
Posted by Myers at 23:01 18/5/2004.
Ola "Element" Moum, who made headlines following his decision to quit SK several weeks ago, has been bought out of his contract by NoA. Element therefore becomes the first Counter-Strike player to be sold to another team. Details concerning the terms and conditions have not, and will not, be announced, but bds did issue the following statement:
For the first time in eSports history, a player was bought out of his contract and switches teams officially, the way it should be. We strove to find a solution with all parties involved. As this is an absolute premiere in eSports, we had to break new ground. The highly professional work and attitude of everybody involved made it possible to sign contracts last week. We are looking forward to competing Ola and his new team in the next tournaments and wish him all the best for his future.
Ironically this attempt to end speculation will no doubt raise new fresh questions over the value of Element, how much is such a name worth and how much can NoA afford? If this is to open a door to a new level of professionalism within the gaming elite then we can have patiently speculate when and who will be the next eSports transfer?
It's unfortunate that NoA did not wait until Autumn to sign Element, he could've moved on a Bosman.
Over on TeamNoA.net Element has issued a short statement regarding the transfer.
Now, I'm in NoA, because I like a new challenge. I enjoy living in other countries and experiencing new cultures. By signing me, it's a sign we are going to have a future together in this coming year. I feel like I’m at home on this team and, to top it all off, in the company of friends.
Gary Sanchez, manager of NoA, offered a few words to explain the situation:
This means we're going to be increasing our player assets by bringing on such a talented and experienced competitor. We’ve always strived to bring e-Sports to a higher level of professionalism and we believe that by being the first team to purchase a players contract, we’re setting the proper example for future transactions as we [e-Sports] continue to progress.
The NoA lineup will be travelling to California to live and practice together for 2 months leading up to the CPL Summer World Championships.
Comments
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RemOte.uK
23:02 18/5/2004
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team.identity
23:03 18/5/2004
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#thkillerz
23:05 18/5/2004
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2seXeh 2perfoRm
23:05 18/5/2004
RemOte.uK
23:05 18/5/2004
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Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
23:07 18/5/2004
Stalk Confront Engage Eliminate
23:07 18/5/2004
the contract was prolly 5 pounds, but all the kids will think its thousands...therefore raising elements value and SKs value, yada yada everyone wins.
I'll take SK to SCEE for 10p and 3 conkers and a half chewed chewing gum! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
23:09 18/5/2004
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zebras
23:10 18/5/2004
Rush!
23:11 18/5/2004
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Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
23:12 18/5/2004
I never heard about the mouz thing though, there's a difference between buying him out as giving money to the other team, and bribing them, i suspect the mouz case was the latter. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
23:15 18/5/2004
How much for tepp!. Ill go for 10 squid to the pound! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Head Arse
UKTerrorist
23:16 18/5/2004
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Clan ONE
23:23 18/5/2004
BLACKLiGHT
23:26 18/5/2004
Clan ONE
23:28 18/5/2004
hmm why did he need to b bought then? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
quintessential
23:29 18/5/2004
Game Dimension Online
23:31 18/5/2004
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Missing In Action
00:05 19/5/2004
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ROFL [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
00:17 19/5/2004
ForsakeN
00:18 19/5/2004
Atari.Crew
00:22 19/5/2004
is alright to see it happening in cs... depends if your all for the "pro cs" thing [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
00:37 19/5/2004
Wrap yourself in all that American culture........ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
00:39 19/5/2004
unicon.cs
00:49 19/5/2004
euthanasia
00:52 19/5/2004
(00:47:25)<NoA|ShaGuar> ermm i know we will buy him off u! 10pound ok
(00:47:40)<SK|bds> hmm thats a great idea. Like in football, wicked people will think were well pro bo`selecta dont say about price though make it a secret like we say we pay are players yet we dont really hehe.
(00:47:55)<NoA|shaGuar> aw n1 man wkd cu@cpl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Croydon
00:53 19/5/2004
euthanasia
00:56 19/5/2004
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Why elemeNt didn't just wait for his contact to run out I have no idea. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
The Incarnate
00:57 19/5/2004
01:26 19/5/2004
xtreme9.uk
01:27 19/5/2004
Croydon
01:29 19/5/2004
http://www.schroet.com/members/20417.jpg
as you can see in this pic taken last friday, im not ginger or fat. (top left holding trophy above my non-ugly head)
so unlucky! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Head Arse
UKTerrorist
01:32 19/5/2004
£11.53?
:) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ForsakeN
01:35 19/5/2004
Croydon
01:47 19/5/2004
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Croydon
02:24 19/5/2004
nn [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
euthanasia
02:35 19/5/2004
Whos that f***ing ginger c*** holding that s***ty trophy above his f***ing ugly head :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Disturbed
02:36 19/5/2004
Surely that will increase speculation! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
02:48 19/5/2004
r4ngers
03:39 19/5/2004
r4ngers
03:39 19/5/2004
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Landed
04:15 19/5/2004
04:19 19/5/2004
Point proven, and mine is safely over double that thankyou very much. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Landed
04:20 19/5/2004
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twisted Reality
06:08 19/5/2004
its probabaly a thousand or something. I dont think its a lie. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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Anti-saviour of UKT
07:27 19/5/2004
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the demonic radicals
10:55 19/5/2004
endeffect
10:56 19/5/2004
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
11:31 19/5/2004
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Samwise GamGEE whatup kid [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
endeffect
11:43 19/5/2004
All I see is a clan hopping player who has just had his head swell a few more inches. I agree money is to be made in the 'pro-gaming' scene but I dont agree on buying players...this is where its going to get very messy.
To do this type of thing properly you need a governing body, but as cs is split into categories because of 'pro-gaming' then you cant have one. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
12:20 19/5/2004
Funniest thing ive seen on here in ages.
Did you die your pubes before the pic was taken?? You dont want all the Croydon bum boys turning their heads away at the moment of impact now do you?? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
piranhas
13:14 19/5/2004
r4ngers
13:27 19/5/2004
suiGeneris
13:29 19/5/2004
Ahh XGSports, run by Captain Moron himself, Anisty. I love telling people the story of how I joined some random public server one night ages ago where a certain "XGSports.Anisty <realname>" was giving it loads, he had about 1 for 9 and some dude said "hey maybe you should stick to management anisty hehe!" to which Anisty replied "I play Counter-Strike professionally". Classic stuff. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
13:58 19/5/2004
endeffect
14:28 19/5/2004
he prob covered it up well though. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
18:00 19/5/2004
SK lied... element wasnt realy the first Esports player to be bought [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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Rush!
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Rush!
22:44 19/5/2004
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