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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
A new StarCraft team called Apocalypse eSports that will be making their debut in the SC2 Improve Team League. At this time the team’s line up consists of Marc-Oliver “  desRow” Proulx, Juan “ MajOr” Tena Lopez, Vesa “Welmu” Hovinen, Haseeb “TeebuL” Ishaq, and Piotr "souL" Walukiewicz, Isaac “ PandaBearMe” Fox.
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wjat
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KalWarkov
Germany4126 Posts
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Rizesc2
Australia3 Posts
Good luck to the guys, especially PandaBearMe and Soul.  | ||
Ragnarork
France9034 Posts
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Faefae
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Tenks
United States3104 Posts
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Elentos
55561 Posts
On January 16 2016 02:57 Ragnarork wrote: Who owns that? Our source informed us that the team had the same management as previous North American teams “BrawL eSports” and its successor “Endurance eSports”. Whoever that is. | ||
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SlammerIV
United States526 Posts
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Elentos
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TelecoM
United States10688 Posts
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TheCzarOfAll
United States170 Posts
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Pontius Pirate
United States1557 Posts
On January 16 2016 03:26 TheCzarOfAll wrote: Why Desrow? He has a decent Twitch following, he produces content, and he is a big personality. Keep in mind that players generate value for their teams by showing their sponsors how much attention they are able to bring to said sponsors. If it was purely skill-based, then Firecake would be swimming in endorsements. But he pisses people off, and so his career suffers from it. On the other end of the spectrum, you have Scarlet who hasn't accomplished much in a while, but does a bit of casting and still is a wildly popular community member with an adoring fanbase. If she was hired purely on skill, she'd be on a small team, but she's on Acer because she is an extremely potent source of advertisement for their sponsors. | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
Good luck to them though, NA desperately needs other big stable teams than ROOT. It's interesting (and kinda sad at the same time) to see that Welmu ended up on a relatively unknown NA team though, while he certainly deserves a top EU team. | ||
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Tenks
United States3104 Posts
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Footler
United States560 Posts
Major should change his name again. Maybe change it to 'Now' or something. | ||
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Azhrak
Finland1198 Posts
Also, anyone know the Twitter/Facebook/Homepage of Apocalypse eSports? I found this https://twitter.com/apocnation. By the way, the link for souL is wrong in the topic. It should be  souL. | ||
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vult
United States9400 Posts
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SmykuToronto
Poland269 Posts
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EndlessViolence
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Fishriot
United States621 Posts
For real though, I hope it works out! | ||
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TechNoTrance
Canada1007 Posts
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saltis
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Deathstar
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nath
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saltis
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45200 Posts
On January 16 2016 03:14 Elentos wrote: Also look, MajOr joined a team that isn't ROOT again. Well he had to join a different team before he could rejoin Root again  | ||
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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tokinho
United States792 Posts
looks like a pretty solid lineup too. | ||
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royalroadweed
United States8301 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24238 Posts
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esdf
Croatia736 Posts
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MediKing
United States153 Posts
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aRyuujin
United States5049 Posts
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Cricketer12
United States13990 Posts
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cCav
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MediKing
United States153 Posts
On January 16 2016 09:20 cCav wrote: This reads like a Core Gaming announcement. Buzzwords and no actual plan. I'm pretty skeptical. Nonetheless I hope it works out, especially for the sake of the players who all work hard as hell. Copy paste from Reddit; To everyone in question, please see our official announcement and launch quote from our CEO. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/502223-announcing-apocalypse-esports We understand the skepticism, and we were all expecting it. Please be aware that all of the management staff have worked for several organizations that ended up going under unfortunately enough. That is where this org came up, ran with the freedom to do as we see needed, rather than under the tight ropes of organizations that do not know the scene nor have the resources required to succeed. We have put together a solid 2 year plan that we believe will continue the team self sustainable for the foreseeable future. We realize that gaining the backing of a community for a sponsor-less, random announced team will take time. But we are committed to show our legitimacy and expansion further into the Esport scene. | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
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desRow
Canada2654 Posts
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Zailyn
Canada25 Posts
On January 16 2016 03:57 Azhrak wrote: Glad to see Welmu in a team again! However, I can't help to wonder why isn't the CEO's name mentioned in the news piece? I guess it's either Andrew "Zailyn" Martin or Dillon "Hathrow" Palimaka, since those are the people also behind BrawL eSports and Endurance eSports. Also, anyone know the Twitter/Facebook/Homepage of Apocalypse eSports? I found this https://twitter.com/apocnation. By the way, the link for souL is wrong in the topic. It should be souL.Haha - For once I'm just managing a roster. After owning a team for about two and a half years, I've had enough sleepless nights.  Our official team twitter is; https://twitter.com/ApocalypseSC2 Stay tuned for updates on our website, and don't forget to cheer for Welmu next weekend at Dreamhack! | ||
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NiGoL
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Boysetsfire
Mexico335 Posts
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Sharkken
Jordan141 Posts
I'll be cheering for you GL!! | ||
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MediKing
United States153 Posts
On January 17 2016 16:38 Sharkken wrote: Thank you Apocalypse for believing in StarCraft I'll be cheering for you GL!!Thank you for the support mate! <3 | ||
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Stallion
New Zealand67 Posts
Apocalypse E sports fighting!!!! | ||
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MediKing
United States153 Posts
On January 17 2016 19:41 Stallion wrote: Had the pleasure of casting Major and PandaBearMe tonight in the sc2online community open. The amount of variation and aggression from Major was amazing to commentate. PandaBearMe showed some excellent play vs PiliPili too. Is going to be a strong team!!! GL HF Apocalypse E sports fighting!!!!Was an awesome broadcast! Thanks for the cast, definitely hope to see more events like it! Was cool to see HuK revenge MajOr as well from the night before little rivalry brewing in these online cups haha | ||
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CursOr
United States6335 Posts
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royalroadweed
United States8301 Posts
On January 18 2016 13:11 CursOr wrote: i still feel like one day major is going to just demolish everyone. I believe. Its more likely that he'll demolish everyone at a tournament then no show for the finals then tweet about playing pokemon. | ||
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CursOr
United States6335 Posts
On January 18 2016 13:25 royalroadweed wrote: Its more likely that he'll demolish everyone at a tournament then no show for the finals then tweet about playing pokemon. there does seem to be just a touch of inconsistency, but the stars might align one of these months or years | ||
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Joedaddy
United States1948 Posts
Is our game so dead that we have no new talent to get hyped about? Makes me sad =( Edit: That sounded worse than I intended it to- Look, the players on this roster are all great people. They're certainly not the average "ladder hero" by any stretch. However, they've also shown us over the last 5 years what they're made of. And if we're being honest with one another- there's just not much there to make us think that they're going to be able to take it to the next level. I'm also not intending to knock the passion, enthusiasm, or drive of the organization signing them. The kid in me wants everyone involved here to succeed. That said, history tells me this whole thing is doomed to fail miserably. I hope I'm wrong, but I'd bet my boat that this is going nowhere fast. | ||
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BreakfastBurrito
United States893 Posts
On January 18 2016 16:00 Joedaddy wrote: I'm so sick of seeing under-performing players show up in "Team You've never heard of signs XXX player" threads on the TL home page. Is our game so dead that we have no new talent to get hyped about? Makes me sad =( Edit: That sounded worse than I intended it to- Look, the players on this roster are all great people. They're certainly not the average "ladder hero" by any stretch. However, they've also shown us over the last 5 years what they're made of. And if we're being honest with one another- there's just not much there to make us think that they're going to be able to take it to the next level. I'm also not intending to knock the passion, enthusiasm, or drive of the organization signing them. The kid in me wants everyone involved here to succeed. That said, history tells me this whole thing is doomed to fail miserably. I hope I'm wrong, but I'd bet my boat that this is going nowhere fast. Desrow certainly isn't a pillar of the community, other than that I agree | ||
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Stallion
New Zealand67 Posts
On January 17 2016 20:40 MediKing wrote: Was an awesome broadcast! Thanks for the cast, definitely hope to see more events like it! Was cool to see HuK revenge MajOr as well from the night before little rivalry brewing in these online cups hahaNo problem, loved casting it. will hopefully have my new stream on TL this week. haha forgot about it until too late. going to make that my casted tournament hopefully . | ||
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RuFF_SC2
United States203 Posts
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