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Executor1
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Reptarem
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dLKnighT
Canada735 Posts
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Gingerninja
United Kingdom1339 Posts
Good idea though. I know everyone is saying a lot of good players are under 18, well yeah but for legal purposes etc it makes their life easier, it already sounds like they'll be doing a lot of work, without the added hassle of making sure everything is handled ok for a minor. | ||
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wxwx
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On May 26 2011 09:29 Eleaven wrote: link to reputable study please? I'd genuinely be interested. Didn't realise all humans peaked in potential pre 18. Perhaps your confusing time commitment/responsibility with some sort of pre defined biological clock that says "hey your never gonna be good now" If you're correct tho.. then damn.. we as a species really need to rework the education system completely (well thats already true) but now for different reasons. anyway, gl CoL. nice initiative @Golgotha - Yeah we can all agree on that i think, a definite advantage to start young  You learn faster when you are younger, I don't think you need a reputable study for it. See how fast it takes kids to pick up a new language, a new instrument, etc. Don't know about peaking in potential but I'm pretty sure that's correct for athleticism/reflexes/etc. | ||
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Noxie
United States2227 Posts
 ... I made up the name "Academy" for vVv's B team Glad to see it catching on! MWHAHAHABest of luck! Maybe an Academy CW soon? | ||
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wxwx
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Ocedic
United States1808 Posts
If not, I don't see why the process for this is so strict. Sounds quite stressful just to be in the 'training academy' of a team that is not even top tier by world standards. Not intended to sound like a flame, it's just the truth as I see it. | ||
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ThE_OsToJiY
Canada1167 Posts
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Candide
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jlake02
United States395 Posts
On May 26 2011 10:34 Noxie wrote: I like the name ... I made up the name "Academy" for vVv's B team Glad to see it catching on! MWHAHAHABest of luck! Maybe an Academy CW soon? Actually borrowed the name from Fnatic because of their Academy. Wasn't aware of yours but great minds think alike! | ||
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Kammalleri
Canada613 Posts
It really sound like a stupid post no offense. i don't understand all the flaming toward the academy at all. If they want players over 18 and miss on great talent it's their problem really. There are reasons why you want older players beyond just contractual issues. You understand things at 20 that you don't necessarily understand at 15 and I don't mean to take a shot at younger people, it's just reality. What Complexity are doing is great and people should appreciate it. They set standards are far as what they want their academy to look like it has it's good and bad sides, but every standards they'd set would have issues as well. I don't think Complexity only wants to find the next big thing, but mostly give people a shot at having a MLG pass, train with really good players and play Sc2 somewhat competitvely, it's much easier to train when you have something to work for then just laddering for "fun". | ||
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-Strider-
Mexico1605 Posts
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Ocedic
United States1808 Posts
On May 26 2011 10:53 Kammalleri wrote: There are quite a few... EG, Fnatic, ROOT all have NA players that can compete against anyone in the world. It really sound like a stupid post no offense. You don't even name anyone, let alone post their accomplishments that prove the point. Fact is, Team Liquid's NA players and Idra are the only ones from NA who have PROVEN they can compete on the world level. Claiming otherwise without posting results is just blind fanboyism. | ||
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Angry_Fetus
Canada444 Posts
On May 26 2011 10:33 wxwx wrote:You learn faster when you are younger, I don't think you need a reputable study for it. See how fast it takes kids to pick up a new language, a new instrument, etc. Don't know about peaking in potential but I'm pretty sure that's correct for athleticism/reflexes/etc. No, it's not. The athletic peak of males is 28 years old. Trying to characterize starcraft differently than far more physically demanding sports is absurd. This mythical peak of ~16 years old that people like to talk about in starcraft is not real. | ||
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Kammalleri
Canada613 Posts
On May 26 2011 10:56 Ocedic wrote: You don't even name anyone, let alone post their accomplishments that prove the point. Fact is, Team Liquid's NA players and Idra are the only ones from NA who have PROVEN they can compete on the world level. Claiming otherwise without posting results is just blind fanboyism. You said anyone not on TL, now you add Idra, there's one. There's only one NA-non-TL player that played in GSL and it's TT1, he beat San who finished fourth in GSL, lost to MC and 3-1 to MKP tho, 2 of the 4 players with the best accomplishment in the world. Beside that I could bring you a bunch of stuff, but you'll then use the latency excuse so it's pretty much a waste of time to argue about it with you the sample just isn't big enough. We will see at MLG what happens then we can discuss it. It's the first offline tournament with enough NA player to evaluate the situation. I basically have no stats that shows NA players can compete with top koreans, but you don't have stats that shows they can't either. Anyway the thread is about Complexity academy not about NA vs Korea soit's my last post on the issue. | ||
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GagnarTheUnruly
United States655 Posts
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outerspace02
United States136 Posts
On May 26 2011 10:06 jlake02 wrote: Actually the CS tournament was a great success. The team that won fell apart, sadly. With SC2 being a 1v1 game this won't be an issue and we're confident the program will be successful. Sure there will be bumps in the road but we believe in the academy. lol... coL was fun to watch when you cared about it kinda a mess now. like when dolven left pandemic :/ edit: after thinking about this a moment this isnt a good comparison. both teams became a shell of their former selves when they lost their central pillar though, maybe that is a better thing to say | ||
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sWs
United States409 Posts
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captainwaffles
United States1050 Posts
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