compLexity acquires ROOT Gaming - Page 58

On June 14 2011 04:30 badcnr wrote:

yeah but no offense to the liquid team but really huk and tlo were the only two i would even follow or watch, its not that ret or the others suck they just are just not consistent enough to consider watching where slush and kiwi have always usually put on a good run and enetertaing games that surprise or shock people so tl could use some revivement, but i am also good with fxo. just not eg please lol , egidra egincontrol egslush and egkiwi, its like angels and demons fighting together lol

On June 14 2011 04:30 badcnr wrote:

yeah but no offense to the liquid team but really huk and tlo were the only two i would even follow or watch, its not that ret or the others suck they just are just not consistent enough to consider watching where slush and kiwi have always usually put on a good run and enetertaing games that surprise or shock people so tl could use some revivement, but i am also good with fxo. just not eg please lol , egidra egincontrol egslush and egkiwi, its like angels and demons fighting together lol

On June 14 2011 04:40 FairForever wrote:


Jinro was good for awhile, while Haypro and Tyler are choking it up, Ret is actually playing well and did well at the recent MLG (as well as NASL).

I don't think it would be good PR just to drop struggling players for TL, don't think they're in a position to pick up both, and it seems like they want to stick together for now.

I think EG is actually the best fit: they've got the flagship Ace (Idra), a top-25 foreigner (DeMuslim) and a rapidly growing star (Axslav) who made it through the Open Bracket of MLG (through the Loser's side). Don't know but StrifeCro hasn't looked very promising in either 1v1 or 2v2 (though Axslav playing Terran in 2v2 has helped). InControl is still good as well, but not compared to either. I think EG is the right fit, assuming Idra hasn't pissed off Slush that much lol.

On June 14 2011 02:29 strength wrote:


someone has no idea what they are talking about.

On June 14 2011 06:07 Tacoss23 wrote:
Wouldn't surprise me is Kiwi moves to FXO, would be a great overall change for both I think.

However, what complexity needs to do to start to be taken seriously in the SC2 scene, is get rid of the several "filler" players that they have currently. It's not good for their image and gives the impression that they are not taking this seriously enough to be considered a real SC2 pro team.

I'm talking about having players like Cruncher on their roster for example. Having such a poor player who is hated and ridiculized by most of the SC2 community does not help the image of the team at all. Now that they are acquiring talented players from ROOT they should start a house-cleaning and get rid of the "garbage" players like Cruncher, for a solid small team of really talented players with a future in the SC2 scene. This would give Complexity a decent chance to be taken seriously and become a real competitive team.

On June 14 2011 06:07 Tacoss23 wrote:
Wouldn't surprise me is Kiwi moves to FXO, would be a great overall change for both I think.

However, what complexity needs to do to start to be taken seriously in the SC2 scene, is get rid of the several "filler" players that they have currently. It's not good for their image and gives the impression that they are not taking this seriously enough to be considered a real SC2 pro team.

I'm talking about having players like Cruncher on their roster for example. Having such a poor player who is hated and ridiculized by most of the SC2 community does not help the image of the team at all. Now that they are acquiring talented players from ROOT they should start a house-cleaning and get rid of the "garbage" players like Cruncher, for a solid small team of really talented players with a future in the SC2 scene. This would give Complexity a decent chance to be taken seriously and become a real competitive team.

On June 14 2011 05:50 theVash wrote:

Obviously you didn't read CatZ article. So you don't know what you're talking about dumb ass...

On June 14 2011 02:47 Clickety wrote:

So Canada isn't in America? I guess my country isn't in Europe either, because we're a unique and glorious snowflake and to mix us with the rest of the continent would be the greatest of insults!

On June 14 2011 07:45 coL.drewbie wrote:
LOL this thread is disgusting, some people in here really have their heads up their asses. Lets try and clear some things up. Me and CatZ tried very hard to make ROOT work, and to get our own sponsors and make it on our own. Unfortunately it has proved to be much, much harder than we ever thought, and even if we found 1 or 2 good sponsors, it would still not make us even close to enough money to compensate for all the hours it takes us to run ROOT. We did it for a very long time, not making any money at all and paying our own way to tournaments, because we loved the team and Starcraft 2, but unfortunately Starcraft 2 is not just a game for us, it is our livelihood, and we need to treat it as a business, and ROOT just didn't work as a business. Sponsors are looking for teams that have players that are willing to put themselves out there in the community and get exposure and do interviews and make videos and promote their product. We couldn't even get KiWiKaKi or Slush to post on the root-gaming.com website ffs, they only treated SC2 as a game, and that is 100% fine with me, they are amazing players and friends but they don't give a shit about the business side. The ROOT members that went to complexity are willing to work hard to make Starcraft work on a business level and complexity is a huge organization that has had many years of experience supporting the top players in the world and marketing them and helping them in every way. Just think about IdrA, before he joined EG he wasn't making any money, but EG showed IdrA how to treat the game as a business, and make training videos and cast and coach and stream and do tons of interviews and get himself out there. Complexity can give us this amazing support, so that we can play Starcraft full time, which in the end is best for the fans and viewers because it will produce better quality players and games. So I for one, am really happy to be joining complexity, as sad as I am that Slush and Kiwi will not be joining us, I do think that it is for the best, and I can promise that from now on I will step up my game, as I have more time to dedicate to practicing now, and I am a lot more motivated since I don't have to deal with running a team anymore.

It would be nice if everyone stopped bashing on me / catz / minigun / ddoro / destiny, and treating slush / kiwi like superstars LOL I know slush did really amazing at the last MLG but I did beat him in the group stages and in a tournament finals not too long ago and at MLG dallas 2010 finals so I am not sure why everyone thinks he is levels above everyone else in ROOT. I know that KiWiKaKi has always been our all-star player, but any team he joins will be sadly disappointed because he is asking for a LOT of money, and he is not even willing to post on the forums.

Anyways, I loved ROOT but it is time to move on, we are still the same people that you know and love, only now we have the support of a huge team to publicize / promote / send us to events which will only make us better players .