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EG releases Ho Joon “PuMa” Lee - Page 6

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imJealous
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1382 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-15 05:58:51
March 15 2013 05:57 GMT
#101
I imagine Puma will just look for another foreign team that is more interested in picking up Koreans to send to foreign events rather than trying to hack it in proleague.

Edit: Or maybe Liquid'Puma is about to happen, who knows!
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damahammer
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany111 Posts
March 15 2013 05:58 GMT
#102
seems like being Flash's practice partner is not enough :D
i think ppl overhyped this guy
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
March 15 2013 05:59 GMT
#103
On March 15 2013 14:55 Fionn wrote:
Only 355 pages to go before we can match the 'Puma joins EG' thread!


You're just jealous he gets more posts than Polt :p
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Schelim
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Austria11528 Posts
March 15 2013 06:00 GMT
#104
finally...
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bittman
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia8759 Posts
March 15 2013 06:01 GMT
#105
On March 15 2013 14:55 Fionn wrote:
Only 355 pages to go before we can match the 'Puma joins EG' thread!


Wow I remember that thread being like the biggest thing for sc2 that entire month. It was such an interesting time post NASL with this thing happening.

I really hope Puma searches for a US or EU team and moves there ala Polt. I doubt he'll be looking at such a large salary again though.
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kochanfe
Profile Joined July 2011
Micronesia1338 Posts
March 15 2013 06:01 GMT
#106
Ah well, now they'll pick up aLive probably.
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Sikly
Profile Joined June 2011
United States413 Posts
March 15 2013 06:02 GMT
#107
On March 15 2013 14:58 damahammer wrote:
seems like being Flash's practice partner is not enough :D
i think ppl overhyped this guy


Well, he won three tournies, placed second and third at multiple other tournies. When he was at the top he was probably the most threatening player in the world at foreign tournies. Seems like he was pretty appropriately hyped to me, but what do I know!
Gendo
Profile Joined June 2012
United Kingdom216 Posts
March 15 2013 06:04 GMT
#108
Shame since he had the opportunity to get proper training now, GL.
MrMedic
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada452 Posts
March 15 2013 06:05 GMT
#109
Sad but, not surprising.
kKagari
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia84 Posts
March 15 2013 06:07 GMT
#110
You know, I just don't get it. If Puma was underperforming, what does that make incontrol and idra?
Novacute
Profile Joined September 2011
Australia313 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-15 06:09:33
March 15 2013 06:07 GMT
#111
Makes me wonder why both Machine and Idra has not been released yet. Their performance has been clearly below average, especially with EG's focus in the Korean scene. At this point in time, i doubt the said two players will take any games off Proleague players. Not sure why they're paid well when a player like Puma, who is the highest achiever ever since setting foot in EG is released so suddenly. The terms must have been horrible for him to leave.
KKoNcept
Profile Joined October 2010
United States25 Posts
March 15 2013 06:07 GMT
#112
Let's look at this on the bright side: EG-TL will no longer have guaranteed loss in Proleague so props to EG for doing what everyone has been hoping for.
jcroisdale
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1543 Posts
March 15 2013 06:08 GMT
#113
I wonder how much of this if any has to do with coach park. I know that puma went to EG for the foreign enviroment, and has instead jsut gone from that slowly back into the Korean style.
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[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
March 15 2013 06:08 GMT
#114
I feel this release is premature. Puma deserved a shot at Hots.
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ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
March 15 2013 06:08 GMT
#115
On March 15 2013 14:30 Snoodles wrote:
This means EG HAS to be planning to hire a korean terran. There's no way they can get through proleague with taeja. They need at least one more.

Shit that's actually true. One single Terran is too restricting for them in Proleague, especially for HotS.
Well, they still have Demuslim and Thorzain, but they're not quite good enough I think.

Looking forward to what they could announce next :D
recklessfire
Profile Joined September 2010
United States373 Posts
March 15 2013 06:09 GMT
#116
On March 15 2013 14:48 SamanthaRain wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 15 2013 14:18 blade55555 wrote:
On March 15 2013 14:16 ixzenxi wrote:
Sad to hear but hope he gets picked up by another team and see him do well again.

Is this the first time EG released a player due to poor results?


They didn't kick him. Read the ending and they said they offered him less salary and some less event times which he didn't want so they decided to let him go.


That's basically kicking him out... I mean, what's the point of being on EG if you're not going to get paid any more than being on Mouz or Eclypsia?


because if you do well in tournys again, then your in the perfect team to negotiate with. His results were poor, thus the pay cut. And imagine if puma steps it up this next year and did as well or even better when he first arrived in EG. Now he can renegotiate his contract with EG and im sure they'll be more than happy to raise his salary. Let's face it, its better to be in EG at the moment, because they are much more financially secure than most of the teams in the scene.
sCFade
Profile Joined September 2010
307 Posts
March 15 2013 06:09 GMT
#117
I really, really like this new style of writeups from Mr. Garfield. Hope it becomes more than just these last 2 things.
Mortal
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
2943 Posts
March 15 2013 06:09 GMT
#118
On March 15 2013 14:48 SamanthaRain wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 15 2013 14:18 blade55555 wrote:
On March 15 2013 14:16 ixzenxi wrote:
Sad to hear but hope he gets picked up by another team and see him do well again.

Is this the first time EG released a player due to poor results?


They didn't kick him. Read the ending and they said they offered him less salary and some less event times which he didn't want so they decided to let him go.


That's basically kicking him out... I mean, what's the point of being on EG if you're not going to get paid any more than being on Mouz or Eclypsia?

You're fucking delusional.
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Varrik
Profile Joined May 2012
United States18 Posts
March 15 2013 06:10 GMT
#119
PuMa was not a big personality so his compensation was based more on his performance. Machine and Idra have larger fanbases/stream followings and are very valuable tools for EG even if their tournament finishes are poor. It's not as one dimensional as many of you think.

Sad to see him go. I wish they would have agreed on a new contract because of his foreign tourney performances. I hope he finds a new team that treats him well!
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Gosi
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Sweden9072 Posts
March 15 2013 06:11 GMT
#120
On March 15 2013 15:02 Sikly wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 15 2013 14:58 damahammer wrote:
seems like being Flash's practice partner is not enough :D
i think ppl overhyped this guy


Well, he won three tournies, placed second and third at multiple other tournies. When he was at the top he was probably the most threatening player in the world at foreign tournies. Seems like he was pretty appropriately hyped to me, but what do I know!

Going overseas and spanking foreign butt is ez pz, even more so during the time PuMa broke out because we didn't really have those few foreigners that could put up a fight at the time other than HuK, and some what IdrA and Kas on a good day. This was also before every tournament got swarmed with koreans so it was pretty much only PuMa, MC and DRG at most of those events.

He always failed in Korea against tougher opponents and now in Proleague he just fell apart completely. He had a good run, but was overhyped way too long.
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