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jj33
Profile Joined April 2011
802 Posts
October 14 2011 17:02 GMT
#841
On October 15 2011 01:53 Harrad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2011 01:51 jj33 wrote:
On October 15 2011 01:46 SPQR13 wrote:
On October 15 2011 01:37 Tarotis wrote:

proven what wrong?

that talent is not a factor?

you're wrong in so many ways. you are denying talent exists?


Yes, I deny exactly that. Everything can be trained and learned if your neurons connect the right way. Dont want to go too deep into that as I cant write that down in english


no you are wrong, im sure nature gave some guys some rts game understanding talent, hell, even sc2 game understanding in particular



100% correct.

most recent example I can think of is Stephano. He apparently doens't practice much but watching him play and his decision making/understanding of the game (which at the core is strategy) you can clearly see he's very talented.

When you watch savior play back in bw days, you can clearly see he had talent as well.

I can't believe people here are really trying to say and believe talent is not real. Unbelievable


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm


Don't see what he posted that is so sarcastic as it's correct.


ReaperX
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong1758 Posts
October 14 2011 17:02 GMT
#842
SEA player beats Elfi? Unheard of, sick ass Edge!
Artosis : Clide. idrA : Shut up.
jj33
Profile Joined April 2011
802 Posts
October 14 2011 17:03 GMT
#843
On October 15 2011 02:02 Azarkon wrote:
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On October 15 2011 01:57 pallidiog wrote:
Wow wasnt expecting ppl actually believes in "hard work" theory, lol. In fact look at korea sc1, scheduled practice time for 200 hundreds (or more) proffesional gamers pretty much training for EQUAL amount of time each day for years (which is determented by kespa and their team), and what do we got? bad b-teamers not getting any televised matches, and guys like jaedong with 75% win/loss in zvz. And multi osl/msl champions. And flash owning it up in the age of 14.
In fact it is ALL about talent and personality, and training is just a requirement.
Plz stop kidding youself. you watched to many hollywood movies i think.



The irony about using Jaedong as an example is that his coach stated the reason Jaedong is better than his teammates is that Jaedong practices harder than them and wants it more.



so?

nobody denied hard work isn't necessary and of course drive matters. Heart and determination are huge in top competitive sports. But jaedong is also mega talented.

TidusX.Yuna
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States239 Posts
October 14 2011 17:03 GMT
#844
On October 15 2011 02:02 ReaperX wrote:
SEA player beats Elfi? Unheard of, sick ass Edge!


Edge is SEA? I thought Liquipedia had him with an American flag?
Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality!
jj33
Profile Joined April 2011
802 Posts
October 14 2011 17:04 GMT
#845
On October 15 2011 01:57 pallidiog wrote:
Wow wasnt expecting ppl actually believes in "hard work" theory, lol. In fact look at korea sc1, scheduled practice time for 200 hundreds (or more) proffesional gamers pretty much training for EQUAL amount of time each day for years (which is determented by kespa and their team), and what do we got? bad b-teamers not getting any televised matches, and guys like jaedong with 75% win/loss in zvz. And multi osl/msl champions. And flash owning it up in the age of 14.
In fact it is ALL about talent and personality, and training is just a requirement.
Plz stop kidding youself. you watched to many hollywood movies i think.




yup. we are in a modern culture, where people breed this type of thought to make themselves feel better.

its ridiculous
setzer
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3284 Posts
October 14 2011 17:04 GMT
#846
On October 15 2011 02:02 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2011 01:57 pallidiog wrote:
Wow wasnt expecting ppl actually believes in "hard work" theory, lol. In fact look at korea sc1, scheduled practice time for 200 hundreds (or more) proffesional gamers pretty much training for EQUAL amount of time each day for years (which is determented by kespa and their team), and what do we got? bad b-teamers not getting any televised matches, and guys like jaedong with 75% win/loss in zvz. And multi osl/msl champions. And flash owning it up in the age of 14.
In fact it is ALL about talent and personality, and training is just a requirement.
Plz stop kidding youself. you watched to many hollywood movies i think.



The irony about using Jaedong as an example is that his coach stated the reason Jaedong is better than his teammates is that Jaedong practices harder than them and wants it more.


Jaedong had the best ZvT (better than Savior and GGplay) almost since the beginning of becoming a progamer. That takes an insane amount of talent and wisdom that comes to few people even after playing at the pro level for far longer than Jaedong did.
NrG.ZaM
Profile Joined March 2008
United States267 Posts
October 14 2011 17:05 GMT
#847
On October 15 2011 01:57 pallidiog wrote:
Wow wasnt expecting ppl actually believes in "hard work" theory, lol. In fact look at korea sc1, scheduled practice time for 200 hundreds (or more) proffesional gamers pretty much training for EQUAL amount of time each day for years (which is determented by kespa and their team), and what do we got? bad b-teamers not getting any televised matches, and guys like jaedong with 75% win/loss in zvz. And multi osl/msl champions. And flash owning it up in the age of 14.
In fact it is ALL about talent and personality, and training is just a requirement.
Plz stop kidding youself. you watched to many hollywood movies i think.



Yeah, let's look at korea sc1, where bad b-teamers don't get televised matches, while guys like jaedong get ridiculous win rates in professional matches. Now let's compare it to the rest of the world sc1, how did those "bad" b-teamers stack up against the combined talent pool of the rest of the world?
FinBenton
Profile Joined March 2011
Finland870 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-14 17:05:49
October 14 2011 17:05 GMT
#848
On October 15 2011 02:00 jj33 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2011 01:57 Azarkon wrote:
On October 15 2011 01:51 jj33 wrote:
On October 15 2011 01:46 SPQR13 wrote:
On October 15 2011 01:37 Tarotis wrote:

proven what wrong?

that talent is not a factor?

you're wrong in so many ways. you are denying talent exists?


Yes, I deny exactly that. Everything can be trained and learned if your neurons connect the right way. Dont want to go too deep into that as I cant write that down in english


no you are wrong, im sure nature gave some guys some rts game understanding talent, hell, even sc2 game understanding in particular



100% correct.

most recent example I can think of is Stephano. He apparently doens't practice much but watching him play and his decision making/understanding of the game (which at the core is strategy) you can clearly see he's very talented.

When you watch savior play back in bw days, you can clearly see he had talent as well.

I can't believe people here are really trying to say and believe talent is not real. Unbelievable


But then again, I also don't see why you're obsessed with talent.

You can't tell whether what someone lacks is talent just by watching them play. As IdrA, among others in the community, have said - in Starcraft, people who aren't talented but who practice a lot can be good, but people who are talented but who never practice can never be good.

You don't know how much of Axslav/Incontrol's failures are due to their talent and how much of it is due to the way they train.



everything you said i agree.

I never said otherwise. I just mentioned that it's not only hard work, but talent as well.

I just kept going, because it seems there are people out there who believe talent doesn't exist, which is ridiculous.

But I do believe Axslav/incontrol are very limited in their talents compared to top pros.

I dont think no one has said talend doesnt exist at all but seriously anyone can get to top 20 in sc2 with 12h training a day with a great coach. I think talent is what determines whos top 1 and whos top 10 player.. And some people can get up there faster than others..
wklbishop
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1286 Posts
October 14 2011 17:05 GMT
#849
On October 15 2011 01:41 s4life wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2011 01:31 Brainiac wrote:
On October 15 2011 01:28 s4life wrote:
On October 15 2011 01:20 Brainiac wrote:
On October 15 2011 01:18 Maenander wrote:
On October 15 2011 01:16 Brainiac wrote:
On October 15 2011 01:14 Maenander wrote:
European players are not performing well so far.
The gap between EU and NA seems to close :D


You should take into consideration that most of the players in that tournament is medicore at best. The best players are at MLG.

Strelok, Sjow, Mana and Elfi is not a bad line-up for europe. It's not like the best NA-players are here


I would say that for the players you listed only Mana is good. Strelok is kinda meh lately. Sjow is unfortunately too slow for this game, and elfi had like one good run in tournaments.


Nah they all are top players.. Sjow is a proven Code A-level player. Strelok is hitting a rough patch but he can come back at any time and Elfi, though new, he's shown he can win tournaments... Mana, well he's the best protoss in Europe.. so..


How is Sjow proven Code - A level player? He got invited to Code A, and he got stomped in his match in Ro16. He won vs MakaPrime in Ro32, but if you watched those game you'll notice that he lucked out hard. I've said Mana is good, not denying that. Elfi lost to Edge (who the hell is that), I think it says a lot.


In hindsight you can argue anything no matter how shitty it sounds a priory.. the truth is, Sjow won his Ro32 match and as per rules he's a proven Code A player, the rest is just your own bias showing. Then you say elfi lost to Edge, and then go on to crucify him.. wtf? why are you so quick to judge before even watching the games?


I agree with you in regards to the players... but your logic is downright awful. First you say as per rules, he's a proven Code A player WITHOUT seeing those AWFUL games and then you say you can't judge without seeing the games...

That said and my sensibilities somewhat pleased. Code A doesn't really have a skill cap and you can be considered Code A and still suck because I got a lucky bracket. And yes, elfi is a good player.
Gameplay > Personality
Xoronius
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany6362 Posts
October 14 2011 17:05 GMT
#850
On October 15 2011 02:03 TidusX.Yuna wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2011 02:02 ReaperX wrote:
SEA player beats Elfi? Unheard of, sick ass Edge!


Edge is SEA? I thought Liquipedia had him with an American flag?


Edge is american, but there is also an "EdgE", who is SEA, I think.
Wren
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States745 Posts
October 14 2011 17:06 GMT
#851
On October 15 2011 02:03 TidusX.Yuna wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2011 02:02 ReaperX wrote:
SEA player beats Elfi? Unheard of, sick ass Edge!


Edge is SEA? I thought Liquipedia had him with an American flag?

There are two progamers that use Edge. The Australian is better known, but the American is at IEM. This is essentially the first time anybody's seen him play.
We're here! We're queer! We don't want any more bears!
TidusX.Yuna
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States239 Posts
October 14 2011 17:06 GMT
#852
On October 15 2011 02:05 NrG.ZaM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2011 01:57 pallidiog wrote:
Wow wasnt expecting ppl actually believes in "hard work" theory, lol. In fact look at korea sc1, scheduled practice time for 200 hundreds (or more) proffesional gamers pretty much training for EQUAL amount of time each day for years (which is determented by kespa and their team), and what do we got? bad b-teamers not getting any televised matches, and guys like jaedong with 75% win/loss in zvz. And multi osl/msl champions. And flash owning it up in the age of 14.
In fact it is ALL about talent and personality, and training is just a requirement.
Plz stop kidding youself. you watched to many hollywood movies i think.



Yeah, let's look at korea sc1, where bad b-teamers don't get televised matches, while guys like jaedong get ridiculous win rates in professional matches. Now let's compare it to the rest of the world sc1, how did those "bad" b-teamers stack up against the combined talent pool of the rest of the world?


They are not saying that you can't get really good with really good practicing. They are saying that at the highest level of play Talent + hard-work > hard-work.
Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality!
jj33
Profile Joined April 2011
802 Posts
October 14 2011 17:08 GMT
#853
On October 15 2011 02:05 NrG.ZaM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 15 2011 01:57 pallidiog wrote:
Wow wasnt expecting ppl actually believes in "hard work" theory, lol. In fact look at korea sc1, scheduled practice time for 200 hundreds (or more) proffesional gamers pretty much training for EQUAL amount of time each day for years (which is determented by kespa and their team), and what do we got? bad b-teamers not getting any televised matches, and guys like jaedong with 75% win/loss in zvz. And multi osl/msl champions. And flash owning it up in the age of 14.
In fact it is ALL about talent and personality, and training is just a requirement.
Plz stop kidding youself. you watched to many hollywood movies i think.



Yeah, let's look at korea sc1, where bad b-teamers don't get televised matches, while guys like jaedong get ridiculous win rates in professional matches. Now let's compare it to the rest of the world sc1, how did those "bad" b-teamers stack up against the combined talent pool of the rest of the world?



you realize those bad b teamers don't randomly become pros right?

IN korea there is a huge selection process, where talented people get picked. These bad b teamers are of course talented. They just aren't as talented as Jaedong.

Its like the NFL. The benchwarmers for normal people standards are mega talented, but compared to Calvin Johnson, they are not talented enough.
Lorizean
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Germany1330 Posts
October 14 2011 17:08 GMT
#854
why is TT1 doing so many random blinks?
ThyHate
Profile Joined September 2011
240 Posts
October 14 2011 17:08 GMT
#855
TT1 not focus firing at all :/
oDieN[Siege]
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2905 Posts
October 14 2011 17:08 GMT
#856
TT1 in a nice position right now.
말크 : ^_^~ NeO)GabuAt, vGODieN
ssg
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1773 Posts
October 14 2011 17:09 GMT
#857
On October 15 2011 02:08 ThyHate wrote:
TT1 not focus firing at all :/

Yeah, he could have killed about everything there. Still came out well on top
MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
October 14 2011 17:10 GMT
#858
Come on Mana. Take this.
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
windsupernova
Profile Joined October 2010
Mexico5280 Posts
October 14 2011 17:10 GMT
#859
Wow Game 2 was like Game 1 in reverse
"Its easy, just trust your CPU".-Boxer on being good at games
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-14 17:10:21
October 14 2011 17:10 GMT
#860
Mana's early mindgames came back to bite him. -_-
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