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Huk's mothership rush @ MLG DC Video - Page 16
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Grond
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Mortecian
Canada87 Posts
I'm sorry, but -everyone- cheering for HuK would prefer to see him go to ro32 in GSL rather than doing a stupid mothership (unless he can make this works in 95% of his games) and get eliminated. And yes, these progamers want to, actually, do this for a living and for this, they need sponsors. Their sponsors want them to try 100% (No sponsor want their team to throw games or play for the giggles...). HuK is getting enough results that he wont catch too much shit for it, but I doubt he will do it again while facing elimination. He said he wouldn't do it in the GSL, so why do it in the biggest American tournament? Is the American starcraft II scene just a joke? I doubt he will do it again from the vibe I got from post-game shows. | ||
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sylverfyre
United States8298 Posts
Props to HuK for having the guts to do something stupid on paper. Maybe if Select didnt have so many scans saved up..? Or if that was a clutch vortex? Looking forward to future wins with ridiculous play. | ||
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Phrencys
Canada270 Posts
HuK Fighting! | ||
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Slumbercat
Canada20 Posts
On October 18 2010 22:05 Phrencys wrote: HuK, the Alexander Ovechkin of Starcraft II! Win or lose, everything is in the show! HuK Fighting! this. | ||
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Elefanto
Switzerland3584 Posts
What a loser mentality, can't support this shit. | ||
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viraltouch
United States299 Posts
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Escapist
Portugal548 Posts
I think it will get to a point where some serious money will be involved and things will have to be taken more seriously by HuK or any other pro-gamer wanting to deserve that status. Anyway, great even by HuK played very well and the mothership made him a crowd / viewers favorite so maybe it will compensate him in the long run. Peace. | ||
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teko
Canada1197 Posts
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413X
Sweden203 Posts
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gundream
United States229 Posts
this guys IS a dickhole for making comments like that On October 17 2010 13:24 Kexx wrote: what a clown, knowing he can't win he starts to fuck around to get some publicity. User was banned for this post and similar dick hole comments - love kennigit. | ||
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Moody
United States750 Posts
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RHMVNovus
United States738 Posts
On October 18 2010 15:57 Defacer wrote: It was not epic. It was a silly stunt that resulted in a very one-sided match. Again, correlation does not imply causation. | ||
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NoobieOne
United States1183 Posts
Edit: Huk also put up a very good fight with that build. I'd say that game was closer than any of the games in the Finals. Because of that would you say select's builds are stupid? | ||
justinpal
United States3810 Posts
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Dspike
United States18 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + I was really frustrated with the vortex though, I assume it was a mis-click but it pretty much ruined the offensive...then getting the mothership sniped when it was stuck out by itself was pretty saddening  . we were thinking "omg, a recall over select's main would be so epic". | ||
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
IMO though, some professions just aren't supposed to be "professional" to that extent - forcing those "values" upon people who do those jobs is often times counterproductive and harmful. When you take away a player's irrational passion for the game, personality, flair, frivolity, and yes even the ability to just say "fuck this, I'm not feeling this game tonight so I'm doing something goofy just for the heck of it" (just a hypothetical example), you're really not left with much. Least of all an interested audience that is large enough to be even rightly called an audience. On the other hand, the sort of atmosphere during the scrap station game is the sort of thing that will grab people's attention. This is pretty much what DJ Wheat (I believe) tried to point out in the last SoTG. Secondly, if I were sponsoring a player competing in MLG, what I would want is that the player I sponsor gets noticed and draws attention to himself (in a non-negative context, although that line is kind of vague these days as well), thus promoting my company / product. And If I were choosing between sponsoring a player who gets the crowd chanting his name for whatever reason and a player who goes on to win that tournament easily, I know where my money would go. At the very least, a random person at MLG would probably want to know "who this Huk character is" and there would be a ton of discussion about him and a youtube video posted. I thought the same when he showed up in front of cameras in a hoodie holding a pillow in Raleigh. Finally, about the actual match with SeleCT - after the first game I would've put all my money, house and car on SeleCT winning in any sort of standard game. I don't think SeleCT is a more talented player or even a better player in general, but I was sure he's taking that game that night. If I tried to rationalize that feeling, I'd say HuK was the last in the long line of top Protoss that ended up losing to pretty much the same thing. Things just clicked for SeleCT, he dispatched his opponents routinely one after the other, and I don't think HuK is in a top shape right now. Maybe that's why I don't feel like HuK really threw away anything - it's more like he got the best out of the time he had left on the tournament. I can only guess what was going through his head at the time, but I find it really hard to believe he went in that game 100%. Obviously it's not something he would ever want to say in public because it would be... not very pleasant, I imagine. Either way, I don't blame him, he's only human. I also don't think it's some horrible, unforgivable attitude and that he doesn't have what it takes to succeed. | ||
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TurpinOS
Canada1223 Posts
On October 18 2010 16:38 vol wrote: "Wow, Huk's Mothership was a really dumb idea. He was stupid for doing that." Your rant was cool and all (even though I find part of it to be terribly wrong) but that part really got me to write back. I dont mind giving you the fact that a mothership rush wasnt the best idea with winning in mind, if it was dumb or not I guess that is up to discussion. Saying that ''HE WAS STUPID'' for doing it though it probably the most retarded thing I have read in this entire thread (and trust me, this thread is filled with dumb posts). You are not a pro-gamer, you are not ''HuK'', and you have never been in the situation that he was in. With that in mind, saying it was stupid (even if we could prove he DID throw the game intentionally to please the fans, which can also be discussed) is totally irrational. Starcraft 2 is a competitive game, sure, but it still is a GAME, and a game is supposed to have a ''fun part to it''. Sure, some people think that winning is the only thing that could ever make them have fun, but its not the same for everyone. | ||
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velo
Australia48 Posts
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On October 19 2010 07:32 Talin wrote: Let me say first that I completely understand the people who are like "omg he threw the game, not serious, not professional, etc etc". I see where their arguments are coming from and I'm not going to argue against that (not that it would change anybody's mind anyway). IMO though, some professions just aren't supposed to be "professional" to that extent - forcing those "values" upon people who do those jobs is often times counterproductive and harmful. When you take away a player's irrational passion for the game, personality, flair, frivolity, and yes even the ability to just say "fuck this, I'm not feeling this game tonight so I'm doing something goofy just for the heck of it" (just a hypothetical example), you're really not left with much. Least of all an interested audience that is large enough to be even rightly called an audience. On the other hand, the sort of atmosphere during the scrap station game is the sort of thing that will grab people's attention. This is pretty much what DJ Wheat (I believe) tried to point out in the last SoTG. . Dear Talin, I'm sure your a nice guy, but with all due respect you're argument here is for sissies, babies, and hairy lesbians. Are you suggesting that it is somehow unfair of his audience to expect Huk to TRY to WIN in a COMPETITION he ENTERED, and that we are somehow "oppressing" him, and denying him of his freedom to express himself through the sweet sweet language of Starcraft 2? I thought MLG was a tournament that hosted the best competitors in the world, not a goddamn free-form, open-mike jam session at some filthy-hippie-internet bar where a guy 'expresses himself' with a fucking Mothership. You sir, are ridiculous. | ||
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