On August 01 2014 06:02 Betelgeuse wrote: the bigger thing here is, what does this mean for EG's SC2 team. If they are pulling funding out of alliance will they put more into SC2 (even just a little bit) or will they also be pulling money out of there sc2 team all together :/
EG certainly didn't get big by spending money on things that don't make them profit... So yeah, who knows.
On August 01 2014 05:17 johnbongham wrote: Just as EG dumped cs entirely, it will eventually dump SC2 entirely. Alex Garfield simply milks the cow while its full and then quietly disappears.
Yeah, atrocious. There's even a name for such mischief + Show Spoiler +
On August 01 2014 05:17 ZenithM wrote: Probably one of the most talented up-and-coming zerg players out there :/ I hope he finds a team, maybe a Korean one?
up and coming?
In 2012 he was an up and coming player xD
In 2012 he was Patch Zerg personified XD
Vortix had that reputation, I don't remember SortOf having it?
Every new, successful foreign Zerg had it during that time. Vortix has managed to prove he's more than what a patch provides, but for some others...
On August 01 2014 05:17 ZenithM wrote: Probably one of the most talented up-and-coming zerg players out there :/ I hope he finds a team, maybe a Korean one?
up and coming?
In 2012 he was an up and coming player xD
In 2012 he was Patch Zerg personified XD
Vortix had that reputation, I don't remember SortOf having it?
Vortix had that reputation? hows that possible when he put up wc3 results 2008, 2009? oO
I don't really know what happened to SortOf. I remember a tournament where he faced HyuN in the first round offline and i was convinced he would win - and he did (4-2?) He fell off dramatically compared to other zergs in the last ~15 moths.
On August 01 2014 05:17 ZenithM wrote: Probably one of the most talented up-and-coming zerg players out there :/ I hope he finds a team, maybe a Korean one?
up and coming?
In 2012 he was an up and coming player xD
In 2012 he was Patch Zerg personified XD
Vortix had that reputation, I don't remember SortOf having it?
SortOf is the iconic patch zerg to me. The peak of his career was during the BL/infestor heydey and he never came close to recovering after that disappeared. Other players certainly benefited from the patch (Snute was one of the only players who didn't really take full advantage) but SortOf lived and died by it.
definitely not a good year for alliance :\ first naniwa now they're closing their doors on having a sc2 division... hope they'll open their doors to another sc2 player soon enough
Bring Koreans to every team and tournament -> foreigners leave the game or become irrelevant because of lower skill -> scene is dead. Pretty simple logic.
SortOf is the iconic patch zerg to me. The peak of his career was during the BL/infestor heydey and he never came close to recovering after that disappeared. Other players certainly benefited from the patch (Snute was one of the only players who didn't really take full advantage) but SortOf lived and died by it.
On August 01 2014 05:17 ZenithM wrote: Probably one of the most talented up-and-coming zerg players out there :/ I hope he finds a team, maybe a Korean one?
up and coming?
In 2012 he was an up and coming player xD
In 2012 he was Patch Zerg personified XD
Vortix had that reputation, I don't remember SortOf having it?
SortOf is the iconic patch zerg to me. The peak of his career was during the BL/infestor heydey and he never came close to recovering after that disappeared. Other players certainly benefited from the patch (Snute was one of the only players who didn't really take full advantage) but SortOf lived and died by it.
I would say Jrecco. Sortof at least beat a few good people after those infestor/blord days.
I wonder if they dropped him before WCS rather then "stay in challenger or we are going to sack you". Don't expect Alliance to put up another SC2 player unless theres some surprisingly good "new" performing EU player.
On August 01 2014 05:17 johnbongham wrote: Just as EG dumped cs entirely, it will eventually dump SC2 entirely. Alex Garfield simply milks the cow while its full and then quietly disappears.
Which is a completely reasonable thing to do. They are a business dude t.t.
Garfield having Alliance and EG is only useful for him because he can have 2 teams into LCS and The International. It doesn't change anything for SC2 beside being able to sign controversial players without using the main EG brand.
EPT
