Professional Korean StarCraft player Lee "INnoVation" Shin Hyung, currently signed to Korean team STX Soul under the Korean eSports Association (KeSPA), is expected to join Team Acer on September 1 when his current contract runs out, sources close to the situation tell GameSpot.
Team Acer has declined comment. KeSPA has not returned comment as of this posting (it is 4:30 AM in Korea), but I have requested comment on both Innovation's contract with STX in relation to Acer's signing, as well as the proposed financial problems of STX Soul.
Barring any unforeseen consequences from the announcement of the announcement by Acer, Innovation will continue to join the team when his STX Soul contract runs out.
Sources do not include Reddit, Fomos, or Acer's own teasers. My sources, for all my news/articles, come from informed individuals close to whatever situation is currently at hand, never second hand sources. If I were to take news from Reddit itself, I would cite so in the piece, and never claim that to be my 'source' as it's ridiculous. While Acer's teasers may have been pretty blatant, there was still some wiggle room for it to be another player, and also did not impact my story as a source. I was writing this up as of last night (before all hell broke loose this morning). They did prompt me to get this out today (though KeSPA totally owned me).
wow. saw the speculation in the other thread but still wasn't really expecting it. what a pickup by acer. let's hope he's able to stay sharp without the kespa training regiment!
On August 27 2013 04:58 grs wrote: What is the difference between this post and the thread we already have? This is no news because it is posted on gamespot, is it?
The other thread is a announcement of a announcement basically.
Based slasher with the confirmation! Lock up the other thread now! I'm glad acer's announcement got spoiled. I hate announcements of announcements. Announce that shit right away or not at all. Happy whenever an announcement of an announcement gets leaked.
I mean given all the info fed to us by Scarlett and the silhouette by Acer it was like 98% going to be Bogus. The only thing that was blocking me was imagining that arguably the best player in the world would be joining Acer o.O
wow. Guess this will mean we'll be seeing him more at foreign events. I wonder how he'll fare.
On August 27 2013 05:01 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: crazy...
I mean given all the info fed to us by Scarlett and the silhouette by Acer it was like 98% going to be Bogus. The only thing that was blocking me was imagining that arguably the best player in the world would be joining Acer o.O
wow. Guess this will mean we'll be seeing him more at foreign events. I wonder how he'll fare.
Kinda worried what this will mean for his level of skill. I mean, to go from the intense KeSPA regime to a less stressful schedule and an arguably easier set of opponents has to have an effect. On the other hand, INno did say that he mostly practiced ladder, and even if he moved to Europe, playing on the KR ladder isn't impossible.
EPT
