MarineKing Fan Club - Page 119

You know, this whole Odyssey, as Chobopeon put it so nicely, has been amazingly rewarding!

I've never really been "into" sports or other team activities. I played some soccer, several martial arts, followed F1 for a bit, but never been so passionate about anything.

When I first bought SC2, it was because 2 friends already had it, and they had to convince me to try it as well. I was really hesitant, they had a 6 month head start, and I didn't really like RTS games either. But when I saw the game lying around at a store, I took it in my hands and thought "Why not…" My gf was away from home for 6 months, and I had time to kill anyways...

I came home, installed the game. Played some practice games (with the rocks in front of your main) and found out that reapers are pretty cool
I started my placement matches soon after, lost them all but one, and got placed in the bronze league, where I lost ALL my matches. I started to watch some cast games (Husky etc) till I stumbled on the GSL. I kinda liked the foreigners then, and was rooting for Jinro (he was doing a lot of 1-1-1 openings which I mimicked as ppl said it was good and versatile). He had to play some kid with a ridiculous name "MarineKing". I remember him taking a game of Jinro with a hidden gold expo, I was pissed off But then that final game came, on Xel'Naga Caverns, where MKP did his signature 1 rax FE into 4 rax marine pressure. MKP won me over right there and then! (I'm sorry I dropped you Jinro )
So after that game, I started watching his other games from GSL 4 and I saw the NaDa games and I was awestruck. Then I watched his whole run as BoxeR in GSL 2 after looking him up on Liquipedia and I have to say, I became obsessed I wrote down his builds, tried them on ladder as I finally started to win stuff and got out of bronze, followed all of his matches, became a member of this fanclub, … And I nearly cried as well when he lost against Mvp.

MKP is the main reason I love this game so much. He is such a nice, colorful guy that wears his heart on his sleeve whom I can't help but like ^^ His games are (mostly) so entertaining, his whole attitude is just awesome. Seeing him play makes me want to play more. He is why I'm still playing this game. When I found out there were plans to raise money and send him to Raleigh, I quickly signed up on reddit. Too bad he wanted to focus on GSTL then and he cancelled IEM Cologne as well. So the whole thing was cancelled. But when Orlando was nearing, the discussion started again and I just HAD to participate. MLG was awesome, but it lacked MKP Don't get me wrong, there are other players I like watching such as MMA, SeleCT or Mvp; but if there was a chance to watch MKP at MLG, I'd do everything in my power to get him there! So I chipped in a little and in less than 4 hours, we accumulated enough to send him to MLG Orlando!

From there, like I said, it's all been amazingly rewarding… The reactions on his twitter, the little thank you vid he recorded, the shout-out on the GSL, you could see he was really really grateful. Once there, he proceeded to rip through the Open Bracket and pool play showing stunning games, filled with friendly joking around and crazy strats. He was enjoying himself more than anything and it was a bliss to watch, even from home! Even after the tournament, when he went to the amusement parks, did the reedit attack thing, did small interviews, … he was all smiles, showed off all the stuff he bought (his owl and tiger, his Voldemort wand) trying his best to speak english all the time and he said "reedit" every 5 minutes, LOL It was really endearing.

On reddit, a post was made to mock the donation with a picture of MKP in a Mickey Mouse hat saying "this is what we paid 4k for" and I was like "yes… that's exactly why" Not only did he perform superbly at MLG, he had an amazing time there. For me, it was the best money I ever spent!

By now, my gf is back home, and it's been kind of a struggle to divide time between her, work, watching sc2 and playing sc2 But for this weekend, she let me organize this SC weekend with some friends (our anniversary weekend to note), and I really had a blast! Best present ever

I don't know why I'm writing this down… I think I just want to share my joy in seeing someone else enjoying himself, LOL

So I guess this will be the 8th time or so he drops to the eventual winner of a major tournament?
This is sad, this was the perfect tournament/bracket for him. I hope his luck turns soon!