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bypLy
Profile Joined June 2013
757 Posts
October 29 2013 05:50 GMT
#101
On October 29 2013 14:41 ZeromuS wrote:
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On October 29 2013 14:30 bypLy wrote:
On October 29 2013 13:41 vaderseven wrote:
On October 29 2013 13:32 bypLy wrote:
lol american way... polt is korean?


He did win the Korean WCS two times using this style. You are correct.


he actually won WCS America not Korea.

However, its sad that the author tries to imply an American way of playing starcraft. Thats just riciolous. The American league is flooded by Koreans. There is no American player under the Top50 according to WCS points.


Its just a joke, and the guy you replied to is the writer. Polt being American is one of the running gags in the SC2 community. He has completely embraced America though so its a little bit fitting.


i cant see whats funny about it, i find it just sad

whatever, the guide is great
Thieving Magpie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States6752 Posts
October 29 2013 06:07 GMT
#102
On October 29 2013 14:50 bypLy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2013 14:41 ZeromuS wrote:
On October 29 2013 14:30 bypLy wrote:
On October 29 2013 13:41 vaderseven wrote:
On October 29 2013 13:32 bypLy wrote:
lol american way... polt is korean?


He did win the Korean WCS two times using this style. You are correct.


he actually won WCS America not Korea.

However, its sad that the author tries to imply an American way of playing starcraft. Thats just riciolous. The American league is flooded by Koreans. There is no American player under the Top50 according to WCS points.


Its just a joke, and the guy you replied to is the writer. Polt being American is one of the running gags in the SC2 community. He has completely embraced America though so its a little bit fitting.


i cant see whats funny about it, i find it just sad

whatever, the guide is great


Its a hold over from the Stephano Days when people jokingly called him american for winning IPL, which was a hold over from artosis calling Korea vs World team america right before winking at the camera.

Its a joke as old as SC2 itself. Quit with the butt hurt.
Hark, what baseball through yonder window breaks?
bypLy
Profile Joined June 2013
757 Posts
October 29 2013 06:14 GMT
#103
On October 29 2013 15:07 Thieving Magpie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2013 14:50 bypLy wrote:
On October 29 2013 14:41 ZeromuS wrote:
On October 29 2013 14:30 bypLy wrote:
On October 29 2013 13:41 vaderseven wrote:
On October 29 2013 13:32 bypLy wrote:
lol american way... polt is korean?


He did win the Korean WCS two times using this style. You are correct.


he actually won WCS America not Korea.

However, its sad that the author tries to imply an American way of playing starcraft. Thats just riciolous. The American league is flooded by Koreans. There is no American player under the Top50 according to WCS points.


Its just a joke, and the guy you replied to is the writer. Polt being American is one of the running gags in the SC2 community. He has completely embraced America though so its a little bit fitting.


i cant see whats funny about it, i find it just sad

whatever, the guide is great


Its a hold over from the Stephano Days when people jokingly called him american for winning IPL, which was a hold over from artosis calling Korea vs World team america right before winking at the camera.

Its a joke as old as SC2 itself. Quit with the butt hurt.


i still dont get why you would pretend someone being from your country just because he won a tournement in that country. Not is it just poor for the one who claims it, but its also an insult towards the player and his true nation
vaderseven
Profile Joined September 2008
United States2556 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-30 06:16:08
October 29 2013 07:58 GMT
#104
To be specific I named the thread TvZ The American Way because of four factors:

#1 This was specifically used to win the finals of 2 different WCS AM tournaments.
#2 There is no 'american' TvZ style
#3 Polt lives in America, plays in America, wins in America... No other Terran has this going on.
#4 Its a catchy title that has an obvious joke of making fun of America, my home country, built into via an irony factor centered around the skill gap between Polt and every single American player.

If anyone thinks that Polt is being portrayed as an American they have poor contextual comprehension skills and will most likely not benefit from the analysis in the guide itself.

Jeez a style used to win an American tourament... TWICE... is IRONICLY called "the american way" (which I thought was clever as it implies that the american way to TvZ is just let a Korean do it)

On October 29 2013 14:30 bypLy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2013 13:41 vaderseven wrote:
On October 29 2013 13:32 bypLy wrote:
lol american way... polt is korean?


He did win the Korean WCS two times using this style. You are correct.


he actually won WCS America not Korea.

However, its sad that the author tries to imply an American way of playing starcraft. Thats just riciolous. The American league is flooded by Koreans. There is no American player under the Top50 according to WCS points.


If you think that I dont know what league Polt was playing in then you should just go back to Romania.

Even better is how there is a post between yours and mine lets take a look:

On October 29 2013 13:41 ZeromuS wrote:
Hello everyone!

I and some other TLStrat members were able to talk to Polt this weekend and we asked him if he saw the article that Vader here wrote on him. He said yes! He referenced it as "the very long one".

He was impressed by it and he said it was well written. When asked if we had given away all his secrets he said no (damn there's more learning to be done!) but he did say he needs to keep working on new builds now!



Can ya figure out that I wrote this by the context clues?

Makes me a bit sausy to have the best compliment possible for the work I put into this to be overshadowed by Romania lack of humor.

+ Show Spoiler +
There is more irony laced humor in this post and no actual anger fyi


LOL ty you for the pm.

+ Show Spoiler +


Original Message From bypLy:
catchy title in order to attrack peepz but in fact lying to them, pretending others results as if it is yours.

if this is the american way, its a shame...

guys like you ruin esports, why dont you contribute in a honest way? you have obviously some potential.

honest guys like polt study in america for the international experience, and get a good job when they come back. they lough behind peepz like you, trust me...

never mind


That's pretty priceless.

Look at the post below, some of Polt's bests fans know that he gets the joke and part of showing our love towards him is participating in the joke with him.
Thieving Magpie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States6752 Posts
October 29 2013 14:19 GMT
#105
On October 29 2013 15:14 bypLy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2013 15:07 Thieving Magpie wrote:
On October 29 2013 14:50 bypLy wrote:
On October 29 2013 14:41 ZeromuS wrote:
On October 29 2013 14:30 bypLy wrote:
On October 29 2013 13:41 vaderseven wrote:
On October 29 2013 13:32 bypLy wrote:
lol american way... polt is korean?


He did win the Korean WCS two times using this style. You are correct.


he actually won WCS America not Korea.

However, its sad that the author tries to imply an American way of playing starcraft. Thats just riciolous. The American league is flooded by Koreans. There is no American player under the Top50 according to WCS points.


Its just a joke, and the guy you replied to is the writer. Polt being American is one of the running gags in the SC2 community. He has completely embraced America though so its a little bit fitting.


i cant see whats funny about it, i find it just sad

whatever, the guide is great


Its a hold over from the Stephano Days when people jokingly called him american for winning IPL, which was a hold over from artosis calling Korea vs World team america right before winking at the camera.

Its a joke as old as SC2 itself. Quit with the butt hurt.


i still dont get why you would pretend someone being from your country just because he won a tournement in that country. Not is it just poor for the one who claims it, but its also an insult towards the player and his true nation


People chanted USA when Stephano won against Polt and Stephano found it funny, he even draped himself in an American flag in his next tournament to continue the joke. He didn't take it seriously much like we as the fans don't take it seriously because it's supposed to be funny that the only way the US stays relevant is vicariously through foreigners.

If you try to argue against this one more time I'm just going to assume you're trolling and stop wasting my time arguing with you.
Hark, what baseball through yonder window breaks?
vaderseven
Profile Joined September 2008
United States2556 Posts
November 03 2013 17:54 GMT
#106
Zerg players looking for inspiration on how to play vs this kind of game plan should def check out soulkey vs polt at the season 3 finals.

Especially the game on belshir.

That game showcases a way to take map control vs the fast starport and how to take advantage of the later upgrades that result out of it.
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