EPTTop countries at SC2 based on top players? - Page 7
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s.a.y
Croatia3840 Posts
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Holcan
Canada2593 Posts
On August 26 2010 03:55 phamou wrote: +1, also don't forget in quebec, we have school Cegep, which consists of 2 years before university where your classes are most likely useless (imo, cegep is useless, i'd rather go straight to uni) we have a lot of free time here (teens from 18-21 years old), winter forces you to stay home, we are in a rather wealthy country, so computers are a must have in a house anyways. all that = sc2 I just want to say that most people use Cegep to get laid for 3 years straight before university, such a great thing if you are a single guy, so many willing and able girls  | ||
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-Iron-
Germany27 Posts
On August 26 2010 04:03 Holcan wrote:I just want to say that most people use Cegep to get laid for 3 years straight before university, such a great thing if you are a single guy, so many willing and able girls They should introduce this system also in Germany... At the moment I'm just pissed off and stressed from the life at university (but I anyway won't leave for playing sc2 :D). | ||
Flicky
England2662 Posts
On August 26 2010 01:06 iD.NicKy wrote: France, Spain, Uk has a lot of good players but only few top players let's say demuslim/dapollo for UK, Lucifron for spain, sarens/moman for france If you want a correct answer for the UK: The scene obviously has its star in DeMusliM but there are plenty of very strong players here, the issue is that currently they are just below the very top. Quite a lot of Quarter-Finals chokers, that kind of thing. This is mostly to do with a fractured scene in the UK with very few Clans and what-not with active practice schedules. We have a number of very active players who get quite far in events. I could name-names, but I do not what to miss anyone out. We have recently beaten the Netherlands and France in Nation Wars, although these were more casual events. The main issue with the UK when it comes to development of eSports is that there is a very big social stigma when it comes to video-games and even more so when it come to PC games. Anyone who spends a large amount of time at home playing video-games is not looked upon nicely. Not saying it's horrible, but it isn't a good thing. On top of this, the developing mentality of British people doesn't lend well to excelling in certain fields. Years of faltering in international sports has led to almost constant disappointment when it comes to Britain's place in competitive events. Many people aren't competitive or keen to excel anymore due to this. There is a largely spread attitude that "we were once great, we don't mind not being great any more". I think this effects our scene quite a lot. On top of this, there are very few events for our community. But, we do have many good players and I would say we're at least as good as any country in Europe besides Sweden, Germany and Ukraine. Comparing the UK to the Germans, they are historically very competitive people (I don't mean this in a negative way). From what I know of parts of the German thought process, is their strong beliefs when it comes to their Duty. In the UK children are repeatedly told to "Do their best". This doesn't really help a competitive spirit if people are content with "their best". If your best is 8th, it's not going to win you competitions. In Germany, the idea of duty is a strong one, where it is your duty to win. (Duty may not be the write word, but I can't think of a more accurate word). Germans thrive and succeed using this mentality, especially in big sports and they're proud of their teams and countries. This isn't exactly the case in the UK, as I stated above. If you want the top countries, here they are: South Korea, Sweden, Germany, USA, Canada and the Ukraine. Every other country is below these in terms of star power, names and whatnot. | ||
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TurpinOS
Canada1223 Posts
On August 26 2010 04:03 Holcan wrote: + Show Spoiler + On August 26 2010 03:55 phamou wrote: +1, also don't forget in quebec, we have school Cegep, which consists of 2 years before university where your classes are most likely useless (imo, cegep is useless, i'd rather go straight to uni) we have a lot of free time here (teens from 18-21 years old), winter forces you to stay home, we are in a rather wealthy country, so computers are a must have in a house anyways. all that = sc2 I just want to say that most people use Cegep to get laid for 3 years straight before university, such a great thing if you are a single guy, so many willing and able girls Cegep is such a waste of time that you can actually have the time to fit both in a normal schedule. cegep = Getting laid + sc2 | ||
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dogmeatstew
Canada574 Posts
On August 26 2010 04:03 Holcan wrote: + Show Spoiler + On August 26 2010 03:55 phamou wrote: +1, also don't forget in quebec, we have school Cegep, which consists of 2 years before university where your classes are most likely useless (imo, cegep is useless, i'd rather go straight to uni) we have a lot of free time here (teens from 18-21 years old), winter forces you to stay home, we are in a rather wealthy country, so computers are a must have in a house anyways. all that = sc2 I just want to say that most people use Cegep to get laid for 3 years straight before university, such a great thing if you are a single guy, so many willing and able girls The french...  Canada had good players because we can't actually go outside between October and May in most parts of our country so we play video games. | ||
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starcraft911
Korea (South)1263 Posts
On August 26 2010 00:50 PhiliBiRD wrote: haha, someone is apparently biased against Americans..way to show it so blatantly. 6 of the top 10 on ladder right now are from US. all with win % that are just as good. regardless i dont think it has anything to do with your country of origin. thats ignorant as shit to believe. Blizzard ladders never have and probably never will matter and/or be any solid way to determine skill. Right now massing games will get anyone who's decent in 1st place because the system will let you farm noobs all day to get points and get free points from the good ol' bonus pool. Win % and ladder points only matters in the context of that particular ladder. Trying to draw conclusions between EU, US, and KOR ladders based on these is silly. A 60% ratio on US server with 1000 points is not the same as KOR server because the 1000 point has a different value. ICCUp worked because it was the ONLY place people played ladder and all regions were included. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
EDIT: Thank you Flicky | ||
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Damian
Germany335 Posts
On August 26 2010 04:38 GreEny K wrote: Why is Russia nowhere to be seen? Dimaga, BRAT_OK and White_ra are all top notch. EDIT: Thank you Flicky Out of the three above mentioned players only one is Russian... | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
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Lylat
France8575 Posts
On August 26 2010 03:10 hystorm wrote: the countries that cater to progamers are obviously going to be grooming the best players. Idra may be American but he's practicing in Korea. However, Canadians for some reason have strong players (Grrrr, huk, elky) despite a relatively quiet pro-scene. What? Elky is french come on.. I think if you do the ratio population/top player S.Korea is by far the best country followed by Sweden and maybe Ukraine and Germany.. US are far behind! There are ~300millions people and maybe 5-6 top player it may be the same as France lol 60millions 1good player | ||
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Sqq
Norway2023 Posts
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diggurd
Norway346 Posts
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
On August 26 2010 02:07 Sfydjklm wrote: So much bias. So Moman bashes french people and US players who apart from idra only win in-house tournaments deserve a mention? Are you serious? Look at the # of US players in the top 30 of GG.net rankings, and look at the number of French. HuK, TTOne, Sheth, Machine, etc, all have competed in major invitational tournaments against European players and performed well. MoMaN is the only French who really competed in any international events, and he pretty much sucked in them all. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On August 26 2010 04:41 Damian wrote: Out of the three above mentioned players only one is Russian... I know that the other two are Ukrainian but I lump them. | ||
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RainWhisper
United Arab Emirates333 Posts
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FlamingTurd
United States1059 Posts
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
On August 26 2010 04:42 Kralic wrote: Because Dimaga and White_ra are from the ukraine... In soviet russia ukraine belongs to russia. | ||
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Taylor Hall
Canada44 Posts
On August 26 2010 04:32 dogmeatstew wrote: The french... Canada had good players because we can't actually go outside between October and May in most parts of our country so we play video games. Well I spent lots of time in Yellowknife ( the Christmas Time) and I always enjoyed going outdoors and playing hockey, ice fishing or snowmobiling even tho it is sub -30 Celsius | ||
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red.venom
United States4651 Posts
Its really sad how we can't play on different servers | ||
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