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Several websites picked up SoJus MSN status recently and with more and more requests addressed at the management, I want to give a couple of answers in this blog. Please do understand that this is all official information you will get for us to work on the problems mentioned instead of discussing details with the community.
By Alexander T. 'TheSlaSH' Müller-Rodic
Apr 7, 2009 19:15
Several websites picked up SoJus MSN status recently and with more and more requests addressed at the management, I want to give a couple of answers in this blog. Please do understand that this is all official information you will get for us to work on the problems mentioned instead of discussing details with the community.
First of all, SK Gaming is far from a chrisis or crucial problems. We have a different approach than MYM had and we have been in business for more than 11 years now. Within this timeframe every player got every cent he was entitled to from SK Gaming, which was quite some money as you can imagine.
As a company, SK Gaming is planning with the budgets we actually earn with our partners and so far every budget for every single player was covered 100%. The same applies for SoJu, to mention the case we are discussing.
There was no year so far were each partner lived up to his commitments regarding payments and their timing, giving SK a hard time, though we always managed to avoid problems at that end of larger scale. Right now, more than 10% of the 2008 budget is still missing and you won't be surprised to learn that exactly this money is the problem that caused SoJu as an example to state what he did in his MSN status.
It is his right to go public with such a statement for sure and we are the first to go along with him, but looking at the big picture, we have to deal with the ones owing us money as well and simply pissing them off is not the smartest solution. So you will understand our position is more or less the lawyer of our active and former players, making sure the players get their money as fast as possible.
eSports has grown a lot since it's very start for sure. Professional football players in Seria A in Italy are missing money from their clubs more often than players in eSport do from their teams. I am not trying to make a lame comparison, or a lame excuse here, all I am saying is that problems occur even in our so professional football in Europe and that's why you should not be surprised to learn that eSport has rough times as well.
We are working hard on solutions for the problem at hand, but also for the future to avoid situations like that for both, us as a team and the players.
On a sidenote I want to mention that SK will have a larger sponsor-lineup in 2009 than it had in 2008. With the AMD and CM contracts running out, some people thought it was time to declare SK on the downhill path already, which is wrong, but this is to be revealed within the next couple of weeks.
I am not going to read most of the comments in here and would rather not answer to requests, as my focus is on fixing the problem with the ones involved.
Hope all of you have the info you need right now, which leaves me with wishing you all a happy easter next weekend and lots and lots of exciting eSport within the next couple of weeks ahead of us!
Cheers
Alex
As a company, SK Gaming is planning with the budgets we actually earn with our partners and so far every budget for every single player was covered 100%. The same applies for SoJu, to mention the case we are discussing.
There was no year so far were each partner lived up to his commitments regarding payments and their timing, giving SK a hard time, though we always managed to avoid problems at that end of larger scale. Right now, more than 10% of the 2008 budget is still missing and you won't be surprised to learn that exactly this money is the problem that caused SoJu as an example to state what he did in his MSN status.
It is his right to go public with such a statement for sure and we are the first to go along with him, but looking at the big picture, we have to deal with the ones owing us money as well and simply pissing them off is not the smartest solution. So you will understand our position is more or less the lawyer of our active and former players, making sure the players get their money as fast as possible.
eSports has grown a lot since it's very start for sure. Professional football players in Seria A in Italy are missing money from their clubs more often than players in eSport do from their teams. I am not trying to make a lame comparison, or a lame excuse here, all I am saying is that problems occur even in our so professional football in Europe and that's why you should not be surprised to learn that eSport has rough times as well.
We are working hard on solutions for the problem at hand, but also for the future to avoid situations like that for both, us as a team and the players.
On a sidenote I want to mention that SK will have a larger sponsor-lineup in 2009 than it had in 2008. With the AMD and CM contracts running out, some people thought it was time to declare SK on the downhill path already, which is wrong, but this is to be revealed within the next couple of weeks.
I am not going to read most of the comments in here and would rather not answer to requests, as my focus is on fixing the problem with the ones involved.
Hope all of you have the info you need right now, which leaves me with wishing you all a happy easter next weekend and lots and lots of exciting eSport within the next couple of weeks ahead of us!
Cheers
Alex
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It shows that SK is build on a solid ground and doesn't collapses so fast in a crisis.
:) always interesting to know more about a team/orga!
Also want to state that I got all my money just as Alex writes, just late as well. And don't get me wrong Alex, I'm just saying what I think you should improve in your organization. Happy players are performing players.
Soju hasn't?
Bring Coca Cola as sponsor, and give top10 every month in betting a plate of cokes :)
GL getting catched up.
You got to be smarter than that! Of course we informed the players regularly on what is going on. You have no clue what you are talking about. Can't blame you, but the way you talk here is just out of range. SK is doing all we can to fix this situation caused by others. We are pretty much on the same side with everyone affected by this situation and we communicate. SoJu on the other hand is the only one who believes that using his MSN status for such an action is the right way.