In regards to Stixxay....



We have not declined any offers for $10k and above (which is his buyout amount.) In fact, we have been working WITH Stixxay to get him onto a new team. We're in constant communication with him, we answer his questions, we're giving HIM the choice of where he wants to go. We WANT him to succeed.



And to address the thing about kicking him from the skype group: I removed him because he is no longer working with the team and we are trying out other people, therefore he has no real need to be there when the chat mainly consists of discussing players and analyst talk. He has all of us added on skype anytime he needs to talk to us. To me, that doesn't sound like cutting off communication.



On a more personal note, I am actually quite against players being held against their will in dire situations where the team is not getting along and the player is genuinely unhappy. It's something that I find morally corrupt. I care about my players and I want the best for them, I would never do something like that simply because I completely disagree with it. If a player no longer wants to continue playing with a team, what good will it do to force him to continue playing? I have always been an advocate for treating players with the utmost respect when it comes to things like this. I've even written a blog regarding these matters, ironically before this article even happened.



Not to mention the fact that all of this has been within the span of like, less than a week. When Stixxay expressed that he wanted to explore his other options, I obliged and moved forward with finding a replacement IMMEDIATELY. We haven't used him in scrims since he decided to part ways with CLG.



Honestly, this is just another GREAT example of Daily Dot's standards for 'journalism'. Prefacing asinine statements with the word 'allegedly' doesn't make it any less slanderous.



And on a less serious note, the #FREESTIXXAY meme..cmon...you guys can do better than that....

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