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Please have some respect for the players, teams, and tournament.
Criticism is fine, criticism without anything to back it up isn't so cool.
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On March 25 2012 11:18 Asymmetric wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2012 11:13 ref4 wrote:I meant no disrespect, but why is Grubby performing so poorly in SC2? I am comparing him to Naniwa both of whom switched from WC3 and both play Protosses. Naniwa have done impossible upsets and came close to taking out the most fearsome Koreans. Grubby just.....iono  although he did take out Violet so that was good for him! Different games, different metas, different times. Grubbys still learning. Give him time. You'll see the same seemingly odd variance results when brood war pros switch over. Some of them will take to it like a fish out of water and perform amazingly and some of them will be a shadow of there former selves.
He's had MORE than enough time, that's not a valid excuse at all.
Also, "different metas"... ??
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So Thorzain's out? Damn, not a good showing for him this MLG. I figure the best result he put up was 2-0'ing MC, then basically getting pummeled by everyone else
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On March 25 2012 11:14 nvs. wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2012 11:12 Hamdemon wrote:On March 25 2012 11:09 brentsen wrote:On March 25 2012 11:06 Hamdemon wrote:On March 25 2012 11:03 nvs. wrote:
... My point in that being is how does someone justify being a "progamer" in the US? Even most of the top NA players are canadian which has a more generous social program. You either have to be insanely talented enough that 3-4 hours a day of practice is enough to be good enough to profit or you have to have someone willing to fund your ability to practice 8-10 horus a day like koreans do. I'm in the US and I'm in university and work 2 jobs and I'm not saying if I could play 10 hours a day I'd be a top progamer but i'd certainly be a lot better. I'm pretty sure South Korea doesn't have a very bright welfare system. But they do have one advantage over the US which is proximity. The US is a much larger country than korea, and most of the SC scene is focused around Seoul. This means you're more likely to find 9 other people willing to live in a small cramped apartment who can all play SC for 8+ hours a day in a team house. Forming a team house in the US isn't impossible but I would argue it's harder. As to why brood war has become a successful "sport" in korea you'd have to answer that for me because I wasn't watching the BW scene at that time, I was busy being a dumb teenager. I would have to do more research but I would believe the level of play generally improved as people were able to spend more time playing. EG has a teamhouse, but one could argue the results produced have been fairly underwhelming so far.
Sorry, but many teamhouses don't mean crap.
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Is it over? Am I too late?
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On March 25 2012 11:18 Mycl wrote:
Any updates on the Puma vs Socke game?
Puma just crushed Sockes army. Very close game now, 4base vs 4base.
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Hope you guys enjoy tomorrow, and I hope I get home in time to catch the finals!
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Canada13407 Posts
Puma is so good that flank and those emps :O
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Good stuff, team Light making a good run this MLG. Too bad Golden had to team kill to get here.
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On March 25 2012 11:19 StimMarine wrote:
Is it over? Am I too late?
last maps are being played, so yes you are late :D
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Wow, 1 mistake vs Puma and its GG
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On March 25 2012 11:16 Whoranzone wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2012 11:13 ref4 wrote:I meant no disrespect, but why is Grubby performing so poorly in SC2? I am comparing him to Naniwa both of whom switched from WC3 and both play Protosses. Naniwa have done impossible upsets and came close to taking out the most fearsome Koreans. Grubby just.....iono although he did take out Violet so that was good for him! I don't know if this is just my imagination but nearly always when I see Grubby playing a bo3 I see him playing one fantastic map, one mediocre and an absolute trainwreck. But well he is a fighter I hope he can get his tournament win this year.
Naniwa is playing SC2 much longer then Grubby. Grubby is only playing SC2 for a year basically.
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On March 25 2012 11:15 Badfatpanda wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2012 11:13 _Darwin_ wrote:On March 25 2012 11:12 Shellshock1122 wrote:On March 25 2012 11:10 Vindicare605 wrote:On March 25 2012 11:06 Fionn wrote:
Did Grubby play any non-Koreans this tournament? He got pummeled. I thought SeleCT was american  . SeleCT ended the debate. If you watch his interview he said he is Korean because he just spent the last 3 months training in korea He also said Huk was Korean. rofl I got flamed for 4 pages last time I brought it up but I agree. >.>
Thats because you dont include people like haypro, jinro, desrow, etc as korean even though they are in the same situation >.> only when huk wins he's korean :D
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On March 25 2012 11:18 MCDayC wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2012 11:18 Asymmetric wrote:On March 25 2012 11:13 ref4 wrote:I meant no disrespect, but why is Grubby performing so poorly in SC2? I am comparing him to Naniwa both of whom switched from WC3 and both play Protosses. Naniwa have done impossible upsets and came close to taking out the most fearsome Koreans. Grubby just.....iono although he did take out Violet so that was good for him! Different games, different metas, different times. Grubbys still learning. Give him time. You'll see the same seemingly odd variance results when brood war pros switch over. Some of them will take to it like a fish out of water and perform amazingly and some of them will be a shadow of there former selves. He's had MORE than enough time, that's not a valid excuse at all.
Just because both played Wc3 does not mean they need to be equally good at sc2, what kind of logic is that?
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On March 25 2012 11:19 yoshi245 wrote:So Thorzain's out? Damn, not a good showing for him this MLG. I figure the best result he put up was 2-0'ing MC, then basically getting pummeled by everyone else
He lost to Ganzi, MKP, Sase, and Crazymoving before losing to Golden.
There isn't a one among them I'm surprised that he lost to except maybe golden and that's only because I don't know him well. His series with Sase was also really close.
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Great day of entertainment, grats to all the advancing players and thanks to all the people for entertainment.
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Canada13407 Posts
Socke really really needs to feedback the medivacs there are 10 of them and thats way too many to let terran have.
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Man Terrans are stomping Protoss this tournament.
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So T-Zain's out? Well poop.
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Puma ahead now. Too good in the big engagements.
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PUMA! That was a damn sexy engagement, nobody can deny that he doesn't rely on the 1/1/1 to take games, his army control is fantastic
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