"no longer ROOT sorry ROOT fans but for my own personal interest it is time to depart. I really hope ROOT goes far and maybe one day I can return. @ROOTCatZ is a really nice guy and its awesome we have someone like him that brings new people into the scene to try and help grow"
Puck Leaves Root Gaming
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partydude89
1850 Posts
"no longer ROOT sorry ROOT fans but for my own personal interest it is time to depart. I really hope ROOT goes far and maybe one day I can return. @ROOTCatZ is a really nice guy and its awesome we have someone like him that brings new people into the scene to try and help grow" | ||
Doublemint
Austria8523 Posts
On October 17 2013 17:26 partydude89 wrote: https://twitter.com/ROOTpuCK "no longer ROOT sorry ROOT fans but for my own personal interest it is time to depart. I really hope ROOT goes far and maybe one day I can return. @ROOTCatZ is a really nice guy and its awesome we have someone like him that brings new people into the scene to try and help grow" woot... just watched his stream as Root.Puck. Wonder where he will go - all the best though for both parties! | ||
partydude89
1850 Posts
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jcroisdale
United States1543 Posts
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partydude89
1850 Posts
On October 17 2013 17:52 jcroisdale wrote: This is weird he is a Premier league player and leaves ROOT. I would like some reason why, if not it just seems he is gold digging. gold digging? what? | ||
FlamingPie
United States45 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On October 17 2013 17:52 jcroisdale wrote: This is weird he is a Premier league player and leaves ROOT. I would like some reason why, if not it just seems he is gold digging. lol wat? | ||
SolarFlare93
Australia301 Posts
On October 17 2013 17:52 jcroisdale wrote: This is weird he is a Premier league player and leaves ROOT. I would like some reason why, if not it just seems he is gold digging. What do you expect when you want to advance your career? A downgrade? | ||
Maasked
United States567 Posts
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Doublemint
Austria8523 Posts
On October 17 2013 18:03 FlamingPie wrote: puCK is, and forever shall be, my hero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKY5XC1vMMg holy crap... how many kills did that colossus have lol. | ||
mikkmagro
Malta1513 Posts
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TheSayo182
Italy243 Posts
On October 17 2013 18:11 Maasked wrote: I didn't see this coming. Wonder why, honestly. Money man, money. He is right to make a try at least | ||
DarkPlasmaBall
United States44336 Posts
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-BCNPalomino-
United States45 Posts
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On October 17 2013 17:52 jcroisdale wrote: This is weird he is a Premier league player and leaves ROOT. I would like some reason why, if not it just seems he is gold digging. After seeing this i would like to hire you on a 90H/week job with close to no salaries. Because you know... gold digging in work is bad. | ||
MrMercuG
Netherlands2389 Posts
On October 17 2013 22:39 FFW_Rude wrote: After seeing this i would like to hire you on a 90H/week job with close to no salaries. Because you know... gold digging in work is bad. Pretty sure he didn't even get a salary on ROOT right? I don't think their sponsors are big enough to pay full salaries. | ||
JimSocks
United States968 Posts
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DaFoo
United States68 Posts
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ECA.BruTATroN
United States282 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
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yawnoC
United States3704 Posts
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On October 17 2013 22:42 MrMercuG wrote: Pretty sure he didn't even get a salary on ROOT right? I don't think their sponsors are big enough to pay full salaries. That was the point ![]() Also i don't know for the salary. | ||
theBALLS
Singapore2935 Posts
He will go far, I'm sure | ||
NKB
United Kingdom608 Posts
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Bamm
Sweden279 Posts
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ReachTheSky
United States3294 Posts
On October 17 2013 17:52 jcroisdale wrote: This is weird he is a Premier league player and leaves ROOT. I would like some reason why, if not it just seems he is gold digging. How dare someone try to make a paycheck off this game! | ||
StarStruck
25339 Posts
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jcroisdale
United States1543 Posts
On October 18 2013 04:59 ReachTheSky wrote: How dare someone try to make a paycheck off this game! Man leave it to the internet hate machine to get mad over someone gold digging and getting called on it. ROOT does so much for inspiring players and up and comers. Before Puck joined he was no where near as successful as he is now. He finally has made a huge break and he sees this as an opportunity to make more money. ROOT brought him up but when the money doesn't come he leaves. While none of you find this morally objective, I do. I wouldn't turn my back on my friends/family for a paycheck. Without any statement we are not left with much to thin, besides he is leaving them for money. If he has different reasons then hopefully someone reveals them. But I guess greed runs rampant around this parts. | ||
StarStruck
25339 Posts
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FinestHour
United States18466 Posts
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RemarK
United States452 Posts
On October 19 2013 10:33 StarStruck wrote: You guys don't need to know every little detail as to why someone would leave a team. It really is none of our business. If only everyone in the community was smart enough to realize that. | ||
Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
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29 fps
United States5724 Posts
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Waise
3165 Posts
On October 19 2013 10:25 jcroisdale wrote: Man leave it to the internet hate machine to get mad over someone gold digging and getting called on it. ROOT does so much for inspiring players and up and comers. Before Puck joined he was no where near as successful as he is now. He finally has made a huge break and he sees this as an opportunity to make more money. ROOT brought him up but when the money doesn't come he leaves. While none of you find this morally objective, I do. I wouldn't turn my back on my friends/family for a paycheck. Without any statement we are not left with much to thin, besides he is leaving them for money. If he has different reasons then hopefully someone reveals them. But I guess greed runs rampant around this parts. do you feel the same about young free agents in sports who leave to get more money after a small town team develops them in their minor league system? because that's standards sports business. hell, it's standard business. being a big talent's "first job" doesn't entitle you to their whole career in almost any field. | ||
Blargh
United States2103 Posts
On October 17 2013 17:52 jcroisdale wrote: This is weird he is a Premier league player and leaves ROOT. I would like some reason why, if not it just seems he is gold digging. Yeah, damn those SC2 gold diggers. Shameless... My favorite part of your last post was the "greed runs rampant around these parts". | ||
AnachronisticAnarchy
United States2957 Posts
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AirbladeOrange
United States2573 Posts
I really like him as a player and used to watch his stream often. I wish him much success in his decisions in the future. | ||
Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On October 19 2013 10:25 jcroisdale wrote: Man leave it to the internet hate machine to get mad over someone gold digging and getting called on it. ROOT does so much for inspiring players and up and comers. Before Puck joined he was no where near as successful as he is now. He finally has made a huge break and he sees this as an opportunity to make more money. ROOT brought him up but when the money doesn't come he leaves. While none of you find this morally objective, I do. I wouldn't turn my back on my friends/family for a paycheck. Without any statement we are not left with much to thin, besides he is leaving them for money. If he has different reasons then hopefully someone reveals them. But I guess greed runs rampant around this parts. You could compare this to young promising Finnish ice hockey players that are brought up in Finnish junior clubs and who end up going to NHL. This never happens and people are against that, right? Um no, actually it's considered a pretty large honor and it's very normal / expected ;S | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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jcroisdale
United States1543 Posts
On October 19 2013 12:29 Shikyo wrote: You could compare this to young promising Finnish ice hockey players that are brought up in Finnish junior clubs and who end up going to NHL. This never happens and people are against that, right? Um no, actually it's considered a pretty large honor and it's very normal / expected ;S You can compare it anything you want. The fact is he isn't going to some team, and ROOT is not some junior club. There are very few American teams who can claim to be better then ROOT. These teams also don't pay out huge for players, excluding Liquid and EG, which are very unlikely to sign him. | ||
zelevin
United States261 Posts
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
On October 17 2013 18:03 FlamingPie wrote: puCK is, and forever shall be, my hero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKY5XC1vMMg Damn, that was awesome. | ||
Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On October 19 2013 13:12 jcroisdale wrote: You can compare it anything you want. The fact is he isn't going to some team, and ROOT is not some junior club. There are very few American teams who can claim to be better then ROOT. These teams also don't pay out huge for players, excluding Liquid and EG, which are very unlikely to sign him. A team that doesn't have the funds to pay their players, and had to ask the community for donations to create a gaming house is what I would call a junior club. It's not that their players are bad or anything they're just not a well funded team. | ||
havok55
United States276 Posts
On October 17 2013 22:57 Darkhoarse wrote: Second loss for Root in as many days. Probably not a big deal but we'll see. Puck's a good NA player so hope another team has some interest. Wasn't he their best player? I've always seen ROOT as a progaming halfway house, so it's not surprising people would move on. I'm sure Catz would like to be making that EG money (for the team, pay his friends/players, etc), but I don't think he's motivated to put in that much effort to achieve it (or risk it not working out). | ||
MoonfireSpam
United Kingdom1153 Posts
On October 19 2013 14:42 Dodgin wrote: A team that doesn't have the funds to pay their players, and had to ask the community for donations to create a gaming house is what I would call a junior club. It's not that their players are bad or anything they're just not a well funded team. Yeah with this guy. Any team running of donations / not self sustaining is amateur league. Everyone does this in any serious line of work anyway. Anytime an individual becomes worth more than their company / boss / team will pay him, it's in their best interest to leave or you stop growing in whatever you do. Have you ever changed company in your life? If you have, then well yeah...... | ||
BakedButters
United States748 Posts
On October 17 2013 17:52 jcroisdale wrote: This is weird he is a Premier league player and leaves ROOT. I would like some reason why, if not it just seems he is gold digging. Gold diggin is forming a relationship to get money from that relationship without any hard work yourself. This is not gold diggin - don't demean a Pro when you have no idea of his background and intentions. The more correct term is a sell-out, but you think these programers are raking in tons of money, that they being greedy? Get off you righteous indignation and go complain in another forum that maybe has some more substance, like celebrities or sports stars. | ||
jcroisdale
United States1543 Posts
On October 20 2013 05:24 BakedButters wrote: Gold diggin is forming a relationship to get money from that relationship without any hard work yourself. This is not gold diggin - don't demean a Pro when you have no idea of his background and intentions. The more correct term is a sell-out, but you think these programers are raking in tons of money, that they being greedy? Get off you righteous indignation and go complain in another forum that maybe has some more substance, like celebrities or sports stars. Wow can you link me to this definition of gold-digging. Im sorry kanye didn't realize you posted on TL. I'm allowed to make pass any judgement I want. I don't like his intentions, get over it. | ||
HeeroFX
United States2704 Posts
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FeiLing
Germany428 Posts
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Frogstomp
United States125 Posts
On October 19 2013 11:44 Waise wrote: do you feel the same about young free agents in sports who leave to get more money after a small town team develops them in their minor league system? because that's standards sports business. hell, it's standard business. being a big talent's "first job" doesn't entitle you to their whole career in almost any field. Says the person who pretty clearly has never had a real profession career in anything. Welcome to the way the world works. Grow up. | ||
-Kyo-
Japan1926 Posts
On October 19 2013 10:25 jcroisdale wrote: Man leave it to the internet hate machine to get mad over someone gold digging and getting called on it. ROOT does so much for inspiring players and up and comers. Before Puck joined he was no where near as successful as he is now. He finally has made a huge break and he sees this as an opportunity to make more money. ROOT brought him up but when the money doesn't come he leaves. While none of you find this morally objective, I do. I wouldn't turn my back on my friends/family for a paycheck. Without any statement we are not left with much to thin, besides he is leaving them for money. If he has different reasons then hopefully someone reveals them. But I guess greed runs rampant around this parts. Okay, I was going to limit myself from posting anything really in this thread but you have absolutely no fucking clue what you're talking about. I am absolutely disgusted with people like you in this community. You preface your post as if to say you know what you're talking about when you clearly don't know jack shit about Puck and probably many other players you post about. Let me enlighten you: Puck was a top 16 GM player since BEFORE CONVERGENCE GAMING. Do you even comprehend that sentence? That's like 2011. So what the fuck are you talking about? Sure, he's been with ROOT a while, and sure, they've most certainly helped Puck out in many ways but to say that he OWES them something is your lack of understanding of what a contract is. It's a mutually beneficially agreement not only for Puck, who himself stated that he may even return to ROOT, but for ROOT gaming itself. So to say he's turning his back on the team is simply due to your own stupidity and makes you look like a complete prick. Looking out for ones own well-being and the pursuit of a decent living does not equate to greed. If I had the power I'd surely ban people like you for spewing so much hate that has come into this community since SC2 because you lack any basic logic, shame, or reason. Basically, fuck off. + Show Spoiler + Good luck to Puck. Hope to see more success for yourself and America in WCS ![]() | ||
phodacbiet
United States1740 Posts
On October 19 2013 10:25 jcroisdale wrote: Man leave it to the internet hate machine to get mad over someone gold digging and getting called on it. ROOT does so much for inspiring players and up and comers. Before Puck joined he was no where near as successful as he is now. He finally has made a huge break and he sees this as an opportunity to make more money. ROOT brought him up but when the money doesn't come he leaves. While none of you find this morally objective, I do. I wouldn't turn my back on my friends/family for a paycheck. Without any statement we are not left with much to thin, besides he is leaving them for money. If he has different reasons then hopefully someone reveals them. But I guess greed runs rampant around this parts. People need to eat in the real world. Puck is playing this game as a job, not to make random people on the internet happy. If he thinks other team out there are willing to pay higher for what he has to offer and his contract is up, then why shouldn't he be able to move on? People change jobs all the time. If i was working at mcdonald and i got offered a new job somewhere else that pays more, why shouldn't i take it? It's not like Puck is never going to talk to the Root guys again, he's just switching team not shunning his old team mates. Without money, how will he pays for his electricity bill and eat? Root doesn't own Puck, slavery was banned a long time ago. | ||
Leru
Romania257 Posts
However, if ROOT was a more financially stable team and he would have left to another team for 10-20% raise, I would call that greedy too :-) Offtopic: On October 20 2013 11:04 phodacbiet wrote: Root doesn't own Puck, slavery was banned a long time ago. Ask the guys in Shenzhen, China how they feel about that, while building your iPhone. I have a friend that works as an engineer and makes frequent visits there. It's as bad as they say. | ||
iNcontroL
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USA29055 Posts
On October 20 2013 10:39 -Kyo- wrote: Okay, I was going to limit myself from posting anything really in this thread but you have absolutely no fucking clue what you're talking about. I am absolutely disgusted with people like you in this community. You preface your post as if to say you know what you're talking about when you clearly don't know jack shit about Puck and probably many other players you post about. Let me enlighten you: Puck was a top 16 GM player since BEFORE CONVERGENCE GAMING. Do you even comprehend that sentence? That's like 2011. So what the fuck are you talking about? Sure, he's been with ROOT a while, and sure, they've most certainly helped Puck out in many ways but to say that he OWES them something is your lack of understanding of what a contract is. It's a mutually beneficially agreement not only for Puck, who himself stated that he may even return to ROOT, but for ROOT gaming itself. So to say he's turning his back on the team is simply due to your own stupidity and makes you look like a complete prick. Looking out for ones own well-being and the pursuit of a decent living does not equate to greed. If I had the power I'd surely ban people like you for spewing so much hate that has come into this community since SC2 because you lack any basic logic, shame, or reason. Basically, fuck off. + Show Spoiler + Good luck to Puck. Hope to see more success for yourself and America in WCS ![]() The idea of using the term "gold digging" to describe someone like Puck is... laughable. I can't even fathom this being a remotely serious comment but I guess an idiot is born every second. | ||
AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
On October 20 2013 10:39 -Kyo- wrote: Okay, I was going to limit myself from posting anything really in this thread but you have absolutely no fucking clue what you're talking about. I am absolutely disgusted with people like you in this community. You preface your post as if to say you know what you're talking about when you clearly don't know jack shit about Puck and probably many other players you post about. Let me enlighten you: Puck was a top 16 GM player since BEFORE CONVERGENCE GAMING. Do you even comprehend that sentence? That's like 2011. So what the fuck are you talking about? Sure, he's been with ROOT a while, and sure, they've most certainly helped Puck out in many ways but to say that he OWES them something is your lack of understanding of what a contract is. It's a mutually beneficially agreement not only for Puck, who himself stated that he may even return to ROOT, but for ROOT gaming itself. So to say he's turning his back on the team is simply due to your own stupidity and makes you look like a complete prick. Looking out for ones own well-being and the pursuit of a decent living does not equate to greed. If I had the power I'd surely ban people like you for spewing so much hate that has come into this community since SC2 because you lack any basic logic, shame, or reason. Basically, fuck off. + Show Spoiler + Good luck to Puck. Hope to see more success for yourself and America in WCS ![]() Well said! | ||
dizzy101
Netherlands2066 Posts
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SolidSMD
Belgium408 Posts
On October 20 2013 10:39 -Kyo- wrote: Okay, I was going to limit myself from posting anything really in this thread but you have absolutely no fucking clue what you're talking about. I am absolutely disgusted with people like you in this community. You preface your post as if to say you know what you're talking about when you clearly don't know jack shit about Puck and probably many other players you post about. Let me enlighten you: Puck was a top 16 GM player since BEFORE CONVERGENCE GAMING. Do you even comprehend that sentence? That's like 2011. So what the fuck are you talking about? Sure, he's been with ROOT a while, and sure, they've most certainly helped Puck out in many ways but to say that he OWES them something is your lack of understanding of what a contract is. It's a mutually beneficially agreement not only for Puck, who himself stated that he may even return to ROOT, but for ROOT gaming itself. So to say he's turning his back on the team is simply due to your own stupidity and makes you look like a complete prick. Looking out for ones own well-being and the pursuit of a decent living does not equate to greed. If I had the power I'd surely ban people like you for spewing so much hate that has come into this community since SC2 because you lack any basic logic, shame, or reason. Basically, fuck off. + Show Spoiler + Good luck to Puck. Hope to see more success for yourself and America in WCS ![]() Well said, I'm glad there are still some decent people on TL. | ||
SoniC_eu
Denmark1008 Posts
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NeThZOR
South Africa7387 Posts
I really hope Puck gets another team. | ||
Batiste
United Kingdom69 Posts
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Zerg.Zilla
Hungary5029 Posts
On October 20 2013 21:32 NeThZOR wrote: He was one of my favourite players... I really hope Puck gets another team. He's pretty good,so trust me he will... GL Puck! | ||
Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
lol. best of luck Puck | ||
ArTiFaKs
United States1229 Posts
Oh and that guy who's talking about greed and gold-digging, go fuck yourself, bud. There's a difference between greed and ambition and it's really baffling you have no concept of this. He is one of the most dedicated and caring player's in the game, and actually really enjoys and loves the game which is great to see in a pro player. I'm glad he's trying to better himself and his name in this cutthroat scene. | ||
crbox
Canada1180 Posts
this is some pretty sick micro :o | ||
Salient
United States876 Posts
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Salient
United States876 Posts
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Doublemint
Austria8523 Posts
On October 20 2013 22:32 Zerg.Zilla wrote: He's pretty good,so trust me he will... GL Puck! Yeah he indeed is a very strong and solid player. I think at this point he comfortably surpassed HuK as the best NA toss. | ||
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