On March 20 2013 08:15 Qwyn wrote: Is Thorzain switching races? Why? Confused about his quote that EGTL has no Terran players besides Taeja. I'm trying not to go bonkers here.
I figured Park forgot about Thorzain or doesnt really consider him a viable option in proleague. Hope it's not the latter >_>
Well that would be insulting. TZ has awesome potential. Considering how he talked about everyone having potential and that he was looking forward to meeting Stephano and Thorzain I hope it's not the case.
On March 20 2013 08:15 Qwyn wrote: Is Thorzain switching races? Why? Confused about his quote that EGTL has no Terran players besides Taeja. I'm trying not to go bonkers here.
I figured Park forgot about Thorzain or doesnt really consider him a viable option in proleague. Hope it's not the latter >_>
Well that would be insulting. TZ has awesome potential. Considering how he talked about everyone having potential and that he was looking forward to meeting Stephano and Thorzain I hope it's not the case.
Also possible he was saying Taeja is the only stable Terran as TZ doesn't actually live in Korea permanently
On March 20 2013 08:15 Qwyn wrote: Is Thorzain switching races? Why? Confused about his quote that EGTL has no Terran players besides Taeja. I'm trying not to go bonkers here.
I figured Park forgot about Thorzain or doesnt really consider him a viable option in proleague. Hope it's not the latter >_>
Well that would be insulting. TZ has awesome potential. Considering how he talked about everyone having potential and that he was looking forward to meeting Stephano and Thorzain I hope it's not the case.
i think tz may have been overseas when he was interviewed, so only terran = taeja at that time
On March 20 2013 08:48 blade55555 wrote: Optertown thanks for translating that was really interesting to read and the guy seems to know what he's doing (obviously) :D
On March 20 2013 08:15 Qwyn wrote: Is Thorzain switching races? Why? Confused about his quote that EGTL has no Terran players besides Taeja. I'm trying not to go bonkers here.
I figured Park forgot about Thorzain or doesnt really consider him a viable option in proleague. Hope it's not the latter >_>
Well that would be insulting. TZ has awesome potential. Considering how he talked about everyone having potential and that he was looking forward to meeting Stephano and Thorzain I hope it's not the case.
"But the boosters in HotS are a little different than what I imagined. They should use energy, or become more vulnerable when using them, something like that. There has to be a risk, but there are none, so it’s no fun when players can infinitely use them."
I thought of the energy requirement and extra vulnerability, too. Personally, I like the latter more. Maybe they can take extra damage while boosting or something.
Also, +1 to scourge (or something similar). This man knows what he is talking about!
I'm surprised he was so candid about their streaming obligations going so far as to say players get fined/salary withheld if they don't meet their streaming quota.
On March 20 2013 18:05 Canucklehead wrote: I'm surprised he was so candid about their streaming obligations going so far as to say players get fined/salary withheld if they don't meet their streaming quota.
Streaming makes the player more visible, brings in more fans for him and thus also increases the sponsor visibility. It makes sense.
On March 20 2013 18:05 Canucklehead wrote: I'm surprised he was so candid about their streaming obligations going so far as to say players get fined/salary withheld if they don't meet their streaming quota.
It's not that surprising, IdrA just said yesterday on Inside the Game that his contract is heavily based on streaming, if he went to Korea and could only stream for as long as Coach Park allows, he'd make maybe 2/3 of the salary he does now.
They're pretty open about it, and I guess everyone pretty much knew or guessed that anyway.
"To address this issue, we will be doing several things. First, we’ll be increasing our infrastructure budget operation-wide, which includes everything from our team house itself, to our ground transportation, to our player support – we’re going to allocate more resources and improve the entire operation, in every way we can, so that our players can minimize their distractions and put additional focus on their play in a more organized, structured environment. And secondly (and just as, if not more importantly), we’re going to make a big addition to our coaching staff by hiring a new Head Coach whom you’re all probably quite familiar with."
This makes me think that in addition to improving the physical situation in the team house in Korea (which was horrible by all accounts that I've actually heard or read) they are also going to be lightening up on the streaming obligations for their players in Korea, Park probably sat EG down and told them that it was unrealistic to expect large amounts of streaming AND good proleague results (or any other major tournament for that matter).
On March 21 2013 01:29 HSAN wrote: Too bad core members of EG don't always seem to approve of Park's ways. At least that's the impression I got from watching ITG.
Well they don't need to approve as long as they still follow it.
On March 20 2013 18:05 Canucklehead wrote: I'm surprised he was so candid about their streaming obligations going so far as to say players get fined/salary withheld if they don't meet their streaming quota.
It's not that surprising, IdrA just said yesterday on Inside the Game that his contract is heavily based on streaming, if he went to Korea and could only stream for as long as Coach Park allows, he'd make maybe 2/3 of the salary he does now.
They're pretty open about it, and I guess everyone pretty much knew or guessed that anyway.
This is the main problem with them (and many foreign teams), salary over results.
On March 20 2013 18:05 Canucklehead wrote: I'm surprised he was so candid about their streaming obligations going so far as to say players get fined/salary withheld if they don't meet their streaming quota.
It's not that surprising, IdrA just said yesterday on Inside the Game that his contract is heavily based on streaming, if he went to Korea and could only stream for as long as Coach Park allows, he'd make maybe 2/3 of the salary he does now.
They're pretty open about it, and I guess everyone pretty much knew or guessed that anyway.
This is the main problem with them (and many foreign teams), salary over results.
It is the problem of supporting a team in NA or EU. Kespa teams are heavly sponsored, they can take public transportation to the studio for Proleague and other Korean leagues, and so on. They can focus more on practicing because they have less overhead and no start up costs. If all Esports in NA took place in one city, things would be a lot cheaper for the teams.