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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33360 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-24 17:26:16
October 24 2016 17:11 GMT
#1
Things inevitably gets left out when you have to get a video down to under five minutes, so here's my favorite TRUE story from WCS Signature Series that didn't make the cut.

On Starting StarCraft 2

It might surprise you to learn TRUE was actually on SKT at one point, during the final year of Brood War. TRUE was put on Brood War duty till the very end (remember that season of Proleague that was half BW and half SC2? Actually, let's forget about that), and was one of the last players to make the transition to Starcraft 2

Anyway, SK Telecom's coaching staff told him to get to work on catching up in the new game. As a progamer, they told him he should be able to learn the ropes pretty easily, and told him to practice by himself until he was in Master league.

Following instructions, TRUE started really playing SC2 for the first time in his life, and got placed into gold to start. As he continued to grind out game after game, he received an unexpected message: he had been demoted to Silver.

"And that's how I left SK Telecom."

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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
October 24 2016 17:13 GMT
#2
lmao, you are trolling right? :D
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Danglars
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States12133 Posts
October 24 2016 17:18 GMT
#3
I can imagine a lot of good iccup bw players fighting in gold at SC2 start, but enough to be demoted to silver AFTER grinding? That's incredible.
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
October 24 2016 17:40 GMT
#4
O_o Really? Blizzard matchmaking doesn't mess around. Can I claim to be better than TRUE now?
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
October 24 2016 17:53 GMT
#5
haha well, the games are vastly different so it's understandable that, that would happen. Still odd though that he got demoted rofl. Probably a troll blog.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
October 24 2016 18:04 GMT
#6
Yeah I doubt that.
I think esports is pretty nice.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33360 Posts
October 24 2016 19:07 GMT
#7
he definitely told us this story

whether or not you believe him is up to you
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
YokoKano
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States612 Posts
October 24 2016 19:33 GMT
#8
So many BW gosus without the skills for SC2. World rank 1 was illusive for me, but I got it in the end.
IQ 155.905638752
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13974 Posts
October 24 2016 20:36 GMT
#9
I 5/5'd but I doubt the avg will remain as such due to the lack of lichter shoutout
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16693 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-24 20:39:11
October 24 2016 20:38 GMT
#10
On October 25 2016 04:33 YokoKano wrote:
So many BW gosus without the skills for SC2. World rank 1 was illusive for me, but I got it in the end.

with what race?
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Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36374 Posts
October 24 2016 20:46 GMT
#11
lmao when he told this story i thought he was fucking with us
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Freeedom
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States199 Posts
October 24 2016 21:36 GMT
#12
I can confirm he told this story. The exact details, how many games he played win/loss etc to when he got demoted he never gave tho. It is possible he got to gold barely, then lost 2 of 3 games and maybe at that time the promotion/demotion rules were diff. and there was a bug who knows. It's hilarious tho. Also likely he just didn't know certain abusive builds in his first few games of WOL.
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blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
October 24 2016 21:48 GMT
#13
On October 25 2016 05:46 Hot_Bid wrote:
lmao when he told this story i thought he was fucking with us


Did he really get kicked off of SKT for that? That's a hilarious story non the less lmao.
When I think of something else, something will go here
YokoKano
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States612 Posts
October 24 2016 22:08 GMT
#14
On October 25 2016 05:38 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 25 2016 04:33 YokoKano wrote:
So many BW gosus without the skills for SC2. World rank 1 was illusive for me, but I got it in the end.

with what race?


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IQ 155.905638752
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
October 24 2016 22:43 GMT
#15
On October 25 2016 06:48 blade55555 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 25 2016 05:46 Hot_Bid wrote:
lmao when he told this story i thought he was fucking with us


Did he really get kicked off of SKT for that? That's a hilarious story non the less lmao.


While still on SKT he did win a map off Classic's terran and beat Samsung Trend, so at the very least he wasn't silver anymore by the time he left SKT.
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
October 24 2016 23:05 GMT
#16
You know what they say, KR silver league is like equivalent to NA WCS champion. Bronze is probably at least NA GM.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33360 Posts
October 25 2016 00:26 GMT
#17
On October 25 2016 07:43 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 25 2016 06:48 blade55555 wrote:
On October 25 2016 05:46 Hot_Bid wrote:
lmao when he told this story i thought he was fucking with us


Did he really get kicked off of SKT for that? That's a hilarious story non the less lmao.


While still on SKT he did win a map off Classic's terran and beat Samsung Trend, so at the very least he wasn't silver anymore by the time he left SKT.


shhhhhhhhhhhhh
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
riotjune
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States3392 Posts
October 25 2016 03:17 GMT
#18
that's fucking hilarious
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13974 Posts
October 25 2016 03:35 GMT
#19
On October 25 2016 08:05 eviltomahawk wrote:
You know what they say, KR silver league is like equivalent to NA WCS champion. Bronze is probably at least NA GM.

Polt is KR silver?

KR silver is GSL Champion?
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AnythingThenDelete
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
381 Posts
October 25 2016 09:09 GMT
#20
Is this the halloween story you wanted to tell, but you guys picked another one at the last minute?

I just can't believe the "grind" part.
I got a not even silver friend placed in plat.
I played a bronze on korean server and he raiseda defense hard to bypass from a platinum standard.
And a few other stories...

I can see him being placed in gold (weren't you supposed to be placed in platinum at most a long time ago?).
I couls see him getting demoted to silver even.

But you can't fit the grind in this story, you won't fool me!

(yes I read that Idra story once, and thought it was a novelized of his life, until I read stuff like "and he decided to leave for korea, telling his parents goodby, getting in a small boat, covering himself with his mousepad", then realized "it's that time of the year isn't it?", for my defence maybe it wasn't april 1st, timezone and such... yes no I am just stupid... but think about it they annoucned something like Titan Quest remastered version on april 1st I think or maybe another game, everything looked fake and then it was TRUE ...)
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