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Macabre
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1262 Posts
April 10 2012 00:17 GMT
#241
I hate seeing threads like this, they're all the same. It's embarrassing to have them on our forums imo.
Those who know how to think need no teachers. Tasteless - I think I'll take my shirt off and let my muscles do the casting
1sz2sz3sz
Profile Joined January 2012
Andorra173 Posts
April 10 2012 00:17 GMT
#242
Why do mediocre foreigners go to Korea?
They're not the best in EU/NA
They cant speak a single word of korean let alone discuss with korean pros
They will just hang out with foreigners all day in the GOM house and play the Korean ladder

Do they think its the air or water that makes them so good?
You can play from home with a slight delay on the korean server instead of wasting a few grand on having your team fly you over there

tiaz
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden231 Posts
April 10 2012 00:19 GMT
#243
This is not meant as flame, but this proposition is utterly retarded. Why on earth would foreigners get better just because there are restrictions on how many koreans are allowed? And have it occured to you that perhaps many people don't care what nationality the players are - the important thing is that the best are competing??
"When you play, you have to start off with a mind to turn the game into a rape." - Iloveoov
MVega
Profile Joined November 2010
763 Posts
April 10 2012 00:19 GMT
#244
Not everyones cares about players from their country. Do you know who I cheer for? The Korean players. The only foreign players I pay any attention to are Grubby and Demuslim. Usually when non-Koreans are playing I'm not watching unless they're one of those two exceptions or they're playing a Korean player that I really like. *shrug*
bumkin: How can you play like 50 games per day... I 4gate 2 times then it's nap time
sc14s
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5052 Posts
April 10 2012 00:22 GMT
#245
i think what needs to be done is to work on.. hmm how would i put this best? Infastructure i guess? i.e make it easier for all the foreigners to get all their practice and not have to worry about other things i.e "how am i going to pay rent?" or "how am i going to afford food this next week?" we are starting to get some team houses that help sort that out.

The only other thing i can think of is to get a more competitive scene.. that means from bottom up players have to play more.. but how are you going to get that? that would more be blizzard's thing to somehow get more people to play more seriously and not shy away , get bored and/or get frustrated with the game and stop playing it.
Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15742 Posts
April 10 2012 00:23 GMT
#246
Perhaps if the Korean pros didn't do everything in their power to conspire against foreigners, we'd have games where it isn't obvious that the Korean knew exactly what the foreigner was doing. When was the last GSL match where it wasn't obvious Naniwa's opponent knew what build he was gonna use?
1sz2sz3sz
Profile Joined January 2012
Andorra173 Posts
April 10 2012 00:25 GMT
#247
On April 10 2012 09:23 Mohdoo wrote:
Perhaps if the Korean pros didn't do everything in their power to conspire against foreigners, we'd have games where it isn't obvious that the Korean knew exactly what the foreigner was doing. When was the last GSL match where it wasn't obvious Naniwa's opponent knew what build he was gonna use?

oh my god he studied his opponent and asked other players about his style
how UNFAIR
wwowz
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada156 Posts
April 10 2012 00:27 GMT
#248
I think what foreigner players need is hardwork. I'm not saying ALL foreigners are just slacking around. Look at Stephano for e.g. He probably plays a lot and thinks a lot about the game and puts his effort to it.

Korean players don't have the "gene" or "natural skills" for starcraft. It's just that they play a lot and dedicate their entier career to it. For e.g. a typical starcraft pro in korea would play 12-14 hours per day + group discussion within the groups + in house competition. In such condition, it is very hard to fall behind.

My point is, we shouldn't blame Koreans for dominating the tournies but instead we should criticize foreign players. Hence, we do not and should not make any restrictions on such issue.
epik640x
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1134 Posts
April 10 2012 00:27 GMT
#249
On April 10 2012 09:23 Mohdoo wrote:
Perhaps if the Korean pros didn't do everything in their power to conspire against foreigners, we'd have games where it isn't obvious that the Korean knew exactly what the foreigner was doing. When was the last GSL match where it wasn't obvious Naniwa's opponent knew what build he was gonna use?


This is wishful thinking on Naniwa's part. His xenophobia and paranoia is destroying him.
kinglemon
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany199 Posts
April 10 2012 00:27 GMT
#250
On April 10 2012 08:53 tranmillitary wrote:

Ask yourself this question, if you put up 100 000 dollars of your own money, u would want TT1 and incontrol to play in the round robin over Nestea and MKP? No one is gonna pay money to watch TT1 or incontrol play a close game. People will pay just to watch Nestea or MKP.

Take some business courses people. It's easy as cash flow/stability.



how about people wanting to see idra versus cruncher in an american final for the american crown compared to some random koreans that are only better players.

take some business courses right ?

and the national scene, especially in america, don't really has a chance to build and grow itself if the only place to win some money and pride are the tournament slaughterfests we have right now.

On April 10 2012 08:49 epik640x wrote:
Why is Brazil so good at soccer?

There is a history and culture. Passion and a foundation of development for youth and a deeper understanding throughout the entire system as well as the positive outlook from the rest of society.

Nobody asks why are they good when they do well or try to get them banned? They're just good and you enjoy the beautiful game.

This sort of constant whining about a nation displaying such dominance is really pathetic.



your argument is pathetic.
brazil only comes every 4 years to compete for the title and to show their skills.
in starcraft brazil is coming every 2 weeks to demolish everybody.

tranmillitary
Profile Joined August 2011
210 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-10 00:29:11
April 10 2012 00:28 GMT
#251
My final take on this issue. Watching nestea talking to MC while being down 2-0 to squirtle... and coming up with 2 great strategies to tie up the series... this is great. 3 hatch slow lings? These are the things that Idra/stephano or any foreigner will never do. Watching stephano and idra play is so bland. I'm not bashing them but this is how every game idra/stephano goes:

3 hatch macro up and try to drone up to 80, if someone pushes around 9 mins, make roaches and try to hold off, lings/banes/roaches til BL's, than BL's, infestors, queens. Every single game. People seriously want to see that every game?

We need the best stars of the world to showcase their skills. Just like MMA vs stephano... 5 prong attacks with 4 manner sensor towers in the same area. manner mules to block off stephano's troops that are running home. Why watch jump shooting players when you can see dunking??
jinorazi
Profile Joined October 2004
Korea (South)4948 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-10 00:31:15
April 10 2012 00:28 GMT
#252
On April 10 2012 07:43 KaptenCulpa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2012 07:28 jinorazi wrote:
korea actually does this with pro basketball (limited number of foreign players in the team), not sure about other sports.

i'm against it, i'm not sure why any of foreign players would agree to it either.

if the tournament is about being best of the best, why does race matter? world championship is a different matter (fair diversity like worldcup/olympics). not only that, mlg/ipl has had far greater % of foreign players attending...its just that koreans end up on top.

people were rooting for stephano like no other. foreigners need to improve their skill so we get more treats like this, organizers shouldn't have to manipulate regulations to achieve this

it sounds like you're sayingn lets cater to the foreigners so they have a chance if there are fewer koreans. this is retarded.

i may be biased though...i'm personally enjoying this korean domination ^_^



On competition that comes to mind is the olympic games where there are restriction on how many players each country can have in diffrent events. I mean Canada could probably qualify 3 hockey teams if the where allowed to.

I have no problems with koreans winning every tournament. The best players should win. But i don't think turning international events in to Korean nationals is a good idea. Send the Korean top players to international events and kick some ass. I love to have them at international events. But just because 90 of the 100 best players in the world are Korean doesn't mean that all international competitions should have that composition of nationalities.


like i said, there were more foreign participants in mlg/ipl but koreans came up top.

you're suggesting artificially manipulating the regulations to allow fewer koreans, hence lower chance of them dominating all the top spots. the problem is (as example), 10 koreans out of 100 players are placing top 8, you want to fix this...how? if you want to regulate koreans to just 5 players so if they do go on top, they can dominate only 5 spots, what will you do with 80%(made up) american participants?
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wwowz
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada156 Posts
April 10 2012 00:28 GMT
#253
On April 10 2012 09:23 Mohdoo wrote:
Perhaps if the Korean pros didn't do everything in their power to conspire against foreigners, we'd have games where it isn't obvious that the Korean knew exactly what the foreigner was doing. When was the last GSL match where it wasn't obvious Naniwa's opponent knew what build he was gonna use?


Foreign players should do that too then. Why not?
i)awn
Profile Joined October 2011
United States189 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-10 00:29:15
April 10 2012 00:28 GMT
#254
Everyone should be there because of their skill not because they are best in their country. In some countries SCII is not popular at all and the best player there is mile behind the rest.

Still, however, it's vital to have a good diversity of players in international tournaments, at the end of the day it's an international tournament.

Regarding how to get more foreigners in tournaments, it's not about working "harder", those players are already working very hard, I don't think the Koreans are working harder and the rest of the world is lazier or something. ESports in general is way more popular in Korea, especially starcraft. We need to promote e-sports and sc2 more in the rest of the world and make them more popular. When we achieve that, we'll see more "foreigners" in tournaments.
xBillehx
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States1289 Posts
April 10 2012 00:30 GMT
#255
The solution isn't to ban or limit good players from events, it's to build an infrastructure. You can't build an infrastructure by banning players, I don't know why people even think this solves the problem.

A lot of it lies with foreign players unwillingness to sacrifice. It's not like Koreans are rich bastards paying for fancy mansions and steaks every night for dinner. They manage because they're willing to sacrifice a lot. Few of them are going to school, most of them share rooms with about 4 other people and they do nothing else but play. They pool together whatever resources they have, pitch their plight to sponsors and use that money to buy ramen and small apartments.

But there's also the geographical factor. There needs to be a centralized location in the US/EU that runs tournaments like the GSL. It has to be somewhere with cheap living and an Arena nearby so players all have a place to set up camp. With a place like that, and people willing to move there, live off ramen in small apartments while not having to pay a fuckton on plane tickets to get to the event, just maybe people will have the will to get better.

Neither of these two areas have anything to do with Koreans coming over and winning international tournaments. Players aren't going to suddenly start pooling together resources, living together and practicing if they can just get by placing high in tournaments that restrict the amount of really good players. Instead you're asking for low level tournaments with bad play because players are content with being incompetent.
Taengoo ♥
Bart
Profile Joined November 2010
494 Posts
April 10 2012 00:31 GMT
#256
after every tournament, this kind of thread pops up. I think there should be just one thread for ppl to whine about Koreans. BAN all the other threads!!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | Fan of: MKP, Select, MC, Kripp, Purge, JP, Qpad Red Pandas
jax1
Profile Joined March 2012
Sweden35 Posts
April 10 2012 00:31 GMT
#257
I feel like people from eu and us have more personality except mc and mkp thats maybe because we see them more or something, but the koreans play all day in a house you have to be a little mad for that. Like mma hes maybe be sexy but hes boring as hell to.
rysecake
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2632 Posts
April 10 2012 00:33 GMT
#258
I'm all for promoting mediocrity too.

//retardation
The Notorious Winkles
SupLilSon
Profile Joined October 2011
Malaysia4123 Posts
April 10 2012 00:33 GMT
#259
On April 10 2012 09:28 wwowz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2012 09:23 Mohdoo wrote:
Perhaps if the Korean pros didn't do everything in their power to conspire against foreigners, we'd have games where it isn't obvious that the Korean knew exactly what the foreigner was doing. When was the last GSL match where it wasn't obvious Naniwa's opponent knew what build he was gonna use?


Foreign players should do that too then. Why not?


Oh look. Koreans have the same sense of nationalistic pride that those who want to see them limited have. How ironic.
setzer
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3284 Posts
April 10 2012 00:33 GMT
#260
On April 10 2012 09:23 Mohdoo wrote:
Perhaps if the Korean pros didn't do everything in their power to conspire against foreigners, we'd have games where it isn't obvious that the Korean knew exactly what the foreigner was doing. When was the last GSL match where it wasn't obvious Naniwa's opponent knew what build he was gonna use?


So among being good Koreans also commit the high felony crime of WORKING TOGETHER? Maybe if foreigners did that instead of mindlessly ladder grind they might actually get somewhere in tournaments.
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