On July 11 2008 22:03 anotak wrote: How can you possibly say backho is the most hated player, he can't possibly compete with the hate that Go.Go[gsp] and Firebathero attract from all over...
My bad, I should have said "one of the most".
On July 11 2008 22:31 heyoka wrote: The official Backho fanclub approves of this thread.
Is there even enough people to organize such a thing?! =P jk (or maybe not?) =(
On July 12 2008 01:35 Stegosaur wrote: I was laughing through the entire July vs Backho report, the backho hatred was so thickly spread though the article that it just made my heart race.
Yeah, that's one of my reasons for creating this thread, even though it was a fantastic report as always, and of course July deserves much more respect and admiration than BackHo.
On July 12 2008 01:39 ScarFace wrote: Backho is bad at Starcraft.
Nice contribution. =\
On July 12 2008 02:25 dinmsab wrote: Progamer hate is retarded... Those guys are all gosu in my book, just look how hard it is for idra to get his license, seriously.. you gotta have more respect for these guys, but instead you people are always saying "fuck <insert hated player name here>". Even if its just Backho, he deserves more than the shit most of you guys are giving him.
Agreed. Unless a pro player is blatantly disrespectful to other players, a bad sport, or is found raping children or something, I believe they should all be respected. =)
I've actually liked backho since his bacchus OSL debut. He makes a lot of stupid choices, but he's kinda like chalrenge in that his face says that he doesn't care that he's losing all of his units
The thing about backho is that I never know how to liquidbet with him playing. I believe him to be a top notch player, but sometimes his decision making is....not so good (see his games versus july). I can never be sure if he's going to bring out his A-class game and walk over his opponent, or his C-class decision making and decide to attack with zealot + reaver against mutas.
Backho......fanclub? what kind of mighty trials would one have to face to gain acceptance into such an elite group as that? Surely you cannot let every backho fan in, as then your club would become so huge as to become unmanageable.
Well, Mikilatov, what it comes down to (basically): Whenever Backho plays straight up against an opponent of a decent calibre, he loses. But sometimes he cheeses and destroys an opponent he couldn't have taken otherwise, and alot of fanboys (including myself THANKS FOR AVENGING JAEDONG JULY) are angry because they see an uninspiring and, to them, uninteresting player take their place in the next round.
Also, to the person saying Backho is better than the people he beats, I disagree. He may have a stroke of genius and pull off some miraculous cheese or a fancy move and win, but I don't see Backho flaunting 2 MSL's and an OSL like some of his 'victims' (who should have won another OSL as well for fuck's sake )
For some people who don't know yet, BackHo in korean means 'White Tiger' or it can be the name of the guy in Slam Dunk Anime(Red hair guy) depending on which one he used it for.
On July 12 2008 08:47 nullmind wrote: For some people who don't know yet, BackHo in korean means 'White Tiger' or it can be the name of the guy in Slam Dunk Anime(Red hair guy) depending on which one he used it for.
No way! BackHo has all of a sudden become the coolest pro-gamer's name out there!
On July 12 2008 09:07 arb wrote: Could we consider Backho another Frozean? not that im a backho or frozean fan of course..
Frozean has no skills. BackHo has ridiculous skills. He is so skilled that he somehow managed to get passed courage and keep getting into the big leagues despite having no idea wtf he's doing. BackHo is quite possibly the best mechanical player, bar done. I just don't see Jaedong making it into a semi final if played like a total retard. BackHo's mechanics are so good that he wins in spite of his total inability to play bw.
Frozean's mechanics are indeed obviously lacking well into mid-game and late-game.... im not saying he's a terrible players (he beat jaedong lololol), but still on the long run he will lose to any decent player. Backho definitely has shown he can play well in any stages of the game and win, if he built the right units that is.
On July 12 2008 08:13 Stegosaur wrote: Well, Mikilatov, what it comes down to (basically): Whenever Backho plays straight up against an opponent of a decent calibre, he loses. But sometimes he cheeses and destroys an opponent he couldn't have taken otherwise, and alot of fanboys (including myself THANKS FOR AVENGING JAEDONG JULY) are angry because they see an uninspiring and, to them, uninteresting player take their place in the next round.
Also, to the person saying Backho is better than the people he beats, I disagree. He may have a stroke of genius and pull off some miraculous cheese or a fancy move and win, but I don't see Backho flaunting 2 MSL's and an OSL like some of his 'victims' (who should have won another OSL as well for fuck's sake )
Pretty good point. Thanks for sharing. =)
And yeah I agree that just because person A beats person B doesn't mean that person is better than the other. Such as the whole... BackHo beating Jaedong for example. Jaedong is better than BackHo by quite a bit, but BackHo caught him off guard on a bad day and... Well you know the rest.
On July 12 2008 08:47 nullmind wrote: For some people who don't know yet, BackHo in korean means 'White Tiger' or it can be the name of the guy in Slam Dunk Anime(Red hair guy) depending on which one he used it for.
I never knew that actually. Let's hope it's the White Tiger one, because it makes it less lame. =P
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