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a-game
Canada5214 Posts
On May 19 2008 12:46 SonuvBob wrote: 4. Once TSL takes off, no one will care about WCG. :p not even close if TSL is still around next year then it will certainly help ease some of the pain though. *some* PS. i know you probably only intended for this to be taken 50% seriously  | ||
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New Zealand6138 Posts
On May 19 2008 16:07 a-game wrote: not even close if TSL is still around next year then it will certainly help ease some of the pain though. *some* I find your lack of faith disturbing! | ||
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Jayson X
Switzerland2431 Posts
a) Every good foreigner practise for this event like crazy to make it one hell of a show b) All who attend the event prepare something big to show our respect and love for the game (signs / go batshit crazy with cheers and screams / a big ass banner?) c) Keep it a secret to the koreans that it could be the last wcg for starcraft :D All in all whoever wins we should really pump some tought into this and end the wcg with a bang. | ||
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LxRogue
United States1415 Posts
Pros still practice 5 times as much, and the pro skill level seems to me to be increasing with no sign of stopping. The top 5-10 foreign players have stayed the same for years, while the top 5-10 pros are constantly changing. Although the TSL has been great, the overall skill gap is still very evident in my mind. | ||
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a-game
Canada5214 Posts
haha, sorry. i got lots of faith in our boys - but murphy's law has taught me to never count my chickens before they hatch | ||
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QibingZero
2611 Posts
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Holylight
Korea (South)460 Posts
#3 might also be the truth, since no one actually knows how the reaction will be with SC2 However I disagree with #2 since a korean has won the WCG every single time so far and people have been saying before that "a foreigner will win this year". However it hasn't happened and I don't see it happening this year either. Oh and if someone like Flash goes to WCG theres a good chance he will utterly destroy every foreigner in his path | ||
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BrutalMenace
United States1237 Posts
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StRyKeR
United States1756 Posts
The thing about latency changer -- sure, foreigners have had more practice on LAN games, but does that make that much of a difference vs. progamers? Progamers practice on LAN 24-7. If anything, they'll be like "finally I can play an opponent who can micro". It may give foreigners an edge, but to progamers that edge won't make them even flinch. | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
losing a series is another I just dont see it happening this year, there is still too big a gap in mechanics | ||
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
but the topic is really making me look forward to WCG this year. I think foreigner's play has picked up greatly, but so too has Koreans. I'd say the odds are very much in the Koreans' favor | ||
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anotak
United States1537 Posts
The first step though is getting rid of this preconception about the skill difference. I think if foreigners prepare correctly it will work. TSL is also lowering the nervousness issue. | ||
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SouL.EateR
Canada30 Posts
 Flash,  Stork,  Jaedong | ||
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Xeln4g4
Italy1209 Posts
If surely the general gaming level has increased, this won't mean that we would have players able to fight the Korean. I personally think that Draco and Mondragon will be the only guys who could counter the Korean players unless mass gaming in Korean allow Idra to come up with what he hasn't showed yet -> talent. But i doubt he will. Draco was one of the best non korean before Korea, now he is the absolute best P outside there and likely the best non korean gamer in general. He is showing his ridiculous superiority in TSL (sorry White-ra i love you too but he was just kidding vs you in the recent serie), none can really counter him and this will be clear to everyone once he beat Nony and then IF/Brat. His gaming abilities are just too much for everyone else. Other non korean hopes i believe are in Mondragon, who beside losing unexpecteddly to Dreiven has still a great potential, especially in an era where there are so many P players. Strelok and the other guys are really good players but you can't cope with people who does this for living. Only one of "us" can, the one who did this for living for at least 6 months, read Krzysztof Draco Nalepka. I saw his face after loosing in the last 2 WGC final and i tell you one thing, this won't happen again. The polish will begin his redemption winning the TSL. Anyway, i agree with you as far as the two will be Draco and Mondi. The FLAGS of our game! ;-) | ||
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Hyperionnn
Turkey4968 Posts
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teamsolid
Canada3668 Posts
And THEN the only foreigners I believe have a real chance of taking a Bo3 are JF, Draco, Mondragon and Nony, This is all assuming of course that they don't send Flash or Jaedong. | ||
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2BearqLoza
134 Posts
On May 19 2008 17:37 SouL.EateR wrote: they shud just send the top 3 players, and guarentee the wcg gold, Flash, Stork, JaedongI have to agree.... Stork took gold last year.... Jaedong ran over Stork after WCG, and Flash ran over Jaedong.... I dont think any non Korean gamer can beat Stork in finals, and I think there is NO WAY any non Korean gamer can beat Jaedong or Flash..... If they take 1 game from flash, they can be veeeery happy...... Kid is just TOO good........ Last 17 games he played, he lost only 2. He raped Stork, Bisu, Anytime, Jaedong, and many others..... Last WCG Koreans showed dominance..... when we were looking their games, we could see the difference. And after that WCG, Jaedong and Flash raised the level of games even higher...... Good luck............ | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17743 Posts
On May 19 2008 14:31 [X]Ken_D wrote: I forgot about the LAN Latency. When I notice that the TSL replays look like semi-pro games I thought it was just the quality of the players. LAN setting makes a HUGEEE difference. MasterOfChaos deserves to be include in Starcraft wikipedia for his Latency Changer. It's revolutionary because it finally allows people to play at their fullest potential with people around the world instead of limiting to LAN. i agree about how awesome moc is but i disagree about the replays looking like semi-pros. Korean amateurs yes but semi-pro is stretching it. | ||
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Hyperionnn
Turkey4968 Posts
On May 19 2008 22:05 2BearqLoza wrote: Last WCG Koreans showed dominance..... when we were looking their games, we could see the difference. And after that WCG, Jaedong and Flash raised the level of games even higher...... Good luck............ Wat? Imo, koreans struggled hardest in WCG 2007, Pj vs Savior, Stork is about to lose 2nd game in final, as Pj attacked really poorly in his natural, only 1 Korean in Semi-Final, i am pretty sure that this is not a dominance. | ||
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