EPT[WCG] 2009 Final: Days 4 and 5 - Page 18
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Spt.Worked
Canada48 Posts
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17733 Posts
yeah probably some 8 rax into mech varient build | ||
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Captain Peabody
United States3128 Posts
What a shitty reason. Because its their job and they already make a lot of money doing this and it's not nearly as special as winning a title individual league which the three of them all have already. Now beating someone like stork is epic for any foreigner, while stork beating a foreigner is just to be expected and nothing that stork will be amazed about. Also more importantly we basically all are foreigners so rooting for koreans is like rooting against your own country in a world cup game. Why? Stork is my favorite player...I regularly follow him in tournaments. Many of the foreigners I rarely, if ever, get to see play, and I know very little of. Now, if it comes to a foreigner versus a player who I don't root for, I would gladly pick the foreigner, since I identify more with him, and since it means more to him than the foreigner. But just defaulting to a foreigner over a favorite "non-foreigner" "because its patriotic" doesn't seem to make much sense to me. Now, if you wish to do that, then that's obviously fine, and I genuinely hope the foreigners do well, since, as you say, it means so much more to them in most cases. But when it comes down to favorite player vs foreigner-I-know-little-of, I'm gonna have to pick my favorite player. And I see nothing wrong with that. | ||
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LuMiX
China5757 Posts
edit- not so much anymore lol | ||
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monstar123
United States516 Posts
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El Resplandor
United States187 Posts
 2years there and u still lose vs foreigners.... | ||
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DyEnasTy
United States3714 Posts
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domane
Canada1606 Posts
On November 14 2009 14:48 7mk wrote: I would guess that, to many foreigners, Starcraft has yet to become as nationalistic as soccer.we basically all are foreigners so rooting for koreans is like rooting against your own country in a world cup game. (And I say that as a half korean) | ||
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Marine50
Australia1764 Posts
On November 14 2009 14:51 phosphorylation wrote: If you are just seeking shock value in these games, you may be right. But otherwise, my "shitty reason" stands. And "not-Korea" isn't a country. Now if you were chinese, then I would understand your rooting for PJ. Your reason is shitty. 7mk said it all, if foreigners win its a huge deal and celebrated throughout the foreigner scene. Its more than shock value its pride and excitement to see us beating progamers. Why would you go for koreans at wcg? O.o. Any more reasons? | ||
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motoroia
Canada70 Posts
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7mk
Germany10157 Posts
On November 14 2009 14:51 phosphorylation wrote: If you are just seeking shock value in these games, you may be right. But otherwise, my "shitty reason" stands. And "not-Korea" isn't a country. Now if you were chinese, then I would understand your rooting for PJ. shock value? Now where in my post did I say anything about shock value? ... On November 14 2009 14:53 Spt.Worked wrote: I don't need to re-analyze I have been watching this years WCG and the players are not creative at all they just copy the pros builds but fail miserably. The oldschool players actually had their own unique styles. Elky vs Boxer on Vahalla, was amazing. Yeah, Boxer was also a lot more creative than Jaedong. Does that mean that Jaedong has no skill? | ||
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JohnColtrane
Australia4813 Posts
i dont give a fuck where they come from, nationalism doesnt grant me better games | ||
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Camlito
Australia4040 Posts
On November 14 2009 14:53 Spt.Worked wrote: I don't need to re-analyze I have been watching this years WCG and the players are not creative at all they just copy the pros builds but fail miserably. The oldschool players actually had their own unique styles. Elky vs Boxer on Vahalla, was amazing. That's because it was a MUCH different time in starcraft? It's not like every new player has a completely different personality... -_-. | ||
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Sonic300
89 Posts
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Camlito
Australia4040 Posts
On November 14 2009 14:54 monstar123 wrote: I remember when I asked "what idra has learned in Korea so far??" someone answered "he learned to beat all non-koreans there"... lollol !!! lolololololololz u funny | ||
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
Essentially, stork will feel shitty as much as the foreigner will feel happy (zero-sum) Another reason why your retort is fail. | ||
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domane
Canada1606 Posts
What's wrong with the mindset: "I hope my favorite player wins, but it'd be exciting if his foreigner opponent succeeded"? | ||
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mog87
United States1586 Posts
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MuffinDude
United States3837 Posts
On November 14 2009 14:53 Spt.Worked wrote: I don't need to re-analyze I have been watching this years WCG and the players are not creative at all they just copy the pros builds but fail miserably. The oldschool players actually had their own unique styles. Elky vs Boxer on Vahalla, was amazing. Thats because progaming back then was different. Now progaming is so refined, that if you don't do it right, you'll end up losing. Thats why its not just the foreign scene where they are losing creativity but also in korea. SC has become more of a macro play. PJ can take on any of those guys u listed easily. | ||
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