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SpiZe
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada3640 Posts
June 12 2011 17:18 GMT
#301
On June 13 2011 02:16 CheM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 13 2011 02:13 SpiZe wrote:
On June 13 2011 02:09 CheM wrote:
On June 13 2011 02:07 frequency wrote:
Congratulations CompLexity.

Perhaps KiWi and Slush will go to a new team?


Kiwi and Slush confirmed to be joining FXO


Instead of stating possibly wrong facts, could you state your source ?


I'm not being serious.. its a response to a FXO member teasing about Kiwi and Slush joining a new team.


Oh sorry, I didn't even look who you were answering to T.T
MollocH
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany100 Posts
June 12 2011 17:19 GMT
#302
That realy ruined my day Huge fan of Root Gaming. They always had the image of an underdog. The little team with less money able to compete with the "big" names of the scene. Also the very unique kind of players. And last but not least the lovely voice of Paulo.

I don't know ... I don't see me cheering for col. So I guess I have to cheer for the old root players but not for the new team.
It simply shows that everyone has his price.

Good move by Kiwi and Slush to get a new team.

Finaly my thoughts: IMKiwikaki (since the IM coach wanted a foreigner in his team and IM needs a good protoss player
Inkarnate
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada840 Posts
June 12 2011 17:19 GMT
#303
i guess idra has a new least favorite team ^^
Geordie
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom653 Posts
June 12 2011 17:19 GMT
#304
hopefully fxo will snap up kiwi and slush so their already good lineup will be phenomenal.
ampson
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2355 Posts
June 12 2011 17:19 GMT
#305
I hope that kiwi will go to FXO, he is just what they need. Slush would be cool on liquid or EG.
natebreen
Profile Joined June 2011
United States184 Posts
June 12 2011 17:20 GMT
#306
Anyone who knows CS 1.6 is familiar with this business. Typical coL activity nothing to see here folks.
Headnoob
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia2108 Posts
June 12 2011 17:20 GMT
#307
So the 2 best players on ROOT didn't join up?

interested to see what's next though!!
Spec
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Taiwan931 Posts
June 12 2011 17:20 GMT
#308
Sad to see ROOT disbanding... it feels like some teams are "eating up" the competition. Nonetheless, new talents form new teams.
Eye for an eye make the world go blind - Gandhi
Kouji
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany53 Posts
June 12 2011 17:20 GMT
#309
What's the point in buying ROOT if you don't get their two best players?

Well, atleast IdrA now has one team less to hate.
Sandro
Profile Joined April 2011
897 Posts
June 12 2011 17:20 GMT
#310
On June 13 2011 02:19 Inkarnate wrote:
i guess idra has a new least favorite team ^^

Cruncher, Minigun, and Drewbie all on the same team, at least he can concentrate his hate all in one place.
fcmotive
Profile Joined August 2010
United States6 Posts
June 12 2011 17:20 GMT
#311
IdrA hates Kiwi and has repeatedly BM'd him live on multiple streams. Why would Kiwi go to EG?
Stijx
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States804 Posts
June 12 2011 17:21 GMT
#312
Not sure what I think of this, I agree with the person above me, I enjoyed who ROOT were. Talented guys making it to the top with no sponsors and just hard work... I'm also really interested in where Slush and Kiwikaki are going to end up.
Taiyoken
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada130 Posts
June 12 2011 17:21 GMT
#313
He still sees him as a good player through multiple interviews.
marcesr
Profile Joined June 2008
Germany1383 Posts
June 12 2011 17:22 GMT
#314
Whats wrong with Root Gaming? Didnt they just acquired new sponsors like justin.tv and pokerstars?
BuZZ123
Profile Joined July 2010
United States262 Posts
June 12 2011 17:22 GMT
#315
Yea I also hope Kiwikaki and slush go to FXO. I think they were the two big names on ROOT that were seriously skillfull players. If they can join back up with QXC, sheth and the other FXO players, FXO will be a much more "capable" team in the GSTL.
Here comes the swarm...
lurked
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada918 Posts
June 12 2011 17:23 GMT
#316
I'm a bit surprised, but I'm happy for them.

I can't help but wonder where Kiwikaki and Slush will end up though, they kinda were my 2 favorite players in ROOT, as I love their game style and they're from Quebec too ^^
Magic is "just" magic until I get my hands on the source code.
CheM
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada100 Posts
June 12 2011 17:23 GMT
#317
On June 13 2011 02:18 SpiZe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 13 2011 02:16 CheM wrote:
On June 13 2011 02:13 SpiZe wrote:
On June 13 2011 02:09 CheM wrote:
On June 13 2011 02:07 frequency wrote:
Congratulations CompLexity.

Perhaps KiWi and Slush will go to a new team?


Kiwi and Slush confirmed to be joining FXO


Instead of stating possibly wrong facts, could you state your source ?


I'm not being serious.. its a response to a FXO member teasing about Kiwi and Slush joining a new team.


Oh sorry, I didn't even look who you were answering to T.T


lol its all good.
Nevy
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada169 Posts
June 12 2011 17:24 GMT
#318
How things have changed...

http://esfiworld.com/sc2/news/catz-root-we-have-no-plans-sell-out

Sad to see the ROOT organization go. Would love Kiwi and slush to get picked by EG.
SuperStyle
Profile Joined March 2011
United States976 Posts
June 12 2011 17:24 GMT
#319
LoL at the comment from Complexity's website on them acquiring Root Gaming:
"Good job keeping that racist piece of shit Destiny. Fuck you."
(not my words btw)
TheHova
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United Kingdom2612 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-12 17:27:20
June 12 2011 17:24 GMT
#320
On June 13 2011 02:04 Bobster wrote:
So much disrespect to catz, minigun, drewbie and ddoro

"Kiwi and Slush the only good players" my ass.


While that's true and people are over exaggerating. Slush and Kiwi were the 2 players who brought the most results home in recent months. Kiwi especially, he was pretty much ROOT's golden boy. A bit like IdrA is for EG.

I'm really sad to see ROOT disband/merge. I used to love every single one of their players, their line up was so solid back in the early days.

Sheth, Slush, CatZ, qxc, Drewbie, Cauthonluck, KiWiKaKi, ddoro... It was the strongest lineup in NA certainly. It was kind of inevitable something like this would happen though, they were slowly losing players bit by bit. First Cauthonluck stopped playing, then Sheth left, then qxc. As much as people disliked him, Terran left too for sixjax who was a player ROOT considered for the future, and they were never able to replace those players with players of the same calibre. Which meant the team gradually got weaker. I guess money does talk in the end, players do have to make a living after all and when the bigger boys come knocking for your players, it's hard for them to turn the offer down.

It's a shame transfer fees or something of that ilk don't exist between teams. So ROOT would have at least have got something for producing the talent they did. That could go towards the team and making it better. But i doubt any of their players had contracts anyway and SC2 isn't at the stage yet where it's creating that much money so that teams are prepared to pay for top players along with their wages. I mean i remember when Jaedong wanted to leave due to a contract dispute but nobody was prepared to pay the fee they'd have to for him so he ended up signing a new deal and staying. And that's fricking Jaedong!

The same goes for Prae really. It just seems like the smaller teams spend a long time helping nurture the talent for it to be snapped up when they're big enough, but get nothing in return. Makes me a little sad inside, but that's the romantic side in me. I hope a time comes where the scene is so developed that isn't the case anymore. And they get at least something in return.

Best of luck to all the ROOT players. Regardless of where they all end up. I'll always remember that little team that had no sponsors or money but through sheer ability and creativity won ALOT.
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