On January 27 2016 20:04 ejozl wrote: I have no insigt whatsoever, but this seems like a bad sense of loyalty from KT. If Life was still the best of the best, they would've probably held onto him.
I want Leenock&Life on same team
He got top 2 at Blizzcon and 2nd in the first GSL Pre-Season, I don't think his results are the reason here. Especially since Leenock has no comparable results. Honestly Life asking to change teams is more likely than KT wanting to get rid of him.
On January 27 2016 19:58 Musicus wrote: Well this is unexpected, they can't really use the KT teaser now. I guess Afreeca is paying Life just as much or more than KT did.
I think they pay him less but he has more freedom. And maybe he gets to stream to compensate for less salary.
Hm I would fine it weird if Life got less money now, Afreeca certainly seems to have the money to pay him big. I guess KT also got a quite a bit, I don't see them accepting otherwise. Sure Leenock does quite well in Proleage, but when it comes to Starpower and individual leages they can't compare. Life is worth a loooot more.
So if a team feels too weak, they can just ask for star players from a stronger team? Why didn't anyone think of that before?! Prime could have asked for Innovation, Rogue and Zest and be completely golden!
On January 27 2016 20:31 opisska wrote: So if a team feels too weak, they can just ask for star players from a stronger team? Why didn't anyone think of that before?! Prime could have asked for Innovation, Rogue and Zest and be completely golden!
On January 27 2016 20:31 opisska wrote: So if a team feels too weak, they can just ask for star players from a stronger team? Why didn't anyone think of that before?! Prime could have asked for Innovation, Rogue and Zest and be completely golden!
Pretty sure you need a lot of money to compensate the team for their player and pay those aces a hefty salary. I don't think selling ByuN's computer was enough for that.
On January 27 2016 17:00 OtherWorld wrote: Lol, so a big team gives away a big player to a lower team because of the show? What is this, a competitive game or NASCAR?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but most widely watched sports have some rules regarding which teams can pick up which players, eg. worst-performing teams get first pick, specifically to prevent the sort of domination that we've seen from SKT over the years.
KeSPA is actually quite unique in that - as far as we know, anyway - player acquisition has always essentially been a free for all.
Let's grant for the moment that Life was given to Afreeca out of charity (a theory I don't agree with, because Life is pretty shoddy in PL), are you against that sort of interference on principle or do you just not like how arbitrarily it was applied in this one instance (eg not a player from SKT, but KT; only once instead of a regular ruling)?
Afaik that's mostly true in NA sports, because there show > competition ; here in Europe you don't see that kind of thing. I dislike it because trying to "avoid domination" artificially is something that's viewer-focused, and as all superficial things it's something that's not good for the health of the sport. What the hell is the narrative interest of watching PL if teams start to give ace players to each other out of charity? What's the interest of a sport if everyone has the same chance to win? What's the point if there are no favorites and underdogs? Should Djokovic play with a ballast on his racket when he's playing players worse than him?
Well I can't read Korean, but the wording of the translation suggests that this was just a trade of player for player, no money involved. Even more it suggests that it was done not out of mutual benefit, but because ST needed it and KT either felt charitable enough to do it or was forced to comply. Surely, this is just a feeling from an unofficial translation, but it does not really seem as a competitive move, but has more of a wrestling vibe to it.
On January 27 2016 20:31 opisska wrote: So if a team feels too weak, they can just ask for star players from a stronger team? Why didn't anyone think of that before?! Prime could have asked for Innovation, Rogue and Zest and be completely golden!
Pretty sure you need a lot of money to compensate the team for their player and pay those aces a hefty salary. I don't think selling ByuN's computer was enough for that.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuurn! #MusicusOnFire
As a side note, we don't know what's going on in the background that we're not being told about. This is the 2nd player trade between KT and that team this off-season already.
You saw this on reddit and posted here didn't you?
Haha, I should've known it was posted there already, but I actually didn't check that reddit thread.
I saw that GTR is at SPOTV Games now and will be casting SSL/Proleague and have been wondering why it's not on TL yet. Big news and he is one of us! I thought about posting it, but somebody that knows him better should do it, I don't know much about him.
Edit: lol it was even The_Red_Viper who posted it on Reddit . And I like this idea:
Someone really needs to edit that video and throw Life's head on Simba...
You saw this on reddit and posted here didn't you?
Haha, I should've known it was posted there already, but I actually didn't check that reddit thread.
I saw that GTR is at SPOTV Games now and will be casting SSL/Proleague and have been wondering why it's not on TL yet. Big news and he is one of us! I thought about posting it, but somebody that knows him better should do it, I don't know much about him.
Edit: lol it was even The_Red_Viper who posted it on Reddit . And I like this idea:
Someone really needs to edit that video and throw Life's head on Simba...
I mean i only posted it for reference, i have no idea if kids these days know their stuff :D (let's be real lion king best animated movie ever, at least from the west)
On January 27 2016 20:31 opisska wrote: So if a team feels too weak, they can just ask for star players from a stronger team? Why didn't anyone think of that before?! Prime could have asked for Innovation, Rogue and Zest and be completely golden!
Pretty sure you need a lot of money to compensate the team for their player and pay those aces a hefty salary. I don't think selling ByuN's computer was enough for that.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuurn! #MusicusOnFire
As a side note, we don't know what's going on in the background that we're not being told about. This is the 2nd player trade between KT and that team this off-season already.
Inb4 KT and Afreeca merge into one team after Round 1
EPT
. And I like this idea:
