Riot is taking the $ and running

Vaporware·11/16/2015, 5:41:24 PM·5 votes·929 views

Necro'ing an old thread title I remembered to bring this up.

Regarding the NRG-Coast fiasco, I'm glad to see that whoever manages the NA LCS is bar none the most spineless coward the world has ever seen. I'm also glad to see that really the Challenger scene doesn't mean a damn thing if all you need is a couple million dollars.

To CST Shrimp, Cris, Mash, and Pekin Woof, I'm sorry that your brand is full of money-grubbing scumbags.

To NRG, fuck you for ruining the integrity - what little there was - of the NA LCS. Keep your money race out of eSports, you're not wanted here.

To NRG KonKwon, I sincerely hope you didn't jump and run when and if NRG offered you money. I thought camaraderie meant something, but I guess not.

And to you, Riot, because I know you manage both NA and EU LCS...have a spine and stop mising. You're plenty rich already.

13 Comments

Palmeiras SerieB11/16/2015, 5:43:56 PM2 votes

but they are running...

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/someordinarygamers/images/a/a1/Sanic.gif/revision/latest?cb=20150624143958

...fast?

ThePartyLeader11/16/2015, 6:21:04 PM2 votes

I don't think they have riot money. They purchased coast from whoever owned them. Then changed team name and roster. Riot can't stop people from selling teams they own.

TurquoiseYoshi11/16/2015, 8:32:55 PM1 votes

I don't even know where to start.

T RexHasTinyArms11/17/2015, 7:24:16 PM1 votes

Dude, contracts for the players expired. I think one was still active and 3 were expired on 11/16. They weren't even coast players anymore. Do you hire the same guy to fix your plumbing regardless of how he did the last time just bc you used to have a contract w/ him? Why should esports be different?

wishbone2511/20/2015, 4:54:28 AM1 votes

foot ball is a game , different countries go compete in another country to win the 1st place price it can be 20 to 40 teams in different brands and athletes , same as with leage tho , your in or out for it doesn't matter , Leage is game that went pro Leage starting season one , so same as for players gamers of different countries win or lose for the 1st prize , the match matters not the money , its different and new better than football or a twilight story

aight regards play alot more [zombie-brand-clap]

Guyy Fieri11/24/2015, 12:52:54 AM1 votes

It would be the same as someone buying a pro football team, moving cities/changing names and revamping the roster. Exports wants to be considered among the likes of pro football and basketball and what not, well that is one side of it. Owners are in the business to make money. If, for the owner of team coast, he was making more money to sell the team than he could easily make gambling on his chances of winning tournaments or placing well during splits, which lets be honest, was a longshot, then it's a smart move to sell. I think it sucks for those players, yes. But if they want to be in the LCS, then they need to continue to perform at that level or risk missing their chance. Pro baseball players are constantly losing chances with the farm system that exists throughout the MLB. Players might be called up, pitch one outing or one inning or pinch hit once, then get sent back down. That doesn't mean the owner is scum for not giving them more chances, it just means that player still needs to improve to show he is worthy of the spot.