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Hollis
Profile Joined January 2011
United States505 Posts
June 12 2011 22:16 GMT
#821
On June 13 2011 00:45 compLexityGaming wrote:
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the passion with which it engages StarCraft 2



Does SOTIS count as SC2?

Clearout
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway1060 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-12 22:17:44
June 12 2011 22:17 GMT
#822
Excited for how this will turn out, best of luck to ROOT and CoL!
Guess more of us will be rooting for col? eh? eh? I suck

Also Cruncher hwaiting~ (lol @ the hate, poor guy)
really?
Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
June 12 2011 22:17 GMT
#823
coL didn't get Kiwi or Slush, ROOT's 2 best players currently. Minigun is probably the best pickup as he's been consistently getting better as of late.

It's sad to see ROOT go, but they would have dismantled without a sponsor soon enough.

Gonna be awkward in the team house...unless KiWi joins Fnatic or somethign
Doc Daneeka
Profile Joined March 2010
United States577 Posts
June 12 2011 22:17 GMT
#824
it is kinda sad, but the majority of the team are sticking together so i'm not too bothered by it. shame to lose kiwi and slush though. wonder what the odds are of ever hearing the story behind that.
payed off security
xAPOCALYPSEx
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
1418 Posts
June 12 2011 22:17 GMT
#825
If Slush, Kiwi, and Fayth DO go to FXO, then it FXO will be like the new ROOT kinda...

Slush, KiWi, Fayth, qxc, Sheth, all ex-ROOT members :D
Ubernoobface
Profile Joined December 2010
16 Posts
June 12 2011 22:19 GMT
#826
On June 13 2011 07:06 Zlasher wrote:
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On June 13 2011 07:03 Ubernoobface wrote:
Pretty sure Kiwikaki & Slush are heading to FXO


pretty sure thats insane 100% speculation lol


Not speculation, this information is based on a post by a root member on another forum
FenneK
Profile Joined November 2010
France1231 Posts
June 12 2011 22:20 GMT
#827
well, ill be damned. i always saw root as bigger than col. good luck to everyone involved, i guess
good luck have batman
Gooey
Profile Joined September 2010
United States944 Posts
June 12 2011 22:23 GMT
#828
On June 13 2011 07:17 Ruscour wrote:
coL didn't get Kiwi or Slush, ROOT's 2 best players currently. Minigun is probably the best pickup as he's been consistently getting better as of late.

It's sad to see ROOT go, but they would have dismantled without a sponsor soon enough.

Gonna be awkward in the team house...unless KiWi joins Fnatic or somethign


Kiwi only stayed with them for like 2 weeks before MLG dallas. He was never a permanent resident.
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ZUR1CH
Profile Joined February 2011
United States108 Posts
June 12 2011 22:24 GMT
#829
Kiwi and Slush were ROOT's two best tournament performers. I don't really see why you'd want someone like Catz or Minigun if you want to really win significant tournaments, but I guess this is a big step for Complexity. Buying a team then losing its two best players is not, however.
Uhh Negative
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1090 Posts
June 12 2011 22:26 GMT
#830
Complexity: "We got all of ROOT!!!! .....except their good players"
Eeeegor
Profile Joined April 2005
Australia809 Posts
June 12 2011 22:26 GMT
#831
Wow, big move!
Day9 Made Me Do It
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
June 12 2011 22:27 GMT
#832
On June 13 2011 07:24 ZUR1CH wrote:
Kiwi and Slush were ROOT's two best tournament performers. I don't really see why you'd want someone like Catz or Minigun if you want to really win significant tournaments, but I guess this is a big step for Complexity. Buying a team then losing its two best players is not, however.



gaming companies make their money from sponsorship's. being a popular player can be just as important as being good, and having a variety of players helps boost the brand. im no marketing expert but i wouldnt be surprised to find out that teams are ok having 1 'star' player to win tourneys and some personalities to spread the message to less hardcore fans
WArped
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom4845 Posts
June 12 2011 22:31 GMT
#833
I would be interested to see where Kiwi and Slush head too, seen as they were probably ROOT's two best players, I'm sure there will be lots of interest.
KimJongChill
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6429 Posts
June 12 2011 22:31 GMT
#834
Well I guess this is going to be the trend, where smaller teams are going to be absorbed into larger teams until there are only a handful of really strong groups. It's sort of a natural selection, and it's actually pretty exciting~
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mindspike
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Canada1902 Posts
June 12 2011 22:33 GMT
#835
On June 13 2011 04:05 ROOTFayth wrote:
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On June 13 2011 03:57 Premier wrote:
Complexity didnt get much... Kiwi and Slush were the two best players on that roster, none of the others have real exceptional tourney wins or anything...

drewbie has had similar results as slush since basically forever (except last MLG)

and god i dunno why minigun is that underrated

I guess perceived player's skill is really based on their fame much more than their actual skill level


Well. Fame is based on tournament results and minigun doesn't have any afaik. For example, Slush wouldn't be getting any of the kudos in this thread before the last MLG.
zerg/human - vancouver, canada
Contagious
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States1319 Posts
June 12 2011 22:35 GMT
#836
On June 13 2011 04:28 RyanRushia wrote:
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On June 13 2011 04:26 Contagious wrote:
Damn Complexity wasn't probably expecting to get shafted like this. Can't wait to see where kiwi and slush go.


you make it sound like complexity was expecting kiwi and slush and then they just booked it out of there? you coudlnt be more wrong


Eh, what I wrote sounds worse than kind of what I mean. Obviously I do not know the whole story or position of what is going on, but I assume that an offer was givin to aquire all of ROOT and Kiwi and Slush decided to go seperate ways. I shouldn't have said that they got shafted, but in a way they were expecting to receive the full roster at the time, then two best players decided to go a different route. Then again, I do not know the whole story.
Demonace34
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2493 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-12 22:39:16
June 12 2011 22:36 GMT
#837
Not a CoL fanboy at all, but I still wish ROOT players the best of luck in the future.
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Falcor
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada894 Posts
June 12 2011 22:36 GMT
#838
On June 13 2011 07:20 FenneK wrote:
well, ill be damned. i always saw root as bigger than col. good luck to everyone involved, i guess


wtf? you mean other then col having way more players(spread over different games) much bigger sponsors..and their own line of products?
Corrupted
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1255 Posts
June 12 2011 22:40 GMT
#839
On June 13 2011 07:33 mindspike wrote:
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On June 13 2011 04:05 ROOTFayth wrote:
On June 13 2011 03:57 Premier wrote:
Complexity didnt get much... Kiwi and Slush were the two best players on that roster, none of the others have real exceptional tourney wins or anything...

drewbie has had similar results as slush since basically forever (except last MLG)

and god i dunno why minigun is that underrated

I guess perceived player's skill is really based on their fame much more than their actual skill level


Well. Fame is based on tournament results and minigun doesn't have any afaik. For example, Slush wouldn't be getting any of the kudos in this thread before the last MLG.


Which would have been wrong as Slush has consistently placed very well in MLGs...no one ever seemed to notice though.
"MarineKing rolling double sevens there" -Artosis
Greatness
Profile Joined May 2011
United States450 Posts
June 12 2011 22:41 GMT
#840
On June 13 2011 07:27 turdburgler wrote:
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On June 13 2011 07:24 ZUR1CH wrote:
Kiwi and Slush were ROOT's two best tournament performers. I don't really see why you'd want someone like Catz or Minigun if you want to really win significant tournaments, but I guess this is a big step for Complexity. Buying a team then losing its two best players is not, however.



gaming companies make their money from sponsorship's. being a popular player can be just as important as being good, and having a variety of players helps boost the brand. im no marketing expert but i wouldnt be surprised to find out that teams are ok having 1 'star' player to win tourneys and some personalities to spread the message to less hardcore fans

Oh...like EG? Hahahaha.
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