EPTcompLexity acquires ROOT Gaming - Page 18
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Branch.AUT
Austria853 Posts
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LynxKerr
Canada173 Posts
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TheSubtleArt
Canada2527 Posts
On June 13 2011 02:25 turdburgler wrote: what building did they do though? really? they picked up major which was huge for them. then basically told him we cant support you, even though he was clearly going to be their big hitter. so he understandably left. they picked up destiny when people still believed he might become a big name, but since then hes fallen back into a streams-a-lot-funny-guy. the first team to be able to put together any kind of pro house, and none of their players have become better because of it. their best players dont even live in the house. its all well and good rooting for the underdog but you cant argue that root are the estro of america QXC, Sheth and Kiwikaki were all unknown and improved during their time with Root. I think those are the 3 best examples. Drewbie and Minigun also got better but I wouldn't consider them top calibre players atm. | ||
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SuperStyle
United States976 Posts
On June 13 2011 02:30 Mordiford wrote: They've been together since the beta and picked up a lot of players who later turned out be pretty strong, this includes players like Minigun, DDoRo, Destiny, Major, QXC(was pretty hot early on though) and Sheth. They've built a lot of great players, so I disagree. Destiny pretty strong ? Really ? Did u just say that Destiny is pretty strong ? Yes Sheth and Major are strong(although Major was on root for like 1 week, so i wouldnt say they made him a great player) aswell as QXC, others are just not that level. | ||
Whitewing
United States7483 Posts
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green.at
Austria1459 Posts
On June 13 2011 02:25 Mordiford wrote: I'd much rather Slush and Kiwi go to Dignitas, Fnatic or Liquid instead of FXO. I dunno, I think that it's a weird situation. If Kiwi and Slush join Fnatic or Liquid, the team they join becomes my new favorite team. If they join some other team, Dignitas becomes my new favorite team. If they join Dignitas, super cool shit. first thought + Show Spoiler + too many if's use a switch/case  but you're right, whatever team they join will become "a bit more likable" in my book, to say the least ^^ | ||
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Mordiford
4448 Posts
On June 13 2011 02:33 SuperStyle wrote: Destiny pretty strong ? Really ? Did u just say that Destiny is pretty strong ? Yes Sheth and Major are strong(although Major was on root for like 1 week, so i wouldnt say they made him a great player) aswell as QXC, others are just not that level. I don't think Destiny is as good as the rest, but I disagree with you in regards to the others not being at that level, and you still named 3 out of the 6 I mentioned, and Minigun is pretty damn good. | ||
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Alexl
288 Posts
On June 13 2011 02:30 Nizzy wrote: I'm completely shocked at the moment over this. It also amazes me how coL can have such a big sc2 roster. That mutli-gaming company has so much money to use for its resources. Its really great to see in e-sports, I'm just shocked and jealous. What? ROOT is not very top tier and is faaaar from the most expensive team. coL does not have that much money either and isn't a big player in teams nowadays anyway. | ||
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IIIOmegaIII
Sweden319 Posts
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cavalier117
United States430 Posts
On June 13 2011 02:28 mki wrote: I hate to say something negative about a pickup by an organization but I can't help but feel this was a dumb move by coL and ROOT. I mean the only reason I can see that ROOT would choose to sell out to coL is because they already knew KiwiKaki and Slush were leaving. But why would coL pick up Root when the two top players left is beyond me... One thing you have to remember is that Complexity is looking for more than just performance. Compare Catz tournament record vs alot of other zergs. and he is kinda terrible (of course he is really skilled but lets face it, his results are just plain terrible) BUUUUT, look how famous he is. anyone would grab him up to have sit on their bench just to bring positive attention to their team. same to a lesser extent with drewbie. that is probably why the deal still went through. complexity isnt gaining much skillwise without slush and kiwi but they are bringing in the potential for some depserately needed positive attention. (thank CrunCher for ruining that for them) so they will still profit from this. | ||
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dpL
Sweden571 Posts
On June 13 2011 02:31 TheHova wrote: Erm no, IdrA has called Kiwi bad plenty of times. It could be all part of the hype train though. He's admitted himself he says some things now just to cause a stir. I think people should keep in mind that the last time IdrA said Kiwi was bad was after the IPL finals. He did that mainly because he had no other choice since iNcontroL cornered him on SotG and asked him how he, a Zerg that always talks about Protoss being unbeatable and Zerg being unable to get big tournament wins, was able to beat a Protoss and win the IPL. | ||
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r4pture
United States397 Posts
 I feel this will only dilute the shining personalitys on ROOT as they're mixed into coL. I haven't been a fan of Complexity since CS:Source, and it really pains me that I have to see "coL.Destiny" when I watch streams from now on. While I'm sure this is good for the guys, it really sucks for their fans. Very bittersweet, and more bitter then the sweet to me. Horrible disappointed. | ||
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Mario1209
United States1077 Posts
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cavalier117
United States430 Posts
 Thanks, i knew i forgot someone lol. either way ROOT protoss still wins | ||
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TheHova
United Kingdom2612 Posts
On June 13 2011 02:33 TheSubtleArt wrote: QXC, Sheth and Kiwikaki were all unknown and improved during their time with Root. I think those are the 3 best examples. Drewbie and Minigun also got better but I wouldn't consider them top calibre players atm. Drewbie has more tournament wins than both qxc and Sheth and more prize money earnings than Sheth. | ||
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BoxedLunch
United States387 Posts
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NonY
8748 Posts
On June 13 2011 02:25 turdburgler wrote: what building did they do though? really? they picked up major which was huge for them. then basically told him we cant support you, even though he was clearly going to be their big hitter. so he understandably left. they picked up destiny when people still believed he might become a big name, but since then hes fallen back into a streams-a-lot-funny-guy. the first team to be able to put together any kind of pro house, and none of their players have become better because of it. their best players dont even live in the house. its all well and good rooting for the underdog but you cant argue that root are the estro of america They built up their entire team. As far as I know, ROOT was a bunch of random players in the beta that made friends with each other and decided to start a team together. It's different than what you are thinking of but I think the guy is still making an accurate statement. ROOT wasn't a place where an established pro team picked up unproven players and turned them into stars. It was a bunch of unproven players making a team together and being as good as any pro team out there. Of course, anyone who knew the histories of some of those players could make an educated guess that they'd find some success in SC2. But at the time of ROOT's forming, you really had no idea what guys were gonna turn out to be good consistent SC2 players. | ||
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duk3
United States807 Posts
Hopefully, KiWiKaKi, Fayth and Slush get on some good teams, I wouldn't be too sad if they followed QXC and Sheth to FXO. Of course, Liquid'KiWiKaKi would be amazing. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States43794 Posts
But oh well. Congratulations with the merger! | ||
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Raysalis
Malaysia1034 Posts
Best of luck to Complexity, definitely a good addition and upgrade. | ||
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