EPTd.Apollo interviews Idra!! - Page 4
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reza
Canada213 Posts
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SexyBimbo
Germany89 Posts
His interviews are actullay very good and I would not mind listening to stuff like this all day long. Gogo Idra, screw the haters! SB | ||
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Onlinejaguar
Australia2823 Posts
On July 14 2010 13:09 reza wrote: I don't mean to be rude..but who the hell is apollo? He was a pro C&C 3 player i believe but hes moved over to SC2 now. | ||
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iopq
United States927 Posts
On July 14 2010 12:59 floor exercise wrote: Haha yeah I agree, American parents in general are far too responsible to allow their chi ![[image loading]](http://athensboy.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/mcdonalds-kid.jpg) hahahaha | ||
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LuckyLuke43
Norway169 Posts
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Backpack
United States1776 Posts
On July 14 2010 12:59 floor exercise wrote: Haha yeah I agree, American parents in general are far too responsible to allow their chi because those are americans... oh wait nvm | ||
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AtomicTon
United States103 Posts
But the interview was great,tho. Yeah. =P Lol,actually,just people watching in the background is really fucking entertaining right now. Is it just me? PS, I just read more posts, and it's not just me muwaha | ||
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iEchoic
United States1776 Posts
On July 14 2010 12:52 Sylvr wrote: The main thing working against Americans in the progaming scene is the culture. Parents aren't likely to allow their teenagers to "play a game" for 8+ hours a day as they don't view the prospects of being a progamer as a legitimate goal. It's even worse as an independent adult as you pretty much NEED to have a full time job to keep a roof over your head (with internet). There's unfortunately good reason for it too. Playing a game for 8+ hours a day is terrible for your health. You can try to say "well, exercise when they're not playing", but it's still unhealthy to sit that long. It's bad for your back, your tailbone, and your general health. Exercising doesn't erase that much sitting every single day. I love pro gaming but I hate how SC pro gamers play upwards of 12 or more hours a day. I'll probably get flamed for this but I think that kind of playing ruins competitive gaming. It furthers the stereotype that gaming is for nerds and makes it impossible for people with other things in their life to compete. Definitely not hating on the players though, if I didn't have college coming up I'd definitely be throwing down some crazy hours on this game. Good interview, much nicer quality than the usual. | ||
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HowardRoark
1146 Posts
EDIT: Idra mentions someone called "Scew" or something being perhaps the best RTS gamer in the world. Who is this guy? | ||
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shlomo
258 Posts
On July 14 2010 13:33 iEchoic wrote: I love pro gaming but I hate how SC pro gamers play upwards of 12 or more hours a day. I'll probably get flamed for this but I think that kind of playing ruins competitive gaming. It furthers the stereotype that gaming is for nerds and makes it impossible for people with other things in their life to compete. You mean like every other sport played at high level consumes gigantic amounts of training/preparation time? Can people "with other things in their life" compete with professionnal players at anything? Because if so I'm pretty sure the professionnals wouldn't look so cool anymore... | ||
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iEchoic
United States1776 Posts
On July 14 2010 13:37 shlomo wrote: You mean like every other sport played at high level consumes gigantic amounts of training/preparation time? The difference is that practicing a sport 12 hours a day is very difficult, keeps you in shape, and not everyone can do it. Playing a sport for 12 hours a day is physically exhausting and you need incredible willpower to do it. My lazy friend plays video games 12 hours a day. I don't want to threadjack the interview though, just responding to that guy's post. I do think that pro gaming in the US is hampered by perceptions about sitting around all day, and that will need to be fixed in some way before it is on par with korean pro gaming. | ||
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shlomo
258 Posts
Are you for serious? | ||
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bontez
United States165 Posts
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javy_
United States1677 Posts
On July 14 2010 13:44 shlomo wrote: Lol, are you suggesting that playing SC/SC2 at a pro or even semi-pro level for 12 hours is not exhausting? Are you for serious? Are you suggesting playing SC for 12 hours is as physically exhausting as practicing basketball or football for the same length? | ||
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iEchoic
United States1776 Posts
On July 14 2010 13:44 shlomo wrote: Lol, are you suggesting that playing SC/SC2 at a pro or even semi-pro level for 12 hours is not exhausting? Are you for serious? I said 'physically exhausting' and that it keeps you in shape. Try to read my posts before responding... Back on topic, I noticed this interview is from the team Dignitas website. The last RTS I was playing, my dubs partner was from a competing CoD4 team in Europe. He didn't practice very much, in all honesty, but they still competed with Dignitas and did quite well. I find it interesting how little him and his team practiced compared to the sc pro gamers. I remember before one event, he hopped on for 4-5 hours to practice, and they ended up winning. It didn't seem like practicing long periods of time was even very beneficial. Given how much more strategy SC takes and how much more reflexes and possibly coordination CoD4 takes, I would think CoD4 would take far more practice time, but it seems to be the other way around. Just an interesting note. | ||
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Hallucination
United States249 Posts
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Sylvr
United States524 Posts
On July 14 2010 13:28 AtomicTon wrote: Great interview-am I the only one that saw the red shirt and cute little butt in the tiny blue shorts behind Idra? Oh, and then the vertical striped blue-white short dress after that. What?!? IdrA was in this video?!? | ||
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SoJu.WeRRa
Korea (South)820 Posts
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towerranger
Austria134 Posts
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eNbee
Belgium487 Posts
On July 14 2010 06:16 s.a.y wrote: British accents freak me out. I'm 99% sure that's not British. Sounds oceanic to me. | ||
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