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MashutaTrill

Albania9 Posts

July 07 2014 01:00 GMT

#116681

MashutaTrill wrote:
The current ROOT team is one of those teams where the sum of the parts is greater than the individuals. That and basing any judgement of a player based on pubs is really silly to begin with.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

July 07 2014 01:13 GMT

#116682

That's a really easy cop-out. I'm not saying I agree with the assessments, but neither the individuals nor the group can argue against their initial judgement.

It's just the nature of being the new kid on the block.

Kuroeeah

11696 Posts

July 07 2014 01:34 GMT

#116683

I think it's fair to say that our skepticism is warranted given a number of factors.

Daozzt

United States1263 Posts

July 07 2014 01:43 GMT

#116684

Nobody in that team stands out as a great player. They are literally just five random 5k+ dudes that play on NA server.

Erasme

Bahamas15899 Posts

July 07 2014 01:43 GMT

#116685

factor #1 being that they're not really skilled individually.

MashutaTrill

Albania9 Posts

July 07 2014 01:52 GMT

#116686

MashutaTrill wrote:
That wasn't really meant to be a cop-out statement. I've just played with and against them enough to say that I think that I have a gauge on their skill levels. They put a lot of effort into playing, and while i highly doubt that they'll ever be a Tier 1 team, I have confidence in them to take some games off of Tier 1 teams and be a strong Tier 2 team, like roxkis or VP if they put a LOT of effort and time into improving.

I don't think your skepticism is warranted...There's plenty of great players and teams (I'm not saying that these guys or some of them) that have from your PoV come out of the woodworks but in reality many people in the scene have known about them for a while.

For instance, Excalibur wasn't just randomly picked up from a pub one day to play in an important match the next evening. Surely they may have met in a pub, but there's a LOT more going on behind the scenes that around scrimming, IHLs, and other matches that don't make it to popular news sites that you don't hear about.

If your opinion is solely based on stuff that you read on reddit, TL or any other news site then chances are your opinion is trite and just an echo of what's already been said a thousand times over...

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

July 07 2014 01:55 GMT

#116687

"You don't have to quote yourself every time you want to make a post"

With gratitude and sincerity,

Michael Cohen

dictated but not read on the 7th of July, 2014; 3:55 AM [CEST]

andyrau

13015 Posts

July 07 2014 02:06 GMT

#116688

andyrau queries:
MashutaTrill, are you their manager or something

NexUmbra

Scotland3776 Posts

July 07 2014 02:10 GMT

#116689

On July 07 2014 10:52 MashutaTrill wrote:

Show nested quote +

Nonsense.

They'd only played with him in pubs, they just picked him because he was high on the leaderboards

MashutaTrill

Albania9 Posts

July 07 2014 02:19 GMT

#116690

andyrau queries:
MashutaTrill, are you their manager or something

MashutaTrill wrote:
No

NexUmbra wrote:
They'd only played with him in pubs, they just picked him because he was high on the leaderboards

MashutaTrill wrote:
Excalibur wasn't just randomly picked up from a pub one day to play in an important match the next evening

MashutaTrill wrote:
Surely they may have met in a pub, but there's a LOT more going on behind the scenes that around scrimming

MashutaTrill wrote:
The video doesn't discredit what I said at all. You need to read what I fully wrote and not just pick and choose what you want to argue from it.

User was warned for this post

Kuroeeah

11696 Posts

July 07 2014 02:22 GMT

#116691

can you please refrain yourself from nonsensically quoting every time you type out a message?

r_con

United States824 Posts

July 07 2014 02:26 GMT

#116692

what is happening in this thread.....

FinestHour

United States18466 Posts

July 07 2014 02:28 GMT

#116693

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS GUY DOING MERLINI POLICE WHERE ARE U

rUiNati0n

United States1155 Posts

July 07 2014 02:28 GMT

#116694

On July 07 2014 11:19 MashutaTrill wrote:
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andyrau queries:
MashutaTrill, are you their manager or something

MashutaTrill wrote:
No

NexUmbra wrote:
They'd only played with him in pubs, they just picked him because he was high on the leaderboards

MashutaTrill wrote:
Excalibur wasn't just randomly picked up from a pub one day to play in an important match the next evening

MashutaTrill wrote:
Surely they may have met in a pub, but there's a LOT more going on behind the scenes that around scrimming

MashutaTrill wrote:
The video doesn't discredit what I said at all. You need to read what I fully wrote and not just pick and choose what you want to argue from it.

Wow, this is hilariously hard to comprehend.

Dubzex

United States6994 Posts

July 07 2014 02:28 GMT

#116695

It is returning to normal.

Acritter

Syria7637 Posts

July 07 2014 02:30 GMT

#116696

Oh my god, that's probably one of the funniest things ever. I have never seen that posting style before.

As far as Root goes: if they perform, they perform. If not, then there you go. I mean hey, it's a group of guys who like playing with one another. That seems totally fine in my eyes.

Targe

United Kingdom14103 Posts

July 07 2014 02:30 GMT

#116697

i find his method of posting refreshing

rebdomine

6040 Posts

July 07 2014 02:30 GMT

#116698

I hardly understand what he is saying. Every post is fucking cluttered with quote blocks wtf

Spicy_Curry

United States10573 Posts

July 07 2014 02:40 GMT

#116699

My head, it hurts. Its as refreshing as something very not refreshing.

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

July 07 2014 02:43 GMT

#116700

Is he like citing himself as evidence he is right? That's some high level nonsense. It's not really a discussion, you are just arguing with a chatbot.