Still 7 + there is always possibility of Startale or even foreign team.
Or even something like reincarnation of Team 8. I swear, we can build contender for top-4 just from Koreans in GSL without teams.

Even if there are 7 teams, LoL-Masters had 7 and it was ok.
+ It's just July right now, not December.

nimbim

Germany985 Posts

July 23 2014 16:26 GMT

#202

Not really surprising after their sponsor problems lasted this long, but still very sad

Ctesias

4595 Posts

July 23 2014 16:28 GMT

#203

End of an era, definitely.

I wonder where Mvp and Trap end up. I can see Mvp retiring - which would the end of an even more significant era, and a true loss to the scene - but I think Trap will stay in Korea, and possibly join another Kespa team. I like him and would want him to join KT, but I'm not sure if they're interested in another Protoss (would instead want a decent Zerg. Life, anyone?).

Best of luck to all ex-IM players in finding what they're looking for.

Genome852

United States979 Posts

July 23 2014 16:38 GMT

#204

Mvp should take a long break, heal his wrist / neck condition and them come back in LotV and melt faces again.

Pandahunterz

Netherlands213 Posts

July 23 2014 16:38 GMT

#205

IM and MVP without each other just doesn't sound right ... =[

Anlo

Sweden485 Posts

July 23 2014 16:39 GMT

#206

Axiom to recruit half of them and take the SPL by storm, how I know?

+ Show Spoiler +

Them Axiom boys want someone else to do the dishes and the easiest way of doing that is to grab some more players yo!

VisonKai

United States2203 Posts

July 23 2014 16:42 GMT

#207

If ST takes their place in PL will Prime fans stop calling it a daed tem?

AWalker9

United Kingdom7229 Posts

July 23 2014 16:46 GMT

#208

On July 24 2014 01:39 Anlo wrote:
Axiom to recruit half of them and take the SPL by storm, how I know?

+ Show Spoiler +

Them Axiom boys want someone else to do the dishes and the easiest way of doing that is to grab some more players yo!

If they were going to pick anyone up Byul would be the best one of the lot for a round lineup, but even that is unlikely.

renaissanceMAN

United States1840 Posts

July 23 2014 17:21 GMT

#209

God damn it, SC2 just lost the greatest Terran of all time.

Larkin

United Kingdom7161 Posts

July 23 2014 19:07 GMT

#210

Wow that sucks

hope they don't retire and find teams

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

July 23 2014 19:13 GMT

#211

On July 24 2014 01:42 VisonKai wrote:
If ST takes their place in PL will Prime fans stop calling it a daed tem?

I'll consider it

Canucklehead

Canada5074 Posts

July 23 2014 19:38 GMT

#212

On July 23 2014 20:23 Dodgin wrote:

Show nested quote +

Not trying to doomsay here but the STX coach/head guy also announced that STX was not disbanding live on stage when STX won PL. We can't really take a forum post as complete confirmation. All signs point to proleague continuing in some form though.

Also, kespa before confirmed that LoL world finals would be in korea and then we find out it's split b/w 3 countries and that forced the kespa president to write a long apology letter. Nothing is ever set in stone.

yido

United States350 Posts

July 23 2014 21:21 GMT

#213

On July 24 2014 01:20 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:

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+ It's just July right now, not December.

I sounds like more time for teams to be dismantled and players to retire to me.
Because aren't most Korean eSports contracts up sometime between the end of proleague and next proleague?
I really hope the new Korean weekly will help things over there.

superspeed

Canada9 Posts

July 23 2014 22:04 GMT

#214

who picked up MVP?

NKexquisite

United States911 Posts

July 23 2014 22:26 GMT

#215

Boooo to this news.

LongShot27

United States2084 Posts

July 23 2014 23:08 GMT

#216

On July 23 2014 18:34 Phredxor wrote:

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Pretty much what I was thinking. Without ByuL that team would almost certainly be dead last. Probably even with him.

Pretty unlikely ST would want to enter PL anyway, or else surely they would have done so this season when they had more players?

Startale was legally unable to join kespa due to their being an eSF team when it still existed. You can't join kespa during the middle of a season, thats why they partnered with IM.