So well i was having a bad day on iCCup and so i decide to bash bunches of noobs on US East. then comes along this guy named KoRea_Terran. and well.... he is Korean. he says hes B and his name is Kim Tek Young. if that rings a bell to nayone just tell me.

Well....anyway. earlier this week i actually got over my fear of Koreans on iccup because i felt at the same level of play as some of them. Well....i think i discovered a new world.

Is it just me or are Koreans just good at this game cause to them it is a real sport. I mean to me Starcraft for life. It is a sport to me, but are they "better" because it is real sport there?

CTStalker

Canada9720 Posts

February 09 2010 12:12 GMT

well kim taek yong is bisu. and this guy probably wasn't bisu.

Boblion

France8043 Posts

February 09 2010 12:16 GMT

B+ smurfes are also on East.
Damn...

FirstBorn

Romania3955 Posts

February 09 2010 12:21 GMT

I don't know how you people can even play on Blizzard servers, not having lan latency makes me want to throw the computer out the window. Also, East is full of D+ newbies, koreans mostly hang out on West.

7mk

Germany10156 Posts

February 09 2010 12:21 GMT

Stupid koreans, I keep losing games on D lvl because I never seem to play people from other countries T_T

FaCE_1

Canada6154 Posts

February 09 2010 12:22 GMT

On February 09 2010 21:16 Boblion wrote:
B+ smurfes are also on East.
Damn...

we are screw, no place to be safe. lets all play against computer or capture the flag

Nikon

Bulgaria5710 Posts

February 09 2010 12:27 GMT

That's a way to put it I guess, having them being exposed to it as a sport generally leads to more people playing, which leads to higher general level. Let's take baseball for example - a lot of Americans play it in their free time because it's a popular sport, and while they're not super good players, they're still better than me. I don't even know most of the rules, etc.

However, I feel the level is somewhat equal around the A- ranks, judging by TSL qualifiers performance. It then gets raised again, but above that rank you're likely playing progamers, so the analogy gets stretched thin a bit.

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

February 09 2010 12:35 GMT

Mmmmm delicious "i got raped by Bisu/Jaedong/Flash's smurf"-blogs <3

leejas

United States440 Posts

February 09 2010 13:15 GMT

At least have the decency to spell your own "name" correctly.

playing w/o LAN latency adds a different twist. It forces you to rely on smaller "cute" details of the game (muta micro T_T).

zatic

Zurich15306 Posts

February 09 2010 13:22 GMT

#10

Actually I think a random korean posts on this forum you can ask him.

kiero

Canada136 Posts

February 09 2010 13:25 GMT

#11

They're better because they put more time into it than anyone else. Which eventually lead it to become a sport and everything.

SirJolt

the Dagon Knight4000 Posts

February 09 2010 13:34 GMT

#12

On February 09 2010 22:22 zatic wrote:
Actually I think a random korean posts on this forum you can ask him.

He's probably friends with the dude who beat him too.

Denotate

Canada294 Posts

February 09 2010 14:28 GMT

#13

I guess regular ICCUP games aren't a challenge enough for Koreans - instead they find it more challenging to pit themselves against players with map hacks, bots, and huge egos.

enzym

Germany1034 Posts

February 09 2010 14:38 GMT

#14

On February 09 2010 21:21 7mk wrote:
Stupid koreans, I keep losing games on D lvl because I never seem to play people from other countries T_T

i guess you keep losing games on D because your opponents are simply better than you. increasing your ranking by picking weaker opponents really doesnt make you a better player.