I guess the aspects aside from training just werent satisfying enough for their players. I'd like to see them migrate to kespa teams because the training will be good and (I'm not totally sure about this ) the money is there. But then foreign fans suffer because kespa, despite their great pool of talent, is wasted on their shit English content

Omnidroid

New Zealand214 Posts

January 14 2013 01:22 GMT

#42

OH man, its your time to shine ace! I hope startale can produce more wonderful players in teh futuure

zyzq

United States3123 Posts

January 14 2013 01:22 GMT

#43

On January 14 2013 10:21 Ry2D2 wrote:
I would rather KeSPA accept more teams (eg IM, ST, etc.) than have all these teams keep loosing players who move over to KeSPA and these teams having to disband.

KeSPA doesn't care about GOM/eSF teams. It's the simple truth.

AlternativeEgo

Sweden17309 Posts

January 14 2013 01:22 GMT

#44

Naniwa and Sase to take the empty chairs gogo

S_SienZ

1878 Posts

January 14 2013 01:22 GMT

#45

On January 14 2013 10:21 Fionn wrote:
Pretty sure HoSeo is going to be the last ESF team standing. It'll be 2034, and I'm pretty sure jjakji, Tassadar and the rest will just be chilling at HoSeo university, not in any SC2 tournaments but still considered a team that gets free housing.

Can't stop HoSeo.

inc disbandment of NSH

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

January 14 2013 01:23 GMT

#46

All the statement says is Squirtle is leaving for a new team and list his achievements on Startale. He probably left the same reason Parting did.

wigwamfan

85 Posts

January 14 2013 01:23 GMT

#47

I dont know if this was mentioned but bomber yday said on his stream that this will be his last gsl (i guess because of army, he got summons not long ago as he mentioned in his up and down interview), meaning that startale's core will be shattered in a few months.

VirgilSC2

United States6151 Posts

January 14 2013 01:23 GMT

#48

Did he leave after the end of a contract so he can go to KeSPA, or did he leave before his contract expired locking him into the choices of a foreign team, or another eSF team?

iMrising

United States1099 Posts

January 14 2013 01:24 GMT

#49

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WHAT? HE JUST SAID...nooo...my squirtle leaving startale...
wait he just said that he would make for parting's absence, but he just left...

dang it squirtle and bomber, 2 of my favs, no longer on the same team T.T

S_SienZ

1878 Posts

January 14 2013 01:24 GMT

#50

Liquid`Squirtle.

Not as funny as PartinG but still kinda works lol

figq

12519 Posts

January 14 2013 01:24 GMT

#51

He hasn't changed his twitter to Squirtle_SC2 or something yet.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

January 14 2013 01:24 GMT

#52

Contracts are up after the year is over and Kespa is waving dollars in their faces. It's what we all thought would happen, but I didn't completely believe that the no trade agreement apparently means nothing when the players just bank on being free agents.

Hopefully some ESF teams can still manage to compete.

TehV747

180 Posts

January 14 2013 01:25 GMT

#53

Much rather have fewer teams, all with much deeper line ups. Would makes leagues like PL much much more interesting to watch.

Thinasy

2856 Posts

January 14 2013 01:25 GMT

#54

Really?, this is getting disgusting

catplanetcatplanet

3836 Posts

January 14 2013 01:25 GMT

#55

Behind Bomber, Curious, Life and (probably) Hack:

Poll: Who will be ST's 5th GSTL player?

Golden (23)

39%

AcE (15)

25%

SuHoSin (7)

12%

Avenge (4)

7%

Sparta (3)

5%

TREME (3)

5%

Brain (2)

3%

Harrier (1)

2%

Sound (1)

2%

59 total votes

Your vote: Who will be ST's 5th GSTL player?

(Vote): AcE
(Vote): Avenge
(Vote): Brain
(Vote): Golden
(Vote): Harrier
(Vote): Sound
(Vote): Sparta
(Vote): SuHoSin
(Vote): TREME

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

January 14 2013 01:25 GMT

#56

On January 14 2013 10:23 VirgilSC2 wrote:
Did he leave after the end of a contract so he can go to KeSPA, or did he leave before his contract expired locking him into the choices of a foreign team, or another eSF team?

Seeing as Parting just left and they've been on the same team for the past two years, his contract probably expired just like Parting.

Life didn't become a ST member till the summer of 2012, so he probably won't expire till mid 2013. If he was on an expiring contract, every KeSPA team should just write a blank check and hand it to him.