sports like basketball? basketball requires quick reactions and extreme fitness also yet basketball players prime is considered around late twenties. but in SC late twenties is considered mechanics and reactions to be declined and to old and "way past-prime"?

Trezeguet

United States2656 Posts

January 01 2010 15:26 GMT

In basketball you have to be a grown man to bump and bang, but in sc you need to be as quick as possible with fine motor actions which max out at age 21 (citation needed)

zimz

United States510 Posts

January 01 2010 15:27 GMT

do you guys thnk kobe motor actions would be to slow for SC?

Faranth

933 Posts

January 01 2010 15:32 GMT

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Nightmarjoo

United States3360 Posts

January 01 2010 15:33 GMT

Mostly I think it comes down to mandatory military service at a certain age in the countries where there is progaming (Korea/China).

lavion

Singapore286 Posts

January 01 2010 15:35 GMT

basketball is a contact sport

starcraft is only contact sport when flash plays you

why compare the two

EvoChamber

France2505 Posts

January 01 2010 15:35 GMT

How about only school-aged people have the free time and inclination to spend thousands of hours mastering a computer game?

zimz

United States510 Posts

January 01 2010 15:37 GMT

On January 02 2010 00:32 Faranth wrote:
.... they are completely different things.

Though both do involve hand-eye coordination, SC is almost wholly focused on the hand and the brain, whereas basketball is a full body sport. Kobe would be just as fail as anyone at video games without experience - it doesn't help that he can shoot a 3-pointer or make an amazing interception on instinct when he needs extreme dexterity with a specific set of fine muscles.

well of course he doesn't have SC gaming experience, i'm talking pure physical ability for SC

IPS.ZeRo

Germany1142 Posts

January 01 2010 15:38 GMT

I think it is less about reactions getting worse and more about life catching on with girlfriends, military service and other things.
I think players like boxer and savior who went on tv shows experienced the world of parties with movie stars and things like that and lost the focus for starcraft. Also other players that get old but didn't achieve anything will get extremely frustrated and worried about their future which might also hinder their ability to play.

Kerotan

England2109 Posts

January 01 2010 15:49 GMT

#10

I think part of the problem with Starcraft and the whole age thing is, people set the bar so low, because no people really have tried to go further, until boxer in ACE, military service was a killer, your life as a progamer was over.
Just look at people like White-Ra, he is older than Boxer, and doesn't play full time, just think of what that could mean to Korean players that are 25 or so, I think its more of a case, that over 20, playing Starcraft becomes harder, but theoretically, not impossible to stay competitive with the 17 year olds.

Faranth

933 Posts

January 01 2010 15:56 GMT

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NiGoL

1868 Posts

January 01 2010 16:01 GMT

#12

that was a terrible question

nayumi

Australia6499 Posts

January 01 2010 16:46 GMT

#13

The difference is: in other sports, you can both be a champ on the field as well as on bed. But in SC, once you get yourself a girl friend, you're gonna slump hard *cough*stork*cough*

IdrA

United States11541 Posts

January 01 2010 16:47 GMT

#14

because its run by koreans

banana

Netherlands1189 Posts

January 01 2010 16:54 GMT

#15

Almost every pro needs a few years of training before actually making it on the proscene, and naturally the people with that kind of time on their hands are teenagers. Taking into consideration you are usually able to learn faster in that period, than let's say mid 20's when picking a game up, you get players to prime around their 18-20's

imo age is irrelevant, as long as you have the time and dedication for it, you'll be able to make it

I_Love_Bacon

United States5765 Posts

January 01 2010 17:04 GMT

#16

If somebody starts playing SC at a really early age and keeps playing, of course they'll excel at it. Pro-SC players are similar to prodigies in a sense that at a young age they start to dedicate themselves to it. A 14 year old piano genius playing dificult compositions is similar. It's not that at an older age they can't, but the ones who start earlier and are so familiar with the game will simply be better.

SoMuchBetter

Australia10606 Posts

January 01 2010 17:04 GMT

#17

compulsory military service plus the older players realising that they can't play forever and need to find other avenues to support themselves eventually
and what idra said

dasanivan

United States532 Posts

January 01 2010 17:06 GMT

#18

then again there are other full body sports like gymnastics and figure skating where gold medalists are around Flash's age. guess it just depends on what body parts are most important for the game and when they develop.

reincremate

China2216 Posts

January 01 2010 17:18 GMT

#19

I think the explanation for the young prime SC age is most likely a combination of some of the ones listed (military conscription, development and deterioration of fine motor skills, RL) rather than just one reason.

Zozma

United States1626 Posts

January 01 2010 17:25 GMT

#20

Actually, I think it's because the pro teams want kids because it's easier to get them to work 14-hour days with bad conditions.

And then they get weaker when they get older because they just kinda burn out after all of that work.

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