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[Translation] Kolll Interviewed by Fragster - Page 3

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FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
November 18 2009 21:11 GMT
#41
also i gotta say its been a long time since a foreign player excited me as much as kolll does. kid came out of nowhere and goddamn he's good
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jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
November 18 2009 21:12 GMT
#42
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/details.php?type=players&id=211&part=games&vs=59&league=any&map=any&from_year=2009&from_month=1&from_day=1&to_year=2009&to_month=11&to_day=10&action=Update

stork is 5-4 vs jaedong this year
s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
November 18 2009 21:14 GMT
#43
On November 19 2009 06:02 zerotol wrote:
I feel a burn to ret in this interview. "Players that go to Korea are too old" He is probably envious.


he is not. check when ret first entered the estro house nad estro manager said he was quite old for their standards.

if he keeps performing the same kind of results, he will be invited probably.

if you wanna see envy, check out Naruto's posts. :D
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1984
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Ukraine115 Posts
November 18 2009 21:20 GMT
#44
I think it's kinda wrong to say that Jaedong is better just because he has more titles, it's true only when comparing to other zergs, but it's not so obvious for P or T.
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
November 18 2009 21:22 GMT
#45
Naruto it's not amazing that he's so good that fast.. it's just already amazing that he IS that good

I wont compare both of you now.. but Im sure u played as many games as he did ( overall ) even though he played much more in a shorter timeframe..

Still kolll is just standing out.. he's almost like a foreigner with korean blood so to say..

He plays almost like a korean

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SkyTheUnknown
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Germany2065 Posts
November 18 2009 21:31 GMT
#46
On November 19 2009 06:22 MaGic~PhiL wrote:
Naruto it's not amazing that he's so good that fast.. it's just already amazing that he IS that good

I wont compare both of you now.. but Im sure u played as many games as he did ( overall ) even though he played much more in a shorter timeframe..

Still kolll is just standing out.. he's almost like a foreigner with korean blood so to say..

He plays almost like a korean



Wow, this thread is slowly growing too many exaggerations.
Kolll is good yes, very good. But please don't make him so much better than he really is.
Before WCG he lost 0-3 to Mana for example. He still has to prove that he can play on this niveau for a longer time.
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown - H.P. Lovecraft
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
November 18 2009 21:35 GMT
#47
I dont make him much better than he really is
I dont exaggerate at all.

He beat Idra, I aldready saw games of him vs ret where he amazed me.

He constantly plays at the A- level vs all sort of amazing koreans. He advanced out of the hardest wcg group. Made top 4 at his first grand final event ever. Made 1st place at his first National Final event ever.

This is something special. Really. No exaggeration..
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On_Slaught
Profile Joined August 2008
United States12190 Posts
November 18 2009 21:38 GMT
#48
On November 19 2009 06:08 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2009 04:45 StylishVODs wrote:
nice interview although jaedong is obviously the better player!


in the matchup of stork vs jaedong, stork is the favourite most of the time. its just one of those things


This doesn't make Stork the better player.

Stork is KNOWN for his bad mechanics (shitty apm, lack of practice). You can interrpret his success then as him being the better player, but I think it just makes him a great mind. Jaedong is clearly a more well-rounded player.

But I digress (don't want this to turn into JD v Stork since i love them both), this kid seems pretty cool. I watched his games and he played well enough to show he at least is decent. I really want to see his games v Idra but can't find them QQ.
ftb
Profile Joined October 2009
49 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-18 21:40:27
November 18 2009 21:39 GMT
#49
Oh come on, guys. Yeah, kolll is amazing and stuff, but really, he just got the lucky bracket. Yes, he managed to kick asses in his group, but in the next round he got lucky to play Idra, who is a free win compared to Stork, Bisu or Jaedong.
I know he's only 14 and i assume he will get much more better, but for now he is only better than Idra, which is no too big achievement and certainly is not enough to tell that he almost plays like koreans or whatever.
Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-18 21:41:17
November 18 2009 21:40 GMT
#50
lol it gets on his nerves that no one talks english in china and he has to point when he wants a fanta or coke. Well guess what kiddo, mandarin is the biggest language in the world and has twice as many speakers as english. You can't expect people to know english everywhere

Besides from that koll seems cool
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PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
November 18 2009 21:44 GMT
#51
no matter what u guys say.. I watched a few replays of this kid and I'm convinced he's something special..
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DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
November 18 2009 21:45 GMT
#52
On November 19 2009 06:40 Foucault wrote:
lol it gets on his nerves that no one talks english in china and he has to point when he wants a fanta or coke. Well guess what kiddo, mandarin is the biggest language in the world and has twice as many speakers as english. You can't expect people to know english everywhere

Besides from that koll seems cool


Language barriers are annoying to pretty much anyone. That's not really a fault of his.
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XsebT
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Denmark2980 Posts
November 18 2009 21:47 GMT
#53
whoaaa, wonna go to Korea! That's huge imo!
Start learning some Korean to eliminate the language barrier and become world champ of sc.
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Purind
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Canada3562 Posts
November 18 2009 21:57 GMT
#54
I don't know anything about him and haven't seen many of his games, so I don't know how good he is. All I know is that he did amazing at WCG and is very young. I'm very excited to see how he does in TSL 2. I think every single person here is very interested in how koll will do in TSL2

On November 19 2009 06:39 ftb wrote:
I know he's only 14 and i assume he will get much more better, but for now he is only better than Idra, which is no too big achievement and certainly is not enough to tell that he almost plays like koreans or whatever.


First of all, beating Idra in a bo3 does not convince me that he is a better player. Second, it IS a pretty big accomplishment
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eXigent.
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada2419 Posts
November 18 2009 22:03 GMT
#55
On November 19 2009 06:01 m3rciless wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2009 05:50 G.s)NarutO wrote:
On November 19 2009 05:46 disciple wrote:
On November 19 2009 05:42 G.s)NarutO wrote:
On November 19 2009 05:11 disciple wrote:
time for Flash Bogus and Baby to shit their pants Kolll will eat worlds if he goes to korea


I don't want to imagine what Bogus and Flash would do to kolll.. Seriously Flash is fucking insane. He is demolishing Korean progamers left and right (not right now, but not too far in the past, he's still amazing though). What do you think he'd do to kolll? Not to mention he already won a starleague etc..

Kolll has great potential. I referred to Flash Bogus and baby cause they are considered the wunderkinds of starcraft. Kolll has no chance at this point but who know if this kid gets a proper korean training...


I really said it lots of times now, but too make sure no one misunderstands: I do like kolll, he has shown great and impressive things YET
It has nothing to do with talent. Back in the days, you started on battle.net with less good practice partners. Today you can start on iccup and bam, you will only face better players when you start and your skill will boost insanely fast.

He played at least 8000 Games in his 2 years, if not more and started at a high level of gaming (compared to battle.net). Thats why he's already that good. Ofcourse you still need a bit of talent, but if you think his potential is so great, it makes no sense that he's still stuck with A-/ low A maybe. I know that the skill difference is insane from holding an A- rank and holding an A rank, but still, that would define the word talent for me.



This is like the worst argument in the world. If things are so damn easy now, why aren't there more players like kolll. Oh wait, because hes a prodigy.


Or...because like it was mentioned he has played a SHIT TON of games in a short time frame, whereas other players don't put in half as much effort.
infinity2k9
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom2397 Posts
November 18 2009 22:07 GMT
#56
He said 4 hours a day, its not THAT much. Some people around here have been playing for way way longer and definitely more games.
vnlegend
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1389 Posts
November 18 2009 22:11 GMT
#57
Thanks for the interview. I'd still like to know how his games went vs Idra. Idra's korean training has put him significantly above a lot of foreigners and he got 2-0'ed. Hopefully koll continues to perform well and has a good showing at TSL2.
Marines > everything
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
November 18 2009 22:11 GMT
#58
then again he CAN NOT POSSIBLY have put more effort into it than e.g. Idra

Oh well.. for sure u dont get good without playing much..

T_T
hatred outlives the hateful
538
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary3932 Posts
November 18 2009 22:12 GMT
#59
On November 19 2009 04:45 Nal_rAwr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2009 04:44 Pads wrote:
he WANTS to go to Korea. Get on it Artosis.

no bull, man the kid 2-0'ed idra seriously artosis get him lol

Oh i think he wants to "get him" :-p
BW fighting!
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
November 18 2009 22:12 GMT
#60
On November 19 2009 07:11 vnlegend wrote:
Thanks for the interview. I'd still like to know how his games went vs Idra. Idra's korean training has put him significantly above a lot of foreigners and he got 2-0'ed. Hopefully koll continues to perform well and has a good showing at TSL2.


I dont have any clue but my guess is kolll went 2 hatch muta and destroyed him
or some 3 hatch build into late game lings/ultra swarm. .whatever


Im looking forward to the wcg replays
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