RotterdaM joins ROOT Gaming! - Page 19

On May 21 2012 11:41 StormShield24 wrote:
Voidray all in incoming?!?

On May 18 2012 23:17 ROOTCatZ wrote:Altough Kevin is mostly known in the sc2 community for being a caster, anyone who followed wc3 knows that there's a beast within him yet to be unleashed! Rotti's one of the players with the most potential out there, which makes me incredibly excited to have him on our squad. It was awesome in the beta when we could recruit people who we thought had talent and then they grew into great players, at this point in time however, most players are already "made" and new talent is rare. I am absolutely sure rotti has what it takes to be one of the best players, and I am confident than in ROOT we'll help him archieve just that.

On May 22 2012 06:52 ROOTCatZ wrote:


let me explain since you don't seem to be all that clever:
lets say when sc2 comes out X amount of people, lets say (a small understandable number) 10000 start playing it day1, day 2 of release, will there be more or less people buying the game? lets guess less, from 10k to 9k new people on day 2, now a month later, instead of 9k people buying the game, there will probably just be 1k or less people buying the game every day... now lets think 2 years down the line, is there more or less people buying the day today than when it first came out? I am not sure... but hey if I had to guess, i'd say MAYBE JUST MAYBE... A SHITLOAD LESS PEOPLE. therefore, its a lot easier to scout for talent when there are 10k people a day getting their skills tested for the first time, than when there are only 10 new people a day, CAN WE AGREE ON THAT?

What does scouting for talent imply? Potential (raw skill, brains, mechanics, speed) Commitment (time, aspirations) so, yes, it is A LOT harder to find talent today than it was a couple of years ago. Anyone who didn't make high masters or grandmasters league within a 2 or even 1 year period, probably lacks either Potential OR time to commit. Unfortunately for me, im not looking for grandmaster league players, as if that was my requisite, I could recruit 100 people by tomorrow. I need players that are either already great, with the potential to make top 10 grandmasters at any given point or that have a lot of room to grow (HARD TO FIND TODAY, NOT IMPOSSIBLE, JUST REALLY REALLY HARD). I hope this explanation was basic enough for you to understand.

On May 22 2012 08:18 Snijjer wrote:


Sorry you took the reply so personally. I probably shouldn't have gone there myself, but I don't think recruiting casters is the best way to go about looking for talent. And I think that your decision to add RotterdaM has a lot more to do with personal reasons then you let on in your news release.

Good luck anyway.

On May 22 2012 08:50 blade55555 wrote:



I'm impressed you didn't respond more aggressively as I feel catz was a bit rude in his response to you lol. Catz tone it down no need to be such a dick and calling him stupid lol.

On May 22 2012 10:00 Snijjer wrote:


To be fair, after re-reading my post, I came across as an ass.

On May 22 2012 15:11 Monsen wrote:
Like the guy, don't like his chances as a gamer though. There's no way he'll be able to commit the time needed to succeed.

On May 22 2012 15:24 TheDraken wrote:


always someone to talk down on a person's achievement...


i'm waiting for the day when i read a thread and people don't feel the need to throw in the classic "i doubt he has what it takes" or "there are players much better than him, but gl anyway" or "he's really only good at his previous activity, i doubt he'll be any good" or "he doesn't have the focus"

every. single. thread.



all aside, rotti is awesome. he should do whatever the hell he wants and ROOT is one of the best choices for a team.