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FlamingKitty
Profile Joined March 2012
United States74 Posts
March 28 2013 02:17 GMT
#101
I'm seeing a lot of hate(more like doubt) here and on Reddit, for Oz but i actually feel like this is a great pickup. I've always liked Oz myself, hes a real cool player. Had some real cute innovative PvZ builds in WoL. Either way i feel like both these pickups are real solid and will help them in proleague. I sure hope so! 화이팅!
이나무
xxgiantxx
Profile Joined September 2011
United States10 Posts
March 28 2013 02:17 GMT
#102
Nice!
Go Big or Home!
DarkenedLite
Profile Joined April 2011
United States188 Posts
March 28 2013 02:18 GMT
#103
Two players that I think will contribute to a strong practice and playing environment. Going to be interesting to see how proleague plays out from here.
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26242 Posts
March 28 2013 02:19 GMT
#104
Great, great pickups.

Oz is, for my money the best build preparer bar none of Protoss players. He also has passable English and did, iirc some psuedo-coaching in FXO as well. Will be great for team cohesion and for Proleague I can see him being a real useful guy to have around. He may have never really achieved the result I think his play merited, and may never win individual leagues, but for innovative, map-specific builds Oz is king. (That or mancrush speaking)

Alive is pretty much Puma, except probably in a bit better shape of late. Horrendously underrated player, if HoTS doesn't throw him off that is, he's been a top 10 Terran for pretty much the duration of WoL, albeit I'm not sure where he is now especially with the Kespa players inexorable rise.

I think this is a positive sign as well regarding Proleague. If EG wanted players for picking up easy money from foreign tournaments, these two are not really a step up from Puma and there were other potential pickups there who would be great for that purpose. This to me, reading between the lines is EG bolstering their Korea-based players eligible for Proleague. They mightn't salvage this season and make the playoffs or whatever, but I definitely see them salvaging pride for their next run.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
ke_ivan
Profile Joined February 2011
Singapore374 Posts
March 28 2013 02:19 GMT
#105
Well, guess who needs practice partners... lol

In the mean time there's aLive's marine-raven push against MMA.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=313816
Inzan1ty
Profile Joined September 2012
1163 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-28 02:31:57
March 28 2013 02:20 GMT
#106
UHHH, both so bad these days hahaha...

This coming from me, even.

But...they are nice guys, really likeable ;-)

Guess fnatic will be happy if they get Naniwa now, for less costs

Anyways, EG looks pretty stacked now, maybe some foreigners leave (and hop over to fnatic instead haha)
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justsayinbro
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
307 Posts
March 28 2013 02:21 GMT
#107
yea no more puma and jyp in the proleague line up so I think we have a chance lol.
GL EGTL
Geos13
Profile Joined May 2011
437 Posts
March 28 2013 02:21 GMT
#108
These are great additions! Both Alive and Oz have always seemed like solid players with lots of room for growth. I can't wait for round 4! I was kind of hoping the EG guys would cut Naniwa some slack and pick him up though...
Angelbelow
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3728 Posts
March 28 2013 02:23 GMT
#109
Look forward to seeing the next chapter in aLive and Oz's careers.
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freeshooter
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States477 Posts
March 28 2013 02:23 GMT
#110
Happy for Oz and Alive, but a little sad that EG acquired them like the empire they are.
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
March 28 2013 02:23 GMT
#111
Woahwow! decent pickups for EG,
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TheRealNanMan
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1471 Posts
March 28 2013 02:23 GMT
#112
EG TL fighting! Can't wait to see how they do this season of the proleague
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fuzzylogic44
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada2633 Posts
March 28 2013 02:23 GMT
#113
Some non-zergs is important
LockeTazeline
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
2390 Posts
March 28 2013 02:24 GMT
#114
Hope that Oz and aLive can return to their early 2012 form.
Kompicek
Profile Joined May 2008
Czech Republic245 Posts
March 28 2013 02:24 GMT
#115
On March 28 2013 10:52 Noocta wrote:
aLive is a pretty good TvT sniper for proleague.
People need to take in account the SPL format.

Also need to take into account that Oz is very good PvP sniper ..:D:D:D
j/k, gl to them, great additions
EGaLiveRC
Profile Joined March 2013
Korea (South)1 Post
March 28 2013 02:24 GMT
#116
Thank you Guys : )
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37058 Posts
March 28 2013 02:24 GMT
#117
OMFG! DAT AMAZING PICKUP BY EG!!!
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26242 Posts
March 28 2013 02:25 GMT
#118
On March 28 2013 11:21 justsayinbro wrote:
yea no more puma and jyp in the proleague line up so I think we have a chance lol.
GL EGTL

Yeah, because JYP has SUCH a bad record doesn't he?

Jesus christ, guy gets abuse all the time for no fucking reason, it's retarded.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
March 28 2013 02:25 GMT
#119
aLive is going to have his hands full, being everybody's terran practice partner :p
Refer to my post.
StarVe
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany13591 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-28 02:32:29
March 28 2013 02:29 GMT
#120
On March 28 2013 11:19 Wombat_NI wrote:
Great, great pickups.

Oz is, for my money the best build preparer bar none of Protoss players. He also has passable English and did, iirc some psuedo-coaching in FXO as well. Will be great for team cohesion and for Proleague I can see him being a real useful guy to have around. He may have never really achieved the result I think his play merited, and may never win individual leagues, but for innovative, map-specific builds Oz is king. (That or mancrush speaking)

Alive is pretty much Puma, except probably in a bit better shape of late. Horrendously underrated player, if HoTS doesn't throw him off that is, he's been a top 10 Terran for pretty much the duration of WoL, albeit I'm not sure where he is now especially with the Kespa players inexorable rise.

I think this is a positive sign as well regarding Proleague. If EG wanted players for picking up easy money from foreign tournaments, these two are not really a step up from Puma and there were other potential pickups there who would be great for that purpose. This to me, reading between the lines is EG bolstering their Korea-based players eligible for Proleague. They mightn't salvage this season and make the playoffs or whatever, but I definitely see them salvaging pride for their next run.

Speaking english is pretty irrelevant now, they have only Koreans in the house and it'll probably stay that way for quite a while/a long time.

On March 28 2013 11:12 LuckoftheIrish wrote:
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On March 28 2013 11:08 IronL wrote:
great pickups, leaves alot of heavy zerg lifting up to revival (no problems there) and JD (still looking for that transformation we've seen Flash go through into a semblance of his former glory). All in all, great to add some depth to the EG/TL bench.


Zenio too. He's not nothing.

Pretty close to that though. Proleague record is abysmal, gameplay looked weak and whenever he goes to foreign tournaments he often loses to foreigners.

On March 28 2013 11:03 Serinox wrote:
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On March 28 2013 10:57 StarVe wrote:
On March 28 2013 10:53 Serinox wrote:
On March 28 2013 10:47 Torte de Lini wrote:
I definitely feel they could have found better. However, I dunno what the amount was agreed for, but Oz has been slumping since Summer and aLive isn't exactly stellar either.

I wonder how they'll do in Proleague.

Honestly, which better free agents are out there in Korea in your opinion? Can't think of that many tbh

Why limit yourself to free agents? EG could probably have moved into a bigger house and bought out NSHoSeo at the same time with the money saved on Puma. Make them all practice partners -> success :D

Jokes aside, do Coca and Puzzle have a team? Are they somewhat bound to StarTale or are they looking for bigger opportunities?

I don't think EG would want players like CoCa and Puzzle right now. They left the scene on a pretty bad note and now are back quietly and nobody can really estimate how good they are right now. EG needs solid meat for the roster.

Also, just because I'm curious, why would they be bound to StarTale?

sC got back into his old team and he was also playing LoL instead of practicing for Code A before he switched. In my opinion CoCa and Puzzle were both better than sC in their prime and players with their potential would make good pickups for any team as long as it's ensured that their motivation is completely there again.

About StarTale, it's just that they absorbed ZeNEX so the two renegades should have some buddies there and they were said to be practicing with StarTale players with the coach observing when first rumours about them switching back came out. I really don't know what their status is now, maybe we'll learn more during Code A qualifiers.
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