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KoDo
Profile Joined December 2010
United States683 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-11 01:22:04
November 10 2012 23:23 GMT
#1
desRow, Everize and JEcho were all released from the team. Maker already having parted ways with Pulse, leaves only Kane and HelloKitty remaining on the A team.

desRow "They downsized the team and laid off me, Everize and Jecho. Kitty and Kane remains on the team, priority is individual league, not team leagues." FB:desRowfighting
https://twitter.com/desRowfighting

joseph lopez ‏@pulseJEcho
Well, that was shortlived.
https://twitter.com/pulsejecho

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Response from Pulse:

On November 11 2012 09:28 Proziam wrote:
I feel like I should clarify a few things here.

First off, the reason for the downsize was due to sponsor negotiations where the sponsors didn't feel comfortable with the contracts we had in place for some of the starcraft players as it gave them freedom that could end up reflecting poorly on them. As a result, we would have to offer new contracts or terminate the contracts in order to get the sponsors to agree.

Couple this with the fact that we are also now covering console teams and it makes it more worthwhile to focus on a smaller core group of starcraft players in larger tournaments, than to have a larger group in team leagues.

Anyway, I know we're probably going to take some flak for this and I think it's justified. But I just ask that people understand that surviving in this industry requires working with sponsors and in many cases they are in a dominant position. We bear no ill will toward any of the players we have released and wish them the best of luck.
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ReachTheSky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3294 Posts
November 10 2012 23:34 GMT
#2
I don't think anyone saw this coming....
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CajunMan
Profile Joined July 2010
United States823 Posts
November 10 2012 23:40 GMT
#3
Well that was was fast wonder why.
Xiron
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1233 Posts
November 10 2012 23:41 GMT
#4
Ridiculous. Poor players.
"The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. " - Charlie Chaplin
Arcanne
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1519 Posts
November 10 2012 23:41 GMT
#5
short-lived
Professional tech investor, part time DotA scrub | Follow @AllMeasures on Twitter
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
November 10 2012 23:42 GMT
#6
Not sure why they let jEcho or Everize go. Either funds are lacking or there's a miscommunication of what was agreed upon, I don't know.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Zennith
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States795 Posts
November 10 2012 23:46 GMT
#7
... why bother having a team if you're not going to have a team?
Sentinel Gaming Competitive Team Manager | 1500+ points Masters Zerg | twitch.tv/zennith6
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13407 Posts
November 10 2012 23:47 GMT
#8
On November 11 2012 08:42 Torte de Lini wrote:
Not sure why they let jEcho or Everize go. Either funds are lacking or there's a miscommunication of what was agreed upon, I don't know.


Yeah and they keep Kitty and Kane? I always saw everize as pretty strong and jEcho as well.
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
CuSToM
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1478 Posts
November 10 2012 23:48 GMT
#9
the pride of Chicago. that's too bad
Team SCV Life #1
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
November 10 2012 23:48 GMT
#10
Site is down for almost 30 days, holy balls
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
SigmaoctanusIV
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States3313 Posts
November 10 2012 23:55 GMT
#11
any of those guys perform at all? Same with the people they kept, I would be interested to hear from the management what they think about player performance.
I am Godzilla You are Japan
bullseyel
Profile Joined September 2011
United States52 Posts
November 10 2012 23:56 GMT
#12
why they downsize?
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-Kyo-
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan1926 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-10 23:58:20
November 10 2012 23:57 GMT
#13
On November 11 2012 08:48 Torte de Lini wrote:
Site is down for almost 30 days, holy balls


My rule of thumb is, if they give you an ETA on a site - or an ETA on anything without preemptively securing you something don't even bother. I feel bad for these players, but I assume they didn't have a contract... And for how good/well known most of them are I see this to be just something they rushed into. Though, the players are the victims so you can't blame them. I hope they find new homes and prosper; and on the other hand teams like this, those that assure others something they can't provide, stop showing up in the scene.

(of course, assuming the implied facts here are correct!)
Anime is cuter than you. Legacy of the Void GM Protoss Gameplay: twitch.tv/kyo7763 youtube.com/user/KyoStarcraft/
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aRyuujin
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States5049 Posts
November 10 2012 23:58 GMT
#14
damn, that seems messed up for the players :X
can i get my estro logo back pls
m3rciless
Profile Joined August 2009
United States1476 Posts
November 11 2012 00:03 GMT
#15
desRow..... why anyone would hire him in the first place with all the evidence of his attitude floating around is beyond me.
White-Ra fighting!
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
November 11 2012 00:15 GMT
#16
lol. so many freaking flakes in the community. you either do it right or you don't do it at all.

just makes the entire scene look bad, deters other people from doing a better job and wastes players' time.
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
November 11 2012 00:18 GMT
#17
Interesting

Hope Wagamama and co are alright.
WriterXiao8~~
Aunvilgod
Profile Joined December 2011
2653 Posts
November 11 2012 00:20 GMT
#18
On November 11 2012 08:55 SigmaoctanusIV wrote:
any of those guys perform at all? Same with the people they kept, I would be interested to hear from the management what they think about player performance.


desrow is kinda known, but none of the guys performed at all.
ilovegroov | Blizzards mapmaker(s?) suck ass | #1 Protoss hater
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
November 11 2012 00:21 GMT
#19
On November 11 2012 09:20 Aunvilgod wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 11 2012 08:55 SigmaoctanusIV wrote:
any of those guys perform at all? Same with the people they kept, I would be interested to hear from the management what they think about player performance.


desrow is kinda known, but none of the guys performed at all.


they're all ladder warriors like gowser.
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
KoDo
Profile Joined December 2010
United States683 Posts
November 11 2012 00:22 GMT
#20
i honestly feel bad for the players. seems unfair to them, but i am curious as to how they were released and if they were compensated because i assume they were contracted
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