It's not hard to guess, but sometimes these companies should just openly say it instead of doing some hilarious PR turnarounds/social posts/insert *shrug*

They might come back next year, better not be too direct this time

Kashim

Poland1209 Posts

October 11 2024 13:08 GMT

#22

We missed this - Astrea leaves Virtus Pro

https://virtus.pro/en/articles/astrea-pokidaet-virtuspro

Balnazza

Germany1216 Posts

October 11 2024 14:18 GMT

#23

Vitality has signed Maru for another year:

Will be interesting to see if they hire a third player for WTL, leave the league or maybe kick out Ryung and put Maru in another team?
They could literally destroy the league by fusion Maru off to BASILISK, so BASKitality could finish the season with a 55-11 record

Waxangel

United States33449 Posts

October 11 2024 14:37 GMT

#24

On October 11 2024 21:00 Balnazza wrote:

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They might come back next year, better not be too direct this time

IIRC there are supposed to be some minimum length contract eligibility regulations for EWC so teams can't just sign ppl for the duration of the event. Not quite sure what the specifics are.

Zzzapper

1797 Posts

October 12 2024 12:38 GMT

#25

Tangentially related to this topic: has the maximum age for military service in Korea been raised or something? I just realized that Cure is almost as old as Zest was when he left and back then there were all kinds of rumors about Zest possibly being exempt because he kept playing. Dark and Bunny are also over 29 now and I was under the impression that you had to enlist before this age. In Bunny's case I suppose he might have quietly retired in preparation, he hasn't played a match since almost qualifying for the EWC 3 months ago.

In any case, I hope these guys get to stay a bit longer for a bit longer; there probably won't be much of a pro scene when they finish their service. At this point, there's only a handful of pre-military players left but they're all among the strongest players around so any retirements will be felt.

Waxangel

United States33449 Posts

October 23 2024 22:44 GMT

#26

A few belated updates:

SLT disbands, presumably making their entire roster free agents (Cham, Krystianer, ReWhite, Wayne, YoungZest): https://x.com/Chamsc2/status/1845647034226704552

Streamerzone sign BabyMarine: https://x.com/streamerzone_gg/status/1844766204742832441

Maru extends with Vitality until 2026: https://x.com/TeamVitality/status/1844725565812560327

Waxangel

United States33449 Posts

November 03 2024 15:42 GMT

#27

November 3

Solar joins Falcons Esport - Twitter/X

November 1

Krystianer joins OFFSYDE - Twitter/X

Balnazza

Germany1216 Posts

November 03 2024 15:56 GMT

#28

Krystianer seems to have joined OFFSYDE, not ONSYDE/Vitality. Vitality is still missing a third player to compete in WTL

Waxangel

United States33449 Posts

November 03 2024 16:00 GMT

#29

On November 04 2024 00:56 Balnazza wrote:
Krystianer seems to have joined OFFSYDE, not ONSYDE/Vitality. Vitality is still missing a third player to compete in WTL

bah, same difference

Harris1st

Germany6966 Posts

November 04 2024 07:44 GMT

#30

On November 04 2024 00:42 Waxangel wrote:
November 3

Solar joins Falcons Esport - Twitter/X

November 1

Krystianer joins OFFSYDE - Twitter/X

Solar signing with Falcons is incredible good news IMO!
Falcons is the Saudi team right? Why would they build a SC2 division... unless... EWC Starcraft 2 competition all but confirmed at this point?

MJG

United Kingdom1279 Posts

November 04 2024 08:24 GMT

#31

Balnazza

Germany1216 Posts

November 06 2024 14:01 GMT

#32

On November 04 2024 16:44 Harris1st wrote:

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Solar signing with Falcons is incredible good news IMO!
Falcons is the Saudi team right? Why would they build a SC2 division... unless... EWC Starcraft 2 competition all but confirmed at this point?

Vitality also signing Maru specifically seems to confirm that, yes. Might just be that ESL can't announce anything because they have to wait for the green-light from the EWC Foundation.