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thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
January 10 2010 10:56 GMT
#1
So I hate to spam blogs with this simple question, but I'm not sure where else to drop it.

Kal's nick according to TLPD is Red Shuttle. Where does this come from? If you could lay a source on me I would appreciate it very very much, but simply the origin will suffice.

Thanks.

****
kulik-
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Czech Republic305 Posts
January 10 2010 10:59 GMT
#2
i think red shuttle was for jangbi... but nvm
it was because he was able to keep alive his shuttle extremly long and mostly it was that in beging he lost lot of shutle health in stupid way but when it got red he was extremly careful
Terrible OP. Improve your posting or next one is a perma-ban.
thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
January 10 2010 11:02 GMT
#3
I guess I had speculated that that was the reason as well among other things, I was just curious whether someone felt they could say definitively why. I also thought it might be because STX has often had red uniforms and his harass is quite a strong point in his play.

I appreciate the idea though.
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
January 10 2010 11:04 GMT
#4
i cant remember the specific game but kal had a really low health hero shuttle whos icon was completely red and it stayed alive etc. wish i could remember the game, mihtve happened more than once actually

basically what the dude abve me said
538
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary3932 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-10 11:09:46
January 10 2010 11:05 GMT
#5
His red shuttle nickname comes from being very agressive and persistent with his shuttles, even when they are close to dying, => have an all red wireframe on SC's hud. People always saw him running around with shuttles whose health was in the red, thats all.

Shameless self-plugging: I recommend you educate yourself on Kal with my not-so-old (though probably too old to bump, so i suggest you dont) article on him, The Many Faces of Kal
(I speak about this nickname in "The Badass" subsection.)
BW fighting!
thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-10 11:27:38
January 10 2010 11:15 GMT
#6
On January 10 2010 20:05 538 wrote:
His red shuttle nickname comes from being very agressive and persistent with his shuttles, even when they are close to dying, => have an all red wireframe on SC's hud. People always saw him running around with shuttles whose health was in the red, thats all.

Shameless self-plugging: I recommend you educate yourself on Kal with my not-so-old (though probably too old to bump, so i suggest you dont) article on him, The Many Faces of Kal
(I speak about this nickname in "The Badass" subsection.)

Thank you very much. I have appreciated every post of yours I've seen. No more activity in this thread is necessary.

EDIT: It is bumpworthy. I am engage in not such vulgar habits, but I recommend the read.
ddengster
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore129 Posts
January 10 2010 11:32 GMT
#7
What about hwasin, the red sniper?
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538
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary3932 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-10 11:34:44
January 10 2010 11:33 GMT
#8
On January 10 2010 20:15 thopol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 10 2010 20:05 538 wrote:
His red shuttle nickname comes from being very agressive and persistent with his shuttles, even when they are close to dying, => have an all red wireframe on SC's hud. People always saw him running around with shuttles whose health was in the red, thats all.

Shameless self-plugging: I recommend you educate yourself on Kal with my not-so-old (though probably too old to bump, so i suggest you dont) article on him, The Many Faces of Kal
(I speak about this nickname in "The Badass" subsection.)

Thank you very much. I have appreciated every post of yours I've seen. No more activity in this thread is necessary.

EDIT: It is bumpworthy. I am engage in not such vulgar habits, but I recommend the read.


Bumpworthy or not (I'm not familiar with the definition:-p), it has been bumped just now. Oh well, I told people not to, but I'm not complaining :-p

On January 10 2010 20:32 ddengster wrote:
What about hwasin, the red sniper?

He snipes and slaughters zergs, who are usually associated with the color red.
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
January 10 2010 11:44 GMT
#9
A lot of his games involve his shuttle going to red health/wireframe, which he still continues to use during the game and ends up doing lots of damage anyway.
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thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
January 10 2010 11:45 GMT
#10
On January 10 2010 20:32 ddengster wrote:
What about hwasin, the red sniper?

To solidify what 538 has said:
Many players are called snipers, usually in a particular matchup. Hwasin is certainly a zerg sniper, though his other matchups are certainly extremely high caliber. He has been granted a nickname supporting his sniping skills because he excels particularly at noticing a player's weak points and exploiting them. He is not only a zerg sniper, but he achieves this by sniping (if you will) individual zerg's unfortunate habits and deficiencies. He is truly the sniper.

This post is wholly off topic. I just wanted to add something to an above poster. Locking this thread would be sweet.
Flicky
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
England2669 Posts
January 10 2010 11:53 GMT
#11
It saddens me that both the Red Shuttle and the Red Sniper are explained in the Liquipedia bios for both these players and you didn't think to look there =(
Liquipedia"I was seriously looking for a black guy" - MrHoon
thopol
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Japan4560 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-10 12:22:12
January 10 2010 12:09 GMT
#12
Please, stop bumping this. I want it to diee.

EDIT: Hmm.
Also, a Korean source exists for the nick, please bust it forth.
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-10 12:40:59
January 10 2010 12:39 GMT
#13
On January 10 2010 20:44 konadora wrote:
A lot of his games involve his shuttle going to red health/wireframe, which he still continues to use during the game and ends up doing lots of damage anyway.

3 different posters above you have explained it in detail along with one person who has linked to a long article they wrote that included the nickname. Why do people insist on repeating the same shit? Oh I know, because they want +1 post. But you already have 20,000+ posts. So why are you doing it? Well that's easily answered too: you have 20,000 posts because you don't read threads before you post in them.

To the OP: stop complaining about it being "bumped. The post is less than a day old. If that's your definition of bumping, then TL is basically bump-mania. If nobody ever posted anything in any thread that had a valid answer, then the forum would be mostly dead. This is also in blogs, and since it has some factual information in it it is already better than 99% of the other threads in this subforum.
You are crushing me like a cheese sandwich
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-10 12:45:48
January 10 2010 12:41 GMT
#14
Nvm, not worth turning this thread into another shithole.
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Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
January 10 2010 13:22 GMT
#15
On January 10 2010 20:32 ddengster wrote:
What about hwasin, the red sniper?

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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
January 10 2010 13:30 GMT
#16
On January 10 2010 22:22 Crunchums wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 10 2010 20:32 ddengster wrote:
What about hwasin, the red sniper?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa0PY6FTjEQ

haha wow, that was awesome
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51547 Posts
January 10 2010 13:50 GMT
#17
On January 10 2010 20:45 thopol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 10 2010 20:32 ddengster wrote:
What about hwasin, the red sniper?

To solidify what 538 has said:
Many players are called snipers, usually in a particular matchup. Hwasin is certainly a zerg sniper, though his other matchups are certainly extremely high caliber. He has been granted a nickname supporting his sniping skills because he excels particularly at noticing a player's weak points and exploiting them. He is not only a zerg sniper, but he achieves this by sniping (if you will) individual zerg's unfortunate habits and deficiencies. He is truly the sniper.

This post is wholly off topic. I just wanted to add something to an above poster. Locking this thread would be sweet.


actually it is more because he wears has red frames for his glasses rather than being super good vs zerg.
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538
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary3932 Posts
January 10 2010 15:10 GMT
#18
On January 10 2010 22:50 GTR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 10 2010 20:45 thopol wrote:
On January 10 2010 20:32 ddengster wrote:
What about hwasin, the red sniper?

To solidify what 538 has said:
Many players are called snipers, usually in a particular matchup. Hwasin is certainly a zerg sniper, though his other matchups are certainly extremely high caliber. He has been granted a nickname supporting his sniping skills because he excels particularly at noticing a player's weak points and exploiting them. He is not only a zerg sniper, but he achieves this by sniping (if you will) individual zerg's unfortunate habits and deficiencies. He is truly the sniper.

This post is wholly off topic. I just wanted to add something to an above poster. Locking this thread would be sweet.


actually it is more because he wears has red frames for his glasses rather than being super good vs zerg.

wow, that makes sense too. (even though lately we see him wearing black or contacts more often) But he IS super good vs Zerg Sexiest early to midgame timings and control ever. Flash has got nothing on him:-p
(sorry pal for keeping this blog alive, but there is conversation to make!)
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