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InToTheWannaB
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4770 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-16 10:28:24
November 16 2009 10:24 GMT
#141
This is a hilarious thread, and to be honest I'd of flamed him too if i saw it this the first time. No way i'd believe anyone could be that good after 5 months lol. Sick

EDIT: BTW Magic~PhiL how u find this to bump it? lol
When the spirit is not altogether slain, great loss teaches men and women to desire greatly, both for themselves and for others.
araav
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Armenia1590 Posts
November 16 2009 10:52 GMT
#142
haha i remember this thread and the kid's post, would never thought he was actually serious
very good find
The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.
eNoq
Profile Joined June 2009
Netherlands502 Posts
November 16 2009 13:53 GMT
#143
On October 13 2008 22:35 Kolll wrote:
it's very bad. for example me.. i play sc for 5months and reached in my first season iccup b- and im c+ right now so it's gotta be pretty bad to be at d+ lvl after 1year


cocky kid is cocky
Proburu
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-16 14:19:17
November 16 2009 14:03 GMT
#144
On November 15 2009 22:35 Bisu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2008 22:35 Kolll wrote:
it's very bad. for example me.. i play sc for 5months and reached in my first season iccup b- and im c+ right now so it's gotta be pretty bad to be at d+ lvl after 1year

Ok i'm really happy for you and i'mma let you finish but i think that we Koreans are the fastest learners of ALL TIME.

gg btw
kekeke ^^V



Bisu is really mean
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
FantomX
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada247 Posts
November 16 2009 14:33 GMT
#145
On November 16 2009 22:53 eNoq wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2008 22:35 Kolll wrote:
it's very bad. for example me.. i play sc for 5months and reached in my first season iccup b- and im c+ right now so it's gotta be pretty bad to be at d+ lvl after 1year


cocky kid is cocky


thanks 4chan.

Kolll is sick. Anyone who can take 4th (behind 3 of the 4 top players in the world) at WCG can say what he wants.
Rodiel
Profile Joined August 2006
France573 Posts
November 16 2009 14:50 GMT
#146
This thread is now legendary.
SkylineSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States564 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-16 15:15:06
November 16 2009 15:14 GMT
#147
On November 16 2009 16:25 tree.hugger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 16 2009 13:30 BabyRhino wrote:
On November 16 2009 12:30 tree.hugger wrote:
This is what it comes down to:

Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule


read the book... doesn't apply to if you want to reach B- on iccup...

its more like if you want to be jaedong of starcraft.


you're very bad. for example me. i read Outliers for 5days and reached in my first week book in hand the end and im reading What the Dog Saw right now so it's gotta be pretty bad to think I didn't read the book after posting that


read as in, I read the book. past tense... not, hey you go read the book.

and i could care less if you read blink, tipping point and every other caldwell book out there lol... makes no difference in your understanding of what he said.

the whole point caldwell made was that there aren't too many shortcuts to mastery of a subject.

getting to B- is not mastery of starcraft, how one learns and studies and practices plays a huge role. someone can practice for 5 months incorrectly and not be nearly as efficient as someone else practicing for half the time the right way.

ThePhan2m
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Norway2750 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-16 16:10:03
November 16 2009 16:09 GMT
#148
haha this bump is epic, I was checking trough the comments as any other post today, and then I read Kollls reply, and I'm like holy shit! then I realize its old posts! haha, is that guy really him??? so it was true?!? I remember this back then thinking "Lol this kid aint real"
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
November 16 2009 16:59 GMT
#149
On November 17 2009 00:14 BabyRhino wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 16 2009 16:25 tree.hugger wrote:
On November 16 2009 13:30 BabyRhino wrote:
On November 16 2009 12:30 tree.hugger wrote:
This is what it comes down to:

Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule


read the book... doesn't apply to if you want to reach B- on iccup...

its more like if you want to be jaedong of starcraft.


you're very bad. for example me. i read Outliers for 5days and reached in my first week book in hand the end and im reading What the Dog Saw right now so it's gotta be pretty bad to think I didn't read the book after posting that


read as in, I read the book. past tense... not, hey you go read the book.

and i could care less if you read blink, tipping point and every other caldwell book out there lol... makes no difference in your understanding of what he said.

the whole point caldwell made was that there aren't too many shortcuts to mastery of a subject.

getting to B- is not mastery of starcraft, how one learns and studies and practices plays a huge role. someone can practice for 5 months incorrectly and not be nearly as efficient as someone else practicing for half the time the right way.



do you really not see what he did there?
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
meathook
Profile Joined December 2007
1289 Posts
November 16 2009 17:26 GMT
#150
@ the guy who said something like "most of the guys ridiculing kolllllll are banned now": Some of those guys were banned because they admitted to using the iccup killer hack, not for bad posting, iirc.

Anyway, the only thing this proves is that koll managed to improve his SC play a lot somehow in a short period. His comment is still idiotic and laughable.

On November 16 2009 07:29 Boblion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 16 2009 07:05 SkelA wrote:
On November 16 2009 06:44 Boblion wrote:
Actually his post is still stupid. I'm happy for him after his WCG performance and he is indeed gifted for this game but this:
On October 13 2008 22:35 Kolll wrote:
it's very bad. for example me.. i play sc for 5months and reached in my first season iccup b- and im c+ right now so it's gotta be pretty bad to be at d+ lvl after 1year

shows a lack of maturity.

Although i didn't believe him at first, my main problem was that he was pretty much bragging and bm. But well he is like 14... had to be expected.



Why is it braging or "bm" if he is telling the truth.... maybe its little imature but he was like 12-13 years then .

He just compared OP with himself which is extremly bad compared to him and you are still got the nerve talking bad about kolll this after acting like a complete douchebag at that time ... shhh pls


On October 13 2008 23:15 Boblion wrote:
OMG you SO nub i pWn u ez u Stone AGe noob. I'm in GosU clan [ROxOR-L33t] @ EAST and I'm A+ ICCUP in 2 Days.
Kill' UrSELF nub !



Damn your post was extremly intelegent 1 year ago and you still as much or more "intelegent" today

I'm very intelegent

Oh lawd... whenever this happens, it is so beautiful it puts a tear in my eye.
An ugly planet. A bug planet.
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
November 16 2009 18:29 GMT
#151
Hmm me and some friends started SC about 5 months ago now and I hit D+ the first season and in this current season I am C- and my friend is as well. Depends on the person me and my friend played to get better it really depends on how much you play and all that fun stuff ^^.
When I think of something else, something will go here
Japakazol
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States102 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-16 18:46:44
November 16 2009 18:46 GMT
#152
It would probably be more illuminating to quantify play time in terms of number of games instead of calendar time. "I've been playing for a year" isn't really clear. If you're playing on Iccup, all you have to do is check the last file in your autoreplay folder.

I'd be interested to see how people's game numbers compare to rank improvement. I discovered iccup/tl.net around March '09 and was a D- newbie with little to no understanding of basic builds/macro. ~1500 games later I'm approaching C (though with 40% win rate). Anyone else want to throw some numbers out there?
We feel your presence. u gotta skate
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-16 18:53:50
November 16 2009 18:52 GMT
#153
HAHHAHAHHA kolll :D

I'm 14 too; been playing like a year and a half and only C+ T_T

which means that me and kolll have been playing the same amount of time, and he's barely older than me, and...
FML.
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
m4gdelen4
Profile Joined October 2008
United States416 Posts
November 16 2009 18:54 GMT
#154
On October 13 2008 22:35 Kolll wrote:
it's very bad. for example me.. i play sc for 5months and reached in my first season iccup b- and im c+ right now so it's gotta be pretty bad to be at d+ lvl after 1year


ahaha rofl.

ive been playing a little more than one year and im still at d, after hitting d+ only once. thats only because i play on and off thought. during my "on" times i play alot of games where i lose all of the first 10 games and then win a little more. in other words, i notice my improvement the more i play, so should you if you are practicing right.

i usually get a little bored and stop after 60 games or so, and then come back a couple weeks later to climb back up to d from d-.
it does to blue what blue does to you
iNfeRnaL *
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Germany1908 Posts
November 16 2009 18:54 GMT
#155
On November 16 2009 22:53 eNoq wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2008 22:35 Kolll wrote:
it's very bad. for example me.. i play sc for 5months and reached in my first season iccup b- and im c+ right now so it's gotta be pretty bad to be at d+ lvl after 1year


cocky kid is cocky

Being honest is being cocky to you?
Corvi
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Germany1406 Posts
November 16 2009 19:36 GMT
#156
you musn't call the other guy very bad to be honest
HopLight
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden999 Posts
November 16 2009 22:05 GMT
#157
I find it more amazing that he went from B- to WCG 4 in what, a year?
Jakalo
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Latvia2350 Posts
November 16 2009 22:31 GMT
#158
On November 17 2009 04:36 Corvi wrote:
you musn't call the other guy very bad to be honest


The topic starter asked if he is being sucky and Koll gave him a straight answer. Why would you even start a topic like this if you arent taking learning SC seriously and if you do ''its very bad'' =]
Nostalgia is not as good as it used to be.
DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
November 16 2009 22:52 GMT
#159
oh god. this thread is soooo amazing
im in tears xD
cw)minsean(ru
ejac
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1195 Posts
November 16 2009 23:35 GMT
#160
Damn... thats impressive. I started playing on iccup 5ish months ago and I'm C-. Pretty satisfied, gg koll.
esq>n
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