| Roonweld United States. August 15 2012 04:47. Posts 140 | Profile Blog # |
On August 15 2012 04:56 KeyHunt wrote:
Just be sure to read the interview. CheckSix is not done because of a "slew of players leaving". We parted ways with Sleep mutually and if anything that helped, not hurt us as a team..and MaximusBlack and Seo both left after we had decided to call it quits. Only player we really "lost" was Suppy. Thanks for the support guys and good luck.
The team has been around since 2010 in SC2, and 2004 in other games.
http://esfiworld.com/news/checksix-gaming-officially-closes-down
Please read the interview, it addresses more than what I say here. I don't want to make assumptions about what happened because I personally do not know all of the details (which can be found in the interview. Thanks! And much appreciation from CheckSix and KeyHunt!
Sleep disbanded July 14th
Suppy to EG on July 24th
SeoHyeon to Light and MaximusBlack to Quantic
If you would like to see more info about the team:
 CheckSix Gaming
I will keep the players that left at Starcraft 2, but let it be known that people from their CS team also have departed recently.
Here is what Kurt "KeyHunt" Carter had to say about the teams best months prior to their members leaving:
I would say we had some of our best months prior to Suppy's departure. Our future was really looking great. We had just signed a deal with RushOrderTees that allowed us direct support and also the ability to buy amazing shirts at a very low price for resale. Our first order of 50 completely sold out at MLG Anaheim and were receiving great sponsor reaction. The players had an amazing run at MLG Anaheim, we had started to get Suppy streaming more and then supported his stream through campaigns with MaximusBlack..all was well. Then, with the departure of Suppy it all started going a bit downhill. I would not dare blame this on Suppy..it is most certainly not his fault. However, it did sort of start the chain of events. As far as SeoHyeon and MaximusBlack..they left the team after the decision to close was made. There was a period of time in which we were still undecided on closing up shop, but for the most part we had decided to pack it up..and they could see the writing on the wall. We both knew and completely supported MaximusBlack's move over to Quantic and could not be happier for him.
The full interview can be found at the above link
But here were his last words:
It has been an amazing ride that we could not have done without help from a lot of people. First off, the sponsors that supported us in TteSports, RushOrderTees and Puretrak. They put faith in us, and we truly enjoyed proving to them that you don't have to receive a huge budget to provide a substantial return for them. To the people looking to start their own team, please do not let my comments scare you away from doing so. Please, give it a try. We were nowhere near perfect, and if you believe you can do better I invite you to try and if you need any help please feel free to contact me and I will be as honest with you as I possibly can be. You do not have to make the same mistakes others do. There are resources out there to help you. Finally, to our fans..we appreciate all your support and amazing words of inspiration over the past 2 years and we would not have made it half as long without your direct support and willingness to help out when necessary. Because of you, we were able to help get many players to multiple events over the course of our existence and hopefully you understand just how important that has been for this community.
Where will these players go? Anyone see some recruitment's happening?Last edit: 2013-01-07 11:59:10 |
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| WeedRa Germany. August 15 2012 04:49. Posts 802 | Profile # |
how long did they last? I might be wrong but wasn't x6 around for only about 1 year?  Last edit: 2012-08-15 04:50:15 |
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| Recoil United States. August 15 2012 04:49. Posts 240 | Profile Blog # |
| Well not expected. But not really stunned by it |
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| Finnz United Kingdom. August 15 2012 04:49. Posts 218 | Profile # |
| Such a shame, lots of a good players have been produced from this team. Best of luck to everyone who was involved with the team. |
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| -FoX United States. August 15 2012 04:50. Posts 463 | Profile # |
| Wow that is really a shame. xSix had a lot of great players and I hope they can find new homes quickly. |
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| Talin Montenegro. August 15 2012 04:51. Posts 8162 | Profile Blog # |
It seems that the MajOr curse is still in effect.
A shame though, I kinda liked the team.  |
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| PhoenixVoid Canada. August 15 2012 04:51. Posts 8585 | Profile Blog # |
| Too bad, xSix had some great players who had some potential. Not necessarily surprised, because they lost most of their stars and haven't been looking as great recently. |
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| TommyP United States. August 15 2012 04:52. Posts 5061 | Profile # |
| Im sad, but not surprised. Suppy left, sleep left and those were there two big names other than Maximus Black (who also left) |
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| spbelky United States. August 15 2012 04:52. Posts 610 | Profile Blog # |
On August 15 2012 04:49 WeedRa wrote:how long did they last? I might be wrong but wasn't x6 around for only about 1 year?
If you even glance at the article it states that the SC2 division has been around since August 2010.
With that said, I think this is a sad news. CheckSix has been around forever, fielding some really impressive teams across a variety of games. I had no idea they were so heavily invested in SC2 to the point where it would shut down the entire team acriss all platforms.
I still remember competing against them in America's Army in TWL and other leagues... they were one of the best (if not the best).Last edit: 2012-08-15 04:55:37 |
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| Luepert United States. August 15 2012 04:52. Posts 1697 | Profile Blog # |
Suppy, sleep. They were their top 2 and I guess they can't keep up. :/
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| neurosx Luxembourg. August 15 2012 04:53. Posts 728 | Profile # |
| Another legendary team closes its doors .. looking sad |
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| superLanboy Australia. August 15 2012 04:54. Posts 535 | Profile # | |
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 Kamwah United Kingdom. August 15 2012 04:55. Posts 724 | Profile # |
| It's a shame after surviving for so long. Not surprised though seeing as their best players left. |
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| uberism Canada. August 15 2012 04:56. Posts 270 | Profile # |
Checksix had the sickest zerg lineup with mkengyn, mystik, suppy and sleep.
Sad they they are now gone. |
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| TsGBruzze Sweden. August 15 2012 04:56. Posts 1039 | Profile Blog # |
| so sad but not too chocked... |
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| KeyHunt United States. August 15 2012 04:56. Posts 208 | Profile # |
| Just be sure to read the interview. CheckSix is not done because of a "slew of players leaving". We parted ways with Sleep mutually and if anything that helped, not hurt us as a team..and MaximusBlack and Seo both left after we had decided to call it quits. Only player we really "lost" was Suppy. Thanks for the support guys and good luck. |
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| ichnaschekot August 15 2012 04:56. Posts 305 | Profile # |
Well, another unimportant team gone. Next?
User was warned for this post |
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| Tivu United States. August 15 2012 04:56. Posts 170 | Profile # |
| After Suppy and Sleep left, kinda figured that this might happen. Hope the rest of the players can find new homes soon. Sad day. |
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| WeedRa Germany. August 15 2012 04:56. Posts 802 | Profile # |
On August 15 2012 04:52 spbelky wrote:
If you even glance at the article it states that the SC2 division has been around since August 2010.
So I was almost right... to me it is sad to see any clan disband after such a "short time" ... all the work etc for nothing...
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| That's really unfortunate. |
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