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Guess eg is not my favorite team anymore :/
I guess to most fans, someone with a cool personality is better than a talented player :/
Again, why is machine even on the team?? When u have a player who qualified for blizzcon, u still keep some random, terrible player that not many people know about?
Hopefully they go to a team that values their talent, and not their personality
That was harsh by eg honestly, just throwing away peoples jobs even though u had a contract with them
I wonder how jaedong is, hes the only korean on eg now. I guess it wont matter too much, since egtl house closed, but i recall him saying in an interview that oz and him were really good friends, so that must suck
Best of luck to the three of them
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United States97277 Posts
Hope they can all find new teams
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And everything I predicted in the Revival thread came true. Not to toot my own horn or anything hehe. *toot*
So we can pretty much surmise that the 2011-2012 Korean-to-foreign-team thing has ended, with teams realizing that the foreign fans are not interested in these kinds of players unless they are willing to make an effort to show personality and connect with the audience.
There will always be the more serious Starcraft crowd that will root for these players, but this is yet another sign of how much power casual viewership has over the industry. I wouldn't count EG out from adding other Korean players on the team in the future, but they'll make damn sure that said players are popular, superstars or at least try to communicate with fans. This is a business where pure skill doesn't mean much when you shut yourself off from the world and don't interact with the people that are essentially paying the bills. It's just the way it is.
P.S. I'll add that this is of course sad for any player to leave a team without a place to go. I hope these guys can find a home soon.
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nooooo alive nooooo  please someone pick him up, i don't want to have wcs am without alive
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Cricketer12
United States14003 Posts
never liked aLive that much
and Oz was my most hated player of all time
his inconsistency allowed him to be a threat to some of the best yet remain pathetically bad at the same time
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Three of my least favorite players, good move by EG seeing as they weren't marketable or particularly talented (for Koreans). The best result would be them making it into proleague squads so I can anti-team all 3 like last season.
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United States23455 Posts
On December 13 2013 09:58 Scarecrow wrote:
Three of my least favorite players, good move by EG seeing as they weren't marketable or particularly talented (for Koreans). The best result would be them making it into proleague squads so I can anti-team all 3 like last season.
Good job anti-teaming two players who had better winrates in proleague than Jaedong.
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Argh, sorry to see them go. This is really bad for EG's SC2 division. What's left? Incontrol, Jaedong, Machine, Suppy, Demuslim, JYP? Its a shame because Revival and Alive particularly posted some really good results in the past year, especially compared to their team mates.
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EG keeps getting weaker and weaker. Strange how they at one point where the wildest powerhouse with ALL the fan favorites and now have 3-4. Oh well, more money saved for using on some other people. Hopefully they rest find af home (and that Alive won't retire)
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On December 13 2013 10:01 Dr.Sin wrote:
Argh, sorry to see them go. This is really bad for EG's SC2 division. What's left? Incontrol, Jaedong, Machine, Suppy, Demuslim, JYP? Its a shame because Revival and Alive particularly posted some really good results in the past year, especially compared to their team mates.
Jaedong. That's it.
EG doesn't seem to want to get involve in many teamleagues nowaday after the abysmal showing in PL, and the only ones they've entered are the one that they are hosting.
And if you're not in a teamleague, there's no need for depth. Jaedong is strong, and as long as he is still making deep runs and has a huge fanbase, EG is happy.
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On December 13 2013 10:00 Darkhoarse wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2013 09:58 Scarecrow wrote:
Three of my least favorite players, good move by EG seeing as they weren't marketable or particularly talented (for Koreans). The best result would be them making it into proleague squads so I can anti-team all 3 like last season. Good job anti-teaming two players who had better winrates in proleague than Jaedong.
Basically anyone on EGTL was good for anti-ing in most rounds, though their value went to shit after the first few.
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Win premier tournament, get kicked off team. Good shit
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On December 13 2013 10:06 Scarecrow wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2013 10:00 Darkhoarse wrote:On December 13 2013 09:58 Scarecrow wrote:
Three of my least favorite players, good move by EG seeing as they weren't marketable or particularly talented (for Koreans). The best result would be them making it into proleague squads so I can anti-team all 3 like last season. Good job anti-teaming two players who had better winrates in proleague than Jaedong. Basically anyone on EGTL was good for anti-ing in most rounds, though their value went to shit after the first few.
Hero? Taeja (when playing)?
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United States23455 Posts
On December 13 2013 10:12 bourne117 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2013 10:06 Scarecrow wrote:On December 13 2013 10:00 Darkhoarse wrote:On December 13 2013 09:58 Scarecrow wrote:
Three of my least favorite players, good move by EG seeing as they weren't marketable or particularly talented (for Koreans). The best result would be them making it into proleague squads so I can anti-team all 3 like last season. Good job anti-teaming two players who had better winrates in proleague than Jaedong. Basically anyone on EGTL was good for anti-ing in most rounds, though their value went to shit after the first few. Hero? Taeja (when playing)?
Taeja played pretty poorly in proleague outside of his 6-2 round 1.
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Yeah, that's too bad, honestly I'm a little surprised JYP didn't get the axe in either Oz's or aLive's place...
Well, best of luck to these three, perhaps EG will try and pick up Soulkey or some other high profile Korean in place of these three?
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On December 13 2013 10:13 Darkhoarse wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2013 10:12 bourne117 wrote:On December 13 2013 10:06 Scarecrow wrote:On December 13 2013 10:00 Darkhoarse wrote:On December 13 2013 09:58 Scarecrow wrote:
Three of my least favorite players, good move by EG seeing as they weren't marketable or particularly talented (for Koreans). The best result would be them making it into proleague squads so I can anti-team all 3 like last season. Good job anti-teaming two players who had better winrates in proleague than Jaedong. Basically anyone on EGTL was good for anti-ing in most rounds, though their value went to shit after the first few. Hero? Taeja (when playing)? Taeja played pretty poorly in proleague outside of his 6-2 round 1.
True but to be fair he played very little after that first round. When he did start feeling better with his wrists it seemed like coach park didn't trust him as much because he didn't practice in the team house.
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Northern Ireland27478 Posts
Fuck sake.
For all their not 'personalities' I don't feel they really got the exposure that enabled it to come across. They could have streamed more perhaps, but argh. Apart from anything else, they had actual practice to do.
Hope they find new teams each and all
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United States23455 Posts
On December 13 2013 10:18 TheMilkyOne wrote:
All 3 to PRIME!
Not too unlikely at this point, if Prime is committed to playing proleague this year.
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Wow... was not expecting aLive to go... Really hoped that at least aLive wouldve been kept...
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