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Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
June 06 2012 12:36 GMT
#81
So people wanted sc2 to be professional like BW

> Koreans practice all day every day to become better than everyone else

> Foreigners who practice less lose to them

> Ban the Koreans, they are working too hard! ESPORTS!
Corsica
Profile Joined February 2011
Ukraine1854 Posts
June 06 2012 12:36 GMT
#82
On June 06 2012 21:25 DwD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 21:22 Corsica wrote:
On June 06 2012 21:19 Hassybaby wrote:
On June 06 2012 21:17 Naniwa wrote:
On June 06 2012 21:16 Hassybaby wrote:
Damn people who practice the game more winning!

Right?



foreigners dont have same conditions as the koreans shut your mouth if you just jump on the bandwagon response


The EG, fnatic and TL houses would like to disagree



Koreans can play the game for the whole day, most of the foreigners have to study/work and dont have good infrastructure.


And that's the koreans fault? .. Lol for myself I'd rather watch the best players than having a charity event for bad foreigners



Nope, thats how world works some get good gamers, some get oil some weapons, some good footballers.
Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
June 06 2012 12:36 GMT
#83
On June 06 2012 21:22 Corsica wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 21:19 Hassybaby wrote:
On June 06 2012 21:17 Naniwa wrote:
On June 06 2012 21:16 Hassybaby wrote:
Damn people who practice the game more winning!

Right?



foreigners dont have same conditions as the koreans shut your mouth if you just jump on the bandwagon response


The EG, fnatic and TL houses would like to disagree



Koreans can play the game for the whole day, most of the foreigners have to study/work and dont have good infrastructure.


So does most Koreans... Koreans can practice way more, but not because of their studies.
Hell, it's about time
zefreak
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States2731 Posts
June 06 2012 12:36 GMT
#84
On June 06 2012 21:35 Cyberonic wrote:
I wrote a blog entry about this matter and what I think is really the problem with Korean dominance: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=342874


The problem is with you, not the tournament. It's not MLG's fault you are just another braindead sports fan who only cares about rooting for the home team.
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Klonere
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Ireland4123 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-06 12:39:35
June 06 2012 12:37 GMT
#85
On June 06 2012 21:27 Flayer. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 21:17 Naniwa wrote:
On June 06 2012 21:16 Hassybaby wrote:
Damn people who practice the game more winning!

Right?



foreigners dont have same conditions as the koreans shut your mouth if you just jump on the bandwagon response

can you elaborate this, since you have the first hand experience?
we see EG Lair and other houses' conditions. what are the differences that they don't have?


i think the living conditions that foreigner houses have are usually of a higher standard than Korean teamhouses, even though most of the important Korean teams have reasonable accommodation.

What Nani is talking about, I think, is that Koreans have several advantages simply by being in Korea and speaking Korean.

A) Access to high skilled, experienced coaches. All of the big SC2 Korean teams have coaches that are often ex BW coaches as well as being high masters SC2 players. These coaches know how to formulate new strategies, search for proper practice partners, identify weaknesses in opponents and create training regimes for the entire house as well as looking after everything else.

B) Extreme population density. All the major Korean SC2 teams live within around a ~4 hour radius of each other (I think). They can get to and from GOM easily and have access to each other and the talent pool within Seoul and Korea in a very short distance. Additionally the concentration of high skilled, professional players on Korean ladder makes it infinitely better training than any other comparable ladder as well as being an amazing resource for finding appropriate practices partners.

C) The BW legacy. Koreans in SC2 have all had some sort of exposure to the BW scene in Korea. Whether they are ex-BW pros, semi-pro players or just fans, they all have some sort of knowledge of the scene. BW had the highest level of professionalism in any esport ever, meaning that these SC2 pros know inherently how to 'be' a pro due to having native role models to follow. Futhermore, having the BW legacy makes pursuing a progaming career that much more acceptable (although not as widely accepted as we would like to think). Ergo it is ok for guys like Maru and Creator to skip out school to practice and participate. It makes it easier for the unknowns in the scene to rise up and train really hard, not having to concentrate on much else (even those who have to find success, ie Polt)

Douillos
Profile Joined May 2010
France3195 Posts
June 06 2012 12:37 GMT
#86
I just read the title of this thread. "Stop the korean domination?"

HOW COME THIS IS STILL OPEN? ITS A DISGRACE ON THIS WEBSITE!!!
Look a giraffe! Look a fist!!
Dissonance23
Profile Joined September 2010
United States259 Posts
June 06 2012 12:37 GMT
#87
On June 06 2012 21:17 Naniwa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 21:16 Hassybaby wrote:
Damn people who practice the game more winning!

Right?



foreigners dont have same conditions as the koreans shut your mouth if you just jump on the bandwagon response


You mean the foreigners are just worse than the Koreans? The only people the foreigners can blame for being behind is theirselves, if they worked harder they would play better.
TheUltimate
Profile Joined August 2011
82 Posts
June 06 2012 12:37 GMT
#88
There are still plenty of foreigners in foreign tournaments - MLG's not the only major tournament. Also, until recently the Korean contingent in any particular foreign tournament has actually been quite small compared to the number of foreigners - the only reason we see so much of the Koreans is because they always dominate the opposition and wind up in the finals. The pool play of this MLG is obviously far more skewed to Koreans, but it's hardly their fault that they have dominated the foreigners in every past MLG.

And frankly I think your characterisation of Koreans of all being the same (eating noodles and playing a lot) is simply racist - if you bother to get involved in the Korean scene at all you'll notice all of their attitudes, playstyles and behaviour is almost as varied as the westerners - though it lacks some of the BM. There are still rivalries, storylines, Just because you can't tell them apart doesn't mean others can't.

Finally, if we did restrict the number of Koreans, wouldn't that simply make an MLG win meaningless? "XXX won MLG, but that doesn't mean anything cause half the qualified top-tier players weren't allowed to compete." The foreign scene will take another few years to reach Korean standards, perhaps, but eventually it'll happen, and segregating the Koreans won't help speed things up.
Wildmoon
Profile Joined December 2011
Thailand4189 Posts
June 06 2012 12:38 GMT
#89
I want to see the best players.
NoGasfOu
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1117 Posts
June 06 2012 12:38 GMT
#90
You just have to blame foreign tournament hosts like MLG and IPL. If they don't pay airplane tickets and hotel for Korean players, they wouldn't risk paying 2k each and fly half way around the world over here to compete. Maybe coach Lee would send a couple players over, plus MC, that's it. If you don't want heavy number of Koreans in the tournaments, just tell those organizations! no just shouting out to nowhere.
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ExceeD_DreaM
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada500 Posts
June 06 2012 12:38 GMT
#91
Naniwa, maybe you should have posted that on your first comment. You were very vague and uninformative. Calling people 13 year olds because they disagree with you? I expected better and more mature comment after past incident... I see nothing has changed.
Dumbledore
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden725 Posts
June 06 2012 12:39 GMT
#92
The more koreans the come, the better, hence that we will see greater/better games^^
Have a nice day ;)
Lukeeze[zR]
Profile Joined February 2006
Switzerland6838 Posts
June 06 2012 12:39 GMT
#93
On June 06 2012 21:33 Calis5 wrote:
Its people like the OP that gets terran nerfed (the objectively hardest race played by the best koreans) and Protoss/Zerg buffed (the go to choice for foreigners because you can just a-move)


How did you manage to insert a balance whine in this thread ? Seriously you're a genius :D
Terran & Potato Salad.
Dingobloo
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia1903 Posts
June 06 2012 12:39 GMT
#94
WCS is providing exactly the experience you want and it'll have qualifiers for the US portion at MLG, there's no reason to completely toilet the skill level of the main tournament just to cater to your non-Korean bias especially given the various other side-shows going on at this event.
zefreak
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States2731 Posts
June 06 2012 12:40 GMT
#95
On June 06 2012 21:38 ExceeD_DreaM wrote:
Naniwa, maybe you should have posted that on your first comment. You were very vague and uninformative. Calling people 13 year olds because they disagree with you? I expected better and more mature comment after past incident... I see nothing has changed.


Why would you expect anything different? He is one of the most childish progamers in the scene (and one of the best). He is extremely paranoid and has a persecution complex, which is why he freaks out when he loses and thinks all the koreans are out to get him.
www.gosu-sc.com - Starcraft News, Strategy and Merchandise
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
June 06 2012 12:40 GMT
#96
In both the short and long term, tournaments made up by almost exclusively Korean participants will hurt the viewership of the tournaments. It is such an obvious fact. Yes, you hardcore fans who read and write on the TL forums will remain. But the casuals, the people who are necessary to fill out venues and to grow the scene (or keep it as is, aren't we actually experiencing dwindling viewership?) will disappear. Many don't have a problem with that. If you're solely interested in Korean SC2, well, then what does it matter?

But it will hurt the ability to have these tournaments in the first place.
Maxquatre
Profile Joined April 2011
France493 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-06 12:41:57
June 06 2012 12:40 GMT
#97
On June 06 2012 21:35 LimitSEA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 21:33 Maxquatre wrote:
On June 06 2012 21:31 Calis5 wrote:
On June 06 2012 21:28 Maxquatre wrote:
On June 06 2012 21:25 JebOfArabia wrote:
Esports is a global phenomenon played on a global stage. Koreans are the best. Limiting the number of Koreans at foreign tournaments would end up creating a kiddy league for foreigners while the grownups duke it out in Seoul. No thanks. Korean teams are much better established and financially flush. Foreign players and team will get better as esports grows in NA and EU.


Look at the LoL scene, its success also come from the fact they can see much more western countries teams rather than 8 team out of 10 being korean.

No, its extremely successful becuase it is f2p and very easy to get into. The Koreans are already beginning to dominate western teams.


Still, foreigners are still represented by teams they can relate to.

Don't act like you're speaking for all foreigners. If this thread shows anything, it's that most foreigners support good players/teams over a "foreigner" tag. Maybe you prefer a team you can relate to because they're not Korean, but that doesn't mean all foreigners do.


We'll see that in time because it's pretty much written that next year, we'll have like 90% of people competing in MLG and tourney like that being not foreigners, due to Kespa.
I wonder how much the number of people watching will increase/decrease. Except for the hype at the beginning with BW stars.
WallieP
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands425 Posts
June 06 2012 12:40 GMT
#98
I so agree with this, sure Koreans should be allowed but there should be like a limit for each country or something... if i want to watch 16 koreans play i watch GSL, if i want to mostly "foreigners" i watch for example dreamhack... MLG was the tournament both came together but how it is right now its more like GSLv2 which makes it a lot less attractive for me

Ps: People calling this topic racism and asking for a close of this topic, get a life!
i came i saw i conquered
Netsky
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia1155 Posts
June 06 2012 12:41 GMT
#99
Speak for yourself - I'm a foreigner and all my favourite players are Koreans and I enjoy watching and learning from top level play.

If people are genuinely concerned about Korean dominance, just like in traditional sports there is separation of men and women in to different leagues and tournaments, the same can be applied in Starcraft with Koreans and foreigners.
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10025 Posts
June 06 2012 12:41 GMT
#100
On June 06 2012 21:37 Dissonance23 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2012 21:17 Naniwa wrote:
On June 06 2012 21:16 Hassybaby wrote:
Damn people who practice the game more winning!

Right?



foreigners dont have same conditions as the koreans shut your mouth if you just jump on the bandwagon response


You mean the foreigners are just worse than the Koreans? The only people the foreigners can blame for being behind is theirselves, if they worked harder they would play better.


you can practice as much as you want but if you dont have alot of high level players to discuss the game with you wont improve as fast as other players
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