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ROOT signs up-and-comer Korean player Dandy

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DARKING
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Mexico674 Posts
February 23 2018 04:23 GMT
#1
Original announcement here
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(Wiki)ROOT Gaming has announced the adquisition of its newest player, Korean protoss player Dandy.


Historically, ROOT has always been a team on a mission to find up-and-coming talent and allow it to grow and develop within our ranks.
The team has long been a mix of well-established players and up-and-comers with a heavy sprinkle of personalities. Traditionally, our Korean power-houses and family members (Sage, YuGiOh, SuperNova, hydra, herO) have helped anchor the team and provided it (and our normally "foreigner" rising stars) with a backbone structure to rise to the occasion and fight alongside them.

In the StarCraft panorama today, unknown up-and-coming talent is difficult to come by, especially in the motherland. Lucky for us - today it found us.

Hailing from Korea, we welcome our newest player "ROOT.Dandy" 박주성 (Park Ju Sung). An amateur protoss player with a lot of skill, potential and high aspirations for his StarCraft career.

Ju Sung is 21 years old and has been playing the game on-and-off for 5-6 years, however because of school and exams he wasn't able to focus on StarCraft as much as he would have liked prior to now.

Ju Sung reached out to us and made his desire to join ROOT well known, after a few discussions and an impressive set of 'test' games against Kelazhur (went 2-2) we decided that he would be a great fit for the team.

Ju Sung wanted to join ROOT Gaming to have strong sparring partners and help our players as he is a fan of the organization, herO as you may expect of many protosses today, is his favorite player.

Dandy will be a great addition to ROOT's lineup in clanwars, and a great practice partner for some of our best, as he himself strives to reach his goal of qualifying for the GSL.

Ju Sung is brand new to twitter, so be sure to follow him! Occasionally, you may also find ROOT.Dandy on his stream here.


Welcome home Dandy!
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LiquipediaMexican Liquipedia staff and Terran player. I tweet things @DARKING665.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
February 23 2018 04:30 GMT
#2
Wow congratz to ROOT and Dandy.

That's one signing that no one was expecting.
Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
February 23 2018 05:07 GMT
#3
2022 GSL champion
iamho
Profile Joined June 2009
United States3347 Posts
February 23 2018 05:19 GMT
#4
Cool to see new korean blood in the scene
FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4519 Posts
February 23 2018 06:57 GMT
#5
On February 23 2018 14:07 Solar424 wrote:
2022 GSL champion

Blizzcon champ.
hi. big fan.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
February 23 2018 07:17 GMT
#6
This is very cool.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
_fool
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands678 Posts
February 23 2018 07:53 GMT
#7
ROOT has always been able to bring players to a next level. Congrats Dandy!
"News is to the mind what sugar is to the body"
Judgement
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands152 Posts
February 23 2018 08:07 GMT
#8
Looking forward to seeing a new Korean player in the (pro)scene
"What good fortune for goverments that the people do not think."
DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
February 23 2018 09:11 GMT
#9
Fostering new talent can't be a bad thing. Good luck......DANDYMAAAAAAAN!.
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Dapper_Cad
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United Kingdom964 Posts
February 23 2018 09:56 GMT
#10
herO is also my favourite protoss. Dandy hwaiting!
But he is never making short-term prediction, everyone of his prediction are based on fundenmentals, but he doesn't exactly know when it will happen... So using these kind of narrowed "who-is-right" empirical analysis makes little sense.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16021 Posts
February 23 2018 10:02 GMT
#11
Curious to see if he will be the new Zest
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
February 23 2018 10:21 GMT
#12
Good newwsss
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
hexhaven
Profile Joined July 2014
Finland954 Posts
February 23 2018 10:22 GMT
#13
New blood, wow! Good for ROOT, hope we'll see more of Dandy.
WriterI shoot events. | http://www.jussi.co/esports
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
February 23 2018 11:32 GMT
#14
The best news!

Seeing a new Korean name appear feels so good.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
mosasaure
Profile Joined July 2016
France32 Posts
February 23 2018 12:33 GMT
#15
very cool to see the korean scene have new players !!!
PrincessTermagant
Profile Joined January 2016
Denmark27 Posts
February 23 2018 12:33 GMT
#16
I'm already a new fan. We really needed some new blood in the Korean scene. GOGO DANDY FIGHTING!!!
There's only one TRUE pro in the SC2 scene. :3
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
February 23 2018 12:50 GMT
#17
Oh, that's great!
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
391 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-23 14:25:01
February 23 2018 14:24 GMT
#18
Who?

But srsly, GL to both parties! Can never be enough korean players these days!
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10098 Posts
February 23 2018 14:40 GMT
#19
super cool!
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
kugel
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany116 Posts
February 23 2018 14:51 GMT
#20
nice saw him against inno on innos stream, gave him some hard games
gz ! and gl with your games
Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
February 23 2018 15:08 GMT
#21
My 2nd favourite Dandy in esports for sure.
'StarCraft is just a fairy tale told to scare children actually.'
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sashkata
Profile Joined September 2008
Bulgaria3241 Posts
February 23 2018 15:13 GMT
#22
Respect for signing a young unknown player!
jahnesta
Profile Joined February 2014
France62 Posts
February 23 2018 15:49 GMT
#23
Nice move from ROOT !
Please sign DRGling and Rookie next !
Stephano Life Jaedong TRUE Rogue
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4958 Posts
February 23 2018 21:42 GMT
#24
Root with the green roots!
Rogue | Maru | Scarlett | Trap
TL+ Member
Silvana
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
3713 Posts
February 24 2018 00:15 GMT
#25
Instead of sitting there waiting to be noticed, he reached out to his fav player's team and said "I wanna join!". Great attitude, I'm already a fan =)
RaiKageRyu
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada4773 Posts
February 24 2018 00:34 GMT
#26
Well, ain't that just Dandy.
Someone call down the Thunder?
Arceus
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Vietnam8333 Posts
February 24 2018 10:26 GMT
#27
DanDy switches games?
LongShot27
Profile Joined May 2013
United States2084 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-24 18:21:21
February 24 2018 18:21 GMT
#28
Root Gaming, where careers go to die. Good luck though kid
If all men were created equal there would be no reason to declare it.
Darth Caedus
Profile Joined May 2011
United States326 Posts
February 25 2018 15:22 GMT
#29
Love Root, and how they walk the walk. Good luck to this young Protossian!
Polt: "Those auto-turrets are cute." 10/26/13 commenting on MMA vs. Maru.
Freeedom
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States199 Posts
February 25 2018 18:12 GMT
#30
Now they just need a player named "Fine" for some 2v2 or archon
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Ziggy
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
South Korea2105 Posts
February 25 2018 18:33 GMT
#31
On February 25 2018 03:21 LongShot27 wrote:
Root Gaming, where careers go to die. Good luck though kid


They've produced quite a lot of talent over the years, especially helping amateurs with the SEED initiative. They actually have a decent lineup living in Korea atm, considering the size of the scene and the average size of teams. GL to both parties, honestly!
WriterDefeating a sandwich only makes it tastier. @imjustziggy
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10686 Posts
February 25 2018 23:11 GMT
#32
Curious if he was Dandy from BW, was he potentially from NsP or [WHITE] in BW prior to playing SC2? This is great news, love to see new blood still joining ROOT.
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
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