WTH?

She could absolutely take a few games off of Jaedong. I mean, come on: Korean pros even lose to top foreigners in international tournies from time to time. Anybody with workable mechanics can realistically take games from players much better than themselves -- the difference is that the chances of winning games in succession are diminuitive. The fact that skill is generally rewarded in Starcraft but that the game is still dynamic enough for there to be plenty of surprises and unpredictabilities along the way is exactly what makes the game so suitable as a spectator sport. Seriously, people, no need to mock her. She knows she's not in Jaedong's league, but she also understands how the game works.

Other than that, I agree that part of the interview is very sad. What I found especially gulp-worthy was her implying she basically had no contact to anyone outside of the team, and that the rest of the team refused to play her.

muramasa

Canada1299 Posts

December 29 2009 20:21 GMT

#203

The fact that she's a member of STX, which has pretty much the deepest lineup of any pro team, also isn't helping. I don't see how she can honestly expect to break into the PL lineup with Bogus, Hwasin, and CuteAngel all ahead of her. Who knows how good their other B-team Terran players are even.

Biff The Understudy

France8201 Posts

December 29 2009 20:28 GMT

#204

On December 30 2009 03:42 erwthe wrote:

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The blood type? I assume Korea is the same as Japan, in that they associate certain personality types with some blood types. Kinda like star signs.

This bullshit belief came with Japan fascist era, before and during the WW2 and they never got rid of that. They were trying to get as many inneist crap which were going alongside with their racist ideology. Apparently in some Asian country, you even have to put it on your cv for things like job interview. That's pretty awfull because it means something completely random which you cannot change at all will decide what people thing about you.

That's really a sad sad sad bullshit.

MageKirby

United States535 Posts

December 30 2009 02:16 GMT

#205

On December 30 2009 05:28 Biff The Understudy wrote:

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Well we do treat it like a horoscope kind of way now. So its not that surprising that blood type would be something fans would want to know.

AzureEye

United States1360 Posts

December 30 2009 02:38 GMT

#206

On December 29 2009 14:10 Glaucus wrote:
Even Advocate won vs Jaedong. It can happen.

Well considering that was TvZ and so is this...then yeah. The matchup is not exactly what you call "balanced." =D

Abyzou

Sweden209 Posts

December 30 2009 03:40 GMT

#207

Even though she's relatively bad, I still respect her hard work and desire to succeed.

It takes an incredibly competitive soul to excel at SC, she's about as good as a girl can get at that bit. It's unfortunate that only boys get that really competitive edge that's needed to become truly great at things like this.

And to all the people who think she looks older, fuck off. She's as pretty as always.

Also lol'd at Idra making her cry.

Silentness

United States2821 Posts

December 30 2009 03:44 GMT

#208

On December 30 2009 03:42 erwthe wrote:

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The blood type? I assume Korea is the same as Japan, in that they associate certain personality types with some blood types. Kinda like star signs.

yeah chicks like to ask guys what their blood type is to see if they "match" with each other. My Korean ex did that shit. I thought she was vampire or something until I googled it.

BraveNewWorld

United States229 Posts

December 30 2009 03:58 GMT

#209

for some reason i like how much irony this interview gives after hotbid gave us the hetero version of the progamer story erotica a few days ago...

isn't tossgirl supposed to make idra cry?