Wow, I really hope TL never updates like Kotaku- takes forever load their website. Interesting read if slightly outdated in who they are choosing to interview.

mmdmmd

722 Posts

February 10 2011 21:48 GMT

#23

Kotaku needs to get the old site back. It's going down the digg's path.

bkrow

Australia8532 Posts

February 10 2011 21:51 GMT

#24

On February 11 2011 06:16 azr wrote:

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The new layout, plus the new review system they have been using the last months are why I have stopped using Kotaku.

This.

Cool to see an interview with FD i guess

schimmetje

Netherlands1104 Posts

February 10 2011 21:54 GMT

#25

On February 11 2011 06:48 mmdmmd wrote:
Kotaku needs to get the old site back. It's going down the digg's path.

It's ironic because Gawker spent a loooottt of time taking shots at Digg for their botched redesign. Though I guess that's not really relevant to the article, just an aside. For covering SC2 I will forgive them for now. But they'd better keep the coverage coming if they want to keep me visiting ><

Babaganoush

United States626 Posts

February 10 2011 22:12 GMT

#26

If you first read the article when it was published on the site a few days back, they actually modified it. They believed there was only two seasons of GSL and the article was entitled "The World’s *Best* StarCraft II Player Offers You The Most Delicious Fruit"

I wish FD was up to standards nowadays.

Edit: Haha, also the comments page was filled with complaints of how slow Kotaku is on the updates.... guess were all covered up.

Like a Boss

502 Posts

February 10 2011 23:09 GMT

#27

This interview is so 2010. Not interesting at all.

Zihua

Netherlands177 Posts

February 10 2011 23:16 GMT

#28

Pity I can't stand to go to that website anymore! iframes give me brain cancer.

moxley

United States65 Posts

February 10 2011 23:17 GMT

#29

Am I just misreading this, or does the first part of this paragraph not jive with the second part:

"My mother is always on my side, whatever my decision is," Kim says, adding that his mother always advises him to do his best.

Kim left home at age twenty and has been living alone ever since. His mother never visited him to show her belief in her son, Kim says."Oh wait, she visited me once when I was in the hospital for an operation, but she paid 3-hour long visit at that time," he adds with a laugh.

Tachion

Canada8573 Posts

February 10 2011 23:46 GMT

#30

I guess those comments from Byun(I think) are starting to make sense. He said FD doesn't practice enough and doesn't deserve Code S. That may very well turn out to be the case fairly soon.

Sufinsil

United States760 Posts

February 11 2011 01:18 GMT

#31

Wow the revamped site is annoying. I want my content in the middle.

Otherwise, great interview.

Tschis

Brazil1511 Posts

February 11 2011 01:19 GMT

#32

I thought it was a really small amount of info, but at least that's a start.

Hope they'll get interested into doing more and more

//tx

noodlesinsoup

United States106 Posts

February 11 2011 01:20 GMT

#33

On February 11 2011 05:35 SmoKim wrote:
best part when mainstream gaming sites makes stuff like this are the comments

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My eyes are literally bleeding.

Genovi

Sweden388 Posts

February 11 2011 01:27 GMT

#34

On February 11 2011 04:08 KevinIX wrote:
Wow, that sidebar on Kotaku is really annoying...wtf. Why am I so annoyed by this!

It's because the sidebar doesn't move with the rest of the page!! Gaah. And who the fuck puts a sidebar on the right side of a page!! And it doesn't have a scrollbar even though it scrolls!! GAAAH!!

Oh god you are so right. I hate whenever websites use that, its very counter intuitive.

On topic: Even if it is nice to see sc2 getting more mainstream gaming attention i think that a website/community/blog which is not taking esports seriously has no reason to be doing what they are doing. At some level it becomes like running a baseball website but only focussing on people playing catch in their front-yard.

With this interview i feel like they did a good job though and i hope to see them getting more involved in esports because it might be one of the best/most appropriately directed ways of getting pro-sc2 the attention it needs/deserves.

Still i feel a bit sad that FD didn't do this interview for TL for example

Vysen

United States79 Posts

February 11 2011 01:52 GMT

#35

It's crazy that he can "not practice that much" and still be so good.

Although he still probably practices a lot in western terms.

TheRPGAddict

United States1403 Posts

February 11 2011 03:10 GMT

#36

Pretty good interview, wish he would have talked about his life with TSL. I lol'd at that apm comment. 500 apm rofl Losira's spam doesnt even get that high.

Kamais_Ookin

Canada4218 Posts

February 11 2011 05:58 GMT

#37

Nice of Kotaku to initiate the interview with FD but I'm not very fond of the new layout.

Aragos

France182 Posts

February 11 2011 06:18 GMT

#38

Nice interview !

neo_sporin

United States516 Posts

February 11 2011 07:57 GMT

#39

Reminds me of....Marat Safin (I may have the wrong player, i never followed pro tennis THAT closely when i played, my second guess would be Moya?). Going into big tournaments he would only practice like 2-3 hours a day and got a lot of flack from other players and the media because he was SO FEAKING good for practicing so much less than someone else.
Side note that isn't so much like FD, whoever the player was explained it as
tennis is just a job to me, I don't love it and don't want to practice 8 hours a day. I make enough money at my level not working my butt off.

Also I hope this season can bring FD back to the top. I picked him for my fantasy team as I feel if hes practicing just ZvP for the next 1.5 weeks he should be up to snuff. Don't make me regret my decision!!!

Manimal_pro

Romania991 Posts

February 11 2011 08:49 GMT

#40

fruitdealer is right, if you have 150-200 apm without much spam you are doing a-ok