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Goibon
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand8185 Posts
January 14 2013 01:34 GMT
#101
Ok, Parting leaves, no biggies. But Squirtle too?

Ugh.

Impending sense of doom difficult to ignore.
Leenock =^_^= Ryung =^_^= Parting =^_^= herO =^_^= Guilty
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
January 14 2013 01:35 GMT
#102
On January 14 2013 10:33 sharkie wrote:
Nothing can beat steady salary after all.

They all realise that they can't expect to keep doing well in tournaments to get money. They also have to prepare for times when they not do well and still receive money.


i suppose they got a salary in startale? Cause in some thread somebody posted that parting got ~20k a year if i read correctly.
Pimpmuckl
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany528 Posts
January 14 2013 01:35 GMT
#103
Whatwhatwhat? I mean i don't think Startale will fall apart given the players they still have, but damn that's some blow to their Toss roster :/
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isaachukfan
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Canada785 Posts
January 14 2013 01:35 GMT
#104
ST has Red Bull sponsor and are undisputed best esf team.....i don't think they are going under anytime soon, maybe just consolidating so the can pay their remaining players something comparable to kespa...
I'm a mennonite, yes I'm allowed to use a computer
snively
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States1159 Posts
January 14 2013 01:35 GMT
#105
squirtle: im good, give me money
startale: no
squirtle: kthxbai

^^
My religion is Starcraft
sinigang
Profile Joined August 2012
360 Posts
January 14 2013 01:35 GMT
#106
On January 14 2013 10:30 sinigang wrote:
gogo KeSPA reclaim what is yourrsss


Seriously though, if ESF won't keep up it's just gonna be bad for the SC2 scene. It means there's not just enough money going around for SC2.

Worst case, SC2 will maintain its own scene, albeit very niche. Think of the scale of tennis (SC2) vs football (LoL). SC2 will live on, that's for sure.
Holdenintherye
Profile Joined December 2012
Canada1441 Posts
January 14 2013 01:36 GMT
#107
Kinda scared that as players demand more money, teams are gonna be dropping like flies...
But on the other hand, this may be a golden opportunity for new/lesser known players to shine
Elite__
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada976 Posts
January 14 2013 01:36 GMT
#108
only a matter of time for life too i guess o.o
Havik_
Profile Joined November 2011
United States5585 Posts
January 14 2013 01:36 GMT
#109
Even without Squirtle and PartinG they're still a championship caliber team.
"An opinion is only as good as the evidence that backs it up."- William O'Malley, S.J.
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
January 14 2013 01:36 GMT
#110
this whole thing feels so bad after seeing the teamhouse documentary.....startale being like a family and stuff...
dinosrwar
Profile Joined September 2011
1290 Posts
January 14 2013 01:36 GMT
#111
Noooooooo. Will ST become next TSL?
LimitSEA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia9580 Posts
January 14 2013 01:37 GMT
#112
Wowww, two of ST's big guns gone. They're still incredibly strong, but that's a huge loss nonetheless.
Long live the King of Wings
Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
January 14 2013 01:37 GMT
#113
Startale and TSL are totally different. Startale still has like 20+ players on their team and Life.

When Life goes, then you may throw dirt on their grave.
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PhOeniX[MinD]
Profile Joined August 2008
361 Posts
January 14 2013 01:37 GMT
#114
kespa pays better that other teams? i thought they had some sponsors problems, anyway gl to squirtle and i think ST will be fine i will be worried if i see Life leave them
KT_FlaSh #1
OopsOopsBaby
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Singapore3425 Posts
January 14 2013 01:37 GMT
#115
On January 14 2013 10:35 Bam Lee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2013 10:33 sharkie wrote:
Nothing can beat steady salary after all.

They all realise that they can't expect to keep doing well in tournaments to get money. They also have to prepare for times when they not do well and still receive money.


i suppose they got a salary in startale? Cause in some thread somebody posted that parting got ~20k a year if i read correctly.

better welfare and career opportunities after retirement being on kespa.
s3x2-2 xiao3x2+2 bone3+2+2
Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16838 Posts
January 14 2013 01:37 GMT
#116
On January 14 2013 10:29 Kennigit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2013 10:25 Wintex wrote:
Man, I wish they had a trade block for eSF players whose contracts expire (to KeSPA, I mean). This is sad.

Why? There is a trade block, but playrs will always look to get the best deal they can. just business


Yeah, exactly. The trade block only blocks people that are contracted to an eSF team. And of course, but having the KeSPA teams drain all the eSF teams of the best players they have isn't great for the scene either. Kills competition and makes it even harder to raise the upn'comers that are on the KeSPA teams. I just feel bad for the teams tbh.
The Bomber boy
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32740 Posts
January 14 2013 01:39 GMT
#117
Lets be honest, the team family mechanics and good coaches is incredibly important, but above all, these guys are professionals who also need salaries. A skilled player like Squirtle who can also rally the fans is bound to feel a little restricted by ST's low(?) salaries compared to himself. He probably felt ST was a world too small for him, and he needed to diversify and get a larger income relative to his skill and personality.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Hodgyy
Profile Joined January 2012
138 Posts
January 14 2013 01:40 GMT
#118
Money best unit K/R
Syntechi!
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
January 14 2013 01:41 GMT
#119
I'm glad ST lets players go if they want to go, but .
crawlingchaos
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada2025 Posts
January 14 2013 01:41 GMT
#120
On January 14 2013 10:39 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Lets be honest, the team family mechanics and good coaches is incredibly important, but above all, these guys are professionals who also need salaries. A skilled player like Squirtle who can also rally the fans is bound to feel a little restricted by ST's low(?) salaries compared to himself. He probably felt ST was a world too small for him, and he needed to diversify and get a larger income relative to his skill and personality.

This is probably the case, and ST of all teams (other than IM) can eat these recent player losses without TOO much setback.

Still though, qq.
They say that life's a carousel, spinning fast you've gotta ride it well, the world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams, it's heaven and hell, oh well.
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