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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On August 08 2013 21:40 ReachTheSky wrote: this! LGIM is definitely strong as fack. I forgot Nestea getting 3rd at Iron Squid II as well. They're already having a better year than 2012 imo. Only WJS and STX have a reasonable claim to be in contention with them as team of the year so far. Not to mention their past resume, and they still have to put up with crap like this :/. If IM can't make it, things look bleak for eSF. | ||
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Elite_
United States4259 Posts
On August 08 2013 21:24 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: Have you been watching sc2 at all in 2013? First won IEM Katowice The IEM World Championship had 4/4 IM players in the semis MVP won WCS EU, Losira made the ro8 in WCS KR. MVP barely lost to Bogus at the WCS Season Finals in the semis All of their players minus Fenix and Ragnarok are at least in WCS challenger First stomped his way to the ro8 in the recent OSL and qualified for a 5th place spot in the seasonal final Finally, they won the gstl recently. Not that I don't agree that they're still doing well, but this isn't as good as winning 5 GSL titles and a GSTL in 2011... Plus however many foreign titles they won in 2011, I know Mvp won a MLG but not sure about any others. Not to mention two GSL runner-ups as well... | ||
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EnPo
Finland411 Posts
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On August 08 2013 21:43 Elite_ wrote: Not that I don't agree that they're still doing well, but this isn't as good as winning 6 GSL titles and a GSTL in 2011... Plus however many foreign titles they won in 2011, I know Mvp won a MLG but not sure about any others. That was mostly MVP and Nestea's doing though. IM has developed a lot more depth since then, not to mention the level of competition skyrocketing with 7 Kespa teams joining in and there being less GSLs each year. I'd say they're still holding strong considering those factors. | ||
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Diogenes
United States132 Posts
On August 08 2013 21:45 EnPo wrote: Big respect to KeSPA for doing that! Seems like that KeSPA and Esf are getting more together. Well if EGTL is actually leaving Proleague, that's a pretty big hole in their rolster. With the future of the GSTL shaky because of the breakup of NSH and some shaky participation by some teams like Azubu; it makes more sense that they merge. All these federations exist only if there is a market for their product which is good games and in Korea SC2 is relegated to a distant 3rd to LOL and Dota II. The heady days of BW dominating esports is over and it's a big period of adaptation right now. | ||
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Khai
Australia553 Posts
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kahuynon712
66 Posts
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
On August 08 2013 21:21 edgeOut wrote: Well said, but I believe LG didn't tell IM on time that they won't sponsor anymore, they drag out the decision for several months after the deadline. And still feels like there is no legal action which can be done against LG, IM can only get some compensation due to media pressure on LG. These two posts illustrate my thoughts. Sounds like LG say maybe then said no later on. Good on Kespa's part to get involved although it does seem odd since IM is an ESF team. | ||
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
On August 08 2013 22:04 BigFan wrote: These two posts illustrate my thoughts. Sounds like LG say maybe then said no later on. Good on Kespa's part to get involved although it does seem odd since IM is an ESF team. Then as soon as you stop getting paid, remove the name. It's really simple. | ||
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UmberBane
Germany5450 Posts
On August 08 2013 21:49 Diogenes wrote: Well if EGTL is actually leaving Proleague, that's a pretty big hole in their rolster. With the future of the GSTL shaky because of the breakup of NSH and some shaky participation by some teams like Azubu; it makes more sense that they merge. All these federations exist only if there is a market for their product which is good games and in Korea SC2 is relegated to a distant 3rd to LOL and Dota II. The heady days of BW dominating esports is over and it's a big period of adaptation right now. 3rd? I highly doubt that. Dota 2 isn't even broadcasted on TV and barely has any big Korean teams in it. In Korea I'm pretty sure SC2 is bigger. | ||
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Raygun
348 Posts
On August 08 2013 22:02 marvellosity wrote: Most of all it just seems really stupid from IM, really. Yeah, it seems odd that IM would be turning down offers when they never had an actual contract with LG again. It's fucked that LG was still using them for commercials and stuff, but some of the negligence is on the IM side. | ||
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liberate71
Australia10252 Posts
On August 08 2013 21:43 Elite_ wrote: Not that I don't agree that they're still doing well, but this isn't as good as winning 5 GSL titles and a GSTL in 2011... Plus however many foreign titles they won in 2011, I know Mvp won a MLG but not sure about any others. Not to mention two GSL runner-ups as well... Not that it isnt a great achievement what happened in 2011, but there were TEN GSL's in 2011, and thats including the Blizzard Cup. There will likely be 4 this year, and there was 5 last year. | ||
nimdil
Poland3774 Posts
On August 08 2013 22:06 UmberBane wrote: 3rd? I highly doubt that. Dota 2 isn't even broadcasted on TV and barely has any big Korean teams in it. In Korea I'm pretty sure SC2 is bigger. It'd be funny if SOSPA would become more popular than Proleague, though  | ||
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DavoS
United States4605 Posts
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Ctesias
4595 Posts
Poor behaviour by LG. | ||
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Cracy
Poland221 Posts
Some of you behave as you have never seen real life. We have not enough data... | ||
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UmberBane
Germany5450 Posts
On August 08 2013 22:13 nimdil wrote: It'd be funny if SOSPA would become more popular than Proleague, though And KeSPA switches back to BW then? :D | ||
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BabyMozart
54 Posts
What the f*ck? How can a massive corporation like LG do this??? I'm glad Kespa is helping out in this situation, this is downright exploitation... I really loved LG as a sponsor for IM, I hope the fix this and continue to sponsor IM, otherwise I'm seriously boycotting LG products for the next decade. This is what massive corporations do... especially with an e-sport team which means very little to them considering how big they are. Im really glad KESPA is helping out right now, lets see what this means to the future of the relationship between KESPA and ESF. | ||
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