EPTGrrrr... 2012 interview - Page 4
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The OSL final was the second most viewed program on a cable TV channel after the football World Cup. Starcraft was not only super popular, it was super cool. I had people of all ages come up to me in public because I was a progamer. "Five years later? Six? It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era—the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run… but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.… History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of "history" it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time—and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave.… So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back." | ||
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Your interviews are very detailed and your BW knowledge seems to have a lot of depth so you can ask very relevant questions. I hope to read more of them in the future! | ||
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On November 10 2012 21:36 StarCraft2 wrote: Thanks for posting this, good shit!!!! How was your username not taken before this | ||
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On November 10 2012 05:23 Glurkenspurk wrote: Grrrr... was the Stephano of bw. Never practiced, got drunk a lot, somehow still dominated the first few years. Ya, cause Stephano moved to Korea and won the GSL, right? ....... It's not similar at all. Really interesting interview. Grrrr... was really a hero for me when I first started playing StarCraft 1v1. But when I heard figures like "practice 4 hours a day" and him saying things like he was just getting too old to play the game, I knew they were excuses even then. Maybe it's because it was his first time out on his own, and he didn't have the discipline yet, was just coping with the new challenges by getting drunk (no wonder he never felt homesick lol). Grrrr... is forever a legend in my mind. If he had known how big SC was going to get with or without him, I'm sure he would have played a lot harder. gg nore. yolo | ||
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Besides, his protoss build orders were always the strongest he ever had. When Maynard was in Korea he swtiched from zerg to terran because he had a really hard time winning zvt, but then, his hands weren't fast enough. In the last korean tournament he played, he went Z to 4 pool people because he cba trying. | ||
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 Grrrr.... and watch his old VODs a few times a year. Thanks Thorin, you are awesome. | ||
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On November 10 2012 06:10 Thorin wrote: http://www.aceresport.com/uk/content/211.htm - Stork's silver path of courage I missed it to. Thank you for linking your article xd. I have a lot of stuff to read tonight. | ||
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On November 10 2012 22:39 Firebolt145 wrote: How was your username not taken before this I asked the same question, this account is the answer. + Show Spoiler + Sorry for continous OT | ||
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