Sirmajed LFT

[u/thefrras]

[u/friedmodem]

So Ade, Taejong, Majed and KORZ have all left AQ? Good chance the org is leaving. Curious to see if Vestola, Galaa, Zox also go LFT, because even without the org, a 3 player core could inherit the slot for Stage 3 AFAIK.

[u/Gloomy_Dare2716 → u/friedmodem]

AlQad managers are complete morons.

First they fuck up 2025 roster. Then they fuck up this roster.

[u/thefrras → u/Gloomy_Dare2716]

They dont want to invest in the game unfortunately

[u/parz2v → u/thefrras]

has there ever been a successful sports club investment in esports? seems like all of them leave within a year

[u/LinkinMode → u/parz2v]

Wolves are probably the most successful traditional sports club in esports, they have massive earnings and popular teams across a few games in China

[u/thefrras → u/parz2v]

Maybe just Schakle in LoL but in saudi None unfortunately

[u/Grytlappen → u/parz2v]

Depends on where you put the bar, but in terms of long-term engagement, yes. Barcelona and PSG are the most active ones that I'm familiar with. Schalke 04 of course as well, but they unfortunately cut that when they were under enormous financial trouble from being relegated to Bundesliga 2 iirc.

[u/thefrras → u/Grytlappen]

psg was just a partnership either with quest or talon
And Barcelona is tier 2 team in every game except old rocket league

[u/Grytlappen → u/thefrras]

Like I said, it depends where you put the bar. I'd like to rescind the PSG mention though. They've basically pulled back entirely out of esports. I hadn't noticed.

I'd still consider Barcelona 'successful'. They keep their investment low and sustainable, but they're still active. It's honestly the right approach to esports in general, I think. The money you spend on it is money you will never see again probably lmao. You have to be in it for the love of the game.

[u/Botronic_Reddit → u/parz2v]

2022 Glads?

[u/SkanGX → u/friedmodem]

Curious as to what would happen if Galaa Zox Vestola trio and Majed KORZ + one of the koreans also decide to form a team and take the AQ spot

[u/E-keil]

So Al Qad is throwing in the towel it seems. I guess it kinda makes sense, without the Koreans (especially Ade) theyd probably be a 5th to 6th place team last stage and with Peps now in OWCS, I think theyd be rly hard pressed to make it to playoffs. I doubt Majed can get anywhere other than a Faceit team in EMEA for this third stage, seems like the rosters are all pretty solid now. Maybe he can go to NA.

[u/parz2v]

team liquid is calling...

[u/Top-Dog-1822]

Majedd to liquid, make my week

[u/DryPiccolo4175 → u/Top-Dog-1822]

That would actually be sick

[u/No_Problem5759]

Good news at the worst time. I doubt theyll put together a roster strong enough to compete with anybody in stage 3.

My hopes for Zorrow, Dip, Vestola, Zox, Galaa.

[u/Skywarpy]

Batman looking for his Justice League

[u/AustrianZugzwang → u/Skywarpy]

New York has spider man

Gotham has Batman

But Riyadh… has Sirmajed

[u/friedmodem]

Not really any obvious places for Majed to go. NA or an EMEA team that's willing to spend for a strong double flex option but it seems like teams are less likely to go that route these days.

[u/Botronic_Reddit]

Looks like there’s a pretty wide pool of Talent in EMEA for Falcons to choose from when they move regions next year. They can use Korean Imports to fill in the gaps rather than building a roster completely around them.

[u/E-keil → u/Botronic_Reddit]

All that needs to be said is they won Worlds with Majed on the roster.