On April 11 2011 19:10 cYaN wrote: Pretty cool. Lol at the standard negative reaction to the word ESPORTS in the comments on there.
Would anyone mind translating a comment or two? I'd be interested to see what people are saying
One of them was something about how ESPORTS wasn't a real SPORT because you couldn't get any injury worse than mouse arm/carpal tunnel. You know, because it's no sport if it don't hurt. He was quickly shot down, though.
Then there's a discussion about how ESPORTS™ might finally be expanding beyond its status as a subculture, considering how this article got on the front page of Aftonbladets homepage.
No doubt that esports is taking off in Sweden, we are the most successful country in the world after Korea in Starcraft 2 and newspapers aren't late to pick up on that fact. The tune has totally changed regarding computer gaming compared to just a few years back where every report in media about gaming had a negative angle.
I would not exactly put it as esport is taking off in Sweden. We have been the most successful country in esports for a long time
I don't really care about rankings, but you're just as selective (I mean CSS? Nobody took that game seriously). Sweden owned at trackmania, Toxic in Q4 was one of the most dominating players in any game ever and in Q3 / QL swe > ger. It's silly to try to measure it with rankings, IMO Sweden and Germany tend to be pretty evenly matched in e-sports.
On April 12 2011 02:18 DreamRaider wrote: I have a question. If Jinro's mother's name is Katherine Walsh and his father's name is Peter Karlsson (according to the article), shouldnt jinro's last name be Karlsson (Not Walsh?)
Last time i checked its fathers last name not mothers
As you could read a few posts above you, in Sweden you can choose which surname the children should inherit.
On April 11 2011 19:10 cYaN wrote: Pretty cool. Lol at the standard negative reaction to the word ESPORTS in the comments on there.
Would anyone mind translating a comment or two? I'd be interested to see what people are saying
One of them was something about how ESPORTS wasn't a real SPORT because you couldn't get any injury worse than mouse arm/carpal tunnel. You know, because it's no sport if it don't hurt. He was quickly shot down, though.
Then there's a discussion about how ESPORTS™ might finally be expanding beyond its status as a subculture, considering how this article got on the front page of Aftonbladets homepage.
No doubt that esports is taking off in Sweden, we are the most successful country in the world after Korea in Starcraft 2 and newspapers aren't late to pick up on that fact. The tune has totally changed regarding computer gaming compared to just a few years back where every report in media about gaming had a negative angle.
I would not exactly put it as esport is taking off in Sweden. We have been the most successful country in esports for a long time
On a side note, I remember you sending me a incomprehensible and somewhat offensive pm in another thread because I made a harmless comment about Goody. Maybe you should just relax and let people have opinions instead of going around the forums telling people what to do or think.
He seems to be on some sort of vendetta with Sweden, as you can see from him post history, so I'd just ignore him :/
On topic, great article and hope you have fun at Nyhetsmorgon Jinro! Don't be too nervous <3
I knew they were going to publish something on the web because they had reporters at his arrival, didn't think it would make it to the printed paper though gladly surprised!
On April 12 2011 02:18 DreamRaider wrote: I have a question. If Jinro's mother's name is Katherine Walsh and his father's name is Peter Karlsson (according to the article), shouldnt jinro's last name be Karlsson (Not Walsh?)
Last time i checked its fathers last name not mothers
"Last time I checked" Oh, so now you own the fact book of the world I see. In Sweden, taking the Mother's name isn't uncommon in anyway, take your ingrained American traditions or whatever it is out of here. Yajck
On April 11 2011 19:10 cYaN wrote: Pretty cool. Lol at the standard negative reaction to the word ESPORTS in the comments on there.
Would anyone mind translating a comment or two? I'd be interested to see what people are saying
One of them was something about how ESPORTS wasn't a real SPORT because you couldn't get any injury worse than mouse arm/carpal tunnel. You know, because it's no sport if it don't hurt. He was quickly shot down, though.
Then there's a discussion about how ESPORTS™ might finally be expanding beyond its status as a subculture, considering how this article got on the front page of Aftonbladets homepage.
No doubt that esports is taking off in Sweden, we are the most successful country in the world after Korea in Starcraft 2 and newspapers aren't late to pick up on that fact. The tune has totally changed regarding computer gaming compared to just a few years back where every report in media about gaming had a negative angle.
I would not exactly put it as esport is taking off in Sweden. We have been the most successful country in esports for a long time
I don't really care about rankings, but you're just as selective (I mean CSS? Nobody took that game seriously). Sweden owned at trackmania, Toxic in Q4 was one of the most dominating players in any game ever and in Q3 / QL swe > ger. It's silly to try to measure it with rankings, IMO Sweden and Germany tend to be pretty evenly matched in e-sports.
Rapha and Cooller are the only Quake players I have ever heard of. That says something. It's not like you don't have any bias either. From a stand point outside of Europe, I would say that Sweden is definitely more famous for CS than any other country, even though AGAiN and Team3d gave both won two WCG Grand Finals, and the current dominating CS team is from Ukraine....
In terms of Starcraft 2, yes. But that's it. If you are going pull from every single game that anyone plays, Fifa is completely dominated by Germany, Unreal tournament was dominated by a German.
And the 'silly' rankings do mean something... especially when Sweden isn't even close to Germany or the US. Sure Sweden may be better at a few certain games, but the WCG ranking encompasses all game.
On April 12 2011 02:18 DreamRaider wrote: I have a question. If Jinro's mother's name is Katherine Walsh and his father's name is Peter Karlsson (according to the article), shouldnt jinro's last name be Karlsson (Not Walsh?)
Last time i checked its fathers last name not mothers
"Last time I checked" Oh, so now you own the fact book of the world I see. In Sweden, taking the Mother's name isn't uncommon in anyway, take your ingrained American traditions or whatever it is out of here. Yajck
oh wow thats awesome, his dad should try to learn the game to Jinro's level. Then he could have a 24/7 stay at home practice partner LoL. All jokes aside, Welcome home Jinro.
On April 12 2011 02:18 DreamRaider wrote: I have a question. If Jinro's mother's name is Katherine Walsh and his father's name is Peter Karlsson (according to the article), shouldnt jinro's last name be Karlsson (Not Walsh?)
Last time i checked its fathers last name not mothers
"Last time I checked" Oh, so now you own the fact book of the world I see. In Sweden, taking the Mother's name isn't uncommon in anyway, take your ingrained American traditions or whatever it is out of here. Yajck
On April 11 2011 19:10 cYaN wrote: Pretty cool. Lol at the standard negative reaction to the word ESPORTS in the comments on there.
Would anyone mind translating a comment or two? I'd be interested to see what people are saying
One of them was something about how ESPORTS wasn't a real SPORT because you couldn't get any injury worse than mouse arm/carpal tunnel. You know, because it's no sport if it don't hurt. He was quickly shot down, though.
Then there's a discussion about how ESPORTS™ might finally be expanding beyond its status as a subculture, considering how this article got on the front page of Aftonbladets homepage.
No doubt that esports is taking off in Sweden, we are the most successful country in the world after Korea in Starcraft 2 and newspapers aren't late to pick up on that fact. The tune has totally changed regarding computer gaming compared to just a few years back where every report in media about gaming had a negative angle.
I would not exactly put it as esport is taking off in Sweden. We have been the most successful country in esports for a long time
I don't really care about rankings, but you're just as selective (I mean CSS? Nobody took that game seriously). Sweden owned at trackmania, Toxic in Q4 was one of the most dominating players in any game ever and in Q3 / QL swe > ger. It's silly to try to measure it with rankings, IMO Sweden and Germany tend to be pretty evenly matched in e-sports.
Rapha and Cooller are the only Quake players I have ever heard of. That says something. It's not like you don't have any bias either. From a stand point outside of Europe, I would say that Sweden is definitely more famous for CS than any other country, even though AGAiN and Team3d gave both won two WCG Grand Finals, and the current dominating CS team is from Ukraine....
In terms of Starcraft 2, yes. But that's it. If you are going pull from every single game that anyone plays, Fifa is completely dominated by Germany, Unreal tournament was dominated by a German.
And the 'silly' rankings do mean something... especially when Sweden isn't even close to Germany or the US. Sure Sweden may be better at a few certain games, but the WCG ranking encompasses all game.
In terms of the dominating Unreal Tournament-Player: Do you mean this guy?XD
Na but seriously thats true that germany dominated UT as well I know that guy whos in the hall of fame of the wcg In the video you can see that germans obviously never see the sun maybe that explains the success a bit
ANYWAYS back to topic. I love u jinro and im happy you get the acceptance u deserve
On April 12 2011 02:18 DreamRaider wrote: I have a question. If Jinro's mother's name is Katherine Walsh and his father's name is Peter Karlsson (according to the article), shouldnt jinro's last name be Karlsson (Not Walsh?)
Last time i checked its fathers last name not mothers
"Last time I checked" Oh, so now you own the fact book of the world I see. In Sweden, taking the Mother's name isn't uncommon in anyway, take your ingrained American traditions or whatever it is out of here. Yajck
lol wtf
Are all Swedes like this?
Naaah, It's kinda sad to see as a swede the amount of Swedish people arguing here about their own country's success in esports, to such a extent to even insult other countries.
OnT: Wednesday, note to self. Watch "Nyhetsmorgon" with Jinro ^_^
On April 12 2011 02:18 DreamRaider wrote: I have a question. If Jinro's mother's name is Katherine Walsh and his father's name is Peter Karlsson (according to the article), shouldnt jinro's last name be Karlsson (Not Walsh?)
Last time i checked its fathers last name not mothers
"Last time I checked" Oh, so now you own the fact book of the world I see. In Sweden, taking the Mother's name isn't uncommon in anyway, take your ingrained American traditions or whatever it is out of here. Yajck
On April 11 2011 19:10 cYaN wrote: Pretty cool. Lol at the standard negative reaction to the word ESPORTS in the comments on there.
Would anyone mind translating a comment or two? I'd be interested to see what people are saying
One of them was something about how ESPORTS wasn't a real SPORT because you couldn't get any injury worse than mouse arm/carpal tunnel. You know, because it's no sport if it don't hurt. He was quickly shot down, though.
Then there's a discussion about how ESPORTS™ might finally be expanding beyond its status as a subculture, considering how this article got on the front page of Aftonbladets homepage.
No doubt that esports is taking off in Sweden, we are the most successful country in the world after Korea in Starcraft 2 and newspapers aren't late to pick up on that fact. The tune has totally changed regarding computer gaming compared to just a few years back where every report in media about gaming had a negative angle.
I would not exactly put it as esport is taking off in Sweden. We have been the most successful country in esports for a long time
I don't really care about rankings, but you're just as selective (I mean CSS? Nobody took that game seriously). Sweden owned at trackmania, Toxic in Q4 was one of the most dominating players in any game ever and in Q3 / QL swe > ger. It's silly to try to measure it with rankings, IMO Sweden and Germany tend to be pretty evenly matched in e-sports.
And the 'silly' rankings do mean something... especially when Sweden isn't even close to Germany or the US. Sure Sweden may be better at a few certain games, but the WCG ranking encompasses all game.
WCG has never been a place where all the best players compete though, it seems to mainly come down to how big Samsung is in the particular country. The WCG slot distribution system has a long history of not necessarily favoring skill, giving lots of slots to countries with no notable players (eg. 5 slots to Thailand in WC3 some years ago and 3-4 slots to India in TMNF in '09 - and then sometimes no one even shows up...) and not giving "enough" slots to countries that deserve them.
If you want to make an overview of past results you should at least also include the other two major multi-game tournaments, CPL and ESWC.
On April 12 2011 02:32 Kazzabiss wrote: Rapha and Cooller are the only Quake players I have ever heard of.
Ok, then we can establish that you know nothing about Q3. Neither of them are from Germany anyway so it's not helping your argument.
On April 12 2011 02:32 Kazzabiss wrote:In terms of Starcraft 2, yes. But that's it. If you are going pull from every single game that anyone plays, Fifa is completely dominated by Germany, Unreal tournament was dominated by a German.
Most countries don't give a sh*t about fifa, but Germany happens to be one that does and the competitive scene Unreal Tournament was minuscule compared to Q3. Your examples is the equivalent of me bringing up Sweden being good at Curling as a counterargument to Germany being good at Football. WCG has had competitions for cellphone games, you want to go over those as well? Give it a rest.
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