EPTEG's Korea team house has closed - Page 5
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zhurai
United States5660 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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StarStruck
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On October 03 2013 04:55 StarStruck wrote: I wouldn't really call this bad news. Agreed. People seem to assume that any news is bad now a days. This is just EG and TL changing their focus. | ||
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Phanekim
United States777 Posts
seems like the shift will be out of south korea. | ||
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ShowTheLights
Korea (South)1711 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On October 03 2013 04:55 Musicus wrote: I really hope EG announces something soon, like a living parntership with another team or something, maybe WJstars or something. I just want Jaedong and the rest to have a good practice environment WJStars just dropped most of their team I don't see them hosting EG's squad in their house. | ||
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for_the_swarm
United States48 Posts
On October 02 2013 22:04 bGr.MetHiX wrote: another nail in the coffin . i bet my sweet ass dustin browder and david kim are farting in self-satisfaction over how good they are doing their job. uh.. they did their job.. they made a great game in SC2.. as for the popularity of the game, i blame the foreigners.. If they would step up their game and start winning, then it would give the audience something to cheer for.. when stephano was winning tournaments and beating the best koreans, there were tons of viewers.. foreigners HAVE to start beating the koreans to keep the viewers interested. | ||
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turdburgler
England6749 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On October 03 2013 06:04 turdburgler wrote: so after all that work that really paid off in the results of people like hero and oz, western teams are going back to full foreigner practice. gg. Hero is staying with Incredible Miracle at least. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
On October 03 2013 06:00 Darkhoarse wrote: WJStars just dropped most of their team I don't see them hosting EG's squad in their house. Well I thought exactly that would be the reason to partner with another team, since it's only Soulkey and sOs, plus 2 newcomers maybe. Doesn't make sense for them to stay in the old house with so few players, but EG could pay them to fill it up with their players. Or just rent something completely new together... just random thoughts. But WJstars dropping 6 players is the reason I thought this would make sense for them, they need money and/or a cheaper place. Pretty sure it's not gonna happen, but a news close to this would make me happy, a living parntership with another team that just downsized their roster. | ||
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Weird
United States832 Posts
On October 03 2013 05:10 Plansix wrote: Agreed. People seem to assume that any news is bad now a days. This is just EG and TL changing their focus. EG-TL makes huge announcement of a team house in Korea that will compete in Proleague, the biggest and brightest team league in the world. TL predicts this team to be the #1 competitor in the upcoming season. Excitement is high. EG-TL gets smashed 4-0 by KT in first match, further smashed and I would say completely embarrassed throughout the early season, bottom of the standings. EG-TL seems to begin righting the ship under new coach, albeit while playing meaningless (for them) matches. EG-TL lets Coach Park, the only good thing that happened to them all year, leave the team... EG-TL quits. But yeah, "changing focus" sounds good too  | ||
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SHOOG
United States1639 Posts
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40190 Posts
On October 03 2013 06:06 Musicus wrote: Well I thought exactly that would be the reason to partner with another team, since it's only Soulkey and sOs, plus 2 newcomers maybe. Doesn't make sense for them to stay in the old house with so few players, but EG could pay them to fill it up with their players. Or just rent something completely new together... just random thoughts. But WJstars dropping 6 players is the reason I thought this would make sense for them, they need money and a cheaper place. Pretty sure it's not gonna happen, but a news close to this would make me happy, a living parntership with another team that just downsized their roster. I google-translated Soulkey's winner interview from TIG today and it seems that Soulkey mentioned he was training at home, not team house. Could be just translation problem though. So i suppose they do not really have the money to keep the house either. And tbh, that makes sense, because if you are left with like 2 players due to financial problems, it is unlikely you have the funds to keep team house alive either. | ||
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zacharyIRL
Canada51 Posts
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Battousai13
United States638 Posts
On October 03 2013 06:06 Weird wrote: EG-TL makes huge announcement of a team house in Korea that will compete in Proleague, the biggest and brightest team league in the world. TL predicts this team to be the #1 competitor in the upcoming season. Excitement is high. EG-TL gets smashed 4-0 by KT in first match, further smashed and I would say completely embarrassed throughout the early season, bottom of the standings. EG-TL seems to begin righting the ship under new coach, albeit while playing meaningless (for them) matches. EG-TL lets Coach Park, the only good thing that happened to them all year, leave the team... EG-TL quits. But yeah, "changing focus" sounds good too That's a lot of hand-waving without noting that EG-TL thought they could compete in Proleague and still send their players abroad to various tournaments. The first few rounds taught them otherwise, because the other teams in Proleague live and breathe that tournament. The two teams are not prepared to buckle down and commit to playing in just Proleague. So yes, they are changing focus. | ||
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RTSDealer
286 Posts
On October 03 2013 06:11 zacharyIRL wrote: Did not realize SC2 was in this bad of shape. FXopen, EGTL, Woogin stars, STXSOUL every korean team is dying! The Korean audience and money is now on League of Legends or Dota 2. | ||
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teapoted
United Kingdom24425 Posts
On October 03 2013 04:49 zhurai wrote: When the bubble stops bursting and the SC2 scene settles at a size relative to its profitability. when will the bad news end | ||
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TaishiCi
Korea (South)211 Posts
On October 03 2013 06:04 for_the_swarm wrote: uh.. they did their job.. they made a great game in SC2.. as for the popularity of the game, i blame the foreigners.. If they would step up their game and start winning, then it would give the audience something to cheer for.. when stephano was winning tournaments and beating the best koreans, there were tons of viewers.. foreigners HAVE to start beating the koreans to keep the viewers interested. While poorly worded and bit too REAL for TL, there is a point to be had. One or two foreigners need to step it up and start playing at a championship level. Not foreign championship level, but at a Korean championship level. | ||
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HardlyNever
United States1258 Posts
I still think we are a long way away from that, but I think the only way we will see koreans lose their dominance of the scene is if they basically just stop playing the game. Will the quality of the games suffer? Probably? Will the "community" care? Who knows? Can sc2 even survive without Korea? | ||
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