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Not exactly a secret, but finally it's official, American Protoss player Zifeng 'hellokitty' Wang has joined the Fnatic Academy. He has made a name for himself recently, after being invited into WCS America Premier (for having placed 5-8th in WCS USA and 17-24 in the Continental), and most notably defeating Heart, but losing against XY.
He also qualified for ShoutCraft America, and placed 5-8th, defeating EG's Suppy twice.
His next stop is trying to qualify for Premier through the Challenger Groups.
Total Earnings: $1,575
Fnatic lineup:
Professional Harstem NightEnD Naama SaSe
Academy Pink Zanster Miniraser Hellokitty
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So, is "Academy" the new term for "B-Team" or is there any difference?
EDIT: Gratz hellokitty!
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On May 28 2013 20:43 SinCitta wrote: So, is "Academy" the new term for "B-Team" or is there any difference?
EDIT: Gratz hellokitty! From what I understand, Fnatic distinguishes between those who are paid (thus, 'professional'), and those who aren't. I'm guessing there are additional benefits to academy, such as hardware, travel expenses, and there's the possibility of getting promoted to professional, like Harstem and Luvsic.
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On May 28 2013 21:11 teddyoojo wrote: NO lol guess someone doesn't like hellokitty
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On May 28 2013 21:21 ETisME wrote:lol guess someone doesn't like hellokitty From the reactions I assume hellokitty killed a guy.
Or played a playstyle people didn't like you know same thing.
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On May 28 2013 20:53 mikkmagro wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2013 20:43 SinCitta wrote: So, is "Academy" the new term for "B-Team" or is there any difference?
EDIT: Gratz hellokitty! From what I understand, Fnatic distinguishes between those who are paid (thus, 'professional'), and those who aren't. I'm guessing there are additional benefits to academy, such as hardware, travel expenses, and there's the possibility of getting promoted to professional, like Harstem and Luvsic.
Don't know but that sounds like a B-Team to me. In my opinion, "Academy" implies that the players are any of those things:
- very young
- learn towards a common, preset goal (e.g. be in WCS PL in a year)
- benefit from learning from the pro squad or a coach
- are in a teamhouse environment or otherwise physically close
But it seems that nowadays teams use it as a misnomer and a fresh label for their B-teams.
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Gratz to Hellokitty. Really like his play in SCA
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So happy for Kitty! I hope i get to see him in some more big events!
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Congrats to Hellokitty, he'll make the pro-team before soon I think.
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glad to see that HelloKitty got picked up hopefully we'll continue to see great games from him!
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On May 28 2013 21:24 Sated wrote: Kinda sad to see one of the NA scene's better players being put on an academy team, but I'm sure HelloKitty can show that he's worth a promotion =D Well, if American teams bothered to invest in their talents, the American scene would be better off
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On May 29 2013 01:51 mikkmagro wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2013 21:24 Sated wrote: Kinda sad to see one of the NA scene's better players being put on an academy team, but I'm sure HelloKitty can show that he's worth a promotion =D Well, if American teams bothered to invest in their talents, the American scene would be better off
I believe its more of a exposure issue we have with NA teams. Not about investing. If a player can join an well established team and get there name out faster then they could with a unknown team then they should.
This list of teams (at least what i can think of) that would help fast track a players career, EU has more teams.
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On May 29 2013 01:56 FosTA wrote:Show nested quote +On May 29 2013 01:51 mikkmagro wrote:On May 28 2013 21:24 Sated wrote: Kinda sad to see one of the NA scene's better players being put on an academy team, but I'm sure HelloKitty can show that he's worth a promotion =D Well, if American teams bothered to invest in their talents, the American scene would be better off I believe its more of a exposure issue we have with NA teams. Not about investing. If a player can join an well established team and get there name out faster then they could with a unknown team then they should. This list of teams (at least what i can think of) that would help fast track a players career, EU has more teams. What I mean is, a lot of American teams have 'Academies' and this is where most NA players are found. Clarity, Quantic and EG all have money to invest in some American talent if they went lighter on Koreans in my opinion. I'm not even talking about up and coming players, I'm talking about some of the best players in NA, who ended up on European teams. (I'm assuming the reason why an American player ends up on a European team is either because he receives no offers from American teams, or because they do not offer as much)..Scarlett is on Acer, Illusion is on mouz, and goswser is on Millenium. coL have players on their main team who I doubt have tried to actually compete.
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I would say Clarity is doing a great job currently helping out the Na talent. But for Quantic, EG, they are in it to win and make money so they would only need to go for the top rank players. But you cant just jump to these teams, players need to work there way up to get onto teams that would help them excel. And as of now EU teams have the ability to help players excel better then the NA teams. Root is a good example of a NA team that can do this, but not too many others at this time can do the same things Root can. It takes time and connections.
Again. I am happy for Kitty. Thanks for the shout out! <3
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Welcome to the Family
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