On July 26 2011 16:06 SovSov wrote: except hes quickly becoming nothing in SC2.. kinda getting sick of hearing how good he was. he is disrespecting the team liquid name by not practicing. personal issues are okay for an excuse to not practice.. but when it's been a year you have to think "why is he even on the team?"
Does he feel no shame not practicing as much as his teammates are? Does he really want to continue wearing the Liquid tag because of who he was, and not who he is?
As far as I know he's had 2 bad placings at mlg and one in HS3. He made it further or the same in TSL as everyone in liquid(losing to the guy that eventually won the whole thing). I don't see how 3 bad placings = he's terrible so insta boot when not everyone in liquid has performed well.
The problem with tyler is that we don't see him play often, if he was playing in a bunch of smaller tournaments i think we would see him do really well overall. As it stands he's been competing in events were literally the best players from inside or outside of korea are participating.
On July 26 2011 16:06 SovSov wrote: except hes quickly becoming nothing in SC2.. kinda getting sick of hearing how good he was. he is disrespecting the team liquid name by not practicing. personal issues are okay for an excuse to not practice.. but when it's been a year you have to think "why is he even on the team?"
Does he feel no shame not practicing as much as his teammates are? Does he really want to continue wearing the Liquid tag because of who he was, and not who he is?
As harsh as this is I have to agree with most of it.
Also traveling to all these international events costs his sponsors a lot of money, and if you haven't been able to practise enough to compete I don't. Feel like you should be accepting all these invites
PS: Does Tyler actully have a full time job? I've never heard anything suggesting he does
Edit: I was intially going to post great write up (which it is). And I'm a big fan etc, jusat had to respond to the above quote
I have respect for Tyler no matter what, and just hope that hes happy with life first and foremost before he focuses on being a progamer, which requires SO much commitment. If he doesn't feel like committing to practicing then it is his life really. Heres hoping to see the rebirth of the NonY we have seen before though!
Can't disagree that tyler 'could' be good...the real question is will he ever be able or decide to put the time in to be good once again. I got the impression just from what he's said recently that he doesn't seem to have either the right circumstances or motivation to play to that level anytime super soon....but who knows.
Really great write up man, Tyler is hands down one of my favorite players. Its clear after following this guy for some time through SOTG and his stream that hes a very smart individual and has poteintal to dare I say be the best. His builds are unique and original and always founded on being safe and being able to transition into a macro game, because of this I have high respect for him. Hopefully the fans can motivate him to practice hard and show the world that hes the best player out there.
I definitely think Tyler can be one of the best sc2 players in the world. Just listening to him talk, he clearly has a great RTS mind. And with his bw background, he has the mechanics as well. He just needs to practice more, its really that simple. Why he doesn't practice, well only Tyler knows that. I really hope he gets the motivation to be great, because he can.
I certainly would love to see Tyler as a pro coach for a team too. I think he would be excellent as one as he has such a great understanding of the game. Obviously he would have to become more familiar with the other two races, but that wouldn't be much of a problem. He can just break down games so well and is great with coming up with strategies. I really see him as a player who when he steps away from playing, can make a very good career in coaching for a pro team.
Tyler being one of my favorite players, semi wishes he would just retire from playing professionally instead of teasing everyone at these top tier events. I always want to see him win so badly but the practice just isn't there to back up his natural talent.
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Intelligent well-rounded people like Tyler are good for the esports community and I hope he finds some inspiration.
What Tyler lacks in practice time, he makes up for doubly in his raw courage. Therefore, it is not surprising that he made it so far in the tournament of courage.
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