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EggYsc2
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
620 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 08:29:59
January 26 2012 06:12 GMT
#1
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A statement from iov leaders:
First off, I would like to thank Team Liquid for allowing us to give this statement. I want to make sure the SC2 community knows that eGGy is no longer apart of the Icons of Vanity organization. We are just getting into the SC2 scene and wanted some kind of exposure about the merge that what going on. A post was going to be made by me or Jordan the SC2 manager but eGGy went on and decided to do it himself without anyones approval. I can't say much more but hope that this will be forgotten. Thank you TL once again, Samuel Portillo, CEO of Icons of Vanity

---------------

I just wanted to address the current issues with this announcement for Icons of Vanity. First off, I want to deeply apologize to the community for Eggy’s words and actions. He did something without my permission and also disgraced the division of StarCraft which I run. I just want to make sure the community knows that he is no longer within our organization. I also want to thank the ones in the community that has given us their support and I hope we will not disappoint you guys! Thank you for taking your time to reading this, Jordan ‘WakanakaTaka’ Tang.
P.S. I’m not exoticA

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TORONTO, CANADA. – January 25th, 2012. – Today Icons of Vanity (IOv), North America’s professional gaming team and an up and coming contender in e-Sports, announces the acquisition of Metagaming.

Coming over to Icons of Vanity from (MG) are some very well known players both Masters and Grandmasters

Joshua "Kamikiri" Niepoetter
Zaid "ShaDe" Quadri
Jorjge "Thunder" Zambrano aka cLsThunder
Ali "dropin" Smadi
Daniel "dReam" Elmblad

We spoke to Jordan "Exotica" Tang head of Metagaming and he said "I feel this is a very good move for both team. Icons of Vanity other division are really powerful and I believe if we work together diligently we to can become another North American power house team. There is no doubt in my mind that all of our players can beat anyone out there right now, we just need to train them to beat them consistently."

Staying over from Icons of Vanity we have
Ember
IncOgnitO
EggY

As of now, Sebastian "Eggy" Swierad will be appoointed Head Coach for the team. With his experience in competitive gaming for over 10 years, having 3 NA Masters account an 1 KR masters accounts he knows the in's and outs on how to raise stamina, stay calm, and how to improve the fastest most effective way. When asked how he will help the team he said "We're going to implement a lot of Korean style training and methods. A "in-team" ladder system will just be the first step."

Icons of Vanity CEO Samuel Portillo stated "We've been looking for the right team to pick up to help out our organization. What made Metgagaming stand out of the others were there dedication to the game. Each players dedicated most of his day to this game and that is exactly what we are looking for. Good players that want to become the best, and I believe we Icons of Vanity is a perfect training ground for that. We know that StarCraft 2 is the future of E-Sports and we are willing to invest heavily into it."

So watch out IPL, MLG, and NASL these boys are hungry for a win, don't underestimate the underdogs of today's Starcraft 2 Scene.

Team Achievements(some players may have quit/stopped playing):
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* Toronto Game Nation LAN

1st BaekHo - Razer Keyboard($100+)
2nd EggY - Razer Mousepad($50)

* MLG Raleigh 2011

Round 4 Losers Bracket - Usurp
Round 2 Losers Bracket - Cloaked

* MLG Orlando 2011

Round 5 Losers Bracket(Winners Round 3)- Usurp

* Michigan University LAN

1st Kodak ($50+T-shirt)

*Rutgers University Lan
Shade and Insomniac Top 8

*US Craft Cup
4th EggY

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Icons of Vanity is a Multi-Platform E-Sport Organization
We have teams in CS, BF3, LoL, and COD
If you have time please visit our website @ www.iovgaming.net
and like our facebook page! www.facebook.com/iconsofvanity
Cheers!
Happy Laddering!

Note About the troll on the thread:
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Axellerate and Consumer13 are the same person.
Axellerate has a vendetta after me because I embarrassed him in real life(we were friends for 6 years)
I asked him multiple times to talk to me in person rather than hiding behind a keyboard and he fails to do so.
So he resorts to making ridiculous post like that, and posting private messages between me and him so he can
feel better about him self.

Im sorry the drama had to come to this thread, but he brought it upon himself.
I am tired of being harassed for 7 months by this person whenever i log onto BNET or anywhere else.
Please ignore this person, he is just trying really hard to make me sound like a bad person.
Im sure everyone would be pissed if they had there own personal RatZDeezer that followed them everywhere.


User was temp banned for this post.
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
January 26 2012 06:14 GMT
#2
On January 26 2012 15:12 IOvEggY wrote:
Coming over to Icons of Vanity from (MG) are some very well known players
Joshua "Kamikiri" Niepoetter
Zaid "ShaDe" Quadri
Jorjge "Thunder" Zambrano aka cLsThunder
Ali "dropin" Smadi
"BonkerZ"
"Insomniac"
"DirtyDeeds"
"dReam"


Umm no offense I've never heard of any of these players.. ><

Good luck? ;;
@KawaiiRiceLighT
LimeNade
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2125 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 06:17:00
January 26 2012 06:15 GMT
#3
On January 26 2012 15:14 KawaiiRice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 15:12 IOvEggY wrote:
Coming over to Icons of Vanity from (MG) are some very well known players
Joshua "Kamikiri" Niepoetter
Zaid "ShaDe" Quadri
Jorjge "Thunder" Zambrano aka cLsThunder
Ali "dropin" Smadi
"BonkerZ"
"Insomniac"
"DirtyDeeds"
"dReam"


Umm no offense I've never heard of any of these players.. ><

Good luck? ;;


yea i never heard of one of them on either NA or EU O_o

and no offense but i think anyone who is good at sc2 can get 3 masters accounts and a masters on korea really easily
JD, need I say more? :D
mrRoflpwn
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States2618 Posts
January 26 2012 06:15 GMT
#4
gl? teams need better marketing...
Long live the Boss Toss!
CookieMaker
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada880 Posts
January 26 2012 06:16 GMT
#5
Cool banner though!

Hope the new team works out well for you guys, practice hard and be the next underdog :D
Micro your Macro
Sylfyre
Profile Joined January 2012
Australia222 Posts
January 26 2012 06:19 GMT
#6
Sorry, like the above I haven't heard of any of these players I don't think...list of big victories or second or third place's that players have gotten maybe?
Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 06:22:03
January 26 2012 06:20 GMT
#7
I actually have played one of them before... I kinda think that you guys are getting a little ahead of yourselves by forming a pro gaming team...

Even a group of grandmasters may just create a competitive clan rather than a team that seriously wants to market their team as a brand name.

Being Master or even tip top tier Masters is not enough to justify a team to go professional. even low GM players aren't pros.
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
January 26 2012 06:21 GMT
#8
i have played several players with MG tag but have never heard of any above name
Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
January 26 2012 06:21 GMT
#9
You guys should release replays, I'd like to see how they play!
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
SockArms
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States591 Posts
January 26 2012 06:21 GMT
#10
Ok gunna be honest half the time I see these things I think wow that's so nice now who the fuck are these players.
| Cloud9 | DK | Liquid |
Snuggles
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1865 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 06:27:11
January 26 2012 06:24 GMT
#11
Jeez maybe their just trying to fulfill their own egos by doing this... The real actual pros are so far damn ahead that .. god cmon its common sense that to be pro you already need to be getting top results in semi pro tourneys or something.

Furthermore you need to be able to compete against the pros at major tournaments. Otherwise you're just that GrandMaster no name player that gets knocked out in the Open Bracket by some guy in oGs or slayers with no affiliation with an established team.
EggYsc2
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
620 Posts
January 26 2012 06:27 GMT
#12
On January 26 2012 15:24 Snuggles wrote:
Jeez maybe their just trying to fulfill their own egos by doing this... The real actual pros are so far damn ahead that .. god cmon its common sense that to be pro you already need to be getting top results in semi pro tourneys or something.

Furthermore you need to be able to compete against the pros at major tournaments. Otherwise you're just that GrandMaster no name player that gets knocked out in the Open Bracket by some guy in oGs or slayers with no affiliation with an established team.


by your logic everyone should just quit
No one knows who we are, if you dont know who we are
Thats how marketing works
Now you know about us
chadissilent
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada1187 Posts
January 26 2012 06:29 GMT
#13
ShaDe is a pretty good Terran, haven't heard of anyone else.
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
January 26 2012 06:31 GMT
#14
To be fair, saying "they have beaten players like HuK and RuFF" doesn't add to your credibility T_T. It just makes it sound like they don't have any accomplishments. I've done both as well, but I'm not anyone special (well, it was actually HerO playing on Huk's account supposedly when he was still on liquid).
Suc
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1569 Posts
January 26 2012 06:31 GMT
#15
I actually thought this was going to be a thread about metagaming people by appearing as vain as possible.
DYEAlabaster
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada1009 Posts
January 26 2012 06:32 GMT
#16
Hey guys, I feel that you should be kinder to teams like this. Why? Cause it helps eSports grow.

Think about it this way. This is a team that has some sort of funding or some way to support themselves and is trying to grow. We should support every single person that is trying to make a breakthrough to the professional scene, and not shoot them down with "I haven't heard of you" or "you're not good enough". Cause they are obviously trying to get their name out there and form an atmosphere where they can practise and work on Starcraft enough so that they can really approach that highest level of play.

Think of it yourselves. If you were on a team that had a sliver of a chance to go pro, wouldn't you be ecstatic? I sure would, and I'm super proud/happy for this team to be taking a brave step foreword. They are trying to breakthrough, and I wish that they do. Why? Cause if they do, that's one more team to cheer for, one more group of players to know, and it expands the world of eSports just a little bit more.

Keep it up Icons of Vanity/MetaGaming. I really do wish the best for you guys, and that more teams like you tries to get a breakthrough!
IMoperator
Profile Joined October 2011
4476 Posts
January 26 2012 06:32 GMT
#17
Is this Shade + Insomniac from Gfaqs???
Dice17
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States520 Posts
January 26 2012 06:33 GMT
#18
who and who?
GamaBear #1 Fan! Sen fighting~
hipsterHobbit
Profile Joined September 2011
United States218 Posts
January 26 2012 06:34 GMT
#19
Might wanna buy Dropin a new computer considering he lagged the shit out of a game I played him in tonight.
LaG.Gaming
Profile Joined April 2011
United States288 Posts
January 26 2012 06:37 GMT
#20
the only1 that i know is dReam aka Exotica aka tqDanny , preetty good protoss , and i seen thunder played he does wierd strats so he is not bad gl gl with the new merge
LaGGaming.net // Money cant buy happiness, but can pay for the internet that is almost the same.
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