On November 20 2011 12:21 eYeball wrote: By the way, anyone who knows Korean could translate what the IM coach said? Was a little bit confused with the google translate and immedietly afterwards seeing QIM tweet about sportmanship etc.
Something along the lines of
"what a disrespectful punk. I've seen a lot of assholes in my day but this guy takes the cake."
Lol hurt pride... I love those tears of humiliation!
Really? Because saying that would be about a million times more bad mannered than giving thumbs down after winning a game
Is that why they are mad? I missed it... did he just thumbs down?
Yeah he walked up to Nestea's booth and thumbs downed him and then attempted to strut around the stage but it just looked really awkward lol
He had just about as much energy doing it as Xellos, but of course Naniwa is nowhere near as pretty *girlgiggle*
On November 20 2011 12:19 Raambo11 wrote: To be honest, Hero played all day yesterday, all day today, Huk plays 1 game in 2 days and is obvious far fresher, but no one will realize this..
this is pretty much true for all of the recent matches i.e. MC vs MVP, nestea vs naniwa etc... the current system MLG has favors seeded players WAY too much
Many, many professional gamers have said this is irrelevant. As much as outsiders looking in want to attribute victories and losses to things outside of the actual game, it is not so. And this is what leads to the flame wars in these threads. Hero attempted a strategy and executed it quite well; Huk was the better player and out-micro'd him and defeated him. People need to watch the games and stop trying to analyze them like psychologists.
Congratulations to HuK.
Contrary to what you're saying, I've seen MANY progamers say that this is relevant. I'm not trying to undermine Huk's performance, but it's pretty obvious MLG's system is stupid (and thus why they're throwing it out next year)
I actually like very much MLG system. It's unique. And Here, if he played better/more before would be seeded. But he didn't. His/his managers choice.
On November 20 2011 12:21 eYeball wrote: By the way, anyone who knows Korean could translate what the IM coach said? Was a little bit confused with the google translate and immedietly afterwards seeing QIM tweet about sportmanship etc.
Something along the lines of
"what a disrespectful punk. I've seen a lot of assholes in my day but this guy takes the cake."
Lol hurt pride... I love those tears of humiliation!
Really? Because saying that would be about a million times more bad mannered than giving thumbs down after winning a game
I guess the fact that someone told nestea that naniwa had called him an idiot doesn't help. While in fact naniwa jokingly called one in game action idiotic, which may or may not have had to do with his terrible english vocabulary.
It's unfortunate Koreans attach as much weight to age as the Chinese do. This really could have been just be a friendly rivalry with a lot of showmanship instead of a "respect/disrespect" muckus.
On November 20 2011 12:31 billz wrote: So... do we believe what IdrA said, about fatigue being a non-issue at tournaments because the players are used to mass-gaming far more games during practice? every day? While I would normally take what he says with a large pinch of salt, that seemed an honest assessment on his part.
It seems a lot of people seem to see the 'trek through the open bracket' as hugely taxing and tiring for a player.
I imagine, more than anything, fatigue comes from a lack of proper sleep/diet at tournaments. They're all capable of mass gaming for hour after hour. But, they're used to doing it on a sleep schedule they're used to and during times they're used to. Tournaments are about their schedule, not yours. There is a lot of truth to what IdrA says, but it's not 100% applicable to all participants.
Was there any more going on besides Nani calling the tournament a joke and calling Nestea's decisionmaking stupid? The IM guys seem like he really did something so unforgivable.