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Artosis *
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States2140 Posts
December 02 2009 03:31 GMT
#1
ohhhhhhhhh boy. this is one interview no one can miss. i sat down ret and idra for a joint interview about TSL and the players in it. ill add it to youtube when i get a chance.

ret + IdrA on TSL

enjoy!
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StuDToSs
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
116 Posts
December 02 2009 03:33 GMT
#2
orgasmic
BreaK
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada890 Posts
December 02 2009 03:35 GMT
#3
Niiiiiice. Watching right now.

Thanks Artosis!
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tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 04:05:13
December 02 2009 03:37 GMT
#4
I'm expecting drama and random unfair MaNa bashing.

Don't disappoint.

+ Show Spoiler +

Well, everyone got a little MaNa treatment this time around. (Z)(nl)Ret pretty manner about everyone except (randomly) (Z)(bo)CastrO. (T)(us)IdrA is IdrA.

Both really high on DIMAGA. Neat.

What's sorta interesting here is how they rank the terrans in the event. Seems like:

1. IdrA
2. yosh
3. nyoken
4. A2
5. BRAT_OK
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lokiM
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3407 Posts
December 02 2009 03:38 GMT
#5
idra needs to do this more often, his jokes are more clean and not always complete mindless flaming like from the past
GOOD WORK
You can't fight the feeling.
DrTJEckleburg
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1080 Posts
December 02 2009 03:39 GMT
#6
Thanks so much for the interview, but Artosis, not the coat for you man!
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tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
December 02 2009 03:41 GMT
#7
Idra never really was as big of a bm idiot as people claimed to make him out to be. A little angry at times, but nothing more.
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MooCow
Profile Joined September 2008
1434 Posts
December 02 2009 03:42 GMT
#8
Thanks for this but mines seems to cut off around the 5 min marker, anyone else getting this problem?
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IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32273 Posts
December 02 2009 03:43 GMT
#9
nerdgasm
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rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5459 Posts
December 02 2009 03:43 GMT
#10
+ Show Spoiler +
LOL IDRA "UNLESS F91 KNOCKS HIM OUT BECAUSE OF ZVZ" HAHAHAHAHA
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Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
December 02 2009 03:45 GMT
#11
This is what the MSL selection ceremony was missing (once I understood it of course. Yay subs).

Nothin' like some good ole fashioned smack talk.
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QuoC
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States724 Posts
December 02 2009 03:49 GMT
#12
wow......

i love ret. i just stopped the video 3 minutes in just because he called castro an idiot and a newbie. ^^ do the right thing ret, show em who'se boss :D
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DIMJkE
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Bulgaria425 Posts
December 02 2009 03:51 GMT
#13
How come F91 is allowed to play? I thought Chinese were not allowed.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
December 02 2009 03:51 GMT
#14
On December 02 2009 12:45 Clownbaby wrote:
This is what the MSL selection ceremony was missing (once I understood it of course. Yay subs).

Nothin' like some good ole fashioned smack talk.

You just made me think about how epic it would be if we had a foreigner group selection held in that format, assuming they were all provided with good English. That would be beyond epic. Anyways, thanks for the interview! I'll watch it tomorrow
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knyttym
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States5797 Posts
December 02 2009 03:52 GMT
#15
loved it. Thank you very much for that
PangO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Chile1870 Posts
December 02 2009 03:54 GMT
#16
Thanks Artosis
Ret's coat is huge.He's so cold, he keeps moving all the time...
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lokiM
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3407 Posts
December 02 2009 03:55 GMT
#17
On December 02 2009 12:51 DIMJkE wrote:
How come F91 is allowed to play? I thought Chinese were not allowed.

did you even watch the interview? he's flying out of china
You can't fight the feeling.
Fixed
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States174 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 03:58:22
December 02 2009 03:57 GMT
#18
On December 02 2009 12:51 DIMJkE wrote:
How come F91 is allowed to play? I thought Chinese were not allowed.


I wonder how many times this question is going ot be asked................

F91 will be playing outside of china after he qualifies...........
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ShaperofDreams
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2492 Posts
December 02 2009 03:58 GMT
#19
Man I'm so proud of the foreign scene right now.
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iNfeRnaL *
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Germany1908 Posts
December 02 2009 03:58 GMT
#20
lol @ hwanni implying ret's gonna play minor league before idra does.
wow that was bm xD
Dr.Dragoon
Profile Joined November 2007
United States1241 Posts
December 02 2009 04:00 GMT
#21
Did I hear an ASL spoiler? haha
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rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5459 Posts
December 02 2009 04:02 GMT
#22
lol the interview made it sound like 90% of the perceived "top" foreign players just all-in every game.
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JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
December 02 2009 04:04 GMT
#23
likely the best sc interview ive ever seen.
dangots0ul
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States919 Posts
December 02 2009 04:10 GMT
#24
100% with f91 analysis
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Glaucus
Profile Joined June 2009
479 Posts
December 02 2009 04:13 GMT
#25
If.. just if, it's going to be Idra vs Ret in the finals they could do offline finals in Seoul.
nicoaldo
Profile Joined March 2009
Argentina939 Posts
December 02 2009 04:20 GMT
#26
Great interview, always nice to know how ret and IdrA see the rest of the foreigners. I´ve always heard nyoken was so good, he must be a beast in practice, cause he didn´t get very good results in his participations in tours recently...
selboN
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2523 Posts
December 02 2009 04:26 GMT
#27
Been loading for 10 minutes, 3%.
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KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
December 02 2009 04:27 GMT
#28
I bereeve in da chinese
Roarr chinese fighting
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Zortch
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada635 Posts
December 02 2009 04:31 GMT
#29
So good
Thanks a lot!
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Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
December 02 2009 04:32 GMT
#30
On December 02 2009 13:27 KawaiiRice wrote:
I bereeve in da chinese
Roarr chinese fighting


FUCK YEAH GO CHINESE

+ Show Spoiler +
That are living in the US
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TheFallofTroy
Profile Joined May 2009
Canada780 Posts
December 02 2009 04:32 GMT
#31
This is the reason we all love the foreigner scene.

Thank you so much Artososis, Idra, and Ret.
^_^V
JoMal
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Trinidad/Tobago1177 Posts
December 02 2009 04:36 GMT
#32
Mondragon would be my pick for the ultimate dark horse obviously !
Oh you mad cause i'm stylin on you
jeddus
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States832 Posts
December 02 2009 04:38 GMT
#33
I never really saw the issue of F91 playing from ret's point.
From a top player's perspective I can see how that makes sense.

From a fan's perspective, I am excited that he is playing.
I would like to see F91 vs. Idra v2.0

I just hope no lag drama happens.
I would rather the drama come from the results.
sex appeal
motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
December 02 2009 04:40 GMT
#34
scforall servers back to normal I see
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KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
December 02 2009 04:43 GMT
#35
On December 02 2009 13:32 Megalisk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2009 13:27 KawaiiRice wrote:
I bereeve in da chinese
Roarr chinese fighting


FUCK YEAH GO CHINESE

+ Show Spoiler +
That are living in the US


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StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13918 Posts
December 02 2009 04:44 GMT
#36
On December 02 2009 13:00 Dr.Dragoon wrote:
Did I hear an ASL spoiler? haha


god i hope, its terrible that no one knows really wtf is going on
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
Sc2ggRise
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States607 Posts
December 02 2009 04:44 GMT
#37
great interview!
Orome
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Switzerland11984 Posts
December 02 2009 04:44 GMT
#38
awesome interview, ty artosis
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Ursadon-n-Pals
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States928 Posts
December 02 2009 04:47 GMT
#39
Another awesome interview. Can't wait to see how things turn out.
Nothing worth having comes easy.
Blind
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States2528 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 04:51:18
December 02 2009 04:50 GMT
#40
On December 02 2009 12:37 tree.hugger wrote:
I'm expecting drama and random unfair MaNa bashing.

Don't disappoint.

+ Show Spoiler +

Well, everyone got a little MaNa treatment this time around. (Z)(nl)Ret pretty manner about everyone except (randomly) (Z)(bo)CastrO. (T)(us)IdrA is IdrA.

Both really high on DIMAGA. Neat.

What's sorta interesting here is how they rank the terrans in the event. Seems like:

1. IdrA
2. yosh
3. nyoken
4. A2
5. BRAT_OK


Check out this replay to understand why Ret said those things about Castro:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=102110

edit:
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rel
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Guam3521 Posts
December 02 2009 04:53 GMT
#41
Fucking just buffers forever for meaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Cu(oCo)
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Italy358 Posts
December 02 2009 04:55 GMT
#42
wow
Goons? just vulture toys 휴.휴
CongoJack
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada417 Posts
December 02 2009 04:57 GMT
#43
Good interview I 100% agree with ret on the Chinese issue.
WeSt
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Portugal918 Posts
December 02 2009 05:00 GMT
#44
for idra every zerg is cheesy
zvz is imba
canucks12
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada812 Posts
December 02 2009 05:01 GMT
#45
Who is your cameraman? He has a very deep voice.

Good luck to everybody in the TSL
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13918 Posts
December 02 2009 05:02 GMT
#46
ahah so funny. to bad max will probably roll Artosis
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
December 02 2009 05:11 GMT
#47
On December 02 2009 12:37 tree.hugger wrote:
I'm expecting drama and random unfair MaNa bashing.

Don't disappoint.

+ Show Spoiler +

Well, everyone got a little MaNa treatment this time around. (Z)(nl)Ret pretty manner about everyone except (randomly) (Z)(bo)CastrO. (T)(us)IdrA is IdrA.

Both really high on DIMAGA. Neat.

What's sorta interesting here is how they rank the terrans in the event. Seems like:

1. IdrA
2. yosh
3. nyoken
4. A2
5. BRAT_OK

howd you get that?
its much more like
idra
nyoken
brat
yosh
a2
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Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
December 02 2009 05:27 GMT
#48
thanks artosis!
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eNoq
Profile Joined June 2009
Netherlands502 Posts
December 02 2009 05:37 GMT
#49
awesome interview, really enjoyed it!
Proburu
Code
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada634 Posts
December 02 2009 05:39 GMT
#50
lol interview was awesome..gj Artosis, Idra and ret!
Kerotan
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
England2109 Posts
December 02 2009 05:41 GMT
#51
This interview is a just a testament to how badass hwanni is. Seriously, the guy is awesome.
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Assault_1
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada1950 Posts
December 02 2009 05:42 GMT
#52
ret: "he plays his tourny games from his work desk and has to pause for like 15 minutes..."

did I hear that right?
CongoJack
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada417 Posts
December 02 2009 05:45 GMT
#53
Apparently he works at a cybercafe or something like that and has to stop to help customers.
Steveh
Profile Joined October 2009
United States112 Posts
December 02 2009 05:46 GMT
#54
great interview
Ruken
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States858 Posts
December 02 2009 05:50 GMT
#55
On December 02 2009 14:42 Assault_1 wrote:
ret: "he plays his tourny games from his work desk and has to pause for like 15 minutes..."

did I hear that right?

That's....kind of lame. I mean I can understand just playing on the ladder, but once you're in the tournament it seems graceless to not make special arrangements to play uninterrupted and rude to the other players. Not to say he's being impudent...I don't have perfect information on his situation.
MIK Terran
rel
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Guam3521 Posts
December 02 2009 05:50 GMT
#56
what is scforall's youtube account?
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qrs
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3637 Posts
December 02 2009 05:52 GMT
#57
Cuts off for me right after Ret says "even before I went to Korea", but was fairly interesting up till then. Thanks!
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rockon1215
Profile Joined May 2009
United States612 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 05:54:08
December 02 2009 05:53 GMT
#58
That was awesome

Did anyone else start laughing when Idra was knocking Ret's ZvZ?
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Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6169 Posts
December 02 2009 05:54 GMT
#59
man it's a long interview! gotta check it later.
InToTheWannaB
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4770 Posts
December 02 2009 06:02 GMT
#60
hahaha that interview is fantastic, but I'm shocked how both ret and idra say Nyoken thats good. Nyoken been around a pretty long time and he only got one WCG finals apperance, and I can't recall any thing major besides that he won. You think if he was that good he be putting up better results.
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Ruken
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States858 Posts
December 02 2009 06:02 GMT
#61
On December 02 2009 14:53 rockon1215 wrote:
That was awesome

Did anyone else start laughing when Idra was knocking Ret's ZvZ?

I thought it was cute, I kind of laughed when Ret retaliated and they kind of bantered back n' forth.
MIK Terran
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Profile Blog Joined July 2009
721 Posts
December 02 2009 06:06 GMT
#62
haha best interview ever.
I_Love_Bacon
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5765 Posts
December 02 2009 06:15 GMT
#63
I had to change my pants a few times watching this video.
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sharkeyanti
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1273 Posts
December 02 2009 06:29 GMT
#64
nice interview. I never realized how much resentment there is among the upper level players between scenes. I don't play 10 hours a day though, so I guess I'll never really get a handle on that. Just wish players that are that good learn to say "gg" and leave it at that. Gotta love Idra's confidence, the best way to approach a task is fully convinced that you cannot fail. Good luck to both guys!
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Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
December 02 2009 06:33 GMT
#65
On December 02 2009 12:45 Clownbaby wrote:
This is what the MSL selection ceremony was missing (once I understood it of course. Yay subs).

Nothin' like some good ole fashioned smack talk.


Agreed
KTY
Djin)ftw(
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Germany3357 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 06:37:25
December 02 2009 06:35 GMT
#66
ehm, maybe it's just me but what on earth is fantastic about this interview? its abysmal

idra is too quiet and talks pretty fast (despite his annoying fidgeting(? moving the leg up and down..)) and all he says is "don't know about this guy, haven't played that guy"........... wow interesting.
ret is (with the exception of castro xD) too mannered.

then some technical issues, at least for me the vid takes like 15 minutes to load, the sound qualtity is so bad (ambient noise) and the whole interview takes place in front of an ugly, withered(?) bush. wow

seriously, i guess i can take the cam in my cellular phone and get an equal result
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rel
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Guam3521 Posts
December 02 2009 06:39 GMT
#67
Way to appreciate what Artosis and these guys give us, hopefully your comment won't discourage him to keep making these for us.
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selboN
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2523 Posts
December 02 2009 06:40 GMT
#68
hater
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Scaramanga
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Australia8090 Posts
December 02 2009 06:41 GMT
#69
On December 02 2009 15:35 Djin)ftw( wrote:
ehm, maybe it's just me but what on earth is fantastic about this interview? its abysmal

idra is too quiet and talks pretty fast (despite his annoying fidgeting(? moving the leg up and down..)) and all he says is "don't know about this guy, haven't played that guy"........... wow interesting.
ret is (with the exception of castro xD) too mannered.

then some technical issues, at least for me the vid takes like 15 minutes to load, the sound qualtity is so bad (ambient noise) and the whole interview takes place in front of an ugly, withered(?) bush. wow

seriously, i guess i can take the cam in my cellular phone and get an equal result

How about you go to korea then and do a better interview, if not go fuck yourself
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DustBowl
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States49 Posts
December 02 2009 06:51 GMT
#70
Dark Horse will obviously be kolll... Didn't hear any mention of him in the interview but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't get too much respect...
Scaramanga
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Australia8090 Posts
December 02 2009 06:53 GMT
#71
Hahaha, "ret your gonna win courage in a month and their gonna be like DAMM he so goooood and put you in there"
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0neder
Profile Joined July 2009
United States3733 Posts
December 02 2009 06:56 GMT
#72
Great interview. Thanks to all involved.
CynanMachae
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Canada1459 Posts
December 02 2009 07:06 GMT
#73
THanks for the interview Artosis, pretty good
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RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
December 02 2009 07:12 GMT
#74
The volume on this is horrendous !!! Youtube version! or better mic
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FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11549 Posts
December 02 2009 07:13 GMT
#75
Another great interview. Then again, that is to be expected when it is both Ret and Artosis!

Thanks for the interview Artosis, you are awesome
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Sentient66
Profile Joined July 2009
United States651 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 07:18:46
December 02 2009 07:16 GMT
#76
On December 02 2009 15:51 DustBowl wrote:
Dark Horse will obviously be kolll... Didn't hear any mention of him in the interview but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't get too much respect...


Kolll isn't on the ladder I don't think. At least I haven't seen his name anywhere near the top 48.

EDIT: Nevermind, I just searched again, and he's only 16 games into the ladder, currently at C-. He's definitely a good player though, I really hope he goes far.
seNsiX.421
mijellin
Profile Joined November 2008
China740 Posts
December 02 2009 07:24 GMT
#77
On December 02 2009 13:32 Megalisk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2009 13:27 KawaiiRice wrote:
I bereeve in da chinese
Roarr chinese fighting


FUCK YEAH GO CHINESE

+ Show Spoiler +
That are living in the US


fuck ya chinese (note location)
RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
December 02 2009 07:26 GMT
#78
On December 02 2009 15:35 Djin)ftw( wrote:
ehm, maybe it's just me but what on earth is fantastic about this interview? its abysmal

idra is too quiet and talks pretty fast (despite his annoying fidgeting(? moving the leg up and down..)) and all he says is "don't know about this guy, haven't played that guy"........... wow interesting.
ret is (with the exception of castro xD) too mannered.

then some technical issues, at least for me the vid takes like 15 minutes to load, the sound qualtity is so bad (ambient noise) and the whole interview takes place in front of an ugly, withered(?) bush. wow

seriously, i guess i can take the cam in my cellular phone and get an equal result

lol you are retarded. Do you realize Artosis gives us pretty much the only English interviews in Korea? These are live interviews too, not a quick IM conversation on AIM.

I liked it, I just think you should get a better Mic Artosis, you can probably pick one up at an electronics store, its just a mic that will hook up to your camera and will limit outside noise because its recording strait from the mic. It can't be more than like 20$.

I dunno if this is possible either, but is there a way you can increase the volume max of the video to the point that it amplifies the normal sound higher? My laptop speaker can't go high enough, but I don't know much about video players to know if its possible.
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kaizenmx
Profile Joined February 2009
United States110 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 07:29:27
December 02 2009 07:28 GMT
#79
Will Idra go back to state anytime soon? Or is he waiting for his chance to shine in korea after Starcraft 2 is released?
jon arbuckle
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada443 Posts
December 02 2009 07:35 GMT
#80
i'm just gonna be straight here and say that Idra comes across as totally decent and i find the guy rather endearing despite the rap against him in the foreign community.

but i'm some D Zerg so i imagine my opinion means very little.
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deathgod6
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States5064 Posts
December 02 2009 07:36 GMT
#81
On December 02 2009 15:35 Djin)ftw( wrote:
ehm, maybe it's just me but what on earth is fantastic about this interview? its abysmal

idra is too quiet and talks pretty fast (despite his annoying fidgeting(? moving the leg up and down..)) and all he says is "don't know about this guy, haven't played that guy"........... wow interesting.
ret is (with the exception of castro xD) too mannered.

then some technical issues, at least for me the vid takes like 15 minutes to load, the sound qualtity is so bad (ambient noise) and the whole interview takes place in front of an ugly, withered(?) bush. wow

seriously, i guess i can take the cam in my cellular phone and get an equal result

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ithron
Profile Joined February 2009
Norway19 Posts
December 02 2009 07:58 GMT
#82
It seems kolll just started laddering yesterday and is currently 16-0. Maybe he was busy with school or something after WCG. He still has plenty of time to make top 48.
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
December 02 2009 08:00 GMT
#83
Ret's point on the chinese is spot-fucking-on.

I think it is absurd that they hop into our scene whenever money is available then shun us when it isn't.
L_P_Monix
Profile Joined June 2009
Australia157 Posts
December 02 2009 08:38 GMT
#84
On December 02 2009 15:41 Scaramanga wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2009 15:35 Djin)ftw( wrote:
ehm, maybe it's just me but what on earth is fantastic about this interview? its abysmal

idra is too quiet and talks pretty fast (despite his annoying fidgeting(? moving the leg up and down..)) and all he says is "don't know about this guy, haven't played that guy"........... wow interesting.
ret is (with the exception of castro xD) too mannered.

then some technical issues, at least for me the vid takes like 15 minutes to load, the sound qualtity is so bad (ambient noise) and the whole interview takes place in front of an ugly, withered(?) bush. wow

seriously, i guess i can take the cam in my cellular phone and get an equal result

How about you go to korea then and do a better interview, if not go fuck yourself

I second that motion.
Zzoram
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada7115 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 08:50:04
December 02 2009 08:49 GMT
#85
I can't load the video. Youtube link?

nvm, it worked after a few refreshes
maybe
Profile Joined January 2008
248 Posts
December 02 2009 09:09 GMT
#86
Yeah, the sound could be a bit better, but I atleast understood every word after turning volume up.
Thanks alot!
s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
December 02 2009 09:21 GMT
#87
On December 02 2009 17:00 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Ret's point on the chinese is spot-fucking-on.

I think it is absurd that they hop into our scene whenever money is available then shun us when it isn't.


i agree with this.

as for the dark horses - kawaiirice, kolll and OctZerg.
I am not good with quotes
Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
December 02 2009 09:28 GMT
#88
On December 02 2009 18:21 s.a.y wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2009 17:00 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Ret's point on the chinese is spot-fucking-on.

I think it is absurd that they hop into our scene whenever money is available then shun us when it isn't.


i agree with this.

as for the dark horses - kawaiirice, kolll and OctZerg.

Kawaiirice could have a chance unless he has to play a TvT somewhere along the way.
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Jayson X
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Switzerland2431 Posts
December 02 2009 09:31 GMT
#89
Great interview!
When the camera guy started talking it cracked me up big time. It was so handcamera porn movie like
iloahz
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States964 Posts
December 02 2009 09:40 GMT
#90
I don't like ret's point about f91. If people like his games, want to see him play, then that means more than anything else. This is poker strategy TSL and it's not like money was offered by players. Sponsors offer money because there is benefit and that benefit comes from exposure, exposure from the audience, and that's not just audience from TL, but many more in China in this case of f91. He is flying to Taiwan and that still has lag issues? Then why doesn't TL restrict Taiwan IPs as well in the first place? I mean it's not his fault to follow the rules.
Ash
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Malaysia1978 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 10:00:05
December 02 2009 09:50 GMT
#91
I don't like how people can forget about the invitations given by Chinese tournaments such as PGL and take away credits just like that. These tournaments have covered all the flight expenses in the past for foreigners to compete in THEIR tournaments. I think the chinese has contributed much more than what ret has mentioned.

stambe
Profile Joined May 2005
Bulgaria492 Posts
December 02 2009 10:01 GMT
#92
Awesome interview !!! But can anyone explain what is the problem with chinese lag, i mean what's causing it. Ret is cool guy and i hope him and idra get a license pretty soon.
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IceCube
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Croatia1403 Posts
December 02 2009 10:13 GMT
#93
Nice interview but they looked so shy like its their first time...especially Idra. Jos took the lead and spoke on everything while Idra just added yes and no sentences.
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Itachii
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Poland12466 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 10:30:06
December 02 2009 10:18 GMT
#94
On December 02 2009 15:35 Djin)ftw( wrote:
ehm, maybe it's just me but what on earth is fantastic about this interview? its abysmal

idra is too quiet and talks pretty fast (despite his annoying fidgeting(? moving the leg up and down..)) and all he says is "don't know about this guy, haven't played that guy"........... wow interesting.
ret is (with the exception of castro xD) too mannered.

then some technical issues, at least for me the vid takes like 15 minutes to load, the sound qualtity is so bad (ambient noise) and the whole interview takes place in front of an ugly, withered(?) bush. wow

seriously, i guess i can take the cam in my cellular phone and get an equal result

are you asking for ban there or just trolling?how can someone be so ungrateful, jesus
appreciate what you get when someone does something for free for the whole community and stop bitching about intervewer's answers and moving legs.no1 cares about your technical issues, its only your fault.you want idra to express his opinion on the players he doesnt know?or you wanna blame him for not knowing them?or to repat exactly what ret said when he agrees with him?
i might sound like mod here but seriously either gtfo and come back when you grow up or just dont bitch for the sake of bitching
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lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
December 02 2009 10:21 GMT
#95
AWESOME
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
December 02 2009 10:23 GMT
#96
Awesome interview. Ret seems to be a really smart and articulate guy.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2294 Posts
December 02 2009 10:24 GMT
#97
IdrA if I was in korea i would steal your gosu CJ jacket!!!
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
Jaeden
Profile Joined September 2008
Romania1489 Posts
December 02 2009 10:24 GMT
#98
great great great interview! but damn artosis, why no JF ? or other seeds like nony/brat/draco
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Jaeden
Profile Joined September 2008
Romania1489 Posts
December 02 2009 10:24 GMT
#99
On December 02 2009 19:24 ffswowsucks wrote:
IdrA if I was in korea i would steal your gosu CJ jacket!!!

yeah that what i wanted to say ^^, idra looks good in that jacket
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PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
December 02 2009 10:26 GMT
#100
pretty cool interview kinda dissapointed not a single word was lost about kolll
would have been interested in how both idra and ret evaluate his chances ect.. but since he wanst near the top yet u kinda left him out
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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
December 02 2009 10:26 GMT
#101
I liked the interview.

Go Idra!
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Inflexion
Profile Joined September 2009
Canada560 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 10:27:46
December 02 2009 10:27 GMT
#102
Interview was great.

Some good hype. It'll be pretty fun to watch when Ret + Idra plays these players they bashed
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Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10644 Posts
December 02 2009 10:28 GMT
#103
Thanks for the interview, awesome.


But really, some critic has to be allowed whiteout 1000 fan boys jumping on whoever criticizes something.

Often there is street noise or music at the place you are making the interview, this makes the whole thing hard to listen to or at least not very enjoyable. Sometimes also people aren't loud enough... Various small problems.
The content is almost always very interesting, but I don't really get why it is so hard to actually sit down at a quiet place and do these interviews? I mean, a recorded Team speak session has better sound quality, less background noise on cost of the *picture* which I couldn't care less about when it's a *pure* interview with no content that actually needs visual representation.
The SCFORALL page also has it's... personality. Most of the time it's good for me but sometimes I would have to load for longer than the Vid itself actually is... Not even speaking about the *warnings* I get from the site when I use Chrome.
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
December 02 2009 10:31 GMT
#104
Artosis:

Sziky is pronounced CEEKEY
And all is illuminated.
Myrkul
Profile Joined February 2009
Croatia132 Posts
December 02 2009 10:32 GMT
#105
i dont really get this anti-f91 thing, its not like all the best foreigners pool money together and then play for it, and all of a sudden a chinese guy comes and wants to play for it too, this tournament is as proffesional as it gets outside of korea with the goal for the best to participate, there's no room for "they don't invite us to their tournaments so we won't let them participate in ours" kind of stuff imho, but hey i suck at starcraft so what do i know..
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BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
December 02 2009 10:40 GMT
#106
awesome, thanks for these artosis!
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
December 02 2009 10:40 GMT
#107
who's the camera man? hes awesome lol
zerotol
Profile Joined August 2009
Belgium508 Posts
December 02 2009 10:42 GMT
#108
Nice interview.
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Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10644 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 10:44:19
December 02 2009 10:43 GMT
#109
And btw. F91 has probably delivered more entertaining games during the Liquibition than most other foreigners. Excluding him if he follows the rules would be very sad and stupid.


It's a shame that the connections from China aren't better and this can't be a real world wide tournament, but because of that not allowing people from China to play, if they actually take the effort to leave the Country and follow all the rules, would be beyond retarded. I smell fear.
RebirthOfLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
USA5860 Posts
December 02 2009 10:43 GMT
#110
On December 02 2009 17:00 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Ret's point on the chinese is spot-fucking-on.

I think it is absurd that they hop into our scene whenever money is available then shun us when it isn't.


On December 02 2009 18:50 Ash wrote:
I don't like how people can forget about the invitations given by Chinese tournaments such as PGL and take away credits just like that. These tournaments have covered all the flight expenses in the past for foreigners to compete in THEIR tournaments. I think the chinese has contributed much more than what ret has mentioned.



I agree with ash, I don't think you can blame the Chinese entirely for this. Do you honestly want to play with lag? Well they probably don't either. I would imagine they don't lag with each other. I am sure the Chinese scene would be much more open to us if we wouldn't lag the shit out of there games, not to mention (I think) they play face to face in their Chinese starleagues as well assuming they still do them. So they would have to fly us all the way there assuming a foreigner makes the league by playing online.

We banned the Chinese because their lag interferes with game quality, not out of some stupid spite. If they are willing to fly somewhere to play their games in a lag free environment then that is great. I am happy our leagues can inspire that level of dedication where someone is willing to change where he lives for 2-3 months just to play in our league on the CHANCE that he makes money off it.

Plus they invite foreigners to their events and pay for it just as Ash said, which is pretty nice.
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SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
December 02 2009 10:46 GMT
#111
On December 02 2009 17:00 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Ret's point on the chinese is spot-fucking-on.

I think it is absurd that they hop into our scene whenever money is available then shun us when it isn't.


Wow, this post is fucking stupid on so many levels. They shunned the international players they invited to their tournaments? Hey China, thanks for inviting me to your country and allowing me to play in multiple tournaments and treating me with amazing hospitality even despite my early ungratefulness. I've never once invited you to a tournament in Canada, but hey, you know how it is. We don't have any and haven't done as much for the game as Starcraft as you have... so.. fuck you! I think that last sentence makes sense.

On December 02 2009 18:50 Ash wrote:
I don't like how people can forget about the invitations given by Chinese tournaments such as PGL and take away credits just like that. These tournaments have covered all the flight expenses in the past for foreigners to compete in THEIR tournaments. I think the chinese has contributed much more than what ret has mentioned.



Don't listen to ignorant people. Anyone bashing on the Chinese community or players are just dumb. Are there lag issues? Yes. That and a language issue that people seem to forget. They have played and invited players to numerous tournaments throughout the years and have been a part of the community. They have done things for Starcraft, the game itself. The thing that separates it for the most part is language. Language and lag. Just because they don't post on TL doesn't mean they aren't part of the community. The game is the community, and they play the game and have hosted grand tournaments for it. This 'us' and 'them' mentality is sickening.
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Radiomouse
Profile Joined November 2009
Netherlands209 Posts
December 02 2009 10:54 GMT
#112
thanks a lot for the interview : )
foeffa
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Belgium2115 Posts
December 02 2009 10:55 GMT
#113
Alright, always great to see an Artosis interview pop up and it doesn't disappoint! ^_^
Interesting opinions. GL IdrA and ret!
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ProoM
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Lithuania1741 Posts
December 02 2009 10:58 GMT
#114
Ret says everyone's a good player and IdrA says everyone is a cheeser :D.
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SuperArc
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Austria7781 Posts
December 02 2009 11:01 GMT
#115
ret has the CJ face
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Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
December 02 2009 11:09 GMT
#116
Nice!

Next time, put up the players name you're discussing because I have no idea what name you said half of the time
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Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 11:19:07
December 02 2009 11:10 GMT
#117
On December 02 2009 17:00 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Ret's point on the chinese is spot-fucking-on.

I think it is absurd that they hop into our scene whenever money is available then shun us when it isn't.


"us" and "them". Whatever.

Oh wait so, you played at IEF 2009 in China, but come here talking shit about the chinese now? What the hell is that, seriously. IEF pays money to fly in people to play Starcraft

Ret's comment about the chinese was the dumbest stuff ever. Yeah because the FOREIGNER scene per definition is like every single friggin' country in the entire world besides Korea and China? Ridiculous. How much do russians or poles for instance participate in the foreign community besides tournaments?

Every single semi-inactive/active foreigner participates in TSL 2.
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HiOT
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Sweden1000 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 11:31:27
December 02 2009 11:14 GMT
#118
Is that Darth Vader holding the camera? I'm like 1min in and I can keep hearing the camera man breathing.

Awesome interview, I liked the questions and the spirit of it all. Much appreciated!
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Liquid`Ret
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Netherlands4511 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 11:43:36
December 02 2009 11:33 GMT
#119
not understanding my point makes you pretty retarded. You can either agree or disagree with what I said, but if you've followed sc at all for the past few years you'd at least see both sides have some merit.

It just ends up being a debate about what TSL is really is, for me teamliquid, and TSL stands for the foreign 'community'. The community that has never had big tournaments (the last year has actually been quite good). A chance for the players to finally play for a 'real prize' against each other. A reward for the years of hard work everyone put in simply because they LOVE the game. The community that has always been in a dark corner of the world ever since warcraft 3 came out because the only thing we had was WCG. And a lot of countries didn't even have that. China has a pro-scene. China has MAJOR tournaments all year long. Chinese players make good money off SC.

Part of what makes a community is that among foreigners, everyone knows each other, we meet each other all the time in different tournaments, play online, all that stuff. We've all bitched to each other about how there should be more tournaments and asked each other ' is playing this game really worth it?' as we watched war3 pros rack in thausands of $. Chinese have never participated in the day to day routines of 'foreign' bw. F91 playing in liqubition.. He did that for money. And caused a shitload of lag problems for the players he had to face. Is that really an arguement as to why he's part of the 'foreign' community? They played (lagged) up a few clanwars with Fnatic for a couple of months BECAUSE fnatic paid them a big fat salary that ended up being fnatic sc's downfall.

For me the only reason that having anyone besides people that are from the 'foreign community' that most us know and love ( ok, maybe not love) is that the TSL is sponsored by a big company now that wants to see a return on their investment. I had not taken PGL into consideration, because I wasn't playing when it happend and never really gotten any word of it. But that does change things in favor of having Chinese players. slightly.

I have nothing against Chinese players, I know they are good people. But that's just my opinion.

Team Liquid
XsebT
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Denmark2980 Posts
December 02 2009 11:35 GMT
#120
Great interview! I'm a fan of all four in that video.
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rel
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Guam3521 Posts
December 02 2009 11:40 GMT
#121
Bah, is there any other way I can watch this but on SCforall website, IT won't ever load pass 4% nomatter what.
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Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 11:43:44
December 02 2009 11:42 GMT
#122
On December 02 2009 20:33 ret wrote:
not understanding my point makes you pretty retarded. You can either agree or disagree with what I said, but if you've followed sc at all for the past few years you'd at least see both sides have some merit.

It just ends up being a debate about what TSL is really is, for me teamliquid, and TSL stands for the foreign 'community'. The community that has never had big tournaments. A chance for the players to finally play for a 'real prize' against each other. A reward for the years of hard work everyone put in simply because they LOVE the game. The community that has always been in a dark corner of the world ever since warcraft 3 came out because the only thing we had was WCG. And a lot of countries didn't even have that. China has a pro-scene. China has MAJOR tournaments all year long. Chinese players make good money off SC.

Part of what makes a community is that among foreigners, everyone knows each other, we meet each other all the time in different tournaments, play online, all that stuff. We've all bitched to each other about how there should be more tournaments and asked each other ' is playing this game really worth it?' as we watched war3 pros rack in thausands of $. Chinese have never participated in the day to day routines of 'foreign' bw. F91 playing in liqubition.. He did that for money. And caused a shitload of lag problems for the players he had to face. Is that really an arguement as to why he's part of the 'foreign' community? They played (lagged) up a few clanwars with Fnatic for a couple of months BECAUSE fnatic paid them a big fat salary that ended up being fnatic sc's downfall.

For me the only reason that having anyone besides people that are from the 'foreign community' that most us know and love ( ok, maybe not love) is that the TSL is sponsored by a big company now that wants to see a return on their investment. I had not taken PGL into consideration, because I wasn't playing when it happend and never really gotten any word of it. But that does change things in favor of having Chinese players. slightly.

That's just my opinion.

p.s Foucault you're a moron.



I understood what you said, I just don't agree with it. No matter how you look at it, it's still an "us" versus "them" issue. Besides lag of course, which is a tough one.

Even talking about a single, unified foreign community is silly. TL is a community, but it doesn't represent the entire foreign community.


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meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
December 02 2009 11:43 GMT
#123
Great interview... I loved the banter with ret and idra, I hope they duke it out in starcraft just as well.

I agree somewhat with what ret said about what TSL stands for and how the known foreign community is really what this tourney is geared towards.
n3gative
Profile Joined May 2009
Canada369 Posts
December 02 2009 11:53 GMT
#124
I hope Scan whines like an emo after reading the terran list.
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9014 Posts
December 02 2009 12:01 GMT
#125
Chinese people should spare some times from their hard-working days to learn some English.
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
December 02 2009 12:03 GMT
#126
On December 02 2009 21:01 Garnet wrote:
Chinese people should spare some times from their hard-working days to learn some English.

?????????
Queequeg
Profile Joined September 2003
Germany263 Posts
December 02 2009 12:05 GMT
#127
On December 02 2009 12:31 Artosis wrote:
ill add it to youtube when i get a chance.

Please do. The scforall player sucks, but most importantly the server is just not fit for streaming video. For every second played it's buffering for 5 seconds. I never had a good download rate there. Please please stop torturing us by only releasing videos on scforall.
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
December 02 2009 12:10 GMT
#128
F91 has to make top 12 ladder to be allowed to play...
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meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
December 02 2009 12:22 GMT
#129
On December 02 2009 21:10 G.s)NarutO wrote:
F91 has to make top 12 ladder to be allowed to play...


I don't think that's gonna be a problem
Lucid90
Profile Joined September 2008
Canada340 Posts
December 02 2009 12:37 GMT
#130
Really nice interview. It significantly change my opinion on idra. I mean sure he's still slightly bm'd, but he seems like a much nicer person in this interview. Plus he's like the only foreigner who can hold a candle against Koreans.
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DarthThienAn
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2734 Posts
December 02 2009 12:50 GMT
#131
Pretty interesting interview, and Idra not as BM as he usually sounds like =P
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meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
December 02 2009 12:54 GMT
#132
I've never had any problems with Scforall player... no idea why so many people here are raggin on it so much.
nicoaldo
Profile Joined March 2009
Argentina939 Posts
December 02 2009 13:03 GMT
#133
On December 02 2009 21:54 meeple wrote:
I've never had any problems with Scforall player... no idea why so many people here are raggin on it so much.


same for me, actually it loads way faster than youtube for me.
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
December 02 2009 13:06 GMT
#134
Both Ret and Ash have good points.

It is fair that we invite the chinese since they've invited us. But also it's abit sad that the people who can't make money on this game never gets a break.
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intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9933 Posts
December 02 2009 13:27 GMT
#135
i like this interview a lot.
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wishbones
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada2600 Posts
December 02 2009 13:34 GMT
#136
idra's responces were awesome. Mostly good comments about the terrans, exactly what i would do for toss being a protoss myself. Lol. Go idra!
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MorroW
Profile Joined August 2008
Sweden3522 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 14:14:32
December 02 2009 13:36 GMT
#137
haha really fair opinions, im agreeing with most of the stuff u say

10/10 for honest opinions^^

greg im gonna tripple 8rax u when u sleep :D dont u understand i do this cheese just when it works? foreigners dont know shit about scouting intel or countering early game cheese, i could even 6rax white ra how sad is that? i can win straight up against pretty much anyone but the good tvt gamers but its faster pts to cheese ~~
and when i did 6rax against zpux at dreamhack at desti when he 8pylon scout he saw something was up but he expected a bbs, i mean top foreigners recognize when its cheese but they cant split hair of 8rax or dual 8rax or to a 6rax which is ridiculous xd

and yes about terran, he is really good and has impressed me too :p (hes bm and immature tho)

all ive seen of nyoken is a 2fac running into my vult fe spider mines and good manner xd

oh and last, about that ret and the chinese part, i totally agree with ret. and im not just saying that cause of the lag issues or the part that they own me 1x1. but its the whole idea that they play in TSL. i see the chinese like koreans but worse, they dont talk, they cant talk with us. they have their own events and they are totally fine without us
Progamerpls no copy pasterino
Toads
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada1795 Posts
December 02 2009 13:56 GMT
#138
nice ty
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Oystein
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Norway1602 Posts
December 02 2009 13:59 GMT
#139
Everyone seem to hype Nyoken so much tho every time I have played or obsed him he has not shown anything special imo. Maybe I have just been unlucky and only seen bad games from him or something, since I guess there must be some truth to it since everyone praises him so much.
God Hates a Coward
costini
Profile Joined December 2009
Portugal1 Post
December 02 2009 14:08 GMT
#140
I think these "News" should be removed from the site, it's not coerent. I myself agree with some things they say but they shouldn't say on camera it's a matter of good sense and lack of respect.

They can be some sons of bitches but I shouldn't call them that, understand my point of view?

Do something about this.

Ret even if agree with most of things you say that doesn't mean you can be all that square. I had to register myself to explain that sometimes you can't be an idiot or a jerk like others to prove anything at all. I won't even talk about Idra which the impression I have from his exposure is simple. An ugly idiot who thinks is someone because he can play a video game and is not THAT good and it's the first time I get to say this here... jezzz YOU ARE FUCKING UGLY IDRA, I CRAP MYSELF EACH TIME I SEE YOU.

Ret you, who usualy, are more coerent wtf men? Sometimes you need to make an effort to keep things smooth. Suggest things don't get all fucked up and start firing all directions, so what chinese SC players are idiots because they don't give a fuck about the game in sentimental way, let them be... let globalization take its natural course. When you start owning thoose guys things will get much more pleasent, besides about the lag it's simple.. create a rule. Ping over "XXX" you get a W.O. so lag won't be an excuze, if they make the effort they deserve if they don't give shit well kick them out of tournament, give them a choice.

And about Castro, I 100% agree with you, but be cautious about saying certain things, it's enough saying I don't care about that player.. it's a nice way saying you don't like him and you don't give a fuck no need to say "I HATE HIM". Chill men, live is not suppose to me lived with hate.

PS: Idra i don't hate you, I just think you are really ugly and not funny... you are very ugly too Artosis but you are funny so it might get you one ugly girl at least. Ret do some fucking exercise, won't you ever loose some weight? (i'm joking i don't give a fuck what you guys do with your life, but learn to be less arrogant and be more coerent) Good Luck in Korea and hope to see you on TV MBC or OGN.
In God we trust; all others must bring data
JoMal
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Trinidad/Tobago1177 Posts
December 02 2009 14:16 GMT
#141
On December 02 2009 22:59 Oystein wrote:
Everyone seem to hype Nyoken so much tho every time I have played or obsed him he has not shown anything special imo. Maybe I have just been unlucky and only seen bad games from him or something, since I guess there must be some truth to it since everyone praises him so much.


1. He's American
2. Once you're friends/hated with/by Team USA players you can become pretty famous/hyped no matter how trashy you are.

But I must admit Nyoken is pretty fast though.
Oh you mad cause i'm stylin on you
Camlito
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Australia4040 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 14:24:26
December 02 2009 14:21 GMT
#142
On December 02 2009 23:08 costini wrote:
I think these "News" should be removed from the site, it's not coerent. I myself agree with some things they say but they shouldn't say on camera it's a matter of good sense and lack of respect.

They can be some sons of bitches but I shouldn't call them that, understand my point of view?

Do something about this.

Ret even if agree with most of things you say that doesn't mean you can be all that square. I had to register myself to explain that sometimes you can't be an idiot or a jerk like others to prove anything at all. I won't even talk about Idra which the impression I have from his exposure is simple. An ugly idiot who thinks is someone because he can play a video game and is not THAT good and it's the first time I get to say this here... jezzz YOU ARE FUCKING UGLY IDRA, I CRAP MYSELF EACH TIME I SEE YOU.

Ret you, who usualy, are more coerent wtf men? Sometimes you need to make an effort to keep things smooth. Suggest things don't get all fucked up and start firing all directions, so what chinese SC players are idiots because they don't give a fuck about the game in sentimental way, let them be... let globalization take its natural course. When you start owning thoose guys things will get much more pleasent, besides about the lag it's simple.. create a rule. Ping over "XXX" you get a W.O. so lag won't be an excuze, if they make the effort they deserve if they don't give shit well kick them out of tournament, give them a choice.

And about Castro, I 100% agree with you, but be cautious about saying certain things, it's enough saying I don't care about that player.. it's a nice way saying you don't like him and you don't give a fuck no need to say "I HATE HIM". Chill men, live is not suppose to me lived with hate.

PS: Idra i don't hate you, I just think you are really ugly and not funny... you are very ugly too Artosis but you are funny so it might get you one ugly girl at least. Ret do some fucking exercise, won't you ever loose some weight? (i'm joking i don't give a fuck what you guys do with your life, but learn to be less arrogant and be more coerent) Good Luck in Korea and hope to see you on TV MBC or OGN.



(Artosis: GUYS GIVE YOUR HONEST OPINIONS

Idra + ret: "honest opinions"

costini: fuck you guys are arrogant, no one wants to hear the truth, they want to live in a over-humble world.)

Don't get me wrong, you make some good points, but you pretty much just insult them so much for no reason, and act like they need to change.
sAviOr...
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States42271 Posts
December 02 2009 14:22 GMT
#143
Most of the comments about me were fair. I'm not top 48 by merit alone and I know it. I'm not cheating but I am dodging, as are about 80 of the top 100. The bulldogging thing has gotten old but when I release my TSL reps and they show I haven't bulldogged anyone in my last 300 games that should hopefully stop.

The trash talking is what we've come to expect so whatever, it's why we watch them I guess.
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nicoaldo
Profile Joined March 2009
Argentina939 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 14:41:01
December 02 2009 14:34 GMT
#144
Don´t worry, White-ra reaver-bulldogged Boxer in Korea on the main stage in TV... G5 also bulldogged Him, double expanded and killed him without making a single zealot, just pure goons. Call that cheese if u want, but it still works vs top players, so it is a perfectly valid strategy and is so hard to defend it for fast expanding terrans. I don´t know why everyone talks shit about every not-economy-oriented build, maybe because koreans don´t do them that much?

Also, it's perfectly fine to abuse the game as much as possible if you are not doing anything against the rules, that´s what multiplayer games are all about, some people have amazing mechanics and abuse that by picking terran and playing very defensive heavy macro games with high apm demanding strategys.. other people just bulldog, lurker drop, stack 11 mutas or abuse the map by mining a back mineral patch, etc... Its ok if u hate loosing to that, but if i could bulldog and DT drop my way to the tsl qualifiers i wouldn´t hesitate to do it.
emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 14:35:41
December 02 2009 14:35 GMT
#145
About the lagg

Is the diffrence so huge between Taiwan-Western and Korea-Westerm??
rel
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Guam3521 Posts
December 02 2009 15:11 GMT
#146
On December 02 2009 23:08 costini wrote:
I think these "News" should be removed from the site, it's not coerent. I myself agree with some things they say but they shouldn't say on camera it's a matter of good sense and lack of respect.

They can be some sons of bitches but I shouldn't call them that, understand my point of view?

Do something about this.

Ret even if agree with most of things you say that doesn't mean you can be all that square. I had to register myself to explain that sometimes you can't be an idiot or a jerk like others to prove anything at all. I won't even talk about Idra which the impression I have from his exposure is simple. An ugly idiot who thinks is someone because he can play a video game and is not THAT good and it's the first time I get to say this here... jezzz YOU ARE FUCKING UGLY IDRA, I CRAP MYSELF EACH TIME I SEE YOU.

Ret you, who usualy, are more coerent wtf men? Sometimes you need to make an effort to keep things smooth. Suggest things don't get all fucked up and start firing all directions, so what chinese SC players are idiots because they don't give a fuck about the game in sentimental way, let them be... let globalization take its natural course. When you start owning thoose guys things will get much more pleasent, besides about the lag it's simple.. create a rule. Ping over "XXX" you get a W.O. so lag won't be an excuze, if they make the effort they deserve if they don't give shit well kick them out of tournament, give them a choice.

And about Castro, I 100% agree with you, but be cautious about saying certain things, it's enough saying I don't care about that player.. it's a nice way saying you don't like him and you don't give a fuck no need to say "I HATE HIM". Chill men, live is not suppose to me lived with hate.

PS: Idra i don't hate you, I just think you are really ugly and not funny... you are very ugly too Artosis but you are funny so it might get you one ugly girl at least. Ret do some fucking exercise, won't you ever loose some weight? (i'm joking i don't give a fuck what you guys do with your life, but learn to be less arrogant and be more coerent) Good Luck in Korea and hope to see you on TV MBC or OGN.


Wow, did you seriously register just to type this LARGE, bulky text of utter and complete garbage. At least attempt to correct your spelling and grammar since post of yours was so important for everyone to see, and just had to be read. ret streamed countless games for everyone, does interviews and is like one of the nicest guys on foreign scene, and people still bash him. Bunch of a fucking haters. ;-/
I'll tank push my way into her heart. ☮♥&$!
sharkeyanti
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1273 Posts
December 02 2009 15:11 GMT
#147
People cheese, and it's a winning strategy. Sure, saying it's annoying is fine, but whining about it doesn't change a thing, this tournament is about winning. If you know a player can only beat you using one strategy, then prepare for it. You don't just use a specific build because it is good, but because you know it can beat your opponent.
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Tuke
Profile Joined January 2009
Finland1666 Posts
December 02 2009 15:16 GMT
#148
Nice interview, thanks.
I'm jeallous to idra because of that CJ coat. ;(
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grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
December 02 2009 15:24 GMT
#149
On December 02 2009 23:08 costini wrote:
I think these "News" should be removed from the site, it's not coerent. I myself agree with some things they say but they shouldn't say on camera it's a matter of good sense and lack of respect.

They can be some sons of bitches but I shouldn't call them that, understand my point of view?

Do something about this.

Ret even if agree with most of things you say that doesn't mean you can be all that square. I had to register myself to explain that sometimes you can't be an idiot or a jerk like others to prove anything at all. I won't even talk about Idra which the impression I have from his exposure is simple. An ugly idiot who thinks is someone because he can play a video game and is not THAT good and it's the first time I get to say this here... jezzz YOU ARE FUCKING UGLY IDRA, I CRAP MYSELF EACH TIME I SEE YOU.

Ret you, who usualy, are more coerent wtf men? Sometimes you need to make an effort to keep things smooth. Suggest things don't get all fucked up and start firing all directions, so what chinese SC players are idiots because they don't give a fuck about the game in sentimental way, let them be... let globalization take its natural course. When you start owning thoose guys things will get much more pleasent, besides about the lag it's simple.. create a rule. Ping over "XXX" you get a W.O. so lag won't be an excuze, if they make the effort they deserve if they don't give shit well kick them out of tournament, give them a choice.

And about Castro, I 100% agree with you, but be cautious about saying certain things, it's enough saying I don't care about that player.. it's a nice way saying you don't like him and you don't give a fuck no need to say "I HATE HIM". Chill men, live is not suppose to me lived with hate.

PS: Idra i don't hate you, I just think you are really ugly and not funny... you are very ugly too Artosis but you are funny so it might get you one ugly girl at least. Ret do some fucking exercise, won't you ever loose some weight? (i'm joking i don't give a fuck what you guys do with your life, but learn to be less arrogant and be more coerent) Good Luck in Korea and hope to see you on TV MBC or OGN.


How the fuck are you gonna prove a point about showing respect when your main argument is how everyone looks? go fuck yourself.
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cyronc
Profile Joined March 2008
218 Posts
December 02 2009 15:32 GMT
#150
On December 02 2009 23:35 emucxg wrote:
About the lagg

Is the diffrence so huge between Taiwan-Western and Korea-Westerm??


the problem with continental chinese ping / lag doesnt really origin in the distance issues (like it would be with taiwanese/korean users), its the Great Chinese Firewall Internet filtering / overwatch which makes playing SCBW on internet so unpredictable, thus hard.

so the answer to your question should be: no there shouldnt be any big differences between korean / taiwanese internet connection
iH82G8!
win8282
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Korea (South)454 Posts
December 02 2009 15:41 GMT
#151
On December 02 2009 22:59 Oystein wrote:
Everyone seem to hype Nyoken so much tho every time I have played or obsed him he has not shown anything special imo. Maybe I have just been unlucky and only seen bad games from him or something, since I guess there must be some truth to it since everyone praises him so much.


I sense jealousy in the midst....
you're a great player too oystein
Purind
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Canada3562 Posts
December 02 2009 16:04 GMT
#152
I found the interview pretty funny. For some reason, I was laughing when Idra said dimaga was legitimately good. It's somehow funny when Idra compliments someone

I also liked Idra approving of Inka's short temper, haha
Trucy Wright is hot
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
December 02 2009 16:09 GMT
#153
On December 02 2009 23:08 costini wrote:
I think these "News" should be removed from the site, it's not coerent. I myself agree with some things they say but they shouldn't say on camera it's a matter of good sense and lack of respect.

They can be some sons of bitches but I shouldn't call them that, understand my point of view?

Do something about this.

Ret even if agree with most of things you say that doesn't mean you can be all that square. I had to register myself to explain that sometimes you can't be an idiot or a jerk like others to prove anything at all. I won't even talk about Idra which the impression I have from his exposure is simple. An ugly idiot who thinks is someone because he can play a video game and is not THAT good and it's the first time I get to say this here... jezzz YOU ARE FUCKING UGLY IDRA, I CRAP MYSELF EACH TIME I SEE YOU.

Ret you, who usualy, are more coerent wtf men? Sometimes you need to make an effort to keep things smooth. Suggest things don't get all fucked up and start firing all directions, so what chinese SC players are idiots because they don't give a fuck about the game in sentimental way, let them be... let globalization take its natural course. When you start owning thoose guys things will get much more pleasent, besides about the lag it's simple.. create a rule. Ping over "XXX" you get a W.O. so lag won't be an excuze, if they make the effort they deserve if they don't give shit well kick them out of tournament, give them a choice.

And about Castro, I 100% agree with you, but be cautious about saying certain things, it's enough saying I don't care about that player.. it's a nice way saying you don't like him and you don't give a fuck no need to say "I HATE HIM". Chill men, live is not suppose to me lived with hate.

PS: Idra i don't hate you, I just think you are really ugly and not funny... you are very ugly too Artosis but you are funny so it might get you one ugly girl at least. Ret do some fucking exercise, won't you ever loose some weight? (i'm joking i don't give a fuck what you guys do with your life, but learn to be less arrogant and be more coerent) Good Luck in Korea and hope to see you on TV MBC or OGN.


What I honestly think about you: gtfo motherfucker
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Kare
Profile Joined March 2009
Norway786 Posts
December 02 2009 16:14 GMT
#154
video stops after a little while:/
In life you can obtain all sorts of material wealth, but the real treasure is the epic feelings you get while doing something you love.
Scooge
Profile Joined December 2008
Iceland144 Posts
December 02 2009 16:21 GMT
#155
On December 02 2009 20:33 ret wrote:
not understanding my point makes you pretty retarded. You can either agree or disagree with what I said, but if you've followed sc at all for the past few years you'd at least see both sides have some merit.

It just ends up being a debate about what TSL is really is, for me teamliquid, and TSL stands for the foreign 'community'. The community that has never had big tournaments (the last year has actually been quite good). A chance for the players to finally play for a 'real prize' against each other. A reward for the years of hard work everyone put in simply because they LOVE the game. The community that has always been in a dark corner of the world ever since warcraft 3 came out because the only thing we had was WCG. And a lot of countries didn't even have that. China has a pro-scene. China has MAJOR tournaments all year long. Chinese players make good money off SC.

Part of what makes a community is that among foreigners, everyone knows each other, we meet each other all the time in different tournaments, play online, all that stuff. We've all bitched to each other about how there should be more tournaments and asked each other ' is playing this game really worth it?' as we watched war3 pros rack in thausands of $. Chinese have never participated in the day to day routines of 'foreign' bw. F91 playing in liqubition.. He did that for money. And caused a shitload of lag problems for the players he had to face. Is that really an arguement as to why he's part of the 'foreign' community? They played (lagged) up a few clanwars with Fnatic for a couple of months BECAUSE fnatic paid them a big fat salary that ended up being fnatic sc's downfall.

For me the only reason that having anyone besides people that are from the 'foreign community' that most us know and love ( ok, maybe not love) is that the TSL is sponsored by a big company now that wants to see a return on their investment. I had not taken PGL into consideration, because I wasn't playing when it happend and never really gotten any word of it. But that does change things in favor of having Chinese players. slightly.

I have nothing against Chinese players, I know they are good people. But that's just my opinion.



There are numerous foreign players that do exactly what you just listed. They play purely for money. Does JF enter any tournament without a prize? Does Draco? Are they part of TL or post on the forums? Do they stream constantly and interact with the community? You can't restrict it to just Chinese players and try to paint the rest of the non-Chinese foreigner community as saints.
Pyrthas
Profile Joined March 2007
United States3196 Posts
December 02 2009 16:21 GMT
#156
On December 02 2009 23:08 costini wrote:
Suggest things don't get all fucked up and start firing all directions

The irony is thick.
Jaeden
Profile Joined September 2008
Romania1489 Posts
December 02 2009 16:39 GMT
#157
On December 02 2009 23:08 costini wrote:
I think these "News" should be removed from the site, it's not coerent. I myself agree with some things they say but they shouldn't say on camera it's a matter of good sense and lack of respect.

They can be some sons of bitches but I shouldn't call them that, understand my point of view?

Do something about this.

Ret even if agree with most of things you say that doesn't mean you can be all that square. I had to register myself to explain that sometimes you can't be an idiot or a jerk like others to prove anything at all. I won't even talk about Idra which the impression I have from his exposure is simple. An ugly idiot who thinks is someone because he can play a video game and is not THAT good and it's the first time I get to say this here... jezzz YOU ARE FUCKING UGLY IDRA, I CRAP MYSELF EACH TIME I SEE YOU.

Ret you, who usualy, are more coerent wtf men? Sometimes you need to make an effort to keep things smooth. Suggest things don't get all fucked up and start firing all directions, so what chinese SC players are idiots because they don't give a fuck about the game in sentimental way, let them be... let globalization take its natural course. When you start owning thoose guys things will get much more pleasent, besides about the lag it's simple.. create a rule. Ping over "XXX" you get a W.O. so lag won't be an excuze, if they make the effort they deserve if they don't give shit well kick them out of tournament, give them a choice.

And about Castro, I 100% agree with you, but be cautious about saying certain things, it's enough saying I don't care about that player.. it's a nice way saying you don't like him and you don't give a fuck no need to say "I HATE HIM". Chill men, live is not suppose to me lived with hate.

PS: Idra i don't hate you, I just think you are really ugly and not funny... you are very ugly too Artosis but you are funny so it might get you one ugly girl at least. Ret do some fucking exercise, won't you ever loose some weight? (i'm joking i don't give a fuck what you guys do with your life, but learn to be less arrogant and be more coerent) Good Luck in Korea and hope to see you on TV MBC or OGN.

I`d like to see a pic of you, I`m sure Idra looks way better than u do.
anyways you`ll get banned so w/e
Boxer: " Lee Jae Dong is the best player. He`s all about the micro; he`s the player which has the most amazing control"
Liquid`Ret
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Netherlands4511 Posts
December 02 2009 16:42 GMT
#158
On December 03 2009 01:21 Scooge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2009 20:33 ret wrote:
not understanding my point makes you pretty retarded. You can either agree or disagree with what I said, but if you've followed sc at all for the past few years you'd at least see both sides have some merit.

It just ends up being a debate about what TSL is really is, for me teamliquid, and TSL stands for the foreign 'community'. The community that has never had big tournaments (the last year has actually been quite good). A chance for the players to finally play for a 'real prize' against each other. A reward for the years of hard work everyone put in simply because they LOVE the game. The community that has always been in a dark corner of the world ever since warcraft 3 came out because the only thing we had was WCG. And a lot of countries didn't even have that. China has a pro-scene. China has MAJOR tournaments all year long. Chinese players make good money off SC.

Part of what makes a community is that among foreigners, everyone knows each other, we meet each other all the time in different tournaments, play online, all that stuff. We've all bitched to each other about how there should be more tournaments and asked each other ' is playing this game really worth it?' as we watched war3 pros rack in thausands of $. Chinese have never participated in the day to day routines of 'foreign' bw. F91 playing in liqubition.. He did that for money. And caused a shitload of lag problems for the players he had to face. Is that really an arguement as to why he's part of the 'foreign' community? They played (lagged) up a few clanwars with Fnatic for a couple of months BECAUSE fnatic paid them a big fat salary that ended up being fnatic sc's downfall.

For me the only reason that having anyone besides people that are from the 'foreign community' that most us know and love ( ok, maybe not love) is that the TSL is sponsored by a big company now that wants to see a return on their investment. I had not taken PGL into consideration, because I wasn't playing when it happend and never really gotten any word of it. But that does change things in favor of having Chinese players. slightly.

I have nothing against Chinese players, I know they are good people. But that's just my opinion.



There are numerous foreign players that do exactly what you just listed. They play purely for money. Does JF enter any tournament without a prize? Does Draco? Are they part of TL or post on the forums? Do they stream constantly and interact with the community? You can't restrict it to just Chinese players and try to paint the rest of the non-Chinese foreigner community as saints.



Draco and JF have been in foreign tournaments and clanwars every weekend ( Draco not so much since he retired ) for years and years.
Team Liquid
Knickknack
Profile Joined February 2004
United States1187 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 16:58:00
December 02 2009 16:54 GMT
#159
I agree that they at times came off as cocky and said some trashy things. But it wasn't so bad. Fun to get opinions of course.
Goes to show why I miss nony over there though. A smart guy, and held himself well, told it like it was, but without any nonsense. But perhaps that's also why he knew well enough not to waste his time over there.

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JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 17:17:42
December 02 2009 16:54 GMT
#160
Great interview, I was especially intrigued with what ret had to say about F91, it was very articulate.
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7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
December 02 2009 17:02 GMT
#161
On December 03 2009 01:42 ret wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2009 01:21 Scooge wrote:
On December 02 2009 20:33 ret wrote:
not understanding my point makes you pretty retarded. You can either agree or disagree with what I said, but if you've followed sc at all for the past few years you'd at least see both sides have some merit.

It just ends up being a debate about what TSL is really is, for me teamliquid, and TSL stands for the foreign 'community'. The community that has never had big tournaments (the last year has actually been quite good). A chance for the players to finally play for a 'real prize' against each other. A reward for the years of hard work everyone put in simply because they LOVE the game. The community that has always been in a dark corner of the world ever since warcraft 3 came out because the only thing we had was WCG. And a lot of countries didn't even have that. China has a pro-scene. China has MAJOR tournaments all year long. Chinese players make good money off SC.

Part of what makes a community is that among foreigners, everyone knows each other, we meet each other all the time in different tournaments, play online, all that stuff. We've all bitched to each other about how there should be more tournaments and asked each other ' is playing this game really worth it?' as we watched war3 pros rack in thausands of $. Chinese have never participated in the day to day routines of 'foreign' bw. F91 playing in liqubition.. He did that for money. And caused a shitload of lag problems for the players he had to face. Is that really an arguement as to why he's part of the 'foreign' community? They played (lagged) up a few clanwars with Fnatic for a couple of months BECAUSE fnatic paid them a big fat salary that ended up being fnatic sc's downfall.

For me the only reason that having anyone besides people that are from the 'foreign community' that most us know and love ( ok, maybe not love) is that the TSL is sponsored by a big company now that wants to see a return on their investment. I had not taken PGL into consideration, because I wasn't playing when it happend and never really gotten any word of it. But that does change things in favor of having Chinese players. slightly.

I have nothing against Chinese players, I know they are good people. But that's just my opinion.



There are numerous foreign players that do exactly what you just listed. They play purely for money. Does JF enter any tournament without a prize? Does Draco? Are they part of TL or post on the forums? Do they stream constantly and interact with the community? You can't restrict it to just Chinese players and try to paint the rest of the non-Chinese foreigner community as saints.



Draco and JF have been in foreign tournaments and clanwars every weekend ( Draco not so much since he retired ) for years and years.


Draco even has a stream
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cYaN
Profile Joined May 2004
Norway3322 Posts
December 02 2009 17:02 GMT
#162
I liked it and have to agree on the f91 thing. I didn't know he was only flying to taiwan. But from an admin perspective you have to have VERY clear cut rules and when someone finds a "loophole" you either have to live with it or fix it. In this case i'd think fixing it would involve banning taiwan as well. Which would mean no Sen.... which would kinda suck, cause he's awesome.

F91 is one of the few chinese players that had had a bit of involvement in the community though. He's given more interviews that anyone, played liquibition and always been involved whenever ash had a team that started getting involved in non-chinese cws and that kinda thing.

If all of a sudden f91 and 10 of the other chinese top players flew to taiwan... that would be a problem that needed some solving imo. Hopefully the lag problems aren't too bad.
pripple
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Finland1714 Posts
December 02 2009 17:10 GMT
#163
great watch, had a good laugh ;p
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Myrkul
Profile Joined February 2009
Croatia132 Posts
December 02 2009 17:11 GMT
#164
On December 03 2009 01:21 Scooge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2009 20:33 ret wrote:
not understanding my point makes you pretty retarded. You can either agree or disagree with what I said, but if you've followed sc at all for the past few years you'd at least see both sides have some merit.

It just ends up being a debate about what TSL is really is, for me teamliquid, and TSL stands for the foreign 'community'. The community that has never had big tournaments (the last year has actually been quite good). A chance for the players to finally play for a 'real prize' against each other. A reward for the years of hard work everyone put in simply because they LOVE the game. The community that has always been in a dark corner of the world ever since warcraft 3 came out because the only thing we had was WCG. And a lot of countries didn't even have that. China has a pro-scene. China has MAJOR tournaments all year long. Chinese players make good money off SC.

Part of what makes a community is that among foreigners, everyone knows each other, we meet each other all the time in different tournaments, play online, all that stuff. We've all bitched to each other about how there should be more tournaments and asked each other ' is playing this game really worth it?' as we watched war3 pros rack in thausands of $. Chinese have never participated in the day to day routines of 'foreign' bw. F91 playing in liqubition.. He did that for money. And caused a shitload of lag problems for the players he had to face. Is that really an arguement as to why he's part of the 'foreign' community? They played (lagged) up a few clanwars with Fnatic for a couple of months BECAUSE fnatic paid them a big fat salary that ended up being fnatic sc's downfall.

For me the only reason that having anyone besides people that are from the 'foreign community' that most us know and love ( ok, maybe not love) is that the TSL is sponsored by a big company now that wants to see a return on their investment. I had not taken PGL into consideration, because I wasn't playing when it happend and never really gotten any word of it. But that does change things in favor of having Chinese players. slightly.

I have nothing against Chinese players, I know they are good people. But that's just my opinion.



There are numerous foreign players that do exactly what you just listed. They play purely for money. Does JF enter any tournament without a prize? Does Draco? Are they part of TL or post on the forums? Do they stream constantly and interact with the community? You can't restrict it to just Chinese players and try to paint the rest of the non-Chinese foreigner community as saints.


pretty much what scooge said, although i would add Mondragon to the list( who did that team liquid attack but refuses to be active on any forum or whatever), and i find it extremely ironic that ret was talking in the interview about that foreigner that keeps to himself and doesn't really have any contact with the community but is one of the better zergs( Sziky?), he might as well be talking about f91. Basically ret offers 3 arguments.
1. He only plays for money and is not active within the community - scooge covered this
2. Lag - either make sure he doesn't lag or don't let him play
3. Language - this seems to me to be the actual problem, the chinese don't bother with learning english or communicating with the rest of the foreigners so that gives them somewhat of an "isolationist aura", which is then answered by something like:" Well if you don't want to bother trying to atleast form some basic communication with TL go fuckyourself" (of course not in those words but from what i gather this pretty much sums up incontrol's and ret's attitude towards the chinese scene). - about this i'm certain that if you got to know the chinese players(by them learning english or you learning chinese) they would be as friendly/good/bad as everyone else, so i don't really see the problem

Also ret mentions lag alot which is not f91's fault really, if they(TL or whoever) don't want him to play from taiwan or whereever then they should have said so. If you want to mention lag blame it on the TSL managment not f91. He asked if he could play and is now following instructions and all this animosity towards a guy who is doing basically the same thing as JF or Strelok or Koll or Draco(i'm kind of talking out of my ass here cause i'm not sure if any of these players post somewhere else or smth) is really pointless imo.
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Scooge
Profile Joined December 2008
Iceland144 Posts
December 02 2009 17:13 GMT
#165
On December 03 2009 01:42 ret wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2009 01:21 Scooge wrote:
On December 02 2009 20:33 ret wrote:
not understanding my point makes you pretty retarded. You can either agree or disagree with what I said, but if you've followed sc at all for the past few years you'd at least see both sides have some merit.

It just ends up being a debate about what TSL is really is, for me teamliquid, and TSL stands for the foreign 'community'. The community that has never had big tournaments (the last year has actually been quite good). A chance for the players to finally play for a 'real prize' against each other. A reward for the years of hard work everyone put in simply because they LOVE the game. The community that has always been in a dark corner of the world ever since warcraft 3 came out because the only thing we had was WCG. And a lot of countries didn't even have that. China has a pro-scene. China has MAJOR tournaments all year long. Chinese players make good money off SC.

Part of what makes a community is that among foreigners, everyone knows each other, we meet each other all the time in different tournaments, play online, all that stuff. We've all bitched to each other about how there should be more tournaments and asked each other ' is playing this game really worth it?' as we watched war3 pros rack in thausands of $. Chinese have never participated in the day to day routines of 'foreign' bw. F91 playing in liqubition.. He did that for money. And caused a shitload of lag problems for the players he had to face. Is that really an arguement as to why he's part of the 'foreign' community? They played (lagged) up a few clanwars with Fnatic for a couple of months BECAUSE fnatic paid them a big fat salary that ended up being fnatic sc's downfall.

For me the only reason that having anyone besides people that are from the 'foreign community' that most us know and love ( ok, maybe not love) is that the TSL is sponsored by a big company now that wants to see a return on their investment. I had not taken PGL into consideration, because I wasn't playing when it happend and never really gotten any word of it. But that does change things in favor of having Chinese players. slightly.

I have nothing against Chinese players, I know they are good people. But that's just my opinion.



There are numerous foreign players that do exactly what you just listed. They play purely for money. Does JF enter any tournament without a prize? Does Draco? Are they part of TL or post on the forums? Do they stream constantly and interact with the community? You can't restrict it to just Chinese players and try to paint the rest of the non-Chinese foreigner community as saints.



Draco and JF have been in foreign tournaments and clanwars every weekend ( Draco not so much since he retired ) for years and years.


I think you understand my point, that there are a lot of foreign players who play simply for money. You can't say it's only the Chinese that come out when there's a big tournament prize and disappear from the community otherwise -- a lot of foreigners do that. It'd be impossible and subjective to enforce some blanket "YOU MUST PLAY THE GAME FOR LOVE!!" clause. There's nothing wrong with being interested when money is involved. Time is valuable and for some people hundreds of hours laddering -> qualifiers -> finals requires an added incentive.
Myrkul
Profile Joined February 2009
Croatia132 Posts
December 02 2009 17:15 GMT
#166
before i get my balls broken about mentioning draco and jf mondragon and other prominent players i admit i was kind of talking out of my ass, but i still stand by what i wrote and i'm sure you could find alot of people laddering that have no practically no connections to the 'foreign scene'.
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Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10644 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 17:53:55
December 02 2009 17:33 GMT
#167
The "not playing the game for the love" line is pretty ridiculous when it comes from a guy that moved to Korea to get on to a proteam... I believe that you play because you love SC/BW, but this could change in the matter of a few games/days/weeks and then? You gonna disqualifie yourself?



If the lag will not be a problem then Chinese just make this tournament way more exciting for the watchers. Therefore i'm totally for as many of them as possible.
Mobius
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1268 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 18:04:25
December 02 2009 17:58 GMT
#168
On December 02 2009 12:58 iNfeRnaL wrote:
lol @ hwanni implying ret's gonna play minor league before idra does.
wow that was bm xD

-_- i want his jacket
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Oystein
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Norway1602 Posts
December 02 2009 18:46 GMT
#169
On December 03 2009 00:41 win8282 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2009 22:59 Oystein wrote:
Everyone seem to hype Nyoken so much tho every time I have played or obsed him he has not shown anything special imo. Maybe I have just been unlucky and only seen bad games from him or something, since I guess there must be some truth to it since everyone praises him so much.


I sense jealousy in the midst....
you're a great player too oystein

Haha none what so ever. I just find it weird that someone who I got the impression of being nothing but a mediocre player others consider a dark horse to win the biggest foreign tournament ever. I have played vs pretty much everyone they mentions in the interview and everyone else they consider good I also consider to be really good, so naturally I wonder what is wrong with my impression of Nyoken or if its something wrong with theirs, and since they are a lot who hype him I would assume there is something there that I have just not seen.
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
December 02 2009 18:49 GMT
#170
On December 03 2009 00:32 cyronc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2009 23:35 emucxg wrote:
About the lagg

Is the diffrence so huge between Taiwan-Western and Korea-Westerm??


the problem with continental chinese ping / lag doesnt really origin in the distance issues (like it would be with taiwanese/korean users), its the Great Chinese Firewall Internet filtering / overwatch which makes playing SCBW on internet so unpredictable, thus hard.

so the answer to your question should be: no there shouldnt be any big differences between korean / taiwanese internet connection


lol what that has nothing to do with it
kulik-
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Czech Republic305 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 19:15:05
December 02 2009 19:06 GMT
#171
is this only chance for idra to wear cj jacket?
EDIT: his small jacket
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ZZangDreamjOy
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada959 Posts
December 02 2009 19:11 GMT
#172
On December 03 2009 03:46 Oystein wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2009 00:41 win8282 wrote:
On December 02 2009 22:59 Oystein wrote:
Everyone seem to hype Nyoken so much tho every time I have played or obsed him he has not shown anything special imo. Maybe I have just been unlucky and only seen bad games from him or something, since I guess there must be some truth to it since everyone praises him so much.


I sense jealousy in the midst....
you're a great player too oystein

Haha none what so ever. I just find it weird that someone who I got the impression of being nothing but a mediocre player others consider a dark horse to win the biggest foreign tournament ever. I have played vs pretty much everyone they mentions in the interview and everyone else they consider good I also consider to be really good, so naturally I wonder what is wrong with my impression of Nyoken or if its something wrong with theirs, and since they are a lot who hype him I would assume there is something there that I have just not seen.


Nyoken is hyped up a little too much for my liking too. I mean, he's not a bad player by any stretch of the imagination, but putting him above the russian/ukrainian terrans? A darkhorse to win TSL? He'll drop out the second he meets anyone with a competent vT.
HitEmUp
[GiTM]-Ace
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4935 Posts
December 02 2009 19:21 GMT
#173
I think it would be nice to have the chinese players(lagless) since they are all good and would make things very interested. But i definitely understand what ret is saying. TSL to him is the biggest foreign tourney chance for all the foreigners to get a great tourney with a nice prize pool. The chinese players have everything the kors have pretty much so this would be like an amateur korean trying to enter the tourney
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khersai
Profile Joined April 2008
Poland366 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 19:31:13
December 02 2009 19:29 GMT
#174
I don't mean to troll or anything, but
I think that if Ret and Idra are allowed to participate in TSL, the same rules should apply to other korean players. why are they treated exclusively ? just because they werent born in Korea ?
That's not fair (especially with idra, who actually owns progaming license) considering they train 8 hours/day with the best players in the world. They shouldnt be considered foreigners anymore

just my two cents, hoping for great tournament nevertheless
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lac29
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1485 Posts
December 02 2009 19:34 GMT
#175
I think if you wanna exclude the Chinese the reasonable explanation would be that they are essentially "professional SC players". I also don't think ret and idra should be allowed to play (or even the nonming guy bc of his professional SC associations) ... but the TL staff made them exceptions so not much the general public can do to change that.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
December 02 2009 19:40 GMT
#176
On December 03 2009 04:11 ZZangDreamjOy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2009 03:46 Oystein wrote:
On December 03 2009 00:41 win8282 wrote:
On December 02 2009 22:59 Oystein wrote:
Everyone seem to hype Nyoken so much tho every time I have played or obsed him he has not shown anything special imo. Maybe I have just been unlucky and only seen bad games from him or something, since I guess there must be some truth to it since everyone praises him so much.


I sense jealousy in the midst....
you're a great player too oystein

Haha none what so ever. I just find it weird that someone who I got the impression of being nothing but a mediocre player others consider a dark horse to win the biggest foreign tournament ever. I have played vs pretty much everyone they mentions in the interview and everyone else they consider good I also consider to be really good, so naturally I wonder what is wrong with my impression of Nyoken or if its something wrong with theirs, and since they are a lot who hype him I would assume there is something there that I have just not seen.


Nyoken is hyped up a little too much for my liking too. I mean, he's not a bad player by any stretch of the imagination, but putting him above the russian/ukrainian terrans? A darkhorse to win TSL? He'll drop out the second he meets anyone with a competent vT.

hmmm i think he is known for his really strong TvT.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 19:53:21
December 02 2009 19:52 GMT
#177
On December 03 2009 04:29 khersai wrote:
I don't mean to troll or anything, but
I think that if Ret and Idra are allowed to participate in TSL, the same rules should apply to other korean players. why are they treated exclusively ? just because they werent born in Korea ?
That's not fair (especially with idra, who actually owns progaming license) considering they train 8 hours/day with the best players in the world. They shouldnt be considered foreigners anymore

just my two cents, hoping for great tournament nevertheless


Does Idra have a progaming license? I thought he never went through courage but just got an offer from CJ...

Edit: Also that whole situation has been discussed in length in here:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=105526
nicoaldo
Profile Joined March 2009
Argentina939 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 20:51:01
December 02 2009 19:54 GMT
#178
On December 03 2009 04:29 khersai wrote:
I don't mean to troll or anything, but
I think that if Ret and Idra are allowed to participate in TSL, the same rules should apply to other korean players. why are they treated exclusively ? just because they werent born in Korea ?
That's not fair (especially with idra, who actually owns progaming license) considering they train 8 hours/day with the best players in the world. They shouldnt be considered foreigners anymore

just my two cents, hoping for great tournament nevertheless


The reason why ret and idra are allowed to play is that they participate in this community (ret streams... idra well, he is idra), but still ret is right when he says that they are both part of this community while the chinese and korean players (maybe excluding nongmin and scan [LOL]) have never shared anything with TL or the foreigner starcraft players at all.
Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
December 02 2009 19:55 GMT
#179
On December 03 2009 04:52 meeple wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2009 04:29 khersai wrote:
I don't mean to troll or anything, but
I think that if Ret and Idra are allowed to participate in TSL, the same rules should apply to other korean players. why are they treated exclusively ? just because they werent born in Korea ?
That's not fair (especially with idra, who actually owns progaming license) considering they train 8 hours/day with the best players in the world. They shouldnt be considered foreigners anymore

just my two cents, hoping for great tournament nevertheless


Does Idra have a progaming license? I thought he never went through courage but just got an offer from CJ...

Edit: Also that whole situation has been discussed in length in here:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=105526


of course he has a license you dont have to win courage, teams can give out so many a year.
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Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
December 02 2009 19:59 GMT
#180
On December 03 2009 03:46 Oystein wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2009 00:41 win8282 wrote:
On December 02 2009 22:59 Oystein wrote:
Everyone seem to hype Nyoken so much tho every time I have played or obsed him he has not shown anything special imo. Maybe I have just been unlucky and only seen bad games from him or something, since I guess there must be some truth to it since everyone praises him so much.


I sense jealousy in the midst....
you're a great player too oystein

Haha none what so ever. I just find it weird that someone who I got the impression of being nothing but a mediocre player others consider a dark horse to win the biggest foreign tournament ever. I have played vs pretty much everyone they mentions in the interview and everyone else they consider good I also consider to be really good, so naturally I wonder what is wrong with my impression of Nyoken or if its something wrong with theirs, and since they are a lot who hype him I would assume there is something there that I have just not seen.


Actually I'm of the same opinion. I've always seen Nyoken as a decent american terran but nowhere near being a threat to take home tournaments. Every time Artosis hypes him I find myself thinking that I probably missed those replays where he really owned it up, yet I can't seem to find them. I'm all for terrans owning it up though, so go Nyoken!
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Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 20:19:43
December 02 2009 20:02 GMT
#181
On December 03 2009 04:52 meeple wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2009 04:29 khersai wrote:
I don't mean to troll or anything, but
I think that if Ret and Idra are allowed to participate in TSL, the same rules should apply to other korean players. why are they treated exclusively ? just because they werent born in Korea ?
That's not fair (especially with idra, who actually owns progaming license) considering they train 8 hours/day with the best players in the world. They shouldnt be considered foreigners anymore

just my two cents, hoping for great tournament nevertheless


Does Idra have a progaming license? I thought he never went through courage but just got an offer from CJ...


Yeah, and he got it from Estro quite some while ago so no reason to bring that up again

edit: thanks zeep
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iG.Zeep
Profile Joined May 2008
Mexico253 Posts
December 02 2009 20:06 GMT
#182
he got it from estro
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WeSt
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Portugal918 Posts
December 02 2009 20:12 GMT
#183
Yep I thought the same... ret should be allowed to play but idra has been a progamer for well over a year.
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eXigent.
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada2419 Posts
December 02 2009 20:27 GMT
#184
On December 03 2009 05:12 WeSt wrote:
Yep I thought the same... ret should be allowed to play but idra has been a progamer for well over a year.


yeah, but he's been a part of the community, and part of teamliquid for MUCH longer than that. They already said if he was participating in leagues, and was on the A team, then he wouldnt of been allowed to play, however he is beatable, and not a guarantee to win. Also, because of his skill level, he has a much much higher chance at being cheesed by everyone he plays, and therefore stands a chance to lose.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 20:36:56
December 02 2009 20:33 GMT
#185
So do Artosis' videos lag for anyone else when you try to watch? Takes forever to buffer it completely.

EDIT: Does it seem like Ret keeps bashing idra? Every player that IdrA doesn't like Ret compliments, pretty funny.
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selboN
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2523 Posts
December 02 2009 20:41 GMT
#186
I closed it after a hour of loading last night. That site is terri-bad.
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Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 20:50:18
December 02 2009 20:47 GMT
#187
SCforall videos used to be terrible for me, but now they usually work fine. Sometimes I have to reload the page at the start, but then it always works. Also I have to start the videos with the play button in the center and not with the play button in the bottom bar for it to work.

Anyway, great interview as far as the content goes (go Jos!). The sound quality (volume in general, volume disparity between people, noise due to wind) could really be better, especially at the beginning, certainly something to remedy in the future. Keep'em coming, Artosis!
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ilbh
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Brazil1606 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-02 20:59:50
December 02 2009 20:48 GMT
#188
the video was flawless to me: no lag, good sound, fast download speed, etc.

im just saying cause I only see negative feedback, so they know that this is not happening to everyone or even is only happening to certain countries, states, regions...

funny video, Im curious of what they think about koll... if they said something about him I missed it lol
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Jonteman
Profile Joined November 2004
Sweden644 Posts
December 02 2009 20:55 GMT
#189
Idra so adorable!!
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
December 02 2009 21:28 GMT
#190
I hate how every one keeps bashing Idra, he reminds me off my brother, cool guy just gets easilly pissed off when losing. Not a big deal, thats why i have my sig
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0cz3c
Profile Joined February 2008
United States564 Posts
December 02 2009 22:00 GMT
#191
Great interview. Do wish that Artosis asked their opinions on Nony, Draco, and Iefnaij, though!
Pooshlmer
Profile Joined August 2008
United States1001 Posts
December 02 2009 22:13 GMT
#192
The videos only work in IE for me.
etch
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada176 Posts
December 02 2009 22:50 GMT
#193
On December 03 2009 05:55 Jonteman wrote:
Idra so adorable!!

you might be the first person to have ever said that
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
December 02 2009 23:05 GMT
#194
On December 03 2009 05:55 Jonteman wrote:
Idra so adorable!!


lol are you sure you don't mean ret?
frozenclaw
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada409 Posts
December 02 2009 23:09 GMT
#195
Thanks a lot for posting, I've enjoyed many of SCForAll's videos thanks to you Artosis :D
PhilGood2DaY
Profile Joined September 2005
Germany7424 Posts
December 02 2009 23:13 GMT
#196
On December 03 2009 08:05 meeple wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2009 05:55 Jonteman wrote:
Idra so adorable!!


lol are you sure you don't mean ret?



lol are you both sure you dont mean both of them ?

^^
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kulik-
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Czech Republic305 Posts
December 02 2009 23:20 GMT
#197
On December 03 2009 06:28 HazMat wrote:
I hate how every one keeps bashing Idra, he reminds me off my brother, cool guy just gets easilly pissed off when losing. Not a big deal, thats why i have my sig

hes not asshole only during losing but also when hes winning
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tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
December 02 2009 23:24 GMT
#198
On December 02 2009 17:00 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Ret's point on the chinese is spot-fucking-on.

I think it is absurd that they hop into our scene whenever money is available then shun us when it isn't.

I skipped several pages of this thread just to re-quote this. This is right beyond belief. No one knows much about any of the chinese gamers because of how little they are active in the community. If it isn't a money sort of opportunity for them they don't even bother.
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tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
December 02 2009 23:51 GMT
#199
On December 03 2009 08:24 tonight wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2009 17:00 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Ret's point on the chinese is spot-fucking-on.

I think it is absurd that they hop into our scene whenever money is available then shun us when it isn't.

I skipped several pages of this thread just to re-quote this. This is right beyond belief. No one knows much about any of the chinese gamers because of how little they are active in the community. If it isn't a money sort of opportunity for them they don't even bother.


Perhaps, but I think IdrA was right as well. This only makes the tournament better, and it's interesting to test the top foreign talent against the Chinese.


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aqui
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Germany1023 Posts
December 02 2009 23:55 GMT
#200
On December 03 2009 07:13 Pooshlmer wrote:
The videos only work in IE for me.

Same here. Only thing i use IE for is watching sc4all vids.
zimp
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Hungary951 Posts
December 03 2009 00:13 GMT
#201
On December 02 2009 19:31 freelander wrote:
Artosis:

Sziky is pronounced CEEKEY


i'd rather write it like "Sicky" cause both i s are short vowels.
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TL+ Member
DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3714 Posts
December 03 2009 00:33 GMT
#202
Can someone make a transcript?
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Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
December 03 2009 00:38 GMT
#203
On December 03 2009 08:24 tonight wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2009 17:00 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
Ret's point on the chinese is spot-fucking-on.

I think it is absurd that they hop into our scene whenever money is available then shun us when it isn't.

I skipped several pages of this thread just to re-quote this. This is right beyond belief. No one knows much about any of the chinese gamers because of how little they are active in the community. If it isn't a money sort of opportunity for them they don't even bother.


But how can they? They speak barely any English/None at all.

Perhaps they could say that we are inactive in their community, I mean why aren't we on their boards posting away?

Ret's honest opinion was that he feels Chinese players are not part of our community. That's 100% perfectly fine, it's his opinion he's not some judge sworn to uphold neutrality and if he feels that Chinese aren't part of the foreign community then so be it. He's not even that upset... he's very gentle about the issue and just it more comes down to what he "feels" and he just feels that the Chinese players don't fit in with the spirit of TSL.

But that was a good interview, I enjoyed it a lot. Especially the bit about Dreamleague, I hope IdrA can take some games there in the future.

Retvrn to Forvms
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
December 03 2009 01:28 GMT
#204
was pretty funny how artosis said that terran was second in asl and than idra says shhh its a secret
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ptell
Profile Joined October 2009
United States103 Posts
December 03 2009 05:18 GMT
#205
I did some sound editing to remove the background noise. There's a small improvement.

Follow the link to download the MP3. [url blocked]
mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
December 03 2009 05:47 GMT
#206
Idra needs to expand his wardrobe.
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
etch
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada176 Posts
December 03 2009 06:01 GMT
#207
On December 03 2009 14:47 mmp wrote:
Idra needs to expand his wardrobe.

if you had a CJ jacket like his you'd show it off every chance you got too.
wok
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States504 Posts
December 03 2009 06:10 GMT
#208
Kwark may have told me to lay off, but I'm still seething at idra's BM. Booooo.
I'll race you to defeatism... you win.
Ganfei
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Taiwan1439 Posts
December 03 2009 07:35 GMT
#209
On December 03 2009 02:02 7mk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2009 01:42 ret wrote:
On December 03 2009 01:21 Scooge wrote:
On December 02 2009 20:33 ret wrote:
not understanding my point makes you pretty retarded. You can either agree or disagree with what I said, but if you've followed sc at all for the past few years you'd at least see both sides have some merit.

It just ends up being a debate about what TSL is really is, for me teamliquid, and TSL stands for the foreign 'community'. The community that has never had big tournaments (the last year has actually been quite good). A chance for the players to finally play for a 'real prize' against each other. A reward for the years of hard work everyone put in simply because they LOVE the game. The community that has always been in a dark corner of the world ever since warcraft 3 came out because the only thing we had was WCG. And a lot of countries didn't even have that. China has a pro-scene. China has MAJOR tournaments all year long. Chinese players make good money off SC.

Part of what makes a community is that among foreigners, everyone knows each other, we meet each other all the time in different tournaments, play online, all that stuff. We've all bitched to each other about how there should be more tournaments and asked each other ' is playing this game really worth it?' as we watched war3 pros rack in thausands of $. Chinese have never participated in the day to day routines of 'foreign' bw. F91 playing in liqubition.. He did that for money. And caused a shitload of lag problems for the players he had to face. Is that really an arguement as to why he's part of the 'foreign' community? They played (lagged) up a few clanwars with Fnatic for a couple of months BECAUSE fnatic paid them a big fat salary that ended up being fnatic sc's downfall.

For me the only reason that having anyone besides people that are from the 'foreign community' that most us know and love ( ok, maybe not love) is that the TSL is sponsored by a big company now that wants to see a return on their investment. I had not taken PGL into consideration, because I wasn't playing when it happend and never really gotten any word of it. But that does change things in favor of having Chinese players. slightly.

I have nothing against Chinese players, I know they are good people. But that's just my opinion.



There are numerous foreign players that do exactly what you just listed. They play purely for money. Does JF enter any tournament without a prize? Does Draco? Are they part of TL or post on the forums? Do they stream constantly and interact with the community? You can't restrict it to just Chinese players and try to paint the rest of the non-Chinese foreigner community as saints.



Draco and JF have been in foreign tournaments and clanwars every weekend ( Draco not so much since he retired ) for years and years.


Draco even has a stream



Yeah, Draco's a HUGE streamer /sarcasm (rofl)
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number1gog
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1081 Posts
December 03 2009 07:59 GMT
#210
On December 03 2009 15:10 wok wrote:
Kwark may have told me to lay off, but I'm still seething at idra's BM. Booooo.

What bm? I appreciated how candid he was. I'd take an honest answer over a politically correct one any day.
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Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
December 03 2009 08:34 GMT
#211
On December 03 2009 15:10 wok wrote:
Kwark may have told me to lay off, but I'm still seething at idra's BM. Booooo.

You're delusional. There was no bm.
Bill Murray
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States9292 Posts
December 03 2009 11:24 GMT
#212
jeez if you all think that was BM u should play me
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ShaperofDreams
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2492 Posts
December 03 2009 11:39 GMT
#213
To the people who say Idra shouldn't be allowed to participate in this and other foreign tournaments:

That's complete bullshit. Idra made a life-changing decision to move to a completely foreign country so he can follow his dream of becoming a professional gamer, where his competition is 300+ gamers playing 10+ hours a day. For this he gets banned from the foreign (as in outside of Korea) tournaments by the community which he has been a part of since adolescence?

What the fuck.

I apologize for the derail but this traitorous banter evokes great nerd rage from within my soul.
Bitches don't know about my overlord. FUCK OFF ALDARIS I HAVE ENOUGH PYLONS. My Balls are as smooth as Eggs.
Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
December 03 2009 12:16 GMT
#214
On December 03 2009 20:39 ShaperofDreams wrote:
To the people who say Idra shouldn't be allowed to participate in this and other foreign tournaments:

That's complete bullshit. Idra made a life-changing decision to move to a completely foreign country so he can follow his dream of becoming a professional gamer, where his competition is 300+ gamers playing 10+ hours a day. For this he gets banned from the foreign (as in outside of Korea) tournaments by the community which he has been a part of since adolescence?

What the fuck.

I apologize for the derail but this traitorous banter evokes great nerd rage from within my soul.


lol then again it's not like he sacrificed himself for TL or for any other community. He moved to Korea to become a progamer because he wanted to. Why are you making him into a martyr?
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ShaperofDreams
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2492 Posts
December 03 2009 20:50 GMT
#215
I never said he sacrificed himself for TL or any other community.
Bitches don't know about my overlord. FUCK OFF ALDARIS I HAVE ENOUGH PYLONS. My Balls are as smooth as Eggs.
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13918 Posts
December 03 2009 21:01 GMT
#216
On December 03 2009 15:10 wok wrote:
Kwark may have told me to lay off, but I'm still seething at idra's BM. Booooo.


god lol
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Leath
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Canada1724 Posts
December 04 2009 11:16 GMT
#217
Im very disapointed on Ret.

I was hoping he would have a heavy Dutch accent like GoldFinger

http://www.kongregate.com/?referrer=Sagess
MorroW
Profile Joined August 2008
Sweden3522 Posts
December 04 2009 12:17 GMT
#218
top 5 laggers:
1: china
2: chile
3: castro
4: korea
5: ppl who refuse to leave after just have wasted their army and is about to lose their last money income plus main base

solution:
rent some random house in europe with decent internet connection and send all of these guys who qualify in top48 plus lags hard to this house and it will be lag free

im not being serious im just trying to explain to u that more than the chinese are lagging hard and its better that we look for solutions rather than discussing who is active in the foreign scene. TSL is a competitive league for competitive players, not a league for players who use teamliquid for entertainment... but this is just my opinion ;p


ye lol Leath id like ret alot more if his voice was like that xD
Progamerpls no copy pasterino
Camlito
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Australia4040 Posts
December 04 2009 13:01 GMT
#219
Australians can lag pretty bad too
sAviOr...
Kong John
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark1020 Posts
December 04 2009 13:32 GMT
#220
I think F91 is the one chinese player that is part of the non-chinese foreign community, and im very happy to see him represent china in this tournament. Even though Ret said that him and Idra are a part of the foreign scene even if they live in korea, so is F91. I mean he got pretty famous after owning up Liquibition, so i dont see any reason why he shouldnt be included even if hes only going for the money. I love Ret but that really dident make much sense to me.
This is real life, where nerds must battle!
PangO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Chile1870 Posts
December 04 2009 13:59 GMT
#221
On December 04 2009 21:17 MorroW[MB] wrote:
top 5 laggers:
1: china
2: chile
3: castro
4: korea
5: ppl who refuse to leave after just have wasted their army and is about to lose their last money income plus main base

solution:
rent some random house in europe with decent internet connection and send all of these guys who qualify in top48 plus lags hard to this house and it will be lag free

im not being serious im just trying to explain to u that more than the chinese are lagging hard and its better that we look for solutions rather than discussing who is active in the foreign scene. TSL is a competitive league for competitive players, not a league for players who use teamliquid for entertainment... but this is just my opinion ;p


ye lol Leath id like ret alot more if his voice was like that xD

Man Chile doesn't lag that much..
I mean we have some ping, but u can easly play at LAN latency.
In Economics, the majority is always wrong. aka: MattRz
Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
December 04 2009 14:19 GMT
#222
Most people from Peru lag like crazy with me.
No I'm never serious.
MorroW
Profile Joined August 2008
Sweden3522 Posts
December 04 2009 15:17 GMT
#223
On December 04 2009 22:59 Pang0lin wrote:
Man Chile doesn't lag that much..
I mean we have some ping, but u can easly play at LAN latency.


try get a non-chilean to say this, sorry but ull need outsiders for this one

australia can lag pretty bad but ive only met like 5 of them in my entire life of bw xd
Progamerpls no copy pasterino
Mykill
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada3402 Posts
December 04 2009 15:50 GMT
#224
lol i love how Idra is such a douche
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