i just love MC, the guy'so funny, i don't get why people take everything he says so seriously and dissect it hardcore.

and i'd like to address some of the myth of his recent decline

with the sheer amount of tournaments, including fly-to lans this guy is playing it's simply amazing and quite inspiring he manages to win as much as he does in all matchups, what would people expect from a player to call him the best in the world, to win absolutely everything perhaps, that's delusional.

the guy is the best in the world no doubt, mvp and the likes of new talent like bomber got a good bit of catching up to do results-wise and essentially they need to prove themselves outside of the singularity of the gsl tournaments,

to make this point clearer, it's easy to criticize mc's losses when he plays online tournaments on jet lag on location of the venue of a lan tournament against different styles than generally used by koreans, and against players who literally did nothing for 2 weeks but prepare for him, while he was busy winning back to back lans in different countries half way across the world from his home.

now to simplify it: you see him lose this much because he plays so much, AND gets all the spotlight that comes with being numero uno.

plus there's the arguable nature of his recent most notable losses, the guy's still a machine in all departments of the game, but just seems to get weird mostly on opening builds at times, and he needs to tone down his aggression. even if he does slump though, all the champions do it, people always keep crying "omg MC is done for" - every champion loses, ye it'd be interesting to have a player with 90% win rates in all matchups, but seriously, this game has a few years to go before any Flash or Jaedong can happen, and even they lose a fuckton, sometimes when you least expect it.

as for the remark on foreign terrans, at the time this interview was conducted, eu terrans were showing stronger form than the koreans, remember this was taken before the new code a where we had the return of mvp, and the rise of bomber and mma, when the likes of kas sjow thorzain select had been owning face, while mvp was falling to code a, and the ryungs and bombers weren't even qualifying for the gsl.

the thing on zerg is to be taken with a pinch of salt, as is a lot of stuff MC says, i found it pretty funny, and i can see where he'd take that from even if he was a bit serious about it.

the next code S will be a doozie, can't wait to see how MC fares against new strong talent and old refined power in what will likely be the most competitive GSL to date. and i wanna see more top level koreans in foreign tourneys, someone fly MVP and Nestea to a major lan already.

Psychobabas

2531 Posts

May 07 2011 16:11 GMT

#88

At first I was like, damn this guy is too cocky.

But he just says this stuff in a lighthearted way. Tongue-in-cheek style. I like it. Better responses than the usual diplomatic Korean answers.

I think MC vs Naniwa would be amazing.

j3i

United States357 Posts

May 07 2011 16:13 GMT

#89

There's a difference between confidence and arrogance. It's subtle, but what he says (as far as I know since I have to go by translation) and how he says it does not scream "arrogance" to me.

EDIT: I guess the above post beat me to it

Cloud9157

United States2968 Posts

May 07 2011 16:17 GMT

#90

Naniwa gettin called out.

No, but Naniwa/MC would be pretty epic. 2 of the best Protoss in the world facing off? What more could you ask for?

TehRaZer

36 Posts

May 07 2011 16:29 GMT

#91

On May 07 2011 23:36 Callous wrote:
Haha MC as the Nada of SC2. I think he might be getting a bit ahead of himself there but who knows.

Humongous shoes to fill. To get an idea how long Nada has been playing against the best, here's a vid of him vs Grrr

dc302

Australia576 Posts

May 07 2011 16:35 GMT

#92

Interesting that MC claims European terrans are better...

Ansinjunger

United States2451 Posts

May 07 2011 16:40 GMT

#93

On May 08 2011 00:51 weiliem wrote:

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U mean MKP rapes MC again??

3-2? Yea....MC threw that series anyway. Thorzain played better against MC than MKP did, and MC played better against Thorzain for that matter.

OT, I found MC's interview rather charming, as usual. Good brain.

1Eris1

United States5797 Posts

May 07 2011 16:40 GMT

#94

On May 08 2011 00:52 butchji wrote:
I demand IdrA P vs MC Z BestOfSeven.

Considering how good Idra's protoss is (he's taken games off Grandmaster level players before) I'd give it to Idra

MHT

Sweden1026 Posts

May 07 2011 16:53 GMT

#95

Naniwa is a monster MC. Be afraid, be very afraid.

QTIP.

United States2113 Posts

May 07 2011 17:05 GMT

#96

Lol at all the people who read this and try to call him about for being super cocky. This guys an entertainer; he says shit that stirs up controversy and doesn't always make sense. However there is no doubt that his personality is good for the sc2 community. Makes him no different from Idra In his extreme and very arrogant views. They are both very polarizing figures. Enjoy it for what it's worth... Don't get all butt hurt thinking about how he proxies white-ra or called out Ciara. You may hate the dude, but you are entertained by him.

Genius said it best: "Anti-fans are still fans."

RaLakedaimon

United States1564 Posts

May 07 2011 17:07 GMT

#97

On May 08 2011 00:52 vOdToasT wrote:

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We all know how that would go.

Would be hilarious and awesome, though.

Agree that would be super one sided but I'd still watch it for sure lol.

hifriend

China7935 Posts

May 07 2011 17:10 GMT

#98

"I think I will be the nada of sc2, and marineking will be the yellow"

LOL

FallDownMarigold

United States3710 Posts

May 07 2011 17:25 GMT

#99

Hell yeah.

MC: "When I play Zerg, I beat every Protoss, so it can't be that bad. Zerg is IMBA"

lolll what a guy. I wonder if he actually does play a bit of Zerg