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motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
February 13 2009 20:27 GMT
#1
I didn't think this really deserved a new thread in BW, but Artosis said in his weekly show that another foreigner has been invited to eSTRO. It's probably Cloud, but does anyone have any other ideas of who it might be? Of course, if you know for a fact who it is, feel free to post that too

You know, on second thought, it's probably + Show Spoiler +
saddles


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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
February 13 2009 20:32 GMT
#2
Saddles for the win. Next OSL champion.
Aesop
Profile Joined October 2007
Hungary11305 Posts
February 13 2009 20:35 GMT
#3
I would expect them to pick up a younger player again, seeing that Nony also left because of having better alternatives available. + Show Spoiler +
lets not discuss the meaning of 'better' here, but he obviously had, and it IS related to his age to some extent


Younger players have more time to live the dream and less alternatives.
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iloahz
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States964 Posts
February 13 2009 20:36 GMT
#4
LOL
Mikilatov
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States3897 Posts
February 13 2009 20:39 GMT
#5
I'd like to see White-Ra or Strelok go. I'm not sure how good they are from an eSTRO coach perspective, but they seem to be tearing shit up left and right for the past year.

On second thought, JF would be the best choice of all, I'd say.
♥ I used to lasso the shit out of your tournaments =( ♥ | Much is my hero. | zizi yO~ | Be Nice, TL.
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
February 13 2009 20:49 GMT
#6
cloud sighed in nonys leaving estro thread, how could it be cloud.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51593 Posts
February 13 2009 20:50 GMT
#7
Why would it be Cloud, I remember him saying he was going to leave competitive BW.
JF isn't interested/starting at Waterloo soon.
Strelok/White-Ra seem to be too old (?) plus language barrier of English also being their second language.
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hazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom570 Posts
February 13 2009 20:50 GMT
#8
maybe he was invited after he made that post
SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-13 20:57:40
February 13 2009 20:56 GMT
#9
I was just thinking about this.

The list of possibilities I were thinking:

Strelok - Third in WCG right? Seems to be playing pretty well all over the place too.
IefNaij - JF is definitely good but too young isn't he?
F91 - F91 is playing pretty well right now.
Cloud - Inactive isn't he? I don't think its him.
Mondragon - I doubt Mondragon would be interested in this.
White-Ra - I think from a korean perspective White-Ra is too old to be picked

These are just the players off the top of my head that I would consider "good enough". Im sure I've forgotten people though.

I'll say they chose F91.

edit: gtr brought up language barrier. i don't know if f91 speaks english so probably not.

WAIT what if it's artosis himself?
dream-_-
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1857 Posts
February 13 2009 20:59 GMT
#10
cloud is apparently out of shape, doubt its white-ra he is too old, strelok is a possibility but I dont think they like foreign terran style plus he is kinda old, haven't payed much attention to JF in years but going off what he told me when I knew him I highly doubt he would want to go to korea.

I honestly cant think of any good applicants to go to korea at the moment, but apparently eSTRO knows better.

If I had to guess? It's another young american player. bryce in korea?
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
February 13 2009 21:06 GMT
#11
It's hard for me to think of anyone else really... Not as much due to skill but also due to language barrier/other things in life.

Maybe it's some kid from some unknown country who has 1 PC game, StarCraft, and like Indian mathematicians of old he trained himself to be the most gosu player ever because he has been playing since the age of 3.
Peace~
iloveoil
Profile Joined June 2008
Norway171 Posts
February 13 2009 21:08 GMT
#12
I really hope its a chinese player they really havent gotten a shot yet which is a shame because some of them are really good

but i guess they might want a white/black player and not an asian one :\
dream-_-
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1857 Posts
February 13 2009 21:13 GMT
#13
wont be an asian player
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
February 13 2009 21:14 GMT
#14
hope a chinese player goes tbh
My. Copy. Is. Here.
Astrogation
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States477 Posts
February 13 2009 21:15 GMT
#15
On February 14 2009 06:08 iloveoil wrote:
I really hope its a chinese player they really havent gotten a shot yet which is a shame because some of them are really good

but i guess they might want a white/black player and not an asian one :\


Actually Lx and Pj were invited to SKT1 and were progamers for a short period of time. I believe they left because of language barrier and because of the fact that a proscene was starting to pick up in China as well.
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2297 Posts
February 13 2009 21:17 GMT
#16
Why dont they want older people?
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
February 13 2009 21:18 GMT
#17
On February 14 2009 05:56 SnowFantasy wrote:
I was just thinking about this.

The list of possibilities I were thinking:

Strelok - Third in WCG right? Seems to be playing pretty well all over the place too.
IefNaij - JF is definitely good but too young isn't he?
F91 - F91 is playing pretty well right now.
Cloud - Inactive isn't he? I don't think its him.
Mondragon - I doubt Mondragon would be interested in this.
White-Ra - I think from a korean perspective White-Ra is too old to be picked

These are just the players off the top of my head that I would consider "good enough". Im sure I've forgotten people though.

I'll say they chose F91.

edit: gtr brought up language barrier. i don't know if f91 speaks english so probably not.

WAIT what if it's artosis himself?

they like'em young though.
hugitout
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States379 Posts
February 13 2009 21:19 GMT
#18
i think its superiorwolf
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
February 13 2009 21:20 GMT
#19
On February 14 2009 06:17 ffswowsucks wrote:
Why dont they want older people?

bad reflexes, slower on keyboard/apm, etc. koreans love their apm.
SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
February 13 2009 21:27 GMT
#20
yeah raithed thats why i dont think its white-ra or maybe strelok they seem to be older guys

not sure who "bryce" is as someone referenced (machine?) if it is I don't think it would be him. machine is good but i dont know if he is the best choice.
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