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Team Alternate announces a new SC2 lineup - Page 2

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Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3702 Posts
January 25 2014 20:12 GMT
#21
On January 26 2014 04:37 TigerKarl wrote:
Alternate Downsizing hard, with this step they basically accept going into meaninglessness.


Before this they only had 1 player in Socke. They traded 1 expensive player for 3 cheap ones.
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
January 25 2014 20:14 GMT
#22
On January 26 2014 05:12 Lorch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 04:37 TigerKarl wrote:
Alternate Downsizing hard, with this step they basically accept going into meaninglessness.


Before this they only had 1 player in Socke. They traded 1 expensive player for 3 cheap ones.

1 expensive player is probably better for business than 3 cheap ones. See keeping Jaedong instead of aLive, Oz, and Revival.
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NovaMB
Profile Joined February 2013
Germany9534 Posts
January 25 2014 20:14 GMT
#23
On January 26 2014 05:10 JustPassingBy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 05:05 grs wrote:
On January 26 2014 05:03 JustPassingBy wrote:
On January 26 2014 04:59 Irrational_Animal wrote:
But none of them are in a real proteam, afaik. Agreed, I don`t kow a lot about the contract situation of the mentioned players but I´m really wondering why Alternate did not try to be more ambitious with the squad. I mean they used to be the fiercest competitor of Mouz for years.


Last time Socke posted here on TL about Alternate, he claimed that he was owed some money, so...

You can find the post or do you just make that up?


Hm, shit. I could swear I read something like that in one of the threads about Hyun being owed some money, and him also saying that it's not a lot of money and they are in no legally binding contract in the first place when asked why he doesn't persue legal matters. But seriously, why cannot I find it...? Maybe I am getting senile...

It was Cloud
On January 01 2014 20:56 aTnClouD wrote:
Well honestly Alternate owes me a lot of money too which they refuse to pay for no reason and to other players too, and I know many other players haven't been paid by their teams. Esport business is still very shady.
The problem is that other than bringing the facts to public attention the players have no power to do anything. And these swindling teams don't really give a fuck.


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=439685&currentpage=14#262
grs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany2339 Posts
January 25 2014 20:14 GMT
#24
On January 26 2014 05:12 Lorch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 04:37 TigerKarl wrote:
Alternate Downsizing hard, with this step they basically accept going into meaninglessness.


Before this they only had 1 player in Socke. They traded 1 expensive player for 3 cheap ones.

Also Alternate as a company is mostly operating in Germany. Getting three players that are at least somewhat known in Germany and regularly appear on German casts/tournaments/etc. can really be worthwhile for Alternate, although none of them has the international appeal of Socke.
Irrational_Animal
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1059 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-25 20:16:58
January 25 2014 20:15 GMT
#25
On January 26 2014 05:10 JustPassingBy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 05:05 grs wrote:
On January 26 2014 05:03 JustPassingBy wrote:
On January 26 2014 04:59 Irrational_Animal wrote:
But none of them are in a real proteam, afaik. Agreed, I don`t kow a lot about the contract situation of the mentioned players but I´m really wondering why Alternate did not try to be more ambitious with the squad. I mean they used to be the fiercest competitor of Mouz for years.


Last time Socke posted here on TL about Alternate, he claimed that he was owed some money, so...

You can find the post or do you just make that up?


Hm, shit. I could swear I read something like that in one of the threads about Hyun being owed some money, and him also saying that it's not a lot of money and they are in no legally binding contract in the first place when asked why he doesn't persue legal matters. But seriously, why cannot I find it...? Maybe I am getting senile...


I think Cloud said the things you mentioned. (Being owed some money and the contracts being somewhat shady)

edit: nova was 1 minute quicker
grs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany2339 Posts
January 25 2014 20:15 GMT
#26
On January 26 2014 05:14 NovaMB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 05:10 JustPassingBy wrote:
On January 26 2014 05:05 grs wrote:
On January 26 2014 05:03 JustPassingBy wrote:
On January 26 2014 04:59 Irrational_Animal wrote:
But none of them are in a real proteam, afaik. Agreed, I don`t kow a lot about the contract situation of the mentioned players but I´m really wondering why Alternate did not try to be more ambitious with the squad. I mean they used to be the fiercest competitor of Mouz for years.


Last time Socke posted here on TL about Alternate, he claimed that he was owed some money, so...

You can find the post or do you just make that up?


Hm, shit. I could swear I read something like that in one of the threads about Hyun being owed some money, and him also saying that it's not a lot of money and they are in no legally binding contract in the first place when asked why he doesn't persue legal matters. But seriously, why cannot I find it...? Maybe I am getting senile...

It was Cloud
Show nested quote +
On January 01 2014 20:56 aTnClouD wrote:
Well honestly Alternate owes me a lot of money too which they refuse to pay for no reason and to other players too, and I know many other players haven't been paid by their teams. Esport business is still very shady.
The problem is that other than bringing the facts to public attention the players have no power to do anything. And these swindling teams don't really give a fuck.


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=439685&currentpage=14#262

Coming from Cloud who could complain about the sun shining, I would take that with a grain of Salt though.
SpikeStarcraft
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany2095 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-25 20:19:08
January 25 2014 20:16 GMT
#27
well it seems that after TaKe left Alternate as a team manager at the end of 2012 the team fell apart and i dont know who replaced him(no one?). Whatever the situation at alternate sc2 was in 2013, fact is that every player left after their contract ran out.

"Zerocool" is the new manager for 2014 but it seems that when he started, Socke already found a better offer since Alternate was basically doing nothing but laying off all their players an entire year long.

Well those new players are nowhere near in skill and popularity compared to Socke, Darkforce and Cloud last year. Alternate basically went from Top 2 german team to maybe 6th best after Mouz, XMG, AI, ESC and Planetkey
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-25 20:17:25
January 25 2014 20:16 GMT
#28
On January 26 2014 05:12 grs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 05:10 JustPassingBy wrote:
On January 26 2014 05:05 grs wrote:
On January 26 2014 05:03 JustPassingBy wrote:
On January 26 2014 04:59 Irrational_Animal wrote:
But none of them are in a real proteam, afaik. Agreed, I don`t kow a lot about the contract situation of the mentioned players but I´m really wondering why Alternate did not try to be more ambitious with the squad. I mean they used to be the fiercest competitor of Mouz for years.


Last time Socke posted here on TL about Alternate, he claimed that he was owed some money, so...

You can find the post or do you just make that up?


Hm, shit. I could swear I read something like that in one of the threads about Hyun being owed some money, and him also saying that it's not a lot of money and they are in no legally binding contract in the first place when asked why he doesn't persue legal matters. But seriously, why cannot I find it...? Maybe I am getting senile...

I am quite sure you somehow mixed up teams. Alternate has a quite good name as a team.


Nope, I mixed up players, it was Cloud saying that: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=439685&currentpage=14#262

edit: too late, should've looked into this thread instead of reading posts in an old thread one by one.
Enstein
Profile Joined April 2013
Russian Federation134 Posts
January 25 2014 20:18 GMT
#29
Extremely weak lineup even for the German scene alone.
None of them managed to get top 8 of the last ESL Pro Series Germany (Monty finished at the 9th place, KnowMe 11th). None of them even got to top 16 in the current Germany Cup V. KauP lost to Hanfy and to an unknown protoss Levi. KnowMe got completely destroyed by Lambo and TLO and decided to forfeit his last match.

Never was a huge fan of Socke, but he is way better than these three combined.
Rooting for MaNa, Snute and Bunny. Europe holds!
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-25 20:30:59
January 25 2014 20:30 GMT
#30
Kaup is not bad at all I think, maybe he can go far with a professional team?
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
January 25 2014 20:36 GMT
#31
Anyways, happy to see Knowme under a team already. Apart from Heromarine, he is one of the few German players who stream regularly.
Irrational_Animal
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1059 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-25 20:45:22
January 25 2014 20:42 GMT
#32
I think Knowme should be given an Incontrol-like position at Alternate. He is well spoken, has a good relationship with the community, can cast and I think he would be a good team manager, too.
Serinox
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany5224 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-25 20:43:22
January 25 2014 20:42 GMT
#33
On January 26 2014 05:36 JustPassingBy wrote:
Anyways, happy to see Knowme under a team already. Apart from Heromarine, he is one of the few German players who stream regularly.

Hasu and Socke used to stream pretty often, sad that they don't anymore
HYRULE15
Profile Joined September 2013
Germany72 Posts
January 25 2014 20:46 GMT
#34
MaNa too expensive?
YouthSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom355 Posts
January 25 2014 20:49 GMT
#35
Wooooo Monty <3
Hope there's content put out so that I can actually follow him/the team!
The more I practice, the luckier I get!
HYRULE15
Profile Joined September 2013
Germany72 Posts
January 25 2014 20:58 GMT
#36
On January 26 2014 05:42 Serinox wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 05:36 JustPassingBy wrote:
Anyways, happy to see Knowme under a team already. Apart from Heromarine, he is one of the few German players who stream regularly.

Hasu and Socke used to stream pretty often, sad that they don't anymore



Did you guys never heard of someone called TLO?
Serinox
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany5224 Posts
January 25 2014 21:03 GMT
#37
On January 26 2014 05:58 HYRULE15 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 05:42 Serinox wrote:
On January 26 2014 05:36 JustPassingBy wrote:
Anyways, happy to see Knowme under a team already. Apart from Heromarine, he is one of the few German players who stream regularly.

Hasu and Socke used to stream pretty often, sad that they don't anymore



Did you guys never heard of someone called TLO?

"he is one of the few German players who stream regularly"

Learn to read more carefully
bosnia
Profile Joined October 2002
Canada223 Posts
January 25 2014 21:24 GMT
#38
decent squad at best. gl
TL member since 2002, Protoss ftw!!
TTBest
Profile Joined September 2013
Germany74 Posts
January 25 2014 21:40 GMT
#39
Awesome, those guys will surely be profiting a lot from such a team and its infrastructure (Team house etc.)
QuixoticO
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Netherlands810 Posts
January 25 2014 21:42 GMT
#40
On January 26 2014 05:12 Lorch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2014 04:37 TigerKarl wrote:
Alternate Downsizing hard, with this step they basically accept going into meaninglessness.


Before this they only had 1 player in Socke. They traded 1 expensive player for 3 cheap ones.


This and their League team left the organization and joined Millenium so I guess that freed up some money too.
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