Kingston HyperX at MLG Dallas 2011

Running StarCraft II on high graphics settings regularly caused my old computer to overheat and crash. With my Kingston HyperX H2O memory, however, I'm able to run StarCraft2 while streaming, broadcasting games, and using chat programs to work together with my teammates during practice without any problems whatsoever.

Running StarCraft II on high graphics settings regularly caused my old computer to overheat and crash.

On March 31 2011 09:39 Darthozzan wrote:
The interview with IdrA is a bit weird, dunno why he would call ROOT out randomly, I think they will continue finding great success in the future. At least they don't assume their opponents will be walk-over's before they even play them

Anywho, looking forward to more excellent content from EG at MLG, keep it up =D

On March 31 2011 09:43 Serpico wrote:
For some reason I feel like he was prodded to give a bit of a controversial answer somewhere in there...maybe not.

On March 31 2011 09:47 iNcontroL wrote:
GO ANNA!!!!!

On March 31 2011 09:47 iNcontroL wrote:
GO ANNA!!!!!

On March 31 2011 10:05 motioncity wrote:


she is cute. u know her?

On March 31 2011 10:05 motioncity wrote:


she is cute. u know her?

On March 31 2011 09:59 SirScoots wrote:
I will be in Dallas too! Come say hi! I run this team, yet cannot get the staff to make ME a fancy banner, go figure! Heads will roll! Anyway, safe travels to anyone coming and for those at home, I hope you are overwhelmed with all the coverage options and cannot possible read or watch everything this weekend has to offer! Good problem to have to be sure.

On March 31 2011 10:08 iNcontroL wrote:


I've met her before yeah, why?

On March 31 2011 10:09 Char711 wrote:

I'm going to assume from your post count that this is not sarcasm.

She's his girlfriend.

(Sorry if that seemed to be taking a dig at you, but it's just rather well known on TL, so I couldn't be sure.)

On March 31 2011 10:09 Char711 wrote:

I'm going to assume from your post count that this is not sarcasm.

She's his girlfriend.

(Sorry if that seemed to be taking a dig at you, but it's just rather well known on TL, so I couldn't be sure.)

On March 31 2011 10:08 iNcontroL wrote:


I've met her before yeah, why?

On March 31 2011 10:43 SirScoots wrote:
And the boys bring the old man a banner after all! No firings today.

On March 31 2011 09:42 Char711 wrote:

Yeah, because IdrA doesn't call out anyone randomly. I mean, he almost never criticizes people! [/sarcasm]

Besides, he has a rivalry with drewbie, so it's only natural. Of course, he'd probably try to say it's not a true rivalry since he's "way better" than drewbie, but drewbie did beat him in the recent reddit matches.

On March 31 2011 10:05 motioncity wrote:


she is cute. u know her?

As a professional gamer, having high quality memory is absolutely crucial as modern games can put a massive strain on your computer. Because of this I’ve been using the Kingston HyperX H2O as my memory of choice in preparation for MLG Dallas 2011. Running StarCraft II on high graphics settings regularly caused my old computer to overheat and crash. With my Kingston HyperX H2O memory, however, I'm able to run StarCraft2 while streaming, broadcasting games, and using chat programs to work together with my teammates during practice without any problems whatsoever.

On March 31 2011 12:50 drewbie.root wrote:
it's a well known fact that idra hates people that he loses to, and he loses to root players quite a lot ;D

On March 31 2011 12:50 drewbie.root wrote:
it's a well known fact that idra hates people that he loses to, and he loses to root players quite a lot ;D

On March 31 2011 12:36 CatZ.root wrote:


I doubt it was a question during an interview or anything like that, I think the whole point of the banner and the line in itself is to make you want to read the entire article, great product placement, goot marketing strategy, it obviously works, and generates a lot of comments / controversy, which only results in more people reading a lot of information that you don't want to read, just like I am doing with this post right here, and at the very end you get sort of dissapointed cause its only 1 line unrelated to everything else out of nowhere, with no base, significance, or anything to back it up.

ROOT Gaming is 6-2 against EG in clanwars (now that's a fact) last 2 clanwars we won with IdrA playing, sort of funny cause in State of the game when told that they had to play ROOT he replied something like "oh you won't even need me then" hahahaha.

Either way, props for fantastic marketing and failed logic <3

On March 31 2011 13:10 Sylvr wrote:
It's possible that IdrA had no idea how that comment would be used by Kingston whateverthefuck. In interview format, that comment is perfectly normal coming from IdrA, but when they start throwing it on banners and making it the headline for the entire article... it kinda skews the context a bit. It's just the same old IdrA with a bit of dirty journalism.

On March 31 2011 12:36 CatZ.root wrote:


I doubt it was a question during an interview or anything like that, I think the whole point of the banner and the line in itself is to make you want to read the entire article, great product placement, goot marketing strategy, it obviously works, and generates a lot of comments / controversy, which only results in more people reading a lot of information that you don't want to read, just like I am doing with this post right here, and at the very end you get sort of dissapointed cause its only 1 line unrelated to everything else out of nowhere, with no base, significance, or anything to back it up.

ROOT Gaming is 6-2 against EG in clanwars (now that's a fact) last 2 clanwars we won with IdrA playing, sort of funny cause in State of the game when told that they had to play ROOT he replied something like "oh you won't even need me then" hahahaha.

Either way, props for fantastic marketing and failed logic <3

On March 31 2011 12:50 drewbie.root wrote:
it's a well known fact that idra hates people that he loses to, and he loses to root players quite a lot ;D

On March 31 2011 12:36 CatZ.root wrote:


I doubt it was a question during an interview or anything like that, I think the whole point of the banner and the line in itself is to make you want to read the entire article, great product placement, goot marketing strategy, it obviously works, and generates a lot of comments / controversy, which only results in more people reading a lot of information that you don't want to read, just like I am doing with this post right here, and at the very end you get sort of dissapointed cause its only 1 line unrelated to everything else out of nowhere, with no base, significance, or anything to back it up.

ROOT Gaming is 6-2 against EG in clanwars (now that's a fact) last 2 clanwars we won with IdrA playing, sort of funny cause in State of the game when told that they had to play ROOT he replied something like "oh you won't even need me then" hahahaha.

Either way, props for fantastic marketing and failed logic <3

On March 31 2011 14:11 PrimeTimey wrote:
When is IdrA going to stop running his mouth?

On March 31 2011 12:36 CatZ.root wrote:


I doubt it was a question during an interview or anything like that, I think the whole point of the banner and the line in itself is to make you want to read the entire article, great product placement, goot marketing strategy, it obviously works, and generates a lot of comments / controversy, which only results in more people reading a lot of information that you don't want to read, just like I am doing with this post right here, and at the very end you get sort of dissapointed cause its only 1 line unrelated to everything else out of nowhere, with no base, significance, or anything to back it up.

ROOT Gaming is 6-2 against EG in clanwars (now that's a fact) last 2 clanwars we won with IdrA playing, sort of funny cause in State of the game when told that they had to play ROOT he replied something like "oh you won't even need me then" hahahaha.

Either way, props for fantastic marketing and failed logic <3

On March 31 2011 09:47 iNcontroL wrote:
GO ANNA!!!!!

On March 31 2011 14:11 PrimeTimey wrote:
When is Idra going to stop running his mouth?

On March 31 2011 12:50 drewbie.root wrote:
it's a well known fact that idra hates people that he loses to, and he loses to root players quite a lot ;D

On March 31 2011 17:36 drewbie.root wrote:
he is an idra fanboy, they cannot be reasoned with, we clearly only won agaisnt EG all those times because of cheese and abuse

On March 31 2011 17:25 DND_Enkil wrote:


Haha, god i love Root! Catz and Drewbie are both ballers incarnate.

I am calling it now:
IdrA before TSL: I am treating Crunchers as a walkover - loses to Cruncher
IdrA before MLG: ROOT was comprised of a lot of mediocre players - loses to KiWiKaKi

Do we have any other examples of IdrA belitting his opponent before a match and then losing it?

On March 31 2011 17:25 DND_Enkil wrote:


Haha, god i love Root! Catz and Drewbie are both ballers incarnate.

I am calling it now:
IdrA before TSL: I am treating Crunchers as a walkover - loses to Cruncher
IdrA before MLG: ROOT was comprised of a lot of mediocre players - loses to KiWiKaKi

Do we have any other examples of IdrA belitting his opponent before a match and then losing it?

On March 31 2011 15:03 Cha1R wrote:
Whats with the random jab at ROOT? Kinda seems comes off as strange to me that they would include that in the interview.

On March 31 2011 18:16 PickleWeasel wrote:
There is a huge big gap between Koreans and foreigners. It's just plainly ignorant to think otherwise, there will be a few players who can play up to their level but a majority of them won't be able to. If Catz, drewbie, etc play bo5 or 7 showmatch against the top Koreans and win I'll say they're good. Until then, they will always be average.

On March 31 2011 18:54 Ultramus wrote:
While I like ROOT, EG != Idra, and IIRC Idra has indeed lost to Drewbie in the GCPL, but other than that, have any ROOT players ever beaten him? Kiwi and QXC have been the best players on ROOT for sometime, and though in recent memory I can't think of any games Idra has played vs Kiwi, I do recall Strife playing Kiwi and winning in one of the GCPL ace matches I think. And QXC got crushed at the EG masters cup boss match and then bombing out of IEM.

So let's be honest, does anyone think any ROOT member other than Kiwi is a threat to Idra?

Catz, do you think you can beat him ZvZ in a bo3?

On March 31 2011 19:40 fabulously wrote:


Justin.tv invitational #2, Minigun knocked IdrA down to the loserbracket. Then IdrA lost to drewbie in the loserbracket. Both sets were BO3. Link to brackets.

KiWiKaKi beat IdrA in the most recent clanwar(Semifinals SGL) between EG and ROOT.

On March 31 2011 23:47 DecoyOn wrote:
idra is overrated...if he won tourneys then his atitude can be accepted but no major wins and bm...I'm not impressed :/

On April 01 2011 00:01 ranjutan wrote:

I don't like him either, but he did win MLG DC last year...

On April 01 2011 00:57 spacebarbarian wrote:
I think some day Idra is just going to get his ass kicked by better players at a LAN for running his mouth off, without any good performances to back himself up. His BM on minigun was the saddest because I think minigun has alway wanted to play the 'legendary' Idra (chad himself had no RTS background and made it to the top starting out at just gold league), but after he 2-1d Idra out of the JTV invitation, Idra just goes out whining about imba imba, herp derp, game is young, herp. Glhf to ROOT at Dallas, hope you guys 2-0 every EG player, you guys have twice their integrity and manner

On March 31 2011 12:36 CatZ.root wrote:


I doubt it was a question during an interview or anything like that, I think the whole point of the banner and the line in itself is to make you want to read the entire article, great product placement, goot marketing strategy, it obviously works, and generates a lot of comments / controversy, which only results in more people reading a lot of information that you don't want to read, just like I am doing with this post right here, and at the very end you get sort of dissapointed cause its only 1 line unrelated to everything else out of nowhere, with no base, significance, or anything to back it up.

ROOT Gaming is 6-2 against EG in clanwars (now that's a fact) last 2 clanwars we won with IdrA playing, sort of funny cause in State of the game when told that they had to play ROOT he replied something like "oh you won't even need me then" hahahaha.

Either way, props for fantastic marketing and failed logic <3

On April 01 2011 02:12 ROOTedward wrote:
You all have to realize this is a sponsored thread and the main goal is to promote and get views, which they've done. Greg is a great player, and I strongly feel ROOT has not declined, and although we won't be in full force @ MLG Dallas (Princess/ddoro/minigun not going), I'm confident we'll post a strong showing. Good luck to all at MLG, and swing by and say hi if you see a tall asian guy in a ROOT shirt (that's me)!

On March 31 2011 22:13 Noxie wrote:
ROOT is not mediocre.

This is coming from a manager of a team that also has a positive record vs EG. Kudos for you speaking out Catz. Idra is just jelly of your house.

On April 01 2011 04:20 uNcontroLable wrote:
Kingston is so full of win. I can't WAIT to get on the plane! Be sure to come stop by and say hi to us in Dallas, or at least let me know if there is something specific you want me to ask either side of the ROOT/EG debate. Greg is usually willing to tell it like he sees it on camera.

LOVE this community! <3

On April 01 2011 02:36 Magnious wrote:
It's simple. Idra just underestimates his opponents. This is a problem for him, and he needs to start taking his opponents more seriously. For instance: Cruncher
Idra is in a bit of a slump tournie wise, and I believe that this is his main issue.

On April 01 2011 06:31 datsneefa wrote:
I think we all know that Idra is starting to slip. He is getting too old to seriously compete, and he is just trying to get his name out there to squeeze a lil' more blood out of the turnip.

He gotta get paid before he gets put out to pasture

On April 01 2011 04:20 uNcontroLable wrote:
Kingston is so full of win. I can't WAIT to get on the plane! Be sure to come stop by and say hi to us in Dallas, or at least let me know if there is something specific you want me to ask either side of the ROOT/EG debate. Greg is usually willing to tell it like he sees it on camera.

LOVE this community! <3

On April 01 2011 08:26 Skoe420 wrote:
mini gun just crushes idra so he has to rage on all root saying crap like that is the reason i hate idra and love his rage its just a game man less qq more pew pew.I hope he gets smashed into the ground like what happen with the idra vs crusher games.

To who ever said hes 21, hes 25.

On April 01 2011 08:29 ranjutan wrote:

No he isn't.

On April 01 2011 10:36 Zinjil wrote:
This is possibly the funniest shit talking/product placement I've ever seen, the drama machine continues to generate interest in a ton of players with a couple sentences in something that should have been a fluff piece on a sponsor. They should give Idra a raise.

GL at MLG to EG/ROOT

On April 01 2011 14:51 Zlasher wrote:
Drewbie is your example along with cruncher? Lol...how about Nony?

On April 01 2011 13:23 kegelflex wrote:
Anyone else praying for a kiwikaki : ) when he stomps Idra?

On April 01 2011 14:48 GhettoSheep wrote:
I love how Idra calls people out as being terrible and then loses to them really badly (i.e. Cruncher, Nony and Drewbie)

Really Idra isn't that great a player anymore... when was the last time he won anything? I mean obviously he's good, karma is going to own him when he gets destroyed by the players he claims are terrible (which is everyone, including the people who beat him regularly and actually win tournaments)

On March 31 2011 18:16 PickleWeasel wrote:
There is a huge big gap between Koreans and foreigners. It's just plainly ignorant to think otherwise, there will be a few players who can play up to their level but a majority of them won't be able to. If Catz, drewbie, etc play bo5 or 7 showmatch against the top Koreans and win I'll say they're good. Until then, they will always be average.

On March 31 2011 12:36 CatZ.root wrote:


I doubt it was a question during an interview or anything like that, I think the whole point of the banner and the line in itself is to make you want to read the entire article, great product placement, goot marketing strategy, it obviously works, and generates a lot of comments / controversy, which only results in more people reading a lot of information that you don't want to read, just like I am doing with this post right here, and at the very end you get sort of dissapointed cause its only 1 line unrelated to everything else out of nowhere, with no base, significance, or anything to back it up.

ROOT Gaming is 6-2 against EG in clanwars (now that's a fact) last 2 clanwars we won with IdrA playing, sort of funny cause in State of the game when told that they had to play ROOT he replied something like "oh you won't even need me then" hahahaha.

Either way, props for fantastic marketing and failed logic <3

On April 01 2011 20:39 Sky Net wrote:


LOL so is anyone competing at MLG actually "good" by your standards then?

On April 02 2011 03:34 oo inflame oo wrote:


hahah.

Well he's right, sadly. I mean of course there are good players at MLG, but most of them aren't tbh. Do you honestly think Drewbie could win a bo5 vs a prestigious korean pro? Idra is legit good, as is Tyler, and TLO.

Huk, Incontrol, and players like Catz just aren't up to par. Jeez, just look at what happened to White Ra O_o

On April 02 2011 02:21 Dexington wrote:
Also, the only chance in my mind for America is Select.

On April 02 2011 03:34 oo inflame oo wrote:


Huk, Incontrol, and players like Catz just aren't up to par. Jeez, just look at what happened to White Ra O_o

On March 31 2011 18:16 PickleWeasel wrote:
There is a huge big gap between Koreans and foreigners. It's just plainly ignorant to think otherwise, there will be a few players who can play up to their level but a majority of them won't be able to. If Catz, drewbie, etc play bo5 or 7 showmatch against the top Koreans and win I'll say they're good. Until then, they will always be average.

On April 02 2011 17:03 koolaid1990 wrote:
well to be honest.. only drewbie and kiwikaki is good... since qxc left.... kitty is getting better but still, only 2 good players.. i heard that sun guy even got taken out by some no name??

On April 02 2011 15:24 Chriscras wrote:


TRLOLOLOL!

Although... I hope Tyler breaks some Kingston HyperX RAM in half when he beats EGIdrA in the finals

On April 02 2011 15:17 Chriscras wrote:
Are any of Anna's interviews up yet??

On April 03 2011 04:40 uNcontroLable wrote:

BTW, I know they said on the stream that was Stride gum, but it was definitely Orbit. Well played.

On April 04 2011 12:06 ct2299 wrote:
So MLG just finished. As people had posted here earlier, as expected, KiwiKaki did very well (congrats!!) but the rest of ROOT not so much. CatZ, can we get a response?

On April 05 2011 03:31 fabulously wrote:


First of all, I am no CatZ, I am just a random avarage ROOT supporter. But here is my response.

Let's take a look of the top 3 players of ROOT. As mentioned and recognized, KiWiKaKi finished 2nd. Then we got SLush at 9th and drewbie at 11th. Simple match sums this up to 22.

To compare, we can look at TL and EG. Since most people agree those teams are up there, in the top.

TeamLiquid's top 3 were TLO(5th), HuK(10th) and Ret(13). Sum 28.
For EG we have iNcontroL(4th), IdrA(7th) and Machine(15th). Sum 26.

All 3 teams with great results. Still some people fail to aknowledge ROOT as a team on TL and EG's level. This makes me so, so sad.

Again, no disrespect or anything for EG, TL and other teams. They are all awesome teams, with great, solid players. Even though ROOT is the team in my heart, I got no problem at all recognizing and respecting other teams. It is actually possible to support a team without looking down on competing teams.

For a complete summary and overview of team results, take a look at this thread.

Again, great games, well played to everyone who attended MLG Dallas.

On April 03 2011 18:39 Pwnographics wrote:
IdrA doesn't like ROOT.Drewbie.