EPTcompLexity acquires ROOT Gaming - Page 32
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st4nta
United States215 Posts
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MrDudeMan
Canada973 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:08 uSnAmplified wrote: First you put mini over cruncher and now you say MLG is mediocre, if you can look at the pools from last MLG and tell me its mediocre you are trolling or biased to the point of being blind. he means mediocre in terms of prize money. which it somewhat is considering the caliber of talent. | ||
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Strike_
Netherlands704 Posts
They recruited unknown talent and built them up. They had no major sponsors so they were like a big family. But then they slowly fell apart, first sheth, then qxc, and now this. I will just act like this never happened and keep rooting for the root players! R.I.P. ROOT | ||
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DueSs
United States765 Posts
ROOT did not "sell out"; they made a decision that they believe will advance their career. Things change. "Selling out" only means you're making progress, imo. But whatever, flame on. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
On June 13 2011 04:59 Kantutan wrote: I'm guessing Kiwi is moving out of that team house then? :p He never permanently lived there, only bootcamped for MLG Dallas. Also even if he did live there that doesn't mean he'd have to move out...Inka still lives with Machine and Idra in the EG House even after he joined LG | ||
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st4nta
United States215 Posts
On June 13 2011 04:59 ROOTFayth wrote: stop speculating jesus you have no idea how much col is investing or really how much catz/drew/minigun/destiny/ddoro are worth so how much are they worth? please share your thoughts with the community. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:02 SSLPrism wrote: I have to be honest, if you feel you're best representing complexity then you're just giving me the completely wrong image. Just seems to be you've been overly defensive quite aggressively and very arrogant. But best of luck to your team and new additions. lol what a ridiculous comment. People love to get on their pedestal on these forums. | ||
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MrDudeMan
Canada973 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:11 Doodsmack wrote: Sorry but Idra's opinion doesn't dictate whether a team or player made a bad impression to the community. Unless you mean that cruncher's tactics made a bad impression for both him and the team (since his tactics were the reason for Idra's frustration). Really what you're saying is that because your boy lost, complexity made a bad impression on the SC2 community. I'll let you identify the flaw(s) in that argument. I did mean his tactics, I wasn't talking about any particular match. | ||
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Moralez
Portugal1857 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:12 Strike_ wrote: The sad thing is that ROOT truly was a one of a kind team. They recruited unknown talent and built them up. They had no major sponsors so they were like a big family. But then they slowly fell apart, first sheth, then qxc, and now this. I will just act like this never happened and keep rooting for the root players! R.I.P. ROOT True, ROOT were unique sad to see em joining another team... | ||
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Moosy
Canada396 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:14 st4nta wrote: so how much are they worth? please share your thoughts with the community. As much as I dislike the move, it is not in the public's position to go about asking for contract details or specifics on player value etc. That's liek asking someone how much money they make, or asking a lady what her age is. Just not appropriate. | ||
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EnderCraft
United States1746 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:14 DueSs wrote: lmfao at the "sold out" discussion. "Sold out" conversations always kinda make me giggle. People that have the chance to make their livelihood better by making a decision (e.g., join a major record label, join a gaming team, etc., etc., etc.) they're going to do it. Much to the chagrin of us commoners/spectators pro-gamers want to play games for a living. Obviously Complexity Gaming is helping that effort with the acquisition of ROOT. ROOT did not "sell out"; they made a decision that they believe will advance their career. Things change. "Selling out" only means you're making progress, imo. But whatever, flame on. Root didn't sell out. They made a smart business decision, that's the bottom line. coL on the other hand made the worst decision by not acquiring the ace players that they were already lacking. Now all they tacked on was more dead weight honestly. Unless Catz and co. start to win anything, it is an increasingly bad decision for coL. | ||
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Greatness
United States450 Posts
I personally am a fan of Complexity, hopefully they'll get results with the new roster. | ||
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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Falcor
Canada894 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:17 EnderCraft wrote: Root didn't sell out. They made a smart business decision, that's the bottom line. coL on the other hand made the worst decision by not acquiring the ace players that they were already lacking. Now all they tacked on was more dead weight honestly. Unless Catz and co. start to win anything, it is an increasingly bad decision for coL. I know bringing in a bunch of new viewers/fans. horrible! On June 13 2011 05:18 Kennigit wrote: Great move for root, i'm really interested to see where Slush and Kiwi go. Grats to Edward and all the guys Like you dont have insider info on that  | ||
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Bobster
Germany3075 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:04 FuzzyJAM wrote: Minigun is good. Quality of a player isn't always reflected in his results.Minigun did win 3-2 in an online tournament for a prize worth about $600, yes. He also took an online bo3 from Idra, yes. And he did indeed managed to qualify for a 32 man tournament recently. OK? Again, not saying he's bad - he's clearly not, he's a good pick up for Complexity - but I don't think he's proved himself on the same level as Slush and there's not even a question as to whether he's proven himself as much as Kiwi. MLG should be cared about far more than almost every other tournament because it has a much larger prize pool than most, has most of the best players, isn't an invitational (mostly) and is actually on LAN. Minigun doesn't play in a lot of events and is underrated by a lot of the community because of it. re: MLG - only the national championships offer a lot of money, not the regular seasonal events (14k is good, don't get me wrong, but not on the same level as the other big events), it has most of the best NA players with a handful of great EU and KR players tossed in, but certainly not "most of the best players", period. Agreed on the LAN part, though. That's always a plus over online only events. | ||
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two.watup
United States371 Posts
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FuzzyJAM
Scotland9300 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:08 ROOTFayth wrote: the players you play against are not harder because the prize pool is larger, also I doubt most people compete in MLG for the money considering how mediocre it is (until the grand finals) it's really just a small bonus $5,000 every couple months is the top LAN tournament you're going to get in America, isn't it? The prize pool is not "mediocre" by SC2 standards. If you want to seriously say every tournament that isn't the IPL (where he's managed to lose first round and qualify for the Ro32 as of now), NASL (which he isn't in) and the GSL (which he obviously isn't competing in) has a prize pool that's nothing more than "a small bonus" then fair enough. If you honestly don't think a bigger prize pool attracts bigger players and then makes those players take a tournament a lot more seriously, practise harder and try to sound out their opponent then I'm afraid we'll just have to agree to disagree and be done. Oh well. I really don't want to trash anyone. Minigun is good, as is Drewbie, and I hope Complexity do well with their acquisition. It's just I personally view Kiwi as easily the best on the old Root roster and Slush as second best. I really don't see why that's controversial. | ||
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Mordiford
4448 Posts
On June 13 2011 05:17 EnderCraft wrote: Root didn't sell out. They made a smart business decision, that's the bottom line. coL on the other hand made the worst decision by not acquiring the ace players that they were already lacking. Now all they tacked on was more dead weight honestly. Unless Catz and co. start to win anything, it is an increasingly bad decision for coL. What the fuck are you talking about? They added players equivalent to or better than the best players in their current line-up, sure they didn't get Kiwikaki or Slush, but to call the new additions "Dead weight" is really crazy. | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
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