| 25 August 2010
Sometime in the next week, Larry Holland's name and picture will be on a website, and it will say, "WELCOME DEHF TO OUR TEAM."
That's my prediction. And prior to today, I thought it was the lock of the year, but it might not be, anymore.
DEHF (pictured, left), the undisputed best Brawl player on the West Coast, is not on a team. In these fast times of the competitive gaming community, the best console players are signing on to competitive gaming teams. Those honors were usually reserved for players who wielded mice and keyboards, not fight sticks and console controllers. Things are changing, with these great players finally getting a chance.
DEHF should get that chance.
Pro sports teams love the player that represents well, that's not an ass, that shows love to the community he or she is a part of, and that comes up big in the big events. Outsiders seem to love all of that as well.
DEHF has done all of that. He's the calm, nice guy loved by the community. He doesn't say anything outlandish to get people to start riots. He can deliver the "one game at a time" quote probably better than a lot of players in the community. He won Apex 2010, the biggest grass roots Brawl tournament of the year.
A team should have signed him right after Apex 2010. If there was anything left to prove, it was taken care of there.
He'll likely do well in Raleigh, but I'm not sure anymore that teams will flock to him. Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, the best Brawl player in the nation, is now without a team as well; he reportedly was let go by vVv Gaming. He's won both regionals this year. DEHF has come close but hasn't grabbed that brass ring yet.
So while I think DEHF will get on a team soon after next weekend, he might have to wait just a little bit longer than that. Let's hope one of the nice guys in the Brawl community, who won't finish last, gets a shot soon.
