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On January 12 2012 21:16 KeksX wrote:
Isn't that the guy that accused someone else for streamcheating, told him to kill himself and told his streamchat to spam that guy WHILE having blacked out his stream?
Or am I mistaking him for someone else?
You're not.
The addition of Maximus Black to xSix makes them seem unprofessional and opportunistic to me. I am quite disappointed that a "Pro Team" signs a Diamond player just because of his Youtube fame.
HD for example is actually a good player but this is just a publicity stunt. 
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How is HD not also a "publicity stunt"
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On January 12 2012 23:35 Russano wrote:
How is HD not also a "publicity stunt"
At least he is a high masters player. But not disagreeing with you.
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On January 12 2012 23:19 JOJOsc2news wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2012 21:16 KeksX wrote:
Isn't that the guy that accused someone else for streamcheating, told him to kill himself and told his streamchat to spam that guy WHILE having blacked out his stream?
Or am I mistaking him for someone else? You're not. The addition of Maximus Black to xSix makes them seem unprofessional and opportunistic to me. I am quite disappointed that a "Pro Team" signs a Diamond player just because of his Youtube fame. HD for example is actually a good player but this is just a publicity stunt.
Seems like your point of view is extremely biased. HD (a guy that got famous off of YouTube videos) = example of good player. Maximus Black (same thing and is also in Masters) is being opportunistic. Something is wrong with your logic.
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So this is a pro team, right?
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Lets be realistic here, nearly every pro-team does this one way or another. Signing up people who aren't neccesarily the best available but do good in public. Some teams get a cute girl, others get a caster. G/l check6 with your new bouse player.
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On January 12 2012 22:24 joopajoo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2012 22:13 K9GM3 wrote:On January 12 2012 21:23 Haffi wrote:
Why does CheckSix keep signing Diamond players? ...He's in Masters. It's right there in the first sentence of the OP. I always love watching his stream. Cheese makes for much more interesting games. I was wondering about that too, he's battle.net account is top diamond though? EDIT: And that's a pretty weird line-up anyway. Are they recruiting players or just e-famous people to gain publicity?
He's got a couple accounts. At least one of them is in Masters. ESports is all about bringing in viewers and Maximus has an entire community following. He has a lot of value to offer to a team and is even a decent player to boot.
There are lots of ways to bring in viewers and being a top player is only one of them. As an personal example the streams I watch are the ones where the streamer commentates and interacts with the stream. I for example don't watch Naniwa's stream even though he is arguably the best foreign Toss.
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On January 12 2012 20:29 snively wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2012 20:08 theBALLS wrote:
God I thought checksix signed a male porn star or something.
Good luck to him! ...What? Where does that even come from?
Maximus Black.
Maybe it's just my imagination.
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so what about novawar?
I don't know if Jeff knows enough about the game to provide good analysis though. Sure hes in masters but you don't have to be well versed to be in masters anyways. Just need to have a few good builds + put in the time and practise.
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He's a nice guy, but he really isn't a great player. Guess it's not that hard to get to masters on NA with 4gate/dt/cannon rush.
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On January 12 2012 23:58 theBALLS wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2012 20:29 snively wrote:On January 12 2012 20:08 theBALLS wrote:
God I thought checksix signed a male porn star or something.
Good luck to him! ...What? Where does that even come from? Maximus Black. Maybe it's just my imagination.
it's even better when it "comes" from "theBALLS"
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this is the reason I liked jeff before he got signed. Grats man keep up the good work!! :D
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lol
I'm going to be a bit rude here and say that this guy just isn't good enough to be in checksix.
Oh well if you look at their roster it isn't amazing, might aswell sign a diamond next. I mean this guy is low fucking masters, makes money with his channel and he wants to be in gm..
Ridiculous if you ask me
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I can understand the hate, but he will be more on the Media side for the team, less for the roster, but he will still play.
Im glad hes on the team  Good to see his life turn out for the better considering his life pre sc2
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On January 13 2012 00:00 poorcloud wrote:
so what about novawar?
I don't know if Jeff knows enough about the game to provide good analysis though. Sure hes in masters but you don't have to be well versed to be in masters anyways. Just need to have a few good builds + put in the time and practise.
Novawar barely plays, he won't be getting on a team at all.
MaximusBlack has improved considerably since he used to be just 4gate and/or DTs, he's also put in a lot of time towards getting to Master's. x6 have signed him because of his potential and his community work (and the amount of fans LAGTV has, which they obviously want to tap), and I hope he can actually fulfill that potential just because I like LAGTV :D
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Sign him to do what? Is this an exclusive deal?
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Okay, he's obviously being signed not for being a player but for videos like Wolf was on FXO. Who cares what his skill level is, he's not competing for them, only putting their name on his videos that are already popular.
That being said, I honestly can't stand listening to him.. Him and his co-caster have no clue what's going on in half of those low-level cheesy games. They are misinformed about a lot of things, and really are kind of dull. But I guess check6 does what they think is best for them.
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On January 13 2012 00:14 Beef225 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +this is the reason I liked jeff before he got signed. Grats man keep up the good work!! :D
Is that supposed to be in any way funny or entertaining? Just seems immature. Also I may be mistaken, but pretty sure when cheese fails is that show that NASL showed an episode of during a break back in season 1, and the whole episode the guys (on the when cheese fails show) were joking about rape or something, and NASL got a lot of backlash for showing it on their show, which in turn turned to when cheese fails getting the backlash for being completely unprofessional and unfunny.
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On January 13 2012 04:18 bigbeau wrote:
Okay, he's obviously being signed not for being a player but for videos like Wolf was on FXO. Who cares what his skill level is, he's not competing for them, only putting their name on his videos that are already popular.
That being said, I honestly can't stand listening to him.. Him and his co-caster have no clue what's going on in half of those low-level cheesy games. They are misinformed about a lot of things, and really are kind of dull. But I guess check6 does what they think is best for them.
That's what I'm wondering. If he's signed just to make content, is this even news? Especially if it's not an exclusive deal and he can continue with his Youtube channel. Then it's like "Someone making content for a team". That's not news.
A few more details would be appreciated.
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On January 13 2012 04:18 bigbeau wrote:
Okay, he's obviously being signed not for being a player but for videos like Wolf was on FXO. Who cares what his skill level is, he's not competing for them, only putting their name on his videos that are already popular.
That being said, I honestly can't stand listening to him.. Him and his co-caster have no clue what's going on in half of those low-level cheesy games. They are misinformed about a lot of things, and really are kind of dull. But I guess check6 does what they think is best for them.
It doesn't say that they've signed him to cast specifically. If anything, it kind of looks like they want him to play, you know.. if you read the whole OP. Here I'll give you a few hints at why he will be playing.
".. a masters Protoss.."
"The team already has high expectations for me to hit GM and I aim to meet them."
And then the black and white
"He will not only be doing a ton of amazing content for us like King of the Hill events, tournaments and show matches but he will also be playing for us as well."
It states throughout the OP that he WILL BE PLAYING FOR x6.
Edit: I can understand how people think it's just for his casting, but why pretty much have every sentence saying his playing?
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