So Athene just announced he's joining ROOT GAMING.

On July 17 2012 07:00 darthfoley wrote:
didn't he do the million dollar streaming thing for charity? how does trolling make him a douche?

On July 17 2012 07:00 darthfoley wrote:
didn't he do the million dollar streaming thing for charity? how does trolling make him a douche?

On July 17 2012 07:00 darthfoley wrote:
didn't he do the million dollar streaming thing for charity? how does trolling make him a douche?

On July 17 2012 07:00 darthfoley wrote:
didn't he do the million dollar streaming thing for charity? how does trolling make him a douche?

On July 17 2012 06:57 Mabius wrote:
Ignore anything Athene says or does he's just a massive troll who does things for attention

On July 17 2012 07:03 Gosi wrote:

Yeah. He seems to use his fame for good causes alot. What is it that he does that makes him a douche? O_o

On July 17 2012 06:57 Mabius wrote:
Ignore anything Athene says or does he's just a massive troll who does things for attention

On July 17 2012 07:03 Gosi wrote:

Yeah. He seems to use his fame for good causes alot. What is it that he does that makes him a douche? O_o

On July 17 2012 07:11 tofucake wrote:
Did ROOT announce it?

No.

Athene lies.

On July 17 2012 07:11 tofucake wrote:
Did ROOT announce it?

No.

Athene lies.

On July 17 2012 07:01 Negatiive wrote:


I said that a lot of people think he's just that. Most people don't even bother to do any research on what he has done it the past, i personally think he's a great guy who helps a lot with a lot of things.

On July 17 2012 07:05 mossing wrote:


Getting 1 million $ for charity so much troll.

On July 17 2012 07:22 SiCkO_ wrote:
He raised $1 million for charity? Not very likely in my opinion, sounds like just another regular troll.

On July 17 2012 07:22 SiCkO_ wrote:
He raised $1 million for charity? Not very likely in my opinion, sounds like just another regular troll.

On July 17 2012 07:11 tofucake wrote:
Did ROOT announce it?

No.

Athene lies.

On July 17 2012 07:26 Negatiive wrote:


Looks like TT1 re-tweeted it, so it might be true,

On July 17 2012 07:26 Negatiive wrote:


https://twitter.com/AtheneLOL/status/224977313966727168 Looks like TT1 re-tweeted it, so it might be true,

On July 17 2012 07:28 Tao367 wrote:
It's not about him as a person, it's just he thinks he's better than everyone else when literally anyone could do what he's doing if they had the sponsors and following that he has. If it was me that started making videos and got approached by companies or w/e, I could do it. I respect him for doing his fundraising, but there is no need for him to shove it in everyone elses face and act like he's the best in the world. The reason he's done all those things in Diablo 3 is because his fanbase have given him items and gold and stuff. If I got given that stuff, I could do all he's done.

On July 17 2012 07:03 Hiea wrote:


He acts like he is the worlds best gamer, a massive troll and all those bad things, which is what makes him really fun and popular.

He does good things and anyone who thinks he REALLY is a douchebag needs to go away.

But if you watch one of the silly things he does, you see him as an idiot and massive troll.

On July 17 2012 07:26 Negatiive wrote:


https://twitter.com/AtheneLOL/status/224977313966727168 Looks like TT1 re-tweeted it, so it might be true,

On July 17 2012 07:28 Tao367 wrote:
It's not about him as a person, it's just he thinks he's better than everyone else when literally anyone could do what he's doing if they had the sponsors and following that he has. If it was me that started making videos and got approached by companies or w/e, I could do it. I respect him for doing his fundraising, but there is no need for him to shove it in everyone elses face and act like he's the best in the world. The reason he's done all those things in Diablo 3 is because his fanbase have given him items and gold and stuff. If I got given that stuff, I could do all he's done.

On July 17 2012 07:32 ROOTT1 wrote:
wut

On July 17 2012 07:30 Assirra wrote:

Then do it eh. Raise 1 million dollar since it is so easy. Just make videos.
Oh and the he thinks he is better then anyone else is just an act he started back in his wow days.

On July 17 2012 07:30 nitdkim wrote:

You sir are an idiot for thinking that the persona he portrays is actually him.

On July 17 2012 07:28 Tao367 wrote:
It's not about him as a person, it's just he thinks he's better than everyone else when literally anyone could do what he's doing if they had the sponsors and following that he has. If it was me that started making videos and got approached by companies or w/e, I could do it. I respect him for doing his fundraising, but there is no need for him to shove it in everyone elses face and act like he's the best in the world. The reason he's done all those things in Diablo 3 is because his fanbase have given him items and gold and stuff. If I got given that stuff, I could do all he's done.

On July 17 2012 07:32 grobo wrote:
I have a pretty high tolerance for people acting "LOLCRAZY!" online, but i seriously can't stand Athene.

On July 17 2012 07:26 Negatiive wrote:


https://twitter.com/AtheneLOL/status/224977313966727168 Looks like TT1 re-tweeted it, so it might be true,

On July 17 2012 07:32 ROOTT1 wrote:
wut

On July 17 2012 07:28 Tao367 wrote:
It's not about him as a person, it's just he thinks he's better than everyone else when literally anyone could do what he's doing if they had the sponsors and following that he has. If it was me that started making videos and got approached by companies or w/e, I could do it. I respect him for doing his fundraising, but there is no need for him to shove it in everyone elses face and act like he's the best in the world. The reason he's done all those things in Diablo 3 is because his fanbase have given him items and gold and stuff. If I got given that stuff, I could do all he's done.

On July 17 2012 07:35 Andypk wrote:
The amount of people who seem to be unable to understand this kind of humour and see past the persona that is Athene, is baffling. The trolling and acting like a dick is all part of an act, a character, that a lot of people find funny and entertaining. But even raising $1M for charity still won't convince some people...

On July 17 2012 07:30 Crovea wrote:


I totally agree that he achieved nothing remarkable in Diablo III. But in WoW, Poker and plenty of other stuff, he proved to be a superior gamer in many aspects, especially theorycrafting. There's plenty of real evidence out there, along side with all the trolls.

On July 17 2012 07:38 grobo wrote:

It's not about "getting it". Some people just don't find that kind of humor funny, just because you don't agree with what other people consider funny doesn't mean that you don't "get it".

On July 17 2012 07:02 McKTenor13 wrote:
Yeah not a big fan of the OP. He has done a lot for a lot of the smaller streamers and raised a lot of money for charity. Just because he puts on a cocky persona doesn't mean he's a douche. He's there to entertain. I'd be happy if this were true.

On July 17 2012 07:44 tehemperorer wrote:

Ergo, you like Justin Beiber.

On July 17 2012 07:22 SiCkO_ wrote:
He raised $1 million for charity? Not very likely in my opinion, sounds like just another regular troll.

On July 17 2012 07:45 Monochromatic wrote:
This doesn't make sense. Is this guy good at starcraft? And ROOT is a very random team to join, considering all the new people they hired.

On July 17 2012 07:43 Andypk wrote:

I'm not saying anything about not finding it funny, by "getting it" I mean people instantly calling him a douchebag/troll and failing to see past the fact that it's all just an act. Hell, people were calling his $1M fundraiser a scam for a long time, a lot of people still do.

On July 17 2012 07:01 Negatiive wrote:


I said that a lot of people think he's just that. Most people don't even bother to do any research on what he has done it the past, i personally think he's a great guy who helps a lot with a lot of things.

On July 17 2012 07:51 Zurles wrote:
he's one of the sickest grinders in the world

On July 17 2012 07:51 Zurles wrote:
he's one of the sickest grinders in the world

On July 17 2012 06:57 Mabius wrote:
Ignore anything Athene says or does he's just a massive troll who does things for attention

On July 17 2012 07:54 TBone- wrote:
This is quite awkward. I know he's perm banned from TL for having kiwikaki play on his account. So its definitely quite odd to pick someone up whose essentially banned from the main sc2 community.

On July 17 2012 07:54 TBone- wrote:
This is quite awkward. I know he's perm banned from TL for having kiwikaki play on his account. So its definitely quite odd to pick someone up whose essentially banned from the main sc2 community.

On July 17 2012 07:54 TBone- wrote:
This is quite awkward. I know he's perm banned from TL for having kiwikaki play on his account. So its definitely quite odd to pick someone up whose essentially banned from the main sc2 community.

On July 17 2012 07:28 Tao367 wrote:
It's not about him as a person, it's just he thinks he's better than everyone else when literally anyone could do what he's doing if they had the sponsors and following that he has. If it was me that started making videos and got approached by companies or w/e, I could do it. I respect him for doing his fundraising, but there is no need for him to shove it in everyone elses face and act like he's the best in the world. The reason he's done all those things in Diablo 3 is because his fanbase have given him items and gold and stuff. If I got given that stuff, I could do all he's done.

On July 17 2012 07:57 Crovea wrote:


He doesn't have a TL account m8, and there never was any proof of either side of that.

On July 17 2012 07:55 teddyoojo wrote:

lol, athene himself is bigger than whole TL :>

On July 17 2012 07:57 Crovea wrote:


He doesn't have a TL account m8, and there never was any proof of either side of that.

On July 17 2012 07:30 Crovea wrote:


I totally agree that he achieved nothing remarkable in Diablo III. But in WoW, Poker and plenty of other stuff, he proved to be a superior gamer in many aspects, especially theorycrafting. There's plenty of real evidence out there, along side with all the trolls.

On July 17 2012 07:00 s.a.y wrote:
He is Kiwikakis friend and he is doing that to promote their team and site. Nothing special. Kiwi played on Athenes account and ran over the ladder so Athene could brag for his followers.

On July 17 2012 07:57 mrtomjones wrote:

lol you do realize that sponsors dont just sponsor someone right? You have to do something to get a sponsor which I am guessing you have not.

On July 17 2012 07:59 Tao367 wrote:


I did not claim to, I said IF I had the resources and fan vase he does I could do it. I never claimed to have done anything special, I've never made a video or anything. But given an equal amount of time, money and equipment I could.

On July 17 2012 07:59 ninjan wrote:
At first I thought this wasn't a troll, but then I saw tt1 retweet it, so now I'm definitely sure it's just another troll-attempt.

On July 17 2012 08:04 Avs wrote:
To be fair, he was a very good paladin in WoW. He was also world first in hardcore inferno D3.

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On July 17 2012 08:01 sAsImre wrote:


if everything was granted to me i would be successful.

On July 17 2012 08:06 DertoQq wrote:


I don't think he ever played hardcore d3

On July 17 2012 08:01 sAsImre wrote:


if everything was granted to me i would be successful.

On July 17 2012 08:06 mrtomjones wrote:

If someone gave me millions of dollars and sponsors I could totally fund raise like him! I just need a personality to motivate now...

On July 17 2012 08:06 mrtomjones wrote:

If someone gave me millions of dollars and sponsors I could totally fund raise like him! I just need a personality to motivate now...

On July 17 2012 07:38 grobo wrote:


It's not about "getting it". Some people just don't find that kind of humor funny, just because you don't agree with what other people consider funny doesn't mean that you don't "get it".

On July 17 2012 08:08 Tao367 wrote:


If you read my posts, that's exactly my point.

On July 17 2012 07:58 ikh wrote:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/profile.php?user=athenewins (not banned)

On July 17 2012 08:09 sAsImre wrote:


you're definetely stupid. The sponsors didn't drop from the sky you know, maybe he did some stuff to get them instead of shitting on personnalities on a forum while saying if if if...

On July 17 2012 08:09 DertoQq wrote:


Don't fool yourself... you could work as hard as you want, I don't think you would ever come close to have 10% of his fan base.

On July 17 2012 08:05 ROOTT1 wrote:
o .o y so pessimistic
ROOTAthene fighting*~

On July 17 2012 08:11 mrtomjones wrote:

I was mocking the person who posted before him dude. I like Athene

On July 17 2012 08:11 mrtomjones wrote:

Sarcasm -_- Shoulda put some more indicators in there. Mocking the guy before this.

On July 17 2012 08:13 DertoQq wrote:


ya, i realized that after posting (i though you were Tao367 : D). My comment was directed to him.

On July 17 2012 07:03 Crovea wrote:
You either hate or love Athene. If you hate him, it's either because you can't see through his Athene persona or generally don't like getting trolled a litte Chill chill. I don't think this is a troll, but probably only joining as a honorary member. Him and CatZ are pretty decent friends

On July 17 2012 08:17 Tao367 wrote:


Clearly you don't understand what I'm trying to say. I am simply saying, if I had earned this sponsorship, done everything he's done to earn this stuff, then I could do what he's done. I'm not saying I deserve it, but I have the same skills he has, and taking everything like money aside, I could do what he's done based on gaming skills alone.

On July 17 2012 08:17 Tao367 wrote:
Clearly you don't understand what I'm trying to say. I am simply saying, if I had earned this sponsorship, done everything he's done to earn this stuff, then I could do what he's done. I'm not saying I deserve it, but I have the same skills he has, and taking everything like money aside, I could do what he's done based on gaming skills alone.

On July 17 2012 08:17 Tao367 wrote:


Clearly you don't understand what I'm trying to say. I am simply saying, if I had earned this sponsorship, done everything he's done to earn this stuff, then I could do what he's done. I'm not saying I deserve it, but I have the same skills he has, and taking everything like money aside, I could do what he's done based on gaming skills alone.

On July 17 2012 08:16 mrtomjones wrote:
haha... they need a sarcasm font for anything said online...

On July 17 2012 08:24 Talin wrote:


We should establish a TL convention that all sarcasm should be colored blue!

Like so.

On July 17 2012 08:25 Tao367 wrote:
Wow. This is getting silly. I HAVE NOT SAID AT ANY POINT THAT I CAN RAISE THE MONEY HE HAS FOR CHARITY. HE HAS RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HIM. ALL I AM SAYING ID THAT GIVEN THE SAME RESOURCES, ANY GAMER COULD PRODUCE CONTENT. THAT IS ALL I AM SAYING. AS A GAMER, HE ISNOTHING SPECIAL. HE HAPPENS TO MAKE VIDEOS. PEOPLE LIKE HIM. FAIR ENOUGH, I NEVER SAID ANYTHING AGAINST THAT.

On July 17 2012 08:25 Carapas wrote:

Wait so we shouldn't establish a convention??? I'm confused.

On July 17 2012 07:05 mossing wrote:


Getting 1 million $ for charity so much troll.

On July 17 2012 08:17 Tao367 wrote:


Clearly you don't understand what I'm trying to say. I am simply saying, if I had earned this sponsorship, done everything he's done to earn this stuff, then I could do what he's done. I'm not saying I deserve it, but I have the same skills he has, and taking everything like money aside, I could do what he's done based on gaming skills alone.

On July 17 2012 08:29 Tao367 wrote:
Or I have an opinion you don't like, so you're flaming me for it. I don't like him or his content, but I respect him for all he's done. Let's just leave it at that. Fanboy ambush in this thread.

On July 17 2012 08:25 Tao367 wrote:
Wow. This is getting silly. I HAVE NOT SAID AT ANY POINT THAT I CAN RAISE THE MONEY HE HAS FOR CHARITY. HE HAS RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HIM. ALL I AM SAYING ID THAT GIVEN THE SAME RESOURCES, ANY GAMER COULD PRODUCE CONTENT. THAT IS ALL I AM SAYING. AS A GAMER, HE ISNOTHING SPECIAL. HE HAPPENS TO MAKE VIDEOS. PEOPLE LIKE HIM. FAIR ENOUGH, I NEVER SAID ANYTHING AGAINST THAT.

On July 17 2012 08:29 Tao367 wrote:
Or I have an opinion you don't like, so you're flaming me for it. I don't like him or his content, but I respect him for all he's done. Let's just leave it at that. Fanboy ambush in this thread.

On July 17 2012 08:32 Ryndika wrote:
Maybe he starts being professional gamer for a while so he can promote his charities etc better. He is done already with other games now and D3 isn't very interesting to masses anymore (I assume).

Fun to see there is still people who don't know he is acting douche most of the time in his videos (he is actor).

On July 17 2012 08:25 Tao367 wrote:
Wow. This is getting silly. I HAVE NOT SAID AT ANY POINT THAT I CAN RAISE THE MONEY HE HAS FOR CHARITY. HE HAS RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HIM. ALL I AM SAYING ID THAT GIVEN THE SAME RESOURCES, ANY GAMER COULD PRODUCE CONTENT. THAT IS ALL I AM SAYING. AS A GAMER, HE ISNOTHING SPECIAL. HE HAPPENS TO MAKE VIDEOS. PEOPLE LIKE HIM. FAIR ENOUGH, I NEVER SAID ANYTHING AGAINST THAT.

On July 17 2012 06:57 Mabius wrote:
Ignore anything Athene says or does he's just a massive troll who does things for attention

On July 17 2012 08:38 Hatorade wrote:


This statement confuses me couldn't you say the same for anything? Given they were as good at basketball as Michael Jordan anyone could be a hall of famer. Given you had MVP's mechanics and decision making anyone could win GSL. He earned those "resources" by working hard to produce his content. Obviously the reason not everyone has these resources available to them is because not everyone could do it. Maybe I misinterpreted what you were trying to say, but this made very little sense to me.

On July 17 2012 08:42 JerKy wrote:
I just went through every post to make sure noone from ROOT confirmed this

If this is true, I don't know why he'd leak it like this before ROOT made an official announcement

On July 17 2012 08:49 GhandiEAGLE wrote:


TT1 confirmed it.

Oh wait, that just takes away from the validity of the statement.

On July 17 2012 08:32 Ryndika wrote:
Maybe he starts being professional gamer for a while so he can promote his charities etc better. He is done already with other games now and D3 isn't very interesting to masses anymore (I assume).

Fun to see there is still people who don't know he is acting douche most of the time in his videos (he is actor).

On July 17 2012 08:41 Djzapz wrote:
So Root's getting a mascot. Nice.

On July 17 2012 08:46 Tao367 wrote:


It is more a statement of "he has expensive editing software I can't afford, and a PC I can only dream of having." If I wanted to try make the videos he makes, and had the software and PC capable of making said videos I could. It doesn't mean I'd get a fan base or instant sponsorship.
I am not trying to take anything away from him. But, from what I've seen, he acts arrogant and cocky in his videos, which is apparently a character, but I could not tell from his videos as there is nothing to say its a character to someone who watches only a few. From these videos ive watched, he acts as if only he could do these things,which was what I was trying to explain is not ttue.Maybe this explains it better?

On July 17 2012 08:52 r00ty wrote:
Just a quick question: Did he actually play some competitive games successfully? You know, against people like sc/quake/cs etc.

On July 17 2012 08:55 Assirra wrote:

Dude, worked for that stuff. He didn't got given anything. His first videos he had some old ass PC and look where he is now.
How about working yourself instead of "if i got given x i could y" nonsense?

On July 17 2012 08:58 inSeason wrote:
I welcome Athene to our Starcraft 2 community. Even though I may not think he is very entertaining he has many followers and he has contributed to so many charity events that he can do no wrong in my eyes. So if this just increases the eyes on Starcraft, I'm all for this!

Maybe he'll produce some pretty good continent.

On July 17 2012 09:00 ownyah wrote:


Nope, fuck you.



I have seen like 2 videos of his, and yet I think you are a twat.

On July 17 2012 08:55 Orcasgt24 wrote:
Athene is a very exposed guy, good pick-up if this isn't a troll. Not gonna do shit for em in SC2 but will definatly get veiwers

On July 17 2012 09:02 SilSol wrote:



Hey, why are u posting that? You know that is not ok here on tl.net.

On July 17 2012 08:53 JerKy wrote:

LOL exactly
I should amend and say someone from ROOT who doesn't troll regularly :p

On July 17 2012 08:55 Assirra wrote:

Dude, he worked for that stuff. He didn't got given anything. His first videos he had some old ass PC and look where he is now.
How about working yourself instead of "if i got given x i could y" nonsense?

On July 17 2012 09:05 ownyah wrote:


I usually give atleast half intellectual posts with some content of value, but when someone is being a douchebag and all that I don't see why they deserve a decent respond.

On July 17 2012 09:09 SilSol wrote:


Well if you don't think they deserve a decent respond. Then just don't respond at all? You realize that you might get temp banned for that post? Read the rules before posting something like that if you want to stay here on this site.

On July 17 2012 08:25 Carapas wrote:

Wait so we shouldn't establish a convention??? I'm confused.

On July 17 2012 09:08 Tao367 wrote:

I didn't fucking say he didn't earn it.

On July 17 2012 09:16 Xapti wrote:
Athene can't play Starcraft 2 professionally — it takes far more dedication than he deals with and/or would probably want to deal with.
Maybe a game like LoL would be a bit reasonable, but ROOT doesn't even do other games that I know of.

On July 17 2012 09:16 Xapti wrote:
Athene can't play Starcraft 2 professionally — it takes far more dedication than he deals with and/or would probably want to deal with.
Maybe a game like LoL would be a bit reasonable, but ROOT doesn't even do other games that I know of.

On July 17 2012 09:18 DongLongJohnson wrote:
Is this this WoW-Retard from Belgium?! ...It couldn't care less.

On July 17 2012 09:20 Assirra wrote:

That wow-retard gave a million to charity.
What have you done?