Dimaga is an interesting name you mentioned. Recent accomplishments of his are lacking, but still he's a solid player and being with EG could give him the boost he needs. He has the best following (that I know of) in Ukraine/Russia, and would add an interesting dimension for the EG team's representation and to the team personally.

Zenbrez

Canada5973 Posts

May 16 2013 05:22 GMT

#44

On May 16 2013 14:17 GenesisX wrote:
In a surprise twist, EG picks up both Parting and Life and the "two rivals become allies" shit happens again.

"two allies becomes rivals become allies"

They were pals on Startale

KelsierSC

United Kingdom10443 Posts

May 16 2013 05:22 GMT

#45

I really don't think it's fair to call alive, oz and revival "band aid players"

They have all displayed pretty high levels of skill in my opinion.
Furthermore the term "band aid player" is highly disrespectful regardless of your impression of how good they are.

This is just my personal preference, I much prefer objective journalism rather than shock value journalism, so it is entirely your choice

Battousai13

United States638 Posts

May 16 2013 05:23 GMT

#46

EG should honestly save the money and refocus. They have the tools, right now, to really grow their players and gain much ground in claiming tournament titles. Keep Coach Park on their payroll and let him continue to work his magic. Then, they can send more of their players to non-Korean tournaments like MLG, DreamHack, IEM, etc.

HeeroFX

United States2704 Posts

May 16 2013 05:24 GMT

#47

EG doesn't really need to rush to add a player to replace idra. Sure the NA scene for them is weak, but they are pretty strong in korea. And in real talk idra was gonna stop competiting and do something else with EG with a focus on media stuff. I actually wouldn't mind them giving money that could be used to sign a big name SC 2 player and maybe reward dota 2 or LoL players for performance.

Defacer

Canada5052 Posts

May 16 2013 05:27 GMT

#48

I'm hoping they pick up another NA Zerg.

I have no idea what Scarlett's contract is like but she's the most talented and marketable NA player out there, she deserves to some of that filthy EG money.

tuho12345

4482 Posts

May 16 2013 05:40 GMT

#49

hope to see Life or Innovation, but that'd be a waste of talent consider how they can't train at a top level anymore.

viasacra89

United States134 Posts

May 16 2013 05:41 GMT

#50

EGPrime!!!

derElbe

Germany571 Posts

May 16 2013 05:45 GMT

#51

i think they snipe Innovation, sos or someone from Azubu

StarStruck

25339 Posts

May 16 2013 05:47 GMT

#52

I wonder how much dough Red Bull would pony up to keep Life and if they believe he is worth the investment. I mean it is Red Bull after all and I wouldn't call this a coin-flip at all between PartinG and Life. Watch it come out of left field. Congrats on making another EG promotional thread, lol!

AstroPegnuin

293 Posts

May 16 2013 05:53 GMT

#53

If they weren't stupid they would of called Huk's bluff and marketed the crap out of Naniwa, but now as it stands that's not an option anymore and thus must look elsewhere. Polt would be a really great choice if they can snag him from CMStorm. (Whatever that is, I'm not even sure if it's a team??)

best bet now is just to build up Revival, Oz, Alive, and most importantly Jaedong and see what happens with them while being on the outlook for up and comers they can grab

Micro_Jackson

Germany2002 Posts

May 16 2013 05:53 GMT

#54

The big question is: Does EG wants to change their image? If i remember correctly some people like incontrol or idra himself said that it was not only sponsor pressure that lead to the decision to kick him.

Right now (in my opinion) a huge part of the community look at EG like Manchester City in football or the Lakers (this season) in basketball: The rich guys that throw money left and right and suck at winning. Thats not really an image that you want as a "sports" company.

The "EG curse" catchphrase is a example of that and it puts a lot of pressure on the players. If they want to get away from this it wouldn´t make sence to pick up someone like (Z)

Life because he is on top of his game right now. And imagine Life falls to Code A after the pickup the community would immediately go back to "well Life is like huk, idra and JYP that stoped practicing because they don´t have time with all the money to count".

NovemberstOrm

Canada16217 Posts

May 16 2013 05:54 GMT

#55

On May 16 2013 14:27 Defacer wrote:
I'm hoping they pick up another NA Zerg.

I have no idea what Scarlett's contract is like but she's the most talented and marketable NA player out there, she deserves to some of that filthy EG money.

Scarlett said after gstl/wcs am shes going to be taking a break to heal her wrists so I doubt she would sign with EG.

On May 16 2013 14:53 AstroPegnuin wrote:
If they weren't stupid they would of called Huk's bluff and marketed the crap out of Naniwa, but now as it stands that's not an option anymore and thus must look elsewhere. Polt would be a really great choice if they can snag him from CMStorm. (Whatever that is, I'm not even sure if it's a team??)

best bet now is just to build up Revival, Oz, Alive, and most importantly Jaedong and see what happens with them while being on the outlook for up and comers they can grab

The Alliance is EG.EU

-Archangel-

Croatia7457 Posts

May 16 2013 06:00 GMT

#56

Only two foreigners left with big market value: EGTLO or EGGrubby

Deezl

United States355 Posts

May 16 2013 06:07 GMT

#57

All aboard the speculation train choo choo

Also, Huk is a potential favorite in WCS, and it's way too soon to talk about salary reductions.

kubiks

France1328 Posts

May 16 2013 06:08 GMT

#58

On May 16 2013 14:53 USvBleakill wrote:
The big question is: Does EG wants to change their image? If i remember correctly some people like incontrol or idra himself said that it was not only sponsor pressure that lead to the decision to kick him.

Right now (in my opinion) a huge part of the community look at EG like Manchester City in football or the Lakers (this season) in basketball: The rich guys that throw money left and right and suck at winning. Thats not really an image that you want as a "sports" company.

The "EG curse" catchphrase is a example of that and it puts a lot of pressure on the players. If they want to get away from this it wouldn´t make sence to pick up someone like (Z)

I agree on this point. The team is famous enough, and they don't have glaring opportunities of highly marketable players left.
Picking up life, Parting or Flash and seeing them slump would maybe not be really good (with JD it's ok because he wasn't top tier in sc2 in a first place.
I really wouldn't mind that they keep buying promosing low/mid tier players (alive/oz/revival are mid tier) that haven't a huge hype on them, and try to make them better and gain some fan by themslef (instead of the usual "let's buy a player that is already supe rmarketable").

I'm an EG anti-fan from the early days (they just compeltely messed up may FGSTL by poaching players in my team), but I would reconsider my opinion if they change a bit the way they do stuff.

Kim Hyuna

Korea (South)264 Posts

May 16 2013 06:08 GMT

#59

innovation.

you heard it first!

eNtitY~

United States1293 Posts

May 16 2013 06:09 GMT

#60

It would be awesome to see Grubby picked up by EG again with a nice salary.

Innovation is a possibility as well since STX is having financial issues right?