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I just saw this and wanted to make sure everyone heard about it:
The Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group is proud to announce that it will now be using it's A&W trademark Root Beer products to sponsor ROOT Gaming at MLG Dallas this weekend. This mutually beneficial partnership was finally agreed upon by both parties after extensive meetings between management on both sides. Representatives from A&W are pleased that it's ROOT Beer products will be backed by such reputable gamers, and the Dr.Pepper/Snapple Group hopes this will be a first step in further sponsoring esport in the near future. Good luck to both parties at this weekends event.
In the March 1995 acquisition of Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Companies, Inc., by Cadbury Schweppes plc, of London, A&W became part of the renamed Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. Today, regular and Diet A&W Root Beer are the number one root beers in all measurable channels. A&W Cream Soda is the top branded cream soda.
Much has changed since Roy Allen first sold root beer on that summer day in 1919, but the one thing that hasn't is the rich, smooth taste of A&W Root Beer.
Since its formation, ROOT Gaming has dominated the North American Starcraft 2 competitive gaming scene. There is no team in North America that comes close to ROOT Gaming’s accomplishments, as a team or as individuals!
Our goal as a team is not just to be the best, but also to be an important part of the Starcraft 2 community for casual and competitive gamers alike. With our website finally being launched, our goal is to create a place where players can come to find out the latest news, learn the game no matter what your skill level, and of course watch team members showcase their talent. As a team we will work hard to constantly improve, and focus on treating all other players with good manner and respect. Lastly, Root Gaming promises to do everything in our power to make Starcraft 2 into best possible game and e-Sport that it deserves to be.
They also released new wallpaper!! Image here!
EDIT- Look, everyone needs to know that I am NOT affiliated with ROOT Gaming whatsoever. The whole ROOTBeer thing was started one evening in the chat room on Destiny's stream. About 36 hours later, stuck at home with strep throat and nothing to do, I decided to make an Ap-ril F-oolz post for TL. I've been on here awhile and I don't really post a lot, so I wanted to make sure I put forth a good effort. I spent more time on the "press release" than the wallpaper (obviously) and added the little note on the bottom of the wallpaper so everyone would know it was an Ap-ril F-oolz gag. I posted and sat back. Most everyone had a laugh, and I was pleased with how everything turned out.
Then I see pics on @sc2rootgaming of the new t-shirts and holy balls they have SPONSORS!!! Now here is where I truly facepalm since all I wanted were a few lulz, and now in the back of my mind I'm thinking 'No one will believe this thanks to my poorly timed joke'. The irony of the teams lack of sponsorship was obviously lost on me, and I guess I'm not as big a fan of them as I think since this didn't come to mind while making the post.
I am beyond ecstatic for the ROOT Gaming Team and their new sponsors!! I am a HUGE fan of them, and I wish them all the best this weekend at MLG and in the future. I will be watching (if the stream ever comes up again) and I WILL be knocking back some frosty root beers!! I still think A&W Root Beer would make a baller sponsor, IMO.
Sorry again for the now poorly timed posting, I hope there are no hard feelings from the guys at ROOT.
ROOT Hwaiting!!!
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cool love all players on ROOT Gaming. They could use some sponsors to really grow big
edit: boo dont make sponsor jokes about ROOT still great players
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I don't see how any team can beat this sponsorship, its just too perfect.
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Awesome! Root bear supporting Root-gaming. Now if we can only get Nesta to support Nesta, then that would be golden.
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Root beer. funny.
I heard rumours about a new sponsor a few days ago... making this a good gag.
but, do you actually have a link confirming this? otherwise this wont make 3 pages.
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bhahahaha ROOT beer! GL to ROOT at MLG, I hope they show some great games!
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man i hope noone fell for this.....
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I saw what you did with the wallpaper ;-)
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If only this came a bit earlier...then they might have been able to keep qxc. Still congratulations to root. They definitely deserve it.
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Awesome!
On April 01 2011 09:05 itsben wrote: If only this came a bit earlier...then they might have been able to keep qxc. Still congratulations to root. They definitely deserve it. are u serious
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april fool! happy for root gaming ;0
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Some of you people need to realize what day it is (for the majority of the world).
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FINALLY they get the recognition they deserve. <3 favorite team
if only anyways
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Root beer... Root gaming... April Fools...
Meh, got that. Would be freaking awesome if it happened tho.
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Why you cracking jokes at rootgaming?
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I really hope this isn't an April Fools prank, it's just too awesome.
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God Aprl Fool's has just gotten pretty retarded when I can't even browse the TL forums without second guessing every single fucking topic. Rage.
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lol @ the image. i can't tell if it's real!?!? lmao i love A&W so i hope its true!
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Rofl ROOTBeer... go ROOT!
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So can I look foward to more threads like this flooding the entire forums?
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I'm sure this is a april fools but it's suuuuch a logical sponsor for a team at MLG.
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Catz should do a commercial...
"I don't always drink beer...."
Congrats ROOT
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lol the bottom of the banner says happy april 1st..... it most definitely is a joke
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I don't drink it but I like Root Beer flow. So awesome :D
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glad i read the comment section before i congratulate them, very convincing thread
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Thank MLG as well, Sundance worked hard to make this happen!
EDIT: Wait wrong sponsor FFS! got me!
When are they gonna announce the Kiwikaki sponsorship damn it!
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I wish this were true
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... lol nice try
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wow dumb troll.
I got excited for such a good team as root only to get trolled.
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april fools, how fun
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Fuck, you got me pretty bad
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Great pick up, so long as this isn't an april fools.
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Haha, It would have been too good to be true
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United States4796 Posts
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Finaly i'm happy to see that. They are a very good team and they deserve. I always find sad too see a good team like them not be sponsoring
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quite a great post. ahahaha
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Sigh got home and forgot that tl extends my april fools to 2 days.
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Nice to see more sponsors being apart of the eSports/SC2 scene. Root definitely deserves this because they have been paying out of their own pockets for a while.
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you almost had me.
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This stuff just gets old after a while, you almost have to avoid forums for a few days around this time of the year with the overflow of pure BS.
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Ugh was quite happy for them Well here's to hoping they get sponsors
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I think the best part of all of this, is watching people fall for them.
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On April 01 2011 09:07 MuteZephyr wrote: God Aprl Fool's has just gotten pretty retarded when I can't even browse the TL forums without second guessing every single fucking topic. Rage.
EDIT: WTF, why is A p r i l F o o l s censored?
Because your fine admins rule with an iron fist. You will say what they want you to say.
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April fouls jokes are retarded in an international site like this. Americans will do the jokes 1 day late, koreans 1 day earily, it's like a 3 days of "can't enter the site".
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hoo hoo, though if not a gag would be nice
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Awww...poor ROOT. It's so sad that they still don't have a major sponsor.
Awesome image though.
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LMAO. Got suspicious with the "new" sponsor (isn't a big deal they pretty much don't have one?) but only catched it when I saw there wasn't a link to the source
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wow.. i got so excited for a second...
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Must be nice to be sponsored by ROOTBeer
Hope it's nice at MLG
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United States4796 Posts
Ah, fuck.
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I love that TODAY is censored on these forums. this was probably my favorite of the Jokes today. the pokemon one just pissed me off, i almost believed the Flash one, and the rest were kinda bad (the TLDP is good though!!)
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hahaha, well done man, well done.
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Gah, I so wish I could bring myself to believe this one. ROOT totally deserve it. And, c'mon, jokes are all very well but this is cruelty.
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On April 01 2011 09:51 Treadmill wrote: Gah, I so wish I could bring myself to believe this one. ROOT totally deserve it. And, c'mon, jokes are all very well but this is cruelty.
I agree not cool to poke fun at the fact that ROOT doesn't have a sponsor despite being an awesome team .
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Ahahahah, this one is awesome
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Hope they get one soon!
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this is definitely one of the better april fools pranks i've seen thus far
edit: lol at censor
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lol I fell for this one. Seems quite believable somehow
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How does ROOT pay its players without a sponsor? Is CATZ just investing money into a passion without getting any return?
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very clever joke there you had me for a second there...
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Source?! Dayum, was really hoping this was real lol.
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Oh man I just got played....
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Root beer lol? I think this is an April fools joke ^^, gl to ROOT at MLG though
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Ya, I fell for it.
April fools = great post :D
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lol damn got me excite there
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april-fools loLLoL all these threads are so funny! not
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FUCK man... i was so excited for root and then i remember its april fools thanks for raising and breaking my spirit edit: rofl at "t o d a y" censored to great post
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I'ma laugh when CatZ shows up with a ROOTbeer shirt on... I'd def buy one...
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United States4126 Posts
Heh, I can't stop giggling at ROOT beer...
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If this is true, then I am genuinely happy for root because CatZ and the root members have worked very hard with hardly anything sponsorship wise.
If this is fake and a joke, then it is very distasteful and should be taken down. -_-;
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I would love to believe you, but no news on the ROOT site. Still would've loved it T.T
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MLG taking a while to announce Kiwikaki's sponsorship!
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Canada19447 Posts
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damn i thought it was real
ROOTbeer is genius xD
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Sick!! One of my favorite drinks + favorite Sc2 team
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That is such amazing product advertising
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april fools
lol this one is actually better than most
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fuck man. how many more of these april fools threads r we gonna see...
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Damn, that really was a great post for Apri-l Foo-l's; if it had some sort of link it would've been more believable though.
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Hahaha great post. It seemed legit, then I drew the connection between "root" and "a&w"...
You got me. april fools!
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Fuck I always forget about April 1st...
It's early so I have an excuse!
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Now this is how you do it.
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Haha, this one had me for a bit, well played, well played.
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this is a really great post
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clearly this is fake, HOWEVER that does not mean this is not a fabulous opportunity! We should get behind a campaign to make A&W aware of this possibility and raise the awareness of eSports sponsorships for mainstream products tie-ins.
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Man . . . i wish this was real . . .
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At first I was like :D But then I was :/
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On April 01 2011 09:03 Jakkerr wrote:cool love all players on ROOT Gaming. They could use some sponsors to really grow big
LOL
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hahahahaha! this one got so many people
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Okay its kinda obvious when you click the link. I don't see how so many people fell for it.
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so many fell for this lmao.
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Yeah the paragraph ruins it. A lot of these April Fools jokes don't work that well since the press release sounds nothing like it would. I imagine someone would be fired for presenting any of these as a press release.
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Way too obvious.
ROOT Gaming could seriously use a sponsor though.
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I think I might get off the TL forums for today, I'm falling for everything
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I know this joke was made without any bad thoughts but it's a really silly joke to make given their current state with sponsorships =/ GL to root in the future, they deserve something.. =(
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It's an unfortunate situation and I know we all wish ROOT the very best, but holy jeez was that post hilarious. ROOT Beer is just too awesome not to chuckle about.
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Was pretty believable until I got to the ROOT beer part.
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At first I was like :D
then I was ....
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I could have done a better job on the picture such a big company and that's what they have as an image?
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On April 01 2011 12:06 zergtossy wrote:I could have done a better job on the picture such a big company and that's what they have as an image? quoted for post april tomfoolery
hehe :D
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lol ROOT beer
VERY CLEVER, CATZ
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I find these amusing, but there's certainly a sting involved with this one because of how ROOT truly deserves to have a sponsor. D:
On April 01 2011 09:07 MuteZephyr wrote: God Aprl Fool's has just gotten pretty retarded when I can't even browse the TL forums without second guessing every single fucking topic. Rage. I can't help but agree a little bit. I've started to avoid the Internet on April Fool's.
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Until today, I had no idea how large the number of Trollbaits on TL was.
It's really really high.
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an april fools joke is an great post
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OMG this is the third time i've been fooled. I should have known it'd be too good to be true
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On April 01 2011 09:02 CPTHammer.464 wrote: The Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group is pround to announce
that gave it away for me
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Most excellent post. I got fooled, and extremely excited.
Now I'm sad
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I laughed. This is one of the better April fools post. Still, I hope one day to grab a can of root beer and have the ROOT logo on it!
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Well done sir. I love A&W root beer
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haha Nice April Fools Joke.
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Haha this one was entertaining, and if this was real, it would be a great sponsor for them!
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Yes, yes but why doesn't ROOT actually have a sponsor yet???? What is the scoop?
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This is awesome, and I didn't catch the pun of root beer till half way thru the post LOL.
Srsly though, Dr. Pepper should feel OBLIGATED to support SC2, i mean my starcraft playing friends and I probably each down a case of Dr. Pepper during our game sessions. I'm sure many gamers reach for Dr. Pepper as standard gaming beverage.
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Dam you sir. you got me with this one -0
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damn it, you got me excited.
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This would be such an awesome idea! :D
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holy sh1t that's an awesome sponsor, where can i apply for Root membership?? :D (j/k unfortunately)
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Edit: LOL tl blocked the word aepril fewls lolol
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Read the bottom of wallpaper, says happy april 1st..
Lulz
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haha this is so cool! I hope it's true though!! It would be hilarious if the members came drunk on the main stage and played
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Oh god, I can't stop getting trolled.
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OMG i got sooo trolled. GJ lol
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hahaha every post says...
Last edit: 2011-04-01
After everyone read the rest of the thread and checked the date ^_^
Well Played sir, well played.
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awww god dam April fools
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On April 01 2011 09:07 MuteZephyr wrote: God Aprl Fool's has just gotten pretty retarded when I can't even browse the TL forums without second guessing every single fucking topic. Rage.
I am not taking one single news thread seriously for the next 24 hours. Rootbeer for root gaming would be fucking brilliant though.
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On April 01 2011 14:26 Thorantham wrote: Yes, yes but why doesn't ROOT actually have a sponsor yet???? What is the scoop?
What's the scoop, or what's the scope see what I did there?
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Someone should do a Nestea getting a sponsorship from Nestea thread.
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That explains the lack of Terrans on ladder. It's like polar opposite from when the game first came out. I should race switch.
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On April 01 2011 09:05 itsben wrote: If only this came a bit earlier...then they might have been able to keep qxc. Still congratulations to root. They definitely deserve it.
Oh my god, tears of laughter are forming
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Dang April fools, wish it was real
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Here IS something crazy, the root gaming twitter just posted the rear of the new Root Gaming Shirts:
This topic may not be too far off-base.
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On April 01 2011 16:02 Dingobloo wrote:Here IS something crazy, the root gaming twitter just posted the rear of the new Root Gaming Shirts: This topic may not be too far off-base.
ahhh looks awesome, do want.
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Well played, well played.
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If this was legit I would go buy a huge pack of Root beer right now. just saying
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On April 01 2011 16:46 Alberta Beef wrote: If this was legit I would go buy a huge pack of Root beer right now. just saying
Editad: I thought this was the thread where they really did get sponsored.
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I think many ppl have been fool. Root bear? comon
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This is too awesome. ROOTbeer. Can't stop laughing.
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Hah, good filter thinking on TL's part xD
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very punny haha I love all the cool posts today.
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Glad almost everyone enjoyed this post! I hope ROOT Gaming does get some sponsorship soon, and I for one will be cracking open many a frosty cool A&W Root Beer while watching MLG Dallas this weekend. ROOT Hwaiting!!!!
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On April 02 2011 01:18 CPTHammer.464 wrote: Glad almost everyone enjoyed this post! I hope ROOT Gaming does get some sponsorship soon, and I for one will be cracking open many a frosty cool A&W Root Beer while watching MLG Dallas this weekend. ROOT Hwaiting!!!!
they just announced their sponsors today: IGN, Justin.tv, and Pokerstars
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It's too late QXC alread left
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Also Kiwikaki is now sponsored by Dr.Pepper as well congrates
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rootbeer gaming. wut. is this more april fool's. sigh.
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I'm hoping it's not a great post, go ROOT! and root beer.
Time for Nestea to make a move.
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Huge congratulations for this thread going from sad to true-ish! Great job, root!
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