Lucky? I'm positive they wouldn't.
2nd, I had to post it here for anybody to even notice it, that's over a week old.
3rd, almost 99% of anything on that sign was a complete joke, because for one, the US is a joke compared to Korean bw; and two, FBH wasn't even playing the game that sign appeared.

Next, FBH's half best is better than I or most people on here will ever be so in all seriousness, it's far from serious.

And to add on,

Progamers are known by their names. Only few are known by their IDs too. Obviously most korean fans know the famous ones like BoxeR and YellOw, but only serious fans know the IDs of the semi-popular ones. Now FBH's ID is known by the fans more than other regular progamers are, but not as Firebathero. He's known as braQ (브라끄), the ID he's been using. On top of that, for the very few who would relate Firebathero to him, even less would realize FBH is an abbreviation of FireBatHero. Which means connecting "FBH" to "Lee Sung-eun" is nearly next to none.

And, the word "fag" is not a word known by most Koreans.

United States3249 Posts

January 18 2008 09:02 GMT

#164

Hwasin = balla

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

January 18 2008 09:36 GMT

#165

maybe they would think fag = cigarette :D

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17726 Posts

January 18 2008 10:06 GMT

#166

On January 18 2008 08:02 yubee wrote:

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that's completely wrong, he bowed to boxer twice

hes not that bad then ^^
I dont care for his ceremonies the only thing i didnt like was when he beat savior in msl and than ran behind him

Elgar

United States231 Posts

January 18 2008 16:19 GMT

#167

I would say that the best person to bring into comparison would be Terrell Owens. When he was still playing on the 49ers/Eagle he was pretty much an attention magnet. Why? Because of what he did. Sure, he made the touchdowns and brought many viewers....but he had a history of showboating. Whether those were excessive or not depends solely on each individual. Personally, I thought that the spike on the star logo in that Dallas game was a bit too much....you're in the stadium of the opposing team and you actually disrespect their logo? Of course that's going to generate hate from others. Still, karma has a funny way with things....guess which team TO's playing for now?

As for the Hwasin hate, oh please. Whether he did converse with his partner about what strategies to use, what does it matter if he even did? They're getting the prize winnings from it, they did their part. They're getting paid to win, not to entertain. It's just the hosts of the tournament usually put winning and entertaining in the same category. All you people who say about Hwasin having a boring play style, well he does what needs to be done. Does he win? Of course and that's all that should matter to him. Personally I thought the so called "rigging" was the right thing to do on his part. He had to fly back to Korea that night for....what was it, an MSL series or something? Forgot what it was, but he had a much more important game that night and it's really rather exhausing having to play seriously AND fly afterwards just to play some more. Apologies on all the NFL references, but that's really the only other thing I watch on TV nowadays. Teams that are winding down in the season and have an excellent record, they're guaranteed a playoff spot. Whether they lose the rest of the games, it doesn't matter. They all bring out their sub-par players, the B team if you will. It just makes no sense to play their best players in a situation where nothing is gained from winning or losing....why should this be any different? Of course the fans who paid for their tickets want to see the better players, but the teams choose to send out the lesser ones. THEY don't get any heat for it as it is a safe move. Why should this one?

neshima

37 Posts

January 18 2008 22:11 GMT

#168

i agree. i used not like hwasin so much, the whole stx team in general, but after this interview, i think i can giv hwasin (and kal) a chance =) people forget that hwasin's ace matchup is tvz, i think he's a favorite for the championship.

TheTyranid

Russian Federation4333 Posts

January 18 2008 22:32 GMT

#169

Hwasin is definitely not the favourite in the MSL. Hwasin is facing Flash in the MSL ro16 and possibly Jaedong in ro8. Also don't forget that he is a choaker. I think (and hope) that Flash will defeat Hwasin, once again cutting his path short. Flash is a newer and far more exciting player than Hwasin. The only thing Hwasin has going for him in the excitement department is TvZ. I wouldn't actually mind Hwaisn beating Flash as long as he faces Jaedong. I hope he pushes Jaedong's ZvT to the limit (but looses 0-3, just to dissapoint you new Hwasin fanboys :p) in very close and exciting games.

Slithe

United States985 Posts

January 18 2008 22:37 GMT

#170

On January 19 2008 01:19 Elgar wrote:
I would say that the best person to bring into comparison would be Terrell Owens.

lol Terrell Owens is so bad-mannered it's off the charts. It definitely works to get attention.

This actually reminds me of a big issue I have regarding the whole FBH topic. A lot of people mention that this brings more attention and gets people more "interested". But there's an important difference between good attention and bad attention. IMO the kind of stuff that FBH does creates a negative image of gamers and the progaming scene in general. In the struggle for e-sports to be taken seriously and more accepted, it really doesn't help to have a guy like FBH running around shirtless and with a pool tube no less. His antics run the risk of making the progaming scene look like a joke, which I would hate to see happen.

ShaLLoW[baY]

Canada12499 Posts

January 18 2008 23:25 GMT

#171

What does braQ mean anyways? Bra Q? It's a bit strange.