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I was gonna write up a quick capture of rain's run through the GSL, but while writing it's all nicely put on the liquipedia page. So read that, he's not a bad player at all. And I think it's tasteless to call him that. I still compiled some quick facts to help combat this negative perception.
- He's 17 years old.
- Rank 8th in earnings from SC2 worldwide with ~30k USD.
- The only player to make it to the finals of Code S without any previous Broodwar experience.
- He didn't play in the qualifiers for S1.
- Ro32 in S2. Finalist of S3, beating the previous champion Nestea in the ro8.
- Then like every other Code S player to make it so far, except for Fruitdealer. Starting the trend of them dropping to the up and down matches and or Code A in GSL Jan.
>He lost vs Julyzerg and got into Code A.
- GSL March. Ro8 Code A
>Losing to Alicia.
>But beating Hyperdub in the up and down matches to get back into Code S.
- GSL May. 1-2 in group stages, behind July (previous finalist) and Inca (who went on to become the finalist for that seaon). So back into the up and down matches.
>Losing to MVP, two time Code S champion and the winner of the World Cup tournament.
>But Staying in Code S by beating rainbow, another previous GSL finalist.
src:
http://wiki.teamliquid.net / http://ehcg.djgamblore.com/index.php / http://www.sc2earnings.com/
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Huh, don't really know what to say to this. He must've thought about this and already acquired some offers otherwise pretty ballsy decision. Forsake a good practice environment, decently paid team for... I guess a paid trip to see the world  Haha, we'll have to see.
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Rain, Kiwikaki and Slush will be forming their own team.
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He's not near the level of Bomber, MVP, Nestea etc but any foreign team would definitely be lucky to have him.
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On June 14 2011 22:23 Oreo7 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 14 2011 22:19 GreEny K wrote:On June 14 2011 22:18 Oreo7 wrote:
He doesn't bring good press like some Koreans and just would cost a team a shit load to fly around the world. I dunno why anyone would want to pick him up. Oh I don't know... Skill? But see that's thing, he's a good korean but not a great one. He would definitely not win every tourney he's in, and he wouldn't be a favorite for most. He's good, not great.
Ok sorry, didn't know that the cutoff for player recruitment was being great and not JUST good...
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It would be a good way to see the world... maybe he wants to travel?
You know how people say that they join the army to see the world- maybe its like that.
I wish him nothing but luck.
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Seems fishy... did he really "Leave?" why would you leave TSL if you dont have an agreement with another team?!
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Thank god he's finally off the team, watching him play made me squirm in my seat uncomfortably or just be really bored.
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I'm still a little new here so I'll try to be phrase this correctly, but what's with the heavy bias on (read) successful all in play? I know it's "not how the game works" but Rain is obvuously good at it, so why not play to his strengths? Does every player need to really need to have a macro based style to be taken seriously? It's not like his cheese's fail fantastically ( TheBest/BitbyBit) and he is capable of playing a macro game but why should he have to play a style that (i'm guessing) he doesn't like?
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On June 14 2011 22:48 Wolf wrote:
Hmmmm....
:D Is this the player FXO was in talks with?
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If the $30,000 salary is true, i cant see this being a good move.
He's made $30,000 in his entire SC2 lifetime, and most of that was GSL finals 100 years ago.
But it's still awesome to see Koreans want to join the foreigner scene. BW was thankless for foreigners, it's cool to see the roles kind of reversed.
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On June 14 2011 22:54 two.watup wrote:
If the $30,000 salary is true, i cant see this being a good move.
He's made $30,000 in his entire SC2 lifetime, and most of that was GSL finals 100 years ago.
But it's still awesome to see Koreans want to join the foreigner scene. BW was thankless for foreigners, it's cool to see the roles kind of reversed.
I'm pretty sure not all of TSL was getting a big salary like 30k, Fruit Dealers was the highest, then trickster.. not sure on rain tho, but yes the 30k was from 2nd place!
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Stop calling him skilless. He's been in code s for a long time and a short stint in code a. After so many games you'd think his opponents would be able to stop his cheese/all-ins, if that was all he knew how to do.
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incoming FXO rain.
incoming korean netizens saying hes a traitor for going against the koreans
incoming epic gosu mode induced into rain when he learns about SC2 foreign scene
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There's more money for just-below-the-top players outside of Korea. I think this might be the start of a new trend.
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a korean that wants to be part of the foreign scene?! this is awesome
I dont understand the hate.....he is still a Code S player
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On June 14 2011 22:57 aDd3z wrote:
a korean that wants to be part of the foreign scene?! this is awesome
I dont understand the hate.....he is still a Code S player
It's called beating a heavy fan-favorite. See
+ Show Spoiler [Super Tournament spoilers] +
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On June 14 2011 21:58 wester25 wrote:
i cant see a top foreign team taking him to be honest.
What the hell he is Code S and has been to a GSL finals. Which is a better resume than any other foreigner on the planet can put together.
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On June 14 2011 22:57 Kira__ wrote:
There's more money for just-below-the-top players outside of Korea. I think this might be the start of a new trend.
yeah that's what i'm thinking...what are the odds of a code-s player winning the gsl? now what are the odds of that same player winning various foreign tourneys? nevermind the fact there are a lot more opportunities in other parts of the world right now.
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EPT
