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Empire parts ways with Brat_OK and Aristeo - Page 3

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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
July 16 2013 17:28 GMT
#41
When I first moved to Korea, I still used to download Brat_OK replays for inspiration. The TvP build I used to basically win almost all my MLG Dallas TvPs was something I made from watching Brat_OK replays (raven/marine/marauder).

Always liked his play, hope he lands somewhere decent (or even better than decent)!
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Dav1oN
Profile Joined January 2012
Ukraine3164 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-16 22:09:31
July 16 2013 17:34 GMT
#42
On July 17 2013 00:00 ReachTheSky wrote:
Wow the empire roster is tiny now. I wonder if they plan on exiting the sc2 scene.


To clear things up, I wanna say that Empire opens their academy for CIS players. They will find someone very soon.
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jeri
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany335 Posts
July 16 2013 18:14 GMT
#43
bratok ne tort
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-IeZaeL-
Profile Joined December 2007
Spain327 Posts
July 16 2013 18:19 GMT
#44
Now they only have to kick Siw, the most bm and useless protoss player in Europe. Too bad he's not coming to Valencia..
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Black Gun
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Germany4482 Posts
July 16 2013 18:29 GMT
#45
On July 17 2013 02:15 iTzSnypah wrote:
Why is it always 'part ways' when teams drop players?

sounds much more polite than the blatant truth: "player xy got fired because of his bad performance". (or, in idra's case: "... got fired because he is a douche and unbearable on a professional team" )
"What am I supposed to do against this?" - "Lose!" :-]
sashqinCho
Profile Joined March 2011
Russian Federation131 Posts
July 16 2013 19:24 GMT
#46
very sad news
GL bratOK! Was cheering for Empire becuase of him...
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MaGariShun
Profile Joined May 2010
Austria305 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-16 19:26:18
July 16 2013 19:25 GMT
#47
On July 17 2013 03:29 Black Gun wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2013 02:15 iTzSnypah wrote:
Why is it always 'part ways' when teams drop players?

sounds much more polite than the blatant truth: "player xy got fired because of his bad performance". (or, in idra's case: "... got fired because he is a douche and unbearable on a professional team" )

That's not how it works most of the time (although it did in Idra's case).
They don't get fired, it's just that their contract is over and renegotiation doesn't come to a positive conclusion.
In this case empire probably flat out wanted to decrease their roster or adjusted Brat_OK's pay to reflect his poor performance and he didn't want to agree.
I like that Empire is direct about the matter and not beating around the bush like a lot of other teams.
Noam
Profile Joined September 2010
Israel2209 Posts
July 16 2013 19:47 GMT
#48
cubert & Aristeo best 2v2 team in the history of SC2.
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kukarachaa
Profile Joined February 2011
United States284 Posts
July 16 2013 19:51 GMT
#49
Brat_ok was and still is my favorite player, learned a lot of things from his streams. But he definitely isn't the player he used to be.
danbel1005
Profile Joined February 2008
United States1319 Posts
July 16 2013 20:10 GMT
#50
Thats kinda sad, GL to Brat_ok in the future, EG.Brat_ok[RC]
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Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
July 16 2013 20:16 GMT
#51
Holy crap Empire's roster is small now.
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politik
Profile Joined September 2010
409 Posts
July 16 2013 20:17 GMT
#52
Biggest thing I remember from Brat_OK was that NASL thread where a horde of Russians came and spammed voting for him.
StarVe
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany13591 Posts
July 16 2013 20:51 GMT
#53
On July 17 2013 01:05 Boucot wrote:
I guess Empire will recruit some players soon. I'll paste this tweet from the SC2 manager posted a few days ago :

Show nested quote +
Alexander Solomonov
‏@EmpireStrangeR
The big changes at Empire.sc2 are coming. Time to open new projects. I promise 3 news!


BratOK leaving was the 2nd news already though, the first one was them opening an academy for CIS players. I'd assume that the 3rd news is them signing a new player or maybe even more than one. Still, most of these news have already been posted.
jackslater
Profile Joined November 2012
Russian Federation604 Posts
July 16 2013 21:19 GMT
#54
gl...sad news
Beastyqt
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Serbia516 Posts
July 16 2013 21:34 GMT
#55
On July 17 2013 01:39 mikkmagro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2013 00:18 Sokrates wrote:
I wonder what empire is going to do next after they only have 3 players left?

Beastyqt, aristeo and brat_ok are really good players, i wonder what expectations empire with them.

Well I don't think Beastyqt was removed, I think he left, though I'm not sure why he'd join a much smaller team. Aristeo was inactive and Brat_OK was a top player in Russia when he joined, and now he's gone down quite a bit (compared with Happy or Verdi for example)..perhaps they couldn't justify his salary; he's also not in WCS and I think many teams place a lot of value in that, and not even being in Challenger is not attractive for teams/sponsors.

Perhaps they'll pick up fuzer's Polish troll brother now.

Quite a few Russian teams are weak at the moment, even RoX, with fraer and Pomi being inactive


Didn't leave.
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Glenn313
Profile Joined August 2011
United States475 Posts
July 17 2013 01:33 GMT
#56
Great that Brat_OK left with some kind words
Hey man
Bjarne
Profile Joined December 2012
Germany192 Posts
July 17 2013 08:05 GMT
#57
On July 17 2013 06:34 Beastyqt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2013 01:39 mikkmagro wrote:
On July 17 2013 00:18 Sokrates wrote:
I wonder what empire is going to do next after they only have 3 players left?

Beastyqt, aristeo and brat_ok are really good players, i wonder what expectations empire with them.

Well I don't think Beastyqt was removed, I think he left, though I'm not sure why he'd join a much smaller team. Aristeo was inactive and Brat_OK was a top player in Russia when he joined, and now he's gone down quite a bit (compared with Happy or Verdi for example)..perhaps they couldn't justify his salary; he's also not in WCS and I think many teams place a lot of value in that, and not even being in Challenger is not attractive for teams/sponsors.

Perhaps they'll pick up fuzer's Polish troll brother now.

Quite a few Russian teams are weak at the moment, even RoX, with fraer and Pomi being inactive


Didn't leave.


Interessting....
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TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10045 Posts
July 17 2013 08:34 GMT
#58
On July 17 2013 02:28 Liquid`Jinro wrote:
When I first moved to Korea, I still used to download Brat_OK replays for inspiration. The TvP build I used to basically win almost all my MLG Dallas TvPs was something I made from watching Brat_OK replays (raven/marine/marauder).

Always liked his play, hope he lands somewhere decent (or even better than decent)!


fuckin pre 1-1-1 bullshit, i hate u
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Irave
Profile Joined October 2010
United States9965 Posts
July 17 2013 08:46 GMT
#59
Good luck to both of these players in the future.
mikkmagro
Profile Joined April 2011
Malta1513 Posts
July 17 2013 08:56 GMT
#60
On July 17 2013 06:34 Beastyqt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 17 2013 01:39 mikkmagro wrote:
On July 17 2013 00:18 Sokrates wrote:
I wonder what empire is going to do next after they only have 3 players left?

Beastyqt, aristeo and brat_ok are really good players, i wonder what expectations empire with them.

Well I don't think Beastyqt was removed, I think he left, though I'm not sure why he'd join a much smaller team. Aristeo was inactive and Brat_OK was a top player in Russia when he joined, and now he's gone down quite a bit (compared with Happy or Verdi for example)..perhaps they couldn't justify his salary; he's also not in WCS and I think many teams place a lot of value in that, and not even being in Challenger is not attractive for teams/sponsors.

Perhaps they'll pick up fuzer's Polish troll brother now.

Quite a few Russian teams are weak at the moment, even RoX, with fraer and Pomi being inactive


Didn't leave.


Oh ok, I remember you thinking of leaving Empire a few months back, so I assumed you left. I understand releasing Brat_OK due to lack of results, but you've been doing well in the WCS...How come did you decide to join a much smaller team though, when I'm sure that quite a few bigger teams would have been interested..
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