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Was browsing Twitter when I found an article from OnGamers, linked by TLO concerning ESGN not paying it's staff.
Article can be found here: http://www.ongamers.com/articles/esgn-having-financial-difficulties-unable-to-pay-employees/1100-1581/
To sum up briefly, it seems like they burnt through their clauf money and now can't afford to pay their staff who are considering strike action. The article also says that some casters and players weren't paid their winnings as well company restructures and redundancies.
Also a brief mention of some staff not even being on a contract. Seems to be quite the mess they've landed themselves in.
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I'm not surprised. They got top quality players on all the games they broadcasted but got very few viewers. I didn't like their format either. Watching it felt very slow... if you know what I mean.
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i wish i could say i was surprised at this point... it's ex-azubu people from Clauf running the show at ESGN, this combined with really extravagant production + low viewership no matter what game they're broadcasting and i'm not surprised at all that this happened.
it's worse because these are livelihoods that these guys are fucking over by leaving staff members high and dry, but Clauf knew about it.
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Germany6926 Posts
DONT WORRY GUYS, SANTA CLAUF IS GONNA FIX THIS!
#CLAUFKINGDOM
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this sucks i really loved their stuff. it was more relaxed and fun. and frodan t.t
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I can't believe that the employees didn't sign any contracts. I mean, isn't it the first time you do when you get a job ?
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Can't believe I almost got a job there, they promised to play a lot for news writing. Would've looked like a sucker now though. Tough for the people who moved there for the job and the unpaid staff in general, hope they justice prevails.
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United States97276 Posts
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On May 29 2014 07:04 Boucot wrote:
I can't believe that the employees didn't sign any contracts. I mean, isn't it the first time you do when you get a job ?
According to article they were operating under good faith that contracts would arrive after the company restructure, probably wasn't the smartest idea in hindsight.
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United Kingdom50293 Posts
On May 29 2014 07:00 Paljas wrote:
DONT WORRY GUYS, SANTA CLAUF IS GONNA FIX THIS!
#CLAUFKINGDOM
AZUBU relegated to paying LoL teams to stream, clauf's ESGN is deader than SC2 what next vague assemblage of letters mysteriously putting a fuck ton of money into esports backed by sapinda is next? Usetu?
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Weren't the guys behind ESGN basically the same guys that were behind Azubu?
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Haha not unexpected at all. Sorry to the staff who creates good content but gets shafted 
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United Kingdom50293 Posts
On May 29 2014 07:09 Conti wrote:
Weren't the guys behind ESGN basically the same guys that were behind Azubu?
Not they're backed by clauf, a mysterious company that has recieved a fuck ton of money from sapinda to invest into esports that is put into projects with seemingly zero ability to return profit. They're nothing like azubu a mysterious company that has received a fuck ton of money from sapinda to invest into esports that is put into projects with seemingly no ability to return profit.
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Oh boy, remember when people were thinking NASL screwed up big time in the money department, well, we have this now:
It is estimated by insiders that the company will run at a €1.5 million loss in its first year of operations.
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Is anyone really surprised? They had around 200-300 viewers at the most whenever I watched
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Germany25656 Posts
On May 29 2014 07:06 Shellshock wrote:
wow I'm shocked
Are you shellshocked?
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On May 29 2014 07:11 Fusilero wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2014 07:09 Conti wrote:
Weren't the guys behind ESGN basically the same guys that were behind Azubu? Not they're backed by clauf, a mysterious company that has recieved a fuck ton of money from sapinda to invest into esports that is put into projects with seemingly zero ability to return profit. They're nothing like azubu a mysterious company that has received a fuck ton of money from sapinda to invest into esports that is put into projects with seemingly no ability to return profit.
They're just as shady, yeah, but I remember reading that they have literally the same people behind the scenes. Some German dude and a few shady Koreans.
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I wonder how Torte is doing? He seemed pretty adamant that Clauf was totally not like Azubu. Then again, he did get hired by them so he's probably fucked too.
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I love t he question mark :D.
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