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Loord explains PGS-MYM transfer
Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski has revealed the story behind the ESWC champions' transfer from PGS Gaming to Meet Your Makers in an interview for Frag Executors.
By Michal 'Carmac' Blicharz
Jan 11, 2008 22:39
Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski has revealed the story behind the ESWC champions' transfer from PGS Gaming to Meet Your Makers in an interview for Frag Executors.If there were doubts about the reasons the most interesting change on the Counter-Strike scene, there are none after the interview. Loord explains that the large part of the reason why the winners of the eSports Team of the Year award left PGS was their trip to the Los Angeles Extreme Masters Tournament.
"We were wondering what we have done to PGS that they punish us like that," said Loord. According to the player, the team received no support from the management during their stay in LA. The players came to the City of Angels straight from the WCG in Seattle and did not play a single match together prior to the EM competition.
Furthermore, Loord had to put up $4,000 of his private money for the accommodation, as "it was difficult to contact [their] old organisation, there were moments when [the players] thought that [the management] avoided [them] because they didn't answer phones or emails." The money was reimbursed eventually.
The interview reveals much of what has never made it to the public light about the entire PGS-MYM issue, including the details on how the matter was resolved between the teams and the players. Should you be interested, you can find it here.
"We were wondering what we have done to PGS that they punish us like that," said Loord. According to the player, the team received no support from the management during their stay in LA. The players came to the City of Angels straight from the WCG in Seattle and did not play a single match together prior to the EM competition.
Furthermore, Loord had to put up $4,000 of his private money for the accommodation, as "it was difficult to contact [their] old organisation, there were moments when [the players] thought that [the management] avoided [them] because they didn't answer phones or emails." The money was reimbursed eventually.
The interview reveals much of what has never made it to the public light about the entire PGS-MYM issue, including the details on how the matter was resolved between the teams and the players. Should you be interested, you can find it here.
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I didn't expect this to happen with an organization like PGSPokerstrategy.cc..
Shame on you :(:(
Further more, Good Luck in MYM and make us proud :)
Wish U and all MyM GL for the futur dude...
G_L in future.
Although I've never personally heard of 'Guandi', Loord seems quite surprised about the fickleness of the media, which for someone in his position, I honestly find quite strange. Maybe he's grown to used to everything treating them like they're the dogs bollocks.
same old talk
PGS will always be defending themselves, even after their loss of a golden team. Team which in fact created PGS and has taken them far beyond, to the place where they are now (sponosors, etc.). They won't say that they lost one of the best teams out there. They'll say that they wanted to invest in something else, to expand to something different. What a bullshit. But who cares, PR rulez all the way.
Pathethic.
And it's not like I'm defending PGS or something. A thesis that PGS was created, owned and runned by CS players is simply unfair for the people - also these who never had any contact with Counter-Strike - who put their work for this team and now they are being undervalued for no reason.
And I'm also not a fan of policy to create a PR war between the players and their ex-team. Best luck to both.
The past is the past...
ofc, after years things changed and I believe that the team should have picked an offer from other organisation long time ago. they were good enough to earn some cash and such "momentum" doesn't last forever. c'mon - there's nothing wrong with making money out of your skills. some people study to do so, other play footie, they were good at cutting heads with m4 or ak ;-]