Monday, October 15, 2007

Right. How could I forget GPS.

GPS is currently our beloved team Zenith manager. He actually has been in that status for quite some time, but as always you might see him playing from time to time (he last popped in for CAPL in June, as well a many other times before). He is still invaluable in handling most external non-gameplay matters (which, believe me, is quite massive) and best of all, he keeps Tofuboi in check, which makes our life not so much a living hell.

And now that we've settled that...

As much as I would love to impose my will on others, people are all entitled to their own opinion, though they should phrase it as such if they don't have the space to provide any elaborations.

What I can do though is write a little testimonial! Since I have no obligation to get anyone to rely on this to enter University or anysuchhow, it's going to include the bad parts too. And hey, instead of tagging, any additional points or responses can be posted in the comments section so it can be saved!

A player is often assessed from many viewpoints. Often many watch a player either as a spectator, as an opponent, or as a teammate. Not surprisingly, these views will differ, but what is surprising is how much they do differ by.

The following, as well as the next series of posts, all are opinions of one teammate.

Let us open this with a nice testimonial of our very own WARNUTZ. Now bask in the image of NutZ in all his glory.

The origins of his nick are wrapped in mystery. Apparent it's because he thinks he's crazy or something. Hurhur. Hurhur.

Background? Lessee... from what I know, NutZ started off in Etny playing standard for quite some time, played some stuff in Etny DotA with Jovi (TruE) and company (whom I don't know! EEK). He was introduced when ice decided to form a fun team with Tammy and me for MYM, roping Jovi in (from their common ROC & TFT background), and Jovi roped NutZ in, and then NutZ suddenly appeared in Zenith for reasons that aren't actually that clear to me.

Let's start with the bad points shall we? Since they seem to be more prominent to everyone else =.=...

NutZ can do very stupid shit at a rather frequent rate. This more or less translates to "sometimes, NutZ will feed. Badly, and seemingly unneccessarily". He doesn't however, make game-costing mistakes, although this is mostly because he either isn't in a position to make or break the game, or that his mistakes are in the early and mid game.

Also, NutZ doesn't have the best laning prowess in the world. That pretty much explains itself. It's not that we don't trust him to take a lane himself, but he might not do as well as say, Tofuboi. He also is a little too quiet for his own good, which isn't very beneficial for communication with the team.

On to the good stuff. I know! How about a haiku? How about two haikus!

NutZ is never late.
Except when we are meeting
Right next to his house.

NutZ is very free.
He has no school and no work.
He can play all day!

Ah... the joy of having someone you never have to worry about when it comes to attendance. Sometimes though, NutZ does this Superman thing where he suddenly, for no given reason, becomes uncontactable, presumably busy saving a cat from a tree halfway around the world.

NutZ can be a completely sacrificial supporter pretty well. In a team with so many people who want to farm, this is actually a good thing. It's harder than it seems, and takes discipline and self-control, which many people (AHEM) don't have. And this ties in well with his next plus point...

NutZ can engage and follow up pretty well. When you have no items, as long as you get your spells off perfectly, your job is done. As much as he might screw up the smaller matters, he does well in those large clashes. This was mostly the unique characteristic which got him in the team (for me at least).

The best thing though, is that NutZ has actually improved!

YA RLY!!

Actually that's secondary. NutZ has probably the most positive attitude towards improvement in the team. Aside from the random Emoing in nonconsequential games (which everyone does, but NutZ does it at a much lower frequency, even with all the FEEDER calls he gets) he responds pretty damn well to constant criticism, even though sometimes it isn't phrased very nicely (AHEM). He's also nice enough to not respond to a personal attack with another personal attack, which is respectable.

The willingness to constantly improve, evidence of actual concrete improvement, and the means to improve (hurhur) means NutZ has a lot of potential!

Am I missing anything out or would you like to add any additional elaborations? Post a comment!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

pls post ur testi(s) on all members of zenith.

although would be very tedious, but it would be a very good read, esp when it's information regarding the top SG team.

=)

Anonymous said...

great read LOL i thrive on juicy gossips

Anonymous said...

Yes i agree totally. There really arent enough posts on blogs of micro and zenith as opposed to the expectancy of fans. Any post on some information of the team usually stimulates great interest it is insight otherwise not available.
Gl to Nutz in the future, pretty classy in the way you respond to criticism about ur incessant feeding.. aside from that improvements.. from the replays.... er ok if you guys say so.