[nirvAnA]

There's no easy way to say this, so I'm just going to say it.

After having him on our roster for nearly three years, we have decided to release IdrA from the Evil Geniuses StarCraft 2 team.

To state the obvious, this was a very difficult decision for us. Over the past several years, we as an organization have grown close to Greg, and we have developed a deep appreciation and respect for him as a person. We consider him a member of our family, and parting ways with him leaves us all with a very heavy feeling in our stomachs.

We have built our company as a players-first organization. This is reflected in a number of already well-known benefits that our players receive, such as the attentiveness of our management, the quality of our on-site facilities, and excellent financial support. And while these are all vital parts of taking a players-first approach, we believe that one of the most important ways to support professional gamers is to stay out of their way.

As most of you are already aware, we let our players be themselves. We believe that our industry's diverse assortment of vibrant personalities plays a huge part in helping make eSports so much fun - for ourselves, and for the viewers. No great novel is without great characters, and we like to let our players find their own roles within the eSports storyline by showcasing the personalities they were born with. We have strict guidelines that regulate certain kinds of more extreme speech, and we take disciplinary action when those guidelines are violated, but for the most part, we stay out of the way.

This is why it was never really an issue for us that Greg can be rude to his opponents in games, or that he usually speaks his mind very bluntly and directly. But, to us, there's a very big difference between a player being disrespectful to an opponent in a ladder match, and a player being disrespectful to the entire community of people who, via their own enthusiasm and passion for the entertainment product he creates, actually make his profession possible.

The eSports industry, and companies like Evil Geniuses, would not be possible without the passion and support of our community. We, as a company, cannot and will not be supportive of anyone who does not show due respect and appreciation for the community that makes everything we do possible.

Thank you for your time, and (hopefully) your continued support of our team.

Sincerely,

Alexander Garfield
CEO, Evil Geniuses

Source:
Official EG release / TL thread.

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State of the game VOD

You Tube

You Tube

The decision happened right during SotG and you can see how affected and caught by surprise incontrol was by the whole thing, after all he was losing a good friend / colleague and they had to take a break halfway.

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What are your thoughts on the firing? Good / Bad decision by EG?

[ToRSpookToR]

EG just announce Idra is being released! Massive news.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=411840
http://evilgeniuses.gg/evil-geniuses...eg-idra-fields
https://twitter.com/EvilGeniuses/sta...20026135851008

[VB_Blake]

What did he do/say to the community?

[ROCCAT_Savior]

Originally Posted by pXBandit

What did he do/say to the community?

Something along the lines of "i get paid to be a dick heuehueuheuheuheu"
NAT ANYMOOOREEEEE

[ToRSpookToR]

it was for this afaik

[mGGNemesis]

It does read as he has crossed the line.

[|Erasmus|]

lulz... loving the edit from banned/warned to fired...

Quick Comments

Dox:

it's a photoshop. the thread says temp ban

[ETL.Santi]

Originally Posted by Av.ToRSpook

it was for this afaik

do you have a link to that thread? I really want to read it

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mGGDaedalus:

the fired for this post thing was a photoshop btw

[Rail]

Originally Posted by ETL.Santi

do you have a link to that thread? I really want to read it

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=411483

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ETL.Santi:

thanks

[ToRSpartaz]

Well I just responded very loudly to this during a lecture... But damn, pushing things way too far this time ><

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mGGNemesis:

Everyone looked at u and wonder what happened to u? ;)

[Stallion]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SoPG...ature=youtu.be
Khaldor explaining everything for anyone wondering

[mGGDaedalus]

This been a long time coming for Greg. Still, sad to see how far he went down this path without being able to get his head straight.

[ToRsupapower]

VOD please

[NDG.Stitch]

This is crazy

[ToRSpookToR]

You Tube

You Tube

for VOD of Sotg
7.20 he finds out

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fray`Alpha:

any idea what time on the vod we want to see it?

[pXtAYY]

Originally Posted by ETL.Santi

do you have a link to that thread? I really want to read it

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...rrentpage=4#73

[syfRize]

I feel as if they (EG) had a chance to sort the situation out a lot better, to me, it's as if they jumped to the opportunity to remove IdrA from the team.
I'm not saying IdrA was innocent, but he is kind of popular due to his personality in the community.
I mean, DeMuslim is taking in the popularity and the viewers, even the tournament finishes are getting a tonne better and fast.
Whilst IdrA is starting to go downhill.

It just seems logical that they took the opportunity to redeem IdrA and keep him on-board, threw it away, and kicked him.

[Cyanide]

if you're wondering what video Geoff was referring to in the podcast...

[b3nje909]

Favourite player kicked from my favourite team...




not to sure what to make about this..........



*sad panda

[b3nje909]

has been changed from Fired to Temp Banned

nope you're all a bunch of fucks
it just so happens i get paid to treat you like it. it's ******* awesome.

User was temp banned for this post.