On July 22 2010 23:16 DC Elite wrote: I think reality hit home thanks to the Day9 tourny. Just because you can 4 gate your way to the top of diamond, doesnt mean you are even close to competing with world class eSport gamers.
Let’s be realistic. HuK is basically an amateur playing in the pro league. Did he dominate? No, he didn't. Did he win any series? No he didn’t. Did he win games? Yes he did. This is probably the first time HuK has really been tested. It's cliché but what he does next is important. If he learns from his losses and comes back and beats some of these guys, then yes he can make it. If not, well then all these player hate will be true.
Love him or hate him, HuK has an 18 page thread about him on TL.net. He HAS made a name for himself which is what a Progamer wants. Day9 and other important casters feel he is worth doing shows on so for the time being HuK should feel proud.
Like a lot of people have said though... the next few months are going to be difficult for foreigners as South Korea starts to focus more on SC2 rather than BW.
On July 23 2010 01:31 CatZ.root wrote: HuK's a great player, representing the server in which most of you are going to play sc2 in. he's won plenty of tournaments both in NA and EU including many of the top names in Day9 or any other tournament.
In no way am I affiliated with HuK, but you guys should ease up and cheer for the players that represent NA instead of bashing on them. I assure you HuK and many others are capable of competing and beating anyone in the EU or Asia server at this point in time.
hey, i would love nothing more than to cheer for NA players. i personally i'm sick of all these korean dick riders but when tester is as good as he is and huk goes 2-6. if you were on the stream with day9 yesterday right b4 the match started i was there saying "i hope huk crushes tester" and i really really did hope that happened but alas...
On July 20 2010 15:30 Zidane wrote: lol I was reading the comments for the wc3 rep. How bad was the trashtalk in that game? Apparently HuK and Lightknight use a bunch of profanity, racia/religious insults lol. What a dirty past if its true.
few people i couldn't stand on b.net (considering it was b.net after all!!) but the amount of racial shit that LK69 used was way too far and now that i just pieced Huk with him after all this time. WOW, huk your pathetic. And that comment has nothing to say for his playing ability but his character.
Huk said it wasn't him. So until someone can come up with something proving it was other than the names being similiar you may want to do the mature thing and stop spreading rumors.
On July 20 2010 04:44 Corvi wrote: i doubt there will be a boxer of sc2. the skill cap is just too low.
I agree there probably won't be a boxer of sc2, but for a different reason. When SC first went competetive, the scene was much smaller allowing for one really good player to really shine. With the launch of SC2, the scene is already huge, so while there may be a couple people on top, there won't be one person dominating everyone else.
On July 20 2010 15:30 Zidane wrote: lol I was reading the comments for the wc3 rep. How bad was the trashtalk in that game? Apparently HuK and Lightknight use a bunch of profanity, racia/religious insults lol. What a dirty past if its true.
few people i couldn't stand on b.net (considering it was b.net after all!!) but the amount of racial shit that LK69 used was way too far and now that i just pieced Huk with him after all this time. WOW, huk your pathetic. And that comment has nothing to say for his playing ability but his character.
Huk said it wasn't him. So until someone can come up with something proving it was other than the names being similiar you may want to do the mature thing and stop spreading rumors.
Also, as someone who has easy beaten HUK_YOU and LK69 countless times... I would be pretty damn surprised if HuK was HUK_YOU. Anyone who was halfway decent from the US servers of war3 should be able to see this...
I'm not the closest guy to HuK, but I've met the guy on vent a few times and have played HoN with him. He's pretty cool guy if you get to know him. Its a shame for those that don't know him that well, but I can see where SOME of the hate is coming from. Tuning in some of his streams, there are times when I shake my head at some of the things he says. I think its a simple attitude correction and sometimes his "respect to others" that needs to be changed. Other than that, he's not out there to harm anyone, he's out there to WIN. That is his main driving force, and while he cannot please everyone, you have to remember that pleasing people isn't his goal. He's out there to "get his own" and win. Respectable goals and overall good individual with perhaps some temper.
Its not a bad thing, just not everyone can stand it. Strong personality, solid player with a goal. Take it or leave it, he's not going anywhere. I'm one to take it with a grain of salt, hes a good guy, nobody should expect him to win a ghandi-peace award though, and that's not what he's out there to do.
gl hf, chill out on the HuK flaming (respectful construtive criticism is always good though) .. yeah.. he's performed under-par lately, but there's a long way to go and he's still the top 1% whether you love him or hate him.
Every basketball player wants to be Michael Jordan, but they only come as close as Kobe or Lebron. And since starcraft is the basketball of korea, Huk would probably only come as close as Hedo Turkeglu or Pau Gasol.
I agree that Huk wanting to be like Boxer is a commendable goal. It was not offensive at all. Boxer is his hero. =) Also, I think it is clear that Huk was not on the same level as some of the other players at the tournament, but neither was QXC. I find it odd that QXC isn't getting anywhere near the same level of hate. They are both good players, in any case, and I'm sure they have the potential to keep up with these guys someday.
On a side note: Not to be antagonistic but LK69 was my all time favorite war3 player. In RoC he was one of the top ladder players early on, and in TFT he was one of the most original players out there. He was not a top player in TFT because he played the game like it was starcraft. Every game he attempted to beat his opponents through harassment and economy, rather than the standard army vs army. He refused to play standard, and his ranking suffered for it. His micro was amazing, and I wasn't surprised when I saw him as rank 1 diamond when he finally got into beta (phase 2).
Yes, he's incredibly bad mannered and racist, but that's because he exists as an entertainer rather than a top player. He's not actually racist, it's really more of a statement against being politically correct and such. To me, when I watched his replays I always found them amusing. I think some people take them far too seriously. He's meant to be funny, not to be taken at face value.
I play RTS games because of LK69's unique style. I am typically polite in my games, but I will always strive to have a unique playing style and great micro like him.
I've found that if you go 2 gas before cyber core you can sustain 5 gate zealot sentry with it being heavy on the sentries. I'm not sure how viable that actually is but just food for thought lol.
On July 22 2010 23:16 DC Elite wrote: I think reality hit home thanks to the Day9 tourny. Just because you can 4 gate your way to the top of diamond, doesnt mean you are even close to competing with world class eSport gamers.
This.
T_T I was thinking this but.. I didn't want to post it.. kinda too deep..lol but yeah, the game he DID win, he all in 5gate..lol
hope he gets less BM and does other strategies..or goes back to Wc3 2vs2 lol.
I'm pretty sure Day9's tourney showed he can compete with world class eSport gamers - he took games off Tester, idrA and TLO.
On August 03 2010 10:27 Shiragaku wrote: Well Huk is a good player but he is not as creative as Boxer. If anything, TLO will be the next Boxer if the foreigners can beat the Koreans for once.
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