| Naughty United States. July 16 2011 06:02. Posts 113 | Profile # |
I See little point in what SK is doing besides trying to buy there way into SC2.
Unless SK has intentions to train other players with MC/NaDa to buid a team (Does not appear the be the case) than what they are doing is a rather lame move.
After all it is SK gaming though, it should be expected. |
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| Dystisis Norway. July 16 2011 06:11. Posts 712 | Profile # |
On July 16 2011 03:41 Nastiness wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 16 2011 03:34 .Aar wrote:
Wa? SK? Not TL?
I think I've heard of SK precisely once as part of some event in the sidebar, so.. good for them, some sick exposure.
You know they have like 10times more fans worldwide then TL right?...
What does 'worldwide' mean? I had never heard of them before now either. |
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 Nastiness Sweden. July 16 2011 06:12. Posts 275 | Profile # |
If SK wanna buy themself into sc2 its their damn right.
Done more for esport then any other team organization period. |
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| Olinim July 16 2011 06:13. Posts 3982 | Profile # |
On July 16 2011 06:11 Dystisis wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 16 2011 03:41 Nastiness wrote:
On July 16 2011 03:34 .Aar wrote:
Wa? SK? Not TL?
I think I've heard of SK precisely once as part of some event in the sidebar, so.. good for them, some sick exposure.
You know they have like 10times more fans worldwide then TL right?...
What does 'worldwide' mean? I had never heard of them before now either.
Starcraft isn't the only game ever made you know. |
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| haer Sweden. July 16 2011 06:13. Posts 14 | Profile # |
Wow, that's really cool. I love the direction eSports are moving.
And it's cool that such an old school team like SK are doing this. |
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 Beyonder  Netherlands. July 16 2011 06:15. Posts 13528 | Profile Blog # |
On July 16 2011 05:31 Novalisk wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 16 2011 04:58 Shuray wrote:
I'd rather oGs players to represent Liquid in foreign tourneys...
I'd rather that too, and I'm sure TL was considered considering their relationship, but something didn't work out. Perhaps the issue was that TL doesn't have the connections SK have in terms of sponsors.
Perhaps the issue is that TL has its own team and TL would never do this |
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| zul Germany. July 16 2011 06:15. Posts 4055 | Profile Blog # |
On July 16 2011 00:22 Beyonder wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 15 2011 23:57 godemperor wrote:
On July 15 2011 22:48 LastDance wrote:lol SK added Nada and MC to their team roster: http://www.sk-gaming.com/players/in the profiles they made it says "former teams oGs" Seriously SK, nobody considers these players yours. you've just become their airfare bitch
Lol, basically this. MC and NaDa are like "We wanna make more money by taking foreigner's cash! Wanna pay our airfare so we give you a shoutout when we win?" SK: "ok, here take our money."
Where does it say former team oGs? Or did they just delete it? Wouldnt surprise me at all though, lol
http://www.sk-gaming.com/player/7293-MC on the right side. |
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| LiOn Austria. July 16 2011 06:22. Posts 232 | Profile # |
This is embarrassing and really cheap of SK tbh. They had like MaDFroG in the early days of SC2, but just to "buy" too big Names aint really shine thru, people don´t even care what freaking team name players have, they enjoy the games of them.
I imagine oGs can effort it easy to bring them to non-Korean tourneys, so this is just big deep shitz. *huge golf clap* |
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| Slasher United States. July 16 2011 06:25. Posts 960 | Profile # |
| This entire thread sounds like sour grapes from a TL community over two players not being on 'their' team, which they never were in the first place. |
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| Docmedical Libya. July 16 2011 06:26. Posts 75 | Profile # |
On July 15 2011 19:08 n0ise wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 15 2011 19:05 Slasher wrote:The fact that so many people don't know SK Gaming is baffling and hilarious at the same time. Oh, Alex. SK Gaming is the first professional gaming team, based in Germany, and is probably the most iconic team in history although lately not so much. They have had Korean Warcraft 3 pros among champion CS, Quake, WoW, etc teams. I'd give a hitory lesson but it's 6 AM. MC and NaDa are not TL/oGs. They are SK/oGs, and they will be flat out SK.NaDa and SK.MC at MLG, Dreamhack, and other non-Korean events. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Gaming
Maybe you don't realise it, but they won't. They'll wear the tag, some commentators will mention it once, but they'll still be oGsNada and oGsMC for everyone. As you see, here at least, oGs is way more known than SK (which makes no sense, I agree on that one) Good "pickup" (?), still, would've expected more 
They are Sk/ogs now. They will be ogs in korea, but at foreigner events they will be wearing the SK uniform and clan tag. |
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| Dystisis Norway. July 16 2011 06:27. Posts 712 | Profile # |
On July 16 2011 06:13 Olinim wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 16 2011 06:11 Dystisis wrote:
On July 16 2011 03:41 Nastiness wrote:
On July 16 2011 03:34 .Aar wrote:
Wa? SK? Not TL?
I think I've heard of SK precisely once as part of some event in the sidebar, so.. good for them, some sick exposure.
You know they have like 10times more fans worldwide then TL right?...
What does 'worldwide' mean? I had never heard of them before now either.
Starcraft isn't the only game ever made you know.
Excuse me? Are we talking about another game?! |
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| Wyrm_uW United States. July 16 2011 06:32. Posts 242 | Profile Blog # |
Definitely kind of a strange pickup. I mean, separating pure Korean teams from foreign teams? I guess I can understand that oGs has no intentions probably of sending their members overseas, so a partnership with SK would be nice, but ...
It does seem strange that SK would do this sort of deal even though they should have the power and organizational abilities to create their own foreign team. So, to be honest, I do echo some of the community in seeing that this is SK's method of getting SC2 recognition by sponsoring good Korean players who might not be able to fund their own trips out.
Although from a PR perspective, I think we're all going to realize that MC and Nada are really oGs, and SK being more of a large sponsorship organization at this point, rather than a 'pro-team'. I'm wondering if they're thinking of picking up other Koreans from other teams... SK.Korean-AllStars? |
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| Docmedical Libya. July 16 2011 06:33. Posts 75 | Profile # |
On July 16 2011 06:25 Slasher wrote:
This entire thread sounds like sour grapes from a TL community over two players not being on 'their' team, which they never were in the first place.
Possibly. I'm more inclined to believe that the complainers in this thread think that SK forced this deal on ogs and are just trying to "buy" their way into SC2. SK Gaming is simply saw an opportunity to grab two top players and they acted upon it. Anyone has the right to do this, the notion that you disapprove of a team doing this is ridiculous.
Also, to the so called "fans" of esport, why the hell are you mad at this deal? If SC2 continues to grow we will see this type of business alot. This is good for esports and competitive play between the koreans and foreigners.
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| Earawen France. July 16 2011 06:33. Posts 45 | Profile # |
| well...not sure how i like it. it's good news in the sence that it will probably be easier for MC&Nada to go to foreign events as SK is gonna pay but...i dunno. They are also here to represent their team proudly, not just switchin shirts to make look like they belong to SK. They train with oGs-TL in KR not SK...rly as most ppl, not so sure how I like it... I rly like SK-Gaming but I feel they need to have their own team or they will only be a sponsor or a e-sport organisation. what do they rly want ? Last edit: 2011-07-16 06:35:53 |
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| Vimsey United Kingdom. July 16 2011 06:35. Posts 1744 | Profile # |
On July 16 2011 06:02 Naughty wrote:
I See little point in what SK is doing besides trying to buy there way into SC2.
Unless SK has intentions to train other players with MC/NaDa to buid a team (Does not appear the be the case) than what they are doing is a rather lame move.
After all it is SK gaming though, it should be expected.
No different to how other top european teams are operating at the moment. They have all been acquiring players from smaller teams as they always have done in other esports.
Also no different to complexity buying Root or FXO recruiting players from all over the world. Its just that they are starting later than the others.Last edit: 2011-07-16 06:36:29 |
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| Vaelone Finland. July 16 2011 06:38. Posts 1851 | Profile # |
Just when I was starting to wonder why SK doesn't seem to have anything to do with SC2.
Hope they actually get some genuine SK players rather than just borrowing other teams super stars though. |
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| zul Germany. July 16 2011 06:39. Posts 4055 | Profile Blog # |
On July 16 2011 06:25 Slasher wrote:
This entire thread sounds like sour grapes from a TL community over two players not being on 'their' team, which they never were in the first place.
yeah, but they talk about the actual matter. you just dont seem to like the communitys reaction though. |
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| Earawen France. July 16 2011 06:39. Posts 45 | Profile # |
On July 16 2011 06:35 Vimsey wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 16 2011 06:02 Naughty wrote:
I See little point in what SK is doing besides trying to buy there way into SC2.
Unless SK has intentions to train other players with MC/NaDa to buid a team (Does not appear the be the case) than what they are doing is a rather lame move.
After all it is SK gaming though, it should be expected.
No different to how other top european teams are operating at the moment. They have all been acquiring players from smaller teams as they always have done in other esports. Also no different to complexity buying Root or FXO recruiting players from all over the world. Its just that they are starting later than the others.
this is a totally different situation. Sk is obviously not buying any player to join their team they are just payin (in a way or another) so sick player with huge fan base like MC or Nada just were a SK shirt (that's the way to make money :o). I dont rly like that. They create their own SC2 team in the SK-Gaming infrastructure or they dont. Payin for wearin a shirt so it look like they have SC2 players (as SC2 is gettin so big in e-sport you kinda need to). |
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| RevOrchid Canada. July 16 2011 06:46. Posts 66 | Profile # |
| HUGE news. I was wondering when SK would show up in the SC2 scene. hehe (: |
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| Novalisk Israel. July 16 2011 06:48. Posts 1769 | Profile Blog # |
On July 16 2011 06:15 Beyonder wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 16 2011 05:31 Novalisk wrote:
On July 16 2011 04:58 Shuray wrote:
I'd rather oGs players to represent Liquid in foreign tourneys...
I'd rather that too, and I'm sure TL was considered considering their relationship, but something didn't work out. Perhaps the issue was that TL doesn't have the connections SK have in terms of sponsors.
Perhaps the issue is that TL has its own team and TL would never do this
oGs has TL in its team league roster, why can't TL help send oGs members abroad?
Not saying your statement is wrong, it's quite possible. But you made it sound like an obvious no. |
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