Endpoint quartet sign two-year extensions, become "legacy members"

26-8-2021 19:04

Max "⁠MiGHTYMAX⁠" Heath and co. will be entitled to a cut of player sales in the future.

MiGHTYMAX, Joey "⁠CRUC1AL⁠" Steusel, Kia "⁠Surreal⁠" Man, and Thomas "⁠Thomas⁠" Utting have re-signed with Endpoint, extending their contracts with the team for two more years. Alongside that, the four players have also earned "legacy member" status, which the organization hopes will help with player retention.

Ross "⁠RossR⁠" Rooney, the former coach who has now been promoted to the General Manager role, explained how the legacy status will work: "Players that are stalwarts for the organization, that have been here for a certain defined period, have the opportunity to, in essence, own equity of one another in the team".

Endpoint's longest-standing members have been given additional perks

In practical terms, this means that any of the four players, as well as RossR himself as the fifth legacy member, will be given a portion of the buyout fee next time one of their teammates is sold off. Just in the last six months, Endpoint have parted ways with two of their young stars in Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan and William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman, and such sales in the future will benefit the players directly.

"We are hoping this [legacy membership] will help with player retention and align the interests of all parties at any given junction," RossR said in the announcement. Aside from the monetary incentive, legacy members will also be involved in the discussions and decisions about the organization.

The legacy membership isn't limited to the current members, with the status set to be given to any player that represents the organization over a longer period of time. At this moment, the exact time needed to become a legacy member hasn't been disclosed by the organization, nor was the percentage of a sale that will go to each legacy member.

"It is an exciting time at Endpoint, it has been so for the last 18 months, and I eagerly look forward to the next 24 even more," the newly-appointed GM concluded. RossR's step-up does leave a vacancy in the coaching slot for Endpoint, who have not yet settled on a replacement.

Endpoint, who are currently ranked 26th in the world, have the following lineup:

Max "⁠MiGHTYMAX⁠" Heath
Kia "⁠Surreal⁠" Man
Thomas "⁠Thomas⁠" Utting
Joey "⁠CRUC1AL⁠" Steusel
Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas

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2021-08-26 19:04

4 replies

UK CS top 1?

2021-08-26 19:06

3 replies

I think yes

2021-08-26 19:07

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im feeling thank you

2021-08-26 20:10

always has been

2021-08-26 22:27

Interesting.

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LET'S GO Kia Man.

2021-08-26 21:28

Kia No Nokia

2021-08-26 23:10

Very good

wow

2021-08-26 19:05

crucial signings

lmao

2021-08-26 20:06

who cars

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i'm in me mums car, broom broom

nice men

very old meme mens

2021-08-26 19:12

old memes > new memes mens

2021-08-26 19:23

2021-08-26 19:26

Nice. :) Wishing Endpoint all the very best!

2021-08-26 19:09

+1 ez4endpoint

This is an interesting way to keep players invested in a smaller org. It isn't going to actually stop a buyout from a determined big org but at least the players get a piece of it so it's kind of cool from that perspective.

interesting!

2021-08-26 19:10

ahahhaahhahahhahha

That's like admitting you're just a stepping stone for better players, pretty bleak ngl

2021-08-26 19:16

developing young talent is also important and nobody can deny that the experience both flameZ and Mezii got by playing with Endpoint will be important and help them be better team players. Instead of someone like misutaaa who got picked from FPL and struggled early on, flameZ had an opportunity to learn teamplay with Endpoint and he is now doing excellent with OG.

2021-08-26 19:48

yea and make money when they sell them, pretty profitable business tbh

2021-08-27 07:03

Wanted to see Cruc1al play for a t1

2021-08-26 19:17

Poor boros Who will buy him after mightymax have turned him into a goat?

2021-08-26 19:20

Boros will be bought out by big org next year so no Legacy Membership for him :(

2021-08-26 19:27

Who cares endpoint getting paid big money

2021-08-26 19:36

some nice results you got there lads. Worth being signed lol

2021-08-26 19:28

0-2'ed by freaking AGO and Apeks hahahah

2021-08-26 19:29

Nice try baiter

2021-08-26 21:23

2 more years of paycheck stealing

2021-08-26 19:32

thats awesome

2021-08-26 19:37

its good concept but lets be honest, the train has already departed... flameZ and mezii were 2 players EP prob never get stars like them again..

Yeah no you can still scout a ton of free young players to devolop. Just see the academy league to see a lot of example of players who were picked recently and showed tons of potencial (Fnatic as an example)

2021-08-26 20:12

They also sold Thomas to Envy,but Envy left after a few months,so Endpoint got him for free again

2021-08-26 21:09

embarassing why not just try and contain the players instead

2021-08-26 19:39

That's not how contracts and buyout clauses work... if an organisation pays their buyout fees, and the player wants to leave, that's it, you can't keep them..

2021-08-27 01:02