Mercado fichajes - Spring Split 2017

Rumores de KR:

• Marin drifted with the rest of SKT after he went to China in 2015. He kept in close touch with Kkoma, however, which is how SKT has been okay with him. Mostly awkward, still.
• SKT players felt uncomfortable that Marin was very close with ROX players.
• After Tigers was formed, Smeb and Kuro were close, and Gorilla and Pray were close. Hojin (former jungler) is the one who brought them together. They say that the refreshing personality of Tigers comes from primarily Hojin. Of course, when Peanut joined, he was close to Pray and Gorilla because of Najin connection.
• Smeb and Marin are very close and share a lot of information. Apparently Smeb learned Rumble from Marin.
• Smeb, in 2016, inevitably from being so close to Marin, ended up spending a lot of time with SKT. He became less close with Kuro, and of course, Pray and Gorilla. (They were of course, on ok terms, but not as close as Smeb and Marin).
• Peanut did not have any particular malice towards Smeb (translator note: assuming he means during the season)
• Because ROX was maintaining a good record, it was said that a really good sponsor was going to come in for them. However, Smeb was in contact with KT - he got an offer. It was said the new sponsor would pay Smeb 4x more than his current salary. Still, people were understanding with * Smeb deciding to leave. They were still very depressed / sad. Smeb and the rest of the team is not communicating much now, but Smeb is still talking to Marin.
• Longzhu is also rebuilding. Not sure exactly who yet, but it's said that a good mid-jungle pair will return to LCK. If this happens, the 4 top korean teams may become SKT, KT, SSG, and LZ.
• Not certain that LZ Flame is on SKT yet. But he has certainly gone to try out.
• All of SSG has received offers, but for some reason, none of them have accepted yet.
• There are a TREMENDOUS amount of people taking SKT's top laner test. Don't need to worry.
• AF is also trying to spend a lot of money, but unsure of who they gave offers to.

And then there's a huge block of text about China and Korea relations, too long to translate. But the general text is that it wasn't that Korea underperformed, Chinese teams enjoy having Korean players on their teams. It also isn't that there aren't good rookies in China, there are plenty. The issue with Korean players in China right now is a few things, but it's mainly to do with money. That even no-name players are asking for way too much money. But if you're a 2nd tier player in Korea, you can get 4 to 5x more in China than in Korea. However, the salary is month-to-month and if they bench you too much, you can't fulfill your end of the contract (may not get paid).

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/5fkibl/additional_lck_rumors_from_inven_boards_on_smeb/