EPT[IEM] World - Day 3 @ CeBIT - Page 70
| Forum Index > StarCraft 2 Tournaments |
|
DwmC_Foefen
Belgium2186 Posts
| ||
|
mki
Poland882 Posts
| ||
|
DrPandaPhD
5188 Posts
On March 08 2012 23:01 marcesr wrote: I was talking about this tournament specifically and I didnt mean to disrespect Korean players. So I dont watch GSL too often nor do I read too much about the Korean scene and that is what I know. Violet seems a cool guy judging from some interviews and IEM Sao Paolo but the interviews were very superficial so you dont get to know much about him. MMA is a great player and a GSL champion, thats it. MC seems funny and put on a good show at MLG. No clue about JYP, Puma, Killer, Zenio and Supernova. I also respect that you are defending your stars but you should keep in mind that for a large part of the audience it is not so easy to keep track with all the Koreans since at almost every major tournament a new Korean appears and owns everyone. The only reason why we dont see Koreans only at major tournaments with maybe 2-3 top foreigners is because the events use invitationals and regional qualifiers and that most Korean players still dont have the financial support to attend a lot of events. If you know more about the foreigners at this IEM (apart from IdrA / Grubby / White-Ra) than MMA / MC then I don't know how you watch StarCraft. When I watch a game, I see the player, not where he comes from. It doesn't matter where they are from, if the play was amazing I will get excited. It just happens more often when Korean plays because they dedicate themselves more into the game and therefore by default, will be better at the game. I know a ton about Leenock because I've seen him play a lot. Mainly because he's my favourite zerg and I play zerg as well so I try to copy the way he plays. But also because I follow Team FXO. I know more about the FXO's players playstyle / weak and strong matchups etc than I do 95% of the foreigners. "MMA is a great player and a GSL champion, thats it. MC seems funny and put on a good show at MLG." If anything, these 2 players the ones we know the most about if you follow SC2. Name 5 foreigners that you know more about that MC / MMA >_> I don't care if you don't follow GSL, because they have been in so many foreign events so you should've seen them a lot. | ||
|
JayJay_90
Germany1632 Posts
On March 09 2012 00:33 Kleinmuuhg wrote: plus /qry hasuobs which was just amazing :D Wow I almost forgot that exists, I watched that ages ago. Must rewatch! I hope the VOD is still available... | ||
|
Champloo
Germany1850 Posts
| ||
|
TumNarDok
Germany854 Posts
http://beta.esl.tv/channel/esltv-studio2/ | ||
|
rOse_PedaL
Korea (South)450 Posts
| ||
|
Vertical
Indonesia4317 Posts
On March 08 2012 23:01 marcesr wrote: I was talking about this tournament specifically and I didnt mean to disrespect Korean players. So I dont watch GSL too often nor do I read too much about the Korean scene and that is what I know. Violet seems a cool guy judging from some interviews and IEM Sao Paolo but the interviews were very superficial so you dont get to know much about him. MMA is a great player and a GSL champion, thats it. MC seems funny and put on a good show at MLG. No clue about JYP, Puma, Killer, Zenio and Supernova. I also respect that you are defending your stars but you should keep in mind that for a large part of the audience it is not so easy to keep track with all the Koreans since at almost every major tournament a new Korean appears and owns everyone. The only reason why we dont see Koreans only at major tournaments with maybe 2-3 top foreigners is because the events use invitationals and regional qualifiers and that most Korean players still dont have the financial support to attend a lot of events. they're much more fun than what u know | ||
|
LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
| ||
|
Enchanted
United States1609 Posts
 . Good try guys, practice harder for next time ! | ||
|
NeonFox
2373 Posts
On March 09 2012 00:18 Zzoram wrote: You act like we actually know anything about foreigners. We don't know much more about them than we do the Koreans. Stephano doesn't speak English, we just know he's a bit immature and really good at the game. People love him because he's white / EU and good at SC2, not because of his engaging personality. What? He speaks english, and he has tunisian origins, so he's not even "white" lol. | ||
|
SarkON
Russian Federation117 Posts
Well, now we clearly see that at every single tournament that Koreans play together with foreigners, there's a huge gap between the 2. And this gap is going to keep growing, that's just a fact. I think we might end up with similar differences to those of Brood War. Only time will tell, maybe the gap is going to be smaller, but still quite noticable. | ||
|
-xpeh-
Ukraine86 Posts
| ||
Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
| ||
|
NuclearJudas
6546 Posts
On March 09 2012 01:38 SarkON wrote: I remember this debate after like 6 months SC2 was released about foreigners vs koreans. Well, now we clearly see that at every single tournament that Koreans play together with foreigners, there's a huge gap between the 2. And this gap is going to keep growing, that's just a fact. I think we might end up with similar differences to those of Brood War. Only time will tell, maybe the gap is going to be smaller, but still quite noticable. Dunno man, Feast beat Supernova 2-0. It's the same it''s always been, only the best foreigners can take the Koreans down. And most of those have Korean training. | ||
|
AsnSensation
Germany24009 Posts
On March 09 2012 01:38 -xpeh- wrote: Can i download IEM stream from somewhere? there should be a rerun currently or in 20minutes, dont have the stream open atm | ||
|
SenorChang
Australia4729 Posts
On March 09 2012 01:15 Vertical wrote: they're much more fun than what u know http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbFnNRHbeS8 Damn, violet acting as a translator Pretty confident with his english to do that :D Love it when the koreans bust out the english. | ||
|
-xpeh-
Ukraine86 Posts
On March 09 2012 02:11 AsnSensation wrote: there should be a rerun currently or in 20minutes, dont have the stream open atm I mean as record/download, so i could watch them at any time and skip pauses. I don't get the idea of rerun. Why don't just put it to twitch archive? | ||
|
Raistlin
Sweden104 Posts
We caught the FFA winner on camera! | ||
|
Stanlot
United States5742 Posts
Happy to see Sangho and Zenio doing so well :D | ||
| ||
