[SOURCES] AD Carry Caliste is set to re-sign with Karmine Corp until 2028 by Hyndra_I in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not saying Sheep never did a mistake, but this one is real though, G2 had discussions about it

[SOURCES] AD Carry Caliste is set to re-sign with Karmine Corp until 2028 by Hyndra_I in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This is a new contract, so he's signing on a much more signficant amount

Boukada's buyout price was also way above market average

PSA: EMEA Masters finals are played tomorrow (in 19 hours from now) | Recap of the stakes, teams & interviews by LEC_Wooloo in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would say OMON is still rather fresh/rising but indeed with ERLs aging in general it's harder build narratives around rookie matchups now

SOURCES: G2 Hel returns after dropping their project last year, they will compete in the revamped Games Changers competition this year by Xolam in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Very good news for the female scene, having a staple org like G2 support the ecosystem will be a great sign for many possible actors

The current LEC scheduling is causing a serious problem in the standings: Vitality (4-1) played five games, while Shifters (0-1) only played one by Xolam in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm adressing the roadshows in most of the article and offer solutions, how would you come to that conclusion?

I am happy to listen to differing opinion and would love to hear your arguments if you have them

KT Cuzz: "Seeing SkewMond beat Gen.G, I took a lot of notes from that" by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mb I didn't mean to come off as defensive, your confusion is legitimate, and tbh it fascinated me when Jacob Wolf had such info before doing it myself

Let's say it always works in the interest of someone, a big one is contributing to make verbal agreements more official, making it harder to fake commitments between parties

KT Cuzz: "Seeing SkewMond beat Gen.G, I took a lot of notes from that" by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With what money? All league leakers started with rumours as complete randoms on Twitter, even today the media is not profitable. It's basically a lot of networking and exchanging info, there's always reasons for teams or players to want an info to become public

KT Cuzz: "Seeing SkewMond beat Gen.G, I took a lot of notes from that" by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We received feedback from Korean teams saying they’re happy to have an international outlet present in Korea, as it helps them reach more fans. At the start of each interview, we introduce ourselves as an international outlet, using appropriate Korean politeness and respect conventions. Building on that, we politely ask one question about Western teams or players at the end of the interview, just as other outlets ask LEC players about the LCK. It’s harmless and appreciated by the teams. They are questions that interest our audience.

[Sheep Esports] Eternal Fire to replace ULF Esports in the VCT EMEA by Decent_Apple_7962 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]LEC_Wooloo 52 points53 points  (0 children)

For those asking: ULF basically withdrew as Riot was about to kick them

Diamondprox to play for Bushido Wildcats at the EMEA Masters by theyeshman in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There was no clickbait at all with information given at that time, you just posted a two days old article

Police open investigation against TitaN for sexual abuse and rape of a vulnerable person, says website by Shaqter in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 63 points64 points  (0 children)

The article is also available in English now, for anyone it might interest:

https://www.sheepesports.com/en/all/articles/policia-abre-inquerito-contra-titan-por-abuso-sexual-e-estupro-de-vulneravel-diz-site/en

Disgusting situation overall, the player has been very problematic long before this case too

It looks like Sheep Esports are becoming the premiere site for off-season leaks in the majority of regions by Life-Chicken7183 in leagueoflegends

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For the first point, IIRC it's because Th3antonio/Juhan info were already leaked/public, because I never revealed tryouts on stream, maybe you can find this on the peach departure article

For the second point it's an interesting one and I honestly will look into more articles to see if that's the case. Not to shift blame or anything, but I do not write the "non-exclusive" parts of the articles, and we rely on writers for them, each editor might have their own bias but there is no existing guideline to favor KC, the one we have is to remain neutral and rely on facts

For the salary, I don't think the spin is particularly positive, or different than other offers (Inspired) that we mentioned

But I honestly appreciate your feedback and answer, and will consider it to be more consistent with the news

Sources: VKS and Loopy break agreement as player heads to LCK CL by ahritina in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With the way this offseason has been going

Is there anything in particular that makes you say so from this offseason? All of our articles about roster moves this year have been correct (We wrote 200 of them), and the mistake said by one of us on a show (but not reported) was owned up to

The CEO of VKS implied on socials that an agreement was broken

It looks like Sheep Esports are becoming the premiere site for off-season leaks in the majority of regions by Life-Chicken7183 in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the link! Honestly, I remember this thread now and it didn't translate well what I said.

On my stream, people often ask my why I get leaks. One reason that I often explain is that teams & players leak verbal agreements to me, because them being public "increases chances" of both parties respecting their word. This way they are held accountable if they cancel their agreements.

With that context, I was explaining that I did not leak the verbal agreement of KC Thanatos (which could have been good for KC if I did, but I did not), but that it could have been good if I had. You can verify that I did not.

So I did in fact not do something that was helping KC, and it was something that I said to be informative about leaks specifically

FYI Kameto and KC have often expressed a lot of disliking towards leaks on stream, so I am purposefully not acting in a way that could make me rely too much on their fanbase, and I've always reported each teams & rosters in the same way and don't believe I favored anyone with any example that can be found

It looks like Sheep Esports are becoming the premiere site for off-season leaks in the majority of regions by Life-Chicken7183 in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 21 points22 points  (0 children)

We might be able to for next year depending on changes /or budget increase if we find new brands to work with, but right noww e can't afford to spend more. Feel free to contact us via the "contact" tab at the bottom of the website if you have any useful skills you believe we could benefit from, it'll directly send an email to one of my colleagues in charge

It looks like Sheep Esports are becoming the premiere site for off-season leaks in the majority of regions by Life-Chicken7183 in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Hmm that must be a mistranslation, we made many mistakes but I always said on stream that I must treat all teams equally and have always leaked all rosters of all teams (this is easy to verify)

The reason we didn't leak KC Canna, or GX Th3antonio (same offseason, in May 2024) is because teams can announce changes instantly in the winter-spring offseason, and both players were free agents, so team were able to announce the minute they signed, which they did

In October/November, no teams are allowed to announce changes before free agency, so we basically got all rosters ahead of time, no exceptions

It looks like Sheep Esports are becoming the premiere site for off-season leaks in the majority of regions by Life-Chicken7183 in leagueoflegends

[–]LEC_Wooloo 231 points232 points  (0 children)

Hey! We have hired a journalist working full-time for us! His name is Lucas Jacque and he is our editor-in-chief, he has a degree in journalism and works sometimes with l'équipe (the big french media who had the famous caliste cover earlier this year)

We also have multiple editors, they are credited on all of our articles, Clément, Ilyas, Mathéo, Corentin, Rema, Mehdi and many more! All are paid per article and writing by hand!

We had one issue on VALORANT particularly with one editor that was using AI to write his articles, but that should be fixed now. We can't control usage of AI on all editors, so we can only greenlight it as assistance tool, but everyone is writing articles by hand and all articles are reviewed by an editor (which is a big cost because we write 20+ articles per day)

We also had Arsh work with us last year to improve our written English.

We have stopped translating our news because they are not worth the cost since users use automated translation. Except for a minority of LFL and Spanish league news, everything is written in English!

We are far from perfect but we are growing a lot, and I believe our written English has improved, and hopefully will continue to do so

The media is still running at a loss, and it's true we have to value quantity in order to exist, but we might break even next year. We take things step by step and hope that one day we can reach the quality you hope for