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ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
June 25 2008 03:14 GMT
#21
On June 25 2008 11:55 ramen247 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2008 11:38 DamageControL wrote:
On June 25 2008 11:29 ramen247 wrote:
On June 25 2008 11:04 thunk wrote:
On June 25 2008 10:52 SilverSkyLark wrote:
What does SK mean in SK Terran anyway? South Korea? Silky Kumar? Hahaha. Sorry for the noobishness.



SoulKey; he was a progamer and SK terran was his style.

It was popularized with Nada, who had enough APM and mechanics to pull it off correctly and with style.

It has nothing to do with the SKT1 terran nobility as far as I know.



doesnt it? i thought SKT1 was another way to say they were #1 at using SKterran. well its telecom but but...

skt1 is definately because there name is SK Telecom



well i dont think they came up with SK just out of nothing. Im pretty sure they were influenced by the presence of a terran strat called SK terran. they couldve been called FUtelecom.


Or maybe, JUST MAYBE, SK stands for South Korea.
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
Ra.Xor.2
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1784 Posts
June 25 2008 03:30 GMT
#22
On June 25 2008 11:07 Tropics wrote:
Soul Key

Been discussed many times, he wrote the strat back in like 1999 or sometime. It just got more popular much later.
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Cloud
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sexico5880 Posts
June 25 2008 04:18 GMT
#23
SK stands for Sun Kyung, its a cellphone company.
BlueLaguna on West, msg for game.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
June 25 2008 04:20 GMT
#24
Pfff, South Korea makes far more sense :p
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
tracer
Profile Joined March 2008
Korea (South)693 Posts
June 25 2008 04:21 GMT
#25
"SK Telecom" is the company that sponsors them... It has nothing to do with SK Terran.
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
June 25 2008 11:40 GMT
#26
I think SK in SKT1 is South Korea...

and thanks for the SoulKey thinggy, nice game id there.
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SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
June 25 2008 13:27 GMT
#27
On June 25 2008 13:21 tracer wrote:
"SK Telecom" is the company that sponsors them... It has nothing to do with SK Terran.


This is the truth.
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
June 25 2008 13:50 GMT
#28
On June 25 2008 20:40 SilverSkyLark wrote:
I think SK in SKT1 is South Korea...

and thanks for the SoulKey thinggy, nice game id there.

SK Telecom. Jesus.
Naib
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Hungary4843 Posts
June 25 2008 15:43 GMT
#29
On June 25 2008 11:55 ramen247 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2008 11:38 DamageControL wrote:
On June 25 2008 11:29 ramen247 wrote:
On June 25 2008 11:04 thunk wrote:
On June 25 2008 10:52 SilverSkyLark wrote:
What does SK mean in SK Terran anyway? South Korea? Silky Kumar? Hahaha. Sorry for the noobishness.



SoulKey; he was a progamer and SK terran was his style.

It was popularized with Nada, who had enough APM and mechanics to pull it off correctly and with style.

It has nothing to do with the SKT1 terran nobility as far as I know.



doesnt it? i thought SKT1 was another way to say they were #1 at using SKterran. well its telecom but but...

skt1 is definately because there name is SK Telecom



well i dont think they came up with SK just out of nothing. Im pretty sure they were influenced by the presence of a terran strat called SK terran. they couldve been called FUtelecom.


Obviously the team has deeper origins than said strategy, mr. "random-numbers-in-my-name-for-a-forum" , and hence has nothing to do with it.

Really. Stop arguing.
Complete the cycle!
ramen247
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1256 Posts
June 25 2008 15:44 GMT
#30
now i truly understand SK terran
i hate this ugly firebat. i want a marine.
cyronc
Profile Joined March 2008
218 Posts
June 25 2008 16:07 GMT
#31
ha, i always thought "SK" Terran meant something like SouthKorean Terran or even SwarmKiller Terran (since that was its initial purpose)
iH82G8!
Wizard
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Poland5055 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-25 16:36:55
June 25 2008 16:36 GMT
#32
Every time someone creates a sk terran thread, there is the same stupid argument about what it means.

stop arguing. It's soul key.
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Ryot
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada316 Posts
June 25 2008 18:01 GMT
#33
Thanks for the help in this thread, though I really didn't want a pointless debate over what it stood for
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
June 25 2008 18:05 GMT
#34
understanding sk terran? lol

you don't have to understand anything. in fact, just irridate everything bigger than a zergling.
And all is illuminated.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
June 25 2008 19:14 GMT
#35
For the record, I was speculating on the SK in the progaming team's name, not the SK in the TvZ strategy.
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
ramen247
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1256 Posts
June 26 2008 01:33 GMT
#36
On June 26 2008 00:43 Naib wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 25 2008 11:55 ramen247 wrote:
On June 25 2008 11:38 DamageControL wrote:
On June 25 2008 11:29 ramen247 wrote:
On June 25 2008 11:04 thunk wrote:
On June 25 2008 10:52 SilverSkyLark wrote:
What does SK mean in SK Terran anyway? South Korea? Silky Kumar? Hahaha. Sorry for the noobishness.



SoulKey; he was a progamer and SK terran was his style.

It was popularized with Nada, who had enough APM and mechanics to pull it off correctly and with style.

It has nothing to do with the SKT1 terran nobility as far as I know.



doesnt it? i thought SKT1 was another way to say they were #1 at using SKterran. well its telecom but but...

skt1 is definately because there name is SK Telecom



well i dont think they came up with SK just out of nothing. Im pretty sure they were influenced by the presence of a terran strat called SK terran. they couldve been called FUtelecom.


Obviously the team has deeper origins than said strategy, mr. "random-numbers-in-my-name-for-a-forum" , and hence has nothing to do with it.

Really. Stop arguing.



ramen247.. read it out lud and MAYBE just MAYHBE youll get it.
i hate this ugly firebat. i want a marine.
Infundibulum
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States2552 Posts
June 26 2008 04:05 GMT
#37
SKT1, sk = south korea
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