Vitriolic Gaming have come back with their own statement regarding what happened with their Source team

A few days ago we reported that the Vitriolic Gaming Source team had been removed from the organisation, even after some top placings at big events. The reasons behind this were all rather one sided, and we knew a statement from the Vitriolic management was going to be imminent.

Today they have published their side of the story, highlighting how they were in fact losing money with their Source team, and that they didn't break any promises.

CEO of Vitriolic Gaming Roger Barradas said the following exclusively to Cadred.org

It saddens me that the Swedes have reacted to this with such a bitter statement. The truth is that when we decided to pick them up there was no agreement on a salary, just that all expenses would be fully covered. Then after the TeX event, they were reluctant to sign a contract with us and we soon discovered that they felt they deserved a salary. I have countless times explained to the players that unfortunately the css scene at the moment is not attracting the big title sponsor that would allow me to give them salaries. We did say however that if they kept their game up and placed well at future events that we could discuss the possibility of a salary. I admit that is probably something we should not have said in hindsight, but it was not meant to be deceptive. The problem is that I feel that most of the players in the team are stuck with “the CGS mentality” - They are the best and deserve more and more no matter what you give them. Its like the expression, you give a hand, they take an arm.

I’d also like to point out that the entire time they were with us nothing was held back from them at all. They received the best treatment at LAN events staying in nice hotels, having all their transport, food, pc’s and problems taken care of with everything paid upfront by the org. I know other top organisations that make their players pay for everything out their own pocket, get sent to lan in a different country without a manager to help then get around and are expected to show receipts of everything once they arrive, then only land up getting reimbursed about 2months later.

The facts are that when we sat down together in management and looked at the numbers, we discovered that we have spent a ridiculous amount of money trying to sustain a css team that unfortunately is not bringing us a revenue as our contracts with sponsors are directly linked to other teams in the org. With prize money being so low and us taking a tiny percentage off winnings, our costs for sustaining a css team where not feasible at all. This fact combined with the sentiment that our efforts towards the css team where being taken in vain and that no matter what we did for them it wasn’t enough , we decided to remove them.

It is unfortunate for a team like this to leave so dramatically, and so unnecesarily in the public eye, but we sincerely wish them the best of luck in the future, and apologise for any unintentional communication errors.

We will keep you informed about any choices the current team, Promise Keepers, makes.