SanDisk Sponsors Axiom eSports - Page 4

On March 28 2015 20:21 boxerfred wrote:

Calling people "morons" really helps. Glad Axiom picked up another sponsor. Keep up the good work.

On March 28 2015 06:03 coolman123123 wrote:
I know I'll probably get shit for saying this, but I wish TB would sign worthy players. Axiom is one of the most well funded Korean teams, yet it has one of the weakest rosters.

On March 28 2015 22:34 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Monetarily, we are now breaking even on regular month to month costs. Flights and hotels are still expenses which aren't covered by sponsorship dollars, we'd need one more major sponsor to be in that state. We're in the best financial state the team has ever been, that's the main point. We can afford the house, all the costs associated with the house (electricity, gas, food budget etc) and the teams salary, on sponsorship dollars alone. Flights and hotels are still coming out of my pocket.

As to the question "Why not hire more players?". Well for one, why? Where are all the team leagues to justify a larger roster? We have practice partners in KeSPA that we work with, so its not like all practice is internal (one of the advantages of not being part of Proleague is that Proleague teams want to use our guys to prepare for matches, you'd be shocked who we've beaten in secret ). If we went for Proleague it'd be with another team anyway, we'd never bolster our roster that much to go it alone, it's just financially irresponsible. There's no reason for a non KeSPA sponsored team to have a big roster anymore. Anyway, our house is at capacity, we have MMA, Patience and TRUE playing in the house plus our 5 guys, we're full. Axiom to me is about long-term roster development. If my players are slumping, its our job to get them out of that slump, not fire them and replace them with whoever is winning at the time. That's not how you maintain team morale.

On March 28 2015 22:34 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Monetarily, we are now breaking even on regular month to month costs. Flights and hotels are still expenses which aren't covered by sponsorship dollars, we'd need one more major sponsor to be in that state. We're in the best financial state the team has ever been, that's the main point. We can afford the house, all the costs associated with the house (electricity, gas, food budget etc) and the teams salary, on sponsorship dollars alone. Flights and hotels are still coming out of my pocket.

As to the question "Why not hire more players?". Well for one, why? Where are all the team leagues to justify a larger roster? We have practice partners in KeSPA that we work with, so its not like all practice is internal (one of the advantages of not being part of Proleague is that Proleague teams want to use our guys to prepare for matches, you'd be shocked who we've beaten in secret ). If we went for Proleague it'd be with another team anyway, we'd never bolster our roster that much to go it alone, it's just financially irresponsible. There's no reason for a non KeSPA sponsored team to have a big roster anymore. Anyway, our house is at capacity, we have MMA, Patience and TRUE playing in the house plus our 5 guys, we're full. Axiom to me is about long-term roster development. If my players are slumping, its our job to get them out of that slump, not fire them and replace them with whoever is winning at the time. That's not how you maintain team morale.

On March 28 2015 22:34 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Monetarily, we are now breaking even on regular month to month costs. Flights and hotels are still expenses which aren't covered by sponsorship dollars, we'd need one more major sponsor to be in that state. We're in the best financial state the team has ever been, that's the main point. We can afford the house, all the costs associated with the house (electricity, gas, food budget etc) and the teams salary, on sponsorship dollars alone. Flights and hotels are still coming out of my pocket.

As to the question "Why not hire more players?". Well for one, why? Where are all the team leagues to justify a larger roster? We have practice partners in KeSPA that we work with, so its not like all practice is internal (one of the advantages of not being part of Proleague is that Proleague teams want to use our guys to prepare for matches, you'd be shocked who we've beaten in secret ). If we went for Proleague it'd be with another team anyway, we'd never bolster our roster that much to go it alone, it's just financially irresponsible. There's no reason for a non KeSPA sponsored team to have a big roster anymore. Anyway, our house is at capacity, we have MMA, Patience and TRUE playing in the house plus our 5 guys, we're full. Axiom to me is about long-term roster development. If my players are slumping, its our job to get them out of that slump, not fire them and replace them with whoever is winning at the time. That's not how you maintain team morale.

On March 29 2015 01:38 Yonan wrote:
As always, your attitude regarding your players is awesome, even if they do have to farm dilythium for you 2 hours each per day.