Why arent EG & SK at DH?

[Soblane]

2 former best tems? 2 failures that not didnt get to dreamhack?
gg

[Freak___]

neither eg nor sk would pay for tickets for them..... dont think they get a lot of anything from their clans besides the nametag and being mentioned on their page

[[Gin]Kolapz]

Prizepool wasn't worth it.

[DarklingggFJ]

Why would SK want to pay for a team to fly to Dreamhack if they are sure to lose immediately due to no stable roster and little team practice?

[[FedR]alvorlig]

costs > benifits

[[DAIM]fredster]

sk doesnt really have a solid lineup, prolly costs too much for the organisations to send them over the world

[[LsE]Hsssh]

SK would have lost first round against random locals probably.

[Megabever]

It costs like 1k dollar per person just to fly here :|

[inAwe]

roundtrip flight + hotels is way more expsensive that cross country flight + hotels.

It's alot of money to put down for a team that can choke or fluke out of the money.

[[2MD2]Pza]

SK would have lost first round against random locals probably.

Or they would have gotten busted for having Era ring for them again. ^^;;

[Freak___]

Or they would have gotten busted for having Era ring for them again. ^^;;

no snitchermelonzz at DH

[organgrinder]

like 1k per person and thats not including a place to stay or food.

[[iG]Sender]

The cost to send 5 na players to sweden is more than the 1st place prize.

[[KLNP]cr1lle]

Isn't the argument that the prize pool is too small kind of flawed?

So if the prize pool was bigger, what is there to say that, for example, EG would win? It doesn't matter then, does it?

* Isn't the point of organizations sponsoring teams to get the name exposed?
* Lets say EG were to place first, who would get the money? The team or the organization?

What's the point of having a sponsor, if they are not going to take you places and all you're gonna do is give them essentially free exposure. Seems pretty weird. S2 marketing style?

Look at Fnatic MSI, for example, they sent multiply teams of different game to Dreamhack and MSI also sponsored that HoN Get paid 2 play event on Dreamhack. I'm sure Fnatic MSI put more money into just that alone, than the cost to fly a NA team to Sweden including the expenses. But then again, EG and SK seems like joke organizations.

[[GLHF]Bdiz]

Isn't the argument that the prize pool is too small kind of flawed?

So if the prize pool was bigger, what is there to say that, for example, EG would win? It doesn't matter then, does it?

* Isn't the point of organizations sponsoring teams to get the name exposed?
* Lets say EG were to place first, who would get the money? The team or the organization?

What's the point of having a sponsor, if they are not going to take you places and all you're gonna do is give them essentially free exposure. Seems pretty weird. S2 marketing style?

Look at Fnatic MSI, for example, they sent multiply teams of different game to Dreamhack and also sponsored that HoN Get paid 2 play event on Dreamhack. I'm sure Fnatic MSI put more money into just that alone, than the cost to fly a NA team to Sweden including the expenses. But then again, EG and SK seems like joke organizations.

this guy just owned the thread

[Church_]

Even if they showed up its not like they would of won MSI is to good and the best team in the world.

[Anchovies]

I think the players need to demonstrate that they are worth putting money into.

[Kzod]

this guy just owned the thread

well someone is getting fired

[[LsE]Hsssh]

I think the players need to demonstrate that they are worth putting money into.

Pretty much this. Everyone could just ask himself "If i was a sponsor would i send Testie anywhere when he cares more about streaming his games against 1700 scrubs than competing with top players?"

[[Gin]Kolapz]

Look at Fnatic MSI, for example, they sent multiply teams of different game to Dreamhack and also sponsored that HoN Get paid 2 play event on Dreamhack. I'm sure Fnatic MSI put more money into just that alone, than the cost to fly a NA team to Sweden including the expenses.

Fnatic didn't sponsor the "get paid 2 play" event, MSI did.

But yes, Fnatic is an incredibly good organization that supports their players very well.

Shoutout to StreeTT.