I completely agree. He has a lot of fans, but so does Husky and neither are particularly great at playing the game. I don't really understand why a top team would recruit him without any accomplishments to his name. The only other player who was this unqualified and recruited by ROOT was Minigun and he was at least #1 on the ladder.

Epic.MoTH

United States28 Posts

March 02 2011 15:54 GMT

#170

While Destiny may not be at the top of the ladder, CatZ's point that he has a lot of potential means more than people give it credit for. This is compounded by the fact that Steven can get really dedicated into becoming a player (versus having to worry about things such as coaching), and that he gets along really well with the ROOT squad. Team chemistry and a constructive practice environment can be just as, or perhaps even more, important than individual skill.

TheTenthDoc

United States9561 Posts

March 02 2011 15:54 GMT

#171

As much as I like watching Destiny's stream, I think I have now gone from ROOT fan #1 to maybe ROOT fan #10. Hopefully Destiny pulls a Mini and gets waaaaaaaay better after recruitment. This may knock a ROOT member out of NASL competition too. Catz/Drewbie/qxc/Mini/Slush or Ddoro was going to be the lineup I thought.

Liquid`Sheth

United States2095 Posts

March 02 2011 15:54 GMT

#172

Gratz destiny! Congratz Root! : )

willeesmalls

United States477 Posts

March 02 2011 15:55 GMT

#173

Raising questions about Destiny's abilities is fine, but comparing him to husky is harsh. A lot of his value as a team member is in his fanbase, but he built that fanbase by being good at sc2 as well as his entertainment value from being a dick to people. I don't know why exactly people are attracted to doucheyness, but whatever.

Destiny demolished Orb (not really an achievement, but remember that we invited Orb to one of the TL tournaments and he took a game from IdrA). At the very least, destiny is a good zerg who ladders alot.

CptnObvious

United States54 Posts

March 02 2011 15:56 GMT

#174

Congrats Destiny! No wonder he has been playing with Root so much.

PsYLaR

Canada49 Posts

March 02 2011 16:02 GMT

#175

On March 03 2011 00:54 TheTenthDoc wrote:
As much as I like watching Destiny's stream, I think I have now gone from ROOT fan #1 to maybe ROOT fan #10. Hopefully Destiny pulls a Mini and gets waaaaaaaay better after recruitment. This may knock a ROOT member out of NASL competition too. Catz/Drewbie/qxc/Mini/Slush or Ddoro was going to be the lineup I thought.

the only one that destiny can replace is catz , in term of skill(catz isnt even in roster hes in management squad)

about "this may knock a ROOT member out of NASL competition too"Simply LOL , Kiwi/qxc/slush/mini/ddoro , there is no place for a mid lvl player

StayFrosty

Canada743 Posts

March 02 2011 16:05 GMT

#176

catz wtf? really??? adding destiny? wow... just wow...

TheTenthDoc

United States9561 Posts

March 02 2011 16:06 GMT

#177

On March 03 2011 01:02 PsYLaR wrote:

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In the clan wars I've watched (GCPL/SCL) Catz has outperformed Ddoro as far as I can tell. Catz won the jtv invitational too. Maybe I just haven't watched Ddoro play that much? Oh yeah, I definitely missed Kiwi in that NASL lineup what is wrong with me. Kiwi/qxc/mini/Drewbie/??? may be their best shot.

Sm3agol

United States2055 Posts

March 02 2011 16:06 GMT

#178

Most of you people bashing destiny for his skill apparently hasn't been watching him too much lately. Sure, he's still a bit below the rest of their roster, but with the way he practices and analyzes the game, i think he has a great shot to be a really solid player.

raf3776

United States1904 Posts

March 02 2011 16:09 GMT

#179

Im happy for destiny. Lately he has really been practicing hard and i think with root behind him he can be a top zerg in no time.