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DH Summer Preview Part 1: Can the Koreans be Beat? - Page 7

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MidnightZL
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden203 Posts
June 14 2013 14:38 GMT
#121
You know what the problem is? You got way to much repect for the koreans, they got an edge just because of that, they know you fear them like the devul. Naniwa and a few others are exceptions.
- I'm fairly certain YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people - Jack Black
Lunareste
Profile Joined July 2011
United States3596 Posts
June 14 2013 14:45 GMT
#122
Jaedong pls ;_;
KT FlaSh FOREVER
Deleted User 261926
Profile Joined April 2012
960 Posts
June 14 2013 15:33 GMT
#123
On June 14 2013 23:38 MidnightZL wrote:
You know what the problem is? You got way to much repect for the koreans, they got an edge just because of that, they know you fear them like the devul. Naniwa and a few others are exceptions.

It's 100% earned respect. See last WCS. You make it sound like it's more a psychological thing than a "skill" one.
Khai
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia553 Posts
June 14 2013 16:10 GMT
#124
On June 13 2013 20:25 Scrutinizer wrote:
Oh and
was gold.

+ Show Spoiler +
To describe the chance level of the foreigners + Show Spoiler +
God I love how it turned out like BW


I loled
Cattlecruiser
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States340 Posts
June 14 2013 16:23 GMT
#125
On June 15 2013 00:33 Karpfen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 14 2013 23:38 MidnightZL wrote:
You know what the problem is? You got way to much repect for the koreans, they got an edge just because of that, they know you fear them like the devul. Naniwa and a few others are exceptions.

It's 100% earned respect. See last WCS. You make it sound like it's more a psychological thing than a "skill" one.

Koreans have a HUGE gap on the foreigners in mechanics.
It is hard to say that "physiological" effect is causing the losses when the opponents usually have twice your apm.

It is true that SOME foreigners only aim towards getting the best results against other foreigners.
Elfi is a great example of a player not focusing on his mechanics, but focusing on individual matches.
On the other hand there are players like 8th_Major that has sacrificed his foreign results for the opportunity to improve his mechanics as a dish boy for a KeSPA team.
Foreigners understand how badly their mechanics will be torn apart by Koreans in the later stages.
trada
Profile Joined August 2012
Germany347 Posts
June 14 2013 17:06 GMT
#126
rootin for violet on this one
~
KristofferAG
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Norway25712 Posts
June 14 2013 17:07 GMT
#127
Screw the odds, I'm all out for TaeJa on this one. Should be good games either way. With all this Life hype I just hope someone else wins for the fun of it, but the competition isn't exactly amazing for him.
@KristofferAG | http://vestkyststoy.bandcamp.com | last.fm/user/KristofferAG
packrat386
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States5077 Posts
June 14 2013 17:10 GMT
#128
On June 15 2013 02:07 KristofferAG wrote:
Screw the odds, I'm all out for TaeJa on this one. Should be good games either way. With all this Life hype I just hope someone else wins for the fun of it, but the competition isn't exactly amazing for him.


Taeja isn't exactly the "screw the odds choice". I mean yeah Life is more favored, but hes still a top contender to take the tournament.
dreaming of a sunny day
oldahe
Profile Joined May 2010
Austria534 Posts
June 14 2013 18:23 GMT
#129
BEATEN
BadAim
Profile Joined September 2011
Norway879 Posts
June 14 2013 18:38 GMT
#130
Short answer, NO!

But I do hope we can give em a fight...
My esports soul belongs to: Boxer | White-Ra | Daigo Umehara | Nazgul | IceFrog
MinoMoto
Profile Joined June 2011
Latvia107 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-14 19:01:43
June 14 2013 19:01 GMT
#131
I pretty sure Koreans use some sort of drugs, which improves reaction and increases activity of brain.
Scville
Profile Joined May 2013
43 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-15 00:48:39
June 15 2013 00:46 GMT
#132
Life ''Surprisingly not-totally unbeatable''.

Liquid`TaeJa: ''Mostly unbeatable''

What?

Life isn't unbeatable because he lost the group of death against the top 5 players in the world and now they think Stephano, Snute, everybody can beat him, facepalm.
snakeeyez
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1231 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-15 01:11:51
June 15 2013 01:11 GMT
#133
Tournament is up for grabs I dont think any of the koreans are unbeatable the only tough heavily favored korean is really just life the rest are good of course but not unbeatable by any means. So should be a close tournament.
snakeeyez
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1231 Posts
June 15 2013 01:12 GMT
#134
On June 15 2013 04:01 MinoMoto wrote:
I pretty sure Koreans use some sort of drugs, which improves reaction and increases activity of brain.


They sure do its called practice and dedication.
blacksheepwall
Profile Joined June 2011
China1530 Posts
June 15 2013 04:00 GMT
#135
Very fun article. Nice work.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ // </3 Taeja
petered
Profile Joined February 2010
United States1817 Posts
June 15 2013 04:07 GMT
#136
I'm pretty confident Life will take this tourny. No one there is on his level.

I mean, obviously anyone can get cheesed out, nothing is a guarantee. Saying that Taeja is a safer bet for the semifinals is totally inaccurate, though (sorry Taeja, still love you man).
This, my friends, is the power of the Shikyo Memorial for QQ therapy thread. We make the world a better place, one chainsaw massacre prevention at a time.
petered
Profile Joined February 2010
United States1817 Posts
June 17 2013 21:46 GMT
#137
On June 15 2013 13:07 petered wrote:
I'm pretty confident Life will take this tourny. No one there is on his level.

I mean, obviously anyone can get cheesed out, nothing is a guarantee. Saying that Taeja is a safer bet for the semifinals is totally inaccurate, though (sorry Taeja, still love you man).


Oh hai, I'm here for the dumb predictions.

GG Teamliquid, GG.
This, my friends, is the power of the Shikyo Memorial for QQ therapy thread. We make the world a better place, one chainsaw massacre prevention at a time.
FearAndSurprise
Profile Joined August 2012
Canada48 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-17 23:03:25
June 17 2013 23:00 GMT
#138
On June 13 2013 19:54 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote:
(P)mYi.StarDust: Beatable
Stardust is another Korean who is playing out of Europe, and he is now presumably the best player in Switzerland. However his record since his arrival isn't particularly hot, as he was eliminated from the HSC 7 Europe qualifiers by Bunny. While Stardust may end up like ForGG or Daisy eventually, right now he's looking more like a Real.


Hahahaha, looks like NOT... Awesome tournament, Stardust :D

Edit: Except Lucifron was able to 2:0 him hehe
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
June 17 2013 23:09 GMT
#139
On June 14 2013 00:24 nkr wrote:
stardust won the ESET qualifiers yesterday

1-0 vs goswser
1-0 vs tefel
2-0 vs socke
2-0 vs HyuN
3-1 vs slivko

sign of things to come! just you wait waxangel



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