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On November 15 2011 22:47 nazR wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2011 22:34 Aserrin wrote:On November 15 2011 22:23 Velr wrote:On November 15 2011 22:11 BrosephBrostar wrote:On November 15 2011 21:59 FoxSpirit wrote:On November 15 2011 21:32 BrosephBrostar wrote:On November 15 2011 21:24 monkh wrote:
I'm right in thinking none of the SC2 talk shows talked about Stephano's practice schedule? What is there to talk about? Either he's lying and he really practices more than 3 hours a day, or he's telling the truth and the game is a joke. The article said 4 hours. And a sports where you can excel if you train 4 hours a day and are prodigious is a joke? Michael Phelps trains nearly 5 hours, 7 days a week. And we know what he achieved. Or maybe it's just that swimming is a joke? Or maybe chess is a joke? Because many top players also put up around 4 hours each and every day. Every day. Do yourself a favour and don't stick to that train of thought. It's pretty disadvantageous in life, ya know. Best regards, Fox So then are you going to argue that Stephano is just so good that he gets twice as much out of practice as other players? Or that the Korean teams are wrong and have been wasting their time all these years? If that's the case I hope someone shows them the light soon so they can stop wasting their youth pointlessly trying to get good. You bound the legitimacy of a sport/sc2 to the amount of training/day required to excel. Thats retarded logic. Thats all. You tell that to olympic weightlifters, who train over 10 hours a day at least 6 days a week. Even soccer players train 6-8 hours every session. I don't think you're right, because there is a physical limit to the amount of training your body can receive, when there are none or almost none with SC2
Body and mind are connected. Old school notions claim one should exercise more, but new school, science-backed training methods stress getting significantly more rest so one can recuperate properly.
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Nais write, epic read. Haha that was cool stuff
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Wow, what an epic picture! lol.
I see MC and Puma lying dead, and is that QXC with turban on his head looking up to Stephano? 
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This is very impressive. Probably my favorite read since the "God of the Battlefield" article. Well done mate, this is glorious.
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amasing article here. that's why we love the TL writing and illustrating staff, outstanding content 
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nice post really like it
especially love the picture (eventhough i dont understand why stephano had to be a half naked woman lol)
huk and mc look best on it imo
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Look to MMA, MVP, DRG, Nestea and 10 more Koreans. They play high level matches 3 days before Providence in Korea, fly to the US, need to play a SHITTON of games, and still people will put their chances above players who have been "chilling" in the US. It has to be said that the foreign contenders, also have all been traveling a ton themselves, or even come from Korea. IdrA is probably the only exception, and guess where he is going next year... Korea.
The other way around doesn't apply at all. All the foreigners going to Korea lose the first week. Every single player who enters code A the first time dies, horrible. All blame jetlag, needing to adapt, etc etc.
I am happy for Stephano, IdrA, HuK and others with recent Bo3 victories on US and EU ground. It is a change, but this article goes a bit too far, while it is still skeptical here and there.
And there are other points that I feel a bit untouched by this article, like the EG house. I don't really see the results, without doubt players like iNcontroL, Axslav, StrifeCro, Machine and DeMuslim have improved. But is it really due to the teamhouse? I see the EG teamhouse more like a place where they live together and have a great time. Which is awesome.
I don't know about this.
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Did anyone else come into this article thinking that it was referring to Non-Terrans? :'D
Either way, nice read, good article.
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Koreans have been at the top for a few months, the top players over there reached the max of the learning curve way before any foreigners (excluding HuK, who is more korean than foreigner in sc2 terms anyway) and there's no question how much the Korean training regime has helped them establish their superiority.
However foreigners have had a few months to catch up since they play considerably less, but it was only a matter of time before they do, and this past October is only the start. Sooner or later we will have hundreds of players playing at the absolute top level and winning competitions will become pretty much a toss up between all of the competing players.
There is very little depth in SC2 especially compared to BW. There will never be any huge skill gap between the best players and the others anymore since there's just not enough variables to differentiate a player from another, and even if a player focuses hard on one particular aspect of the game for months it will still only be a little bit better than some others and just not worth investing that much into it, especially combined with the many random/luck elements in the game.
For those who like seeing foreigners win vs Koreans, It is only the beginning in my opinion.
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I'm so glad that someone else thinks of Stephano as a girl. First time i saw him/her at Take TV's Home Cup I thought, "Wow a girl that can compete with the boys, awesome." The name can be misleading. If his name was "Brutus" I'm sure I would have never thought that he was a she.
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On November 15 2011 22:23 Velr wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2011 22:11 BrosephBrostar wrote:On November 15 2011 21:59 FoxSpirit wrote:On November 15 2011 21:32 BrosephBrostar wrote:On November 15 2011 21:24 monkh wrote:
I'm right in thinking none of the SC2 talk shows talked about Stephano's practice schedule? What is there to talk about? Either he's lying and he really practices more than 3 hours a day, or he's telling the truth and the game is a joke. The article said 4 hours. And a sports where you can excel if you train 4 hours a day and are prodigious is a joke? Michael Phelps trains nearly 5 hours, 7 days a week. And we know what he achieved. Or maybe it's just that swimming is a joke? Or maybe chess is a joke? Because many top players also put up around 4 hours each and every day. Every day. Do yourself a favour and don't stick to that train of thought. It's pretty disadvantageous in life, ya know. Best regards, Fox So then are you going to argue that Stephano is just so good that he gets twice as much out of practice as other players? Or that the Korean teams are wrong and have been wasting their time all these years? If that's the case I hope someone shows them the light soon so they can stop wasting their youth pointlessly trying to get good. You bound the legitimacy of a sport/sc2 to the amount of training/day required to excel. Thats retarded logic. Thats all.
It's perfectly reasonable logic to call a game a fraud when one player can beat someone who trains twice as much just by having good "mentality."
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those are some strong arms on that lady
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The picture with Huk shaking hands with a Korean seems quite BM. In Korean you hold the hand you are not shaking with under the elbow of that you are shaking with. Having it in your pocket would be the SICKEST BM. :/
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This was a great read! It must have taken a very long time for you to complete!
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That picture crit me really hard
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Love this read! i Hope we keep showing good results!
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I think IdrA looks like he belongs in that era. He works that outfit so nicely.
Anyways, this article is interesting because of the while debate over practice. It is strange, some people work themselves up from bronze to diamond over the course of thousands of games, others play one game a day, making every second count, making that one game count, and next thing you know, they have about a hundred games and is in masters league.
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Good article but I dont like that you use the same banner as day9 use in an old article !!
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