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kudos to those at gosucoaching for trying to get some love and effort into the new sc2 community
gl with all ur future plans/events
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Wi)nD
Canada719 Posts
on topic kudos to those at gosucoaching for trying to get some love and effort into the new sc2 community gl with all ur future plans/events | ||
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dogabutila
United States1437 Posts
I hope it goes well so you guys can do another camp. | ||
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EnderW
United States170 Posts
On May 12 2010 12:30 CheAse wrote: I'm pretty sure Gosucoaching's aim is not to be just "good". When I consider taking gosucoaching I'm thinking about actual competitive settings in tournaments, not some battle net ladder that anyone can do well on. I'm #1 in my plat division and at a decent rating and sometimes play vs known players, but I don't consider myself to be "good". I would think that gosucoaching is offering their service for high level starcraft players who want to take part in tournaments and play at a higher level. There is no way that their experience wouldn't be helpful for someone who wants to truly play at a competitive level. You can do 1 cheasy strat, or just learn one build and play it over and over again on the ladder. You don't have to deal with pressure, or anything that competitive at the 1600 bracket. My friend who is GOD AWFUL at RTS and was E in iccup is in plat. You may be in plat but there is gameplay far above what you could even imagine. I really think people have to understand the level of skill difference in plat... I couldn't agree with you more there chease. And Bigdates, being only a 1600 platinum player, i don't think you are in any position to be making those claims and giving people your protips. | ||
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Redx
Netherlands77 Posts
 Just wanted to make a post still, to let you guys know i really like the idea and wish you the best of luck! That w eone-day may see a recruit winning a big tourney. | ||
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landaishan
Australia104 Posts
lots of people dont like seeing others succeed where they themselves fail in life its called tall poppy syndrome | ||
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Tinithor
United States1552 Posts
On May 12 2010 04:30 Ryuu314 wrote: Oh and becoming a pro football player or musician is soooo easy. /end sarcasm Yea, tutoring math or something is much more realistic, I'll give you that. However, exactly how different is this camp from any other "training camp" for sports or music? I've been to soccer camps myself and I can tell you right now I'm nowhere near becoming a soccer pro. Why'd I go then? Because I love soccer and I love playing the sport. People dont' go to these things because they think it'll help them go pro (usually). People go to these thigns because they love the activity and enjoy playing/doing it. Really dude, how much easier do you think becoming a pro sports player or professional musician is than being a pro gamer anyways? Even if you become a pro football player, the chances of you becoming a big name QB is much smaller than simply becoming some no-name defensive lineman. If you use music as an example, you really have no idea how freaking hard it is to actually make a good living off of music. You're either the best (read: yo-yo ma/ itzhak perlman status) or you barely scrape by on music alone. The chances of becoming a successful progamer is pretty much the same as becoming a successful sports player or musician. Except you can actually make a living as a no name defensive lineman. Only the top 10-20 pro gamers in the WORLD ever make enough to even support themselves playing starcraft. (and all of them are in korea) They also work much harder than any other job in the world. What other jobs can you think of where you practice 14+ hours a day in order to make minimal money? Its just a BAD decision to try and do. | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
On May 12 2010 22:44 Tinithor wrote: Except you can actually make a living as a no name defensive lineman. Only the top 10-20 pro gamers in the WORLD ever make enough to even support themselves playing starcraft. (and all of them are in korea) They also work much harder than any other job in the world. What other jobs can you think of where you practice 14+ hours a day in order to make minimal money? Its just a BAD decision to try and do. And there will come a day when video games gets its own muhammad ali, but if people enjoy what they're doing why does money matter? Esports has been around such a short time in comparison to other sports, or things like math, music etc. It's pretty easy to see that it will eventually take off. This sounds like a really cool idea taking a step in that direction. | ||
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
Last I checked in Korea they have SC camps where you go learn to play SC better. Where is all the outrage about them? | ||
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RoosterSamurai
Japan2108 Posts
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
On May 12 2010 23:07 RoosterSamurai wrote: I don't know why people are getting so political about this? Granted, I couldn't afford this camp because I live so far away, but this could be a relatively ground breaking advance in the field of gaming. If only gosu coaching could open up more camps at other places across the country, then the name of affordable pro-gaming camps (and yes, they get paid to game, they are progamers) would be established. Very good point sir | ||
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Spidermonkey
United States251 Posts
A few years back some "pro" Extreme Sport athletes put together a camp for people to get better at BMX Freestyle, and Skate Park/Vert. Very few people EVER make it professional doing Extreme Sports. So why would parents PAY to send their kids to this camp? Because their kids loved the activity and wanted to be around other people who were good and loved it too. Today Extreme Sports are held with the same respect as all other contemporary sports. While I don't think E-Sports will reach that I can see it being on par to Poker or Scrabble Tournaments which are often broadcasted on ESPN. This is why you were suppose to take history in school. You can predict the future by learning from the past. | ||
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
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KinosJourney2
Sweden1811 Posts
Good luck with the camp  | ||
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RoosterSamurai
Japan2108 Posts
On May 12 2010 23:42 Spidermonkey wrote: This is exactly what Camp Woodward went through about 10 years ago when it was started up. Now I'm going to assume some of you know what that is, and I'll assume some of you are shut in nerds who never leave your room, or watch ESPN. A few years back some "pro" Extreme Sport athletes put together a camp for people to get better at BMX Freestyle, and Skate Park/Vert. Very few people EVER make it professional doing Extreme Sports. So why would parents PAY to send their kids to this camp? Because their kids loved the activity and wanted to be around other people who were good and loved it too. Today Extreme Sports are held with the same respect as all other contemporary sports. While I don't think E-Sports will reach that I can see it being on par to Poker or Scrabble Tournaments which are often broadcasted on ESPN. This is why you were suppose to take history in school. You can predict the future by learning from the past. Why would you assume that people that aren't meat-head jocks that spend all day fondling other football players in an open field, and reciting no-homo for the hundredth time in an hour, and watching ESPN religiously are "shut-in nerds" ? Your exaggeration only goes to show your ignorance. Think before posting, please... | ||
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Louder
United States2276 Posts
On May 12 2010 11:56 CheAse wrote: Have you guys considering doing something exactly like this but completely online? For someone like myself who is middle class, this program is very attractive but is simply inaccessible. Yes, we have some ideas we've discussed. The logistics are actually much more challenging to do this completely online but we'll be trying some new things in the not so distant future. | ||
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Diamond
United States10796 Posts
On May 13 2010 00:21 Louder wrote: Yes, we have some ideas we've discussed. The logistics are actually much more challenging to do this completely online but we'll be trying some new things in the not so distant future. I'll be your first student! See if we can get me out of Silver !!!! lol | ||
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EnderW
United States170 Posts
On May 13 2010 00:17 RoosterSamurai wrote: Why would you assume that people that aren't meat-head jocks that spend all day fondling other football players in an open field, and reciting no-homo for the hundredth time in an hour, and watching ESPN religiously are "shut-in nerds" ? Your exaggeration only goes to show your ignorance. Think before posting, please... LOL, man i'm pretty sure that you just took that one sentence really really personally, and failed to read the rest of the post :o | ||
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MorroW
Sweden3522 Posts
dont worry thats probably incontrols smurf talking ^^ just kidding altho it would be a classic move :D i agree with previous posters on the part that i see absolute no different between copper players to gold. platinum says something at least. this is all gonna be better (hopefully) when sc2 comes out for real | ||
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eNtitY~
United States1293 Posts
Because look at it this way, Str8 Rippin (Halo 3 Pro Team) charged $1200 for a weekend of the same thing EG is offering. | ||
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Spidermonkey
United States251 Posts
On May 13 2010 00:33 EnderW wrote: LOL, man i'm pretty sure that you just took that one sentence really really personally, and failed to read the rest of the post :o Yea. I guess it's easier to argue one sentence in a paragraph than the point I was making. I love how I gave two examples of people and he assumed he was the shut in nerd. | ||
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