Nony in korea... NICE. - Page 19

On January 14 2009 16:08 GTR-2-Go wrote:


theory;

pokju = saddles
bisu = kwark?!??!

On January 14 2009 16:06 Jyvblamo wrote:
Hey hey now, even a progamer got manner-forged recently in the proleague.

On January 14 2009 14:19 CaucasianAsian wrote:


I agree with this so much. Seems to me all of the young bloods who are newer to the scene, who don't even know of NookS, NerO, Saddles, JulloPud, are questioning him if he is even good at starcraft. There was a debate maybe a year ago, about if a top tier foreigner could beat a progamer from the 2001-2002 ages. And it was eventually decided that the answer is no, the skill level hasn't changed that much, there's just a lot more people who have been able to get onto that amazing level.

As much as people want to say, Starcraft really hasn't changed that much. There was still 2 factory pushes, there was fast expansions, the game really hasn't changed much. Sure there is a vast amount of new players, newer pros, but that doesn't mean that the top tier players from a few years earlier haven't just been surpassed insanely. They just lose a lot of interest.

In the time of Saddles and NerO, they were considered some of the top players in the United States. Everyone who competed competitively, even in 2005 knew of these players. During the time of Saddles, the top Canadian player was Fayth, and Testie was some UsEast hacker. I'm guessing this is when Saddles left the scene.

If he left at that time, don't go jump on a bandwagon saying he is a fool, just because Testie was a great player a year or two ago. I remember hearing stories of a preliminary match in 2004 when Testie showed up to WCG LAN and had his keyboard unplugged from a computer and just spammed his hotkeys while waiting for a game. He ended up winning the match, and everyone was surprised because he was a known hacker. Much like Dino beating iNControl this year in WCG Regionals.

Do I think Saddles is a great player? I know he used to, if he practiced a lot and got back into his old condition, I believe he could reclaim being one of the best in the United States within a month.

On January 14 2009 16:35 Divinek wrote:
rei is almost as bad as saddles. He beat decent players but you're not naming names and no reps are getting put up of it? He hasn't beaten anyone decent.

On January 14 2009 16:47 rei wrote:


i'm bad because i don't feed you guys materials to flame?

On January 14 2009 15:48 rei wrote:
lol he just beat a B/B- in pvp, again not naming anyone

On January 14 2009 16:47 rei wrote:


i'm bad because i don't feed you guys materials to flame?

On January 14 2009 16:54 Kwark wrote:
I kind of resent being called a B- anyway. The gap between B- and B+ is pretty huge.

On January 14 2009 16:54 Kwark wrote:
I kind of resent being called a B- anyway. The gap between B- and B+ is pretty huge.

On January 14 2009 07:09 Dealer wrote:


Is that a joke? When i used to play seriously i considered a maximum of 3 to be very good, some decent and some not even a challenge.
Unlike you i dont have losing records against more then 1 or 2 on that list.

On January 14 2009 16:47 rei wrote:


i'm bad because i don't feed you guys materials to flame?