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Rigid
United States79 Posts
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SpiZe
Canada3640 Posts
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ranjutan
United States636 Posts
On March 13 2011 09:46 Cedstick wrote: Mondragon, played by Mondragon in the movie NASL Application, directed by Mondragon. Wow, what a good actor! You can really feel the apathy! LOL after all these years still the same old Mondragon. <3 | ||
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rift
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I couldn't help but laugh out loud | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
On March 13 2011 10:48 rift wrote: Mondragon: "and I had quite some achievements in Brood War...even so I'm pretty bad I guess...but I was lucky to win some tournaments in Brood War." I couldn't help but laugh out loud LOL yes wow that was hilarious  . Always liked Mondragon in bw ^_^ | ||
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TT1
Canada10009 Posts
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Chicane
United States7875 Posts
On March 13 2011 09:47 ShallNoiseUpon wrote: iNcontrol Good interview with iNcontroL. I'm glad he didn't ignore the fact that he doesn't have any notable accomplishments yet so that he could simply address it. I hope he does well. | ||
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nart
97 Posts
Seems like there's a lot of efforts not related to Starcraft. Why not efforts in demonstrating Starcraft skill? | ||
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shaunnn
Ireland1230 Posts
On March 13 2011 11:11 nart wrote: What is the purpose of making video? Paper or online application would work fine. Seems like there's a lot of efforts not related to Starcraft. Why not efforts in demonstrating Starcraft skill? Excerpts from them will be played before there games on stream etc | ||
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Senx
Sweden5901 Posts
"Oh well I dunno, I won some tournaments in BW.. I was pretty lucky I think." "I will be the worst player of the NASL, thats why I should be in it." He hasn't changed one bit :D | ||
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ratMortar
Canada282 Posts
That being said, am I the only one who thinks there's foul play afoot in the NASL voting list? Why is Avilo so far ahead of players that are three times more popular than him? | ||
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Ifrit
Germany42 Posts
On March 13 2011 10:04 Xax wrote: What did Incontrol actually achieve? Anna Prosser? All joking aside, one game away from participating in the GSL, consistently placing ~14ish at the three MLGs, all the gosucoaching, SOTG and other community stuff, actually having an interesting personality well, there's probably more. Also, taking into consideration how much practice time is sacrificed for all the coaching and whatnot, he probably could've been more successful even. But, correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't the invites for the NASL be based on skill and persona rather than raw "accomplishments"? I mean, Genius for example won Blizzcon but has fucked up about everything therafter. Winning one major or semi meaningful tournament doesn't account for much compared to playing on a high level consistently, at least in my book that is. But of course that's just an opinion. On March 13 2011 11:11 nart wrote: What is the purpose of making video? Paper or online application would work fine. Seems like there's a lot of efforts not related to Starcraft. Why not efforts in demonstrating Starcraft skill? Convey personality so that people get an idea of what/who is behind a virtual alias? People should realize that in order to grow and become the oh so beloved e-sport monster, Starcraft should and hopefully will become, it needs people that are not only willing to watch it but also willing to pay for it in some shape or form (through passes like the GSL or putting up with ads etc.). To accomplish this, there needs to be somewhat of a widespread interest. Only having good players play good, maybe exciting games won't suffice. You definitely need interesting characters, drama, stories in order to attract a larger audience, especially when it comes to people who are not too much into the game yet or just don't have that high level of identification with playing the game and understanding its mechanics. An application via mail/paper wouldn't achieve anything of that. Oh yeah, all those efforts ARE related to Starcraft because guess what, it's videos of Starcraft players, applying for the biggest Starcraft league outside of Korea for a potential Starcraft audience to watch. | ||
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KawaiiRice
United States2914 Posts
whenever its done processing... .... i really have no social skills /hides | ||
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Turgid
United States1623 Posts
On March 13 2011 12:02 Ifrit wrote: But, correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't the invites for the NASL be based on skill and persona rather than raw "accomplishments"? I mean, Genius for example won Blizzcon but has fucked up about everything therafter. Winning one major or semi meaningful tournament doesn't account for much compared to playing on a high level consistently, at least in my book that is. But of course that's just an opinion. Personality? Probably not. The idea behind this league is to get people who they think are demonstrably good. People without any serious accomplishments are not demonstrably good(for the most part). Genius hasn't really achieved anything since Blizzcon or that one time he got far in GSL and to be honest feels like kind of a jobber in GSL these days but a Code S jobber is still good enough to brutalize some of these dudes, so I think they'd possibly still pick him if he applied, unless they really want to include as many westerners as humanly possible. | ||
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Dubzex
United States6994 Posts
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godemperor
Belgium2043 Posts
On March 13 2011 11:24 Senx wrote: Oh man I love the way mondragon is so humble and even trash talks himself lol. "Oh well I dunno, I won some tournaments in BW.. I was pretty lucky I think." "I will be the worst player of the NASL, thats why I should be in it." He hasn't changed one bit :D And this is proof enough that mondragon will win NASL, he always delivers...the opposite... | ||
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monx
Canada1400 Posts
French Canadian Macro-oriented player, AlexCMoi from Dreamvision Gaming. | ||
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Samp
Canada783 Posts
go Montreal! | ||
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Ifrit
Germany42 Posts
On March 13 2011 12:20 Turgid wrote: Personality? Probably not. The idea behind this league is to get people who they think are demonstrably good. People without any serious accomplishments are not demonstrably good(for the most part). Genius hasn't really achieved anything since Blizzcon or that one time he got far in GSL and to be honest feels like kind of a jobber in GSL these days but a Code S jobber is still good enough to brutalize some of these dudes, so I think they'd possibly still pick him if he applied, unless they really want to include as many westerners as humanly possible. What do you think is the idea behind these videos then? Sure NASL strives for the fiecest competition possible with the biggest names in the sport all over it etc. etc. but in the end, this is business. And from there on you just have to think business. To elaborate on that would be a waste since I already summed it up in my previous post so I will give an example: I began watching UFC a couple years ago. At first I had no clue about the fighters. The only thing I had were their names and mabye some accomplishments that were attached. I basically only had interest in the fights which wasn't too much really unless it were really good and exciting fights. Mostly tho I was kinda bored because to me, it could be Mr. X fighting Mr. Y instead..no difference. Now, after all those events, all the history, the fighting itself only makes a part of the excitement and what makes me want to watch the PPVs. It's those cruel 5 round battles that two warriors endured and that I somehow was part of, it's those pre and post fight interviews, it's the drama stirred up and the stories told. It's the robbed guy that gets his rematch, a guy that no one gave a fuck about in the first place but now everyone wants to see him crush the other guy even more decisively. It's the charismatic guys that stand out and make it interesting. Giving a refreshing, honest interview, combined with unorthodox fighting style, making me an instant fan an suddenly wanting to see a person I didn't even hear of prior to that, let alon care. There's all kinds of similarities to Starcraft to be found. And to somewhat end at the beginning: That's how a business grows, flourishes and is successful. | ||
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Whiplash
United States2928 Posts
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