GosuGamers caught up with Army, one of the owners of MeetYourMakers, to straighten out what really happened yesterday.
If you take a look at the roster changes in MYM and ToT yesterday it might seem to be a "if you can't beat 'em, buy 'em" technique, but the Chief Technical Officer Army (picture) says that this was a choice they made to create a better team in 2007 - to rise awareness of StarCraft outside of Korea. Being a part of the G7 organization they also wanted to work against the problem of multiteaming, and also to have a team which sticks together and is a part of the MYM family.Did you try to get any other players from Templars of Twilight, or just Testie and SEn?
- We have had long talks together with Mondragon about the future of ToT, what their plans are and how we could collaborate for a future together. Although the interest in this was big from ToT's side, the team decided not to do this step due to bad experiences in the past and we fully understand their choice. The changes you see now are the outcome of our talks.
In the end of 2006 the "MYM family" was hard to find in the StarCraft squad. GosuGamers asked Army why these changes hasn't been done earlier. He answers that they were busy with a restructuring process in the organization itself.
- After the Suncow and Draco trips to Korea, the WCG with so many MYM members, StarCraft kinda cooled off for some time, he explains.
The failure in BWCL Premier League where the administrators played instead of the regular members was the last drop.
- People seemed to prioritize the leagues differently than we did, so at one point it was said that enough is enough and that changes had to be made. That point was reached with the MgZ match not long ago, he explains.
He further says that their StarCraft management treated the the current BWCL Premier League more like a practice field than a serious league.
About their popularity in China
MeetYourMakers have said many times that they are working on increasing their popularity in China. But what happens with that plan, as Pj and Lx drops out? Army answers:
- PJ and LX were a unique case, as they were playing mainly for SK Telecom in China, thus not really promoting MYM over there. We have with F91 a contracted player in china who is participating in the Chinese leagues solely for MYM, with Sen one of the strongest Taiwanese players now who also could possibly take part on the main land and what else there might be will be decided in the future, Army says and smiles.
"When your ship hangs on a cliff for a too long time..."
Army also says that when they first started their StarCraft squad it was based on bad foundations due to their lack of knowledge in the StarCraft world. But during this time, they have gotten to know the people in the scene better.
- We have read the feedback people provided us with and we have worked a long way to where we are now. But when your ship hangs on a cliff for a too long time, some people have to get off the boat and push it out so it can move on, and this is what happens now.
Testie and SEn are contracted for a year minimum. Tomorrow MeetYourMakers goes up against 3D Clan, and it will surely be interesting to see how Testie and SEn performs in their new team.
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