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Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
August 24 2010 08:16 GMT
#61
Fuck.
In the woods, there lurks..
hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
August 24 2010 08:16 GMT
#62
IrOn isn't just some random B-teamer. He went 10-3 in the Dream League, if he wanted to make it in BW he might have succeeded eventually. Even if MBC kicked him out he could have gone to another team, like Hite. Point is, this is more likely to be a conscious decision on his part than a necessity.
"Sending people in rockets to other planets is a waste of money better spent on sending rockets into people on this planet."
zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-24 08:20:48
August 24 2010 08:18 GMT
#63
On August 24 2010 13:14 Zato-1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2010 12:46 night terrors wrote:
So it begins?

Because a guy who couldnt renegotiate his contract due to poor results you say it begins?

Come again?

Well, yeah. If the BW scene was in a terminal crisis, then the correct way to call that would be a terminal crisis. As it is, this is only the beginning of something bigger- which may or may not end up happening.
What?

Yeah seriously. Aside from the rumours/inside news in the post over my head, a guy switching to sc2 because he sucked balls at bw and couldn't renew his contract, is not a serious sign of anything. Contrary to what many posts including the OP are calling "significant". Is it as significant as sangho switching over, or intotherainbow? I doubt it. The impression that some "ex-progamers" are switching to sc2 because sc1 required too much skill/commitment, must already have been made on koreans, and i doubt this + Show Spoiler +
MBCGame Zero
is going to get anyone excited. Except maybe you.
"That's not gonna be good for business." "That's not gonna be good for anybody."
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
August 24 2010 08:41 GMT
#64
On August 24 2010 13:41 AssuredVacancy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 24 2010 13:25 bokchoi wrote:
On August 24 2010 13:21 Cadgers wrote:
On August 24 2010 12:50 Megalisk wrote:
On August 24 2010 12:49 zerious wrote:
I'm only interested with UpMagic's transition.


GSL banned all of the "disgraced" BW gamers, so I don't think he will be playing.


Do you have a source for this? I was look forward to seeing more from him after the artosis video.


In the GSL rules there was something about GSL being able to deny players from participating if they were unfit. I believe in a later interview with the GSL they clarified this to mean that match-fixers would not be given the opportunity to participate in the GSL.


noooooooooooooooo savior


Hah. No sympathy. Don't drop the soap, savior.
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
Skee
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada702 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-24 08:45:25
August 24 2010 08:45 GMT
#65
On August 24 2010 12:33 holy_war wrote:
It will be interesting to see exactly how many top SC1 players switch over. The money is very enticing though.

More interesting who specifically will switch over...
Severedevil
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4839 Posts
August 24 2010 09:05 GMT
#66
Bad Broodwar players switching to SC2 isn't news.
My strategy is to fork people.
XenOsky
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Chile2304 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-24 09:17:33
August 24 2010 09:14 GMT
#67
so IdrA was a pioneer. first b-teamer to make the transition from bw to sc2...
i can see him in a few years (when koreans dominate sc2) being a leyend like Grrrr or ElkY, and having a really promising poker carreer...
StarCraft & Audax Italiano.
raga4ka
Profile Joined February 2008
Bulgaria5679 Posts
August 24 2010 10:44 GMT
#68
On August 24 2010 18:05 Severedevil wrote:
Bad Broodwar players switching to SC2 isn't news.


Yeah and top BW players have no reason to switching to SC 2 . They won't switch any time soon or ever for that matter .
Ocedic
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1808 Posts
August 24 2010 12:06 GMT
#69
On August 24 2010 18:05 Severedevil wrote:
Bad Broodwar players switching to SC2 isn't news.


Um, isn't it true that even the worst Korean pro gamers annihilate the vast majority of foreign players in BW? Though I find this news less exciting than the Nada vs TLO showmatch (and its consequence drama,) to call this event trivial is pretty near-sighted.

At the very least, it shows that Korean pros can and will switch over given the right circumstances.
SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
August 28 2010 14:45 GMT
#70
Well whatever. I wish we'd actually get some quality progamers in starcraft 2 as well. Right now it just seems to have become a haven for subpar progamers who either
a) Sucked too much to be given a chance play broadcasted Sc1 games (JulyZerg)
b) Had a mediocre brood war career so they switched over to make a name for themselves (theSTC, Tester, and now Iron).

With no offense to the man, I don't really see this as too significant. He switched to SC2 because his BW career more or less tanked. I remember he was pretty far down in the in house rankings
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
Nick_54
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States2230 Posts
September 05 2010 05:04 GMT
#71
On August 28 2010 23:45 SubtleArt wrote:
Well whatever. I wish we'd actually get some quality progamers in starcraft 2 as well. Right now it just seems to have become a haven for subpar progamers who either
a) Sucked too much to be given a chance play broadcasted Sc1 games (JulyZerg)
b) Had a mediocre brood war career so they switched over to make a name for themselves (theSTC, Tester, and now Iron).

With no offense to the man, I don't really see this as too significant. He switched to SC2 because his BW career more or less tanked. I remember he was pretty far down in the in house rankings


Sorry to bump this but is there anyone to find a definitive list of the brood war players that now play sc2?

I know July, Tester, TheSTC, IntotheRainbow, Iron, Cool, Junwi. Any that I am missing?
SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-05 05:11:52
September 05 2010 05:11 GMT
#72
BW Progamers that qualified for the GSL

Cool, TheWind, Junwi, Clide, jjonga, breeze, tester, xian, iron, nabi, spunky, zergbong, thunder, intotherainbow,

Of course IdrA too.


source: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=148950
Nick_54
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States2230 Posts
September 05 2010 05:14 GMT
#73
On September 05 2010 14:11 SnowFantasy wrote:
BW Progamers that qualified for the GSL

Cool, TheWind, Junwi, Clide, jjonga, breeze, tester, xian, iron, nabi, spunky, zergbong, thunder, intotherainbow,

Of course IdrA too.


source: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=148950


Dont know how I missed that thread, thank you very much
Sprouter
Profile Joined December 2009
United States1724 Posts
September 05 2010 05:17 GMT
#74
i don't see any reason for top bw players to switch as they already have a pretty cushy contract but it'd make sense for lower tier players to cross over
mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
September 05 2010 05:22 GMT
#75
I"d kill to see the Dong play Z in SC2, unfortunately why would a player like his or Flash's caliber play a different game....
JD, Stork, Calm, Hyuk Fighting!
SaturnAttack
Profile Joined September 2010
United States125 Posts
September 05 2010 05:44 GMT
#76
On September 05 2010 14:22 mierin wrote:
I"d kill to see the Dong play Z in SC2, unfortunately why would a player like his or Flash's caliber play a different game....


Me too, probably won't ever happen for various reasons. Would be nice though to see that like some of what we see in Halo or Street Fighter.
Buffy
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Sweden665 Posts
September 05 2010 06:33 GMT
#77
Praying to god this is the thing that sparks people to get over to it :D
Yes I am
SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
September 06 2010 18:47 GMT
#78
On September 05 2010 14:04 Nick_54 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 28 2010 23:45 SubtleArt wrote:
Well whatever. I wish we'd actually get some quality progamers in starcraft 2 as well. Right now it just seems to have become a haven for subpar progamers who either
a) Sucked too much to be given a chance play broadcasted Sc1 games (JulyZerg)
b) Had a mediocre brood war career so they switched over to make a name for themselves (theSTC, Tester, and now Iron).

With no offense to the man, I don't really see this as too significant. He switched to SC2 because his BW career more or less tanked. I remember he was pretty far down in the in house rankings


Sorry to bump this but is there anyone to find a definitive list of the brood war players that now play sc2?

I know July, Tester, TheSTC, IntotheRainbow, Iron, Cool, Junwi. Any that I am missing?


Zergbong, another really mediocre BW player
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
SevenAteNine
Profile Joined February 2010
126 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-06 19:49:22
September 06 2010 19:45 GMT
#79
All the S-class players you see today were once B-team years ago
you should be WAY more concerned in the fact that the new players are not going to BW
this is REALLY a bad omen for BW
omnomnomnom
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
September 07 2010 16:40 GMT
#80
He's the first who hit over 1,9k points on the ladder now. He should easily be one of the top favorites at the GSL!
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