He should do his military service already though... he's 23. I dunno why people are so excited by this news. It's more work for stork. Yes, jaedong was captain but it was only for a short period of time until Anytime returned and he slumped while he was captain (although a Jaedong slump involves getting a win rate less than 60% lol).

On November 17 2011 08:49 Gummy wrote:
Captainhood is sort of just an annoying extra set of responsibilities and chores regarding the team right? This is sort of bad news for Stork.

At the very least from Hiya's comments we know that the inhouse dynamics of Khan and Oz are very different so the whole captain into slump thing may not happen to Stork.

jlim

Spain943 Posts

November 17 2011 02:45 GMT

#47

wow and dungeon defenders for everyone

and grape will still grape proleague

Taku

Canada2036 Posts

November 17 2011 02:48 GMT

#48

The responsibility of setting an example as captain will hopefully keep him off the MMOs this time

JerKy

Korea (South)3013 Posts

November 17 2011 02:50 GMT

#49

Thats my baby stork <3

Crisium

United States1618 Posts

November 17 2011 02:53 GMT

#50

Stork will flourish with more responsibilities. The guy probably has the least practice time and second-lowest APM of any Protoss out there, so he can only improve with more focus.

Existential

Australia2107 Posts

November 17 2011 03:06 GMT

#51

Congrats to Stork. Here's hoping he does a good job!

K3Nyy

United States1961 Posts

November 17 2011 03:45 GMT

#52

T_T Stork doesn't seem to fit the role of a captain lol.

Enderbantoo

United States465 Posts

November 19 2011 14:07 GMT

#53

OpticalShot is a noob, picture is too good though

smekz

Portugal503 Posts

November 19 2011 14:39 GMT

#54

i thought supreme commander was above captain oO
glad he's not running from his responsability as the eldest member (besides oDin)

Neo7

United States922 Posts

November 19 2011 14:56 GMT

#55

On November 17 2011 08:53 Xiphos wrote:
Well more responsabilities for stork = more serious stork = better player? I sure hope so.

I usually see captains eventually play less and less. Sounds more like the beginning of a transition from a player into a mentor/coach.

Crisium

United States1618 Posts

November 19 2011 16:58 GMT

#56

ZerO is a Captain though. The stereotype of old, washed-up Captains is not always accurate.

NeThZOR

South Africa7387 Posts

November 19 2011 19:03 GMT

#57

Stork couldn't have been a better choice for captian. This might affect his ability to maintain a good standard of gameplay, but hopefully this will not be the case. I am very glad for him though.

friendbg

Bulgaria576 Posts

November 24 2011 18:31 GMT

#58

On November 17 2011 03:03 sGs.Kal_rA wrote:

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Jaedong was OZ captain for a while too..

yeah, but that didn't work quite well for him. If an ace player is captain that's just more stress for him

baubo

China3370 Posts

November 24 2011 19:53 GMT

#59

I doubt Samsung's relying on Stork heavily this PL season anyway. So this whole "overworking" him isn't likely. For one thing, they have 4 capable tosses(Stork, Jangbi, Brave, Grape) in a Bo5 format. The maps are also supposedly anti-toss. Overall, I can even picture them skipping Stork in a week where they play two matches.

Overall Khan protoss lineup might actually benefit from Stork taking more of a coaching role, given his cerebral approach to the game. Because in terms of just mechanics, I feel even Brave and Grape are better than Stork right now. They just lack Stork's decision-making.