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NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-09 05:09:23
June 09 2011 05:01 GMT
#1
So i read Milkis blogs about MLG http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=231706
And i feel like somebody must pointed this out:

The current state of #ESPORT is exactly how go was describe in Hikaru no Go, one of the most successful manga/anime of the Death Note's author.

There are the "foreginer" which are korean in this case since #esport or #starcraft was developed in Korea first, as Go was originally played in China compare to Korea. These players are young with exceptionally talented and blessed with a completely different point of view about the game (Go) compare to the Japanese. This is the same as in starcraft2, KR ladder is much more aggressive with the moto:"Play to win" unlike US or EU point of view: " non-macro games are not real games".

There are, also, the legendary players from previous generation trying to compete with the new wave of players incoming:
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These 2 are acting as the same roll? The bridge between the 2 generation?

OR
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the person of the new generation but has obtain the exp while mixing with the old waves

OR
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the complete newb but represent the scary power of youth

OR
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The king, the emperor

HOW about
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the hot temper but strong when calm

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I really want and will add more pictures if people show interest in this... Trying to find the pros who looks like july... cant find his name in the chars list... might need to go through the manga once again...

But YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xD PM me if you want to add in anything

edit: i think i need to talk about the manga a bit more so people who have never read it can understand:

Hikaru no GO is a manga about the mental state of Japanese Go players. The story is focused on Hikaru Shindou who completely new to GO got possessed by SAI, an old school go teacher from thousand years ago. They become friend and hikaru eventually go pros using sai's help.

Instead of describing the Go games, the author focus on the mental state of each individual player on the Japanese go scene from the inside view as well as how they look at Chinese/Korean Go scene in competitive point of views. The youngster are overwhelming talented but the old school are full of experience and ready to deal with the "new wave".

The manga is a good lesson for any starcraft player in general, it will help you understand how #esport will develop from now on to the future when the next generation learn about it.

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W2
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1177 Posts
June 09 2011 05:24 GMT
#2
Used to read it (but didn't follow it) since it was part of a weekly magazine. How does it end? Does that little kid ever become pro? It got me to learn how to play Go.

It was drawn well but wasn't too captivating.
Hi
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
June 09 2011 05:33 GMT
#3
On June 09 2011 14:24 W2 wrote:
Used to read it (but didn't follow it) since it was part of a weekly magazine. How does it end? Does that little kid ever become pro? It got me to learn how to play Go.

It was drawn well but wasn't too captivating.

It has a "middle of no where" ending right after the korea vs japan a little bit.
I dont like the ending myself but i think an open ending like that make people think about the future when generations are replacing each others which is really meaningful.

The main goal of the manga is to achieve "god" which is a "good game" in starcraft term. God can only be achieved by 2 players with perfectly equal skill play a game without mistake and i think open ending make a story like that much more realistic. Just like humanity constantly think how should the original of the Venus' hands should look like while there is no correct answer.
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GertHeart
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States631 Posts
June 09 2011 06:15 GMT
#4
Is the first pic from Breakshot! ? a manga about pool?
He who conquers the past rules the future, He who conquers the future rules the past. - C&C Red Alert
Akamiri
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Vietnam401 Posts
June 09 2011 06:19 GMT
#5
Ochi and MC
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CompanionQue
Profile Joined July 2010
United States59 Posts
June 09 2011 07:31 GMT
#6
It's a good thing that you said manga not anime, because honestly it was the worst/boring anime i've ever seen. Manga's great, don't get me wrong but dear god is the anime horrible
I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
RandomAccount#122857
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
243 Posts
June 09 2011 07:49 GMT
#7
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NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
June 09 2011 08:14 GMT
#8
On June 09 2011 16:49 Kaonis wrote:
OH GOD HIKARU NO GO

Haven't read that manga in years... thanks for the nostalgia trip!

just one question though: Is Huk the ghost?

no and here is why: he is short while sai is tall...
also Sai is ~= boxer if you know what i mean... i was expecting Yellow or iloveoov to be the ghost when they switch over :D
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DeLoAdEr
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Japan527 Posts
June 09 2011 10:38 GMT
#9
hikaru no go is awesome!

Touya Meijin = NesTea
Akira Touya = Losira? ^^
shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
June 09 2011 10:49 GMT
#10
ESPORTS could easily be an anime. Why isn't anyone cashing in on that now?
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yawn
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada200 Posts
June 09 2011 14:57 GMT
#11
On June 09 2011 19:38 DeLoAdEr wrote:
Touya Meijin = NesTea
Akira Touya = Losira? ^^


In that case,
Sai = Boxer
Hikaru = MMA

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Even got to see them duke it out as rising stars in MLG Columbus Finals ^^
aka xusic
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
June 09 2011 15:59 GMT
#12
Old, old Manga. I don't even know where I was when I read that. It was so good because it was simple, yet thrilling.

Too bad I never understood what I was looking at when I looked at the board.
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Hesmyrr
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada5776 Posts
June 09 2011 16:05 GMT
#13
Oh man the nostalgia. How many years had it been since I finished that thing?
ESPORTS could easily be an anime. Why isn't anyone cashing in on that now?

There needs to be underdog foreigner hero in order for plot to be made.
despite, how popular is SC2 scene in Japan?
"If watching the MSL finals makes you a progamer, then anyone in Korea can do it." - Ha Tae Ki
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-09 17:21:26
June 09 2011 17:20 GMT
#14
On June 10 2011 01:05 Hesmyrr wrote:
Oh man the nostalgia. How many years had it been since I finished that thing?
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ESPORTS could easily be an anime. Why isn't anyone cashing in on that now?

There needs to be underdog foreigner hero in order for plot to be made.
despite, how popular is SC2 scene in Japan?


I nominate Liquid'Tyler as the main character.
He's fucking perfect dude!

Omg and iNcontrol as the arch-rival, a la Gary Oak!
idra as the msyterious champion/best player to which Tyler hopes to one day beat and yet idolizes so passionately!

and Thorzain can be his best friend since childhood, taught Tyler everything he knows, etc. etc.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
June 09 2011 17:35 GMT
#15
On June 10 2011 02:20 Torte de Lini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 10 2011 01:05 Hesmyrr wrote:
Oh man the nostalgia. How many years had it been since I finished that thing?
ESPORTS could easily be an anime. Why isn't anyone cashing in on that now?

There needs to be underdog foreigner hero in order for plot to be made.
despite, how popular is SC2 scene in Japan?


I nominate Liquid'Tyler as the main character.
He's fucking perfect dude!

Omg and iNcontrol as the arch-rival, a la Gary Oak!
idra as the msyterious champion/best player to which Tyler hopes to one day beat and yet idolizes so passionately!

and Thorzain can be his best friend since childhood, taught Tyler everything he knows, etc. etc.

yeah, tyler sounds about right.... I was thinking more about JF since im living near toronto but i guess he did not has any success recently...

making a comic recently is not that hard... instead of making a full manga, we could just do a webtoons like this
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/goh/
arch enemy of Tyler should always be idra IMO... we could arrange for them first clash when tyler go to korea to do courage.... later on TSL2 and sc2
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
June 09 2011 17:39 GMT
#16
On June 10 2011 02:35 NB wrote:
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On June 10 2011 02:20 Torte de Lini wrote:
On June 10 2011 01:05 Hesmyrr wrote:
Oh man the nostalgia. How many years had it been since I finished that thing?
ESPORTS could easily be an anime. Why isn't anyone cashing in on that now?

There needs to be underdog foreigner hero in order for plot to be made.
despite, how popular is SC2 scene in Japan?


I nominate Liquid'Tyler as the main character.
He's fucking perfect dude!

Omg and iNcontrol as the arch-rival, a la Gary Oak!
idra as the msyterious champion/best player to which Tyler hopes to one day beat and yet idolizes so passionately!

and Thorzain can be his best friend since childhood, taught Tyler everything he knows, etc. etc.

yeah, tyler sounds about right.... I was thinking more about JF since im living near toronto but i guess he did not has any success recently...

making a comic recently is not that hard... instead of making a full manga, we could just do a webtoons like this
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/goh/
arch enemy of Tyler should always be idra IMO... we could arrange for them first clash when tyler go to korea to do courage.... later on TSL2 and sc2


True, but there's like two kinds of enemies in most mangas. There's that brute big guy who is like your first enemy for the first series or whatever and then ends up being your friends and the rivalry becomes a friendly competition.

And then there's that dark sinister evil person who no one really knows but is rude and is very powerful.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
June 09 2011 19:25 GMT
#17
lol, we could have mondragon -> thorzain after... incontrol smwhere between lolol
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bebe01
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Korea (South)512 Posts
June 09 2011 22:30 GMT
#18
writer of hikaru no go =/= writer of death note just saying
kenkou
Profile Joined September 2010
United States235 Posts
June 09 2011 23:47 GMT
#19
^^^ this man is right, the author of the story is Hotta Yumi, but the illustrator is Obata Takeshi, famous for his work in Death Note.

Hikaru No Go is my favorite manga of all time, and i've always kind of thought there were similarities between Starcraft scene (in korea) and the asian Go scene in general.

And if we are talking about who is who, Idra would definitely have to be Ochi. That just makes perfect sense to me. As for others... not too sure.

NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-10 19:41:42
June 10 2011 19:38 GMT
#20
On June 10 2011 08:47 kenkou wrote:
^^^ this man is right, the author of the story is Hotta Yumi, but the illustrator is Obata Takeshi, famous for his work in Death Note.

Hikaru No Go is my favorite manga of all time, and i've always kind of thought there were similarities between Starcraft scene (in korea) and the asian Go scene in general.

And if we are talking about who is who, Idra would definitely have to be Ochi. That just makes perfect sense to me. As for others... not too sure.


lol... go to wc to bite his nail after loses? sound about right...

but the skill level is defenitly higher and he is more of a villant =_=

also about the author/illustrator: i find that the illustrator has more affection onto the manga compare to the author of the story... If you look at all of his past works such as Hikaru no Go/Death Note/ Bakuman... etc, you can see a similar way of story telling, the flow of the story... not only the art work. I still think in this case the illustrator is the true author of the series. Just like how KeSPA has their right over BW with blizzard (wink wink c wut i did there?)
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