MLG Raleigh Day 1 RED Live Report Thread - Page 392

On August 27 2011 11:28 humbre wrote:


me too, they are superior players and produce way better games. Boggles mu mind that somebody would prefer to watch naniwa vs idra over MC vs Nestea in the finals of MLZG only because they are foreigners

On August 27 2011 11:26 Mauldo wrote:
Uhhh...are people legit saying it's bad to cheer for players from your country? Isn't it equivalent to cheering on the soccer team from your city (like Leeds people cheering for the Leeds soccer team) or people from Green Bay cheering on the Green Bay Packers in the NFL? The Detroit Lions lost 0-13 this last season in the NFL, and no one looked at the stadium full of fans from Detroit and said "Hey you xenophobic jackasses, cheer for the New England Patriots! They're the better team, they deserve your cheers!"

On August 27 2011 11:33 Heavenly wrote:


How? You already know, if the Koreans aren't there, that it's probably going to be Naniwa, Huk, or IdrA winning the tournament like they win every other tournament without Koreans in them. There is no "Korean" and "Western" SC2 scene, or you wouldn't be complaining that foreigners aren't doing well in the GSL or that Koreans are dominating---there is one scene and the Koreans are usually winning. Because the scenes are merging together and in the end the best players are winning regardless of whether or not they're Korean. The Western scene has only been growing, if you look to the teamliquid calendar there is always at least one medium-sized tournament or Weekly Cup or KoTH going on, esports is doing completely fine.

Your last couple sentences don't make sense. The Koreans do lose games to foreigners, sometimes by a big way as in Sjow v Bomber and Kiwikaki v Nada. Anyway there is a large skillgap between your Incontrols and your Naniwas in the first place, there will always be one-sided games. Why have western tournaments that will in the end only be lining the pockets of, say, European players? It's all one esports scene with Koreans coming to Western tournaments and Westerners going to Korean tournaments.

On August 27 2011 11:32 DizzyDrone wrote:
I root for players because I like them, and it's just a lot easier to like players that show what they are like so that you can identify with them. I root for Tyler because he's an awesome guy who's part of one of my favorite SC2 shows. I don't root for DRG because although he's an awesome player, one interview just isn't enough to make me care.

Obviously I'm going to like foreigners more.

Hope that clears it up for the people who just don't understand why people would root for foreigners.

On August 27 2011 11:32 Pirat6662001 wrote:

and thus depressing western scene further? Do you know anything about economics and infant industries? To gain even leg or even an advantage its been long popular to put large trade tariffs or even embargo of foreign products (Koreans to tourney) in order to protect your own industry in infancy so latter it can compete evenly (US did it during their industrial revolution vs British and look how that worked out). Not letting Koreans compete now is a smart long term plan so we can have good games in 2-3 years

On August 27 2011 11:35 LegendaryZ wrote:


It wouldn't be MLG if there were enough chairs. Having a shortage of chairs is an integral part of the experience.

On August 27 2011 11:39 babylon wrote:
Did they just call CoCa a B-teamer?

What the fuck.

On August 27 2011 11:37 SuperFanBoy wrote:


Well you should start rooting for players who actually good, otherwise tournaments like this won't be enjoyable for you.. its the same with people who root for destiny in which they always end up crying, the reason is because hes not top tier not because the competition is too good.

The high level is there, the standard has been set.. Its up to the rest of the players to play at that level.. everybody wants to see the best play against the best.

On August 27 2011 11:26 Mauldo wrote:
Uhhh...are people legit saying it's bad to cheer for players from your country? Isn't it equivalent to cheering on the soccer team from your city (like Leeds people cheering for the Leeds soccer team) or people from Green Bay cheering on the Green Bay Packers in the NFL? The Detroit Lions lost 0-13 this last season in the NFL, and no one looked at the stadium full of fans from Detroit and said "Hey you xenophobic jackasses, cheer for the New England Patriots! They're the better team, they deserve your cheers!"