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Lokian
Profile Joined March 2010
United States699 Posts
October 11 2010 17:56 GMT
#21
heard about day9 but never listened to him b4 due to awkwardness...

foreign community:
tastetosis, tlo, (someone)

korea:
boxer,nada,oov
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SyN_FiR3
Profile Joined May 2010
United States85 Posts
October 11 2010 17:56 GMT
#22
Day 9, Tree moss(lol) or IdrA, and probably HuK
"How 'bout changin' a line cause it don't make sense..."
Jyvblamo
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada13788 Posts
October 11 2010 17:57 GMT
#23
I'm going to go ahead and say Dustin Browder, Chris Metzen, and Michael Morhaime.
ch4ppi
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany802 Posts
October 11 2010 17:57 GMT
#24
Day9: There is no need for explanation
Husky/HD: Called in one, because they made Starcraft unbelievable popular over Youtube, that has nothing to do with quality or shit.
TLO: Just because he was the first one getting a real fanbase, because of the play and his personality.

I'm not so thinking you can already name players, because the game is too young, even if Fruitsellar made a big impact on the scene when he won GSL
Valikyr
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden2653 Posts
October 11 2010 17:58 GMT
#25
On October 12 2010 02:53 ThE.SparkZ wrote:
Are we talking starcraft or Starcraft 2?

Starcraft 1 was Grrr, Boxer, Nada imo.

Starcraft 2 is Cool, TLO, and Boxer currently.

I believe Boxer will be extremely influential for SC2, but what has he done so far? He officially announced his switch a few days ago and we've only seen very random ladder games from him. I agree with you on everything else though and I would replace Boxer with White-Ra. Why White-Ra? Anyone playing toss during beta would know.
NehR
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden87 Posts
October 11 2010 17:59 GMT
#26
On October 12 2010 02:57 Jyvblamo wrote:
I'm going to go ahead and say Dustin Browder, Chris Metzen, and Michael Morhaime.

Crap, you beat me to it. >_<
'If you keep standing upside down, we'll never get into town.'
Kaal
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Djibouti2570 Posts
October 11 2010 17:59 GMT
#27
On October 12 2010 02:57 Jyvblamo wrote:
I'm going to go ahead and say Dustin Browder, Chris Metzen, and Michael Morhaime.


I'm going to go ahead and agree with you there.
Jyvblamo
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada13788 Posts
October 11 2010 17:59 GMT
#28
On October 12 2010 02:58 Valikyr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 12 2010 02:53 ThE.SparkZ wrote:
Are we talking starcraft or Starcraft 2?

Starcraft 1 was Grrr, Boxer, Nada imo.

Starcraft 2 is Cool, TLO, and Boxer currently.

I believe Boxer will be extremely influential for SC2, but what has he done so far? He officially announced his switch a few days ago and we've only seen very random ladder games from him. I agree with you on everything else though and I would replace Boxer with White-Ra. Why White-Ra? Anyone playing toss during beta would know.

Boxer brings in the Korean interest in SC2.
PangO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Chile1870 Posts
October 11 2010 17:59 GMT
#29
I'll go with, Boxer, Day 9, Jim Raynor
In Economics, the majority is always wrong. aka: MattRz
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
October 11 2010 18:00 GMT
#30
i assume this is about starcraft 2 since this is in SC2 General :

day9 - practically everyone improves by listening to him and practicing what he preach

husky - many people might not like him but i do think he is the one who brings all the casual. One big difference between sc2 and other games is that i have a couple of friends who does not play the game at all ( nor bw or wc3) but they actually listen and enjoy to watch husky's cast.

TL admins/senior figures : i think TL basically is the center of all Starcraft 2 (and BW) activities outside Korea ( and even it has its reaches inside Korea) . They can command anything and a bunch of SC fanatics ( us) will follow.

if the last one does not qualify because it is not an individual then i'll have to say Dustin Bowder
Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
October 11 2010 18:01 GMT
#31
On October 12 2010 02:52 joonp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 12 2010 02:51 Klive5ive wrote:
Influencing what exactly?

the Starcraft community as a whole

Well if you exclude game designers then:
1) Lim Yo Hwan .... without him Starcraft isn't what it is today
2) Nazgul (and the rest of the people behind TeamLiquid)
3) Founders of KeSPa
Don't hate the player - Hate the game
Demand2k
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Norway875 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-11 18:03:30
October 11 2010 18:02 GMT
#32
BW: Flash, Jaedong
reason: Snatching up all the fanboys for the past two years, aswell as being the main inspirations for (formerly) up and coming BW players.

SC2: Day[9], HDhusky
reason: Contributing towards making SC2 big internationally. I don't think any (new) players have been influential or inspiring for long enough to make a big difference outside specific communities (like TL).

Both: Boxer
reason: A testiment to skill, and a huge influence for years, using his fame exclusively to make e-sports in general bigger.
Adeeler
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom764 Posts
October 11 2010 18:02 GMT
#33
Day[9] - For all the awesomeness he does

Fruitseller - For showing you can win if you do everything(and do it well)

Ppl for remembering BW tactics that they seemed to have all forgotten until they see it (unsurprisingly) working well in SC2 in some late stage of a tournament.
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
October 11 2010 18:04 GMT
#34
Boxer oov Nada

Boxer for creativity and exposure into the mainstream
oov for his macro, without him the game would be different
Nada for micro, and WINNING, same as above.
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Trezeguet
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2656 Posts
October 11 2010 18:05 GMT
#35
Any list without a korean is kind of a joke.
FearGorm
Profile Joined July 2010
United States112 Posts
October 11 2010 18:05 GMT
#36
Does anyone know about Gisado's place in the Korean community? Is there a Korean Day9 equivalent?
CEO, WellPlayed
dudeman001
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2412 Posts
October 11 2010 18:06 GMT
#37
I can't help but look at it from two perspectives. Looking at appealing to not just Starcrafters, but people outside of the community I'd say Day[9], Husky and HD. However, within TL Day[9] (for his dailies). TLO (for his crazy awesome play) and Idra (for his badassness) take the most influential positions. As a SC2 gamer Boxer has yet to make his - highly anticipated - impact, but once he does he'll be back on this list.
Sup.
Roggay
Profile Joined April 2010
Switzerland6320 Posts
October 11 2010 18:07 GMT
#38
Flash, Jaedong, Day9 (The first two because of what they are for sc1 and day9 because he influence a lot of the foreign community)

Terrible terrible OP by the way.
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8751 Posts
October 11 2010 18:07 GMT
#39
On October 12 2010 02:57 Jyvblamo wrote:
I'm going to go ahead and say Dustin Browder, Chris Metzen, and Michael Morhaime.

It'd be interesting if they actually were a part of our community.
"Fucking up is part of it. If you can't fail, you have to always win. And I don't think you can always win." Elliott Smith ---------- Yet no sudden rage darkened his face, and his eyes were calm as they studied her. Then he smiled. 'Witness.'
Klamity
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States994 Posts
October 11 2010 18:12 GMT
#40
mike morhaine, david kim, and activision.
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