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Which Non-Korea Nation has the best pro lineup? - Page 12
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VoirDire
Sweden1923 Posts
LOL WTF!!! | ||
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ljdljd
Canada15 Posts
I'm not saying they are the team to beat right now, but they should deserve some consideration in the talks. | ||
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eXwOn
Canada351 Posts
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Escapist
Portugal548 Posts
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cellblock
Sweden206 Posts
On May 09 2011 05:42 Gustaf wrote: I think Sweden have a lot rolling with esport right now, and has an unfair advatange if you would compare to other countries. Sweden was very fast with personal computers at home in the 90s, and were among the first in the world with broadband and later fiber. The long winters also contributes, with many people staying inside. The only real disadvantage Sweden has to other countries is their population, 9 million. If you compare to Ukraine for example, which many brings up in this thread, which has 45 million. This is not really fair either though. Sweden is richer than Ukraine, and is ranked as one of the highest welfare countries in the world, which obviously does matter. Most people in Sweden has access to a computer and ok internet, while this is not the case in Ukraine and most other highpopulated easteurope countries. If you look to other sports such as ice-hockey or football, Sweden is way better than they should be with their 9 million. The skill in esport and other sports has more to do with the environment and circumstances the people live in, than with the countries sheer population. ehh that doesnt even make sense. how come Denmark or Norway isnt as good then? Gaming is very popular here, not only for hardcore geeks, but for everyone. People are very competitive, that is the biggest reason we have sick top players, not because of long winters. Also when we have summer, people barely sit indoor and practise games. I dont even think Sweden is a rich country anymore either. you also contradict yourself, why would we be good in football with long winters? | ||
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OminouS
Sweden1343 Posts
On May 09 2011 06:49 cellblock wrote: ehh that doesnt even make sense. how come Denmark or Norway isnt as good then? Gaming is very popular here, not only for hardcore geeks, but for everyone. People are very competitive, that is the biggest reason we have sick top players, not because of long winters. Also when we have summer, people barely sit indoor and practise games. I dont even think Sweden is a rich country anymore either. you also contradict yourself, why would we be good in football with long winters? Are Sweden good in football? Hopefully they will show that in the next world cup. When it comes to SC2 Sweden has been showing some good results, so has many other countries as mentioned in this thread. Watch out for China though, those guy will soon be crazy good. | ||
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Ghad
Norway2551 Posts
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Two_DoWn
United States13684 Posts
And we seriously need a world cup for this. That would be epic. | ||
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zende
Sweden234 Posts
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mordk
Chile8385 Posts
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sjschmidt93
United States2518 Posts
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Sobba
Sweden576 Posts
Epic! | ||
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nitdkim
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PraetorianX
Sweden780 Posts
2. Ukraine 3. Canada 4. USA 5. Germany | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
S-Korea A-Sweden B-Ukraine, Canada C-Germany, USA Germany probably interchangeable between B/C | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
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Gangr3l
Finland27 Posts
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Gaxton
Sweden2328 Posts
But keep an eye out for China in the near future. They had/have a pretty sick WC3-lineup, hopefully they will switch over. | ||
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Gustaf
Sweden20 Posts
ehh that doesnt even make sense. how come Denmark or Norway isnt as good then? Gaming is very popular here, not only for hardcore geeks, but for everyone. People are very competitive, that is the biggest reason we have sick top players, not because of long winters. Also when we have summer, people barely sit indoor and practise games. I dont even think Sweden is a rich country anymore either. you also contradict yourself, why would we be good in football with long winters? Denmark and Norway has nothing to do with my post, i explained my thoughts on why Sweden is good in Sc2, not why Denmark and Norway isnt good, which i am sure have its own reasons. I dont think Swedens population is more competetive than any other country, so that argument is invalid to me. And yes i do think people in northern countries in general stay in more than the rest of Europe, America and Asia because of the weather, which in my opinion is a reason for why we are better at Sc2 and other videogames. I know i sit indoor and play even when its summer, altough less than in winter. Especially as most younger people who are in school are free some months of the summer, which will also have an effect on how much they play. And in comparison to Ukraine, yes, Sweden is rich. Even in comparison to USA, Sweden is rich in a way that we have a better welfare, a lot less people who are very poor (and thus cannot afford a personal computer). Actually, Scandinavian countries have amongst the best social security in the world, which makes it so that even the poorest 10 % of our people can still play videogames, which is not the case in most other countries. And the winter and football things were not at all related, it was just a comparison that population dont have alot to do with skill as one may think. Football is although a bad example (as Sweden is currently kind of sucky at), icehockey is a better one. Both in Canada and Sweden, Icehockey are one of the most popular sports, but eventhough Canada has more than 20 million more people Sweden are still as good as them, sometimes worse, and sometimes better. | ||
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