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EG releases Ho Joon “PuMa” Lee - Page 9

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ChriS-X
Profile Joined June 2011
Malaysia1374 Posts
March 15 2013 06:45 GMT
#161
coL/quantic puma?!?!?
yyfpulls
Profile Joined November 2012
United States2185 Posts
March 15 2013 06:45 GMT
#162
puma are you crazy, you're not getting anything better than EG
dabom88
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States3483 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-15 06:46:40
March 15 2013 06:45 GMT
#163
I'm gonna take a gander and say that Axiom or Acer might be the ones most willing to pick him up. At significantly less than what EG probably offered him as a re-negotiated contract.

I think Puma may have overplayed his hand.
You should not have to pay to watch the GSL, Proleague, or OSL at a reasonable time. That is not "fine" and it's BS to say otherwise. My sig since 2011. http://www.youtube.com/user/dabom88
derthy
Profile Joined June 2012
United States79 Posts
March 15 2013 06:46 GMT
#164
This must be what rock bottom looks like.
DNA61289
Profile Joined August 2010
United States665 Posts
March 15 2013 06:46 GMT
#165
Sad but understandable under the circumstances.
But yeah being a Korean gamer is very imba. If you're a non-korean gamer you have to balance your game playing with earning money and your real life. If you're Korean you just sit around playing games all day eating 2 cent ramyun and becoming gosu.
winthrop
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Hong Kong956 Posts
March 15 2013 06:47 GMT
#166
Puma joins LGIM.
in a few days
its my prediction
Incredible Miracle
KanoCoke
Profile Joined June 2011
Japan863 Posts
March 15 2013 06:47 GMT
#167
Quite understandable.

Good luck to PuMa finding a new highly-ranked foreign team, as he deserves to be in one.

On a sidenote, everything was so formal and serious, but I couldn't help but lol when it came down to the bit with the twitter address.
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ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-15 06:50:09
March 15 2013 06:49 GMT
#168
On March 15 2013 15:38 sitromit wrote:
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On March 15 2013 15:23 UnKooL wrote:
On March 15 2013 15:17 sitromit wrote:
On March 15 2013 15:14 ZenithM wrote:
On March 15 2013 15:13 sitromit wrote:
EGMKRC inc.

Don't you dare.

Kekekeke :p


My god, that would be terrible. I would not like that at all.

Sorry, it's inevitable, what coach Park wants, he gets. :p

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=339200

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Any Starcraft II players you like in particular?

JulyZerg.

*Everyone laughs. I don't know why.

Anyone who didn't come from Brood War?

Oddly, I end up mostly watching players who used to play Brood War. They just have so much personality.

I do like players like say, MarineKing, because he has his own unique characteristic, in his case making a lot of marines and using them well.

Oh god it's happening.


MKP must have the highest ratio popularity * skill / monthly salary, so I gotta admit I would not be surprised at all
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37043 Posts
March 15 2013 06:50 GMT
#169
Whoa... PuMa left EG? Oo;;

I did not see this coming...
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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Herpaderpben
Profile Joined August 2012
United States18 Posts
March 15 2013 06:52 GMT
#170
Wow, didn't see that coming. That's sad...

Good luck to Puma in the future!
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-15 06:54:45
March 15 2013 06:52 GMT
#171
On March 15 2013 15:42 Bagration wrote:
What?! Puma was EG's ace for so long, it seems cold to throw him off like that.
But that also meant they were paying him a lot of money - which has recently become unjustified. So they offered him less money and he left instead. Sounds fair to me, no?

Speaking of which... I wonder how Puma hopes to find a better contract than what they offered him. He's not particularly hot on the market right now and there's a lot of other strong free agents as well.
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
gosublade
Profile Joined May 2011
632 Posts
March 15 2013 06:57 GMT
#172
kt rolster
Not even death can save you from me.
WetSocks
Profile Joined June 2012
United States953 Posts
March 15 2013 06:58 GMT
#173
expected this, but not this early
CloudCat
Profile Joined May 2011
Singapore159 Posts
March 15 2013 07:00 GMT
#174
What? Would never have thought that they would let go of Puma given the success he brought EG when compared to say Machine.
gosublade
Profile Joined May 2011
632 Posts
March 15 2013 07:03 GMT
#175
On March 15 2013 16:00 CloudCat wrote:
What? Would never have thought that they would let go of Puma given the success he brought EG when compared to say Machine.


machine has yoloswag
Not even death can save you from me.
dabom88
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States3483 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-15 07:10:30
March 15 2013 07:04 GMT
#176
On March 15 2013 16:00 CloudCat wrote:
What? Would never have thought that they would let go of Puma given the success he brought EG when compared to say Machine.

Machine is probably being paid significantly less than Puma was. It's not just how about how many wins they're getting, it's how much they're exposure they're generating for the EG Brand and its sponsors RELATIVE to how much EG is paying them.

Despite how it may seem, Machine does have a quite a few fans and streams regularly. As a result, he has some way of creating exposure for EG and its sponsors, so it probably justifies the smaller salary EG pays him to get a return on investment.

Puma can't speak English well, so he can't expose the EG brand and sponsors as much if he isn't winning tournaments. He wasn't, so EG thought they weren't getting a return on investment for his larger salary, so they tried to renegotiate a smaller, more appropriate salary relative to how much exposure he was generating for them. He rejected it, so they let him go.
You should not have to pay to watch the GSL, Proleague, or OSL at a reasonable time. That is not "fine" and it's BS to say otherwise. My sig since 2011. http://www.youtube.com/user/dabom88
Prplppleatr
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1518 Posts
March 15 2013 07:04 GMT
#177
On March 15 2013 14:18 blade55555 wrote:
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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.

And the renegotiation was because of results...
Either way, hope you find a great team puma.
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Antimatterz
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1010 Posts
March 15 2013 07:04 GMT
#178
Aww really liked Puma, but completely forgot he was a player. Haven't seen news about him in a long time. GL to him in the future!
"HotBid [11:45 AM]: i dunno i kinda like the big muta shooting smaller mutas out"
Radicalness
Profile Joined September 2011
United States271 Posts
March 15 2013 07:07 GMT
#179
Sad to hear this. Puma was my first favorite Korean player.

No doubt he's been struggling lately and I agree with everything in the statement but it's still sad to see him go. Good luck to both him and eg.
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zoLo
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States5896 Posts
March 15 2013 07:07 GMT
#180
=/ Good luck in the future PuMa.
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