On May 18 2020 02:36 sneakyfox wrote: It's really impressive how well Day9 commentates and how decent his understanding of current metas is considering how little he follows the game nowadays (or so I thought?). Did he just do a lot of research before going on today?
I watch him stream Magic Arena a lot and I think he just has a very solid fundamental understanding of the skillsets involved in playing games at a high level. Obviously he has a lot of history with SC2 so there's a lot of history to draw on, but he often mentions at least keeping up with GSL on stream. I would guess he's still interested, even if it's not his foremost passion anymore.
TBH I think anyone that plays enough games has that understanding to varying degrees. My best friend is a massive board game nut, and so I'm pretty frequently (not lately for obvious reasons) getting thrown into playing games I've never seen before, but I can pick it up pretty quick because after all, a game is a game.
I think if you have a fundamental understanding of Starcraft, Chess and Poker you can pretty much pick up any game.
Except Go. I don't think I'll ever understand that game.
Chess is just too hard for the beginners I think especially in classical time format, there is so much theory.
On May 18 2020 02:36 sneakyfox wrote: It's really impressive how well Day9 commentates and how decent his understanding of current metas is considering how little he follows the game nowadays (or so I thought?). Did he just do a lot of research before going on today?
I watch him stream Magic Arena a lot and I think he just has a very solid fundamental understanding of the skillsets involved in playing games at a high level. Obviously he has a lot of history with SC2 so there's a lot of history to draw on, but he often mentions at least keeping up with GSL on stream. I would guess he's still interested, even if it's not his foremost passion anymore.
TBH I think anyone that plays enough games has that understanding to varying degrees. My best friend is a massive board game nut, and so I'm pretty frequently (not lately for obvious reasons) getting thrown into playing games I've never seen before, but I can pick it up pretty quick because after all, a game is a game.
I think if you have a fundamental understanding of Starcraft, Chess and Poker you can pretty much pick up any game.
Except Go. I don't think I'll ever understand that game.
Chess is just too hard for the beginners I think especially in classical time format, there is so much theory.
TBH I think Chess and Starcraft have something in common in that a lot of beginners feel overwhelmed to pick it up because of how much information is involved in becoming a master player at it.
I say the same thing to beginner Chess players as I do to beginner Starcraft players. Don't worry about the theory at the start, just learn the game. Play against other beginners. Worry about doing research once you've mastered the basics. Too many players get hung up on learning the advanced theory before they even understand the basics.
SC is of course worse at this I think because there's dexterity and muscle memory involved.
On May 18 2020 02:36 sneakyfox wrote: It's really impressive how well Day9 commentates and how decent his understanding of current metas is considering how little he follows the game nowadays (or so I thought?). Did he just do a lot of research before going on today?
I watch him stream Magic Arena a lot and I think he just has a very solid fundamental understanding of the skillsets involved in playing games at a high level. Obviously he has a lot of history with SC2 so there's a lot of history to draw on, but he often mentions at least keeping up with GSL on stream. I would guess he's still interested, even if it's not his foremost passion anymore.
TBH I think anyone that plays enough games has that understanding to varying degrees. My best friend is a massive board game nut, and so I'm pretty frequently (not lately for obvious reasons) getting thrown into playing games I've never seen before, but I can pick it up pretty quick because after all, a game is a game.
I think if you have a fundamental understanding of Starcraft, Chess and Poker you can pretty much pick up any game.
Except Go. I don't think I'll ever understand that game.
Chess is just too hard for the beginners I think especially in classical time format, there is so much theory.
TBH I think Chess and Starcraft have something in common in that a lot of beginners feel overwhelmed to pick it up because of how much information is involved in becoming a master player at it.
That's the point of being a beginner, isn't it ? You could say the same thing about every field or thing.
On May 18 2020 02:36 sneakyfox wrote: It's really impressive how well Day9 commentates and how decent his understanding of current metas is considering how little he follows the game nowadays (or so I thought?). Did he just do a lot of research before going on today?
I watch him stream Magic Arena a lot and I think he just has a very solid fundamental understanding of the skillsets involved in playing games at a high level. Obviously he has a lot of history with SC2 so there's a lot of history to draw on, but he often mentions at least keeping up with GSL on stream. I would guess he's still interested, even if it's not his foremost passion anymore.
TBH I think anyone that plays enough games has that understanding to varying degrees. My best friend is a massive board game nut, and so I'm pretty frequently (not lately for obvious reasons) getting thrown into playing games I've never seen before, but I can pick it up pretty quick because after all, a game is a game.
I think if you have a fundamental understanding of Starcraft, Chess and Poker you can pretty much pick up any game.
Except Go. I don't think I'll ever understand that game.
Chess is just too hard for the beginners I think especially in classical time format, there is so much theory.
TBH I think Chess and Starcraft have something in common in that a lot of beginners feel overwhelmed to pick it up because of how much information is involved in becoming a master player at it.
That's the point of being a beginner, isn't it ? You could say the same thing about every field or thing.
Chess has such a reputation though that it intimidates people, and there's not much reason to learn it other than to just play it.
Boxing as a counter-example is a great thing to learn just to get fit so there's alternative reasons to pick it up. Jobs and other things have financial incentives. etc.
On May 18 2020 02:36 sneakyfox wrote: It's really impressive how well Day9 commentates and how decent his understanding of current metas is considering how little he follows the game nowadays (or so I thought?). Did he just do a lot of research before going on today?
I watch him stream Magic Arena a lot and I think he just has a very solid fundamental understanding of the skillsets involved in playing games at a high level. Obviously he has a lot of history with SC2 so there's a lot of history to draw on, but he often mentions at least keeping up with GSL on stream. I would guess he's still interested, even if it's not his foremost passion anymore.
TBH I think anyone that plays enough games has that understanding to varying degrees. My best friend is a massive board game nut, and so I'm pretty frequently (not lately for obvious reasons) getting thrown into playing games I've never seen before, but I can pick it up pretty quick because after all, a game is a game.
I think if you have a fundamental understanding of Starcraft, Chess and Poker you can pretty much pick up any game.
Except Go. I don't think I'll ever understand that game.
Chess is just too hard for the beginners I think especially in classical time format, there is so much theory.
TBH I think Chess and Starcraft have something in common in that a lot of beginners feel overwhelmed to pick it up because of how much information is involved in becoming a master player at it.
That's the point of being a beginner, isn't it ? You could say the same thing about every field or thing.
Chess has such a reputation though that it intimidates people, and there's not much reason to learn it other than to just play it.
Boxing as a counter-example is a great thing to learn just to get fit so there's alternative reasons to pick it up. Jobs and other things have financial incentives. etc.
Compare boxing to physical things then. There is no point in comparing boxe and chess.
This type of PvP fights are terrible to watch by the way, it looks like even pros are confused.
On May 18 2020 02:36 sneakyfox wrote: It's really impressive how well Day9 commentates and how decent his understanding of current metas is considering how little he follows the game nowadays (or so I thought?). Did he just do a lot of research before going on today?
I watch him stream Magic Arena a lot and I think he just has a very solid fundamental understanding of the skillsets involved in playing games at a high level. Obviously he has a lot of history with SC2 so there's a lot of history to draw on, but he often mentions at least keeping up with GSL on stream. I would guess he's still interested, even if it's not his foremost passion anymore.
TBH I think anyone that plays enough games has that understanding to varying degrees. My best friend is a massive board game nut, and so I'm pretty frequently (not lately for obvious reasons) getting thrown into playing games I've never seen before, but I can pick it up pretty quick because after all, a game is a game.
I think if you have a fundamental understanding of Starcraft, Chess and Poker you can pretty much pick up any game.
Except Go. I don't think I'll ever understand that game.
Chess is just too hard for the beginners I think especially in classical time format, there is so much theory.
TBH I think Chess and Starcraft have something in common in that a lot of beginners feel overwhelmed to pick it up because of how much information is involved in becoming a master player at it.
That's the point of being a beginner, isn't it ? You could say the same thing about every field or thing.
Chess has such a reputation though that it intimidates people, and there's not much reason to learn it other than to just play it.
Boxing as a counter-example is a great thing to learn just to get fit so there's alternative reasons to pick it up. Jobs and other things have financial incentives. etc.
Compare boxing to physical things then. There is no point in comparing boxe and chess.
This type of PvP fights are terrible to watch by the way, it looks like even pros are confused.
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