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yoshtodd
United States418 Posts
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Kwidowmaker
Canada978 Posts
On January 23 2009 07:18 Nimue wrote: I thought about the question Kwidowmaker posed a lot in the past, actually; why hasn't anyone done any research or calculations like I have in the past? I think the answer is: Starcraft players, especially the pros in Korea start at a very young age, and on top of that, once they do get sucked into Starcraft, do nothing but that. Like I said, the math required is not easy, so the pros wouldn't have learned that kind of math; they would all know it intuitively and solve the equations heuristically. Then why not the coaches or university students? I think the coaches don't do it because they want to coach the way that they learned in the first place, because they know it works; there's no need to come up with new teaching methods that might or might not work. And the university students might ... bit might ... be kind of stuck in the thinking with which they've been instilled since they first started Starcraft with so long ago. I would say it's almost like a group-think mentality, except the group-think is applicable to the whole country. What makes me different? I'm a Physics major and my life revolves around numbers. Furthermore, I only started playing SC 3 years ago, and in the beginning a lot was on my own. So, I had no outside influence. Although that made my start very slow, the way I thought about problems was different from someone who might have been taught by a mentor or coach. I don't mean to diminish the importance of a great coach or teacher; I've had the incredible luck to have been taught by Lore and Yosh. However, even with their influence, I think the way I approach some things is fundamentally different. Well,we'll see; I hope you guys tune in on youtube  I have to admit that I'm a little skeptical about how well you'll be able to model it, simply because it hasn't been done yet, and, as you said, you're an outsider looking in. However, the fact that you've got good players on board soothes most worries. Can't wait! | ||
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Superiorwolf
United States5509 Posts
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liger13
United States1060 Posts
 ... although one of my classes is pretty much lecture about random network things... play SC for a few hours ...but no lectures on Starcraft....  | ||
Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
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Centric
United States1989 Posts
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Nimue
United States34 Posts
On January 23 2009 08:29 Superiorwolf wrote: My brother is going to go to this class on Thursday ;D He asks why the labs are in the Moffit Library when there are plenty of better places that don't require student ID, like Dwinelle or residence halls. Moffitt Library has: 1. Airbears, the best router in the world 2. large flat tables that can be readily re-arranged 3. bright lights above 4. plentiful plugs and electricity 5. white boards for check-out to draw a diagram or chart or whatever 6. a moderate tolerance for noise Of course your bro's right, there are plenty of good places; can we secure a large room (or many rooms) on sat afternoon in dwinelle? because the chalkboards can be used instead of whiteboards, and has many of the same characteristics moffitt has. Also, you can play the other people in the class on airbears or iccup, you just won't be there in person for the instant analysis that you can go over with your practice partner or something. | ||
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bumatlarge
United States4567 Posts
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EsX_Raptor
United States2802 Posts
If it is that way, then i think i'll be aiming for my PhD XDD | ||
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lIlIlIlIlIlI
Korea (South)3851 Posts
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toopham
United States551 Posts
On January 23 2009 07:11 TSL-Lore wrote: I'm actually helping Nimue and Yosh teach this class. wait so you dont go to UCSD? and you went to WGF? that's fuking awesome ahhaha and im not jaeyun. o.0 im Tu Pham haha sorry to disappoint you haahaha I got knocked out first round man. xD by some fucking random korean hahaahaha | ||
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
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dnastyx
United States2707 Posts
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misclick
Korea (South)155 Posts
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paper
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
On January 22 2009 15:27 goldenkrnboi wrote: lolwtf this almost makes me want to go to cal. ditto. I'm STILL the only bw player I've met at truman. | ||
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Nimue
United States34 Posts
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Ideas
United States8171 Posts
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terr13
United States298 Posts
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