Lemondogs pull out of StarSeries

18-9-2013 14:17

Lemondogs have announced that they have pulled out of SLTV StarSeries VII with immediate effect.

The Swedish team were sitting 10th in the league, with two victories from three games, and were due to face Natus Vincere, Courage and USSR in a triple header tonight.

However, Lemondogs, who finished runners-up to Ninjas in Pyjamas at DreamHack Bucharest have decided to skip the rest of the tournament, and are even considering not taking part in any more online leagues.

"Unfortunately, the conditions that the Lemondogs organisation offers are not so good, so we spend most of our days at work," Faruk "pita" Pita told StarSeries' organisation.

"In such circumstances, it is hard to play online leagues, and unfortunately we are leaving StarSeries, and probably all other online leagues as well."

Lemondogs are the second team to leave StarSeries half way through the season, following in the footsteps of Russian side b.s3x, who were removed because of unsportsmanship conduct.

sad((

2013-09-18 14:18

ban him

2013-09-18 14:18

banned

2013-09-18 14:18

1 reply

exactly my thoughts

2013-09-18 14:24

2013-09-18 14:21

too bad

2013-09-18 14:22

k cy@

2013-09-18 14:23

How da fuck lemondogs dont pay you when it has like the best LOL team.

2013-09-18 14:26

28 replies

LoL teams is the LoL team, CS:GO team is the CS:GO team. Good enough answer for you?

2013-09-18 14:29

15 replies

not for me. organisations would always transfer money so it's balanced enough and no team gets left behind like that.

2013-09-18 14:35

14 replies

Yea i understand that, and it should kind of be like your saying. But in the end they dont do it. Or its because the agreement/contract isnt that good. It all depends on what circumstances the players accepted to play under when they joined Lemondogs.

2013-09-18 14:56

1 reply

Is pani still the only guy making ends meet for LD? If that so I would understand.

2013-09-18 15:13

yeah, and liverpool FC ladies should get as much salary as Gerrard.

2013-09-18 15:22

5 replies

+1 There LoL team generates alot of money. I dont recall them winning any tournament maybe 2nd in dh bucha is the best they had in a year. nothing personal against them they are a decent team tho.

2013-09-18 16:42

1 reply

Lemondogs have a signed contract with LCS as well, wich gives them some kind of income throughout the season? I guess that takes some of the money pressure from the organisation. Confirm/deny?

2013-09-19 02:31

that is not my point. i'd want lemondogs to give enough money to their csgo team to be able to at least practice. which according to pita is not the case.

2013-09-18 19:25

2 replies

i'm sure they get a small salary but just not enough to skip their in real life jobs. It's not really lemondogs fault, "real" jobs obviously pay better than a cs:go team

2013-09-18 19:41

1 reply

yes ofc, but pita's comment made me think the players were expecting something else. it would be interesting to know what the contract says (written or in words) :)

2013-09-18 19:45

no point. better invest in the LoL team thats actually winning a lot of money

2013-09-18 16:01

1 reply

then they should make it clear to pita&co. judging by pita's response, the players were not aware of the fact that the team will not get supported enough to practice properly. the fact that only LoL team is worth supporting money-wise is irrelevant here (tho i agree with your statement).

2013-09-18 19:30

LMAOOOO

2013-09-18 16:50

3 replies

may the other replies to my comment serve you as an example and guidance to how to lead a debate that has a point. your comment is worthless to me.

2013-09-18 19:31

2 replies

HAHAHA

2013-09-18 19:34

1 reply

2013-09-18 19:38

Probably the second or third best Team in Europe in LoL ;) Lemondogs isn't a big Organisation and they were just lucky to get such a LoL Team. They risk everything with this Team. Nobody knew that this Team would finish that good in LCS Europe ;). They get their salary from RIOT and probably a BIT from Lemondogs but that's it. Wouldn't be surprised if some big Organisation will buy the current LD LoL Team after the World Finals for the next season.

2013-09-18 14:33

7 replies

Well the're not that small anymore. With a top team in LCS you can't be considered small anymore. I know what the sponsors etc. are paying organizations in the LCS or atleast some.

2013-09-18 15:05

6 replies

of course you can consider the organization small it has nothing to do with the success of one team of it

2013-09-18 15:42

5 replies

What terms is there for a big organization?

2013-09-18 15:50

4 replies

big companies as partners/sponsors some kind of legacy/durability of course success (but thats not that most important factor in terms of "big organization" imo) fnatic / EG / NaVi are some orgs i'd rate as big, but not lemondogs even they seem to have done a decent job in the past

2013-09-18 16:04

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1: The've got CKRAS, SteelSeries, Inferno Online as partners. They have One of the best european LoL teams (Wich has to be considered the biggest eSport game atm) and a top 10 CS:GO team in the world aswell. I don't know the economics of Lemondogs, but i cant imagine them being a poor organization.

2013-09-18 16:17

2 replies

Lemondogs gets money from the government as well since they are a SVEROK org. Prolly not much, but better than nothing

2013-09-18 18:05

1 reply

I didnt know what it was so i wouldn write it down :D

2013-09-19 11:00

Lemondogs is focusing in their LoL squad (better money), just watch their facebook or other pages.

2013-09-18 17:07

lol teams are being payed by Riot Games, so no cost (or barely a cost) for the organisation.

2013-09-18 17:15

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Are you kidding me? They have to pay the players a salary aswell, proberly a gaming house close to Cologne and stuff like that.. Otherwise other organizations will take over.

2013-09-19 11:02

You need to understand that their League of Legends team may have other contracts with better benifits than their GO team. Since the League of Legends team is doing pretty well, they have a much higher chance to pull sponsors than pita etc.

2013-09-18 17:19

Sad, just brought in two Lemondogs players in my DT :(

2013-09-18 14:28

in b4 delpan carries them to DH2k13 winter 1st palce

2013-09-18 14:28

what exactly habend to b.s3x?

2013-09-18 14:29

2 replies

b.s3x disbanded in the end of august, than the new mix which was holding the slot decided to act as clowns while playing with k1ck, suiciding and writing kill in console.

2013-09-18 14:32

1 reply

thanks for replying. well they deserved it then i guess

2013-09-18 14:34

try finding a better organisation :) anyways Lemondogs is now banned at Starseries for lifetime as far as I know

2013-09-18 14:29

8 replies

VG are in this season though, pretty sure they got banned for life in the first season of csgo

2013-09-18 14:30

2 replies

they probably changed the rule because they suddenly understood its a pathetic one

2013-09-18 14:32

you get 1 or 2 seasons ban if you quit like vg or cph.

2013-09-18 14:36

They are not banned from Starseries. They must go through Proseries.

2013-09-18 15:19

4 replies

so they changed the rules

2013-09-18 16:33

3 replies

nope

2013-09-18 17:19

2 replies

yes they did

2013-09-18 17:21

1 reply

show me the proof. this rule always was. even verygames played through proseries.

2013-09-18 17:23

sad

2013-09-18 14:31

And what the Msi Beat it!?

2013-09-18 14:36

2013-09-18 14:41

Later today: fnatic buys lemondog roster and fire their current

2013-09-18 14:46

saving stats for DH winter

2013-09-18 14:47

3 replies

Stats?

2013-09-18 15:33

2 replies

he obviously meant strats....

2013-09-18 15:54

strats :D my bad

2013-09-18 16:31

sad, this team has potential

2013-09-18 14:53

So, in the MSI Beat It, who wins from k1ck-n!faculty go straight to the final and straight to Shanghai as well? ...

2013-09-18 15:12

3 replies

2013-09-18 15:14

No we will play MSI Beat it Semifinals!

2013-09-18 15:17

1 reply

Ah ok mate :)

2013-09-18 15:25

aaand why we can see lemondogs in hot matches today?

2013-09-18 15:24

Good move to put some pressure on LD and/or get the attention of other org's.

2013-09-18 15:26

Carn here's ur chance, pick them up!

2013-09-18 15:27

Time for SK gaming to pick up a team Come on!!

2013-09-18 15:39

I JUST BOUGHT THE WHOLE FCKING GROUP IN MY DREAMTEAM.. FU PITA !!

2013-09-18 15:39

My DT is fcked up. I transfer 3 players of LD earlier today.

2013-09-18 15:46

ah, sad!

2013-09-18 15:54

sk gaming go!

2013-09-18 15:59

they're just preparing for dreamhack winter, some other teams are gonna drop some leagues as well soon to prepare for that big money stack.

2013-09-18 16:13

"following in the footsteps of Russian side b.s3x, who were removed because of unsportsmanship conduct." They did what ?

2013-09-18 16:22

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hltv.org/match/2270688-k1ck-bs3x-sltv-st..

2013-09-18 17:21

SK.Delpan

2013-09-18 16:29

shame on you LD.

2013-09-18 16:31

good team , just need a finding good sponsors

2013-09-18 16:35

SK-Gaming incoming

2013-09-18 16:36

1 reply

2013-09-18 17:00

Disband in 3...2...1....

2013-09-18 17:40

1 reply

haaha

2013-09-19 10:38

They just came 2:nd in Dreamhack Bucharest!! tfq?

2013-09-18 17:55

Can someone please tell about what happened with b.s3x team? What unsportsmanship accident they talking about?

2013-09-18 18:52

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#17 there you go..

2013-09-18 19:49

It did happen same to anexis after anexis got 2nd place a tour. (with nico, pimp..). Why these clans get a big head?

2013-09-18 20:17

bye

2013-09-19 12:58

What is the point of keeping the team alive if they don't want to play then?

2013-09-23 07:03

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