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A few hours ago Alien Invasion posted this on their facebook:
This year was absolutely astonishing for Alien Invasion. The accomplishments of our two Koreans Patience and Golden throughout the year showed us that our teamhouse was a good investment to compete on the highest level. Indeed the whole team flourished under those circrumstances and even after both Koreans went back to Korea our shrinked roster still suprised nearly everyone. In the Cascade1xbet Team League we got second in the group stages and with the help of the incredible Strelok we got to the finals. But all the good stories come to an end. And for now Alien Invasion will close it's doors and renovate until the next big RTS title will come up in which we want to compete.
Thanks to our sponsor Wardecks, especially Meik, and Leaseweb. And thanks to all our fans, you are the ones who always cheered for Ai even in the early times of Starcraft 2.
Our pathes will cross again, wait for the next Alien Invasion!
source: https://www.facebook.com/TeamAlienInvasion/posts/850338761683770
about Alien Invasion:
Alien Invasion (often abbreviated to Ai) is a professional StarCraft II team based in Germany. The organisation was founded in 2007 as a Warcraft III team by a group of business students who happened to be eSports enthusiasts, and switched to StarCraft II in August 2010.
The competitive team is made up of both original members of the team, native German talent, upcoming European players, as well as players of an international calibre. In November 2012, the team announced the creation of a team house in Duisburg, Germany which would serve as a practice centre for their European players, as well as a place for the team's Korean players to live, whilst giving other players the possibility to apply to live and practice from the team house.
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Germany913 Posts
Looks like they'll wait for WC4 D:
It's always sad to see a team disband, especially if it was a legit and nice one with adorable players.
Ai has been a big part of the german scene and was always one of my favourite teams.
Hopefully they'll return some day!
Also good luck to all players and team members in the future!
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Aw, that's a shame. But I guess they just weren't getting the marketing they needed, not that surprising anymore.
Patience and Golden would both be great pickups, though. Hope they find a good home.
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Germany913 Posts
On December 09 2014 04:13 Larkin wrote:
Aw, that's a shame. But I guess they just weren't getting the marketing they needed, not that surprising anymore.
Patience and Golden would both be great pickups, though. Hope they find a good home.
Golden is in the military right now, he didn't leave Ai for no reason^^
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Germany475 Posts
On December 09 2014 04:19 Clubfan wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2014 04:13 Larkin wrote:
Aw, that's a shame. But I guess they just weren't getting the marketing they needed, not that surprising anymore.
Patience and Golden would both be great pickups, though. Hope they find a good home. Golden is in the military right now, he didn't leave Ai for no reason^^
Also Patience already has a new team again, he is at Dead Pixels together with TRUE
The only player that was more or less still active and willing to practice for tournaments was CPU
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Is the "next big RTS title" LOTV?
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On December 09 2014 04:19 Clubfan wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2014 04:13 Larkin wrote:
Aw, that's a shame. But I guess they just weren't getting the marketing they needed, not that surprising anymore.
Patience and Golden would both be great pickups, though. Hope they find a good home. Golden is in the military right now, he didn't leave Ai for no reason^^
Ah yes, I had forgotten about that.
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"until the next big RTS title will come up in which we want to compete"
so you support a game for exactly as long as its on the top of the train and drop it right afterwards?
players sholdnt join your team then, since you will drop the game sooner or later anyway, right?
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On December 09 2014 04:26 KalWarkov wrote:
"until the next big RTS title will come up in which we want to compete"
so you support a game for exactly as long as its on the top of the train and drop it right afterwards?
players sholdnt join your team then, since you will drop the game sooner or later anyway, right?
Wow, such negativity. I'd say they did at least support SC2 for a good amount of time, which is quite awsome if you ask me.
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Awww golden 
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On December 09 2014 04:26 KalWarkov wrote:
"until the next big RTS title will come up in which we want to compete"
so you support a game for exactly as long as its on the top of the train and drop it right afterwards?
players sholdnt join your team then, since you will drop the game sooner or later anyway, right?
AI did well for their players and it's sad to see them go.
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So does this mean they're waiting for lotv? or does this mean they're done with the starcraft title as a whole?
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On December 09 2014 04:42 Advantageous wrote:
So does this mean they're waiting for lotv? or does this mean they're done with the starcraft title as a whole?
Guess it means they wait until SC2 is more profitable again, since on blizzard makes popular RTS games.
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Netherlands289 Posts
. that is terrible news.
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On December 09 2014 04:26 KalWarkov wrote:
"until the next big RTS title will come up in which we want to compete"
so you support a game for exactly as long as its on the top of the train and drop it right afterwards?
players sholdnt join your team then, since you will drop the game sooner or later anyway, right?
Better than not supporting it at all d: And better than scaming the players too
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Germany3367 Posts
As far as I can judge AI was a very reliable team that supported its players well. They had a great last year with Patience and Golden doing very well for them.
Sad to see them go, but I hope they'll find the possibility to come back soon. And knowing the CEO at least a little bit I have no doubt that we will see more of AI some day.
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On December 09 2014 04:26 KalWarkov wrote:
"until the next big RTS title will come up in which we want to compete"
so you support a game for exactly as long as its on the top of the train and drop it right afterwards?
players sholdnt join your team then, since you will drop the game sooner or later anyway, right?
I actually find it very professional to announce it beforehand like this instead of just randomly shutting down like many teams.
They were a good part of the community and it s sad to see them go but they gave their reasons so you should respect them even if you do not agree.
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On December 09 2014 05:31 WGT-Baal wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2014 04:26 KalWarkov wrote:
"until the next big RTS title will come up in which we want to compete"
so you support a game for exactly as long as its on the top of the train and drop it right afterwards?
players sholdnt join your team then, since you will drop the game sooner or later anyway, right? I actually find it very professional to announce it beforehand like this instead of just randomly shutting down like many teams. They were a good part of the community and it s sad to see them go but they gave their reasons so you should respect them even if you do not agree.
I agree. Would rather see teams that can't sustain what they are doing end things in a professional and responsible way rather than pull another Quantic etc... Now if the players from this team come out and start telling us about unpaid debts etc that would be another thing. Until I hear otherwise, I thank Ai for their time and investments in the scene and hope to see them again for LotV.
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Seems like lately we only have bad news...
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