Huk's mothership rush @ MLG DC Video - Page 11

On October 18 2010 00:36 tocador wrote:


I'd do the same.

Now say whatever you haters say, if anyone is to ask Huk if he would rather have lost the way he did or won with normal play, im pretty sure he would have chosen to lost.

Money isnt there for you after dieng, but glory is eternal.

On October 18 2010 03:05 RushBoxer! wrote:


i would much rather be known for winning 2 MLG's in a row then losing to a failed mothership rush. But it was entertaining. If it was me I would want another go at IdrA.

On October 18 2010 02:46 Cybren wrote:
You are a corporation looking to sponsor one person. Who do you sponsor?
A) Someone who plays very standard, and wins very plain, albeit dominating matches
B) Someone that can win a match with standard play, but also plays to the crowd and puts on a show, getting infinitely more exposure?

On October 18 2010 03:29 leve15 wrote:
guys telling your opponent what you're doing isn't throwing the game ok?

making motherships is cool ok? (i agree, i do it in 3v3 all the time)


3v3

On October 18 2010 03:46 thesighter wrote:


Word to that. Huk gave up after game 1 and decided to throw the second game in order to please the crowd.

What a loser. You don't succeed in games or life with that type of attitude. He's going to fail hard at GSL 3.

"Wow, he made a mothership! That's so cool, he cares about his fans!!" Seriously...

On October 18 2010 04:22 ToxNub wrote:
Some of you guys need a sense of humour. Yeah, fine, he probably shouldn't mothership rush every game, but every now and then it's ok to do something weird. For all we know it might have worked. and if it didn't, who cares? It's one fucking game... it's not going to destroy your capability to play starcraft at a godly level the rest of the time.

Some of you guys need a sense of humour. Yeah, fine, he probably shouldn't mothership rush every game, but every now and then it's ok to do something weird. For all we know it might have worked. and if it didn't, who cares? It's one fucking game... it's not going to destroy your capability to play starcraft at a godly level the rest of the time.

On October 18 2010 04:22 thesighter wrote:


On djWheat's show today, everyone (including idra) called HuK a retard. He's not going to be respected by other players for acting like a clown when he knows he's going to lose.

On October 18 2010 04:31 ToxNub wrote:


Yeah, because Idra has the most imaginative play ever, I would have totally expected his endorsement. The same guy that doesn't think that anything but macro play is valid.

Seriously, if people are going to ride his ass for 1 game with an unconventional strat and talk a bunch of shit about his "attitude" and other stupid nonsense then maybe the SC2 pros are a bunch of anal nerds? Why would you even want their respect?

On October 18 2010 03:26 robertdinh wrote:


Flash makes a lot of money... and huk placed third.

On October 18 2010 04:25 intrigue wrote:
i stayed with huk during this MLG and he was really torn about this himself. here's what i've concluded, and you should listen because LOL i have a red name and thus hopefully some credibility:

- huk is confident. he practices 8 hours a day on his own even without the environment of a training house (yet) and has won in high profile, pressure-filled situations before, like last MLG or his return from being down 0-2 against drewbie at IEM. it's out of the question that he threw the match out of fear (also of idra), absolutely

- huk hates losing. i've seen progamers say this in person quite a few times now, and they say it always with that same surprising vehemence. it is incredibly unlikely he just gave up and saw the crowd as an excuse for why he lost - he jokes a lot, but once you meet him he's really really obviously an upstanding person and it just conflicts too much.



what it comes down to is that he did not have much of a conscious choice here. things like this are decided not by judgment but just by personality and who you are, and the moment he made the stargate it was probably the only option he saw - just like how many of you find it preposterous that ANYONE would EVER do this.

though i agree with idra and incontrol in that it was "really fucking stupid", unlike them i also think it was incredibly admirable. from my seat all the way up front i felt a palpable stream of love from across the entire crowd flowing towards huk. to them, it was a genuine, human charisma that beamed out and connected them to an actual player. even i clapped when the MOM popped, despite thinking "what the hell is he doing are you serious WHAT IF HE LOSES" the entire time it was building.

the fact that there's eleven pages now on a single game shows how the history of sc2 is being made constantly. i'm quite proud he did what he did, even though he's probably still regretting it! it is AWESOME for promoting interest in this whole serious business of ESPORTS that we dabble in here. haters gonna hate, but they'll still know his name. his fans are never going shut up about him being the peoples' champion now, it's gonna be utterly disgusting to have to listen to over and over.





PS: not trying to hype him up and say that he made some noble sacrifice, but was simply being who he was - apparently a very lovable person. huk, you like this e-peen stroking?

On October 18 2010 04:38 Cybren wrote:

Flash is not playing in an up and coming market competing for attention

it was a genuine, human charisma that beamed out and connected them to an actual player. even i clapped when the MOM popped, despite thinking "what the hell is he doing are you serious WHAT IF HE LOSES" the entire time it was building.

On October 18 2010 04:22 thesighter wrote:


On djWheat's show today, everyone (including idra) called HuK a retard. He's not going to be respected by other players for acting like a clown when he knows he's going to lose.