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Purge responded a few hours ago in a vlog to comments made by some members of the public who accuse Team Zephyr of competing in the NSL Season3 with the aim of stealing money from the home teams. Purge explains that from out outset they planned to stay at least six months and also that NSL does not pay out the $57,000 prize money in a lump sum, but instead in installments over a 10 month period meaning that team must remain in South Korea if they wish to receive their prize money.Purge also added that "if anything we're helping the Korean scene. There's a lot more people interested, at least internationally, I know there's a lot more eyes on the Korean scene now that we're here so I don't think we're hurting this in anyway." He does go onto to mention the dangers of too much dominance, considering the hypothetical situation where Zephyr continue their 14-game win streak it "would decrease some interest because people wouldn't to watch us just win every game. Even though the games are fairly close it's not like they're super one-sided by any means, and some of them we easily get behind so its not like we're unbeatable, we can easily be beaten."The rest of the vlog contains footage from the KDL, the Korean Dota League, which is sponsored by KESPA the official governing body of Korean eSports. The KDL is divided into three tiers with Team Zephyr in tier1 along with three other teams who will compete for the majority of the prize money for the competition. At the end of each season which lasts two months, teams have a chance for promotion and demotion by challenging the teams in the division above. The KDL is also unique in the fact prize money for teams accumalates based on number of wins. Given its duration as well as its model it would seem a likely motivator for Team Zephyr to remain in South Korea.You can watch the entire vlog here