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ROOT Gaming Relaunch!

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ROOTCatZ
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Peru1226 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-10-11 15:22:35
October 09 2021 20:14 GMT
#1
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Intro

ROOT was founded over 11 years ago before 'esports' was much of a thing. Our goal was simple, yet ambitious: make the best SC2 team in North America. Over the years we managed to meet our expectations at multiple points, all while retaining our team spirit and cultivating friendships many of which are going strong to this day, but there's no denying that over time our competitive drive, goals and ambitions as an organization lessened to near halt.
Today that changes, as we recognize the need to re-build a sense of community and support systems for established and aspiring players in the SC2 ecosystem, we go back to our ROOTs and embark on our boldest journey yet: to become the biggest StarCraft 2 Clan, ever.

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ROOT is now open to all Masters+ (all servers)

Are you Masters+? You are now eligible to join our growing family and reap the benefits!! To submit a simple application join our discord here

Not Masters yet? Join our discord anyway! Get familiar, participate and learn as your path unfolds before you, we'll be here when you get your blue star.


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Presenting the ROOT Tournament Circuit !

In partnership with Twitch, we will be running $400 cups for members only every 2 weeks + quarterly finals (4 per year) for $2000! (Top 6 ROOT players from circuit points + 2 players from an open qualifier).
Every other week member-only distribution: 1st: $200 2nd: $100 3/4th: $50
Quarterly finals prizepool distribution: 1st: $690 2nd: $420 3/4th: $245 4-8th: $100
Tournaments will be hosted on Saturdays at 1pmEST / 7pmCEST and use EPT rules for servers. If there is a big tournament we'll reschedule.
Tournaments will be regularly streamed and casted on www.twitch.tv/rootcatz
more information ...you guessed it: on our discord.

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Inaugural Class and Player Policy:

We are very happy to announce that SKillous, SortOf and ShaDoWn have all decided to join / represent ROOT as our inaugural class!!
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As ecstatic as we are for the power these players bring to the table and our brand, we want to make sure that everyone is aware: None of our players are under contract and their commitment / obligations end at any moment they decide to move on.

This means to other teams: ROOT players remain open to offers and we will take no fee or stand in the way of their best interest moving forward.

ROOT aims to be a support structure that fills what we believe to be an existing void. To provide a system that rewards hard-working, aspiring talent, as well as established players in their transitions and flow within the sc2 sphere. We've always taken pride in supporting and developing talent and now this mission is explicitly at the heart of our project for the foreseeable future.

While we expect we'll see exponential growth, we will continue to feature a 'main roster' on our new website, with our house-hold streamers and pro-players featured. We love and are greatful to this core and hope to be able to add many more names to this list organically as our system helps to develop and catapult players and content creators forward in the space.

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Crypto fan? $ROOT is now available on rally.io!

Much of the work and efforts we are putting forward are made possible in part thanks to our new crypto token $ROOT. Access weekly rewards just for holding and participate in our economy, part of which goes to fuel our efforts in the RTS space! Buy $ROOT: https://rally.io/creator/ROOT/

More information and benefits can be found in our discord!

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Believe it or not, we have MORE in the works, including practice session schedules for members, $ROOT driven events, and, Group Coaching from pros (Provided there's enough interest) and more..

Stay up to date and track our ongoing efforts:
Twitter - @ROOT4ROOT
Discord
New Website! - http://www.root4root.com/

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Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
October 09 2021 20:19 GMT
#2
Hell yeah! Root4Root!
Cokefreak
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland8095 Posts
October 09 2021 20:35 GMT
#3
Good luck! I hope this goes big!
_fool
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands676 Posts
October 09 2021 20:42 GMT
#4
Very nice! Hope this will allow new players to get on the scene.
"News is to the mind what sugar is to the body"
Phrawz
Profile Joined January 2019
United States11 Posts
October 09 2021 20:59 GMT
#5
Very cool! ROOT <3
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. -Albert Einstein
GoloSC2
Profile Joined August 2014
710 Posts
October 09 2021 21:06 GMT
#6
great news
"Code S > IEM > Super Tournament > Homestory Cup > Blizzcon/WESG > GSL vs The World > Invitational tournaments in China with Koreans > WCS events" - Rodya
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24192 Posts
October 09 2021 21:11 GMT
#7
awesome ! GL !
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland24853 Posts
October 09 2021 22:32 GMT
#8
Yay more crypto tokens!

Am quite fond of Root’s history in the game though, hope this goes well.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
October 09 2021 23:41 GMT
#9
Nice!
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DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
October 10 2021 00:13 GMT
#10
Nice, best of luck. What exactly do you mean by 'class' exactly? that phrasing implies some sort of training/education element - will those players be providing training for the masters+ players that will have the opportunity to join up? Would appreciate it if you could elaborate a bit more :D.
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Niyanyo
Profile Joined April 2011
Mexico71 Posts
October 10 2021 02:41 GMT
#11
Great motivation to push for Master now!
AssyrianKing
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia2111 Posts
October 10 2021 04:21 GMT
#12
Goodluck!
John 15:13
vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
October 10 2021 06:00 GMT
#13
Wowwwwww
Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2213 Posts
October 10 2021 06:38 GMT
#14
Root4Root!
FlaSh MMA INnoVation FanTaSy MKP TY Ryung | soO Dark Rogue | HuK PartinG Stork State
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2429 Posts
October 10 2021 06:49 GMT
#15
Talking about RootGaming, it always remind me about herO.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
SnowAngel91
Profile Joined December 2019
2 Posts
October 10 2021 07:48 GMT
#16
This relatively low masters+ requirement should bring a lot of people in. I was actually thinking of joining myself before I remembered how stressful 1v1 is. :'D But great news nonetheless. WOW.
Elche
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland170 Posts
October 10 2021 09:03 GMT
#17
On October 10 2021 09:13 DSK wrote:
Nice, best of luck. What exactly do you mean by 'class' exactly? that phrasing implies some sort of training/education element - will those players be providing training for the masters+ players that will have the opportunity to join up? Would appreciate it if you could elaborate a bit more :D.


I'm interested about this as well.
How are they paid if they are not under a contract?
Also joining something that aims to become a foundation/support for future SC2 talent with cryptos just makes my stomach turn.
Sharkken
Profile Joined October 2012
Jordan141 Posts
October 10 2021 09:48 GMT
#18
Best news in a while!

Good luck ROOT
Liquid HerO Best Toss in the World
Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden590 Posts
October 10 2021 11:06 GMT
#19
$ROOT driven events

Is this the rebirth of Team Liquid attacks?
TL attacks was a good concept. You had known players being invited 1 per event. They were to play custom games with rules that varied a lot. Their opponents were fans that correctly answered trivia questions.
Since there were professionals vs amateurs, the custom game rules was often very debilitating. They also changed during the game, at iNcontroL's whim.

The Trial of the Xel'Naga, hosted by RedBull, was also a great event. 8 professionals teamed up with 8 fans, playing 2v2 on custom maps with very distinct features. Viewers got to vote on what was to happen, e.g. moving all mineral nodes to the middle of the map, landing a nuke in White-Ra's base, or unleash a mighty demon that attacks anyone.
Having a laughing Day9 pushing the buttons whilst commenting the games was amazing (Husky was also present).

These non-1v1 standard game events have fallen to the wayside. I wish for more big events with non-standard games. The ones that are happening now are so small that I often miss them when they are happening and I only find the VoD a few months later.
Example: Mappers' delight hosted by Creighton Olsen. I found out about it when he mentioned the conclusion of the fifth edition when commenting another event.
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Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States871 Posts
October 10 2021 14:44 GMT
#20
Alive gaem! ROOT has always been an important pillar of SC2, and it's wonderful to see them stepping up even harder. Wishing you guys all the best
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
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