On February 11 2015 19:48 sitromit wrote: I'm very concerned about his future presence in foreign tournaments. Also, can he handle the strict Kespa discipline? Let's just hope for the best. They must have made him a hell of an offer.
KT have promised that he'll be allowed to practice like he has in the past
Skype insider info? They're giving him a free pass to do whatever he wants?? Oh wow...
He liked Startale (beyond the teammates, that is) so much because they made sure that he was comfortable in practice and so on. It's part of the reason he slumped - the coaching staff didn't really tell him to shape the fuck up until way later than they should have - but also part of the reason he usually does so well. It's his own recipe, one that has worked (for the most part) for 2.5 years, and KT recognize that they'd be fools to change a winning recipe too much.
Naturally, I think we'll see some priority changes - maybe fewer overseas tournaments, maybe more serious qualifier participation - as a result of his joining KT, but I don't think they'll be enormous. I only caught Life for like 4 sentences after the contract was signed, but he seems really giddy, so I think he got a great deal
Did you considered making a TL FE on Life careeer ? I'm not talking as in depth then "God of the Battlefield" since i don't think anyone can top that FE, but i'm sure it would be awesome and you sure are knowledgable about the guy.
On February 11 2015 19:48 sitromit wrote: I'm very concerned about his future presence in foreign tournaments. Also, can he handle the strict Kespa discipline? Let's just hope for the best. They must have made him a hell of an offer.
KT have promised that he'll be allowed to practice like he has in the past
Skype insider info? They're giving him a free pass to do whatever he wants?? Oh wow...
He liked Startale (beyond the teammates, that is) so much because they made sure that he was comfortable in practice and so on. It's part of the reason he slumped - the coaching staff didn't really tell him to shape the fuck up until way later than they should have - but also part of the reason he usually does so well. It's his own recipe, one that has worked (for the most part) for 2.5 years, and KT recognize that they'd be fools to change a winning recipe too much.
Naturally, I think we'll see some priority changes - maybe fewer overseas tournaments, maybe more serious qualifier participation - as a result of his joining KT, but I don't think they'll be enormous. I only caught Life for like 4 sentences after the contract was signed, but he seems really giddy, so I think he got a great deal
Did you considered making a TL FE on Life careeer ? I'm not talking as in depth then "God of the Battlefield" since i don't think anyone can top that FE, but i'm sure it would be awesome and you sure are knowledgable about the guy.
I have a wholly different FE-style article coming out soon, but a piece on Life is definitely up next when he wins GSL/NSSL. I have a list of bullet points and career milestones, but I would expand a lot on those rather than just have it be about his career. It would be more than that or I wouldn't see the point in writing it.
On February 12 2015 04:39 Keeemy wrote: Maybe now Life can and will become the bonjwa SC2 deserves
He is very close... Just wait for gsl and starleague finals.
Lol he's nowhere near close. JD in BW won 6 Korean tournaments with multiple other very high finishes and still isn't. Not even Mvp is near.
Like a lot of people, you get too stuck on the numbers and not enough on the feeling. When there is consensus, when everyone agrees that a player is the sole favorite to win every tournament he enters and delivers on those expectations for some length of time (a period of between 6 months and a year, most likely), then a player is by definition a bonjwa. The sole dominant in a scene. The number of titles is less significant, but with Blizzcon/DHW 2nd/IEM/GSL/NSSL/IEM WC (in a perfect world, that is), he would have an unbeatable record and certainly bonjwa-level.
On February 11 2015 19:48 sitromit wrote: I'm very concerned about his future presence in foreign tournaments. Also, can he handle the strict Kespa discipline? Let's just hope for the best. They must have made him a hell of an offer.
KT have promised that he'll be allowed to practice like he has in the past
Skype insider info? They're giving him a free pass to do whatever he wants?? Oh wow...
He liked Startale (beyond the teammates, that is) so much because they made sure that he was comfortable in practice and so on. It's part of the reason he slumped - the coaching staff didn't really tell him to shape the fuck up until way later than they should have - but also part of the reason he usually does so well. It's his own recipe, one that has worked (for the most part) for 2.5 years, and KT recognize that they'd be fools to change a winning recipe too much.
Naturally, I think we'll see some priority changes - maybe fewer overseas tournaments, maybe more serious qualifier participation - as a result of his joining KT, but I don't think they'll be enormous. I only caught Life for like 4 sentences after the contract was signed, but he seems really giddy, so I think he got a great deal
Did you considered making a TL FE on Life careeer ? I'm not talking as in depth then "God of the Battlefield" since i don't think anyone can top that FE, but i'm sure it would be awesome and you sure are knowledgable about the guy.
I have a wholly different FE-style article coming out soon, but a piece on Life is definitely up next when he wins GSL/NSSL. I have a list of bullet points and career milestones, but I would expand a lot on those rather than just have it be about his career. It would be more than that or I wouldn't see the point in writing it.
On February 12 2015 04:39 Keeemy wrote: Maybe now Life can and will become the bonjwa SC2 deserves
He is very close... Just wait for gsl and starleague finals.
Lol he's nowhere near close. JD in BW won 6 Korean tournaments with multiple other very high finishes and still isn't. Not even Mvp is near.
Like a lot of people, you get too stuck on the numbers and not enough on the feeling. When there is consensus, when everyone agrees that a player is the sole favorite to win every tournament he enters and delivers on those expectations for some length of time (a period of between 6 months and a year, most likely), then a player is by definition a bonjwa. The sole dominant in a scene. The number of titles is less significant, but with Blizzcon/DHW 2nd/IEM/GSL/NSSL/IEM WC (in a perfect world, that is), he would have an unbeatable record and certainly bonjwa-level.
Sorry but Life is nowhere near a Bonjwa. Other than not having won enough Korean titles. He just is too inconsistent, for a couple of months he looks like the best Zerg in the world and then for another few months he's playing at a much lower level, even being stuck in code A for a long time in 2013. Even without the 5-6+ Korean titles that the BW Bonjwas had, they still had other extremely high finishes with multiple top4 placements along with their multiple first place finishes. Life only has had 2 (If you include Blizzard cup) and 1 ro4.
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