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DamageControL
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States4222 Posts
June 06 2011 02:15 GMT
#27841
On June 06 2011 11:14 zev318 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 11:12 chipmonklord17 wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:06 zev318 wrote:
this can only be a good thing, maybe foreigners will start practicing harder etc.




This. I feel like we're going to see an even better MLG at aneheim because of todays results. Sjow, Thorzain, Naniwa, and Idra proved they at least stood fighting chances against the Koreans they faced today alone, not counting Day 1 and 2. IIRC a few of the group play matches were 2-1s as well. The potential is definitly there.


ya many of them didn't know where exactly they stand in terms of skill with the koreans. this will serve as a measuring stick, and hopefully will encourage them to work even harder

If it doesn't the foreign scene will fall further and further behind....sigh.
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ellirc
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden3286 Posts
June 06 2011 02:17 GMT
#27842
On June 06 2011 11:09 Wargizmo wrote:

Anyone know if Naniwa & Slush played the 5/6 placement match?

I don't think so. Not 100% sure though.
Cuiu
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany410 Posts
June 06 2011 02:17 GMT
#27843
i would love to see foreigners win but i want to see them win over a korean

i mean take the koreans ot of the mlg columbus and we would have just a normal tournament
but with them we had the chance to experienced the best story's in the sc2 esport history

i don't care about the na/eu players
i want to be entertained
and when thy lose
bad for them
but this is not my problem
train harder,don´t gg to early,don´t brake your hands etc.^^
PartyBiscuit
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada4525 Posts
June 06 2011 02:18 GMT
#27844
Just 3 months ago we had IEM World Championships with Squirtle/Moon/Ace taking the top 3. I would like to believe the foreigners have gotten a bit better since then and though Koreans still swept, this time it was at least top tier Koreans doing so.
the farm ends here
Stratos_speAr
Profile Joined May 2009
United States6959 Posts
June 06 2011 02:18 GMT
#27845
On June 06 2011 11:15 DamageControL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 11:14 zev318 wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:12 chipmonklord17 wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:06 zev318 wrote:
this can only be a good thing, maybe foreigners will start practicing harder etc.




This. I feel like we're going to see an even better MLG at aneheim because of todays results. Sjow, Thorzain, Naniwa, and Idra proved they at least stood fighting chances against the Koreans they faced today alone, not counting Day 1 and 2. IIRC a few of the group play matches were 2-1s as well. The potential is definitly there.


ya many of them didn't know where exactly they stand in terms of skill with the koreans. this will serve as a measuring stick, and hopefully will encourage them to work even harder

If it doesn't the foreign scene will fall further and further behind....sigh.


It will either way. The only way it wont is if foreigners suck it up and continue to challenge and face Koreans head on. Any other result will lead to the western scene falling. You can't ever reach the best if you don't face people that are better than you, so any kind of separation from the Korean scene is helping to widen the skill gap.
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
Mailing
Profile Joined March 2011
United States3087 Posts
June 06 2011 02:18 GMT
#27846
On June 06 2011 11:15 JoeSchmoe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 11:12 TheDougler wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:07 epik151 wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:04 Mailing wrote:
Having koreas made more viewers. People wanted to see the foreigners win.

That's why so many people are butthurt about idra losing, even though he got 4th place. They wanted idra to beat the koreans but he gave up


Yea dude he must've given not. It's not like he was outclassed and outplayed or anything.


Call it what you want, IdrA broke. He did give up. He didn't fire up and give it his all and fight to the last breath (MAYBE in the last game... but that was it).

He was a broken man, especially in the third game. That's why MC wiped the floor with him, if he had been playing at his fullest potential (see day one), he would've beaten MC.


yeah lets all make excuses. MC says he was jet lagged day 1 blah blah no one cares. at the end of the day u look at the results and it says MC > Idra.


Yes. MC may be better than IdrA

I don't understand why people are giving someone shit for this, there is only one person who is ARGUABLY better than Mc right now.

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duk3
Profile Joined September 2010
United States807 Posts
June 06 2011 02:18 GMT
#27847
On June 06 2011 11:17 ellirc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 11:09 Wargizmo wrote:

Anyone know if Naniwa & Slush played the 5/6 placement match?

I don't think so. Not 100% sure though.

They played, Slush won according to the ranking pictures from MLG.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
PartyBiscuit
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada4525 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-06 02:19:19
June 06 2011 02:19 GMT
#27848
edit: Ninja'd.
the farm ends here
TheGrimace
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States929 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-06 02:21:06
June 06 2011 02:19 GMT
#27849
On June 06 2011 11:12 Pkol wrote:
Honestly, the best way for the foreigners to improve is to play against the Koreans as much as possible. A korean won MLG, good, the forgiven scene needs to get angry, train hard and seek revenge at Anaheim. STORYLINES PEOPLE, STORYLINES!

Well, a single Bo3 roughly once a month for half the year isn't "as much as possible" but yes, that would be best. I wonder if some sort of practice partner agreement could be setup. But I don't know if it would be successful due to latency. Hmm.
imareaver3
Profile Joined June 2010
United States906 Posts
June 06 2011 02:19 GMT
#27850
On June 06 2011 11:17 ellirc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 11:09 Wargizmo wrote:

Anyone know if Naniwa & Slush played the 5/6 placement match?

I don't think so. Not 100% sure though.



Yes

+ Show Spoiler +

Slush won.
AndAgain
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2621 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-06 02:19:46
June 06 2011 02:19 GMT
#27851
On June 06 2011 11:11 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 11:07 ellirc wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:03 antelope591 wrote:
On June 06 2011 10:57 EternaL_9 wrote:
I'm starting to think it having the koreans for GSL is a bad thing

I used to llike MLG so much because I knew a foreigner I liked would win. Now with the best koreans coming over every MLG, the chances of a foreigner winning are slim. No more getting to see your favorite foreigner that you can INTERACT with (not here a translated interview) win MLG.


So instead of wanting foreigners to improve to get to korean level u want to ban koreans so foreigners have a chance...i mean really do people with this argument even think of how stupid this sounds?

No, they don't get it. They are twelve years old. I should start TSESL=THA SWEDISH EXTREEEEEEME STAR LEAGUE, that way a swede will win. None of those nasty americans.


The thing is, there is still value and interest in knowing who the best players of each region are. IdrA wouldn't have nearly as many fans if people didn't recognize him as the best NA Zerg. Yet, if you only watched games where IdrA gets stomped by Koreans, that'd never become apparent and he'd be just another foreigner Zerg.



You can figure out who are the best players from a region even if Koreans are there. For example, one can deduce that Naniwa and Idra are the best foreigners given the results of this MLG.
All your teeth should fall out and hair should grow in their place!
Sein
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1811 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-06 02:19:37
June 06 2011 02:19 GMT
#27852
On June 06 2011 11:00 EternaL_9 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 10:58 nvs. wrote:
On June 06 2011 10:57 EternaL_9 wrote:
I'm starting to think it having the koreans for GSL is a bad thing

I used to llike MLG so much because I knew a foreigner I liked would win. Now with the best koreans coming over every MLG, the chances of a foreigner winning are slim. No more getting to see your favorite foreigner that you can INTERACT with (not here a translated interview) win MLG.


well MC is working on his English so soon he will be able to INTERACTZZZ


no hes a Korean and will always be a korean. we aren't going to watch his stream everyday, here interviews all the time, and watch him on SOTG. no.


Stop being ridiculous. First, you say language is the problem and then when someone refutes it, you go on to say "no hes a Korean and will always be a korean".

MC and a few other Koreans actually provide interviews all the time if you're following TL's SC2 forums. They do stream occasionally as well by request (often specifically for the foreign community), but the main reason they don't stream as much is that they don't like their 1st person view play being so widely available and scrutinized by their potential opponents.

You are for some reason simply bitter and jealous. That's why you don't like the Koreans.
Murfshake
Profile Joined November 2010
46 Posts
June 06 2011 02:19 GMT
#27853
Awesome tournament! Thank's MLG and crew.
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
June 06 2011 02:20 GMT
#27854
On June 06 2011 11:15 DamageControL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 11:14 zev318 wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:12 chipmonklord17 wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:06 zev318 wrote:
this can only be a good thing, maybe foreigners will start practicing harder etc.




This. I feel like we're going to see an even better MLG at aneheim because of todays results. Sjow, Thorzain, Naniwa, and Idra proved they at least stood fighting chances against the Koreans they faced today alone, not counting Day 1 and 2. IIRC a few of the group play matches were 2-1s as well. The potential is definitly there.


ya many of them didn't know where exactly they stand in terms of skill with the koreans. this will serve as a measuring stick, and hopefully will encourage them to work even harder

If it doesn't the foreign scene will fall further and further behind....sigh.



tbh I think the foreigners who will actually use this as a measuring stick are already pretty close. I feel like soon enough we're going to see a divided foreign scene as well, those who compete internationally and those who can't. I won't single out any player who I believe will be on the "can't" side but players like Tzain, Nani, Idra, Ret, Jinro, Huk, (ik the last 2 weren't at MLG) ect will all use this as a REALLY important learning experience and come into aneheim looking for blood.
skullhoof
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (North)835 Posts
June 06 2011 02:21 GMT
#27855
I don't understand why people give a crap about foreigner or Korean winning. I just want to see a good game. If foreigners or Korean can't play well, they lose.
Polt was right about luck
VenerableSpace
Profile Joined May 2010
United States463 Posts
June 06 2011 02:21 GMT
#27856
On June 06 2011 11:17 Cuiu wrote:
i would love to see foreigners win but i want to see them win over a korean

i mean take the koreans ot of the mlg columbus and we would have just a normal tournament
but with them we had the chance to experienced the best story's in the sc2 esport history

i don't care about the na/eu players
i want to be entertained
and when thy lose
bad for them
but this is not my problem
train harder,don´t gg to early,don´t brake your hands etc.^^


agree, without the koreans mlg wouldnt nearly have as good storylines, drama or high quality games.

im pretty confident in the foreign sceen that the gap wont get any wider and that the top notch foreigners will be able to compete with top koreans in teh future and maybe even lessen the gap as starcraft is blowing up.
Sangyerians
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Australia248 Posts
June 06 2011 02:21 GMT
#27857
Can we update the OP? I'm streaming the dual stream rebroadcast on Justin.tv because I was asleep during the entire broadcast. I don't have the time to watch everything but I've love to know the results/recommended games etc now!
http://www.justin.tv/sangyerians
cryL
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia77 Posts
June 06 2011 02:21 GMT
#27858
On June 06 2011 11:15 JoeSchmoe wrote:
yeah lets all make excuses. MC says he was jet lagged day 1 blah blah no one cares. at the end of the day u look at the results and it says MC > Idra.


Well if you want to take that approach, at the end of the day MC == Idra. They took the same number of games from each other in the tournament.

I'm not fussed either way, they both got axed. Just saying your logic is flawed.
Falcor
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada894 Posts
June 06 2011 02:21 GMT
#27859
On June 06 2011 11:18 Stratos_speAr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 11:15 DamageControL wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:14 zev318 wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:12 chipmonklord17 wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:06 zev318 wrote:
this can only be a good thing, maybe foreigners will start practicing harder etc.




This. I feel like we're going to see an even better MLG at aneheim because of todays results. Sjow, Thorzain, Naniwa, and Idra proved they at least stood fighting chances against the Koreans they faced today alone, not counting Day 1 and 2. IIRC a few of the group play matches were 2-1s as well. The potential is definitly there.


ya many of them didn't know where exactly they stand in terms of skill with the koreans. this will serve as a measuring stick, and hopefully will encourage them to work even harder

If it doesn't the foreign scene will fall further and further behind....sigh.


It will either way. The only way it wont is if foreigners suck it up and continue to challenge and face Koreans head on. Any other result will lead to the western scene falling. You can't ever reach the best if you don't face people that are better than you, so any kind of separation from the Korean scene is helping to widen the skill gap.


i wonder how long it will take foreigners to relize that you dont go to korea to get rich. You go to korea to get good.
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
June 06 2011 02:21 GMT
#27860
On June 06 2011 11:19 AndAgain wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 11:11 Azarkon wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:07 ellirc wrote:
On June 06 2011 11:03 antelope591 wrote:
On June 06 2011 10:57 EternaL_9 wrote:
I'm starting to think it having the koreans for GSL is a bad thing

I used to llike MLG so much because I knew a foreigner I liked would win. Now with the best koreans coming over every MLG, the chances of a foreigner winning are slim. No more getting to see your favorite foreigner that you can INTERACT with (not here a translated interview) win MLG.


So instead of wanting foreigners to improve to get to korean level u want to ban koreans so foreigners have a chance...i mean really do people with this argument even think of how stupid this sounds?

No, they don't get it. They are twelve years old. I should start TSESL=THA SWEDISH EXTREEEEEEME STAR LEAGUE, that way a swede will win. None of those nasty americans.


The thing is, there is still value and interest in knowing who the best players of each region are. IdrA wouldn't have nearly as many fans if people didn't recognize him as the best NA Zerg. Yet, if you only watched games where IdrA gets stomped by Koreans, that'd never become apparent and he'd be just another foreigner Zerg.



You can figure out who are the best players from a region even if Koreans are there. For example, one can deduce that Naniwa and Idra are the best foreigners given the results of this MLG.


Not as much as you would be able to if you ran a foreigner tournament, since a lot of foreigners would have been knocked out by Koreans without ever getting the chance to play each other. For example, we never saw a Naniwa vs. IdrA game - so who is the better player between them? In a foreigner tournament they'd likely be the two finalists (along with Thorzain).
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