I was pretty shocked the team let Keen play in the WTL instead of Nice, Keen didnt even play in the GSL qualifier and somehow they think adding him was a great move.

Also, HM joining Offsyde is very exciting, their schedule is front-loaded against top teams, but they play 3 manageable opponents in the last couple rounds. Big Gabe could take them into the playoff spots there.

dbRic1203

Germany2655 Posts

June 12 2024 17:14 GMT

#103

On June 13 2024 01:05 digmouse wrote:

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Management being incredibly unhappy about his performance is what I heard.

If they were after decent Performance and not solely Name value, they should have gotten a decent B-tier Foreigner instead of Keen in the first place.
From what I ve heared Koreans ask for (and often get) about 3-4x the pay than foreigners of similar skill levels.
Thats why some of the more grass root Teams like Plat heroes or Berserker have foreigners only. You can support an entire (B-Tier-) foreigner- WTL squad on the same costs, it would take to sign 1 (C-Tier-) Korean like Keen.

Waxangel

United States33383 Posts

June 12 2024 17:54 GMT

#104

On June 13 2024 02:14 dbRic1203 wrote:

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are they willing to employ some TL.net forumers as scouts/front office

Nakajin

Canada8989 Posts

June 12 2024 18:27 GMT

#105

On June 13 2024 02:54 Waxangel wrote:

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are they willing to employ some TL.net forumers as scouts/front office

Poopi could have made a fortune selling his service as "ESWC qualification system advisor" to every big esport org.

Waxangel

United States33383 Posts

June 13 2024 20:57 GMT

#106

Coffee joins All Gamers

Balnazza

Germany1159 Posts

June 13 2024 21:02 GMT

#107

The Frick is AG Global?
Edit: Nevermind. They go by different names, but I definetly know Anyone's Legend

argonautdice

Canada2718 Posts

June 13 2024 22:35 GMT

#108

On June 14 2024 05:57 Waxangel wrote:
Coffee joins AG Global

https://twitter.com/AGGlobalEsports/status/1801117550576795799

For a moment I thought Innovation is back.

Balnazza

Germany1159 Posts

July 17 2024 13:20 GMT

#109

NightMare leaves Bleed Esports. Seems like he is the first victim of "we only pick up players for EWC".
While this isn't too dramatic, I'm wondering if (should we get a new EPT Season announced soon) that means that teams like Navi or Virtus.Pro will drop their players after the EWC and just pick some up next year.

Btw, as an addendum why teams aren't picking up more than one player: I think, if I understand the EWC rules correctly, there is a "one entry per game and org"-limit for the EWC points. So for example, if Serral and Reynor would be in the finals, BASILISK still only gets the points for winning the tournament, but not for both. So for an org like Talon, it sadly doesn't make much sense to pick up more weaker players next to Dark, since they most likely won't be going further in the bracket as him.

MJG

United Kingdom1051 Posts

July 17 2024 13:59 GMT

#110

On July 17 2024 22:20 Balnazza wrote:
NightMare leaves Bleed Esports. Seems like he is the first victim of "we only pick up players for EWC".
While this isn't too dramatic, I'm wondering if (should we get a new EPT Season announced soon) that means that teams like Navi or Virtus.Pro will drop their players after the EWC and just pick some up next year.

Btw, as an addendum why teams aren't picking up more than one player: I think, if I understand the EWC rules correctly, there is a "one entry per game and org"-limit for the EWC points. So for example, if Serral and Reynor would be in the finals, BASILISK still only gets the points for winning the tournament, but not for both. So for an org like Talon, it sadly doesn't make much sense to pick up more weaker players next to Dark, since they most likely won't be going further in the bracket as him.

It's strange that they picked up NightMare if they only wanted someone for EWC.

I think that his only chance of getting into EWC was winning the open qualifier.

Maybe it was a long shot that didn't pay off.