State leaves PRIME.

On September 19 2014 21:35 AWalker9 wrote:
Prime really needs to recurit more guys at the

There are many players doing tryouts for Prime these days, there will be several new players announced before the beginning of the PL season.

KassiA will stay. We are looking at more experienced players rather than rookies, but even them have to do some tryouts

On September 19 2014 21:48 SuperHofmann wrote:
SKT1.State Incoming!

RIP Prime

On September 19 2014 21:48 SuperHofmann wrote:
SKT1.State Incoming!

RIP Prime

On September 19 2014 21:57 Lorning wrote:

We're not dead

On September 19 2014 21:30 myRZeth wrote:
so he wants to go to taiwan?

On September 19 2014 22:32 Rocket-Bear wrote:
San lives in Taiwan, doesn't he? Except when he's abroad for WCS / other tournaments, right?

On September 19 2014 22:42 shid0x wrote:
Prime's rooster is really shitty.
Just how much do they pay creator for him to stay ?

On September 19 2014 22:42 shid0x wrote:
Prime's rooster is really shitty.
Just how much do they pay creator for him to stay ?

On September 19 2014 22:47 Ovid wrote:


Innovation prime?

On September 19 2014 22:56 Noonius wrote:



Inno is too good for Prime

On September 19 2014 23:01 Lorning wrote:

Was too good for acer too

On September 19 2014 22:17 Crot4le wrote:


Would love to see State on Axiom.

On September 19 2014 23:52 Prevail wrote:
State was not playing up to par for Prime. He failed to make GSL Code A a few times, not even making it to a top 4 in the qualifiers for Code A. I don't know if this whole living in Korea thing has paid off for him yet. If State wants to a make a deep run in WCS America 2015, he will need another team who is willing to help him better because Prime didn't seem to do much for his skill. In my opinion, I think State should come back to US, join a team like EG or Root, and qualify for AM challenger, his chances would be way better than trying to qualify for GSL. His time in Korea has not shown any results on paper, he hasn't had a top placement in any tournament (DH, MLG, GSL, WCS, etc.). However, State is very young, and I believe he is a talented player, but he needs something more than just "Korea" to help his game.

On September 20 2014 00:22 LeLfe wrote:

EVERY Prime players failed... (except for chOya once)

On September 19 2014 21:29 Aeromi wrote:
PRIME roster :
ByuN Kappa
Creator
KassiA
MyuNgSiK
TerrOr

On September 20 2014 00:22 LeLfe wrote:

EVERY Prime players failed... (except for chOya once)

On September 20 2014 02:41 Jaaaaasper wrote:
Prime hasn't died yet?

On September 20 2014 02:52 Shinespark wrote:
I suspect State isn't leaving, he's jumping ship, because Prime is not participating in proleague next season and that means they're disbanding. They survived a LONG time, but I doubt they can keep it up.

On September 20 2014 03:17 Lorning wrote:
Prime was in a way worse position 1.5 year ago. No sponsor, MKP to LoL, they just left GSTL and esf, and they still survived.

Now they're actually looking better than ever (got salaries for the first time ever), they just need the players/results now.

On September 20 2014 03:14 Liliputin wrote:

What, please next time before you that kind of a statement make sure you know what are you talking about...

1) Prime will be participating in next PL
2) They are not disbanding
3) They got a new main sponsor KTC and for the first time in their team history pay their players a proper salary
4) Maybe you doubt that they will live much longer, but they are in fact getting new players, and just recently got Myungsik

On September 20 2014 02:39 Prevail wrote:



You are wrong LeLfe. Quite a few players from Prime went on to have extraordinary success. Take MarineKing.Prime, back in the days of WoL, he was a consistant Code S player, even placing 2nd in 2011 by losing only to the "King of Wings" Mvp. Not to mention he won an MLG arena, a tournament in which all players at the time were Code S, except for Huk, he was the only foreigner.

Creator.Prime is another example. He place 2nd in the in the first ever WCS global finals which took place in China. He lost to Parting, who is a ridiculous protoss player. Creator ended up winning $40,000 for his efforts, Parting took home the first $100,000 ever given away in SC2.

Maybe Prime is not the greatest team now of days, but there players are still certainly Code A material with Myungsik still in Code S and Code A consistently. It's obvious State wasn't getting the help he needed over the past 6 months. He couldn't even make it in the GSL Code A qualifiers. This goes to show that it is not the players who are "fail", but perhaps the coaching and staff that needs improvement. It appears that Prime lacks practice as team, and it seems more like "every man for himself". The players probably don't practice together alot, share ideas and/or strategies, it would explain why Prime did so poorly in Proleague this year.

On September 20 2014 04:29 AKAvg wrote:
So Prime has 5 members now? Isn't that like the bare minimum for Proleague?
They really need more members

On September 20 2014 05:09 OtherWorld wrote:

I don't know if you can count ByuN as a real member, I mean, when is the last time we saw ByuN in an official competition?

On September 19 2014 22:05 5c0rp10n wrote:
State didnt deliver. Sorry for him! I hope he finds a new team/training house.

On September 20 2014 05:47 PinoKotsBeer wrote:
is barbie not in the player roster? would love to see more of her :D

On September 20 2014 05:58 SkySC2 wrote:


she left prime 4 days ago

On September 20 2014 06:45 usopsama wrote:

Smart girl.

On September 19 2014 23:49 Crot4le wrote:


Ah yeah, I forgot that TRUE is staying there now. I thought there was still a vacant spot left by INno leaving to stay with his parents.

On September 20 2014 07:48 Kimb3r wrote:


But he was not even delivering outside of Korea.. he did not do nothing practically. Americans who do not practice in Korea are achieving way more than he does.

On September 20 2014 08:55 Wombat_NI wrote:

Perhaps, I can't really recall State even being in that many qualifiers but I might be wrong.

I wish foreigners wouldn't have to grind it alone in Korea like this. Major had the same issues IMO, it's no doubt hard to discuss the game with your housemates with the language gap.

Not that no communication occurs, but I'd imagine improvement would be a lot quicker if it wasn't such a huge culture shock.

On September 20 2014 21:57 aeligos wrote:
With regions locking, how is not getting deported? He is european (murikan, canadian, etc) is he not?

On September 20 2014 09:27 Spiller wrote:


State is actually pretty fluent in Korean now. If you watch his stream (hes been streaming a bit more recently) he chats in-game with quite a few players and types pretty quick from what I can tell, since I obviously don't have a clue what he is actually saying.

I think that is one of the main reasons he wants to stay, he really seems to enjoy it there and has taken to the culture more than most foreigners, although only he could say that for sure.

Also last I saw he was around rank 100 GM so he seems to be doing somewhat OK skill-wise, but again it can be hard to know exactly how ladder results translate to actual tournament success. We don't get to see as much of him so again the only people who truly know his skill level are state and the Koreans he plays on ladder or in customs.

On September 20 2014 07:48 Kimb3r wrote:
But he was not even delivering outside of Korea.. he did not do nothing practically. Americans who do not practice in Korea are achieving way more than he does.

Results for State after 2014-03-06. (After he joined PRIME)

Games: 35.48% (11-20)
Matches: 38.46% (5-8)

Filters:

Opponent Race:    all
Opponent Country: South Koreans
Match Format:     all
On/offline:       both
Game Version:     Heart of the Swarm

Stats by Aligulac. Link.

Results for State after 2014-03-06. (After he joined PRIME)

Games: 62.20% (51-31)
Matches: 64.71% (22-12)

Filters:

Opponent Race:    all
Opponent Country: Foreigners
Match Format:     all
On/offline:       both
Game Version:     Heart of the Swarm

Stats by Aligulac. Link.

On September 21 2014 08:30 Crot4le wrote:


No, read the OP.

He is staying in Korea.

On September 21 2014 18:09 Wombat_NI wrote:
Being an American citizen > having American residency?

On September 21 2014 08:53 KonanTenshi wrote:
Jinro, save e sports, start up a gaming house for State~~

EDIT:
Aka let him live in your appartment


On a serious note, I wonder whose willing to host him. Maybe ST or MVP feels the most possible solutions.

On September 21 2014 18:23 casual player wrote:


Yes.

So he doesn't have to live in America to compete there? This is actually my question.
I'm just trying to figure out how exactly WCS rules are going to work out next year.