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First day story in IEM Germany. - Page 9

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insearchof
Profile Joined July 2011
United States57 Posts
March 12 2012 22:27 GMT
#161
you need a translator app on that ipad son
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
FliedLice
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany7494 Posts
March 12 2012 22:28 GMT
#162
On March 13 2012 04:17 Zeetox wrote:
Looks like German are quite a racist people, at least to Koreans. Select's story, Violet's as well...


Hnnnnnggggg

Please.
Kevmeister @ Dota2
acrimoneyius
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States983 Posts
March 12 2012 22:28 GMT
#163
Damn. Cool story. It sucks when players cannot play their best because of stuff like this. /firstworldproblems
m3rciless
Profile Joined August 2009
United States1476 Posts
March 12 2012 22:29 GMT
#164
On March 13 2012 07:28 FliedLice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2012 04:17 Zeetox wrote:
Looks like German are quite a racist people, at least to Koreans. Select's story, Violet's as well...


Hnnnnnggggg

Please.


Says the german guy with a username making fun of an asian accent.
White-Ra fighting!
Falconblade
Profile Joined December 2011
United States1035 Posts
March 12 2012 22:30 GMT
#165
On March 13 2012 07:22 PraefektMotus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2012 07:17 sereniity wrote:
On March 13 2012 07:09 PraefektMotus wrote:
On March 13 2012 06:57 NoctemSC wrote:
Blame Germany and their expensive hotels.

I'm sorry but that is just crap. Do you go to the place where the Superbowl is and demand a hotel room for fifty bucks? The CeBIT is the world's largest computer expo. If a team doesn't account for that, they are just stupid. Blame incompetence.


If anything, it's stupid by IEM to have their biggest tournament at CeBIT...

How is it the teams fault that there is no way to get a decent hotel room over there?

Well, what did everybody else do? I don't see any horror stories of progamers sleeping under bridges because there were no hotel rooms, what did they do?


Those prison cells masquerading as hostels were pretty terrible. They're smaller than my worst dorm in all 4 years of school, and had less amenities.


What I find amusing about our community is that we harp on on about professionalism this and professionalism that. And apparently being made to bunk in tiny cramped rooms that no professional would find suitable is okay, and defendable. And people bring up the whole "They play games for a living, I would totally do stuff like that for the charmed life they lead". Uh no, if it's their job, they'd probably expect it to be better.

SeleCT should not have been given such a crappy accommodation, it's just not on.
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
March 12 2012 22:30 GMT
#166
the life of a progamer
I would have been scared shitless if I was in the same situation lol
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iwearcapes
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
France157 Posts
March 12 2012 22:30 GMT
#167
very nice read select. this just reminds us all anyone can get accidentally trouble
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
March 12 2012 22:31 GMT
#168
Select seems pretty chill about it.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
frozenrb
Profile Joined February 2011
Poland389 Posts
March 12 2012 22:32 GMT
#169
On March 13 2012 04:08 SeleCT wrote:
Also fuck you apple. I bought ipad2 like 5days ago and ipad3 came out fml. I'm gonna try a return when I get back to home. Im writing a story on the airplane from frankfurt to Vancouver to seattle in 4 hours after arriving.
Thx for reading. please wish me a good luck in the next tournament hehe.
Love you fans.


New Ipad 3 is shit, but fanboys will buy it.

http://www.cbronline.com/news/ipad-3-wont-work-on-european-4g-including-the-uk

Their equipment is so shit I can't express myself ( yes I am poor ). Their cables last 2 months, their support is garbage. It's all about those "white" earphones.

Buy one mac Pro... waste your money or buy 3xPC, more powerful, and with decent warranty.
zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-12 22:38:08
March 12 2012 22:32 GMT
#170
it helps to keep up with the tech sites that have already let ppl know things like when a possible ipad3 announcement would be :p

btw surprised select decided to re-sign with dignitas after this story, so many things that i think should have been done by the management, yet it was left up to the player to do.
zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15352 Posts
March 12 2012 22:32 GMT
#171
Quick foreigner guide to Germany:

NEVER ask a German if they speak English. Just insist that they do and keep talking to them.

Unless they speak perfectly, they will say no and try to get away from you, no matter how good or bad their English is.
ModeratorI know Teamliquid is known as a massive building
-Risk-
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada164 Posts
March 12 2012 22:35 GMT
#172
sup son select best player
Check out my stream at http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/-Risk-
Jayjay54
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany2296 Posts
March 12 2012 22:35 GMT
#173
On March 13 2012 07:32 zatic wrote:
Quick foreigner guide to Germany:

NEVER ask a German if they speak English. Just insist that they do and keep talking to them.

Unless they speak perfectly, they will say no and try to get away from you, no matter how good or bad their English is.


that is quite accurate actually.
Things are laid back in Unidenland. And may the road ahead be lid with dreams and tomorrows. Which are lid with dreams. Also.
Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
March 12 2012 22:36 GMT
#174
Germany (and Austria) are pretty tough countries if you're asian and your English is not perfect.
Most people 'round here just flat out suck at English, couple that with an asian accent and understanding gets hard. Especially in rural areas

Wouldn't read to much into it, all those people just had no idea what Select tried to say.

But it sure sucks
A backwards poet writes inverse.
eyeEX
Profile Joined June 2010
United States64 Posts
March 12 2012 22:39 GMT
#175
Haha. Great story. Slightly bad English made it even better.
ìX
frozenrb
Profile Joined February 2011
Poland389 Posts
March 12 2012 22:39 GMT
#176
I think it would be easier in Poland to communicate.
Cocacooh
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway1510 Posts
March 12 2012 22:39 GMT
#177
Because of this story the next time a random stranger asks for my help I'm gonna help them no matter what (not that it happens anyway:p). Suprised that so few "knew" english, thought germans were pretty good at it. They do get alot of shit dubbed though wich might hold their skills back abit.
Blurio
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany288 Posts
March 12 2012 22:40 GMT
#178
Also only ask younger people. Most older people can't speak english.

Moral of the story: Write down important shit on paper.
LXR
Profile Joined June 2011
357 Posts
March 12 2012 22:40 GMT
#179
Wow that sucks. I guess you learned some things though.. not sure what exactly but yeah
Jakkerr
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2549 Posts
March 12 2012 22:41 GMT
#180
On March 13 2012 07:32 zatic wrote:
Quick foreigner guide to Germany:

NEVER ask a German if they speak English. Just insist that they do and keep talking to them.

Unless they speak perfectly, they will say no and try to get away from you, no matter how good or bad their English is.


lol that's so true.
From my experience almost every1 in Germany speaks English if you want them too :D
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