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The compLexity Academy is thrilled to announce that after receiving over 70 applications we have now selected the top 20 players who will compete for the 10 spots in the inaugural class. The tournament will take place on Saturday, June 25th, 2011 and will be a BO3 double elimination event.
Please congratulate our finalists, listed below in no specific order.
+ Show Spoiler +Zerg hpthegreat catechins strength brobocop goswer damncats
Protoss xiexo Jhammy orb Eric Ke echuchee
Terran Ceech Jedigammer Nepts2 lizzuma Aaronkim erecon Kevin Zhou gensulitor
Academy Comissioner, Michael Shane had this to say:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has applied. Going over each and every application has been extremely difficult, as a majority of the applicants were evenly matched. There are several applicants not on this list that were in the running until the very last minute and it really just came down to some very minor things. I sincerely hope that all who applied will take part in the first expulsion tournament. Once again, I just want to thank everyone for taking the time to apply and I wish everyone luck on their development and future with Starcraft2 and the Academy.
All selected applicants have been contacted by Mr. Shane and will need to reply with the requested information before their journey will continue. Thank you to everyone who applied for the inaugural season of the compLexity Academy. If you weren't selected, keep your head held high and remember that there will always be another opportunity right around the corner!
Also, remember that we are still looking for the official caster of the Academy. If you, or somebody that you know, is an up and coming SC2 caster, be sure to apply today!
Click here for the official announcement.
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Can these people play for their original teams as well? Looks like Crack Clan just took a huge hit with their best player leaving.
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Yeah, orb is the only name that I've seen before, so gl to him!
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lol kevin zhou will win fo sho
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On June 14 2011 04:30 TadH wrote: lol kevin zhou will win fo sho
Who? Has he done anything notable, what team is he on?
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gogo orb!
Kick some ass out there.
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Jedigammer?! Oh man, now I'm pumped! gogogo
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XiExo gonna destroy everyone imo
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OMG, seems like a lot of fun (and stress) I wish good luck to everyone who still remains and I will try to join you guys at a latter date
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Echuchee and Str gogogo ^^
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On June 14 2011 04:23 Holcan wrote: Can these people play for their original teams as well? Looks like Crack Clan just took a huge hit with their best player leaving.
Players can not be members of the Academy if they are under contract.
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I'd like to give a shoutout to my buddy Fallen (Eric) for making it in. Can't wait to see him playing alongside the compLexity team.
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On June 14 2011 04:57 CPTBadAss wrote: I'd like to give a shoutout to my buddy Fallen (Eric) for making it in. Can't wait to see him playing alongside the compLexity team. yeah, i have been real ID with this dude for a while and i was so impressed how far he has come...
He needs to stream more btw
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On June 14 2011 04:55 jlake02 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 04:23 Holcan wrote: Can these people play for their original teams as well? Looks like Crack Clan just took a huge hit with their best player leaving. Players can not be members of the Academy if they are under contract. Yea, but you dont have to be under contract to play in a team league, and I know that a lot of the lesser teams dont bind players to contracts.
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Wow I can't believe lizzuma is not on a team yet... very strong player. Also recognize catechins, strength, goswer, exo, orb, and jedigamer. Congrats and GL to all though!
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i'm stoked. so awesome. gl to everyone in tourny ^^.
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.... god dammit. gl everyone else
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congrats all accepted people! best of luck getting into remaining 10
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This is so cute. It's almost like...
+ Show Spoiler + You're a progamer, Harry.
GL to the participants.
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I am a fan of anyone who names himself Brobocop.
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congrats to the selected people!
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Lizzuma should win this, maybe goswser.
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hpthegreat and lizzuma fighting! I'll be training hard for this too.
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Pretty awesome way to get entry into the Pro Scene. Would love for more people to do this!
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On June 14 2011 05:01 NB wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 04:57 CPTBadAss wrote: I'd like to give a shoutout to my buddy Fallen (Eric) for making it in. Can't wait to see him playing alongside the compLexity team. yeah, i have been real ID with this dude for a while and i was so impressed how far he has come... He needs to stream more btw
It's depressing to stream when nobodies watching!!
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There ya go DamnCats! GL!!
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On June 14 2011 06:09 Fallen33 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 05:01 NB wrote:On June 14 2011 04:57 CPTBadAss wrote: I'd like to give a shoutout to my buddy Fallen (Eric) for making it in. Can't wait to see him playing alongside the compLexity team. yeah, i have been real ID with this dude for a while and i was so impressed how far he has come... He needs to stream more btw It's depressing to stream when nobodies watching!!
Everyone starts somewhere. I bet Day 9 didn't start with 10k viewers a day!
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nice gogo damncats & lagrangian!
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On June 14 2011 06:18 mechavoc wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 06:09 Fallen33 wrote:On June 14 2011 05:01 NB wrote:On June 14 2011 04:57 CPTBadAss wrote: I'd like to give a shoutout to my buddy Fallen (Eric) for making it in. Can't wait to see him playing alongside the compLexity team. yeah, i have been real ID with this dude for a while and i was so impressed how far he has come... He needs to stream more btw It's depressing to stream when nobodies watching!! Everyone starts somewhere. I bet Day 9 didn't start with 10k viewers a day! Pretty sure he had alot of viewers when he started because he was already famous.
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Congrats to all, but I think orb will take this one.
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On June 14 2011 07:30 StrangrDangr wrote: Congrats to all, but I think orb will take this one.
You must not have heard of lizzuma.
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On June 14 2011 05:41 cronican wrote: I am a fan of anyone who names himself Brobocop. This is true.
Orb fighting too!~
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Good luck orb and congratulations to the rest.
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On June 14 2011 07:23 Skamtet wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 06:18 mechavoc wrote:On June 14 2011 06:09 Fallen33 wrote:On June 14 2011 05:01 NB wrote:On June 14 2011 04:57 CPTBadAss wrote: I'd like to give a shoutout to my buddy Fallen (Eric) for making it in. Can't wait to see him playing alongside the compLexity team. yeah, i have been real ID with this dude for a while and i was so impressed how far he has come... He needs to stream more btw It's depressing to stream when nobodies watching!! Everyone starts somewhere. I bet Day 9 didn't start with 10k viewers a day! Pretty sure he had alot of viewers when he started because he was already famous. Why say this if you don't even know? I remember most BW dailies to be usually under 1K viewers unless he was recapping a finals or a really epic match.
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Yeah Ke and Lizzuma! Definitely looking forward to this, especially considering that Complexity acquired ROOT and Lizzuma spoke pretty highly of them on the way back from cbus.
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On June 14 2011 04:36 Megaliskuu wrote: XiExo gonna destroy everyone imo I played him in ladder the other day. Definitly wasn't as one sided as it should've been for me being a lowly master terran.
He definitly won though. lol
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On June 14 2011 07:34 iamke55 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 07:30 StrangrDangr wrote: Congrats to all, but I think orb will take this one. You must not have heard of lizzuma.
There is a differance in hearing of someone and thinking they will win.
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Jedigamer is a retard, played him on ladder and he was personaly harassing me ingame and after told me racial insults etc like a baby. Anyway good luck to everyone
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On June 14 2011 05:10 Anihc wrote: Wow I can't believe lizzuma is not on a team yet... very strong player. Also recognize catechins, strength, goswer, exo, orb, and jedigamer. Congrats and GL to all though!
Lizzuma is part of Crack Clan, Strength was part of Crack Clan as well.
I wish them both goodluck with the complexity academy!
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On June 14 2011 05:03 Holcan wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 04:55 jlake02 wrote:On June 14 2011 04:23 Holcan wrote: Can these people play for their original teams as well? Looks like Crack Clan just took a huge hit with their best player leaving. Players can not be members of the Academy if they are under contract. Yea, but you dont have to be under contract to play in a team league, and I know that a lot of the lesser teams dont bind players to contracts.
I'm taking this from the original Academy search post:
1) An internal ranking system will be implemented. The initial ranking will be determined by a Ranking Tournament amongst the players. Every 3 months the bottom 4 players in CA will compete in our Expulsion Tournament with only the winner remaining in CA. The other 3 spots will be filled via an Open Recruitment Tournament (2 spots) and by an invite from Mr. Shane (1 spot).
2) If a player is given a professional contract, his spot will be filled during the next CA Open Recruitment Tournament.
Even though the players will be signing the 9 month option contracts, they will be in the academy for a minimum of 3 months. It is up to the players to commit to the academy I'm looking forward to the academy taking part in team leagues, but after the 3 months the players can be eliminated via the expulsion tournament allowing them to return to whatever roster they wish.
In no way is this an attempt to take them away from the relationships or friendships they already have, but the players applying for the opportunity want to try it out for at least 3 months.
So in the end no during the 3 months of the academy they will not be able to participate in the other team leagues, but after they are welcome to.
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glad to see I already have people rooting for me <3<3. brobocop.374 is my ingame identifier. also, i livestream @: justin.tv/parasite001 mixture of early aggression (10pools) containments, macro, and other assorted funzies.
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On June 14 2011 07:42 Terrakin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 07:23 Skamtet wrote:On June 14 2011 06:18 mechavoc wrote:On June 14 2011 06:09 Fallen33 wrote:On June 14 2011 05:01 NB wrote:On June 14 2011 04:57 CPTBadAss wrote: I'd like to give a shoutout to my buddy Fallen (Eric) for making it in. Can't wait to see him playing alongside the compLexity team. yeah, i have been real ID with this dude for a while and i was so impressed how far he has come... He needs to stream more btw It's depressing to stream when nobodies watching!! Everyone starts somewhere. I bet Day 9 didn't start with 10k viewers a day! Pretty sure he had alot of viewers when he started because he was already famous. Why say this if you don't even know? I remember most BW dailies to be usually under 1K viewers unless he was recapping a finals or a really epic match. 1k is still pretty much, for a much smaller community.
So yeah.
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Yeah EVO just took a huge hit with orb and Catechin leaving, best of luck to them both
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On June 14 2011 04:30 TadH wrote: lol kevin zhou will win fo sho That's me but who are you
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strength seems like a cool guy
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Gogo goswser!!! underrated super gosu right there ;D
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these guys are livin the dream
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lizzuma and orb people i recognize... gl to them, they'll prolly make it
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To play in the open recruitment tournaments and the other tournaments to get in, do we need to have applied originally?
When will those happen?
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Jedigamer! I know who I am rooting for.
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On June 14 2011 11:07 Gattaca.usa wrote: To play in the open recruitment tournaments and the other tournaments to get in, do we need to have applied originally?
When will those happen?
Nope those will be open for anyone in at least Masters or above and at least 18 years or older. Those will start in about 3 months, when a more concrete date is set it will be posted.
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isn't xiExO on eleven gaming and in grandmaster league?
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On June 14 2011 09:06 Thor2277 wrote: Yeah EVO just took a huge hit with orb and Catechin leaving, best of luck to them both
I'm pretty sure you don't have to leave your team to be in the complexity academy (unless you end up in the top 2 at the very end and get admitted or whatever).
You just pretty much assumed I was leaving and you disbanded evo
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On June 14 2011 13:04 -orb- wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 09:06 Thor2277 wrote: Yeah EVO just took a huge hit with orb and Catechin leaving, best of luck to them both I'm pretty sure you don't have to leave your team to be in the complexity academy (unless you end up in the top 2 at the very end and get admitted or whatever). You just pretty much assumed I was leaving and you disbanded evo 
Under founding format on the original post you will see that you have to sign a 9 month option contract, as I explained a few posts ago once you fall out of the academy you will be released from the contract and free to join any previous team you were a part of. While in the academy you can take part in stuff with your old team as long as the academy is not participating in the event.
You are welcome to continue practicing with them, and keep whatever tag you have in game while in the academy. So the contract can last anywhere from 3-9 months (academy) or longer if the option is exercised in which you will be given the full pro contract along with the new computer from Orgin.
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Nice to see Lizzuma and Orb in there. Assuming Orb is still in the academy? Good luck!
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I am rooting for "Matthew".
Because his id is awsome. lolol. .____.
But this is cool/interesting. Cool that teams are showing interest in expanding their rosters / recruiting players.
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On June 14 2011 04:36 Megaliskuu wrote: XiExo gonna destroy everyone imo
My thoughts exactly.
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On June 14 2011 13:04 -orb- wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 09:06 Thor2277 wrote: Yeah EVO just took a huge hit with orb and Catechin leaving, best of luck to them both I'm pretty sure you don't have to leave your team to be in the complexity academy (unless you end up in the top 2 at the very end and get admitted or whatever). You just pretty much assumed I was leaving and you disbanded evo 
Even with Catechin leaving Rekatan would follow through with leaving. Our team would be considered so young that i doubt we would be able to get anywhere
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Cheech FTW. Terrans look MILES ahead of the other races
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On June 14 2011 11:45 MechKing wrote: isn't xiExO on eleven gaming and in grandmaster league?
Yes and he recently has been removed from the tournament due to the xi and 4kings announcement. Jiyan also a protoss player will be his replacement. You can find the updated list at:
http://www.complexitygaming.com/news/2830/
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Gogo Orb and Lizzuma!!! :DD
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is there a possibility of getting fully signed before 9 months?
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sweet , great job brobocop!
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xiExo got this easy, gl David!
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On June 16 2011 04:28 JiYan wrote: is there a possibility of getting fully signed before 9 months?
Yes
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sweet going to follow this closely. Watching all apps now
Go FALLEN!
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Although I don't know any of these players, good luck to all in this very generous offer made possible by Complexity Gaming
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Just a quick update for everyone, we are still trying to get in contact with goswser, jhammy, and Jedigamer. If anyone happens to be able to contact them and let them know it would be much appreciated. We have emailed all of them but have yet to receive responses.
Once we get a reply, I will be able to go ahead and form the brackets so everyone participating can prepare as best as possible for the event. If we do not reach these players in time they will sadly have to be replaced.
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really suprised to see orb... Good for him and probably a easy pick for CoL
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Brobocop stole my ID. Brobocop on both US and SEA since like August << T.T
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I guess complexity doesn't have rules regarding bm players. one person in their top 20 has been extreme in bm. I know from personal expereince
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On June 17 2011 11:13 bennyaus wrote: Brobocop stole my ID. Brobocop on both US and SEA since like August << T.T
I've only been brotecting battlenet from non-zerg evildoers since april :X (with this id that is). haha <3<3 do you get many complements with the name? grubby laughed his ass off when I played him. and vtfuture and I fist-bumped, paused the game to check out the natty-viking, and chilled.
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Omg, Goodluck to hpthegreat! Damn. Orb too. ^^
EDIT: oh wow, didn't see lizzuma! Good luck to him too ^^
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I can be the replacement if you need me.
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On June 17 2011 11:17 masterbreti wrote: I guess complexity doesn't have rules regarding bm players. one person in their top 20 has been extreme in bm. I know from personal expereince who_o
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On June 17 2011 11:38 JiYan wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2011 11:17 masterbreti wrote: I guess complexity doesn't have rules regarding bm players. one person in their top 20 has been extreme in bm. I know from personal expereince who_o
jedigamer = syndicate
he's incredibly bad mannered
at least im guessing he's talking about jedigamer
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On June 17 2011 11:43 binski wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2011 11:38 JiYan wrote:On June 17 2011 11:17 masterbreti wrote: I guess complexity doesn't have rules regarding bm players. one person in their top 20 has been extreme in bm. I know from personal expereince who_o jedigamer = syndicate he's incredibly bad mannered at least im guessing he's talking about jedigamer
Auctally Lizzuma. not to long ago he used racial slurs and extreme language to others in a teams chat. I have the chat on my comp. But the language used would not even be tolerated on tl here.
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looks like 2 very bad mannered players in coL academy then
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On June 17 2011 11:47 masterbreti wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2011 11:43 binski wrote:On June 17 2011 11:38 JiYan wrote:On June 17 2011 11:17 masterbreti wrote: I guess complexity doesn't have rules regarding bm players. one person in their top 20 has been extreme in bm. I know from personal expereince who_o jedigamer = syndicate he's incredibly bad mannered at least im guessing he's talking about jedigamer Auctally Lizzuma. not to long ago he used racial slurs and extreme language to others in a teams chat. I have the chat on my comp. But the language used would not even be tolerated on tl here.
ya i can also vouch hes extremely bm , started bming me non stop sending messages after he got stomped on ladder lol. hes not even really good not sure what they see in him
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Wow awesome! Congratulations to all those who got in!
Go orb and Jedi!
Gl and Hf!
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Pulling for lizzuma, gowser and orb
GL everyone
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On June 17 2011 11:21 BroboCop wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2011 11:13 bennyaus wrote: Brobocop stole my ID. Brobocop on both US and SEA since like August << T.T  I've only been brotecting battlenet from non-zerg evildoers since april :X (with this id that is). haha <3<3 do you get many complements with the name? grubby laughed his ass off when I played him. and vtfuture and I fist-bumped, paused the game to check out the natty-viking, and chilled.
Every second game there is a comment about the name, and Brobocop used to be one of my old WoW IDs too, lol.
Oh well, best of luck, I'll change my name if you get famous via this :p
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JHammy is in my division, so go JHammy, I guess.
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On June 17 2011 11:17 masterbreti wrote: I guess complexity doesn't have rules regarding bm players. one person in their top 20 has been extreme in bm. I know from personal expereince
This has been brought to my attention from quite a few sources now, but it's more about how you act once in the academy then previous records. The type of behavior I have been told about will not be tolerated by me, but it's also my job to have them control it. So I hope the people that are very much against manner like that will be able to see an improvement in the players behavior once in the academy.
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On June 17 2011 11:47 masterbreti wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2011 11:43 binski wrote:On June 17 2011 11:38 JiYan wrote:On June 17 2011 11:17 masterbreti wrote: I guess complexity doesn't have rules regarding bm players. one person in their top 20 has been extreme in bm. I know from personal expereince who_o jedigamer = syndicate he's incredibly bad mannered at least im guessing he's talking about jedigamer Auctally Lizzuma. not to long ago he used racial slurs and extreme language to others in a teams chat. I have the chat on my comp. But the language used would not even be tolerated on tl here.
Are you talking about the time I was trolling you in some random chat because you took a joke way too seriously? And how you had no idea that everything I was saying was absolutely not serious, and in fact, just to annoy you because you were taking it so seriously?
Yes, I believe you are. Also, that was like, 4 or 5 months ago. You also tried bringing this up to icCup TV staff and they basically wrote it off as you being a crybaby.
Get over yourself and move on with life.
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Best of luck to all of the players, this is an awesome initiative from complexity to find some of the lesser known talent in sc2. I can't really see anything negative about this.
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This is awesome, best of luck to everyone!
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Oh god Jedigamer aka Syndicate is in there, possibly the most BM person I ever played with.
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I predict that Lizzuma, exo, and Gowswer will take this. GL guys.
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Goswer took a game off of Morrow at MLG Columbus
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kinda wish I signed up for this, looking to get back into playing more competitively and getting back on a pro team again. ah well, maybe next time.
also regarding syndicate, I believe i beat him afew days ago in a cheesy fashion and he GG'd.. so maybe he learned his lesson. Give him a chance guys, if he acts up then the coL mods will notice it.
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hahaha orb
and complexity is doing a ton lately, becoming maybe the biggest presence in na.
gl to them
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On June 17 2011 13:21 coLtwixz wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2011 11:17 masterbreti wrote: I guess complexity doesn't have rules regarding bm players. one person in their top 20 has been extreme in bm. I know from personal expereince This has been brought to my attention from quite a few sources now, but it's more about how you act once in the academy then previous records. The type of behavior I have been told about will not be tolerated by me, but it's also my job to have them control it. So I hope the people that are very much against manner like that will be able to see an improvement in the players behavior once in the academy.
Well that's sad to hear. Goodluck "controlling" them when:
1. He gets rejected. 2. Rages and spams your players on battle.net/clan channel 3. Goes onto all of the coL players streams and talks shit/creates childish lies.
With all of the players coL has now I really was thinking that hey would be way more concerned with who they brought on.
I'm still extremely jealous of how much money the complexity organization has to play around with. It is awesome to hear though how much you guys put into the growth of ESPORTS. You also need to realize that even if they get into complexity that reputation will still come with them. Either way I can't stand all the crying about BM in today's game anyways. Just saying.
On June 17 2011 18:51 link0 wrote: I predict that Lizzuma, exo, and Gowswer will take this. GL guys.
You're like the 10th person that rooted for ExO who isn't even apart of this anymore as he is with 4Kings now. Do people even click links anymore lol...he was never even on the final 20 list.
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On June 17 2011 23:14 Nizzy wrote:
You're like the 10th person that rooted for ExO who isn't even apart of this anymore as he is with 4Kings now. Do people even click links anymore lol...he was never even on the final 20 list. I can't read nizzypoo. do you still love me? maybe you can convince the exo fans to join my cause!
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On June 17 2011 16:38 lizzuma wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2011 11:47 masterbreti wrote:On June 17 2011 11:43 binski wrote:On June 17 2011 11:38 JiYan wrote:On June 17 2011 11:17 masterbreti wrote: I guess complexity doesn't have rules regarding bm players. one person in their top 20 has been extreme in bm. I know from personal expereince who_o jedigamer = syndicate he's incredibly bad mannered at least im guessing he's talking about jedigamer Auctally Lizzuma. not to long ago he used racial slurs and extreme language to others in a teams chat. I have the chat on my comp. But the language used would not even be tolerated on tl here. Are you talking about the time I was trolling you in some random chat because you took a joke way too seriously? And how you had no idea that everything I was saying was absolutely not serious, and in fact, just to annoy you because you were taking it so seriously? Yes, I believe you are. Also, that was like, 4 or 5 months ago. You also tried bringing this up to icCup TV staff and they basically wrote it off as you being a crybaby. Get over yourself and move on with life.
youre not really helping your cause lashing back at him like that yo. if you want to prove him wrong, be blameless from here on out just saying.
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On June 18 2011 00:30 BroboCop wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2011 23:14 Nizzy wrote:
You're like the 10th person that rooted for ExO who isn't even apart of this anymore as he is with 4Kings now. Do people even click links anymore lol...he was never even on the final 20 list. I can't read nizzypoo. do you still love me? maybe you can convince the exo fans to join my cause!
You're mine bro. I hope you fail at this so I can take you under my wing. <3<3<3
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dang ke. it's awesome to see how far he's come in the sc2 scene, considering we used to play with each other when the game first came out.
rooting for ke/lizzuma! going to bulk up our CSL team for next season
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bracket comes out tomorrow (saturday) right?
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I will take ExO's spot.
He can vouch for me.
=D
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goswser here, replied to the email last night at a hotel, just returned from vacation about ten minutes ago, glad to see that I made top 20 . Just to make sure I'm confirmed, I'm posting in here, that I will definitely be playing in this! Also very interested in the brackets.
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I think you all know who I am rooting for. Though I hope all of the players have a good time, and that it shows how awesome some of these players are and gives them the spotlight they need to push them farther into the programmer path.
Awesome of Complexity to do something like this.
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On June 18 2011 13:43 JiYan wrote: bracket comes out tomorrow (saturday) right?
I am still awaiting a reply from Jhammy (everyone else has confirmed), I have also delayed the release of brackets until tomorrow (Sunday).
So tomorrow everyone can expect start time for the event, and brackets.
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Eagerly awaiting brackets hoping I don't get put vs lizzuma early on
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On June 19 2011 23:50 Newguy wrote:Eagerly awaiting brackets  hoping I don't get put vs lizzuma early on
Edited-sent pm
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cant wait to beat you guys with my 4 fps computer
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So whats the status of this wheres the bracket/results ? OP needs to be updated! I looked around on the site but couldnt see!
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