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Natus Vincere disbands its StarCraft 2 squad

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SWAGGGEHHHH
Profile Joined December 2011
Greece32 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-30 13:26:44
December 30 2011 13:26 GMT
#1
The new year eve has always been the right time to sum up all major events of the year. Natus Vincere is not an exception and by analyzing the current status of our gaming squads we have decided to disband our StarCraft 2 squad. The major factor that led to this decision was lack of satisfying results by team players.

We thank to all our players that have been representing the organization during this year. We appreciate their contribution to the team and wish them sincere good luck. Most probably we will come back to StarCraft 2 title in the end of 2012 but will be still following the scene with Denis “Hireling” Shubovsky still representing Na`Vi.SC2 as our official broadcaster for this e-Sports discipline. Below you can read the statements by our CEO and teamcoach.

more informations here: http://www.navi-gaming.com/news_show.php?news_id=11981
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
December 30 2011 13:27 GMT
#2
A sad day for eSports
namste
Profile Joined October 2010
Finland2292 Posts
December 30 2011 13:29 GMT
#3
Had no idea that they even had an SC2 team.. :/
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Skuller
Profile Joined September 2010
United States197 Posts
December 30 2011 13:30 GMT
#4
Natus Vincere founded its sc2 squad not that long ago. I believe Happyzerg left just a couple days or a week ago.

Sad day

Best of luck to its players in the future.
EchoZ
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Japan5041 Posts
December 30 2011 13:31 GMT
#5
noo happyzerg
Dear Sixsmith...
Outsited
Profile Joined April 2011
United States189 Posts
December 30 2011 13:31 GMT
#6
thats unfortunate gl in the new year to all its players
Something on your mind ?
Klonere
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Ireland4123 Posts
December 30 2011 13:32 GMT
#7
I guess all the best Ukrainian players are on imbaFXO or Empire :-/

Sad to see such a legend of ESPORTS pull out of SC2, even if only temporarily.
S_SienZ
Profile Joined September 2011
1878 Posts
December 30 2011 13:35 GMT
#8
So is 13abyknight going back to Dota 2? Been hearing that he's been standing in for a team. But he's been doing decent in SC2 and has said that he's more of a solo player. Anyone have any news on this?
Tryxtira
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden572 Posts
December 30 2011 13:39 GMT
#9
On December 30 2011 22:35 S_SienZ wrote:
So is 13abyknight going back to Dota 2? Been hearing that he's been standing in for a team. But he's been doing decent in SC2 and has said that he's more of a solo player. Anyone have any news on this?


I've heard rumours that he's aiming for dota2. He is a soloplayer so he'll prolly go back to solo mid with a heavy carry, lol.
Oasx
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark72 Posts
December 30 2011 13:39 GMT
#10
I was so happy to see a dane stream and be good at SC2, hope BabyKnight sticks around
TheHova
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United Kingdom2612 Posts
December 30 2011 13:56 GMT
#11
Tbh, it felt like they didn't really put as much into the scene as they could. You can't sign players who have yet to achieve anything on the cheap and then say you're disbanding because of the lack of results. They need time T_T. Like over a year not a few months... If you want instant results, you have to sign somebody who can deliver them immediately. That means you've got to pay a bit more but the RoI is much higher, you become more prestigious, you make more money to spend on whatever etc etc.. They didn't even make one marquee signing to get everybody talking about Na`Vi. They just basically sat in the background and dwindled away into nothingness.

I just see it as a shame because they could have been a big name in this scene like they are in CS and dota2 but they never got their hands dirty.

Just look at the likes of mouz + EG and what they've achieved because they've invested and got the right players.
defnotGeorge
Profile Joined October 2010
United States80 Posts
December 30 2011 14:04 GMT
#12
On December 30 2011 22:56 TheHova wrote:
Tbh, it felt like they didn't really put as much into the scene as they could. You can't sign players who have yet to achieve anything on the cheap and then say you're disbanding because of the lack of results. They need time T_T. Like over a year not a few months... If you want instant results, you have to sign somebody who can deliver them immediately. That means you've got to pay a bit more but the RoI is much higher, you become more prestigious, you make more money to spend on whatever etc etc.. They didn't even make one marquee signing to get everybody talking about Na`Vi. They just basically sat in the background and dwindled away into nothingness.

I just see it as a shame because they could have been a big name in this scene like they are in CS and dota2 but they never got their hands dirty.

Just look at the likes of mouz + EG and what they've achieved because they've invested and got the right players.


I never even realized that they had a SC2 team. xD
marconi
Profile Joined March 2010
Croatia220 Posts
December 30 2011 14:07 GMT
#13
They didn't even have any really good players and they expected results? rofl

if they really wanted results, a team of their calibre could have easily contracted a few class players. Really sad decision by them.
conz
Profile Joined July 2011
United Kingdom163 Posts
December 30 2011 14:08 GMT
#14
On December 30 2011 22:32 Klonere wrote:
I guess all the best Ukrainian players are on imbaFXO or Empire :-/

Sad to see such a legend of ESPORTS pull out of SC2, even if only temporarily.


Legend? No just a good cs team that was made a few years ago SK, 3D, fnatic I'd give the legendary tag to.
TheRealDude: you were lucky you scouted
RTSDealer
Profile Joined December 2011
286 Posts
December 30 2011 14:16 GMT
#15
Na'vi is a huge Dota genre team.

Who won a million bucks a few months ago? Natus Vincere.
rtsdealer.com - I love Dota 2 and Starcraft 2
thecoupe
Profile Joined June 2011
United States77 Posts
December 30 2011 14:21 GMT
#16
Not surprising. The players they had weren't great and Na'Vi didn't really seem too ambitious about it.
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
December 30 2011 14:22 GMT
#17
No matter what their achievements are, they would always have been way way overshadowed by their Dota 2 lineup, which is basically the equivalent of top koreans put together if you were to translate it to SC2 terms.

So they'd have to have MVP/Nestea/Idra/Naniwa/HuK caliber players, and at least enough of them in the lineup to be able to play team leagues.

Unfortunately all players of that caliber are already on sponsored team.

It's a good business decision. They should concentrate on something they are already amazing at (still an understatement), - DOTA.
Wockets
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong467 Posts
December 30 2011 14:34 GMT
#18
Na'vi needed to invest in SC2 more if they wanted to have a competitive SC2 squad with results...
Shame they didn't really put that much into SC2, could've been the next Evil Geniuses with all the money they won from Dota.

But its great for their business that they "get rid of their fat" and focus more on their strong suit - all the best for Na'Vi

Poor HappyZerg and friends );
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-30 14:36:05
December 30 2011 14:35 GMT
#19
not a huge surprise i guess, they have much more successful squads in other games so i suppose they'll be focusing on them.

still a bummer though, good luck for those now teamless!
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Yaki
Profile Joined April 2011
France4234 Posts
December 30 2011 14:40 GMT
#20
Good decision imo, it was not worth the investment they came into SC2 too late all the good players were already on a team.
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