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Sulphur
United Kingdom21 Posts
On March 16 2013 00:27 derpface wrote: Now I wonder who will go next, HuK or Machine or hopefully iNcontroL? Machine is the only one out of those three I could conceivably see leaving. But I think they want to give him a chance to prove himself in HotS, he switched over very early. | ||
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ffadicted
United States3545 Posts
With that said, not sure why this logic isn't applied to players like Machine and Demuslim (I'd say idra and incontrol, but they have more of a leadership/community/whatever role than player role)... loyalty maybe? But if that were the case, Puma has done and earned much more for EG than those players ever did or will, so.... | ||
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CCa1ss1e
Canada3231 Posts
gl to wherever you end up pewma! | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19300 Posts
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WizardMcMuffin
Norway13 Posts
Good luck going forth! Perhaps Axiom needs another terran? :D | ||
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
* Details for how that will work out is left as an exercise for the reader. | ||
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bautistaaa
United States9 Posts
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boxerfred
Germany8360 Posts
Kudos to EG for being that honest. Let's just NOT go for "who's next"  . IdrA, JYP, HuK, Suppy, Machine... you don't hear too much lately, do you? | ||
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HotGlueGun
United States1409 Posts
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Prolet
United States37 Posts
On a side note, I love how people say these players make "too much money" causes an "EG Curse." Just realize the only way for esports to grow and attract people, is if more money comes into the system. A person decides: "Should I hold off with university and make money playing esports?" They could play Starcraft II professionally and make X amount of dollars. Or they could go to university and make Y amount of dollars after they are finished. People look at the opportunity cost each situation. If there are higher salaries, then more players and fans will come to esports. I applaud any epsorts team that can provide a decent salary and benefits to their players. More people watching Starcraft II means more sponsors and larger prize pools. The amount of money they make is relative. It may be a lot compared to what YOU make, especially since many of the players are young kids. Imagine receiving that amount of income at 15-19 years old? Most of professional Starcraft II players do not make much. And it takes years to get there. | ||
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QuantumChaos
Canada37 Posts
Do you know what Machine's salary is, as opposed to Puma's? Didn't think so. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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E95jisA5dL
15 Posts
On March 16 2013 00:21 BronzeKnee wrote:What? Winners are marketable, losers are not. EG wants winners. What you say is clearly not true. Losers are indeed marketable. Just look at Incontrol, Idra, Machine, Huk who all get facerolled by Puma or any other Korean or significant EU player for that matter, and haven't done anything significant in years. The reason they are on a team and have market value is because they have a big personality and have a following of fans. Shy Koreans are quite hard to market, even if they are winners. Why do you think Idra has a much bigger following than Taeja? It's not because of his skill I can guarantee you that. | ||
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brieN
United States158 Posts
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IamAnton
Canada335 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On March 16 2013 00:27 derpface wrote: Now I wonder who will go next, HuK or Machine or hopefully iNcontroL? Keep hoping, its not going to happen. Incontrol provides a ton of value to EG though media presence, regardless of his results in events. And because of his media and community presence, other team members can focus on practice and events. EG has no reason to get rid of their front man when he is doing such a good job at it. | ||
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QuantumChaos
Canada37 Posts
On March 16 2013 00:48 Plansix wrote: Keep hoping, its not going to happen. Incontrol provides a ton of value to EG though media presence, regardless of his results in events. And because of his media and community presence, other team members can focus on practice and events. EG has no reason to get rid of their front man when he is doing such a good job at it. Not to mention Incontrol is semi-retired from pro play at this point and is focusing on his other strengths - commentating, event hosting etc. As well as being the team captain and the public face of EG. Alex would be retarded to drop Incontrol. | ||
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Tosster
Poland299 Posts
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never_Nal
Costa Rica676 Posts
 so its k, so sad to hear about PuMa leaving when new Coach coming into the house, It will be interesting to see foreigner under a Korean regiment of training, I Wonder if Coach Park will also affect TL-EG in Proleague, and who will he "train or help" TL players | ||
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On March 16 2013 00:52 Tosster wrote: Makes zero sense with HOTS release. Could it be endless money ceased to flow? Or because Puma was earning way too much compared to his current skill? Hots or not, he wasn't performing as well as he did when they signed him. As you can read from the statement, Puma was one of their highest earning players. Even without decreasing/balancing the salary, Puma didn't accept the offer. It would be very risky to offer him the same or similar contract just because it's HotS. They need the money elsewhere, getting more players to EG-TL for example. And i'm sure you can get few new players that are up and coming and has huge potential with that kind of money. From the statement: PuMa was one of our highest-paid Korean players, and we felt that to truly improve our performance in Proleague, we needed to get more results for our investment. We view Ho Joon as a member of our family, and we didn’t want to simply remove him from our team – in fact, we wanted to, and tried to, renegotiate his contract in a way that would make more sense for both sides (perhaps by balancing a decrease in salary with less Proleague participation and more non-Korean event attendance), but ultimately this approach was not desirable to him, and both of us agreed that it would be best to release him. | ||
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