Samsung Khan's coach, January, has announced her upcoming wedding to the press.
After three and a half years of dating, January and the groom-to-be will get married in August.
The groom is a year older than January, and works in finance.
January remains one of the most successful coaches in eSports, and is notable for being by far the most successful coach with an actual playing background.
January will take time from the current postseason and upcoming offseason for the wedding and honeymoon.
woah! I didn't even know she had a bf. to be honest, when I opened this I secretly hoped it was with the lecaf coach (though I know he's married).. congrats january :D
On July 31 2009 14:06 HonestTea wrote: I FINALLY HAVE PROOF!
Kona doesn't read, he just posts!!!
Yeah I discovered that when he commented 20 seconds after [SPL] Swarm Season went up on News
Time stamp says 11 minutes. :O
News post timestamps tend to be wrong, since threads usually get posted in the writers forum before going live. He's actually really close, it went live at 23:39:41 and konadora posted at 23:40:09 hahahaha
edit: nevermind, it might've gone live a minute or two earlier, was just edited at that time.
lol shit i thought YOU was gonna be married in january and was going to jump in with a "OH WOW CONGRATS! :D" until i saw the Samsung coach picture then it was like "....wait ~.~?"
Haha, is it going to be like OOV's wedding where the entire team goes? That would be cool. Congrats January, just don't go soft on the Khan boys now that your married.
January remains one of the most successful coaches in eSports, and is notable for being by far the most successful coach with an actual playing background.
Question about this, wouldn't that person be iloveoov?
January remains one of the most successful coaches in eSports, and is notable for being by far the most successful coach with an actual playing background.
Question about this, wouldn't that person be iloveoov?
It can be argued that January has achieved more as a coach than Oov has.
January remains one of the most successful coaches in eSports, and is notable for being by far the most successful coach with an actual playing background.
Question about this, wouldn't that person be iloveoov?
It can be argued that January has achieved more as a coach than Oov has.
Yeah January as a coach has had a far better career than oov
January remains one of the most successful coaches in eSports, and is notable for being by far the most successful coach with an actual playing background.
Question about this, wouldn't that person be iloveoov?
It can be argued that January has achieved more as a coach than Oov has.
Yeah January as a coach has had a far better career than oov
well, when SKT takes the last 23 proleagues before SC2 they will be singing a different tune.
January remains one of the most successful coaches in eSports, and is notable for being by far the most successful coach with an actual playing background.
Question about this, wouldn't that person be iloveoov?
He's not the head coach. It's like the difference between a manager and the pitching coach in baseball. January is the head honcho, while oov is just one of the coaches.
And even if you do consider oov to be the head coach of T1, his resume doesn't even come close to January's. She basically BUILT the entire Samsung team.
She was I believe the first coach to concentrate on the playing side as opposed to the business side. And it was genius move to focus on 2v2 to make up for their lack of star players. I know these days people automatically think Stork/FBH/Jangbi when it comes to Khan. But for quite a while, they were really lacking top ace players before Stork's emergence.
Anyway, it's safe to say she is the image of Samsung Khan.
January remains one of the most successful coaches in eSports, and is notable for being by far the most successful coach with an actual playing background.
Question about this, wouldn't that person be iloveoov?
Oov hasn't been a coach for as long and hasn't done as much or been as successful.
He's doing great so far, and with SKT the shape it's in now, he could definitely overtake January in a few years (if Khan doesn't get some young blood to revitalize their lineup).
The question is will there be a PL match somehow scheduled on the same day and similar time of the wedding forcing the Khan players to choose between playing fast games and risk losing or safe games to win and miss the wedding?
Of course this wouldn't happen given January is the coach so the wedding would be moved, but still funny how it happened to oov and SKT1.
Hmm, I think very little of most of the 'coachs' in starcraft other then the ex pro gamer coachs, and a female starcraft plaer that was never any great doesn't mean very much imo, TossGirl would be better as she's a better player which would translate to better coach. Most of these coachs can only really do 1 thing for the players and thats tell them to play more.
Tbh getting to that level you don't need any coaching as you already know the in's and out fo the game and its only dealing with pressure that is a problem for any of these players. I would like to see any coach tell Bisu or Jaedong to go and practice xyz strat or technique; not gonna happen ever.
Admitedly the very new players 'might' not know counters to xyz strat but all they need to do is practice & talk with their teamm8's and thats about it, any half decent player wouldn't need to be told they'd find out themselves what they need to do just by watching there own replays and others.
Imo coachs=overrated as this is a 1v1 game not football or something.
On July 31 2009 17:28 Adeeler wrote: Hmm, I think very little of most of the 'coachs' in starcraft other then the ex pro gamer coachs, and a female starcraft plaer that was never any great doesn't mean very much imo, TossGirl would be better as she's a better player which would translate to better coach. Most of these coachs can only really do 1 thing for the players and thats tell them to play more.
Tbh getting to that level you don't need any coaching as you already know the in's and out fo the game and its only dealing with pressure that is a problem for any of these players. I would like to see any coach tell Bisu or Jaedong to go and practice xyz strat or technique; not gonna happen ever.
Admitedly the very new players 'might' not know counters to xyz strat but all they need to do is practice & talk with their teamm8's and thats about it, any half decent player wouldn't need to be told they'd find out themselves what they need to do just by watching there own replays and others.
Imo coachs=overrated as this is a 1v1 game not football or something.
On July 31 2009 17:28 Adeeler wrote: Hmm, I think very little of most of the 'coachs' in starcraft other then the ex pro gamer coachs, and a female starcraft plaer that was never any great doesn't mean very much imo, TossGirl would be better as she's a better player which would translate to better coach. Most of these coachs can only really do 1 thing for the players and thats tell them to play more.
Tbh getting to that level you don't need any coaching as you already know the in's and out fo the game and its only dealing with pressure that is a problem for any of these players. I would like to see any coach tell Bisu or Jaedong to go and practice xyz strat or technique; not gonna happen ever.
Admitedly the very new players 'might' not know counters to xyz strat but all they need to do is practice & talk with their teamm8's and thats about it, any half decent player wouldn't need to be told they'd find out themselves what they need to do just by watching there own replays and others.
Imo coachs=overrated as this is a 1v1 game not football or something.
No wonder you're not a CJ fan.
Interestingly enough, January won more titles than Tossgirl (in the womens leagues), and never finished below semifinals in any of the women's leagues. She used to play zerg, and was compared to boxer back in the wild times of the beginning of starcraft as a professional venture.
January is also one of the only coaches to have played, which gives her kind of a unique view - most of the other coaches are business people, who really can't help very much when it comes to practice as you said.
Oov's been brought up, but january does a better job of raising her own players. Oov has shown that as well, but in terms of coaching...just go look at tlpd ^^ (january has been coaching since like 2002 iirc, where oov has been coaching since last year or so.
On July 31 2009 17:28 Adeeler wrote: Hmm, I think very little of most of the 'coachs' in starcraft other then the ex pro gamer coachs, and a female starcraft plaer that was never any great doesn't mean very much imo, TossGirl would be better as she's a better player which would translate to better coach. Most of these coachs can only really do 1 thing for the players and thats tell them to play more.
Tbh getting to that level you don't need any coaching as you already know the in's and out fo the game and its only dealing with pressure that is a problem for any of these players. I would like to see any coach tell Bisu or Jaedong to go and practice xyz strat or technique; not gonna happen ever.
Admitedly the very new players 'might' not know counters to xyz strat but all they need to do is practice & talk with their teamm8's and thats about it, any half decent player wouldn't need to be told they'd find out themselves what they need to do just by watching there own replays and others.
Imo coachs=overrated as this is a 1v1 game not football or something.
You don't know anything about what it's like in the team houses, nor how the players practice.
Coaches aren't necessary? How can you say that with ANY confidence? The players have said in the translated interviews here how much their coaches have helped them prepare, helped them do this and that, etc, many times. There are even interviews of coaches talking about their players and the teams and the leagues and whatnot.
God...get out. That's seriously one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read.
On July 31 2009 17:28 Adeeler wrote: Hmm, I think very little of most of the 'coachs' in starcraft other then the ex pro gamer coachs, and a female starcraft plaer that was never any great doesn't mean very much imo, TossGirl would be better as she's a better player which would translate to better coach. Most of these coachs can only really do 1 thing for the players and thats tell them to play more.
Tbh getting to that level you don't need any coaching as you already know the in's and out fo the game and its only dealing with pressure that is a problem for any of these players. I would like to see any coach tell Bisu or Jaedong to go and practice xyz strat or technique; not gonna happen ever.
Admitedly the very new players 'might' not know counters to xyz strat but all they need to do is practice & talk with their teamm8's and thats about it, any half decent player wouldn't need to be told they'd find out themselves what they need to do just by watching there own replays and others.
Imo coachs=overrated as this is a 1v1 game not football or something.
No wonder you're not a CJ fan.
Interestingly enough, January won more titles than Tossgirl (in the womens leagues), and never finished below semifinals in any of the women's leagues. She used to play zerg, and was compared to boxer back in the wild times of the beginning of starcraft as a professional venture.
January is also one of the only coaches to have played, which gives her kind of a unique view - most of the other coaches are business people, who really can't help very much when it comes to practice as you said.
Oov's been brought up, but january does a better job of raising her own players. Oov has shown that as well, but in terms of coaching...just go look at tlpd ^^ (january has been coaching since like 2002 iirc, where oov has been coaching since last year or so.
Ghostclaw, you quoted the wrong guy. I think you meant Adeeler.
On July 31 2009 17:28 Adeeler wrote: Hmm, I think very little of most of the 'coachs' in starcraft other then the ex pro gamer coachs, and a female starcraft plaer that was never any great doesn't mean very much imo, TossGirl would be better as she's a better player which would translate to better coach. Most of these coachs can only really do 1 thing for the players and thats tell them to play more.
Tbh getting to that level you don't need any coaching as you already know the in's and out fo the game and its only dealing with pressure that is a problem for any of these players. I would like to see any coach tell Bisu or Jaedong to go and practice xyz strat or technique; not gonna happen ever.
Admitedly the very new players 'might' not know counters to xyz strat but all they need to do is practice & talk with their teamm8's and thats about it, any half decent player wouldn't need to be told they'd find out themselves what they need to do just by watching there own replays and others.
Imo coachs=overrated as this is a 1v1 game not football or something.
You have no idea how important coaches are in SC. As an MBC fan, I know first hand how important they are. The current SKT Coach use to be the assistant coach of MBC when they won the proleague. Him and Coach Ha created a wonderful training environment and turned POS from a "piece of shit" team into MBCGame Hero coasting Starleague Champion July, Pusan, Sea, Light, Bisu, Shark etc... They were easily the deepest team in the tournament and they thoroughly deserved their win. They went on to nurture Bisu into 2 MSL wins and a Silver (and an OSL bronze). They had their shit down.
Now what? In 2008 SKT was at the bottom of the rankings (literally 9th place). They fired their coaching staff and hired Coach Park to be the lead coach (and oov/kingdom to be assistants) and they also bought Bisu off MBC. Coach Park has literally turned the team around and created an excellent practice environment for the team and SKT1 is now in first place. The players haven't changed (that much) but the coaching staff did - and thats why SKT is now much better off.
MBC's practice has turned to shit since Ha left and the new guy took over. The team is a wreck and the players do not like the practice atmosphere - and it painfully shows in their games. MBC is a joke of a team now.
There are other examples; Coach Cho of CJ is one (master at all kill format), and January is another.
Wow the guy that married her must have bad taste..... Get tossgirl man why january? Lol jk anyways I hope to see some coverage on that. Kinda like the iloveoov one. Her boys at Khan are gonna be very sad and jealous. Would love to see Stork or Jangbi play starcraft with her husband. That would be absolutely hillarious.
Yes, that is how it works. When a woman is married, she quits her job and takes care of the household. No need to have your own job and money, since your husband will take care of you. The woman has to reward him with lots of animal sex and many healthy babies, so he can tell his assistant about his sons soccer games (after he banged her of course).
About coaching; in any sports, mental strength and confidence will make or break you. Coaches give you that mental power. They help you preparing games, give you pep talks, believe in you etc. Mechanics and strategy are obviously very important but at progamer level a dominant mindset and confidence in your game will carry you into bonjwa-land.
Could this have something to do with Samsung slumping lately? Coaching spending too much time with her fiance and neglecting her players? Or maybe the boys found out and all lost motivation. It wouldn't be surprising if he told her team quite a while before telling the general public, right?
On July 31 2009 17:28 Adeeler wrote: Hmm, I think very little of most of the 'coachs' in starcraft other then the ex pro gamer coachs, and a female starcraft plaer that was never any great doesn't mean very much imo, TossGirl would be better as she's a better player which would translate to better coach. Most of these coachs can only really do 1 thing for the players and thats tell them to play more.
Tbh getting to that level you don't need any coaching as you already know the in's and out fo the game and its only dealing with pressure that is a problem for any of these players. I would like to see any coach tell Bisu or Jaedong to go and practice xyz strat or technique; not gonna happen ever.
Admitedly the very new players 'might' not know counters to xyz strat but all they need to do is practice & talk with their teamm8's and thats about it, any half decent player wouldn't need to be told they'd find out themselves what they need to do just by watching there own replays and others.
Imo coachs=overrated as this is a 1v1 game not football or something.
You have no idea how important coaches are in SC. As an MBC fan, I know first hand how important they are. The current SKT Coach use to be the assistant coach of MBC when they won the proleague. Him and Coach Ha created a wonderful training environment and turned POS from a "piece of shit" team into MBCGame Hero coasting Starleague Champion July, Pusan, Sea, Light, Bisu, Shark etc... They were easily the deepest team in the tournament and they thoroughly deserved their win. They went on to nurture Bisu into 2 MSL wins and a Silver (and an OSL bronze). They had their shit down.
Now what? In 2008 SKT was at the bottom of the rankings (literally 9th place). They fired their coaching staff and hired Coach Park to be the lead coach (and oov/kingdom to be assistants) and they also bought Bisu off MBC. Coach Park has literally turned the team around and created an excellent practice environment for the team and SKT1 is now in first place. The players haven't changed (that much) but the coaching staff did - and thats why SKT is now much better off.
MBC's practice has turned to shit since Ha left and the new guy took over. The team is a wreck and the players do not like the practice atmosphere - and it painfully shows in their games. MBC is a joke of a team now.
There are other examples; Coach Cho of CJ is one (master at all kill format), and January is another.
I kind of think this proves both points coachs are good and coachs are bad for players. The coachs forcing bad practice practices are bad for player, coachs which allow for the best practice practices are good.
But I don't see how these players where not capable of this already, other then enforcing a schedule on players appropriately to what there upcoming games are I don't see what 1v1 players in general lack if they where good enough to get themselves good enough to be accepted into a pro team.
No player ever says anything other then praise for there coachs as they can't say anything else regardless so I don't see why ppl think so highly of coachs for a 1v1 sport other then taking some of the research/arrangement burdens away from a player.
I just think its all about the individual players regardless of which coach they have. A good player of a 1v1 game knows everything about the game and their own game and can only use summaries about opponents to save themselves having to watch replays of there opponents from coachs though I guess that in it self is quite a valuable function.
Both my posts sound like i'm just h8'ing on coachs when I don't feel that is my intention i'm just curious what a coach brings to a player who is playing a 1v1 game beyond what traits they should already have.
On July 31 2009 14:00 gunsharp wrote: wow, 3.5 years of dating is really long
Yeah, Koreans are a lot different then Americans in the dating department. Americans would date for about probably 2 months, get married, then probably get divorced. That's why there are so many divorced parents, but you would rarely find any divorced Korean parents because they would date for a long time, 2 years or even 5 years. That's probably because Koreans are always looking for serious relationships instead of dates that some Americans would get just to fuck the girlfriends and then break up with them the next day.
On July 31 2009 14:00 gunsharp wrote: wow, 3.5 years of dating is really long
Yeah, Koreans are a lot different then Americans in the dating department. Americans would date for about probably 2 months, get married, then probably get divorced. That's why there are so many divorced parents, but you would rarely find any divorced Korean parents because they would date for a long time, 2 years or even 5 years. That's probably because Koreans are always looking for serious relationships instead of dates that some Americans would get just to fuck the girlfriends and then break up with them the next day.
No offense to Americans.
Length of dating usually has nothing to do with country(unless you're in an arranged-marriage culture) and everything to do with age. Older people like to take it slow, while younger ones rush into marriages.
The replies of these "3 years is really long" people reflect the age group of TL.net more so than where people are from.
On July 31 2009 14:00 gunsharp wrote: wow, 3.5 years of dating is really long
Yeah, Koreans are a lot different then Americans in the dating department. Americans would date for about probably 2 months, get married, then probably get divorced. That's why there are so many divorced parents, but you would rarely find any divorced Korean parents because they would date for a long time, 2 years or even 5 years. That's probably because Koreans are always looking for serious relationships instead of dates that some Americans would get just to fuck the girlfriends and then break up with them the next day.
No offense to Americans.
Length of dating usually has nothing to do with country(unless you're in an arranged-marriage culture) and everything to do with age. Older people like to take it slow, while younger ones rush into marriages.
The replies of these "3 years is really long" people reflect the age group of TL.net more so than where people are from.
Exactly. My mom and dad when they got married were 18 and 20, and got married within a year of dating. My sister has been dating her boyfriend for two years and marriage is only recently begun bubbling in the back of her mind, and shes turning 30 in February. If anything getting married young is drastically less common now a days than ever before, and getting married mid to late twenties after a long relationship is the norm.
On August 01 2009 04:34 Adeeler wrote: Both my posts sound like i'm just h8'ing on coachs when I don't feel that is my intention i'm just curious what a coach brings to a player who is playing a 1v1 game beyond what traits they should already have.
Actually, both your posts make you sound like a dipshit. Spelling-- use it.
On July 31 2009 17:28 Adeeler wrote: Hmm, I think very little of most of the 'coachs' in starcraft other then the ex pro gamer coachs, and a female starcraft plaer that was never any great doesn't mean very much imo, TossGirl would be better as she's a better player which would translate to better coach. Most of these coachs can only really do 1 thing for the players and thats tell them to play more.
Tbh getting to that level you don't need any coaching as you already know the in's and out fo the game and its only dealing with pressure that is a problem for any of these players. I would like to see any coach tell Bisu or Jaedong to go and practice xyz strat or technique; not gonna happen ever.
Admitedly the very new players 'might' not know counters to xyz strat but all they need to do is practice & talk with their teamm8's and thats about it, any half decent player wouldn't need to be told they'd find out themselves what they need to do just by watching there own replays and others.
Imo coachs=overrated as this is a 1v1 game not football or something.
You have no idea how important coaches are in SC. As an MBC fan, I know first hand how important they are. The current SKT Coach use to be the assistant coach of MBC when they won the proleague. Him and Coach Ha created a wonderful training environment and turned POS from a "piece of shit" team into MBCGame Hero coasting Starleague Champion July, Pusan, Sea, Light, Bisu, Shark etc... They were easily the deepest team in the tournament and they thoroughly deserved their win. They went on to nurture Bisu into 2 MSL wins and a Silver (and an OSL bronze). They had their shit down.
Now what? In 2008 SKT was at the bottom of the rankings (literally 9th place). They fired their coaching staff and hired Coach Park to be the lead coach (and oov/kingdom to be assistants) and they also bought Bisu off MBC. Coach Park has literally turned the team around and created an excellent practice environment for the team and SKT1 is now in first place. The players haven't changed (that much) but the coaching staff did - and thats why SKT is now much better off.
MBC's practice has turned to shit since Ha left and the new guy took over. The team is a wreck and the players do not like the practice atmosphere - and it painfully shows in their games. MBC is a joke of a team now.
There are other examples; Coach Cho of CJ is one (master at all kill format), and January is another.
I kind of think this proves both points coachs are good and coachs are bad for players. The coachs forcing bad practice practices are bad for player, coachs which allow for the best practice practices are good.
But I don't see how these players where not capable of this already, other then enforcing a schedule on players appropriately to what there upcoming games are I don't see what 1v1 players in general lack if they where good enough to get themselves good enough to be accepted into a pro team.
No player ever says anything other then praise for there coachs as they can't say anything else regardless so I don't see why ppl think so highly of coachs for a 1v1 sport other then taking some of the research/arrangement burdens away from a player.
I just think its all about the individual players regardless of which coach they have. A good player of a 1v1 game knows everything about the game and their own game and can only use summaries about opponents to save themselves having to watch replays of there opponents from coachs though I guess that in it self is quite a valuable function.
Alright, here's my 2 cents. Coach aren't only important to just provide mental support etc etc (like the previous before me said) They are also to perform the management duties in relation to the various aspects of the team (Shelter management, Cost planning, Transportation to and fro their destinations, representative of the team to their sponsors, dealing with a tourney's registration, procedures, in other words administrative duties which would tax a player <- which would definitely be given if there was no coach, THUS reducing practice time, increase stress levels and overall reduce performance.
A coach don't only tell them to play more but when to stop (When close to overwork stage) and also guides the players to learn and understand how to perform in interviews, public relations and various other elements not within the actual game. Coaches also become the morale bank during a match. If their players start to lose, the coach must bring up a confident front in order to boost morale and thus reduce any damage done mentally (<Not physical mental but u get the gist) before the rest of the upcoming matches.
PS: Of course they always say praise because the coach HELPs them with daily management (Unless its really horrible and they are forced to xD)
On August 01 2009 10:23 Railxp wrote: curious: is there any vids/pics of January playing zerg back in the days? I'd be really curious to see what she looked like before =0
On August 01 2009 10:32 Marksman wrote: Alright, here's my 2 cents. Coach aren't only important to just provide mental support etc etc (like the previous before me said) They are also to perform the management duties in relation to the various aspects of the team (Shelter management, Cost planning, Transportation to and fro their destinations, representative of the team to their sponsors, dealing with a tourney's registration, procedures, in other words administrative duties which would tax a player <- which would definitely be given if there was no coach, THUS reducing practice time, increase stress levels and overall reduce performance.
Actually, that's what coaches(or more precisely managers) had basically been doing. And usually there's one manager on the team to take care of the business side, and coaches to take care of the playing side. January was the first manager to also be a hands-on coach. I think, but not sure since I'm not Korean, it's because Samsung doesn't really run its team like a pure business in a way that Finger Boom or T1 does. The team doesn't really buy players nor replace coaches. Kind of weird, considering that Samsung's the biggest company in Korea.
Congrats january you did well in the playoffs with a slumping khan. Only if fbh won his game after gaining the lead against iris, khan would be in the semis. ARRGH!
January remains one of the most successful coaches in eSports, and is notable for being by far the most successful coach with an actual playing background.
Question about this, wouldn't that person be iloveoov?
He's not the head coach. It's like the difference between a manager and the pitching coach in baseball. January is the head honcho, while oov is just one of the coaches.
And even if you do consider oov to be the head coach of T1, his resume doesn't even come close to January's. She basically BUILT the entire Samsung team.
She was I believe the first coach to concentrate on the playing side as opposed to the business side. And it was genius move to focus on 2v2 to make up for their lack of star players. I know these days people automatically think Stork/FBH/Jangbi when it comes to Khan. But for quite a while, they were really lacking top ace players before Stork's emergence.
Anyway, it's safe to say she is the image of Samsung Khan.
Ah, good ol' times when Khan won all their PL games thanks to 2v2 and SKT lost all of them for the same reason. ... Well, not so good times actually.
true baubo :D. Just listing additional information into the discussion hehe. But don't coaches need to represent the team to the managers, so its almost the same only just a difference in scale? ><.
I'd like to put in a few low-post-count comments to counteract my low-post-count colleague.
The progaming environment is very much like any other competitive environment. In such an environment, a player's mind is always reeling at lightspeed - especially if they are 'doing well'. And I'm not talking about during a game. I'm talking about when they wake up in the morning, before they go to sleep at night, while they're eating, even while they are 'taking a break', their mind is flooding itself with statements, ideas, and questions.
"What happened in that one game a few weeks ago? Was that just a fluke? I know I'm a better player than X_insert_X. Then why did they gain the upper hand? Am I getting off my game? My recent performances have been my A-game, though. At least, I think. Am I sliding off my prime?" This is the competitor's constant curse. Just like some players tilt in the short-term after e.g. a gas steal, some players (especially the 'best' players) are at risk of tilting in the long-term.
Part of the reason good competitors are good is that their minds are filled with doubt. "Can someone beat this strategy if I don't time it properly? Maybe I should give it a try." Doubt and questioning oneself are good tools for self-improvement, but in an uncontrolled or unfocused environment, they can also lead a player to spiral out of control to a low point. Competitors that are very good at their craft often end up sliding out of excellence because they slowly lose the ability to find their mistakes.
For example, you could watch a replay of a game you narrowly lost (or so you think). You could spot several points of interest. Two places where you misclicked. A time where you built a worker several seconds late. A point where your units weren't properly rallied. You can fix all these mistakes - these are minor things. If these things were corrected, you could have won the battle. But that is all an illusion sometimes. Sometimes you get dominated without even knowing. You are put under so much pressure that cracks develop in your play that were never there before.
All these places are where coaches come in. Sure, you could beat the shit out of your coach even on your worst offrace. Your coach doesn't understand the intricacies and subtleties of the masterful execution you display. Even if they played in the past, you are many times better than they ever were. But they can see things that you can't see as well. They can see patterns that you would never notice. They can see in the morning that you are brooding over your breakfast. They can see at night when you just can't quite get comfortable. And they can see on the stage when you start to crack. They can identify all these things for you. Most importantly, they can HELP you stop this before it even starts.
When a player breaks down and starts seeing mistakes in their play, what do they do? They are at the supposed top of their game. They are masters of their craft. There's always room for improvement, but that's in the forward direction. They are making mistakes in the backward direction. So what do they do? They look back. They look back to fundamentals - and they've already lost at that point. They've already doubted that they are masters. They've already started to blame themselves, their bodies, their focus, their environment - but really it's just the situation they are in. This is where coaches come in.
A competitor's mind is always reeling, and it's the job of the coach to control this reeling - to keep it in check. A good coach knows that the key to getting a player to play his best is to make him learn everything and then forget it all and just play. By doing this, there isn't any active thinking, at least any unnecessary thinking. They know what to do 'by instinct'. But when they make mistakes, it makes them start thinking again, and this is when they doubt their 'instinct'. Sometimes they try to go back and 'relearn' it all, but at that point it's too late. A wise coach will play off a mistake as a fluke, and their player will trust them enough to forget about it and just play the game. If mistakes keep cropping up, the coach will know what the problem is (being very close to the player) and will kill it before it happens.
The point of this all is that a great player cannot survive without a coach. The better the player, the better the coach he needs to keep him on top - and it's extremely hard for both people involved. When you are invincible, you are incredibly vulnerable to being toppled - just look at sAviOr. I'm not blaming the coach for sAviOr's downfall. The more invincible you are, the more impossible it is to live up to your own invincibility. The Maestro seemed like everyone to be an undefeatable monster who occasionally showed signs of mortal weakness, but you can bet the farm that he breathes easier now than he did in his golden days.
To sum up:
Competitive environments are tough. They are tough on your mind, body, and emotions. When you are at your best, it makes it that much easier for someone to snap your Achilles heel. Coaches are there to keep you in line. They are there to keep you focused and direct you in doing your best. They are there to inject constructive doubt and remove harmful doubt. They are there to enable great players. Without them, we would have far fewer great players, and a less interesting progaming scene.
January's wedding photos are up. I'm personally quite surprised how casually everyone dressed. The one wedding I went to, everyone pretty much had suits on.
Apparently no one cares about the groom in the picture. LOL
Stork: Taking a break from his One Piece viewing session.
Jangbi's always a pimp
Firebathero's so sad. Perhaps the reason for his slump? He needs a slumpbuster asap.
Nice pictures; but three of them aren't working for me...
And is the groom the guy on the couch next to January...with his face half obscured by someone else? It'd be nice to actually have a decent picture of him.
On August 23 2009 13:09 BlackMagister wrote: Four of the pictures aren't loading for me. Also who is the groom? Is it the guy to January's left that is being blocked? You can barely see him!
On August 23 2009 13:09 BlackMagister wrote: Four of the pictures aren't loading for me. Also who is the groom? Is it the guy to January's left that is being blocked? You can barely see him!
How about now?
Just one pic not working, the one above the caption of "Stork: Taking a break from his One Piece viewing session. " Thx for posting em
On August 23 2009 13:09 BlackMagister wrote: Four of the pictures aren't loading for me. Also who is the groom? Is it the guy to January's left that is being blocked? You can barely see him!
How about now?
Just one pic not working, the one above the caption of "Stork: Taking a break from his One Piece viewing session. " Thx for posting em
Its working, i had the same problem.. just refresh the page a few times.
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