EPT[MLG] Huk vs MKP - Winter Exhibition ro8 - Day 2 - Page 3
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BabyRomatic
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mengsk83
Germany519 Posts
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RookUK
United Kingdom283 Posts
On April 06 2013 06:44 Seiniyta wrote: MKP just steamrolled Huk twice and went over him a third time for good meassure. Couldn't have put it better myself. Pretty merciless stuff there by Monsieur MarineKing - great to watch, though. | ||
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Umpteen
United Kingdom1570 Posts
I suppose the problem with esports as a whole is that there are few reasons to get behind any given player. The very fact it's net-based precludes the regional grass-roots support terrestrial sports receive. Personally, I get a kick out of TL players winning, Stephano because I get him, and Flash vs Life because it's like Morpheus vs Neo - I don't actually care who wins. It's tough for someone who's merely better than 99% of the people who play the game to gather a following. | ||
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NapkinBox
United States314 Posts
On April 06 2013 07:04 Umpteen wrote: I honestly think there are too few professional strata for this game. In football, there's no shame in lower league teams being unable to take down Man U or Chelsea. Similarly, there are players who can deliver nail-biting, entertaining pro-level SC2 games without being Flash or Life. In this series, Huk was *a little bit* behind MKP, and got stomped for it. There would be something wrong if every football team was judged on its ability to win the Champion's League. I suppose the problem with esports as a whole is that there are few reasons to get behind any given player. The very fact it's net-based precludes the regional grass-roots support terrestrial sports receive. Personally, I get a kick out of TL players winning, Stephano because I get him, and Flash vs Life because it's like Morpheus vs Neo - I don't actually care who wins. It's tough for someone who's merely better than 99% of the people who play the game to gather a following. It's a different sport; different community. In the NFL, you'll be treated as the worst team of all fucking time if you lose by even one touchdown in the Super Bowl.  | ||
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-JoKeR-
Canada387 Posts
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Dr. Waffles
United States16 Posts
On April 06 2013 08:21 -JoKeR- wrote: Link to vods? VODs aren't up yet but when they are they will be here. | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On April 06 2013 07:04 Umpteen wrote: I honestly think there are too few professional strata for this game. In football, there's no shame in lower league teams being unable to take down Man U or Chelsea. Similarly, there are players who can deliver nail-biting, entertaining pro-level SC2 games without being Flash or Life. In this series, Huk was *a little bit* behind MKP, and got stomped for it. There would be something wrong if every football team was judged on its ability to win the Champion's League. I suppose the problem with esports as a whole is that there are few reasons to get behind any given player. The very fact it's net-based precludes the regional grass-roots support terrestrial sports receive. Personally, I get a kick out of TL players winning, Stephano because I get him, and Flash vs Life because it's like Morpheus vs Neo - I don't actually care who wins. It's tough for someone who's merely better than 99% of the people who play the game to gather a following. Well I'm 100% behind MarineKing no matter what, and for a long time now. Good games or bad games, MLG championships or Jjakji 0-3, I'll be here, supporting him. Just to prove you wrong :D | ||
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bearzly
Canada184 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On April 06 2013 07:04 Umpteen wrote: I honestly think there are too few professional strata for this game. In football, there's no shame in lower league teams being unable to take down Man U or Chelsea. Similarly, there are players who can deliver nail-biting, entertaining pro-level SC2 games without being Flash or Life. In this series, Huk was *a little bit* behind MKP, and got stomped for it. There would be something wrong if every football team was judged on its ability to win the Champion's League. i'd say huk is a fair amount behind MKP though, not just a little bit | ||
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Badfatpanda
United States9719 Posts
I can't stop laughing am I a bad person? | ||
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Emzeeshady
Canada4203 Posts
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asdfOu
United States2089 Posts
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Zenbrez
Canada5973 Posts
On April 06 2013 06:33 M.R. McThundercrotch wrote: This is hard to watch for any Huk fans, but not entirely surprising, really. Online tournaments should just mail MKP a trophy let everyone else play it out. This whole "exhibition" thing was all played at the last MLG, just saved for later content (now) | ||
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DeathProfessor
United States1052 Posts
a) HuK used to be quite good and MKP has been slumping, maybe if Huk was in his prime he would have won this b) Its totally crazy to say that a team that loses by 1 TD in Super Bowl is disrespected like a lot of foreign players do every friggin time they lose. Every 49ers fan I know was saddened but didn't curse out their team, mostly both teams are treated well even the loser, the only one in my lifetime might be the Giants vs. Pats where they went undefeated and after Manning threw the Tyree Catch people gave them hell after that. Honestly this is why we should be more regional though, Huk could probably be okay if only facing NA players but a good Korean makes him look silly like today. Sometimes I see brilliance in Huk though, kinda rooting for him to get better. | ||
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408xParadox
United States140 Posts
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nvs.
Canada3609 Posts
On April 06 2013 11:35 opterown wrote: i'd say huk is a fair amount behind MKP though, not just a little bit Yeah... Huk is more than "a little" behind MKP. | ||
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Umpteen
United Kingdom1570 Posts
On April 06 2013 08:43 ZenithM wrote: Well I'm 100% behind MarineKing no matter what, and for a long time now. Good games or bad games, MLG championships or Jjakji 0-3, I'll be here, supporting him. Just to prove you wrong :D You wouldn't be behind him if he'd never had his high-profile run, though. That's my point. There's a very narrow window for players to garner support, and relatively few reasons to follow someone who never hits that window. The people I follow have nothing in common with me - do you see what I mean now? | ||
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lolmlg
619 Posts
On April 06 2013 17:45 Umpteen wrote: You wouldn't be behind him if he'd never had his high-profile run, though. That's my point. There's a very narrow window for players to garner support, and relatively few reasons to follow someone who never hits that window. The people I follow have nothing in common with me - do you see what I mean now? I can't speak for the rest of you buttholes, but I've been behind MarineKing since he split marines against Kyrix's banelings. That's basically just one televised play. The whole concept of a home team or following people like you is a bit of a joke anyway. The home team in any given sport is usually made up of people from other countries. And it's not like you have a reason to be proud of the achievements of someone you have no connection to, regardless of whether they were born within a thousand kilometres of you or not. I think the only meaningful thing that's missing is the social interaction which most people who follow e-sports probably can't even handle. | ||
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arkedos
Germany1426 Posts
On April 06 2013 12:07 DeathProfessor wrote: Honestly this is why we should be more regional though, Huk could probably be okay if only facing NA players but a good Korean makes him look silly like today. Sometimes I see brilliance in Huk though, kinda rooting for him to get better. I think a scene isolated like in broodwar would be so much worse. Every tournament except GSL / Proleague / GSTL would be just boring. | ||
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