Sadly after all this time with so many tournament threads it still is not clear to many users on this site. There are several types of posts that are not acceptable in tournament threads. Any form of:
Will result in two day to a week long bans even for first offenses. Please stick to the games at hand and enjoy yourselves with a beautiful event such as this and the free service that comes with it.
In terms of SC 2 scenes, Huk is not fully Korean. This does not necessarily have to do with his place of birth - it has to do with the fact that he, despite practicing in Korea, is still considered a foreigner player there. He isn't fully fluent in the language, doesn't practice most of Korean culture, and has a foreigner's "untouchable" aura that comes with being part of TL instead of oGs.
The oGs coach doesn't treat Huk like he does a Korean. His team members do not treat him like a Korean. These differences between the environment Huk exists in and the environment Korean pro-gamers exist separate them as players. Huk, while being part of the Korean scene, is also apart from it. It was the same with Idra, and in fact Idra has often complained about being a foreigner in Korea and being isolated because of the linguistic and cultural barrier. Huk is doing better in this respect because he is part of TL and TL has a deal with oGs, but he's still not a Korean pro-gamer.
That said, it would be erroneous to label Huk as being part of the NA o EU scenes. He doesn't practice in NA or EU at all. He barely participates in the NA and EU SC 2 communities. His training regimens are significantly different from that of a NA or EU pro-gamer, as are his opportunities.
In short, Huk is a foreigner in Korea. He is part of the same scene that Jinro is part of, and that Idra was part of. This scene is different from both the Korean scene and the NA/EU scenes. It is unique in itself produces players who are, in the sense of SC 2 scenes, Korean and yet not Korean.
On June 20 2011 02:11 Unnamed wrote: So what we have? 4 Koreans vs 44 non-Koreans, and all of them advanced from their groups (losing 1 match only). Now we have 4 Koreans vs 12 foreigners in playoffs. Shouldn't we start to worry that it may be "Korean" finals? For me - it's like 95% that at least 1 Korean will be in final.
I don't think that any of the foreigners in the event trains as hard and in an enviorment as good as the Korean players.
I hope that things will change when the real team houses will open up (EG house and Reign house in NA).
Naugrim for example practices 12 hours per day, according to his interview.
On June 20 2011 02:19 Ninjin wrote: I remember hearing that demuslim was at dreamhack too, what happend to him?
Check out the thread around TL. He has panic attacks about travelling sometimes, and had to pull out due to late travel arrangements. He'll be at Homestory cup though. Shame, I love him.
EPT
(Pun intended)
