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TypeLex
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany62 Posts
October 14 2012 12:02 GMT
#1
Hello everyone at TL,

I do realise that many of you have seen this coming and I wanted to give an official statement regarding the closure of Type Gaming.
I would like to share my honest opinion about the experience, I hope this will benefit people who will go in the eSports team adventure and shed some light for our fans.

The last year has been truly amazing, going from nothing to attending all major tournaments in Europe and even Sao Paolo was truly a dream come true.
The eSports community I discovered has shaped my future for ever and I will never forget all the time in Type Gaming.

This, however, came with great challenges, the main one has been time. Keeping the team afloat took more and more time from all involved members, the expectations kept getting higher and higher but unfortunately our results did not allow for extra investment.
As such, the environment became stressful and less enjoyable. This is when PhoeNix went back to Korea, soon after, DBS left the team house as well and only ReaL was living there. This became even more stressful as most of the expectations fell onto ReaL and of course, it became more and more difficult to play with a clean mind. This meant that it was even more difficult to increase our results.

After strong discussions, ReaL and I decided it was time to part ways, we did this amicably so that ReaL's talent would not be wasted and so that he could join another team however he wanted. I am happy that Ai decided to take ReaL onboard.

With ReaL, most of our Starcraft II roster left, that was expected and we were planning to re-inforce our troops in Japan (Thank you so much PSiArc, Sugeo and Nemuke!), this has been going quite well as PSiArc is arguably the best player in Japan and he showed very good results at the Tokyo Game Show. Nemuke himself is doing great with his fun stream (please keep watching him!) and Sugeo, casting games at Tokyo Game Show and running the Japanese Starcraft news site sc-times.net

Still, the amount of investment needed to reshape Type Gaming and bring it to the high level we've aimed at from the beginning became too much.
Rather than being a B-Team, I decided that it was time to stop, regain energy, rethink projects and look forward to future endeavours.



Bellow, you will find the general statement which has now become the front-page of our website.

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October 14th 2012

After a little over a year, Type Gaming closed its doors.

The adventure of eSports has been an amazing one which led us to meet great talents and forge friendships which will last a lifetime.
Through the last months, the team has become increasingly difficult to run and maintain.
This has been due to both decreasing results, lack of engagement and increasing financial pressure. Today we decided it was time say goodbye.

We would like to give special thank you to everyone who supported and helped Type Gaming in this year.
Our thoughts goes especially to:
Dennis TaKe from TakeTV for the amazing work he is doing everyday in eSports
Razer for the awesome gear that we've been using and enjoying throughout our trainings and travels
Cheaphotels Japan for providing the financial basis to run Type Gaming
HolmesPlace for providing access to their amazing gym in Düsseldorf, Germany
Lex for giving his Apartment to Type Gaming and running the startup with all his heart and giving chances to all the talented players and managers
All the people who made Type Gaming: Lex, PSiArc, Nemuke, Sugeo, ReaL, DBS, PhoeNix, Els,JeeF, SuN, NaurtO, STW, breek, ENZA, mOps, Rj, Failo, SiN, Qui, Svane and dotanatoren


Thank you eSports.
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In memory of Type Gaming www.typesc.net
smileface
Profile Joined September 2011
76 Posts
October 14 2012 12:08 GMT
#2
RIP type
Micro_Jackson
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany1959 Posts
October 14 2012 12:10 GMT
#3
Not really surprising at all.
Xiron
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1203 Posts
October 14 2012 12:11 GMT
#4
Thanks NaurtO. :O

Money makes the world go round >.< Rip Type
"The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. " - Charlie Chaplin
TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2695 Posts
October 14 2012 12:21 GMT
#5
RIP Type
effecto
Profile Joined February 2011
France139 Posts
October 14 2012 12:24 GMT
#6
The two months spent with you are part of the best memories I have, I wish you good luck in your future lex !
Design - eddytritten.com
KapsyL
Profile Joined November 2011
Sweden703 Posts
October 14 2012 12:51 GMT
#7
R I P
Jurg Jurg Jurg
Demicore
Profile Joined October 2011
France502 Posts
October 14 2012 12:54 GMT
#8
Creating and running a succesful start-up is one of the most difficult things to do, and that difficulty increases tenfold when the start-up in question is an e-sports team, so there's no shame in failing. Jolly good job trying and best of luck in your future endeavours.
"I love male nipples in starcraft; the two go together so well." ~Tasteless
TypeLex
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany62 Posts
October 15 2012 04:37 GMT
#9
+1 effecto and Demicore, thank you! <3
In memory of Type Gaming www.typesc.net
StaplerPhone
Profile Joined March 2011
United States813 Posts
October 15 2012 04:40 GMT
#10
Always sad when a team closes ,___, best of luck in your future endeavors
NaDa | MC | HerO | DeMusliM | TaeJa | viOLet
GregMandel
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
France574 Posts
October 15 2012 04:51 GMT
#11
Sad day
Gl for the future
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8QLNiolfk - Racing with the sun
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada8107 Posts
October 15 2012 04:53 GMT
#12
i love the courage of building the new team from scratch when i first heard of TYPE gaming. Sadly things didnt turn out so well. Wish you all the best of luck Thanks for the games.
Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
Weaklink123
Profile Joined April 2011
United States158 Posts
October 15 2012 04:58 GMT
#13
I hope that all the players left on the roster find homes and that Lex continues to work in E-Sports.

Watching Phoenix and Real streams when sc2 was still getting off was one thing I used to look forward to everyday. I am sad that type is closing as it was my favorite little team that could. I hope to see Real continue to grow and maybe see Phoenix play on a big stage one. Thank you Lex for all you did.

RIP Type Gaming
mYinsanityCoach 우정호 (KT Violet) - 1988 - 2012.
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?30457 Posts
October 15 2012 05:00 GMT
#14
Farewell Type Gaming. Thank you for the great games you provided.
ModeratorPM me if you want translations done | twitch.tv/dankshrine Weekly SC2 Podcast!
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States6426 Posts
October 15 2012 05:17 GMT
#15
Good memories and good games, no regrets
Im not supposed to be in jail. I was framed. And that motherfucker asked me to eat his ass for a bag of coffee
Wafflelisk
Profile Joined October 2011
Canada1061 Posts
October 15 2012 05:19 GMT
#16
Oh wow, I was just on the liquipedia page of this team a couple of days ago for uhm.. a reason I can't quite remember at the moment.

Best of luck in your future endeavours! <3
Waffles > Pancakes
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2529 Posts
October 15 2012 05:42 GMT
#17
Sad to see Type Gaming fall. I really hope, personally, that the Japanese players find a new home and a new team that's willing to help boost up the Japanese SC2 scene.
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IceFire
Profile Joined January 2011
United States172 Posts
October 15 2012 05:50 GMT
#18
Always sad when a team has to close.
LiLSighKoh
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States584 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-15 05:54:54
October 15 2012 05:54 GMT
#19
Awhh :[ I really liked Naurto. GL to you though!
"Want some? Go get some!"
OpTiKDziNE
Profile Joined September 2012
8 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-15 06:02:03
October 15 2012 06:00 GMT
#20
this is unfortunate , sad to see teams disband , the more the better i say for e-sports more team more competition.
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