EPTDHS2011 - Day 3 - Page 173
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Sadly it seems I have to put this up yet again. Any of the following types of posts will be met with immediate bans: Imbalance whine/Player bashing/Caster bashing/Stream complaining/Off topic arguing. Stick to the games and enjoy the event and its free services and coverage. | ||
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Mementoss
Canada2595 Posts
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Bobble
Australia1493 Posts
It wasn't that, it was when they were interviewing the coaches of each team, Artosis called his team 'Team USA' when they had, what, a Canadian, an Australian, some Euros and (I'm gonna get this wrong), a Taiwanese. Then it just became a running joke. | ||
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Xpace
United States2209 Posts
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
On June 20 2011 21:11 bittman wrote: Yeah, let's make our Australia dream team, who else can we claim? Didn't ST_Ace once play in Australia? Makes him Australian. Yeah! FXO is a sea-based team and since Australia is OBVIOUSLY the major players in SEA, we can claim everyone in FXO. Hell, FXO is probably teaching WeMadeFox our tactics so let's just grab their entire roster too. | ||
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qwaykee
Norway266 Posts
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anemoneya
58 Posts
Conclusion: There's no way koreans think Huk is Korean. It's just ridiculous. Those who claim Huk is Korean is just trolling here. | ||
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Kuhva
United Kingdom183 Posts
On June 20 2011 20:49 dcemuser wrote: It's not just Day9 though, it is commonly used in English. A lot of English phrases are redundant and useless, but so are a lot of things about the language. That's the charm of English, we have many words for the same thing and words can mean many things. Disclaimer, despite being a native of the the Great Isles that make Britain, my written English is actually terrible. I blame our education system and the fact I am an engineer! Anyway advance can mean to 'make progress' (as a verb'). If you lose a game you cannot progress any further, therefore you cannot advance any further in the tournament. Therefore, logically, every game Huk wins he advances forward.' It is also in a slow and purposeful way, i.e. on step at a time (or in this case, one game at a time). Just because you can't go another direction doesn't mean you can't just stop. Another similar use that is common English is 'to advance ones knowledge' or to 'advance in age' http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advancing | ||
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Yaotzin
South Africa4280 Posts
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dakalro
Romania525 Posts
I think it's a decent enough proof that it's not a matter of nationality but it is very much a matter of training style. Huk without jet lag seems extremely solid, only one that I know could own him is MC tbh, due to playing in the same place. If he keeps his (apparently new found) motivation I can see him doing great for the rest of this year, maybe one day surpassing his master :D. It's not like it's anything new. I assume every player knew that eventually, to be good at this game, one had to stop playing and start working which for the time being the Koreans do best. When the Swedish house starts taking the idea of a pro house seriously we might see results from them also. Same with every other group/team out there, mucking around for 8h a day is not training, goals and focus is what it takes and some won't cut it because it is hard work and they don't want to work for 8-10h a day, they want to have fun playing for 8-10h a day. | ||
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Femari
United States2900 Posts
On June 20 2011 21:12 TheRidd wrote: They were ALL Americans! + Show Spoiler + Artosis called it by accident Team America and that's why we joke about this :p Ahhhhh lol I'm extremely new to SC2 I've only been into it for like 3 weeks so I only get some things like top 3 control and dont worry thats halo. | ||
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
Always ready, no missmicro, no missmacro, just pure solid and good play. Always the good move at the right moment, good attack timings, good defense timings. No more febrile like he was 2 GSL seasons ago, just a very good player <3 I'll say again that his play on stream was very good for a long time, but he always disappointed on TV. No anymore ! | ||
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xuanzue
Colombia1747 Posts
On June 20 2011 21:10 Rarak wrote: I think its great that Huk has done well here, as it is showing that it was a good idea for him to go to korea and stick it out. Hopefully this will convince more top foreigners to try their hand in the GSL and GSTL. Gogo nani, thorzain and sase! (and huk/jinro + fxo ofcourse!) foreigners are too lazy, they prefer the easy money on online invitationals but try a qualify tournament. huk proof hard work bring skill. | ||
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Bobble
Australia1493 Posts
On June 20 2011 21:13 youngminii wrote: Yeah! FXO is a sea-based team and since Australia is OBVIOUSLY the major players in SEA, we can claim everyone in FXO. Hell, FXO is probably teaching WeMadeFox our tactics so let's just grab their entire roster too. I know I claim everyone in FXO as playing for Australia.  . That's why I like qxc now. | ||
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Seditary
Australia7033 Posts
On June 20 2011 21:11 bittman wrote: Yeah, let's make our Australia dream team, who else can we claim? Didn't ST_Ace once play in Australia? Makes him Australian. Anyone who is good at anything that has mentioned the word Australia in hearing distance of another person is Australian. Known and irrefutable fact. | ||
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Sacro
Norway237 Posts
A bit dissapointed by the fact that it's bo3 in the semis though, what will the finals be? | ||
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Zyphen
United States258 Posts
On June 20 2011 21:09 TheHova wrote: Because it's that easy. Goodbye family and friends, whole lifestyle, bills, commitments/dependents, culture, girlfriend if i have one, country i love... etc etc... I'm just gonna drop everything and move over to a country where i don't speak a word of the spoken language and try and compete for 1 tournament. It will for a long time probably cost me more money than i make but what the hell, there's a chance i might be better for it so it's worth the risk. Well, Huk's investment just gave him a shot at winning Dreamhack so it's not just 1 tournament. There's nothing stopping people from taking the skills they acquire and competing in foreign tournaments. Think of it as a future investment in tournament winnings. Look at Idra. You think he would be doing as well as he does without the time and effort he put in while in Korea? He's basically been living off his training disparity for his entire SC2 career. He only needs 3 hours to maintain his edge over other foreigners. And now he just wants the easy money instead of continuing his quest to be the best. | ||
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adeptz
Australia220 Posts
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Chickenlegs
Sweden451 Posts
The key is not the race but where they trained and the top 4 shows that quite clearly. | ||
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furymonkey
New Zealand1587 Posts
 I noticed people are talking in different context. Poll: In terms of Nationality, Huk is a... Foreigner (159) Korean (17) 176 total votes Your vote: In terms of Nationality, Huk is a... Poll: In terms of Starcraft 2 and training, Huk is a... Korean (138) Foreigner (51) 189 total votes Your vote: In terms of Starcraft 2 and training, Huk is a... | ||
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ChickenLips
2912 Posts
On June 20 2011 21:13 Yaotzin wrote: If HuK beats Bomber to take DH, he's the best foreigner player. Anyone disagree? Yes, one Bo5 doesn't make you the best XYZ | ||
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