MaTTcom · @MaTTcomGO
5th May 2015 from TwitLonger
Quality Journalism, Summoner.
Regarding The Daily Dots recent news post concerning Stixxay I thought i would take the opportunity to provide as much information as i have in an effort to illustrate how immensely incorrect and dishonest said article truly is. So lets take it point by point:
“According to sources close to the player and team, however, Elias and Georgallidis haven't made good on those promises, declining a number of offers from teams willing to pay the $10,000”
We have not declined ANY offers for that amount, which is his formal buyout amount. We would absolutely give Stixxay any and all options that would meet his buyout if he wanted to seek opportunities elsewhere.
“In addition, Hayes has recently been kicked from the team’s Skype group and has very little communication with the team outside of Elias and Georgallidis.“
Firstly the CLGB Skype group is for active members; not people looking for other teams. It would be grossly inappropriate to include people who have no immediate need to access the basic communications of the team as this is a highly confidential space for our players to work and interact with each other for TEAM RELEVANT information. Stixxay says he no longer wants to play on the team; he can't be a part of the team chat. Its very simple.
Aside from this, Stixxay has not been barred or otherwise limited in any way, shape or form with communicating with any player on any team or with any member of CLG staff. CLG’s communication with Trevor over the past few days has only increased since he has expressed a desire to seek other opportunities. To imply we would strong arm him from communicating with certain individuals is ridiculous and unfeasible. This is the internet. Lets be real.
“Most recently, the team allegedly blocked Hayes from moving to a new challenger team based out of New York, who intend to play this upcoming split.”
We have done no such thing. We have not received any formal offer to buyout stixxays contract from this team of mysterious origin and if we did it would be up to Trevor himself to decide if he would like to compete on said team should that offer be sufficient. We are happy to field all serious offers in a scenario where a player is seeking other opportunities and would do our best to hasten the process so that both the player and the team he is leaving can make the necessary arrangements so they can compete to the best of their abilities in the NACS or the LCS.
“Previously, the organization also allegedly blocked Hayes from a move to Cloud9 Tempest”
Again, see my past few responses. If Trevor wanted to go to C9T and they offered to pay his buyout: Gods bless America.
In summary: While Stixxay has only very recently expressed a desire to seek potential opportunities elsewhere we at CLG have an obligation to uphold the terms of our player contracts. We will work, and have worked, with Stixxay and any organization interested in his skills to make sure that happens. Ultimately we want players who are hungry to compete on CLG and have no desire to retain talent that does not. The idea that we would hold any player as a prisoner of their contract is ridiculous.
Due to our previous experience with this particular journalist we declined to comment, as is our right, due to a past article of his that he published, again on daily dot, speculating about the recruitment of k0ri as a potential starting roster jungler player for CLG’s main LoL squad. That article was completely wrong and so is this one. Not only was it wrong but the manner in which this “journalist” behaved himself was enough justification for me to never work with this particular individual again. He posted private skype logs of his and hotshots conversation in an effort to play the victim. Why on earth would I be in favor of working with such an individual in ANY capacity?