EPTAfter almost 3 yrs, Aphrodite has left StarTale. it's uncertain where the Zowie Divina champion will be headed.
Aphrodite no longer a part of StarTale
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Advantageous
China1350 Posts
After almost 3 yrs, Aphrodite has left StarTale. it's uncertain where the Zowie Divina champion will be headed. | ||
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GumBa
United Kingdom31935 Posts
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Darkdwarf
Sweden960 Posts
On September 19 2014 02:02 GumBa wrote: I reckon ST is trimming fat to get more player that would be useful in PL Probably, yes. I'm excited to see who they pick up (if any). | ||
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
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Crot4le
England2927 Posts
On September 19 2014 02:02 GumBa wrote: I reckon ST is trimming fat to get more player that would be useful in PL Yes Legend said they are going to be announcing a new sponsor soon so I would hope that they are to be announcing a few additions in good time. I would be so delighted if they managed to get Bomber back. | ||
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Advantageous
China1350 Posts
On September 19 2014 02:02 GumBa wrote: I reckon ST is trimming fat to get more player that would be useful in PL well im pretty sure that's one of ST's goals, but aside from that, she's always promoting MSI gear. so she's probably getting a personal sponsorship from msi and zowie instead of making ST's other sponsors feeling left out | ||
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Liliputin
Czech Republic458 Posts
On September 19 2014 02:05 Darkdwarf wrote: Probably, yes. I'm excited to see who they pick up (if any). I dont want to sound negative, but when you look at their roster they have so many players that I dont think picking up new ones is not the options to go for StarTale... Hack has been doing better recently, Life is the best player over there for sure, Curious is a bit better than every other player left on the team I guess? Some mercenaries could happen... | ||
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Darkdwarf
Sweden960 Posts
On September 19 2014 02:14 Liliputin wrote: I dont want to sound negative, but when you look at their roster they have so many players that I dont think picking up new ones is not the options to go for StarTale... Hack has been doing better recently, Life is the best player over there for sure, Curious is a bit better than every other player left on the team I guess? Some mercenaries could happen... And they could let go of even more players to replace them with more suitable ones. | ||
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Liliputin
Czech Republic458 Posts
On September 19 2014 02:16 Darkdwarf wrote: And they could let go of even more players to replace them with more suitable ones. Question is do they have money? I heard there will be a new sponsor annoucement for ST right? That could change a lot if it is a sponsor like what Prime managed to get... | ||
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SuperHofmann
Italy1741 Posts
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ACrow
Germany6583 Posts
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The_Templar
your Country52797 Posts
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SmoKim
Denmark10304 Posts
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Popkiller
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
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DwD
Sweden8621 Posts
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TheEmulator
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Yorkie
United States12612 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51481 Posts
 RainBOw did  The original Terran though <3 | ||
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Divias
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
On September 19 2014 02:57 Pandemona wrote: She lasted longed than her boyfriend RainBOw did The original Terran though <3 Rainbow went to do his military service I thought | ||
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RaiKageRyu
Canada4773 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
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vult
United States9400 Posts
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covetousrat
2109 Posts
On September 19 2014 03:31 Torte de Lini wrote: She's welcome to stay at my place until she finds a foreign team hoho Lol nice try. | ||
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xTJx
Brazil419 Posts
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NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
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Sumahi
Guam5609 Posts
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Hall0wed
United States8486 Posts
On September 20 2014 15:49 Sumahi wrote: So sad to see Aphrodite go! I used to love it when her and Rainbow would stream together. Forgot about that. Good times. | ||
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Steelo_Rivers
United States1968 Posts
On September 19 2014 02:57 Pandemona wrote: She lasted longed than her boyfriend RainBOw did The original Terran though <3 Actually Rainbow recently came back from military duties (July 2014 I think?) which was the reason he retired anyway. Maybe they have something planned? Maybe they want to move on from the Starcraft phase of their lives. | ||
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TAMinator
Australia2706 Posts
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Thrillz
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theinfamousone
United States103 Posts
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thezanursic
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FeyFey
Germany10114 Posts
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Eolo
Spain276 Posts
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KrazyTrumpet
United States2520 Posts
On September 20 2014 17:31 Steelo_Rivers wrote: Actually Rainbow recently came back from military duties (July 2014 I think?) which was the reason he retired anyway. Maybe they have something planned? Maybe they want to move on from the Starcraft phase of their lives. They haven't been together for a long time now, btw | ||
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Emerson_H
United States460 Posts
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
On September 20 2014 18:53 thezanursic wrote: I don't want to be an a-hole, but did she actually achieve anything outside that one all female tounament? she was clearly never on the team because she can compete at the highest level of starcraft so holding her to a standard on the basis of her "results" doesnt make a lot of sense. its like if rotterdam left root (actually idk if hes even still on root but you get my point) and people said "oh well he didnt achieve anything as a player so it doesnt matter" | ||
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goiflin
Canada1218 Posts
On September 20 2014 21:23 brickrd wrote: she was clearly never on the team because she can compete at the highest level of starcraft so holding her to a standard on the basis of her "results" doesnt make a lot of sense. its like if rotterdam left root (actually idk if hes even still on root but you get my point) and people said "oh well he didnt achieve anything as a player so it doesnt matter" Kind of a bad comparison, because rotti does so much casting, and aphrodite does none whatsoever. She gave ST exposure through her personal sponsorships and their commercials, so that was the benefit. However, if they're focusing on proleague, she's useless to the team, and they could use that money to spend on a player who might actually benefit their current plans. Gotta trim the fat. | ||
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bypLy
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Just_a_Moth
Canada1949 Posts
On September 19 2014 02:57 Pandemona wrote: She lasted longed than her boyfriend RainBOw did The original Terran though <3 RainBOW was a badass. | ||
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
On September 20 2014 22:05 goiflin wrote: Kind of a bad comparison, because rotti does so much casting, and aphrodite does none whatsoever. She gave ST exposure through her personal sponsorships and their commercials, so that was the benefit. However, if they're focusing on proleague, she's useless to the team, and they could use that money to spend on a player who might actually benefit their current plans. Gotta trim the fat. the comparison isnt about casting, its about contributing to a team through means other than skill and results, which is a generality that includes casting... geez it wasnt that complicated of an analogy lol. | ||
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paddyz
Ireland628 Posts
On September 19 2014 02:02 GumBa wrote: I reckon ST is trimming fat to get more player that would be useful in PL You calling Aphrodite fat? Fight me irl! I would love to see Squirtle, PartinG, Bomber and Life working together again but its unlikely, the dream would have been them and Aphrodite still on ST too....Oh well I will support them wherever they go. | ||
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
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hansonslee
United States2027 Posts
On September 21 2014 03:56 Gamegene wrote: never got the impression that she was anything more than a "hobby" progamer... At least, she's Masters in KR | ||
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
Is that supposed to be an accomplishment? Professional is a cheap title. | ||
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Sejanus
Lithuania550 Posts
On September 21 2014 01:47 bypLy wrote: wanna see Liquid.Aphrodite That would actually be an interesting experiment. Many of TL players weren't that good before joining TL, HerO was hardly known at all, Taeja was... well he was a very good terran but far from the stomping monster he is now. I'd be curious to see what Aphrodite could achieve in TL. Maybe she can become even good enough to actually compete in real SC2 tournaments. Professional is a cheap title. Professional is someone who lives out of it. If she is living out of playing StarCraft 2, she is a professional StarCraft 2 player. Normally professionals are better than amateurs because they put much more time into it, they can improve in a more suited environment, etc but that's not necessarily always the case. Especially in esports. | ||
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MstrJinbo
United States1251 Posts
On September 22 2014 02:41 Gamegene wrote: Is that supposed to be an accomplishment? Professional is a cheap title. Showmatch Aphrodite vs Gamegene? | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25107 Posts
On September 22 2014 03:57 Sejanus wrote: That would actually be an interesting experiment. Many of TL players weren't that good before joining TL, HerO was hardly known at all, Taeja was... well he was a very good terran but far from the stomping monster he is now. I'd be curious to see what Aphrodite could achieve in TL. Maybe she can become even good enough to actually compete in real SC2 tournaments. Professional is someone who lives out of it. If she is living out of playing StarCraft 2, she is a professional StarCraft 2 player. Normally professionals are better than amateurs because they put much more time into it, they can improve in a more suited environment, etc but that's not necessarily always the case. Especially in esports. With those pickups I thought it was known that HerO was very skilled and Taeja was already showing some serious chops in the ESV weeklies. I'd actually love there to be a writeup one day about those two pickups. Pretty much the best Korean pickups ever. Skilled players getting exposure to tournaments and all the while improving with their time on the team . | ||
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KingAlphard
Italy1705 Posts
On September 22 2014 03:57 Sejanus wrote: That would actually be an interesting experiment. Many of TL players weren't that good before joining TL, HerO was hardly known at all, Taeja was... well he was a very good terran but far from the stomping monster he is now. I'd be curious to see what Aphrodite could achieve in TL. Maybe she can become even good enough to actually compete in real SC2 tournaments. Professional is someone who lives out of it. If she is living out of playing StarCraft 2, she is a professional StarCraft 2 player. Normally professionals are better than amateurs because they put much more time into it, they can improve in a more suited environment, etc but that's not necessarily always the case. Especially in esports. If you translate literally 'professional' and 'gamer' and put together the two words then you're right, but it doesn't work like that. In reality, when people say ' professional starcraft 2 player' they mean someone who consistently participates in tournaments, earns enough money to (almost) make a living (as you said), and is skilled enough to compete with most of the other progamers. All 3 of these aspects are very important. That's why I wouldn't call Aphrodite a progamer. | ||
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giblaz
United States8 Posts
On September 22 2014 02:41 Gamegene wrote: Is that supposed to be an accomplishment? Professional is a cheap title. In professional baseball, extremely young players (high school, early college) get signed to teams all the time because the team has a sort of interest in them. It's only fair she gets a chance at a team if they think she could improve and help the team if someone like Maru gets a chance because a team sees potential in him despite him being a kid at 13-14. He developed into a star, she got better but didn't develop into a GSL Code S player (winning a Zowie, good accomplishment, but not Proleague obv). I simply don't think she put in the time to tighten her play to the level that some of the other top players do. Work ethic goes a long way, but I don't follow her practice regimine =) | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25107 Posts
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iMrising
United States1099 Posts
On September 20 2014 21:23 brickrd wrote: she was clearly never on the team because she can compete at the highest level of starcraft so holding her to a standard on the basis of her "results" doesnt make a lot of sense. its like if rotterdam left root (actually idk if hes even still on root but you get my point) and people said "oh well he didnt achieve anything as a player so it doesnt matter" then what was her role on startale then? Rotterdam is a caster, so of course we don't hold him to that. I never really fully understood what she does, if she's not a progamer. | ||
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