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MYM Warcraft reopens, Grubby returns
MYM announced today that the Warcraft team will be reopened as part of the new MYM franchise, and that Grubby will return as captain of the team.
By - 'shagrath' -
Feb 17, 2009 18:03
MYM announced today that the Warcraft team will be reopened as part of the new MYM franchise, and that Grubby will return as captain of the team.Three weeks ago MYM revealed they would drop their entire Warcraft and Starcraft rosters as part of their new strategy, leaving highly sought after players like Jae Ho 'Moon' Jang and Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen up for grabs.
Moon was quickly linked with Korean team WeMadeFox, while Grubby's next move was left up in the air.
Yesterday, MYM unveiled the latest in a string of recent changes in the team's strategic development. As of yesterday, the MYM brand was licensed as part of the new franchise structure to Frontspawn ApS, a Danish based company. Frontspawn ApS announced today they would be reopening the Warcraft squad with Grubby as the team's new captain.
"Today, I am very pleased and proud to announce the signing of Manuel ‘Grubby' Schenkhuizen," Ronnie "TwaizZ" Jelsbak, managing director Frontspawn ApS
"I am very pleased with reaching an agreement with Grubby, as I have, for a long time, seen him as an icon of the Warcraft 3 scene. He is a very professional player both inside and outside of the game, and I am really looking forward to working with him."
Cassandra Ng has also been brought on in her previous position as a columnist, but also as a personal manager to Grubby.
The Dutch orc is the first of three acquisitions to come for the team in the near future "The manager and me will assist the management in searching for the perfect 2nd and 3rd player we need in order to be not only successful at WC3L, but also have a strong position on the scene in general," as Grubby explains.
As to who these two players might be is anyone's guess. Deok Man 'SocceR' Youn and Jae Wook 'Lucifer' Noh of the previous MYM team are still available, however, the Korean Warcraft market is all but deceased and there's a lot of pressure on this new management team to turn a profit. An all European line-up could very well be part of this new agenda and with players like Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin and Yoan 'ToD' Merlo still available, it's highly probable we'll see that shift within the new MYM.
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Moon was quickly linked with Korean team WeMadeFox, while Grubby's next move was left up in the air.
Yesterday, MYM unveiled the latest in a string of recent changes in the team's strategic development. As of yesterday, the MYM brand was licensed as part of the new franchise structure to Frontspawn ApS, a Danish based company. Frontspawn ApS announced today they would be reopening the Warcraft squad with Grubby as the team's new captain.
"Today, I am very pleased and proud to announce the signing of Manuel ‘Grubby' Schenkhuizen," Ronnie "TwaizZ" Jelsbak, managing director Frontspawn ApS
"I am very pleased with reaching an agreement with Grubby, as I have, for a long time, seen him as an icon of the Warcraft 3 scene. He is a very professional player both inside and outside of the game, and I am really looking forward to working with him."
Cassandra Ng has also been brought on in her previous position as a columnist, but also as a personal manager to Grubby.
The Dutch orc is the first of three acquisitions to come for the team in the near future "The manager and me will assist the management in searching for the perfect 2nd and 3rd player we need in order to be not only successful at WC3L, but also have a strong position on the scene in general," as Grubby explains.
As to who these two players might be is anyone's guess. Deok Man 'SocceR' Youn and Jae Wook 'Lucifer' Noh of the previous MYM team are still available, however, the Korean Warcraft market is all but deceased and there's a lot of pressure on this new management team to turn a profit. An all European line-up could very well be part of this new agenda and with players like Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin and Yoan 'ToD' Merlo still available, it's highly probable we'll see that shift within the new MYM.
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Personally I'm hoping for a Grubby/Tod/Fov reunion-team! ^^
\o/ fighting.
Don't flame plz,it's my right to dream,isn't it?
ToD/Happy/HoT/Sase could all be great additions.
that would be pretty smart from them pr-wise, dont know if they can handle it moneywise.
somehow i dont care if they get happy or fov, both are fucking awesome, but they just have to take tod...
=)!!
i have a feeling that everything is in the plan.
ESNation knew 2 things, 1. that they can't afford to pay those salaries and 2. that they'll make MYM a franchise brand and thus, based on these facts, they decided to cut the wc3 and sc teams, and allow the opportunity for the new management to choose what and how they want to do it. Another possibility that I wouldn't exclude (and see quite likely to have happened) was that the new management asked MYM to kick their squads before the takeover. Why? Easy, fresh start (didn't want their first move to be kicking players, did they?) and because people see a downgrade in salary much worse than something artificial, like this was - all of a sudden MYM.wc3 is canceled, players remain without a steady source of income and considering the amount of progamers available, they're more likely to accept lower or even way lower wages just so that they actually have one. Not to mention that the new management might not have fancied some of the players, so this was a nice and easy way to get rid of them without putting the spotlight on you (for instance like SK did and got all that negative feedback like "Why kick Remind and Soju?" etc). And there you go, they've just shot 2 bunnies with a bullet: got a way cheaper team (with probably the same results) and the team they think might give them the most exposure.
Brilliant! Brilliant :)
"Cassandra Ng has also been brought on in her previous position as a columnist, but also as a personal manager to Grubby."
and this is the perfect example why pretty girls suck famous and successful yet dorky people's cocks :D
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