SuperNova joins ROOT Gaming!

On July 23 2014 18:18 Pontius Pirate wrote:
This is fucking sweet. I wish Sage and Yu-Gi-Oh! hadn't given up on their careers, so Root could have three creative and beloved Koreans.

On July 24 2014 00:35 Faust852 wrote:
RiP SuNo. I thought you would chose a better team. Still love you though.

On July 24 2014 03:14 Faust852 wrote:


Sage, YuGiHo. nuff said.
Want more ?
PucK leaves Root ? become one of the best NA protoss.
Kane leaves Root ? One of the best NA zerg.
ToD leaves Root ? Becomes relevent again.
Same goes for qxc or State.

Really every players that was Root has either retire or leave the team for becoming stronger again. Even Major, alll of his feats were outside of Root.

On July 24 2014 03:14 Faust852 wrote:


Sage, YuGiHo. nuff said.
Want more ?
PucK leaves Root ? become one of the best NA protoss.
Kane leaves Root ? One of the best NA zerg.
ToD leaves Root ? Becomes relevent again.
Same goes for qxc or State.

Really every players that was Root has either retire or leave the team for becoming stronger again. Even Major, alll of his feats were outside of Root.

Do Liquid not want to boost their ailing roster of Terrans and sign a consistent Code S quality player?

On July 24 2014 06:44 ROOTiaguz wrote:


How does a roster that has Taeja and Bunny in it make for an ailing roster?

Did Taeja not win enough tournies this summer? Should he have won WCS NA as well?

On July 24 2014 07:25 pure.Wasted wrote:


What's the worst thing that could happen? SuNo underperforms but still gets a paycheck every month? Doesn't sound that bad to me.

He didn't get into Code S, so what would he be doing stuck in Korea anyway? Playing ladder for zero dollars? If you don't think that's a recipe for dead SC2 careers, I think you're being absurdly optimistic.

On July 24 2014 07:35 Faust852 wrote:

What pissed me more is that he was so desperate that he had to contact a team like root.
Seriously, this guy is one of the best terran in the world since 2010. There is almost no terran from 2010 that are still relevent beside him. He's been without a team for half a year. I don't get how team leaders aren't interested in him. If I was manager of a big team, he would be on the top of my list for potentiall recruitment.

On July 24 2014 13:07 yido wrote:

I agree that SuNo is super underrated but looking at the player market in Korea it isn't surprising to me that he decided on ROOT over some smaller/sketchier sponsor/team.
SuNo isn't going to get picked up by a KeSPA because he has military very close. ESF is not around anymore, ST is the only valid option but they aren't really in a situation to be giving out contracts. I don't think many foreign teams were clamoring for his contract since he is a relatively unpopular player in the foreign scene because he doesn't get out of Korea much. I also think he wanted to stay in Korea (travel once in a while not stay overseas like MC), otherwise he definitely would've had more chances or tried his hand at MC's house.
Looking at how the WCS America CHAMPION (Pigbaby) is currently teamless. As well as Dear (WCS 2013 Season 3 Champion). As well as viOLet and legends like Mvp and Nestea. I guess hard region lock fanatics got their wish, slow death of Korean Sc2.

On July 24 2014 15:09 Pharaphobia wrote:


First of all nobody from KeSPA or KR scene counting NA tourney as a big win (NA too easy (c)Solar) so Pigbaby isnt counting at all (Protoss player /facepalm) Sicne Dear left mousesports I did not even heard about him,viOlet lives study in America what would be the point of him looking for KeSPA team? MVP = Wrist problems which rly affect his gameplay,NesTea (31 years old guy HELLO? give space for youger guys from B teams..) Its not about region lock its simply Koreans who went to NA simply lost their KR beast level (I mean look on Sacsri 1st big win at his 1st big tourney?) It is about that new players should be introduced on stages, but I love how community is love to live in past seeing still same same same same same names for years... anyway all u said there is bunch of nonsence !

If SNova has a Millitary service soon no wonder that even Liquid or other big teams not contacted him it was same for golden etc. Sadly I don't what ROOT promised to SNova since even ViBE lost his passion of being in root because of almost no support and pay checks for tourneys (they were both rising money with livibee...) Overall great pickup, but I hope you did not promised him bunch of bullshit and SNova wont end like Hyun

On July 24 2014 15:20 Xeris wrote:
Supernova doesn't add anything to the team. There's a reason why he wasn't picked up by other teams. He's a very good player, but he's not a championship level player. He generally just does his thing by himself, and he'll go to the military soon. He'd be okay on a kespa team who is looking for a solid player in PL but otherwise it seems like a waste of money to get a player like him.

You can't recoup value by what he wins in tournaments/how he performs. Nobody remembers the guy who finishes ro32 in WCS, outside of "oh that guy's consistently code s, congrats to him!" I doubt Root is paying him big money, but it does seem like a random pickup. I doubt he'd move to the Root house. Maybe they'll send him to a few international events which would be cool, but ultimately if he doesn't win then the value doesn't get returned to the team.

On July 25 2014 11:05 pure.Wasted wrote:


Then what did SuNo have to gain by joining at all?

On July 24 2014 15:20 Xeris wrote:
Supernova doesn't add anything to the team. There's a reason why he wasn't picked up by other teams. He's a very good player, but he's not a championship level player. He generally just does his thing by himself, and he'll go to the military soon. He'd be okay on a kespa team who is looking for a solid player in PL but otherwise it seems like a waste of money to get a player like him.

You can't recoup value by what he wins in tournaments/how he performs. Nobody remembers the guy who finishes ro32 in WCS, outside of "oh that guy's consistently code s, congrats to him!" I doubt Root is paying him big money, but it does seem like a random pickup. I doubt he'd move to the Root house. Maybe they'll send him to a few international events which would be cool, but ultimately if he doesn't win then the value doesn't get returned to the team.