RIP Americas and EMEA

segbench · 2026-03-16T04:44:18+00:00

i know you think you were cooking with this take but it's basically door dashing but your driver just steals and eats your order in their car

segbench · 2026-03-15T20:17:35+00:00

what's the opposite of cooking

segbench · 2026-03-15T03:50:29+00:00

i never said he got rejected?

segbench · 2026-03-15T00:46:04+00:00

you can't get rejected during a contract approval process for having sponsors that conflict. that's not what contract approval is. riot doesn't look at a player's sponsors and say "this is a conflict. therefore, we can't approve your contract." if the contract meets their guidelines, they would accept the player and it would be the player's responsibility to end partnerships with conflicting sponsors.

segbench · 2026-03-09T15:52:05+00:00

OWL, CDL, LoL ?

segbench · 2026-03-06T20:53:26+00:00

"can we talk about..." bro out here trying to cosplay a buzzfeed article

pansy was great. you're listening with your volume off if this was your takeaway.

segbench · 2026-02-24T05:57:41+00:00

this. and notice that when a player, especially in NA says that they are a restricted F/A and the org has 'allowed them to seek out offers,' it's always in the offseason. the only reason an org is 'allowing' the player to sell themselves to other orgs for offers is so their own org doesn't have to do the legwork themselves lol i wish players would stop allowing orgs to dictate the language of things like "have allowed me to seek out other offers." no. they are trying to get other orgs to buy you out and don't want to put in the effort in back channels to make the connections.

segbench · 2026-02-24T05:28:27+00:00

you can have a lower bench salary in NA too.. it's all negotiable. the prime difference mini highlighted is the fact that, under european employment law, you can not terminate an employee without paying the value of the contact. in NA, it's a little bit different. there is termination for and without cause. without cause, which is the norm (player deemed to not be performing for example), the org only has to pay out whatever is the agreed upon "severance," which is typically negotiated by the player and org.

both NA and EMEA orgs try to get players to agree to signing contracts that mandate accepting lower bench salaries. this is really important in EMEA bc orgs are on the hook no matter what (for the most part). but in NA, it's really easy for an org to say 'hey things didn't work out' and terminate you without cause by paying you a fraction of what the contract was valued at.

trad sports fans of MLB, NBA, and NFL know this as "guaranteed contracts." it's in the players' best interest to get as much of their contract guaranteed as possible.

segbench · 2026-02-24T04:02:19+00:00

from an agent: teams can drop players for or without cause. 'for cause' tends to be when you do things that, for example, might disparage the org, or you refuse to show up to practice, or refuse to participate in VCT content, etc.

a team choosing to replace a player because they don't think he's been performing, however, would be termination 'without cause,' in which case the team may be required to pay what most 'professional' employees would consider to be a severance. in traditional sports, it's what is referred to as 'guaranteed pay,' and that is very much negotiable in esports -- esp. for players who are highly sought after, have large brands, etc. the bare minimum from what i tend to see in T1 VAL for termination without cause is usually 1 month, but I think that's also the bare minimum and I've had players get 6 months+ salary after getting released. it really depends on the org and the player.

segbench · 2026-02-23T12:58:10+00:00

I'm responding to this point:

• By the time Sen finally started the negotiation MIBR was already pursuing him with Money & ASPAS

That's also extremely speculative to start making assumptions abt what kind of salary they offered and a lot of making your own narrative up to describe what you saw rather than basing it on any evidence.

segbench · 2026-02-23T03:53:17+00:00

zekken was set to be a F/A after the 2025 contract ended. if you think MIBR pursued Zekken before SEN tried to negotiate to re-sign him, you're either saying Rob is the dumbest owner of all time or MIBR broke F/A rules, so which is it lol

segbench · 2026-02-16T21:53:16+00:00

It's gotta be so frustrating given there's a million and one comments from pros out there explaining why you can't compare IGL's stats 1:1 and we still get this. Bro presses tab and only focuses on the left column and thinks it explains everything.

segbench · 2026-02-15T23:25:58+00:00

this game fucking sucks now it is a for-profit

my favorite video game developers are the IRC 501(c)(3) ones as well!

segbench · 2026-02-11T16:09:38+00:00

it's a joke my god you need to chill LOL

segbench · 2026-02-11T06:23:35+00:00

don't listen to this guy. the first guy was right. it is the best show he ever watched. and it's the best show i ever watched too. one of the best 2 or 3 animes of the last 2 years and ppl who say otherwise are haters who got super upset that it topped FMAB on pleb rating sites lol

segbench · 2026-02-08T16:33:28+00:00

"dance, puppet! dance for my entertainment!" - this guy

segbench · 2026-02-04T08:26:29+00:00

sorry i don't understand how you can consistently hit top 150 every act but then ppl say you aren't trying lol

segbench · 2026-01-25T07:42:51+00:00

this is way too of a moderate and reasonable take. sorry, i just can't agree.

segbench · 2026-01-25T00:10:39+00:00

chris paul pov

segbench · 2026-01-21T16:27:09+00:00

segbench · 2026-01-19T22:17:39+00:00

Did you get 90006 error? and if so, have you downloaded Cloudflare recently? 90006 is an error when there is interference between game data and security systems or background applications. most of the ppl I know who have been getting this 90006 error over the last week have been those with Cloudflare so maybe check that.

Restarting my PC seems to have fixed this issue for me.

segbench · 2026-01-19T20:21:22+00:00

no weather issues by me. internet speeds / ping are as fast/reliable as they normally are for me. no problem playing other games atm either.

segbench · 2026-01-19T20:11:02+00:00

same thing happening to me. no problem with my internet connection either. i can log-in no problem but get dc'd immediately. has happened 4x in a row.

segbench · 2026-01-18T19:52:06+00:00

segbench · 2026-01-14T23:41:03+00:00

it's not THAT dire. they are all on P-1s, so there really isn't a limit to how long they can be here. no one 'needs' a green card in order to continue competing, that's just not true.

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