It's good that more foreigners are going to compete in the GSL, but sjow's mechanics are so sub par, and his entire game is dependent upon doing linear, easy, abusive strats, I just can't see him doing anything of note. He is just too ABC and mechanically handicapped.

Good luck though!

biskit

Australia355 Posts

October 24 2010 18:06 GMT

#44

gl gl

I hope he'd have fun too

cuppatea

United Kingdom1401 Posts

October 24 2010 18:44 GMT

#45

I don't think his play is that impressive but you can't argue with his results, he's probably overtaken Morrow as the most succesful player in Europe in recent weeks.

derwaynez

Germany3 Posts

October 24 2010 19:20 GMT

#46

On October 24 2010 23:13 gillon wrote:
Add to that, he's pretty good aswell. Then again, with the recent changes it might be hard to do as a terran.

hard as terran...LOL!

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Terrakin

United States1440 Posts

October 24 2010 20:03 GMT

#47

does anyone know if hes playing on KR ladder? I hope to see more Europeans other than TLO to qualify..

SmoKim

Denmark10305 Posts

October 24 2010 20:03 GMT

#48

mad props to SjoW, more foreigners should try to play in the GSL

hell, worse case scenario you get to visit Korea, c'mon pro's!

FliedLice

Germany7494 Posts

October 24 2010 20:12 GMT

#49

good luck

btw: he's already going to be the third swedish sc2 player in korea, right?

CoMMoDuS

Germany507 Posts

October 24 2010 20:34 GMT

#50

he really stands out to me from all the europeans terrans. not necessarily in achievements but in solid style of play. also i feel like the patch didnt affect him as much as others, just because he uses more thought through strategies.

Loophole

United States867 Posts

October 24 2010 20:47 GMT

#51

On October 24 2010 23:07 fatvirgin90 wrote:
doesn't look asain to me, hope the poor guy doesn't think he'll go far

That's just a ridiculous attitude. Maybe we should all just pack it up and never let anyone go to Korea if their not asian, right?

How does a guy in this thread get banned for joking around about terran OP, but straight racism in the first couple of posts is allowed?

butter

United States785 Posts

October 24 2010 20:51 GMT

#52

On October 25 2010 02:21 DreamScaR wrote:

Show nested quote +

In English it's actually pronounced "Show" I've asked him many times when casting his games.

So wait, is Beard trolling us when he pronounces it "ho"? I'm so confused.

laste

Bulgaria242 Posts

October 24 2010 22:40 GMT

#53

awesome to see more foreigners giving it a shot. hope he does well~

Sorkoas

549 Posts

October 24 2010 22:54 GMT

#54

he just needs to improve his macroing and multitasking in general and he can beat anyone by being a stable and strategically damn strong player in the same way fruitdealer and hopetorture made it to the finals last gsl

gl hf sjow =D

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

October 25 2010 00:31 GMT

#55

Gl to you!

Blueblister

Sweden321 Posts

October 25 2010 01:05 GMT

#56

On October 25 2010 01:46 YiukeDukem wrote:
IDK what the hell the majority of you guys are talking about, take a look at his matchlist here: http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/sc2-international/players/1777_SjoW/games#tblt-6107-2-1-DESC

Indeed. Also check out Gosu Gamers match database. Although you cannot view results in single games it makes up for it by having a more complete set of matches than TLPD.

On October 25 2010 05:51 butter wrote:

Show nested quote +

So wait, is Beard trolling us when he pronounces it "ho"? I'm so confused.

Gotta love Sjows choice of nick!

Anyways in Sweden phonology, "sj" can sound differently depending on which dialect you use and in which context its written, thereby spawning this flurry of confusion.

For example, most swedes I know choose to pronounce his name as "Tchow". + Show Spoiler +

Here using the ɕ sound, similar to the beggining of "chair" but with a t in front, i.e. "tch". Sound example of ɕ..

The latter part is definitely pronounced as "ho" though, the slang for American prostitutes.

Ferrose

United States11378 Posts

October 25 2010 02:06 GMT

#57

Hey, if he only qualifies, that may be enough to get him into the A league.

Zlasher

United States9129 Posts

October 25 2010 03:34 GMT

#58

This is pretty awesome, can't wait to see more and more foreigners show up for season 3, should be a lot more higher names that we've seen before since MLG and IEM and WCG and all these north american big name stuff will be on hiatus during season 3 GSL.

Sjow is also a freaking amazing player so this is just great to see.

Rasva_Pallo

Finland126 Posts

October 25 2010 06:18 GMT

#59

I wish him the best of luck. I think he can make into round of 32 in GSL.

GTR

51584 Posts

October 25 2010 06:39 GMT

#60

From my perspective, what sets him back is his mechanics. His APM isn't good enough (IMO) to compete with the best in Korea, and as long as his multitasking and mechanics aren't up to scratch to those of say, Hayder, he won't do well.

Hopefully he manages to fix this major problem before he goes to Korea.