this is SICK. as an nba fan of his, its so cool to see him cross over to this community as well. who would have thought. I got a good laugh hearing that andrei kirilenko plays WoW though hahah

Souljah

United States423 Posts

September 08 2011 00:37 GMT

#42

Instantly a fan of this guy. Great interview.

Canucklehead

Canada5074 Posts

September 08 2011 00:37 GMT

#43

Sweet he's a jinro and mkp fan!! That automatically makes him cool!

FILM

United States663 Posts

September 08 2011 00:39 GMT

#44

SO SICK.

Sanguinarius

United States3427 Posts

September 08 2011 00:40 GMT

#45

Dude, thats awesome! I hope he rocks some nerds!

spbelky

United States623 Posts

September 08 2011 00:41 GMT

#46

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/31802184

Very very disappointing from a CBS blog...
Ben Golliver is a fucking idiot.

Gordon Hayward isn't trying to be a pro sc player, hes just attending events and is interested enough in the scene to realize that ther professionals who play sc2 share some similarities with the professionals that play bball.

I don't know about anyone else but reading that guys blog made me so angry.

Twiggs

United States600 Posts

September 08 2011 00:43 GMT

#47

Sportscenter here we come! ^^

Novalisk

Israel1818 Posts

September 08 2011 00:43 GMT

#48

Baller in more sense than one.

MrMotionPicture

United States4327 Posts

September 08 2011 00:44 GMT

#49

He is such a cool guy. :3

DEN1ED

United States1087 Posts

September 08 2011 00:44 GMT

#50

What an awesome guy. Definitely have to offensive gg kobe.

RezChi

Canada2368 Posts

September 08 2011 00:45 GMT

#51

GG no re Kobe.

Sigh

Canada2433 Posts

September 08 2011 00:45 GMT

#52

hahaha awesome. what a BALLER. and that kobe pic made me rofl so hard lol

ravemir

Portugal595 Posts

September 08 2011 00:46 GMT

#53

My GOD, is IGN ramping up the scene or what? I mean everyone was very excited when the first IPL was announced from them, but all THIS?! It's ridiculous.
We've got:
-Massive qualifiers;
-Streamed almost 100%;
-Live finals at a great location (huge prize included, to bring all the tops dogs in);
-Celebrity Invitee from NBA;
-...what next?

This is going to be pretty difficult to top...

Kamuy

United States212 Posts

September 08 2011 00:48 GMT

#54

bahahaha slowly scrolling and reading the "gg no re" kobe question was awesome. Its even better when i scroll a little further down after reading it to see that picture!

Wout

Netherlands76 Posts

September 08 2011 00:49 GMT

#55

Nice read!

I apologize if this has been mentioned already, but shouldn't "800-page live report" read "800-post live report"? Or am I doing this wrong?

Dubzex

United States6994 Posts

September 08 2011 00:50 GMT

#56

Sick interview! I remember hearing something about Gordon Hayward playing a little starcraft, but I didn't realize he was this involved with it. Really cool to see a prominent sports figure play the games I love.

Hider

Denmark9448 Posts

September 08 2011 00:51 GMT

#57

"My favorite map is original Xel'Naga Caverns, because it's simple and I don't have to scout that much, I'm not good at scouting. You know where your opponent is and you don't have to search as much.

"

I liked how all the people have said "noobs" dont care about what maps they play on. That is not really correct ( ihad it the same way when i started). It was really difficult playing these huge maps. And blizzard are imo taking the correct approach (though i still disagree with the design of some of the maps, but only making maps like tal darim on the ladder is a bad appraoch).

quaffle

United States249 Posts

September 08 2011 00:51 GMT

#58

Great read! I watched your stream and dont follow Basketball, I thought you were some TL mod that just got some special rights. You were funny and good mannered, haha! Was refreshing. I think its great you appreciate gaming as much as you do. Good luck in Basketball and IPL! Ill be following you from now on.

Sermokala

United States14220 Posts

September 08 2011 00:53 GMT

#59

Hellz to the yeah. Really cool story that guy. Sad to see his jobs not going well but its really cool to see him going to the event. that video was really cool and I can't wait to see him play. It won't be pretty but I'll still watch the vods regardless.

zYwi3c

Poland1811 Posts

September 08 2011 00:53 GMT

#60

What about if you played Kobe and you're about to beat him, would you offensive GG?

(Laughs). You know what, I might have to do that. I would definitely offensive GG.

If he asked for a rematch? You'd "gg no re" right? He wouldn't be able to let it go.

(Laughs) That's right. For sure.

Omg, Hot_Bid is a fucking God.

Great interview !