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Earlier on during MLG Providence Championhip Sunday, I was standing near the player area watching SeleCT versus Nestea. (See a theme within my blogs?) Standing behind SeleCT was a group of Korean players including MarineKingPrime, MVP, and a few others I didn’t recognize. In between game 1 and game 2, PuMa and another player push by me and my friend to greet the Korean crowd. They joke around and smiles are all around. All of a sudden, I spot INcontroL out of the corner of my eye. He kind of hung back until the joking stops. I didn’t know that PuMa had lost his match to Hero. When iNcontroL saw his opening:
iNcontroL: Are you all right? Did you play good? No?
PuMa: *Sheepish smile and shook his head*
Instantly, INcontroL wraps him up in an epic bear hug. And gave him a pep talk.
I felt so awkward, sad, and proud all at once. Awkward because I wanted to talk to iNcontroL, but didn’t want to interrupt the moment. Sad because I’m an EG fanboy and I didn’t want anyone from the team to lose.
Most of all, I was proud of the display of sportsmanship and camaraderie. More and more, I start to see Starcraft as an eSport. And here was yet another aspect that I saw that proves this. Ever watch a quarterback fuck up a 3rd down conversion or overthrow a touchdown pass? Ever see the losing team’s faces after a basketball match? How bad the player feels and how much the team rallies around their player? Yeah, exactly.
Props to iNcontroL and much love to PuMa and the other EG players. So inspiring <3.
 
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aw  that puts a smile on my face. EG fighting~!
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This is so sad. Sad to see Greg and Geoff breaking up. They were so close, but now...
It's IdraxHuk and PumaxiNcontrol. Homewreckers.
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That's why Incontrol is EG's captain: He may not be the best player, he acts as that paternal figure and supports the team through good and bad. Hopefully Puma and Huk do well tomorrow at Dreamhack.
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Thanks for sharing, that was touching
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EGiNcontroL has the gosuest Captaining powers ever. He really looks out for his team <3 EG FIGHTINg~!
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Captain are such an important piece of a team. In every sport there's a captain.
I dont really know if other major teams have captains but I think it would be pretty usefull. Right now I feel like the managers are playing the role of the captain, not that its bad, but its probably not optimal. They dont play the games at the same level as the pros so they probably cant understand everything about a match. Maybe im ignorant too.
EG seems to have a good captain, gj.
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EG should have a lot of pride having someone like iNcontroL as captain.
Sportsmanship fighting!
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Thanks everyone for reading my posts! I think iNcontroL's leadership paid off at Dreamhack. Pretty sick run and games by PuMa ^_^
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HuK was in the booth with Puma multiple times throughout this final, much like he was with MC at DH Invitational. It's great to see players supporting each other.
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iNcontroL
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On November 27 2011 12:26 VWSChe wrote:
I'm not an EG fanboy.
Nobody cares.
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This guy does...as in the guy who started this blog.
User was temp banned for this post.
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iNcontroL
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No.. I would venture a guess he doesn't care that you aren't a fanboy. It would be similar to someone going 5-0 in their placement matches.. it's mundane, nobody actually cares about your placement match record.. know what I mean?
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Okay...so you're informing me that you've read things I've written. What am I supposed to do with that?
Edit: I don't know what you've heard from people or read in comments, but I haven't said anything about you that was negative. I used to go to the gym 6 times a week and I respect the self-motivational skills it takes to be a bodybuilder. All I've seen from the Team Liquid that I left behind a long time ago is the inability of Starcraft 2 fans to be respectful.
Edit 2: And one more thing just to clarify. When I said what I said when I mentioned you by name, what I had in mind was the Artosis / Frog speech and how misrepresented it became in this community, whether you care to realize it or not. I'm trying to make it as clear as possible that I DO have a lot of respect for the people at the top right now. No, I have never seen you go around this website posting blog entries in random forums. But honestly, I've never really gotten involved in ANY forum to the point that I know the difference. And what I have seen you do is weed out a lot of garbage by failing to respect extraneous garbage that people throw at you. And I have read your most recent blog entry and I agree with pretty much all of it.
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On November 26 2011 12:50 CPTBadAss wrote:
Ever watch a quarterback fuck up a 3rd down conversion or overthrow a touchdown pass?
49ers. thanksgiving. A lot of games.
on topic, it makes incontrol even more lovable.
EG really seems to have that family feeling, through the youtube videos and team house and what not. Just makes your heart all warm and fuzzy on the inside.
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On November 27 2011 12:56 iNcontroL wrote:
No.. I would venture a guess he doesn't care that you aren't a fanboy. It would be similar to someone going 5-0 in their placement matches.. it's mundane, nobody actually cares about your placement match record.. know what I mean?
lol this is why I love iNc
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Epic moment!
I would literally rofl if it was Idra instead of Puma... hahahaha
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LOL, I love how the nitpicking and whining and holier-than-thou attitude has spilled over into my tiny little blog. Oh forum trolls...Thanks to some random hater, I now have a hilarious comment always from iNcontroL in my threads ^_^
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I have to thank you for writing this blog, as it managed to finally get the attention of some mods and incontrol to our friend VWSChe and take the proper course of action...your blog is much more enjoyable to read then all four of his put together.
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It's really nice to see so much passion for the game.
Gogo EG!
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On November 26 2011 13:32 ShatterZer0 wrote:
EGiNcontroL has the gosuest Captaining powers ever. He really looks out for his team <3 EG FIGHTINg~!
Great coaching too. He coached MrBitter back in the day and it was great stuff.
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- @FinestHour: Thanks for taking the time to read the blog! Glad you enjoy it and feel that way about it.
- @Pandemona: I'm not THAT good with pictures haha. Despite what my other post may lead you to believe, I can't be snapping pictures left and right....especially if I'm watching SeleCT ^_^. Thanks for voting though!
- @Zorkmid: Did you ever get coaching from him? I know iNcontroL is a super popular coach.
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On November 30 2011 07:23 CPTBadAss wrote:- @FinestHour: Thanks for taking the time to read the blog! Glad you enjoy it and feel that way about it.
- @Pandemona: I'm not THAT good with pictures haha. Despite what my other post may lead you to believe, I can't be snapping pictures left and right....especially if I'm watching SeleCT ^_^. Thanks for voting though!
- @Zorkmid: Did you ever get coaching from him? I know iNcontroL is a super popular coach.
I'd never pay money for a video game lesson. But I did watch MrBitter's lessons with him which he streamed. Was pretty useful to hear InControL coach then-noobie Bitter.
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@Zorkmid:
I'm with you. But I'm also a little spoiled in that I have some friends who are pretty good at SC2. I just bug them endlessly for advice haha. I gotta go watch those Mr. Bitter videos. I heard they were really really good. And I met him at Providence; he was super chill.
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On December 01 2011 08:25 CPTBadAss wrote:
@Zorkmid:
I'm with you. But I'm also a little spoiled in that I have some friends who are pretty good at SC2. I just bug them endlessly for advice haha. I gotta go watch those Mr. Bitter videos. I heard they were really really good. And I met him at Providence; he was super chill.
Yea man. If you're a zerg player and want to get better, Mr Bitter's videos are the best resource out there. PERIOD. I'm happy for all his success, but selfishly miss those "12 weeks with the pros". Maybe he'll get back to that eventually. It was great promotion for himself AND the pros that he had on.
I've never had the pleasure to meet him, but if he does an event in Toronto, he'll be getting hammered on my dime.
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