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VPGamers Signs PainUser and HDstarcraft - Page 5

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Bubbas
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden76 Posts
June 17 2011 19:10 GMT
#81
this is really cool I love both these guys! Gogo VP
oDieN[Siege]
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2905 Posts
June 17 2011 19:14 GMT
#82
VP is going in the right direction.. If not already, I see them doing big things very soon!
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dOpa
Profile Joined April 2010
United States166 Posts
June 17 2011 19:42 GMT
#83
HD is actually a very promising player when he practices. At the last MLG he competed in he almost took down Spades with no preparation. And I don't think I even have to get into how much raw talent PainUser has. VP's future is looking pretty good. MLG Anaheim will be sick!
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Billyray
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada49 Posts
June 17 2011 19:46 GMT
#84
On June 18 2011 01:40 shadowboxer wrote:
I can't help but feel like more and more players that aren't deserving keep getting teams. I'm looking to "get more and more competitive" as well, but I don't have a mediocre youtube casting career that's loved by a ton of people who don't mind inability to analyze the game. Pretty soon we'll see TotalBiscuit on a team as well. I can understand Painuser because he has a history being a solid performer when he practices, but you can find much better talent that wants it and deserves it more than HDstarcraft.

This is similarly frustrating to root's B team getting signed by complexity. They sign root and lose their only 2 decent players in the process. Glad we get to see more of catz not showing up to MLG games under a different tag. Lots of bad players getting signed because they're popular names and not because they actually deserve it.

Good luck to Painuser though, would love to see him compete and do well again.


Jealous much ? If having multiple hundred thousand subscribers is so easy casting SC2, why are only a handful of guys at this level ? Calling him mediocre tells me more about you than about him, imho.
Devolved
Profile Joined April 2008
United States2753 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-17 19:54:56
June 17 2011 19:54 GMT
#85
On June 18 2011 00:50 VPGeneralHans wrote:
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On June 18 2011 00:49 Xiaon wrote:
On June 18 2011 00:45 Roggay wrote:
What? HDstarcraft is considered a player?

Nice for Painuser tho, but I don't know if he can train a lot with his job.


^_^ My first thoughts.

As I mentioned he is looking to become more and more competitive

After he claims he is going to quit playing competitively he wants to become more and more competitive? I find it ridiculous that he "quit" NASL and didn't show up for many of his games and now he wants to get back into it? Pretty flaky.
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vileChAnCe
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada525 Posts
June 17 2011 19:54 GMT
#86
Gogogogo VP :D, grats pain and HD it'll be a beneficial union for everyone involved! I can't wait to hang out at Anaheim ^^
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epikAnglory
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States1120 Posts
June 17 2011 19:56 GMT
#87
On June 18 2011 00:35 Xiaon wrote:
HDstarcraft isnt actually that good
painuser rocks though
glad youve helped him out

VP is not a top-tier foreigner team either, so it is not that big of a deal. Great to see HD and Painuser in a team with people to work with, I hope a team can sign HuskyStarCraft into it as well as their caster or something.
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xSixGeneralHan
Profile Joined April 2011
United States528 Posts
June 17 2011 20:03 GMT
#88
On June 18 2011 04:54 Devolved wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 18 2011 00:50 VPGeneralHans wrote:
On June 18 2011 00:49 Xiaon wrote:
On June 18 2011 00:45 Roggay wrote:
What? HDstarcraft is considered a player?

Nice for Painuser tho, but I don't know if he can train a lot with his job.


^_^ My first thoughts.

As I mentioned he is looking to become more and more competitive

After he claims he is going to quit playing competitively he wants to become more and more competitive? I find it ridiculous that he "quit" NASL and didn't show up for many of his games and now he wants to get back into it? Pretty flaky.

Like I said we can just look to the future; however, we are all human and capable of changing our minds. That's a good thing! The ability to have a free will hehe. Either way when he had been talking on ITG, this hadn't been talked about yet. PainUsers dedication to this team is already evident from day 1 and I hope we can all just wish him success.
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yasushii
Profile Joined April 2010
United States45 Posts
June 17 2011 20:06 GMT
#89
nice! congratulations!
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Kantutan
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1319 Posts
June 17 2011 20:10 GMT
#90
On June 18 2011 00:41 VPGeneralHans wrote:
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On June 18 2011 00:38 TheWarbler wrote:
I am confused why you guys would sign them, considering they work so they don't have time to play. Seems like a gigantic waste of money, their are better ways to get your team more popular.

They are both looking to become more and more competitive and also maintaining their current roles in the community - we wish them the best. They have amazing potential and PainUser has already shown what he can do when he truly sits down to practice. Hopefully it can continue!


You can't juggle both, just look at Artosis. When he streams and commentates you get a glimpse into his deep understanding of the game. His reactions are always perfect. However, as the games go further into the late-game you can just see his mechanics failing him as he begins floating 2k+ mins and simply being unable to keep up in that aspect. Or you can look at Polt and his struggling in the GSL while he was juggling university and SC2, then his total domination once he was able to commit 100%. You can't have other commitments if you want to play SC2 at the highest level.
vict1019
Profile Joined December 2010
United States401 Posts
June 17 2011 20:15 GMT
#91
yay for painuser :D
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cheesemaster
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada1975 Posts
June 17 2011 20:17 GMT
#92
Hmmm painuser seems pretty commited to his job, i dont even think he is that commited to go back to playing, and even so he has a 9-5 job now making it alot harder for him to get to be a top level progamer. Also hd has only played 3 ladder games since the reset months ago =/

seems like a wierd pickup neither of these guys have seemed that commited to being players in the proffesional scene over the past few months.
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quRax
Profile Joined January 2011
Korea (South)264 Posts
June 17 2011 20:18 GMT
#93
Can't wait to see how HD performs :D
Polt, Polt and Polt.
StarCraft64
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States354 Posts
June 17 2011 20:20 GMT
#94
Wonder how PainUser is going to compete professionally with his full-time job at IGN. They wouldn't even let him play his NASL games at work for Pete's sake. Maybe they're finally realizing that that kind of exposure is exactly what they want as it allows him to gain valuable insight into the scene that most commentators don't have. The same goes for HD.

Though, I suppose it could backfire if they perform poorly. But any publicity is better than no publicity.

Congrats and good luck.
Elaborate euphemisms may conceal your intent to kill, but behind any use of power over another the ultimate assumption remains: "I feed on your energy."
Timestreamer
Profile Joined March 2011
Israel157 Posts
June 17 2011 20:22 GMT
#95
Good news. I hope to see Painuser getting back to his old self, but as for HD I think this is even a greater opportunity. If he decides to start practicing more and getting into tournaments, then he now has a chance to practice accordingly.
However, if HD decides to keep more along the side of casting, that's great too - because he'll be able to stick to casting more of VP games, learn more from the team, and start offering casts with more analysis. Maybe even get some of the players as co-casters to cast their own games - that way we can get true insight into their play. Looking forward to this!
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44707 Posts
June 17 2011 20:29 GMT
#96
Congratulations! It's nice to see more teams sprouting up. PainUser is definitely a good pick, but I'm curious as to why HD was picked up as a player.
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jemag
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada98 Posts
June 17 2011 21:04 GMT
#97
nice addition to the team, I like it
Frostydanger_Frost
Profile Joined March 2011
Ukraine90 Posts
June 17 2011 21:24 GMT
#98
mouth-droping.. dont know if i should be shocked/sad/happy,good for painuser hope he can get more practise,would be nice to see him in MLG's again.But HD... Now i'm really confused with him,he is a caster,thats his thing.i wouldint be surprised if he doesent do well.. but good for him anyway.
Draekan
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada220 Posts
June 17 2011 21:37 GMT
#99
On June 18 2011 02:33 Torte de Lini wrote:
Sorry, I went on your site and I can't find anywhere where it says what VP stands for.

Is it Very Professional? I've seen VP Cursed beat Whiplash, it was quite good at the TL Open.



Very Pretty


:D
Cano
Profile Joined July 2010
Poland200 Posts
June 17 2011 21:43 GMT
#100
Glad to hear this.
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