EPT[GSL] 2012 Season 1 Code A Ro48 D1 - Page 153
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Fawkes
Canada1935 Posts
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tnud
Sweden2233 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:25 nvs. wrote: All the people who say he is the "best foreigner Zerg" and how he has the "best mechanics of ANY Zerg" are statements from Idra fans on a daily basis. You can't go onto any thread about him without reading these things. Sorry for double post. >.> Every player has fans that says this, the problem is that Idra has a god damn horde of them all spewing out stuff like that. That's why so many people find the Idra hype to be so annoying, cause there's a lot of it. I personally don't think Idra has earned that hype in a long time which makes me hate it even more. | ||
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ma70
253 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:21 Sareth wrote: ^ this You're so right, everytime, when a foreigner wins anything, or even beats 1-2 jetlagged koreans, then he is instantly the best player in the world and would CRUSH his way through Code S. I really think there are a few foreigners, who would have a shot at Code A, maybe even Code S, just to throw some names into the room: Nerchio, Stephano, Kas, Thorzain, but even if they would play there, there is no need to cheer just for them, because there foreigners. Who cares if player XY comes from Europe, North America, Korea, or anywhere else? Why judge on Nationality and not on skill? Thanks for agreeing. :D Back in WC3, all of the general semi-pros that I hung out with (along with the casuals too of course) always wanted the favorite player to win, and not the "foreigner vs korean" thing. Nobody cared that european teams were filled with "korean/chinese mercenaries", or anything like that. People just wanted the player to win. For me, even in SC2, I'll always root for the former members of WeRRa, Team Prime, and any old WC3 "foreigners" because I happen to be huge fans of WC3 players in general. But, I've come to like a lot of Starcraft/Starcraft 2 "specific" players, but because of their nationality, but because of their playstyle. Watching aggressive/timing attack based players is always fun...and yes, this pretty much describes MC. I may be partly an MC fanboy, but honestly, people underestimate him at times because of that image he got during his slump when he had no time to practice. He's winning games now at high levels again, and still barely gets recognition. He can obviously macro and micro, but people probably dislike his 2-base centric playstyle, cause they believe that all SC2 games should be 2 hours long with the whole map taken. :/ Cliff notes: Player Skill/Personality > Player Nationality. | ||
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ArhK
France287 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:21 Sareth wrote: ^ this You're so right, everytime, when a foreigner wins anything, or even beats 1-2 jetlagged koreans, then he is instantly the best player in the world and would CRUSH his way through Code S. I really think there are a few foreigners, who would have a shot at Code A, maybe even Code S, just to throw some names into the room: Nerchio, Stephano, Kas, Thorzain, but even if they would play there, there is no need to cheer just for them, because there foreigners. Who cares if player XY comes from Europe, North America, Korea, or anywhere else? Why judge on Nationality and not on skill? This, thank you good sir. Nothing more to add, I don't give a flying fuck if someone is from X or Y, I just judge the overall skill level and decision making. I really don't understand this whole hype thing about foreigners... | ||
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s3183529
Australia707 Posts
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Bagi
Germany6799 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:21 Sareth wrote: Who cares if player XY comes from Europe, North America, Korea, or anywhere else? Why judge on Nationality and not on skill? Because this game would be nothing without emotional investment, and the players personality and nationality is a big part of that for many people. Its the same for any sport imaginable. | ||
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double620
China804 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:02 Big J wrote: and MCs Code A record is... wait. he didnt make it to round 2... lol Why don't you try to compare their codeS record? oh wait.... Nani never played in CodeS... Right and you can not compare. Mc was dominating Leenock while Nani can not even hold off a cheese from Leenock. Mc was the best gsl toss in 2011 and was called the best toss by top korean players like Parting and Oz. Why did you even try to compare? It is not even close. | ||
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-stOpSKY-
Canada498 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:15 nvs. wrote: Looks like Idra and Huk have some more practicing to do. ^__^ Even if IdrA and HuK won there is ALWAYS more practicing to do. I wish people in here would stop criticizing and saying these players are awful. I mean when you are in gold and trying to tell someone who is above the top 1% of players how to play or what they should do I think you need to sit and think about what you are saying. | ||
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Ghrimnar
Germany260 Posts
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nvs.
Canada3609 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:32 -stOpSKY- wrote: Even if IdrA and HuK won there is ALWAYS more practicing to do. I wish people in here would stop criticizing and saying these players are awful. I mean when you are in gold and trying to tell someone who is above the top 1% of players how to play or what they should do I think you need to sit and think about what you are saying. Well in HuKs case he admitted to barely practicing at all in the last month and tried to grind out a ton of practice right before his match. | ||
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jj33
802 Posts
On January 31 2012 21:59 FakeDeath wrote: Sadly all the best players are at Korea. What's sad about that? If all the best players were european, would you be saying that? | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
You go, boy! | ||
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Cush
United States646 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:33 Ghrimnar wrote: I'm not hating Idra, he is just not a good player :D. Mediocre US player nothing more. He is just entertaining, Is there a reson why you said mediocre US player? are you saying that most US players are mediocre? | ||
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L3g3nd_
New Zealand10461 Posts
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L3g3nd_
New Zealand10461 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:38 Cush wrote: Is there a reson why you said mediocre US player? are you saying that most US players are mediocre? eh idra hasnt done a lot of late. its fair enough if people wanna say theres better US players imo edit: but tbh compared to koreans medicore is a compliment to most US players | ||
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Naniwa
Sweden477 Posts
On January 31 2012 22:32 Megabuster123 wrote: No, but Naniwa thinks higher of huks play than his own at the moment. dont recall saying that :D | ||
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Elem
Sweden4717 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:38 Cush wrote: Sadly they are.Is there a reson why you said mediocre US player? are you saying that most US players are mediocre? | ||
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Ghrimnar
Germany260 Posts
On January 31 2012 23:41 L3g3nd_ wrote: eh idra hasnt done a lot of late. its fair enough if people wanna say theres better US players imo edit: but tbh compared to koreans medicore is a compliment to most US players Thats what i meant. US has the weakest pool of players (including US/EU/KR/CN). And even among those idra is not the cream of the crop. | ||
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Megabuster123
Canada1837 Posts
I thought you said something to that affect over your stream during the break | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
I'm pretty sure you said something of the sort maybe a month ago in some interview.  Maybe not at he moment though?  | ||
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