For those who don't know,
www.teamzenith.net
Our new website! Also the location where I'll be blogging there for the duration that team Zenith is in Europe for. Until the 5th, and possibly for the long haul.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Friday, November 02, 2007
Since its been such a hotly debated topic undercover, i guess its best to openly lay out what is REALLY going on. in tune with zenith absorbing some of Micronology's players,
asterisk* girls are set to combine forces with dNgirls for an upcoming competition to form a mixed-team team.
as for what a mixed team is, i lifted a portion of dawnsheep's email out for your viewing pleasure.
*Mixed team: what it means to us-
A mixed team is when members from different teams collaborate to form a team for a particular tournament, with no long-term plans involved.
For example, Tammy and Me getting Ice, Ant and Musica to play together in a tournament.
Zilch said it was okay to field the mixed team for GXL, but as of latest, there are NO PLANS for the dNgirls to join X3M or vice versa.
With the number of girls that we have, we are likely to form 2 teams.
for the final teamings, please stay tuned as the second part of the drama unfolds.
asterisk* girls are set to combine forces with dNgirls for an upcoming competition to form a mixed-team team.
as for what a mixed team is, i lifted a portion of dawnsheep's email out for your viewing pleasure.
*Mixed team: what it means to us-
A mixed team is when members from different teams collaborate to form a team for a particular tournament, with no long-term plans involved.
For example, Tammy and Me getting Ice, Ant and Musica to play together in a tournament.
Zilch said it was okay to field the mixed team for GXL, but as of latest, there are NO PLANS for the dNgirls to join X3M or vice versa.
With the number of girls that we have, we are likely to form 2 teams.
for the final teamings, please stay tuned as the second part of the drama unfolds.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
The way I see it…
The whole point of supporting a team, is if you actually admire/like them enough to want to do it. And if you actually like them enough to want to do it, you will have to put up with their quirks and preferences.
Like not replying to you when they don’t feel like it. Like not posting because they don’t want to. Like me posting in pink because I like pink. ^^
While it is entirely human to expect reciprocation, it is not logical to expect it with regards to the current situation. It’s very simple. Zenith guys and Asterisk* girls don’t really know you taggers. (And if we do know you personally, you can just drop us a PM.)
Thus, the relationship is one-way. In other words we are not obliged in any given terms to respond.
This is not to say that we will not provide updates. But updates will be given when the time is right (or when everything is certain/stabilised). Not on a demand-respond basis. So while it may greatly inconvenience you not to know what's going on, it can't be helped. GLHF! =Þ
Sunday, October 28, 2007
firstly, i dont see why any normal team has to answer to their supporters. they don't earn a living from gaming, its an interest to them as much as it is to you. maybe if they go seriously pro, then yes, you "loyal fans" out there have a right to request for inside info updates. as it is, i dont see why they cant choose to keep quiet about some things, should they want to.
secondly, so what if their attitude sucks? they aren't teachers or parents or anyone set to mould the future generation of singapore. like i said, they're just gamers, mostly immature still and waiting to grow up. havent heard of the word "humans" or "mere mortals"?
i tire of the modern mindsets of kids nowadays and yearn for the time when policemen still wore shorts.
and we have limited blogging because most of the authorised bloggers prefer not to have their thoughts splashed on a high traffic site to become the next juicy piece of gossip. or they dont deem it worth their while, unless they're seriously bm-ed or misunderstood.
secondly, so what if their attitude sucks? they aren't teachers or parents or anyone set to mould the future generation of singapore. like i said, they're just gamers, mostly immature still and waiting to grow up. havent heard of the word "humans" or "mere mortals"?
i tire of the modern mindsets of kids nowadays and yearn for the time when policemen still wore shorts.
and we have limited blogging because most of the authorised bloggers prefer not to have their thoughts splashed on a high traffic site to become the next juicy piece of gossip. or they dont deem it worth their while, unless they're seriously bm-ed or misunderstood.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
As much as I feel the need to put up some unglam (ewww what kind of word is 'unglam') picture of MusiCa, our article's star, I fear it wouldn't be good for his self-proclaimed image as "TEH GLORIOUS EYE-CANDY OF WIN". In my own words of course.
Taken from a Zion.Net tournament last year in Malaysia. Picture chosen because I'm being strategically covered in it. Musica is very prominent in this picture! Unfortunately, not because he's the guy in the front, but because he's the only guy that isn't wearing a black jacket. As a side note, I kinda like my shoes in this picture.
The origins of Musica's name are shrouded in mystery. Apparently it's a reference to some anime character. Or it's to indicate his preferred choice of personal entertainment. Regardless of how his nick might have all kinds of dumb reasons for being chosen, it does have a nice ring to it. Plus, he has stuck to the same nick for as long as I've known him, which is always a good thing. Somehow people who stick to the same nick tend to have a better impression T_T. For me anyways.
Musica's recruitment into Zenith, on hindsight, seems to be almost too lucky. It just so happened that a few of us just so happened to be with people who talked about him, or played a good game with him once, and poof, there you have Musica in Zenith. Of course, him becoming a key player in Zenith is hardly based on luck.
Musica has one of the best distance judging in lane that I know of. He is one of the few people who could beat Tofu consistently in 1v1 in a lane when Tofu wasn't blowing. While his last-hit timing might not be as precise, Musica is simply fearsome to lane against. It isn't common to see someone like Musica who can abuse his seemingly heightened judgement on distance in a lane to gain a substantial advantage in harrassment.
Moreover, Musica can be insanely aggressive, which is usually a good thing in a lane. He is able to and will regularly completely dominate his lane. In lane, he is often able to catch competent opponents off-guard by forcing a fight when they least expect it.
This of course leads to Musica being someone overly aggressive at times. He takes horrendous risks when catching, and often is left very very dead from picking a fight that goes horribly wrong. This manifests itself most in the mid-game portions, but occasionally happens when Musica is in lane as well. For an example, one might look to his THD in a THD Pudge lane with Tofu in the first match of WGT against Gamers Inc. This makes Musica a rather frightening teammate since he will often place himself at a position just milliseconds away from losing you the game, but fortunately doesn't actually throw the game away that often.
Musica also seems to have his... forms. At different times of the year, he can go from being very damn good to being pubby-like. However, one should give credit to him for generally displaying exceptionally amazing play very often, in a variety of farmers and AoE heroes. The moments that show Musica as an outstanding player aren't actually that few and far in between.
That being said, there are some heroes and roles that Musica simply is far from adept at. Supporting is simply not his style. Then again, we don't need Musica to play support, so I'm simply trying to find flaws here T_T.
Musica has been very dedicated to the team. It was very easy to settle any team issues with him while he still was in Singapore, made easier by the fact that I lived opposite him. There are many things to commend him about, but perhaps it would be enough to say that he made the choice of flying down to Singapore during his school term to play WCG and WGT for us.
Overall, Musica is polite, reasonably cheerful and considerate enough (for his team members at least). He might be rather shady at times though... but he never fails to exclaim to the rest of the world, and very often too, that he is some sort of God on Earth. My own words.
Taken from a Zion.Net tournament last year in Malaysia. Picture chosen because I'm being strategically covered in it. Musica is very prominent in this picture! Unfortunately, not because he's the guy in the front, but because he's the only guy that isn't wearing a black jacket. As a side note, I kinda like my shoes in this picture.
The origins of Musica's name are shrouded in mystery. Apparently it's a reference to some anime character. Or it's to indicate his preferred choice of personal entertainment. Regardless of how his nick might have all kinds of dumb reasons for being chosen, it does have a nice ring to it. Plus, he has stuck to the same nick for as long as I've known him, which is always a good thing. Somehow people who stick to the same nick tend to have a better impression T_T. For me anyways.
Musica's recruitment into Zenith, on hindsight, seems to be almost too lucky. It just so happened that a few of us just so happened to be with people who talked about him, or played a good game with him once, and poof, there you have Musica in Zenith. Of course, him becoming a key player in Zenith is hardly based on luck.
Musica has one of the best distance judging in lane that I know of. He is one of the few people who could beat Tofu consistently in 1v1 in a lane when Tofu wasn't blowing. While his last-hit timing might not be as precise, Musica is simply fearsome to lane against. It isn't common to see someone like Musica who can abuse his seemingly heightened judgement on distance in a lane to gain a substantial advantage in harrassment.
Moreover, Musica can be insanely aggressive, which is usually a good thing in a lane. He is able to and will regularly completely dominate his lane. In lane, he is often able to catch competent opponents off-guard by forcing a fight when they least expect it.
This of course leads to Musica being someone overly aggressive at times. He takes horrendous risks when catching, and often is left very very dead from picking a fight that goes horribly wrong. This manifests itself most in the mid-game portions, but occasionally happens when Musica is in lane as well. For an example, one might look to his THD in a THD Pudge lane with Tofu in the first match of WGT against Gamers Inc. This makes Musica a rather frightening teammate since he will often place himself at a position just milliseconds away from losing you the game, but fortunately doesn't actually throw the game away that often.
Musica also seems to have his... forms. At different times of the year, he can go from being very damn good to being pubby-like. However, one should give credit to him for generally displaying exceptionally amazing play very often, in a variety of farmers and AoE heroes. The moments that show Musica as an outstanding player aren't actually that few and far in between.
That being said, there are some heroes and roles that Musica simply is far from adept at. Supporting is simply not his style. Then again, we don't need Musica to play support, so I'm simply trying to find flaws here T_T.
Musica has been very dedicated to the team. It was very easy to settle any team issues with him while he still was in Singapore, made easier by the fact that I lived opposite him. There are many things to commend him about, but perhaps it would be enough to say that he made the choice of flying down to Singapore during his school term to play WCG and WGT for us.
Overall, Musica is polite, reasonably cheerful and considerate enough (for his team members at least). He might be rather shady at times though... but he never fails to exclaim to the rest of the world, and very often too, that he is some sort of God on Earth. My own words.