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Didn't see a thread up so here it is. Really cool things happening!
About one year ago the long-awaited successor to the legendary eSports title Starcraft appeared: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. This real-time strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment moved the eSports community to a new dimension and enabled highly paid elite tournaments and leagues.
As of today, Team Acer is also set to Starcraft II. We are proud to present the German Starcraft legend Christoph 'Acer | Mondragon 'Semke as our new SC2 team manager. Acer | Mondragon is known as one of the most talented Starcraft players in Germany, if not the #1. In the following interview, he explains why he will primarily play the role of the manager.
But Acer | Mondragon does not come alone. For some time he worked on the team that will accrue from now under the flag of Team Acer. Included is his longtime companion Rafal 'Acer | Paranoid' Kontowicz (Poland), with whom he broke up recently at MeetYourMakers. Player #2 is Arthur 'Acer | Nerchio' Bloch (Poland), he will represent Team Acer already in the forthcoming GamesCom in Cologne at the Global Final of the Intel Extreme Masters. Player #3 is the Israeli, Dror 'Acer | Osho' Evron. All three players play currently the "dwarf" race. As a second manager, in addition to Acer | Mondragon, we also welcome Fred 'Acer | Kaoru' Gau (France).
Mondragon
Paranoid
Nerchio
Osho
Read the rest of the article to see statements from the team.
Source: http://www.aceresport.com/uk/news/54.htm
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thats nice, they already have some nice players. I hope for them they do well.
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Nerchio oO
never heard of this team but i dont venture outside of sc2 much. gl.
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sucks that Mondi is bowing out basically
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Awesome to see Mondragon and Nerchio on a team! Hopefully, Nerchio will be able to attend some LANS now that he has some more sponsership. Also, that should say zerg race, not dwarf race -_-,
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Nice, the more teams the better
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I want to see the Mondragon I heard was an amazing BW player step up to SC2. I really liked watching him in the latest TSL and figured he would be back soon to tear it up with his unique style.
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Dwarf race? what am i missing here
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That explains mondi leaving MYM.
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dwarf race rofl
seems like it's kind of weird to have a team of entirely zerg players.
nerchio is good at all 3 races from being such a high level random before, but still
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great team, nerchio , mondragon and OSHO, my heart cannot take this
team acer hwaiting!
gl!
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dissy fighting -__- and paranoid cutest zerg in all europe \o/
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Well, definitely not what I expected from Mondragon, although I did figure him and Paranoid would stay together. Nerchio is also another very nice pickup, quite possibly the best player on the team at the moment. I do not know Osho or Kaoru, so hopefully we'll see more from them in the future. Either way, good luck to Acer and hopefully there are some more strong players for them to pick up in the future, like a Protoss, or maybe even a Terran  . One of those other races... haha.
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Nice to see that Mondragon stays involved in sc2, i was worry that he would go into inactivity after he left MYM.
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Will Mondragon take a more Nazgul approach where he does not play in tournaments and just manages the team or will he continue to play in tournaments? Anyone know?
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The dwarf race is op  .
But really, great to see more and more companies investing and taking interest into e-Sports. e-Sports fighting!!!
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Nerchio :D Hopefully we see him at more LAN's in the near future. They have picked up some very good Zergs.
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lol that is some really good players to start with
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wtf is dwarf race
also, fuck yeah Nerchio
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Wow, cool news... Mondragon + Nerchio, that's a great way to start a team!
btw, didn't know that Nerchio left Empire (he was in Empire right? Or I'm just super late on sc2 news?)...
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Mondi! YAY! Holy shit Nerchio too, that's such sick sick start for a team, now if only they'd get some t's and p's xD.
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Congrats to Mondragon and co.
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The article is edited theres no dwarf race on their site, its zerg
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Dwarf race.. they have marines that can shoot ground and air.. but then they cal also burrow. They also have a sweet close range attack with an Axe.
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 Nerchio working with Mondragon this is gonna allow him to get from winning a dozen cups every week to winning some big tournaments for sure, nice!!
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current lineup will never be able to achieve goals set by acer I guess! 
Nerchio by far best pickup if you ask me.
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Hmmm, Empire team losing the best zerg player they had
Goodluck to team Acer, 3 very good zerg's already :D
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Do I see a ZvD coming up? :O:O:O
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United Kingdom16710 Posts
Hahahahaha dwarf race.... lolz
It's always nice to see new teams forming and more companies interested in SC2. Go Mondi!
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Not Surprised Mondragon did not stay teamless long ;D
Dwarf race hwaiting!
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will they play in a pro house? Anyhow, Acer is the brand of the day in the sc2 community!
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I will love them if they send nerchio to lans.
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Adidas back in esports?! ;D
That reminds me of the glory times when adidas sponsored MYM, SK, ESL and even organized a bootcamp for the german WCG team.
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Dam crazy zerg lineup! Thats some talent right there, I know Nerchio is a very talented player so I think with Mondragon helping manage him he'll be a force to reckoned with!
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Sick players! Really good news for the SC2 scene!
GL Team Acer!
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wow they are gonna be good at zvz!! very very good players
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United Kingdom50293 Posts
Mondragon, nerchio and osho? Sounds like a really scary zerg team, also here's to hoping that this will be the team that finally sends nerchio to the big lans.
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wjy did nerchio leave empire, their lineup was so stacked...
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Pretty nice, but fairly small, lineup. Haven't seen osho compete in a while, but would be nice to see him and nerchio compete at larger events.
Also lol at dwarves. According to google translate "dwarf" is called "Zwerg" in german so maybe that explains the mishap (the author is German).
EDIT: I see this may seen as saying that osho has been underperforming. That was not my intention. I just personally have not watched tournaments lately in which I saw him play.
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Well, some pretty good news. Can't wait to see this team in action, especially Mondragon.
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On July 20 2011 05:25 rasnj wrote:
Pretty nice, but fairly small, lineup. Haven't seen osho compete in a while, but would be nice to see him and nerchio compete at larger events.
Also lol at dwarves. According to google translate "dwarf" is called "Zwerg" in german so maybe that explains the mishap (the author is German).
Osho Won the BYOC qualifier for dreamhack and won CraftCup on the last friday in a 3-1 over EmpireKas.
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Great news, the more teams the better!
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Nerchio needs to go places.
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pretty sick team: Mondragon is an absolute genius, Paranoid an extremely fast improving oldschooler, Nerchio is pretty much one of the best Eu Zergs, if not the best und Osho seems to be pretty high up in weekly Tournaments as well... Now they only need the creativity and incredible Micro of Stephano to morph into the Ultra-Über-EU-Zerg to take over the world.
They definitely need some good T's and P's as well, cuz even though they surely have enough good trainings-partners of all the other races already, you really can't go into a clanwar with any sort of system where you can choose players for certain Maps in the current Map-pool and Metagame.
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Someone should ask Lindsey about the dwarf race. On topic: Seems cool, always happy to see new teams with some notable names jumping into sc2. I wish team acer the best of luck in their endeavours.
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The hell is a dwarf race....@_@
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United States2095 Posts
Wow! Congratulations guys! Dissy Rafa and Nerchio gl u guys <3
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United States22883 Posts
I didn't even know Paranoid was playing SC2, but holy crap that team is legit.
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Pretty cool to see a team of purely zerg players so far, i wonder who they will add next. grats to all the players involved and gl ACER
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I've never heard of Team Acer before but yeah...Acer...Revenue US$ 19.9 billion (2010)[wikipedia] and the 4th largest PC vendor worldwide. I'm pretty sure they can send their players to a lot of international tournaments.
I hope to see these guys soon on stage.
Gl Hf Team Acer
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sixjax=terran team
acer=zerg team
now all we need is a toss team
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Guess dwarf race is even more OP than the famous G race
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Wait, wasn't Nerchio on Empire? What happened there?
Also, holy Zerg team Batman!
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Nerchio switching team again, lol.
On July 20 2011 05:22 marcesr wrote:
Adidas back in esports?! ;D
That reminds me of the glory times when adidas sponsored MYM, SK, ESL and even organized a bootcamp for the german WCG team.
Adidas is in the center of esports already. How can you have missed that SKT1 are sponsored by Adidas and wears Adidas clothing? O__o
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Sick. Really solid line up, look forward to cheering for them in the future!
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Paranoid huh? I took a game off him in a bo3 before he proceeded to own me in the next 2 games.
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Definitely my favourite team. I want to see Mondragon owning with his inventive play again, and Nerchio is a beast!
Zerg ftw
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I saw osho in a weekly cup final a couple of days ago. He played some sick games against Kas and won the cup. I'm curious to see how he'll do.
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TT Empire is not imba anymore without Nerchio
Hopefully he will go to more LANs now!
Also: Dwarf race fightin!!
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I dont get the dwarf race thingy/joke but anyway gl to them i hope to see some of the best zvz in the world! ^^
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Don't know how good Paranoid is at sc2, but the rest are all very talented players, so I have high hopes for the team. : )
Have to admit it's kind of weird to have a zerg-only team though
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Its about time a big company starts paying attention like this high five
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Sick team! Zerg ftw!
Time for them to recruit some other players, I'm hoping they pick up players like Socke. He's the only known player in his team (aTn). Can't think of any terran player that might be aviable but they will surely get some sick players with that sponsor backing them up!
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On July 20 2011 05:32 Jibba wrote:
I didn't even know Paranoid was playing SC2, but holy crap that team is legit.
I do for your entertainment <3!
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Some players change their teams like women :|
Somehow is sad to see almost no loialty from some players.
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Cool, Mondragon and Nerchio <3, GL to them in tourny's.
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On July 20 2011 05:46 Ragoo wrote:
TT Empire is not imba anymore without Nerchio
Hopefully he will go to more LANs now!
Also: Dwarf race fightin!!
they still have happy and kas. ^^
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MonDragon and Nerchio are some really good signings... Cool!
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Nice new team with some great players.
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nerchio is really a top player
osho is quite good and has potential
the rest is.... management
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Yay Osho represntin' Israel! (and the dwarf race?)
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good stuff, didnt take long for Mondragon to find a new team :D
Seems like a stable team either way with good management.
GL to Acer, will be interesting to see what this will bring.
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On July 20 2011 04:59 aRyuujin wrote:
Awesome to see Mondragon and Nerchio on a team! Hopefully, Nerchio will be able to attend some LANS now that he has some more sponsership. Also, that should say zerg race, not dwarf race -_-,
i had to rescan the article to figure out if they were talking about a different game when i saw dwarf race lol.
but that's pretty cool. i was wondering what team mondragon would end up on after i saw he parted with MYM
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Team Acer fighting.
I'm happy Nerchio got a clan that had good sponsors and that this explains Mondragon leaving MYM. Although I didn't know Osho at first, he seems like he's ripping shit up non stop and is the top dog in Israel. All things said, i'm looking forward to more P's and T's in this Team which I undoubtedly think will be one of the leading EU teams in the future if not already.
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Good luck guys! I own an Acer laptop and monitor and they are great products. I have absolutely no problems at all and I've own them for more than 3 years so far.
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WHOA! Talk about coming out of left field.
This is getting interesting, teams are springing left right and center.
ESPORTS, she grows.
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Germany1287 Posts
That's some scary Zerg lineup right there.
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Can we get AcerAcergame plz?
But seriously, this is really cool and I'm glad to see Mondi get picked up so quickly! Impressive group of Zs so far!
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No wonder they're always complaining...they're always drunk!
Zerg is hereby known as the Dwarf race.
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Whenever I want to complain about Z being UP, I'm going to call it the dwarf race.
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please please acer send nerchio to LANs! this kid is so good.
great news overall and i bet mondi has planned something like this for a long time ! im pumped for team ACER !
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Awesome! I'm happy for Mondi. Nice line up overall too.
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cer | Mondragon is known as one of the most talented Starcraft players in Germany, if not the #1.
rofl. I know he was good in BW but come on, he hasn't done anything except defeating an unknown in the first round of TSL yet people hype him up like he's a top zerg, he's not.
Anyway, I hope this new team means nerchio will show up to lans now. And i'd like to see how osho can improve, i've not see paranoid in SC2 yet but he was in ToT so hopefully he shows some good stuff. I wonder who they are planning on adding since i'm sure having a 100% zerg team isn't their plan.
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On July 20 2011 05:49 nekuodah wrote:
I dont get the dwarf race thingy/joke but anyway gl to them i hope to see some of the best zvz in the world! ^^
Because "Zwerg" is German for Dwarf. So all three "Zerg" players, if you do a straight translation, become "dwarf" players.
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Err #1 player in germany? I mean i know mondi was great in broodwar, but he hasnt even had any results in Sc2 as far as i know. I dont see how they can call him the #1 player in germany when as far as i can tell , he is barely even active.
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Mondragon and Nercio on the same team, sweet nice zerg lineup there for team Acer.
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United States4796 Posts
What..... That's insane. Monster Zerg team.
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sounds good! hope they'll participate in some tournaments as well!!!
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Is every member a Zerg player? Although I have Terran blood, that's really awesome; I love mono-race teams... they have so much personality.
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Canada1637 Posts
Was hoping to see some of Nerchio's matches representing Empire for the EGMC :/. Oh well, that's how the cookie crumbles! Looks like a solid team, hope they continue to build their lineup!
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On July 20 2011 06:16 Alexl wrote:Show nested quote +cer | Mondragon is known as one of the most talented Starcraft players in Germany, if not the #1. rofl. I know he was good in BW but come on, he hasn't done anything except defeating an unknown in the first round of TSL yet people hype him up like he's a top zerg, he's not. Anyway, I hope this new team means nerchio will show up to lans now. And i'd like to see how osho can improve, i've not see paranoid in SC2 yet but he was in ToT so hopefully he shows some good stuff. I wonder who they are planning on adding since i'm sure having a 100% zerg team isn't their plan.
On July 20 2011 06:17 Executor1 wrote:
Err #1 player in germany? I mean i know mondi was great in broodwar, but he hasnt even had any results in Sc2 as far as i know. I dont see how they can call him the #1 player in germany when as far as i can tell , he is barely even active.
Both of you go look up the word "talented."
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Mondragon? Acer? Awesome!
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On July 20 2011 06:17 Executor1 wrote:
Err #1 player in germany? I mean i know mondi was great in broodwar, but he hasnt even had any results in Sc2 as far as i know. I dont see how they can call him the #1 player in germany when as far as i can tell , he is barely even active.
They aren't calling him the #1 player in Germany, they're calling him the most talented player in Germany. Talent doesn't have anything to do with activity and does not automatically equal skill. It needs to be coupled with training to produce top quality play. Judging by Mondragons career I think it's perfectly possible that he is still the most talented player in Germany.
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On July 20 2011 06:23 nihlon wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 06:16 Alexl wrote:cer | Mondragon is known as one of the most talented Starcraft players in Germany, if not the #1. rofl. I know he was good in BW but come on, he hasn't done anything except defeating an unknown in the first round of TSL yet people hype him up like he's a top zerg, he's not. Anyway, I hope this new team means nerchio will show up to lans now. And i'd like to see how osho can improve, i've not see paranoid in SC2 yet but he was in ToT so hopefully he shows some good stuff. I wonder who they are planning on adding since i'm sure having a 100% zerg team isn't their plan. Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 06:17 Executor1 wrote:
Err #1 player in germany? I mean i know mondi was great in broodwar, but he hasnt even had any results in Sc2 as far as i know. I dont see how they can call him the #1 player in germany when as far as i can tell , he is barely even active. Both of you go look up the word "talented."
I know it says talented, i quoted it. So no, I don't believe he's the most talented for the reasons i stated, he hasn't done anything to prove it and I don't consider BW achievements to mean something in SC2, it's a different game.
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wow will be a great line up congrats to all the players
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On July 20 2011 06:26 Badboyrune wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 06:17 Executor1 wrote:
Err #1 player in germany? I mean i know mondi was great in broodwar, but he hasnt even had any results in Sc2 as far as i know. I dont see how they can call him the #1 player in germany when as far as i can tell , he is barely even active. They aren't calling him the #1 player in Germany, they're calling him the most talented player in Germany. Talent doesn't have anything to do with activity and does not automatically equal skill. It needs to be coupled with training to produce top quality play. Judging by Mondragons career I think it's perfectly possible that he is still the most talented player in Germany.
Oh okay well they just said the #1 at the end. Either way he surely is not the most talented player in germany, my argument stands the same, what has he done IN SC2 to prove that he is the most talented player in germany, like i said he barely even seems active and he has no results to back up such a claim of being such a great talent aside fromm beating zeerax and then swiftly getting knocked out of the TSL. And zeerax was a huge no name no one had heard of him before and i surely havent heard of him doing anything afterwards (no offense to him im sure hes busy with other stuff i think he said so in his TSL interview)
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Man am I glad we're seeing Mondragon active again! Knew he wasn't leaving for good!
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sick lineup. Osho + Nerchio ... so sick
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On July 20 2011 06:29 Executor1 wrote:Either way he surely is not the most talented player in germany, my argument stands the same, what has he done IN SC2 to prove that he is the most talented player in germany, like i said he barely even seems active and he has no results
*Bangs head of brick wall*
Talent =/= results.
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i liked nerchio in empire but i think acer can be a more supportive team for him. i like that bunch of swarm-dudes all very talented and people, all creative and entertaining to watch!
team acer fighting!
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On July 20 2011 06:23 nihlon wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 06:16 Alexl wrote:cer | Mondragon is known as one of the most talented Starcraft players in Germany, if not the #1. rofl. I know he was good in BW but come on, he hasn't done anything except defeating an unknown in the first round of TSL yet people hype him up like he's a top zerg, he's not. Anyway, I hope this new team means nerchio will show up to lans now. And i'd like to see how osho can improve, i've not see paranoid in SC2 yet but he was in ToT so hopefully he shows some good stuff. I wonder who they are planning on adding since i'm sure having a 100% zerg team isn't their plan. Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 06:17 Executor1 wrote:
Err #1 player in germany? I mean i know mondi was great in broodwar, but he hasnt even had any results in Sc2 as far as i know. I dont see how they can call him the #1 player in germany when as far as i can tell , he is barely even active. Both of you go look up the word "talented."
I dont need too mondragon has done nothing to prove to any of us that he is the most talented player in sc2, like i said above beating a player no one had ever heard of in the first round of TSL doesnt count and he didnt even qualify for his sc2 acheivments it was for his BW acheivments. It just seems like people are ultra hyped about him from BW but he has done nothing so far to prove that he is anywhere near a top tier player in sc2 yet, sure i guess you can be talented and produce no results but the #1 talent? There is nothing ive seen in his play to suggest he is extremely talented in sc2, his play in the EGs master cup recently was quite sub par (the most recent play ive seen of him) and MYM placed last in the whole cup .
Still the same arguement
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Sick team! Maybe go for another non-zerg tho:D Gz to the guys that got signed tho!
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Wow nice, not surprised at all to see Mondi and ParanOid winding up on the same team, great to see Nerchio in the lineup as well, can't wait to see some LAN results.
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On July 20 2011 06:33 SeaSwift wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 06:29 Executor1 wrote:Either way he surely is not the most talented player in germany, my argument stands the same, what has he done IN SC2 to prove that he is the most talented player in germany, like i said he barely even seems active and he has no results *Bangs head of brick wall* Talent =/= results.
read my post below i stated talent =/= results. what has he done to prove his talent in sc2?(#1 talent in germany) Could someone please enlighten me?
Regardless if talent does not = results players with more results are more likely to have more talent then him as i see it. I understand that you can be a talented player without any results but surely players like hasuobs, TLO , Socke have shown and proven their talent on many occasions (results or not they have played alot of impressive games) Mondragon hasnt been very active aside from in the EG's master cup recently and i see no reason to even call him a talented player IN SC2 yet or say that he is a #1 talent in germany based on his games so far.
He has not really shown this so called talent so far in sc2 is what im trying to get at. I know i know alot of you are fans of his from BW and will defend him until the end but i wasnt really a fan and im looking at this objectively.
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ohh zerg invasion - happy for nerchio to go for new adventures
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So many teams that are picking up SC2, it feels like the good players is starting to run out, and the teams have to recruit off of each other. Best of luck to Team Acer!
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haha an all zerg team. Nice.
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On July 20 2011 06:33 Executor1 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 06:23 nihlon wrote:On July 20 2011 06:16 Alexl wrote:cer | Mondragon is known as one of the most talented Starcraft players in Germany, if not the #1. rofl. I know he was good in BW but come on, he hasn't done anything except defeating an unknown in the first round of TSL yet people hype him up like he's a top zerg, he's not. Anyway, I hope this new team means nerchio will show up to lans now. And i'd like to see how osho can improve, i've not see paranoid in SC2 yet but he was in ToT so hopefully he shows some good stuff. I wonder who they are planning on adding since i'm sure having a 100% zerg team isn't their plan. On July 20 2011 06:17 Executor1 wrote:
Err #1 player in germany? I mean i know mondi was great in broodwar, but he hasnt even had any results in Sc2 as far as i know. I dont see how they can call him the #1 player in germany when as far as i can tell , he is barely even active. Both of you go look up the word "talented." I dont need too mondragon has done nothing to prove to any of us that he is the most talented player in sc2, like i said above beating a player no one had ever heard of in the first round of TSL doesnt count and he didnt even qualify for his sc2 acheivments it was for his BW acheivments. It just seems like people are ultra hyped about him from BW but he has done nothing so far to prove that he is anywhere near a top tier player in sc2 yet, sure i guess you can be talented and produce no results but the #1 talent? There is nothing ive seen in his play to suggest he is extremely talented in sc2, his play in the EGs master cup recently was quite sub par (the most recent play ive seen of him) and MYM placed last in the whole cup . Still the same arguement
I'd have to agree, i too think he is way overhyped, I hope he can post results in the future, I'm sure if he puts the time in he can. We will see
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those are some strong names, good luck!
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People dissing Mondragon really shows how much TL has changed T_T
Anyhow, these are pretty huge news, especially Nerchio's switch.At the moment he's the best european Zerg imo, combined with Mondi's brilliance we should see great things out of Acer. Good luck!
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Mondragon getting dissed = disgraced gamers..... Gogo Acer team I was just thinking about how we don't see enough of nerchio hes so good
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Team Acer should rename themselves Team Zerg -.-
For the swarm!
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On July 20 2011 05:52 JoeAWESOME wrote:
Sick team! Zerg ftw!
Time for them to recruit some other players, I'm hoping they pick up players like Socke. He's the only known player in his team (aTn).
DarKFoRcE and Delphi? -_-
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Mondragon is great, but he should really start working harder and giving more effort into this game if he'd expect to show some results. I've always disliked mondis attitude. Hopefully he will step it up this time.
Why only zergs? Is this only the begining of a gosu rooster?
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What you should do if you think a team is exaggerating their players' skill in a press release;
Get on with your life.
What you should not do;
Completely over analyse it and harp on about results for several posts.
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Poll: Are you going to be buying Acer now that there is this team?No (17) 49% Will think about it (11) 31% Yes (7) 20% 35 total votes Your vote: Are you going to be buying Acer now that there is this team? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): Will think about it
(Vote): No
Haha still not going to be buying an Acer computer anytime soon...
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Team has some pretty big sponsors and a really good lineup. Interesting to see so many zergs on a team. The more teams popping up the better.
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More Teams more Fun, i hope in the future we have a Team Tourtnament like a GSTL or something like that.
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Acer as in the computer company?
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On July 20 2011 06:51 NexUmbra wrote:
Acer as in the computer company?
I would assume so.
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damn acer is goooood sponsor. great news
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Now get fuckin Destiny in there and i´ll die of happiness!
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Talk about a strong team of Zergs! I am looking forward to see who else they add. I hope this brings more tournament opportunities to Nerchio, that guy is beastly.
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I have an acer monitor lol. But did Nerchio leave Empire for this?
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The best of luck to team Acer ! and especially to Osho! Israel's pride.
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nice, now my ( previously proclaimed "lame" keyboard and monitor) are now awesome and part of an esports company XD
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On July 20 2011 06:33 drooL wrote:i liked nerchio in empire but i think acer can be a more supportive team for him. i like that bunch of swarm-dudes all very talented and people, all creative and entertaining to watch! team acer fighting!
Yeah, Naniwa sure had a huge lift off after leaving Empire for a more supportive team.
Maybe Nerchio can pull off the same.
On July 20 2011 07:05 Styze wrote:
nice, now my ( previously proclaimed "lame" keyboard and monitor) are now awesome and part of an esports company XD
Just like my laptop. Good for him.
He needs a pick me up since he's getting old.
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I'm glad to see new sponsors getting involved in SC2, and Nerchio was a good pick up.
Also I would say Mondragon's results do show talent. From what we've seen he's not practiced much, but his play has looked good every time he's played a broadcasted game. That does show talent.
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Only Zergs oO
I don't really understand Nerchio's choice there because on Team Empire he had excellent practice partners which were not just Zergs xD
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Atleast they will all have monster ZvZ :D
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haha, that dwarf thing....
i am not sure, but the german word for "dwarf" is "Zwerg" maybe somebody over there thought "zerg" is a typo, thinking it must be some fantasy game, like "hm WoW is big, i think" and then translated it back to english....
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mondi come baaaaack
so sad he's basically retired. But big new sponsors is always good for esports! gl to team Acer!
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An all zerg team... nice. Empire lost a strong player... but I guess Acer provided more money.
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They merged to form the OVERMIND!!! Go Go Team Acer!!
For the swarm!
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Scary Zerg lineup for Acer Team right there! best of luck to the new EU hivemind
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On July 20 2011 06:47 ThePhan2m wrote:
Mondragon is great, but he should really start working harder and giving more effort into this game if he'd expect to show some results. I've always disliked mondis attitude. Hopefully he will step it up this time.
Why only zergs? Is this only the begining of a gosu rooster?
How can you dislike his attitude. SC is not his priority in life. I think completing university is more than legit (imo a lot more legit than becoming a pro gamer).
Also to all the guys who dissed mondragon earlier:
1) it says most talented starcraft [missing 2] player here. no arguement here.
2) he's still probably only managing until he is finished.
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Honestly, that's a pretty scary lineup.
I just hope that mondi is gonna be more active when it comes to tournaments and such.
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Oh shit, gotta see Mondragon pick it up!
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On July 20 2011 07:28 Baerinho wrote:
haha, that dwarf thing....
i am not sure, but the german word for "dwarf" is "Zwerg" maybe somebody over there thought "zerg" is a typo, thinking it must be some fantasy game, like "hm WoW is big, i think" and then translated it back to english....
yeah... ^^
for the dwarves!
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dwarf race... really? As a zerg player, I feel insulted.
Best of luck to Acer!
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Osho and Nerchio fighting!! sick team, I'm an insta-fan.
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On July 20 2011 08:22 RobertoLL wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 07:28 Baerinho wrote:
haha, that dwarf thing....
i am not sure, but the german word for "dwarf" is "Zwerg" maybe somebody over there thought "zerg" is a typo, thinking it must be some fantasy game, like "hm WoW is big, i think" and then translated it back to english.... yeah... ^^ for the dwarves!
I'm with you! The new shoutout for the ACER-Team! :D
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On July 20 2011 05:11 ComusLoM wrote:
Mondi! YAY! Holy shit Nerchio too, that's such sick sick start for a team, now if only they'd get some t's and p's xD.
Mind your p's and q's
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MYM had a way cooler name but their sc2 team was kind of a joke. Hope mondi actually decides to play? :p
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Hmm, Zerg only players.
I hope they add more P and T players.
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Yes! Go Zergs! This game is growing faster than I expected!
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Wow quad Zerg team, they may be my new favourite team :D
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now all Acer needs to do is buy a korean team like oGs and it will become a top team in the sc2 scene right away! Im sure they got enough money for that.
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Never heard of any of those players or team. But it is always nice to see more pro SC2 teams!
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For those who don't know, Nerchio and Osho are doing a lot of 2v2 together and this is why he left Empire.
However as shiny as the news is, I don't think it is a good idea to have only Zergs in a team. If you can't practice with your teams, you will lose your edge that's for sure.
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Great to see some big companies like Acer invest into e-sports.
With Nerchio and Mondragon they start with 2 real ballers. I hope Acer will finally bring Nerchio to some LANs.
Edit: Just saw, Mondragon is mainly the manager. Even better!
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Nerchio + Mondi = LOL U MAD
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Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
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Wow. That is a lot of really good zergs. That team is going to have some SICK ZvZ play.
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Let's hope we can see Nerchio at some proper LANs, now.
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I just bought an Acer netbook this weekend...glad to see they're already rewarding me by investing in sc2 :D
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Mondi and Nerchio......those are some pretty good dwarves indeed LOL
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Mondragon just got himself a damn sick upgrade!
Talk about pouring all that zerg knowledge into your own personal spawning pool.
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This. Is. Acer!!!!! This is awesome, going to be one of the top teams, Osho finally has the recognition he deserves (or WILL have, hopefully), Nerchio gets a new team to represent his fantabulous (yes, fanTABULOUS) play. Dissapointed no Liquid. Mondi, (lol) but he gets to be on a great team which is nice, as a manager. I hope to see him still playing. I am not extremely familiar with ParanOid, but from what I've heard he's also great. Acer Hwaiiiting
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On July 20 2011 10:12 Nimic wrote:
Let's hope we can see Nerchio at some proper LANs, now.
I dont really know whats that supposed to mean, Nerchio didnt attend LAN's because he wont travel alone, he joined this team because Paranoid is Polish as well and he can travel with him, so people bashing Empire is kinda sad.
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Mondragon is studying atm so i don't "think" we will see him mass-gaming for a while. Anyhow Kaouru <3!
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I think this team will do very well, lots of big names! Best of luck!
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United States3897 Posts
Exciting. Osho is pretty overlooked, and I am hoping SO MUCH that Nerchio gets to go to more LAN events now. Kinda sad to see him leave Empire though... Was such a beastly team.
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good news. Nice to see that someone picked Osho up, he did pretty good at Dreamhack, working his way trough the BYOC qualifiers and then with only one hour of sleep going 2-3 in his group (better than  Jinro & Elfi who were in the same group).
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Good base of Z players! Where are the rest? :D
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Awesome to see that Mondragon found a place ^^
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wait so acer the laptop company has a team now? or is acer referring to mondragon im confused
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Some new team garners up both Nerchio and Osho, and their manager is Mondragon? There is about to be a serious demand for good Zergs in other European teams now...
Up next: Acer_DarkForce, Acer_XLord, and Acer_Morrow.
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Zerg powerhouse team. Pretty sweet!
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Top quality Zergs and Mondragon managing behind them, sounds like an awesome team.
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Nerchio? Osho? holy shit epic zerp line up _b
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So many teams. This seems too good to be true!
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On July 20 2011 04:57 Ikkuh wrote:
thats nice, they already have some nice players. I hope for them they do well. Have to agree, Mondragon and nerchio really great players.
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israeli pride! osho fightinnnnnn
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Dwarf.... PvD?
I thought it was PvG, no?
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On July 20 2011 08:07 Jayjay54 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 06:47 ThePhan2m wrote:
Mondragon is great, but he should really start working harder and giving more effort into this game if he'd expect to show some results. I've always disliked mondis attitude. Hopefully he will step it up this time.
Why only zergs? Is this only the begining of a gosu rooster? How can you dislike his attitude. SC is not his priority in life. I think completing university is more than legit (imo a lot more legit than becoming a pro gamer). Also to all the guys who dissed mondragon earlier: 1) it says most talented starcraft [missing 2] player here. no arguement here. 2) he's still probably only managing until he is finished.
Really? You're in peak of your career age wise, the possibility to make it big time is there (very few do), you have talent (which many hard working people lack) and you can easily wait with university for later. And he chooses not to go for it fully and juggle all the balls at once? And you say how I can dislike his attitude?? He has what every player wants!! And he doesn't care it seems. That's why my respect goes to players like Huk, Naniwa, Thorzain, and I'm glad they do well. Mondragon doesn't deserve nothing with that attitude.
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nice Zerg team
paranoid is... Terran?
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On July 20 2011 11:08 Sina92 wrote:good news. Nice to see that someone picked Osho up, he did pretty good at Dreamhack, working his way trough the BYOC qualifiers and then with only one hour of sleep going 2-3 in his group (better than Jinro & Elfi who were in the same group).
well he did play for Alien Invasion(Ai) but other then that ... all True. He really is overlooked but i dare say that playing and finishing 1st in a 15 hours LAN tourny, then sleeping for about an hour and going on to beat Jinro and Elfi to finish third to White-Ra, GoOdy and PredY is a harder achievement to get then starting in the groups and finishing first.
I mean... omfg <3
Hope to see more of him as he is one of the only zergs I really enjoy watching.
Just add Dima and I switch to zerg myself <3
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this is probably the first true corporate non-korean esports team, right? (besides FXO)
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On July 20 2011 13:33 ThePhan2m wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 08:07 Jayjay54 wrote:On July 20 2011 06:47 ThePhan2m wrote:
Mondragon is great, but he should really start working harder and giving more effort into this game if he'd expect to show some results. I've always disliked mondis attitude. Hopefully he will step it up this time.
Why only zergs? Is this only the begining of a gosu rooster? How can you dislike his attitude. SC is not his priority in life. I think completing university is more than legit (imo a lot more legit than becoming a pro gamer). Also to all the guys who dissed mondragon earlier: 1) it says most talented starcraft [missing 2] player here. no arguement here. 2) he's still probably only managing until he is finished. Really? You're in peak of your career age wise, the possibility to make it big time is there (very few do), you have talent (which many hard working people lack) and you can easily wait with university for later. And he chooses not to go for it fully and juggle all the balls at once? And you say how I can dislike his attitude?? He has what every player wants!! And he doesn't care it seems. That's why my respect goes to players like Huk, Naniwa, Thorzain, and I'm glad they do well. Mondragon doesn't deserve nothing with that attitude.
Or maybe what every other players want is not what Mondragon wants the most? Is it wrong to have different priorities in life. Some people like fame, some desire money, others want love, the rest pursue knowledge, Some want a little bit of everything. Hey it's up to them.
He has said multiple times that he just treats it as a part-time ( hobby thing). It just so happen that he is better than most at managing and playing even while putting minimal effort. You can't fault him for that.
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Seems Acer got their very own little swarm. Looking forward to what these guys can accomplish.
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zerg team i LOVE this! i really do
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does this mean we wont get to see mondragon play in many matches? he was pretty much a part of mym's starting line up
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Cool to have some nice zergs do progress.
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51458 Posts
This teams a bit Zerg'y &_& lol
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On July 20 2011 14:39 GTR wrote:
this is probably the first true corporate non-korean esports team, right? (besides FXO)
Certainly not. There's Team Alternate, for example. Sixjax Gaming is also a corporate team.
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wow , nice lineup for a fresh new team!
But they might need another race than the dwarfs :D
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On July 20 2011 13:30 Gospadin wrote:
Dwarf.... PvD?
I thought it was PvG, no?
Nonono
It was a ZvG
now its: DvG
Nice linup!
Now catch Stephano and DESTINY! for the team
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all zergs? lol
I bet they pick up a few more yet must need some Protoss and terrans!"!!
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On July 20 2011 13:33 ThePhan2m wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 08:07 Jayjay54 wrote:On July 20 2011 06:47 ThePhan2m wrote:
Mondragon is great, but he should really start working harder and giving more effort into this game if he'd expect to show some results. I've always disliked mondis attitude. Hopefully he will step it up this time.
Why only zergs? Is this only the begining of a gosu rooster? How can you dislike his attitude. SC is not his priority in life. I think completing university is more than legit (imo a lot more legit than becoming a pro gamer). Also to all the guys who dissed mondragon earlier: 1) it says most talented starcraft [missing 2] player here. no arguement here. 2) he's still probably only managing until he is finished. Really? You're in peak of your career age wise, the possibility to make it big time is there (very few do), you have talent (which many hard working people lack) and you can easily wait with university for later. And he chooses not to go for it fully and juggle all the balls at once? And you say how I can dislike his attitude?? He has what every player wants!! And he doesn't care it seems. That's why my respect goes to players like Huk, Naniwa, Thorzain, and I'm glad they do well. Mondragon doesn't deserve nothing with that attitude.
truth is you don't really earn money as a progamer compared to be finished with university. if you postpone your graduation by say 3 years for programing, do you really think you can compensate 3 years of regular college degree earnings? I don't think so, Tim.
He made a decision to take college as a priority. How is that wrong? Just because he has a good skillset for SC2, it doesn't mean it's right to put it above all other talents. There's just no way to be a fulltime progamer and get a (I believe technical) college degree at the same time. You will be a lot slower.
You say he doesn't deserve nothing with his attitude. Yeah you're right, that's why he's become a manager and competing in tournaments. I can totally understand his attitude and I think being a manager for the thing he loves is perfectly fine.
Who are you to question those (imo reasonable) decisions, just because you want to see him play?
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Dwarf race?
I thought Mondi played the Roaches?!
e. The possibilities with so many good zergs in one team are endless.
They could get some serious brainstorming going on.
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and more to come soon ?? cloud and sase i guess
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Mondragon, nerchio, paranoid... LIKE 
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was any NA players first thought that ACERGAMEGMMA had finally found a team? was scared for a sec
however on topic, congrats! nerchio/mondi are obviously beasts, looking forward to seeing mroe of Osho hear he's quite an israeli powerhouse!
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After the contract with MYM ran out it was kinda obvious that someone picked up Mondragon. I hope Nerchio can have LAN success and I'm really looking forward to ACER as a SC2 team
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Seems like a great team! Awesome as Nericho and Osho prolly are among top 5 zerg players in europe atm! Now lets see what teammates/practisepartners for the other races they pick up!
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Nice!
GL fellows!
Having Kaoru and Mondragon as managers is a very neat move by Acer
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Wow all zergs... What if they play a team with a zerg sniper? lol, congrats Mondi.
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Acer sounds like such a boss clan tag (although ace would have been better, but hey its sponsership)
Such a beastly zerg lineup, hopefully this will let nerchio participate in more global events.
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Didn't knew nerchio left Empire. Too bad, Empire had the sickest lineup of all (now they still have a good lineup, but with Nerchio they were scary)
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Osho was also the name of my 81 year old co worker we had to force to retire, guy would fall asleep at work :p
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All Zerg team ! Gotta root for them
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On July 20 2011 21:42 GreEny K wrote:
Wow all zergs... What if they play a team with a zerg sniper? lol, congrats Mondi.
It's okay. One does not simply snipe Nerchio.
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On July 20 2011 23:30 Nifel wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 21:42 GreEny K wrote:
Wow all zergs... What if they play a team with a zerg sniper? lol, congrats Mondi. It's okay. One does not simply snipe Nerchio.
lol, left field.
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certainly my favorite team now
Mondragon AND Nerchio <3
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Osho is a really good Z
And moondragon is a beast by default.
good to see mondi joining another team instead of quitting esports :D(that leaving mym thing got me worried there for a sec.
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I didn't know Kaoru was in Acer but it explains a lot.
Kaoru was aAa manager before getting leaving for MYM (and forcing the departure of Nerchio), he left MYM with Mondragon a few days ago and he is still a good friend with Nerchio from what I've heard. Thus they recruited him and Osho.
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On July 18 2011 21:01 ToT)ParanOid( wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2011 20:54 SmoKim wrote:On July 18 2011 20:52 ToT)ParanOid( wrote:I bet he wants ToT back, with him being exclusively manager this time . And deal with polish noob zerg once again o.o? poor guy!!! He doesnt want me in his new team, the reason was stated before: Im too bad T,.T! It feels even worse, I've been in ToT for few years, and now he dumps me like that...
YOU LIE (but i already knew that )
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Wow, with two consecutive RageQuitTV Open Championships and the recent CraftCup Championship, how come I haven't noticed Osho before? I need to stay more in touch with the smaller tournaments... <.<
And "best starcraft player in Germany" nice... as smooth as a politician.
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If Mondragon can mentor nerchio, then god help us all,for the monster that will be unleashed will destroy all we have come to hope for, and all will submit to the will of Nerchio
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Is this the same Acer that makes computers and laptops?
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Israel2209 Posts
Yup, same Acer.
Adidas is a sponsor too.
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Time to pick up Moman too :D
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On July 20 2011 17:16 iNViCiOUZ wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 13:30 Gospadin wrote:
Dwarf.... PvD?
I thought it was PvG, no? Nonono It was a ZvG now its: DvGNice linup! Now catch Stephano and DESTINY! for the team
Not Stephano! Don't hurt my 2nd favourite foreign team (Empire/Kas although they lost nerchio).
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Whoa what a great team, i am glad to hear that.
BTW Osho is a zerg beast
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So now SC2 has 5 races? Z, T, P, D, G?
Congrats to the players! Seeing Acer in the name gives me confidence they'll get plenty of cash to travel and play as well as some sick, sick ROG gear.
Looking forward to Nerchio bringing the Nerdchills at IEM!
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zerg team fighting
great for osho to get into a good team
he has so much potential
also gl to mondragon hope he is going to play in some tourneys now
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I like Mondie but honestly another team? For what?
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Australia8532 Posts
Wow - some nice zergs rocking team Ace haha; if Nerchio can produce the same results at LAN events that he does online he will definitely be a force to be reckoned with. Osho getting some love is also pretty good to see.
Best of luck Ace
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Awwww yeahhh. Esports is getting big, gentlemen!
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Despite my hate of acers products in general, im glad to see they are involved in esports, thats what we need! Good luck to them
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All Zerg all the time. Hope they do big things. GL Mondragon,
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Wow thats one zergy team.
For the size of them they actually have a pretty sick lineup, both Nerchio and Mondragon have been impressive every time i saw them ... although the team might be a little one sided in terms of races
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EPT
Osho
