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Zinnwaldite
Norway1567 Posts
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SpiZz
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greenjohn
Austria18 Posts
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Fa1nT
United States3423 Posts
On January 18 2011 21:40 greenjohn wrote: Everyone hating on Moon & Lyn... they're teammates, and they're already top 8. So they get to challenge Code-S players. Why would they show their full strength when they play each other? Maybe they don't care about being top 2 and getting to pick their groups. Maybe they're that confident. Sure, it's a bad show for the fans, but has anyone considered this? Because whoever won that match gets money? =| | ||
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Vehemus
United States586 Posts
On January 18 2011 21:40 greenjohn wrote: Everyone hating on Moon & Lyn... they're teammates, and they're already top 8. So they get to challenge Code-S players. Why would they show their full strength when they play each other? Maybe they don't care about being top 2 and getting to pick their groups. Maybe they're that confident. Sure, it's a bad show for the fans, but has anyone considered this? They were showing extreme flaws in their play long before they made it to the round of 8. How a professional SC2 player misses proper baneling mine detonation three times in three games is beyond me. | ||
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Asha
United Kingdom38205 Posts
On January 18 2011 21:40 greenjohn wrote: Everyone hating on Moon & Lyn... they're teammates, and they're already top 8. So they get to challenge Code-S players. Why would they show their full strength when they play each other? Maybe they don't care about being top 2 and getting to pick their groups. Maybe they're that confident. Sure, it's a bad show for the fans, but has anyone considered this? It's not worth considering. There's money on the line, and the difference between picking an opponent like SanZenith or having to face someone like Fruitdealer or Maka in the up and down matches is huge. I don't see anyway you'd do anything other than try your best in those situations. | ||
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HolyArrow
United States7116 Posts
On January 18 2011 21:49 Fa1nT wrote: Because whoever won that match gets money? =| Are you aware of how much money Moon gets with his contract with FOX? Well over 500k. | ||
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anatem
Romania1369 Posts
On January 18 2011 21:40 greenjohn wrote: Everyone hating on Moon & Lyn... they're teammates, and they're already top 8. So they get to challenge Code-S players. Why would they show their full strength when they play each other? Maybe they don't care about being top 2 and getting to pick their groups. Maybe they're that confident. Sure, it's a bad show for the fans, but has anyone considered this? this reeks of wishful thinking from a naive fan first, every round they get through massively improves their odds at making code s, which is the one and only reason these two are playing code a second, these are professional gamers, friends or no friends/teammates, they will never drop a match or underperform since this is about their careers, if anything, the opposite. same as with any other sportsmen that are friends and/or practice partners third, moon at least was very lacking in confidence in interviews, so the remote possibility of him risking underperforming is blown out the window they just played bad. but they're improving visibly, we'll have to wait and see how they develop over time, and that will depend mainly on how much time they dtake out of their sc2 time to own in war3. and that's a tough one, since sc2 is the future pretty much, while war3 is still a good source of money | ||
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Sqq
Norway2023 Posts
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greenjohn
Austria18 Posts
Regarding people who brought the argument of improving one's chances whether you meet SanZenith or Maka/FruitDealer: you are actually quite right, no one could be confident enough to say that this does not make a meaningful difference, I have to admit. To anatem: your second point seems very true from someone who has no experience following them, and seems logical, but it is in fact wrong. Lyn has, on many occasions, performed poorly in order to let someone else pass/fail a qualification, or if he has not got enough on the line. So that's wrong. But let's wait and see how they do in their future matches. User was warned for this post | ||
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beetlelisk
Poland2276 Posts
On January 18 2011 22:02 greenjohn wrote: About the argument of money: they have won so much money, a few million korean WON's more or less won't make a difference. Let's hope they are just confused about the way they are supposed to be playing SC2 and it's magnified by feelings of accomplishing much in W3... ...and they are not simply burnt out. Regarding people who brought the argument of improving one's chances whether you meet SanZenith or Maka/FruitDealer: you are actually quite right, no one could be confident enough to say that this does not make a meaningful difference, I have to admit. To anatem: your second point seems very true from someone who has no experience following them, and seems logical, but it is in fact wrong. Lyn has, on many occasions, performed poorly in order to let someone else pass/fail a qualification, or if he has not got enough on the line. So that's wrong. But let's wait and see how they do in their future matches. Uh, sorry I've never followed W3 scene much but can you (or someone else) give any sources about sentence in bold? | ||
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shannn
Netherlands2891 Posts
On January 18 2011 21:53 HolyArrow wrote: Are you aware of how much money Moon gets with his contract with FOX? Well over 500k. A little bit more money doesn't hurt haha No but seriously I doubt Moon would need more money as he's probably a millionaire by now. a 3 year contract in which he earns more than 500k and with all those 1st place achievements during the years and salary he gets for all those time I would say yes money is the least of his problems. | ||
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Tyree
1508 Posts
There is no need to even explain why that is the case, if you ever played BW you would know. Give Lyn and Moon time, they need longer time to readjust and re learn a whole new game. Look how medicore Nestea (a former BW pro) was a few GSL seasons back, and now he is the King of Zerg and he only had to go from BW->SC2. If Flash and Jaedong switched suddenly to Warcraft 3 they would suck pretty bad, and would need several months if not a whole year to truly show their talent. Same goes for any SC2 pro aswell. | ||
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hewtrain
Australia89 Posts
On January 18 2011 22:02 greenjohn wrote: About the argument of money: they have won so much money, a few million korean WON's more or less won't make a difference. Regarding people who brought the argument of improving one's chances whether you meet SanZenith or Maka/FruitDealer: you are actually quite right, no one could be confident enough to say that this does not make a meaningful difference, I have to admit. To anatem: your second point seems very true from someone who has no experience following them, and seems logical, but it is in fact wrong. Lyn has, on many occasions, performed poorly in order to let someone else pass/fail a qualification, or if he has not got enough on the line. So that's wrong. But let's wait and see how they do in their future matches. followed wc3 for 6 years, all i have to say is blasphemy | ||
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hewtrain
Australia89 Posts
On January 18 2011 22:10 beetlelisk wrote: Let's hope they are just confused about the way they are supposed to be playing SC2 and it's magnified by feelings of accomplishing much in W3... ...and they are not simply burnt out. Uh, sorry I've never followed W3 scene much but can you (or someone else) give any sources about sentence in bold? no sources, hes making it up as he types.. | ||
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Longshank
1648 Posts
Thanks in advance and again, I apologize if this is wrong. | ||
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netherDrake
Singapore1831 Posts
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Beefwipe
United Kingdom56 Posts
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Durp
Canada3117 Posts
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maliceee
United States634 Posts
On January 18 2011 20:32 Koshi wrote: What do they mean with the 4th race? Hear it already a couple times but I never got it. I thought that random = 4th? had to do with him using night elfs buildings' ability to attack before anyone else, and a few other things, as if he played with a different race. | ||
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