EPTDoes anyone know if GEM Korea always been used as a name or if Super and Keen will stay in Korea? Nice pickup for GEM anyway!
edit: They will not be moving to GEM house in Germany.
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DJHelium
Sweden13480 Posts
Does anyone know if GEM Korea always been used as a name or if Super and Keen will stay in Korea? Nice pickup for GEM anyway! edit: They will not be moving to GEM house in Germany. Obligatory: + Show Spoiler +
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
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SuperHofmann
Italy1741 Posts
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BlueFlames
Germany1756 Posts
On September 04 2014 16:59 SuperHofmann wrote: So no team for them.. meh Too much talent, not enough teams and money :-( Hope Keen stays in SC2 for a long time though. | ||
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Trasko
Sweden983 Posts
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Motlu
Australia884 Posts
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SpunXtain20
Australia554 Posts
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
On September 04 2014 17:08 Trasko wrote: Is GEM an actual team or just a management thing. Feels kinda like a thing in limbo. They're six of one and half a dozen of the other. They provide financial support for players and try to hook them up with potential sponsors/teams. They got First and Yoda onto TCM, and they can pretty much get anyone and everyone an Azubu streaming deal. Ragnarok said GEM actually treats him well enough that he's not looking for a team while he's on them. Hopefully, this support means we can actually see Super do some traveling next year. I've always felt he had more potential individually than he ever wound up showing - he was MVP's ace for a reason, after all. | ||
Waxangel
United States33617 Posts
which means like speculation like "Nestea and Mvp should go to the GEM house in Europe and play in WCS" aren't anywhere nearly as simple as they seem | ||
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Hassan_RO
Romania77 Posts
Does GEM have a teamhouse in Korea, like in Europe (Dusseldorf), or will they just practice at home? | ||
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ssxsilver
United States4409 Posts
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Bowzar
Sweden741 Posts
On September 04 2014 16:55 neoghaleon55 wrote: I remember seeing a ton of players and casters join the Global ESports Management but I have no idea what they do or how it helps at all. Some players seems to get more support than others. MC obviously and Nestea. Im guessing they get a small salary for streaming on azubu or something. | ||
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XDEKSDEEXD
622 Posts
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PVJ
Hungary5221 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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Darthsanta13
United States564 Posts
Either way, congrats to the players! | ||
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Cricketer12
United States13996 Posts
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SilSol
Sweden2744 Posts
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tritonice
United States119 Posts
Keen's gif never gets old, and will last for all eternity. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26860 Posts
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
Many people in "real" sports have managers or are under a management company. If you take Formula 1 (well, motorsports), a driver will usually have a manager. That manager will help them get sponsorship so they can drive for a team (a lot of teams employ drivers who bring sponsorship to the team, for obvious reasons, rather than paying them), or they might arrange for individual sponsorship/promotion deals for products, or they will talk to various teams to get their driver a drive (e.g. talking to F1 teams to see if the team has a space for their driver). Same for football players, they have managers who handle contract negotiations, and will often get them individual endorsement deals. https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=_XIIVMz1CvKq8wfh64DwBQ&gws_rd=ssl#q=football management agency Lots of companies. Of course, in eSports being on a team is less of a requirement than motorsports or football, but the rest of the work still needs to be done such as arranging sponsorship contracts etc. Basically GEM does what any management company does for a sports player, deals with the non-sporting side of things so that the player can earn more money or find the most suitable team etc. | ||
Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On September 04 2014 22:49 Wombat_NI wrote: If it gets me some more Keen and Super I am totally down with this move. I dunno. Apparently all the MVP guys left because they didn't want to play SPL so we probably won't see them there. Plus we don't see Mvp and Nestea much and they are on GEM Korea no? | ||
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fenrysk
United States364 Posts
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Liliputin
Czech Republic458 Posts
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ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
On September 04 2014 23:39 Liliputin wrote: I was so sure about DRG and Super coming to Prime, now I really dont know who will come to that team... Im starting to get a little worried if they can get atleast 2 decent players... Super must have really really not wanted to play on Prime for him to pass up an ID as badass as SuperPrime. | ||
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Penev
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AWalker9
United Kingdom7229 Posts
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Twine
France246 Posts
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KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
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vult
United States9400 Posts
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teddyoojo
Germany22369 Posts
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
Would be strange having so many in Korea on no proper team, as the only big things around are GSL and SPL now. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On September 05 2014 08:27 teddyoojo wrote: GEM was totally not EMG and which was totally not azubu or clauf or i dont even know anymore right? eh who cares, they're taking care of players who would otherwise be teamless and probably retire. yay dirty esports money. | ||
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Clonester
Germany2808 Posts
And the EU and AM Regions dont have enough money either for all the strong players who leave Korea / Korean teams. I hope this wount backfire, so that many player quit SC II and less player will invest their live into SC II and we got a lack of talents and strong players in one or two years. | ||
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usethis2
2164 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On September 06 2014 06:46 usethis2 wrote: What the heck does GEM stand for, anyway? Gay European Male? Global Esports Management, I think? | ||
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AWalker9
United Kingdom7229 Posts
 Dream,  Billowy,  Sniper, Shine, hyvaa , aLive, TAiLS and Swagger are doing alright | ||
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Yorkie
United States12612 Posts
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creamyturtle
United States487 Posts
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Yakikorosu
1203 Posts
Still better than them retiring, KeeN I feel has fallen by the wayside a little but Super was pretty consistently doing well in Proleague--him and DRG pretty much carried MVP on their backs. Although I am still sad he changed his name from the silly but awesome Vampire to the insanely generic Super. | ||
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TelecoM
United States10726 Posts
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Darkdwarf
Sweden960 Posts
On September 08 2014 05:40 GGzerG wrote: Congrats, interested to hear more about this GEM Korea ...Need more info :-P I summon Richard Lewis! | ||
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