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Felix_
Germany59 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44563 Posts
On September 24 2011 03:23 Snorkle wrote: Lol @ tyler not knowing anything about the CS or dota scene. Na'vi is kinda legendary. However, not sure this is the best way to step into the SC2 scene (although they already have with little success obviously). Also ladder ranking is silly. Socke is #101 on EU right now and Vibe is #53 on NA. I am pretty sure if these players weren't taken it would be dumb of Na'vi to tell them "sorry you don't meet our ladder requirements." They should actually scout their players instead of making up arbitrary requirements. Agreed. They may be good in the other scenes, but they're way too arrogant (or is it ignorance?) to come up with these arbitrary requirements. | ||
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teddyoojo
Germany22369 Posts
On September 24 2011 03:38 Snorkle wrote: They just won 1 million dollars in a Dota 2 tournament and have had one of the most successful 1.6 teams besides so I would say they have plenty of money. nop. they are man city of esports. some rich guy formed a team couple years ago | ||
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yawnoC
United States3704 Posts
On September 24 2011 02:51 Liquid`Tyler wrote: Whaaaaaat is that a joke name? Where do they get their name from? oh nm I see natus vincere. wow that is really unfortunate.. they should change their tag As a CS 1.6 player I can provide some background info on this ^_^ (Wall of Text Incoming) Originally Na'Vi didn't mean Natus Vincere. It honestly meant nothing at all. Players from 2 Teams (HellRaisers and KerchNET) decided to merge and form one team. This new team ended up getting sponsored by Murat 'Arbalet' Zhumashevich from Kazakhstan. A rich man who really loved esports and wanted to show that the CIS countries could compete at the highest level. The team originally used /A/ as there tag in honor of there sponsor, but he told them they could and should pick there team name and tag since it was there team. They ended up using Na'Vi as there tag for there first even but then the players decided to turn to the community for help on there new name. They set up a contest and said they would pick the name they liked the best out of the suggestions and use that. They ended up not falling in love with any of the suggestions, but really liked the ideas that used latin words so they found two latin words that would still fit into there old tag of Na'Vi and had meaning (Natus Vincere = Born to Win). So originally it meant nothing and was probably just a reference to the movie Avatar (since Avatar had just come out around this time) and then they decided to give it a meaning. TL;DR Rich Guy from Kazakhstan sponsors team of CS players from the Ukraine. Team uses Na'Vi randomly at event. Decided to let the community name the team and opened a naming contest . Didn't like any of the names but like the use of latin in some. Gave the meaningless tag a meaning. ------------History lesson over------------ I think Na'Vi have a decently sized purse so the quality of players they are apply to get should be pretty high BUT! I think there qualifications are, for lack of a better word, stupid. None the less I wish them all the luck in the world and hope they find some talented players to back :D | ||
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Charger
United States2405 Posts
Pretty cool news though, hope they get some decent players. | ||
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Klaas
Slovenia86 Posts
On September 24 2011 03:39 teddyoojo wrote: nop. they are man city of esports. some rich guy formed a team couple years ago Their teams are still mostly Ukrainian. | ||
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Ophi13
Canada238 Posts
On September 24 2011 03:40 yawnoC wrote: As a CS 1.6 player I can provide some background info on this ^_^ Originally Na'Vi didn't mean Natus Vincere. It honestly meant nothing at all. Players from 2 Teams (HellRaisers and KerchNET) decided to merge and form one team. This new team ended up getting sponsored by Murat 'Arbalet' Zhumashevich from Kazakhstan. A rich man who really loved esports and wanted to show that the CIS countries could compete at the highest level. The team originally used /A/ as there tag in honor of there sponsor, but he told them they could and should pick there team name and tag since it was there team. They ended up using Na'Vi as there tag for there first even but then the players decided to turn to the community for help on there new name. They set up a contest and said they would pick the name they liked the best out of the suggestions and use that. They ended up not falling in love with any of the suggestions, but really liked the ideas that used latin words so they found two latin words that would still fit into there old tag of Na'Vi and had meaning (Natus Vincere = Born to Win). So originally it meant nothing and was probably just a reference to the movie Avatar (since Avatar had just come out around this time) and then they decided to give it a meaning. ------------History lesson over------------ I think Na'Vi have a decently sized purse so the quality of players they are apply to get should be pretty high BUT! I think there qualifications are, for lack of a better word, stupid. None the less I wish them all the luck in the world and hope they find some talented players to back :D woah nice! didn't know that :D | ||
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Thrill
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sopas
509 Posts
On September 24 2011 03:38 Felix_ wrote: weird recruitment method tbh u mean application method - they're not in just for having a good ladder rank(i hope). not that weird...other option to buy people from other teams?? top players are in teams although if it's a pro whos "contract is expiring" like it says in the reqs, the ladde rrank shoulndt matter thats true higher req for NA = they rather want eu players (eu team) | ||
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Kindream
Estonia66 Posts
These are requirements, nothing else. You may be TOP10 GM, and you might not get into the team. Na'Vi are a great E-sports team, they know what they want -- and it isn't to approach other teams about their players. They want someone new, someone willing to go the extra steps to prove themselves worthy. Sure most of the GM rankings are filled with people you know from long past -- members of famous teams, some who do not wish to be part of a team -- however there are people there who I, for a humble example, have never heard about. EG/Liquid/CoL/&co most likely won't even notice them, but Na'Vi are giving them a chance. Imagine them receiving twenty applications -- one, or two, of the players might become (in a team environment) brilliant. /2cents | ||
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zoLo
United States5896 Posts
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Corsica
Ukraine1854 Posts
On September 24 2011 03:19 ViperaViRuS wrote: Absolutely idiotic requirements of Top 100 Korea or EU and Top 20 of NA. There's a reason why Code B is the Top 400 of Korea... and that there are notable Korean players that are in Code B still (Just due to the level of competition within Korea). Additionally, what's with the elitism assuming that EU is equivalent to KR? and that only the Top 20 NA can compare? Lastly, Grandmasters ladder ranks vary so much day to day... you can be Rank 10 one day and fall down to Rank 100 if you're on Tilt and lose several games in a row regardless of region... [/Rant] I do look forward to seeing who they pick up though just due to their prior success with other games. Because NA ladder filled with people like Deezer, Combatex and bunch of other people who can just casually play sc2, and still be GM, same in Europe. Until GM League will not be a place of "real" pro gamers then EU and NA will fall behind. NA will fall more then EU. | ||
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Issi
Norway45 Posts
stream in the sidebar. | ||
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Naniwa
Sweden477 Posts
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On September 24 2011 03:44 zoLo wrote: Cool news to see more organizations get into the SC2 scene. Na'Vi has a crazy CS and DotA team. Na'vi has been in the Sc2 scene for a while now. | ||
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DotADeMoN
United States517 Posts
They are at the top in essentially every game they sponsor, and it makes sense that they want to be the best in SC2 as well. They're certainly not a team that is looking for bargain players. | ||
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Drolla
United Kingdom389 Posts
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ishboh
United States954 Posts
if so that might be why they are taking only top 20 from US, bigger flight costs and such? i dunno | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On September 24 2011 03:45 Corsica wrote: Because NA ladder filled with people like Deezer, Combatex and bunch of other people who can just casually play sc2, and still be GM, same in Europe. Until GM League will not be a place of "real" pro gamers then EU and NA will fall behind. NA will fall more then EU. While NA is easier then EU, EU is a lot easier then Korea in terms of GM. Pretty silly requirements they should go by talent not ladder as there are players who can only do good on ladder but never do well in tournaments for whatever reason ^^. | ||
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MenSol[ZerO]
Canada1134 Posts
On September 24 2011 03:38 Snorkle wrote: They just won 1 million dollars in a Dota 2 tournament and have had one of the most successful 1.6 teams besides so I would say they have plenty of money. steelseries just released a na vi headset as well sponsors love na vi because they always win | ||
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