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mog87
Profile Joined October 2008
United States1586 Posts
December 10 2009 05:05 GMT
#61
On December 10 2009 05:34 TDK wrote:
IdrA A+

What a baller

Seriously, can it be confirmed that he's the first foreigner to reach A+ by playing mostly koreans?



Someone said PJ did so by playing mostly koreans and was almost olympic...but I dont know if that statement was confirmed, either way its still a good accomplishment whether hes first second or third.
KurtistheTurtle
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1966 Posts
December 10 2009 06:24 GMT
#62
christ r1ch ive talked to you a bunch of times on irc about d2 stuff. you're here too?

r1ch is..everywhere
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
December 10 2009 10:03 GMT
#63
whoa, idra A+

go son!
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
December 10 2009 10:50 GMT
#64
nice as always
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
December 10 2009 11:49 GMT
#65
On December 10 2009 05:34 TDK wrote:
Seriously, can it be confirmed that he's the first foreigner to reach A+ by playing mostly koreans?

Both F91 and White-ra have gotten A+ in previous seasons, dunno about their records but they don't seem to care much about who they play.
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rel
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Guam3521 Posts
December 10 2009 11:53 GMT
#66
Wouldn't be surprised if sataNik never got to A+ before. He used to ladder A LOT. Maybe that was PGTour though.
I'll tank push my way into her heart. ☮♥&$!
ReiKo
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Croatia1023 Posts
December 10 2009 11:59 GMT
#67
Nice writeup, keep em' coming

Thanks!
DoX.)
Profile Joined December 2008
Singapore6164 Posts
December 10 2009 13:56 GMT
#68
On December 10 2009 00:29 Jakalo wrote:
Oh the suspense.
Go IdrA

Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
December 10 2009 16:35 GMT
#69
R1CH is awesome, along with the technobabble he brings.
AKA No can Dazzle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlTpX7z3Pok
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CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
December 10 2009 19:17 GMT
#70
Thanks R1CH.

Really interesting ladder information too. Sounds so tense to be close to the top now >.<
Very exciting stuff though, GL everyone
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
Loophole
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States867 Posts
December 10 2009 21:45 GMT
#71
Nice win R1ch! That replay was intense! lol. loved the interview too. As a programmer myself I always wondered about the TL setup.
"Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak." -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
December 10 2009 22:23 GMT
#72
ahah i looove R1CH's icon xD
cw)minsean(ru
TheFallofTroy
Profile Joined May 2009
Canada780 Posts
December 11 2009 04:50 GMT
#73
Ah, such a great article; like always.

Thanks a lot guys
^_^V
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22259 Posts
December 11 2009 05:32 GMT
#74
R1ch
Moderatorhttp://carbonleaf.yuku.com/topic/408/t/So-I-proposed-at-a-Carbon-Leaf-concert.html ***** RIP Geoff
SonuvBob
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Aiur21550 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-11 22:28:24
December 11 2009 05:52 GMT
#75
Here, I'll translate some of R1CH's wizard speak:

A lot of the work I do comes from staff requests

Translation:
All of the work I do comes from Hot_Bid requests


Hot_Bid is a cruel taskmaster who wields the todo list like a whip. I'm pretty sure in that LotR analogy, he's the one who decides to send Gandalf back to Middle Earth. "Hey Gandalf, can you just do this one more thing? It'll just take a second!"
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rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5464 Posts
December 11 2009 19:05 GMT
#76
do TL's coders do work on LP stuff too?
[formerly sponsored by the artist formerly known as Gene]
Pulimuli
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Sweden2766 Posts
December 11 2009 20:18 GMT
#77
On December 10 2009 20:49 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2009 05:34 TDK wrote:
Seriously, can it be confirmed that he's the first foreigner to reach A+ by playing mostly koreans?

Both F91 and White-ra have gotten A+ in previous seasons, dunno about their records but they don't seem to care much about who they play.



Both F91 and white-ra plays mostly koreans (atleast F91, since he's so close to korea they have the same hours)
EvilSky
Profile Joined March 2006
Czech Republic548 Posts
December 11 2009 21:05 GMT
#78
Is TSL-Leg Legionarie ¿?
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
December 11 2009 22:24 GMT
#79
Wow, this is really cool. Id love to learn what R1CH knows. PS his icon is baller.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
CubEdIn
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Romania5359 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-11 23:22:42
December 11 2009 23:22 GMT
#80
Nice post, but you list Artoisis and ignore Shaman? I know it's the national spirit in me talking, but come on, Shaman was one of the best terrans out there 'back in the day'. Even with not playing starcraft 'seriously' for ages he's still in top 48. And still winning any LAN event in Romania.
Im not a n00b, I just play like one.
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