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Which historical figure would be best at SC2?

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Sabre
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1086 Posts
June 13 2011 20:32 GMT
#1
Ive been thinking about this for a while...

I mean, you have the great generals of the past such as Hannibal and Alexander, but there are other clever minds from the past...

How would the great scientists and minds fare; the likes of Einstein and Archimedes?

How would the whizkids of the early computer age fare.. such as Berners-Lee?

Anyway, my opinion is Alexander due to his tactical brilliance, but there are so many historical greats of the past...

What is your opinion?



Reasoning would also be cool

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Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
June 13 2011 20:34 GMT
#2
Pianists.
Dedication to practice. Finger skill.
HOLY CHECK!
Sabre
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1086 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-13 20:35:47
June 13 2011 20:35 GMT
#3
On June 14 2011 05:34 Lonyo wrote:
Pianists.
Dedication to practice. Finger skill.


any in particular?
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Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
June 13 2011 20:37 GMT
#4
On June 14 2011 05:35 SabreUK wrote:
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On June 14 2011 05:34 Lonyo wrote:
Pianists.
Dedication to practice. Finger skill.


any in particular?

Don't know enough about pianists to specify any so pick a famous virtuoso :p
HOLY CHECK!
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2748 Posts
June 13 2011 20:40 GMT
#5
Must be a jazz pianist; classicle pianists are buildorder robots.
Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-13 21:04:57
June 13 2011 20:42 GMT
#6
Hmmm for a game as young as SC2 I would have to pick Galileo. It seems like he would think of his own builds and play an unorthodox style that would probably bring a lot of controversy and have him slammed at the start, but more widely accepted later on, as a pioneer in the games development.
Brood War forever!
esla_sol
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States756 Posts
June 13 2011 20:43 GMT
#7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-François_Roberval

hes a corsair and total badass commander. a protoss for sure
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
June 13 2011 21:03 GMT
#8
Eh, not really sure any of them would do well given the nature of their "jobs" or lifestyle. I would also be reluctant to pick anyone based on intellectual qualities alone. I think I'd also go with the pianist of choice.

Pretty sure BoxeR qualifies as a historical figure though.
Gnial
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada907 Posts
June 13 2011 21:09 GMT
#9
Bruce Lee. That guy had crazy fast-twitch muscles.
1, eh? 2, eh? 3, eh?
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9172 Posts
June 13 2011 21:15 GMT
#10
Napoleon or Alexander imo for sheer strategic brilliance. Casanova's also an outside chance with his confidence and dexterity.

Xerxes would be #1 for macro alone if his army control wasn't so terrible
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ComusLoM
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Norway3547 Posts
June 13 2011 21:37 GMT
#11
Hitler for brilliant economic management and rommel for great tank control.
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Slow Motion
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6960 Posts
June 13 2011 21:59 GMT
#12
On June 14 2011 06:37 ComusLoM wrote:
Hitler for brilliant economic management and rommel for great tank control.

Yeah but Hitler might be too proud to learn from Koreans.
Dubzex
Profile Joined October 2010
United States6994 Posts
June 13 2011 22:00 GMT
#13
The father of stride piano, James P. Johnson.
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dragoon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States695 Posts
June 13 2011 22:13 GMT
#14
Socrates for sure
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eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
June 13 2011 22:28 GMT
#15
On June 14 2011 07:13 Xarow wrote:
Socrates for sure

I counter with Plato.

platorepublic to be specific hehehehe
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ComusLoM
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Norway3547 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-13 22:49:26
June 13 2011 22:49 GMT
#16
On June 14 2011 07:28 eviltomahawk wrote:
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On June 14 2011 07:13 Xarow wrote:
Socrates for sure

I counter with Plato.

platorepublic to be specific hehehehe

What Plato wouldn't expand at all so as to not garner attention from larger enemies. He'd attain a small but manageable army and only replenish it when they died, and even then it would take too long because only the best would breed to be soldiers.
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puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3128 Posts
June 13 2011 22:50 GMT
#17
pianists.. or any concert musicians.

Discipline and self diligence > LOL i flanked an army
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
zakmaa
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada525 Posts
June 13 2011 22:51 GMT
#18
On June 14 2011 06:37 ComusLoM wrote:
Rommel for great tank control.


Exactly what I was thinking.
Trozz
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3454 Posts
June 14 2011 00:40 GMT
#19
I'd say Genghis Khan.
He would make the biggest team,
Then conquer the scene.
A build is not a guess, an estimation or a hunch, a feeling, or a foolish intuition. A build is a dependable, unwavering, unarguably accurate, portrayer of your ambition.
nvs.
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada3609 Posts
June 14 2011 00:46 GMT
#20
On June 14 2011 07:51 zakmaa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2011 06:37 ComusLoM wrote:
Rommel for great tank control.


Exactly what I was thinking.


Oh shit I was just going to post this. :O :O :O

I bet he will be downvoting Desert Oasis though.
quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
June 14 2011 00:50 GMT
#21
On June 14 2011 09:40 Trozz wrote:
I'd say Genghis Khan.
He would make the biggest team,
Then conquer the scene.


what you really wanted to say is this guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subutai
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Deleted User 135096
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3624 Posts
June 14 2011 00:54 GMT
#22
umm... how about Sun Tzu. You know, he wrote this book... what was it called?
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prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
June 14 2011 01:32 GMT
#23
On June 14 2011 09:54 wo1fwood wrote:
umm... how about Sun Tzu. You know, he wrote this book... what was it called?

Beat me to it! Sun Tzu for sure!
Oh no
Deadpoetic0077
Profile Joined September 2010
United States63 Posts
June 14 2011 01:49 GMT
#24
ADMIRAL ACKBAR!!!!! hed never get caught out of position... cause all he would tell himself is "ITS A TRAP!!!!1!"
Failure is only an opportunity to learn
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
June 14 2011 01:51 GMT
#25
My opinion is no different then from the thread where it was closed

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Pixel.
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands287 Posts
June 14 2011 10:34 GMT
#26
Sun Tzu ofc!
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Cuddle
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1345 Posts
June 14 2011 11:10 GMT
#27
On June 14 2011 09:46 nvs. wrote:I bet he will be downvoting Desert Oasis though.


ROFL, good one!
youngminii
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia7514 Posts
June 14 2011 11:23 GMT
#28
I wonder if SC2 was out when those guys were alive, would any of them have become invested in the SC2 scene and become a progamer, thereby not becoming what they're known for?

Also Einstein hated chess, so I assume he wouldn't like SC2 either.

My money's on Newton. When the apple hit him on the head he'd discover the uses of Graviton Beam and revolutionise Protoss play.
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OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6592 Posts
June 14 2011 11:46 GMT
#29
Bobby Fischer if he counts... but he'd play Random and complain about Balance a lot...
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TheGiz
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada708 Posts
June 14 2011 12:39 GMT
#30
Sergey Vasil'evich Rakhmaninov

Giant hands, master pianist, genius composer. Something tells me he would be amazing at Brood War, as well as Starcraft 2.
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SpoR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1542 Posts
June 14 2011 12:55 GMT
#31
George Washington
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
nvs.
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada3609 Posts
June 14 2011 15:58 GMT
#32
On June 14 2011 20:46 OmniEulogy wrote:
Bobby Fischer if he counts... but he'd play Random and complain about Balance a lot...


White OP.
Draconder
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United Kingdom7 Posts
June 14 2011 17:04 GMT
#33
Gandhi will ultimately win in the end because he will make players GG just as they begin.
Been a General for fifteen years...
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
June 14 2011 21:18 GMT
#34
Rachmaninoff has BIG hands. As a result, he should be able to reach the most awkward of hotkeys with ease and thus may have some nice EAPM.

Lizst probably will have some (Z)hero-esque APM spam. His keyboards may not last long.

Chopin probably doesn't want to break his nails or strain his pretty fingers, so he'll have some Sjow APM.

Paganini also probably can beast it up in SC2 with some extremely fast play.

In fact, I think most historical woodwind, piano, and string players would be awesome at SC2. Brass and percussion players would be better off playing console games, however.
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Z3kk
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4099 Posts
June 14 2011 21:46 GMT
#35
To be serious, though, one would have to be not only quick APM-wise, but would also have to have really good reflexes, game sense, very high pragmatic intelligence, and amazing improvisational skills.
Failure is not falling down over and over again. Failure is refusing to get back up.
AwfulPlayer
Profile Joined August 2010
249 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-14 22:17:28
June 14 2011 22:16 GMT
#36
On June 14 2011 06:09 Gnial wrote:
Bruce Lee. That guy had crazy fast-twitch muscles.

The only Man on Earth who could beat the Automaton2000 when it comes to raw APM speed.

Nero on the other side would probably be laughed at for his nonstop cheesy "build firebats, 1a" all-in builds
nvs.
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada3609 Posts
June 15 2011 00:05 GMT
#37
On June 15 2011 02:04 Draconder wrote:
Gandhi will ultimately win in the end because he will make players GG just as they begin.


Might take 40 years though. =/
A Wet Shamwow
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1590 Posts
June 15 2011 01:35 GMT
#38
Abraham Lincoln hands down.
“Life is a gamble, at terrible odds. If it were a bet you wouldn’t take it.”
kNightLite
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States408 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-15 03:22:17
June 15 2011 03:21 GMT
#39
Abraham Lincoln. He'd play Terran, call his opponents racist, and attack them from the north with Marauders.
Vinski
Profile Joined November 2010
505 Posts
June 15 2011 03:22 GMT
#40
Sun Tzu obviously. Tactile genius and wrote the art of war which is even used today so he would be the best
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kNightLite
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States408 Posts
June 15 2011 03:25 GMT
#41
Also, cheesiest hisstorical figure: French general Andre Maginot. Such a fail cannon rusher.
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18918 Posts
June 15 2011 03:34 GMT
#42
On June 15 2011 12:25 kNightLite wrote:
Also, cheesiest hisstorical figure: French general Andre Maginot. Such a fail cannon rusher.

Eh, I would equate him to those bronze level players that sit on 8 probes and just mass cannon at their front for defenses while other players just drop in their base.
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