little bit more detailed summary
Choya fOu notified GOM TV today that fOu merges with FXOpen.
He said "I asked FXO about sponsering our team and they counter offered with merge, so I accepted." Official name is FXOKorea. FXO will continue their work overseas(foreign scene) and FXOKorea will play in GSL, GSTL.

Choya maintains his playing coach status and will lead FXOKorea. FXO pays management expenses monthly and support foreign competition. FXOKorea can practice in team house in Malaysia at off season.

FXOKorea will wear FXO uniform starting 6th week of GSTL. Those who can not play in GSL can live in the team house in Malaysia and participate online tournament. Malaysia's lagging condition is much better than Korea when playing in EU or NA server.

Choya is happy that players can practice in better environment and also happy that this makes that he can focus more on 'playing' than 'coach'. They'll work hard to achieve better results.

StimMarine

723 Posts

July 18 2011 11:20 GMT

#109

Exciting set of developments! There are some very good Zerg and Terran players in FOu that can do a skill-transfer to the FXO players. I just hope that FXO's investment into the SC2 scene remains financially sustainable in the long term, but I trust FXOBoss and his financial/strategical advisers.

twelveapm

United States46 Posts

July 18 2011 11:20 GMT

#110

And here I thought FXOBoss was a trader, not a banker, haha. But since it was a friendly acquisition, it's a step forward for both. Glad that FXO is committing so much to esports.

Usagi

Spain1647 Posts

July 18 2011 11:21 GMT

#111

I guess the clan will continue to be name fOu, while the team will be FXO.
The same as NEX and ZENEX.

RevThirteen

Sweden116 Posts

July 18 2011 11:21 GMT

#112

So... Where does FXO get all thier money from?

deadjawa

United States179 Posts

July 18 2011 11:21 GMT

#113

Seems like FXO needed this to continue the Korean training of some of it's players. The Koreans needed a big sponsor to continue to recruit and get better. Seems mutually beneficial to me.

Medrea

10003 Posts

July 18 2011 11:21 GMT

#114

These two teams seemed like they had a great time interacting with eachother.

Dox

Australia1199 Posts

July 18 2011 11:21 GMT

#115

This is so incredibly awesome.

SmoKim

Denmark10300 Posts

July 18 2011 11:22 GMT

#116

On July 18 2011 20:16 Zlasher wrote:

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Almost went from EN EN to KR KR

Anyways...I'm just going to leave this here

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=240526&currentpage=4#75

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BURN THE WITCH :o!!!!!!!!!!!!

tgun

434 Posts

July 18 2011 11:22 GMT

#117

On July 18 2011 20:21 RevThirteen wrote:
So... Where does FXO get all thier money from?

I accidentally hit BoSs once while he was here, and 1,000 Won fell on the ground. I think it grows on him, kind of like on trees.

arbitrageur

Australia1202 Posts

July 18 2011 11:22 GMT

#118

On July 18 2011 20:21 RevThirteen wrote:
So... Where does FXO get all thier money from?

www.FXOpen.com

pdd

Australia9933 Posts

July 18 2011 11:23 GMT

#119

Does this mean Oz will go back to fOu/FXOKorea? Seems rather pointless for him to be separated from his old fOu teammates.

Eufouria

United Kingdom4425 Posts

July 18 2011 11:23 GMT

#120

The article makes it sound like the players from FXO who want to play in Korea will play with fOu under FXOKorea (I prefer FXO.fOu or FXOu, but I guess if you're a company investing this much into a team you want your moneys worth).

Does this mean that FXO players are going to have the opportunity to live and train with fOu?