Very happy for Steven, tbh I don't think anyone would have seen this coming 2 months ago (only recently has he been playing a lot with minigun and sometimes with catz).

Best of luck for Steven ♥

LittLeD

Sweden7973 Posts

March 02 2011 09:32 GMT

#82

Ugh..unlikable move. He's not really that kind of person who helps a team lift its professionalism, so I really have no idea for this move other than just boost their site-numbers.

Hopefully I'm wrong and it ends up well. We'll see!

link0

United States1071 Posts

March 02 2011 09:32 GMT

#83

Congtrats Destiny!

DisaFear

Australia4074 Posts

March 02 2011 09:35 GMT

#84

Wow. Just wow.
Wow

willeesmalls

United States477 Posts

March 02 2011 09:35 GMT

#85

I think the audience that Destiny brings is more valuable currently than his playing capabilities - he doesn't crack the top50 for NA zergs.

Ain't hating though, Destiny is fun to watch.

barkles

United States285 Posts

March 02 2011 09:36 GMT

#86

Congratulations Destiny! He certainly runs a very entertaining stream. From reading the interview it sounds like Root recognizes that Destiny isn't a top-tier player yet and that they are willing to work to get him to that level, so that's very good to hear.

maahes`ra

United States255 Posts

March 02 2011 09:37 GMT

#87

This is really awesome to hear.

Something I'm noticing throughout this thread is the use of 'Steven' instead of Destiny, and the use of 'Chad' and 'Paulo' instead of Minigun and CatZ. That level of 'personal' is really awesome for the fans, I think.

Congrats to Destiny and good luck to him and ROOT in the future~!

Zurachi

Canada289 Posts

March 02 2011 09:39 GMT

#88

HUUUGE! My sixth senses saw this coming. Happy for Destiny, especially since he's been improving at an alarming rate IMO. Things are finally starting to come into place for him.

Termit

Sweden3466 Posts

March 02 2011 09:40 GMT

#89

go go ROOT!

Precision

United States67 Posts

March 02 2011 09:43 GMT

#90

On March 02 2011 18:35 willeesmalls wrote:
I think the audience that Destiny brings is more valuable currently than his playing capabilities - he doesn't crack the top50 for NA zergs.

Ain't hating though, Destiny is fun to watch.

Are you sure? I've seen him as high as #42 on Blizzard's Top 200 list.

Anyways, congrats to Destiny and best of luck to him and ROOT!

jalstar

United States8198 Posts

March 02 2011 09:43 GMT

#91

It's not about how good he is relative to everyone else right now, it's the fact that he was one of the best unsigned players on NA if you don't include gimmicky/abusive players and maybe the best teamless Zerg.

Regstata

United States207 Posts

March 02 2011 09:44 GMT

#92

Destiny Fighting!!!
I've been expecting this over the past weeks. It's been nice to see Destiny theorycrafting with minigun and catz for hours at a time. I feel like they were considering him and gave him a 2 week long tryout and finally accepted him when they felt he was good/dedicated enough.

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

March 02 2011 09:44 GMT

#93

Surprised by this. I hope he manners up now.
And I REALLY hope he wont get invited to stuff like NASL just on the grounds of being a drama queen.

BrahCJ

Australia659 Posts

March 02 2011 09:44 GMT

#94

Now..... Are we ready for the influx of trolls on the www.root-gaming.com forums?

I'm not so sure..... We're all so lovely, and mannered...

CCalms

United States341 Posts

March 02 2011 09:45 GMT

#95

Saw this coming!! Congrats Steven <3

BrahCJ

Australia659 Posts

March 02 2011 09:54 GMT

#96

EDIT: Wrong thread.
Most humble apologies, mods.

Ghad

Norway2551 Posts

March 02 2011 10:01 GMT

#97

On March 02 2011 18:32 LittLeD wrote:
Ugh..unlikable move. He's not really that kind of person who helps a team lift its professionalism, so I really have no idea for this move other than just boost their site-numbers.

Hopefully I'm wrong and it ends up well. We'll see!

Have you been watching Stevens stream the last month?

Megaliskuu

United States5123 Posts

March 02 2011 10:03 GMT

#98

I figured something like this was coming when he practiced so much with minigun and stuff!

Gogo ROOTDestiny!~

antilyon

Brazil2546 Posts

March 02 2011 10:04 GMT

#99

I still didn't see nothing really special from destiny yet, but i trust on ROOT's picking and in no-time he will catch-up the other members

-Archangel-

Croatia7457 Posts

March 02 2011 10:06 GMT

#100

Great news. Steven needs a good group of practice partners to get to the next level.

I always loved Destinies unique builds, even at bad times of abusing Zergs he always found ways to win (like going fast one base nydus/hydra after getting pylon+cannon blocked).