My question is: what are the plans for the EG house and EG's players? This is a bit surprising considering the recent WCS announcement and the idea that there would be more and not fewer NA team houses.
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Dr.Sin
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My question is: what are the plans for the EG house and EG's players? This is a bit surprising considering the recent WCS announcement and the idea that there would be more and not fewer NA team houses. | ||
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1Dhalism
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On April 16 2013 06:41 QQKachoo wrote: While moving to California is a good move for EG for a centralized location for eSports, I think that the area that they are choosing is not the best one. The bay area may be close to the IPL-Blizzard guys but it isn't close to any events that are hosted in California. If they wanted to be close to the NASL studio or the the LAN events such as MLG Anaheim they would be better off moving their team house to the LA area. San Francisco to LA is still a 5 to 6 hour commute. Don't get me wrong, having a centralized location for eSports is great but I think they need to move closer to the LA area to get the most out of their team house. That way they could cut down on hotel costs and travel costs to events that happen in California. i think the 5-6 hour commute and travel cost takes backseat to the cost of realestate and living. | ||
QQKachoo
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On April 16 2013 06:44 1Dhalism wrote: i think the 5-6 hour commute and travel cost takes backseat to the cost of realestate and living. I don't know what you mean by this. Because if you are insinuating that living in SF is cheaper than AZ you are definitely wrong on that one. If anything moving to SF will increase costs. Actually moving to California in general will increase the costs for both realestate and living. Edit: Here are comparisons for the costs. All of these comparisons are to their current location in AZ. Price difference in San Francisco, CA Groceries 12%more Housing 225%more Utilities 9%less Transportation 8%more Health Care 10%more Price difference in Oakland, CA Groceries 10%more Housing 124%more Utilities 6%less Transportation 7%more Health Care 13%more Price difference in Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Groceries 4%more Housing 126%more Utilities 12%more Transportation 6%more Health Care 7%more | ||
jmbthirteen
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On April 16 2013 06:41 QQKachoo wrote: While moving to California is a good move for EG for a centralized location for eSports, I think that the area that they are choosing is not the best one. The bay area may be close to the IPL-Blizzard guys but it isn't close to any events that are hosted in California. If they wanted to be close to the NASL studio or the the LAN events such as MLG Anaheim they would be better off moving their team house to the LA area. San Francisco to LA is still a 5 to 6 hour commute. Don't get me wrong, having a centralized location for eSports is great but I think they need to move closer to the LA area to get the most out of their team house. That way they could cut down on hotel costs and travel costs to events that happen in California. the core of EG's management has been located in the bay for some time. the move makes great sense. Moving near NASL, an online league, or near the once a year MLG Anaheim doesn't make much sense. | ||
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jinorazi
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On April 16 2013 06:47 QQKachoo wrote: I don't know what you mean by this. Because if you are insinuating that living in SF is cheaper than AZ you are definitely wrong on that one. If anything moving to SF will increase costs. Actually moving to California in general will increase the costs for both realestate and living. Edit: Here are comparisons for the costs. All of these comparisons are to their current location in AZ. Price difference in San Francisco, CA Groceries 12%more Housing 225%more Utilities 9%less Transportation 8%more Health Care 10%more Price difference in Oakland, CA Groceries 10%more Housing 124%more Utilities 6%less Transportation 7%more Health Care 13%more Price difference in Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Groceries 4%more Housing 126%more Utilities 12%more Transportation 6%more Health Care 7%more well, to be realistic i highly, highly doubt they'll be staying in san francisco. daly city, south san francisco, east bay, south bay would be most likely if they're trying to save cost. i moved out of san francisco for the same reason XD then again unless they move to sacramento like places (middle of nowhere, just like the place in az), the housing cost should be 2x more than "middleofnowhere" places. | ||
c0ldfusion
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On April 16 2013 06:27 haffy wrote: There's a new EG house. I think Idra said on his stream he's going to be living on his own for a while though. Not sure on anyone else's plans. Did he say why? Also, could someone comment on if Geoff is living in the new EG house in SF or if he's just there on his own for now? If it's the latter, why move to SF before the rest of the team? Thanks. | ||
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For people wondering Emeryville is in the East Bay, between Berkeley & Oakland, across the Bay Bridge. (10 minutes away from me.) It's a really nice place to have an apartment. Almost everything you could want is within 5 minutes (including traffic...!). Nice movie theater, shopping center, lots of places to eat, Bart station to go to the city, etc. etc. | ||
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haffy
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On April 16 2013 07:07 c0ldfusion wrote: Did he say why? Also, could someone comment on if Geoff is living in the new EG house in SF or if he's just there on his own for now? If it's the latter, why move to SF before the rest of the team? Thanks. Nah, don't think so. Just remember him talking about how it won't impact his training. | ||
schaf
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On April 16 2013 06:25 Dr.Sin wrote: The AZ house had initially been picked because it was a cheap and smart way to get everyone together, while also having easy access to SirScoots' studio for EG:MCSL. With SirScoots having wrapped up his work with EG and Incontrol moving out (initially I thought it was because he had just gottten married), Idra's now in another apartment. Demuslim and Machine are still at the house from the look of the streams and it appeared that Stephano had transitioned there after leaving Korea. My question is: what are the plans for the EG house and EG's players? This is a bit surprising considering the recent WCS announcement and the idea that there would be more and not fewer NA team houses. Maybe you should explain more in the OP... is their house closing or what? | ||
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