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JonnyREcco Leaves Dignitas

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Lumi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1612 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-08 17:19:18
March 08 2013 01:11 GMT
#1
Looks like ESPlanet got ahold of him first to learn a little bit more about the move:


British Zerg, Paul "JonnyREcco" Whyte, has just tweeted that he is no longer a part of Team Dignitas and is now looking for a new team. This move comes after the recent departure of recent departure of KiLLeR and Bischu. Whyte has been producing a lot of great results a good part of 2012 including a 3rd place finish at WCS UK Nationals and ESET UK Masters, a first place finish at i46 and an amazing run at TSL4 getting knocked out by KeeN in the Quarter-Finals by a dignified 3-4.

We quickly grabbed a chat with Paul to find out more information on his departure from the team. He stated that there were "quite a few things in the end" that made him leave, from contract issues to not receiving the help he was promised with setting up his stream. We have also learned that he was promised a contract with a small salary at ESWC which he "waited and waited for and never got" and when he asked about the contract again at the beginning of this year, everything was up in the air. Fast forward to tonight when Paul was getting his flights booked for i48. He was advised by Team Dignitas management that he would have to sign a contract that last for the whole of 2013 with no salary, and if he didn't sign, he would get no financial support at all. He naturally challenged this, in hopes of negotiating some terms in favour of himself, and upon being told "No" once again by the Team Dignitas management he declined to sign and was replied to with "lol ok" from Team Dignitas Managing Director Michael "ODEE" O'Dell.

Now that Whyte is free of any commitment with dignitas, he is looking for a team who are willing to support him by sending him to as much events as possible and just help him improve as much as he can. "I would probably be happy and be motivcated if some team wanted to put me in a team house" he said, "but really just a team where I could be happy in, get help from them, and do my best to bring attention to the team and their sponsors." He has not been in contact with any other teams about joining them, but he is hoping to do well at the next iSeries tournament in order to hopefully secure the team he's looking for.

With Whyte's departure, the current dignitas roster is rather small at the moment consisting of only 4 players, BlinG, DreAm, Ourk and Tefel. With a dwindling roster, a lot of fans of the Team Dignitas of old are wondering what's happening. We will have to wait and see what Team Dignitas is going to be doing with StarCraft 2."



Source: http://www.esplanet.net/article/870-jonnyrecco-leaves-dignitas/

Also, this update:

On March 08 2013 13:25 Master of DalK wrote:
ODEE tweeted a few hours after JR announced his leave, that dignitas would be adding to the SC2 Roster after HOTS release. No word yet from Team Dignitas about this matter directly.


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Tenshix
Profile Joined January 2013
United States169 Posts
March 08 2013 01:13 GMT
#2
Any reason why?
ssg
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1759 Posts
March 08 2013 01:14 GMT
#3
Cool

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TerranosaurusWrecks
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada187 Posts
March 08 2013 01:14 GMT
#4
http://www.team-dignitas.org/teams/StarCraft-II

yeah just checked their players, it's looking pretty bare
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SilverStar
Profile Joined January 2012
Sweden18511 Posts
March 08 2013 01:15 GMT
#5
That was quick. I think Newman was talking on the gdstudio about how they are not sure if they focus on sc2 in the future.
Champi
Profile Joined March 2010
1422 Posts
March 08 2013 01:16 GMT
#6

I actually really like this guy.. he made a big splash closer to half a year ago now and hasn't been in the spotlight much since then but I'm still really interested to see where he goes. Seemed like a Zerg with real promise / potential from the first I saw of his play.


really?... he just seemed like the biggest of patch zergs to me lol.

still... im very worried about dignitas sc2 division, im pretty sure theres only 2 or 3 players left now, and i wouldnt be surprised to hear them leave or get dropped soon and have the sc2 division close down altogether

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KanoCoke
Profile Joined June 2011
Japan863 Posts
March 08 2013 01:17 GMT
#7
I'm sure EG would love to have another Brit in there. Well, maybe.
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Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1781 Posts
March 08 2013 01:22 GMT
#8
NewmaN better not skip out on the SC section next gd show tt

Im really befuzzled as to whats going to happen to Dignitas moving forward..
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StarVe
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany13591 Posts
March 08 2013 01:27 GMT
#9
Dignitas dropping Zergs as soon as they can to get ready for HotS.
Lumi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1612 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-08 01:34:22
March 08 2013 01:33 GMT
#10
On March 08 2013 10:16 Champi wrote:
really?... he just seemed like the biggest of patch zergs to me lol.
(


I could maybe see that now more-so now with the lack of results being posted, but, he was really taking on some top players (koreans included) for a minute there and IIRC they were pretty legit games not reflective of patch zerginess. I'm a top master zerg myself and I pride myself on my zerg talent scouting! I knew from the first of DRGs broadcast games that the future of Z had arrived, that no Z like him had been seen thus far in the game. And again with Stephano, before he won anything! I'd like to throw the weight of my zerg talent scouting behind Johnny as a valid zerg with some potential. Or such was the distinct impression that was made on me a while back :o

On March 08 2013 10:27 StarVe wrote:
Dignitas dropping Zergs as soon as they can to get ready for HotS.


LOL!
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MrMotionPicture
Profile Joined May 2010
United States4327 Posts
March 08 2013 01:36 GMT
#11
Sad. I miss the old Dignitas with Naniwa, Select, Sjow. Those were the days...
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nikonikonii
Profile Joined March 2013
Japan38 Posts
March 08 2013 01:38 GMT
#12
Hope they get naniwa back
Mansef
Profile Joined May 2012
59 Posts
March 08 2013 01:40 GMT
#13
Irrelevant player leaves irrelevant team. Nothing to see here.

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AnomalySC2
Profile Joined August 2012
United States2073 Posts
March 08 2013 01:44 GMT
#14
On March 08 2013 10:40 Mansef wrote:
Irrelevant player leaves irrelevant team. Nothing to see here.


They used to be extremely relevant.
Xova
Profile Joined November 2010
United States342 Posts
March 08 2013 01:53 GMT
#15
On March 08 2013 10:44 AnomalySC2 wrote:
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On March 08 2013 10:40 Mansef wrote:
Irrelevant player leaves irrelevant team. Nothing to see here.


They used to be extremely relevant.

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syriuszonito
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland332 Posts
March 08 2013 01:54 GMT
#16
Ok you may like it or not but he was a helluva patchzerg, lets see if he can get any good now in hots

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docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
March 08 2013 02:09 GMT
#17
I hope he finds a new team, he was very relevant for a little bit there, I hope he can recapture that success. Though, I have to say that with a lack of good results in the very recent bit of career, I hope he was not a one and done kind of player. I wonder why he left Dig though, it isn't like they aren't a top caliber team that has just had some bad luck recently.
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Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12569 Posts
March 08 2013 02:10 GMT
#18
Good luck to him. Prolly gonna be hard to find anything, same as for Bishu.
SC2 Players don't seems to be satisfied with Dignitas overall, the turn over for the team is quite high. Might be the player fault, or the team priorities changing, who knows.
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
March 08 2013 02:13 GMT
#19
he made a big splash closer to half a year ago now and hasn't been in the spotlight much since then


Was it school related? His best results were in the summer of 2012 IIRC, and I'm guessing since he's so young he might have had to devote less time to competing and practicing due to school.
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland19028 Posts
March 08 2013 02:18 GMT
#20
Weird. Would have thought one of the premiere UK teams would want to keep some of the British core.

Anyway, waiting for actual details and the likes.
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