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TechNoTrance
Profile Joined May 2012
Canada1007 Posts
January 28 2016 05:36 GMT
#21
I didn't think Apex would be beat. I can't even imagine the reaction that will come the next time a team with an unknown private sponsor pops up.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6327 Posts
January 28 2016 05:41 GMT
#22
Hahahahaha saw this coming in a mile.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
RevTiberius
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada353 Posts
January 28 2016 05:50 GMT
#23
As I have recently been promoted to a corporate leadership position, and struggling with a distinct loss of interest in SC2, I check Teamliquid not nearly as often as I used to.

And whenever I do, there's BS like this going on... sad, really

I remember in 2010/11 when SC2 was brand new I was on Team Revoki, at the time a well-respected semi-professional SC2 team. I wasn't a good player (Top 8 Diamond), but a bit older and more mature than most members and helping out with day-to-day management of the team.

There were many excellent players on the team, ranking from mid-master to mid-grandmaster, most of them teenagers. A lot of them had the misguided belief that they could become full-time e-sports professionals. My response to such ill-advised plans was always "Stay in School!". Maybe I said that because I was one of the lucky few who was able to turn a strong academic record in school into a lucrative corporate career. But I think I've my suspicions as to the financial sustainability of so-called "professional" teams have always been justified, especially at the lower end of the "professional" spectrum.

Therefore, to make a long story short, I'm not surprised at this news. As far as SC2 is concerned, the whole e-sports business model only works for a few players at the very, very top.



Teaching Chess to a Starcraft 2 Grandmaster: http://revtiberius.blogspot.ca
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
January 28 2016 05:50 GMT
#24
Lol. Shocking.

On January 16 2016 09:45 Phredxor wrote:
Hope it all works out, but i'm pretty skeptical after all the other failures..
Nomzter
Profile Joined March 2012
Sweden2802 Posts
January 28 2016 05:59 GMT
#25
Shame, I really thought they were gonna be the next big foreigner team xDDD
HooHooH
Profile Joined January 2015
165 Posts
January 28 2016 06:01 GMT
#26
Team disbanded faster than a myungsik team switch lol
shin_toss
Profile Joined May 2010
Philippines2589 Posts
January 28 2016 06:05 GMT
#27
So sad to see them go.. the memories will stay with me tho, good luck to the players
AKMU / IU
Cluster__
Profile Joined September 2013
United States328 Posts
January 28 2016 06:05 GMT
#28
Sorry to the players who had to go through this
Liquid`Snute, AcerScarlett, ROOTCatZ, MC, Maru, Soulkey, Losira
Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
January 28 2016 06:08 GMT
#29
and yet players agreed to sign for that team

can't understand
Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of shitposting, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".
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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES49904 Posts
January 28 2016 06:11 GMT
#30
now thats an apocalypse
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
January 28 2016 06:16 GMT
#31
RIP you will be missed
Moderatorhttp://i.imgur.com/U4xwqmD.png
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20-Minute-Jackal
Profile Joined May 2015
United States336 Posts
January 28 2016 06:16 GMT
#32
Aaaaaaaaand it's dead!
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
January 28 2016 06:16 GMT
#33
On January 28 2016 15:08 Makro wrote:
and yet players agreed to sign for that team

can't understand

History has shown that players are not the best when it comes to judgement.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
bduddy
Profile Joined May 2012
United States1326 Posts
January 28 2016 06:16 GMT
#34
Which died faster, this or Team Epic?
>Liquid'Nazgul: Of course you are completely right
RoninKenshin
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada97 Posts
January 28 2016 06:19 GMT
#35
I understand that these players are kids with very little life (and legal) experience. However, looking at the story and contract, this is on the players as well for falling for this garbage over and over again. There needs to be some degree of due diligence, proof of funds, corporate registration, corporate or trust accounts... not a few pieces of paper shoddily formatted in Word that a 3rd grader could pump out on his lunch break. This kind of thing has happened over and over, and could have easily been avoided by withholding a couple blinks.

I know that it's really hard for non-sponsored progamers to turn down any form of support or remuneration, but if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. I'm feel really bad for the players and the management who were all suckered by this idiot, but please do your homework from now on. The next time will be some pyramid or Ponzi scheme or whatever other scam if you're not careful.
I'm with e-sports
NikaLogy
Profile Joined September 2012
Denmark58 Posts
January 28 2016 06:20 GMT
#36
This of course SUCKS for the players, but i cant help but laugh at the ludicrous title and reasoning, with the owner being in psych ward. Did he set it all up and do it from in there? How did he even manage that?
Wrath
Profile Blog Joined July 2014
3174 Posts
January 28 2016 06:20 GMT
#37
Well, they lived up to their name...
20-Minute-Jackal
Profile Joined May 2015
United States336 Posts
January 28 2016 06:23 GMT
#38
On January 28 2016 15:20 NikaLogy wrote:
This of course SUCKS for the players, but i cant help but laugh at the ludicrous title and reasoning, with the owner being in psych ward. Did he set it all up and do it from in there? How did he even manage that?

Yeah I bet the team was "founded" in a psych ward, only nobody bothered to check that fact.
NikaLogy
Profile Joined September 2012
Denmark58 Posts
January 28 2016 06:24 GMT
#39
On January 28 2016 15:23 20-Minute-Jackal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2016 15:20 NikaLogy wrote:
This of course SUCKS for the players, but i cant help but laugh at the ludicrous title and reasoning, with the owner being in psych ward. Did he set it all up and do it from in there? How did he even manage that?

Yeah I bet the team was "founded" in a psych ward, only nobody bothered to check that fact.

That's pretty... Insane
Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
January 28 2016 06:25 GMT
#40
On January 28 2016 15:16 Boucot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2016 15:08 Makro wrote:
and yet players agreed to sign for that team

can't understand

History has shown that players are not the best when it comes to judgement.

yea the sad thing is that it is going to be regular, since younger players come into the scene everyday
Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of shitposting, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".
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