[nirvAnA]

I've talked to both tgun and glade, and they have both agreed to play in the SEA CL #2 as "mercs" for the two least strong "Tier 1" teams.

The 8 tier 1 teams that will be invited are xGking +nGen, TArcMSI , SQLT, inFi, aLt, Mski, MiTH, SPR.

Why are they playing as "mercs"?

First of all they are probably the two most famous SEA players, but they have never belonged to a SEA clan or team. To have them suddenly join a Team just for SEACL would not be right, but exculding them from the league wouldn't be right either. The fairest way imo to include both of them would be to assign them to the two "least strong" teams in Tier 1.

This solves the problem of one powerhouse team "picking up" BOTH these players as mercs for their OWN team just for the SEACL. Meaning in that scenario they are essentially "mercs" as they are just playing for this season of SEACL but they are making one team incredibly strong and dominant. Yes they actually received offers already!

I feel this way presents a much more level playing field, so the skill is more evenly distributed and theres more competition throughout the league. Its now hard to say "The Big 4" will get all the top spots again. This will also produce more high quality matches since they will probably be playing in the Ace Matches, so you get to see the likes of GLaDe & Tgun every week while still seeing top players from other teams. The two teams I have determined as the "least strong teams" are Mineski & MiTH.

GLaDe will join MiTh as a mercenary for Season 1
tgun will join Mineski as a mercenary for Season 1

The players have a condition like a fair % of any prize money won from SEACL to go to them. I will now talk to the teams to confirm, but I'm sure both would love these additions to the team as it is a very reasonable request.