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Mike15xp
Profile Joined December 2010
United States595 Posts
June 12 2011 20:43 GMT
#681
liquid'kiwikaki? heh heh
Treadmill
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada2833 Posts
June 12 2011 20:44 GMT
#682
Wait a minute, stalife AND drewbie on the SAME TEAM? Hell yeah canadaterran!
Kon-Tiki
Profile Joined February 2011
United States402 Posts
June 12 2011 20:45 GMT
#683
On June 13 2011 05:44 Treadmill wrote:
Wait a minute, stalife AND drewbie on the SAME TEAM? Hell yeah canadaterran!


Remember, though, that stalife is steak now
I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar.
Chicane
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7875 Posts
June 12 2011 20:45 GMT
#684
On June 13 2011 05:40 coL.CatZ wrote:
Last goodbye to ROOT on our soon to be gone website:

http://www.root-gaming.com/news/goodbye-and-hello

we're extremly happy about going to complexity, and hope to have the community's support :D, my post explains mostly everything, thanks a lot to everyone who supported ROOT, and please continue to support our new home :D


It's sad to see ROOT go, but I will still support the players. As for the people who are actually pissed over the change, they will get over it eventually. Good luck!
rblstr
Profile Joined February 2011
Ireland398 Posts
June 12 2011 20:47 GMT
#685
People need to stop basing their opinion of players on what that douche IdrA says. He makes it his priority to say that other players are shit. Minigun is a fucking GREAT protoss, and deserves more recognition. Just because IdrA bitches about him doesn't mean he's bad. Goddamn it grinds my gears. Especially because IdrA is a painfully "fine" player, nothing special. Base your opinion of players on watching them play, its the only way you can form a valid opinion of a player.
jgoonld
Profile Joined November 2010
334 Posts
June 12 2011 20:47 GMT
#686
I just want to see minigun more. I've been a fan of root from the beginning; but he's the player that I really wish to see results from in lans and future tournaments. It feels like we've seen so much growth from him online; I'm hoping he can turn it in to bigger lan-tourney results as well. I'm disappointed because the main reason I rooted for root was due to their goals and viewpoint, and I don't think I'll get that same thing from complexity. Good luck in the future to all the former root members; I'm especially keen on watching minigun and kiwi succeed wherever they go.
Witten
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2094 Posts
June 12 2011 20:48 GMT
#687
The real question is, what will happen to ROOTwewin?
Brood War Forever / NA's premiere Shadow Shaman player / Courier Collector / Bot Game Champion / Highly amateur Mystical Ninja Goemon Speedrunner
syllogism
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland5948 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-12 20:50:10
June 12 2011 20:49 GMT
#688
On June 13 2011 05:47 rblstr wrote:
People need to stop basing their opinion of players on what that douche IdrA says. He makes it his priority to say that other players are shit. Minigun is a fucking GREAT protoss, and deserves more recognition. Just because IdrA bitches about him doesn't mean he's bad. Goddamn it grinds my gears. Especially because IdrA is a painfully "fine" player, nothing special. Base your opinion of players on watching them play, its the only way you can form a valid opinion of a player.

You may have had a point until you called minigun "great" and then proceeded to label idra "fine, nothing special", which is hardly a conclusion any objective viewer would make based on their play or results
statik
Profile Joined January 2011
116 Posts
June 12 2011 20:49 GMT
#689
On June 13 2011 05:40 coL.CatZ wrote:
Last goodbye to ROOT on our soon to be gone website:

http://www.root-gaming.com/news/goodbye-and-hello

we're extremly happy about going to complexity, and hope to have the community's support :D, my post explains mostly everything, thanks a lot to everyone who supported ROOT, and please continue to support our new home :D


gratz catz. thanks for helping out the esprts community and hope you can acquire what you were looking for in complexity. moar proxy hatches btw plz.
maddecent
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
June 12 2011 20:49 GMT
#690
On June 13 2011 05:45 Chicane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 13 2011 05:40 coL.CatZ wrote:
Last goodbye to ROOT on our soon to be gone website:

http://www.root-gaming.com/news/goodbye-and-hello

we're extremly happy about going to complexity, and hope to have the community's support :D, my post explains mostly everything, thanks a lot to everyone who supported ROOT, and please continue to support our new home :D


It's sad to see ROOT go, but I will still support the players. As for the people who are actually pissed over the change, they will get over it eventually. Good luck!


The reasons given make sense. Catz and I assume drewbie really want to improve and cant focus on all the management aspects themselves. Minigun and destiny obviously want to support Catz and Drewbie and if they did management work too probably decided it would be best to let somebody else take care of it so they can continue to practice. On CoL they have other players to practice with and a better financial backing which will help everyone to only get better. thanks for the explanation catz on the root site :D
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
MrDudeMan
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada973 Posts
June 12 2011 20:49 GMT
#691
On June 13 2011 05:47 rblstr wrote:
People need to stop basing their opinion of players on what that douche IdrA says. He makes it his priority to say that other players are shit. Minigun is a fucking GREAT protoss, and deserves more recognition. Just because IdrA bitches about him doesn't mean he's bad. Goddamn it grinds my gears. Especially because IdrA is a painfully "fine" player, nothing special. Base your opinion of players on watching them play, its the only way you can form a valid opinion of a player.


If you followed your own advice, you would see that idra is more then a "fine" player.
Kantutan
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1319 Posts
June 12 2011 20:50 GMT
#692
On June 13 2011 05:49 syllogism wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 13 2011 05:47 rblstr wrote:
People need to stop basing their opinion of players on what that douche IdrA says. He makes it his priority to say that other players are shit. Minigun is a fucking GREAT protoss, and deserves more recognition. Just because IdrA bitches about him doesn't mean he's bad. Goddamn it grinds my gears. Especially because IdrA is a painfully "fine" player, nothing special. Base your opinion of players on watching them play, its the only way you can form a valid opinion of a player.

You may have had a point until you called minigun "great" and then proceeded to label idra "fine, nothing special", which is hardly a conclusion any objective viewer would make based on their play or results


Indeed, hypocrisy FTW!
flamekin
Profile Joined April 2010
United States72 Posts
June 12 2011 20:50 GMT
#693
On June 13 2011 05:48 Witten wrote:
The real question is, what will happen to ROOTwewin?

i think that was name changed to colcatz
Lutto
Profile Joined September 2009
Sweden198 Posts
June 12 2011 20:50 GMT
#694
On June 13 2011 01:59 gladsheim wrote:
TL needs a good zerg, pick up Slush!


They arldy have 2.......?
Lutto @ Battlenet
Dalguno
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2446 Posts
June 12 2011 20:51 GMT
#695
On June 13 2011 05:40 coL.CatZ wrote:
Last goodbye to ROOT on our soon to be gone website:

http://www.root-gaming.com/news/goodbye-and-hello

we're extremly happy about going to complexity, and hope to have the community's support :D, my post explains mostly everything, thanks a lot to everyone who supported ROOT, and please continue to support our new home :D


I read that article in your voice. CatZ and ROOT I wish good luck, hope for the best, and looking forward to seeing NA's new best team
"I'm gonna keep making drones cause I'm a baller, and ballers make drones." -Snute
S.O.L.I.D.
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States792 Posts
June 12 2011 20:51 GMT
#696
On June 13 2011 05:32 cavalier117 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 13 2011 05:25 Mordiford wrote:
On June 13 2011 05:21 cavalier117 wrote:
On June 13 2011 05:10 Mordiford wrote:
On June 13 2011 04:53 Falcor wrote:
On June 13 2011 04:51 ROOTFayth wrote:
so minigun beating kiwi in the root invitational finals a while ago and him beating idra 2-1 in the latest clan war and him qualifying for last IPL by beating hasuobs and other good players i believe doesn't count?

is MLG the only thing that people really care about?


Since esports became big, lan results have really only been the only thing that matters. Online events are cool and all but champions are made at lan


Well then, I guess we differ here, online results count just as well, even though I enjoy LAN tournaments more and believe there is more pressure in this format, it doesn't mean I discredit the online accomplishments of players considering how many big online tournaments there are.

Also, as said earlier, we don't know the financial specifics of this deal, so speculation there is kind of pointless, but I will point out once again that the players they acquired(regardless of the absence of Kiwikaki and Slush) are comparable with, or better than the best players on their own roster.

Like I said earlier, once again though, I feel it's a weird situation for fans since ROOT is no longer ROOT and Complexity is no longer Complexity, the members of ROOT will no doubt shake up the line-up and this will no doubt draw attention away from the original members of Complexity, essentially it's some dilution of the value of both teams individually which creates a new potentially stronger team as a whole but it's not really ROOT and it's not really Complexity. Moving forward we'll see if this pairing really is beneficial for both parties, but for now I wish the new Complexity good luck and I'll reserve major judgement until we see how it turns out.

On June 13 2011 05:10 cavalier117 wrote:
On June 13 2011 04:51 ROOTFayth wrote:
so minigun beating kiwi in the root invitational finals a while ago and him beating idra 2-1 in the latest clan war and him qualifying for last IPL by beating hasuobs and other good players i believe doesn't count?

is MLG the only thing that people really care about?


Minigun's root invitational finals was a prepatch PvP (aka 4 gate coin flip) he won against IdrA in ONE set of the match. and he didnt even win the IPL 2 qualifier. (he placed 3rd)and none of them were LAN settings.


He's beaten IdrA in more than the EGMC. He placed third behind other great players, and has done well in a number of tournaments. I don't really see the argument here, is it simply that he doesn't have LAN experience? Alright, acknowledged. He's still a great fucking player.


Are you saying Combatex is good then? he's taken a few wins off IdrA and done well in Tourneys (the collegiate starleague before he got kicked off lolz)
im sure you dont think combatex is good. (me neither) nor is he in the same league as minigun (i dont think so either) but your logic follows what i said, so i'd reevaluate your reasoning why you think he's good. cuz your evidence doesnt add up.


Wait, what? I thought we were being reasonable here, by this move let's discredit everyone without top wins in LAN tournaments, you'd get left with like 4 or 5 players you could call good in all of North America. Combatex has taken wins of IdrA, in what tournaments or show matches? In what tournaments has he done well in? Getting kicked off the collegiate starleague clearly isn't an accomplishment, he doesn't even have a TLPD page. Don't try to use shitty logic to discredit a really good player.


you really need to google Combatex, he, like minigun has taken wins off IdrA on the ladder. he hasnt beat IdrA in a tourny, but minigun hasnt WON any money in tourney (at least, yet) for beating IdrA so thats not very relevant. and bo3 doesnt make a trend. as for the CSL. he was pretty much the Ace player of the university of waterloo (the best college in the league) before getting kicked off bc hes an idiot. as for the lack for of a TLPD page. im pretty sure a paticular TL admin has something to do with it (chill)


If you're seriously arguing that Combat-Ex is as good or better than Minigun, then you have a problem. That's all I really have to say about that.

In regards to contractual stuff, yeah it's a confidentiality issue not a moral issue, but YOU asked about contractual details so you can't call people out for saying that the question can't be answered when there's obviously confidentiality issues with the 'worth' of players.
jarrydesque
Profile Joined November 2010
584 Posts
June 12 2011 20:52 GMT
#697
While I'm really sad about this news (and late to hear of it for some reason :/) I'm glad that Kiwi did not sign - that would have been devastating news. No offence to coL, I hope that with the new support, Catz and the rest will be able to give some good showings and the buy out turns out to be mutually beneficial.

Going to miss ROOT for sure.

I hope that Kiwi (and Slush) finds a team that suits him comfortably.
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Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
June 12 2011 20:52 GMT
#698
We already knew this...sad to see that CatZ cracked in his decision. Oh well, at least now there's a single team for IdrA to hate.
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
June 12 2011 20:53 GMT
#699
On June 13 2011 05:50 Lutto wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 13 2011 01:59 gladsheim wrote:
TL needs a good zerg, pick up Slush!


They arldy have 2.......?


he said good zerg. I kid i kid, but i believe slush did place higher than ret and haypro.
NeonFox
Profile Joined January 2011
2373 Posts
June 12 2011 20:53 GMT
#700
On June 13 2011 05:52 Ruscour wrote:
We already knew this...sad to see that CatZ cracked in his decision. Oh well, at least now there's a single team for IdrA to hate.


Lol I was going to mention that I would love to hear Idra's comment on this.
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