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Exsonic
Profile Joined June 2011
China124 Posts
September 14 2011 10:27 GMT
#281
SlayersPolt
NesTea>DongReaGu≈Losira
blackone
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany1314 Posts
September 14 2011 10:28 GMT
#282
I hope he chooses another korean team (if he decides to continue with serious SC2).
Madder
Profile Joined February 2010
Australia427 Posts
September 14 2011 10:32 GMT
#283
On September 14 2011 18:56 PrideNeverDie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:03 HappyMan wrote:
I guess he just wanted to focus on uni... Seoul University is no joke, and it must have taken quite a bit for him to be able to balance both school and starcraft.


actuall Seoul University is ranked lower than University of Michigan, Duke, University of California Berkeley, Northwestern University, UCLA, and University of Wisconsin. furthermore, we don't even know his major and coursework he is taking. please don't jump to assumptions about how hard Seoul University. as we all know, the degree of difficulty varies greatly depending on the subject, student, and amount of units taken even among the top ranked universities.

SOURCE FOR TOP UNIVERSITIES: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011?page=1

You seem overly defensive about this.
Centipede
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands44 Posts
September 14 2011 10:32 GMT
#284
Actually I hope he will move to a 'foreign' team. TL, EG or MouZ would be awesome candidates.

If he does stop for his study: Good on him! He showed us some aswesome matches.
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Dakkas
Profile Joined October 2010
2550 Posts
September 14 2011 10:41 GMT
#285
On September 14 2011 18:56 PrideNeverDie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:03 HappyMan wrote:
I guess he just wanted to focus on uni... Seoul University is no joke, and it must have taken quite a bit for him to be able to balance both school and starcraft.


actuall Seoul University is ranked lower than University of Michigan, Duke, University of California Berkeley, Northwestern University, UCLA, and University of Wisconsin. furthermore, we don't even know his major and coursework he is taking. please don't jump to assumptions about how hard Seoul University. as we all know, the degree of difficulty varies greatly depending on the subject, student, and amount of units taken even among the top ranked universities.

SOURCE FOR TOP UNIVERSITIES: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011?page=1


And this matters how? Get out of the thread
sitromit
Profile Joined June 2011
7051 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 10:44:06
September 14 2011 10:42 GMT
#286

As result 최성훈 will not be part of Prime in upcoming 2011 GSL Season 6 Code S which will hold group nomination on 15th.


So code S group selections is tomorrow? Nice!
catabowl
Profile Joined November 2009
United States815 Posts
September 14 2011 10:42 GMT
#287
I think it would be awesome for him to be ...

EG.Polt

Sick team!
Jung! Myung! Hoooooooooooooooooon! #TeamPolt
FallDownMarigold
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3710 Posts
September 14 2011 10:47 GMT
#288
On September 14 2011 19:41 Dakkas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 18:56 PrideNeverDie wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:03 HappyMan wrote:
I guess he just wanted to focus on uni... Seoul University is no joke, and it must have taken quite a bit for him to be able to balance both school and starcraft.


actuall Seoul University is ranked lower than University of Michigan, Duke, University of California Berkeley, Northwestern University, UCLA, and University of Wisconsin. furthermore, we don't even know his major and coursework he is taking. please don't jump to assumptions about how hard Seoul University. as we all know, the degree of difficulty varies greatly depending on the subject, student, and amount of units taken even among the top ranked universities.

SOURCE FOR TOP UNIVERSITIES: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011?page=1


And this matters how? Get out of the thread


His rankings source is BS anyway. Princeton at #13 globally and behind other US schools, yet according to real US ratings it is tied for #1 nationally... Hmm..
Badfatpanda
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States9719 Posts
September 14 2011 10:47 GMT
#289
wow, I'm not sure why he would leave other than to go focus on his studies, especially dropping out of GSL that's huge =( it's going to suck to lose him he was started to get really good at this other MU's as well as tvp.
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SGxANyTiME
Profile Joined August 2011
United States26 Posts
September 14 2011 10:50 GMT
#290
vVvPolt? rofl jk
Stealin' ur fruit like MKP
Femari
Profile Joined June 2011
United States2900 Posts
September 14 2011 10:51 GMT
#291
On September 14 2011 17:50 Meteora.GB wrote:
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On September 14 2011 17:22 obsKura wrote:
On September 14 2011 17:16 Uncultured wrote:
On September 14 2011 17:08 DrakeFZX3 wrote:
On September 14 2011 16:45 Skarmory wrote:
On September 14 2011 16:38 saritenite wrote:
With this, Prime loses any chance of reaching a Code S finals again. Not good at all. (Also, I still hate Polt for beating MMA)


I know, right? I hate that Polt exposed MMA as an overrated player when he 4-0'd him. /sarcasm off


If anyone is overrated, it's Polt.



The guy takes a final and is consistently code S... He's probably the most underrated terran there is, to be perfectly honest.


^ This.


Definitely this. He gets absolutely no credit and is severely underrated/hated on the forums simply because he said Jinro's run to the semis was by luck. Honestly I feel that people took his statement too seriously. It is fine for Koreans to trash talk or simply say they are outright bad to each other but when they say anything about foreigners the people on TL seems to get butthurt. Plus he also pulled an upset by sweeping the fan favourite MMA in the finals, which probably contributed to furthermore hate to him.

I guess he's certainly not the most inspiring player to watch and for some mysterious reason he has this aura which makes the players he play seem to play mediocre (that or he plays so solid and brilliantly that in a subtle manner the other player looks just bad), but that doesn't take anything away from his accomplishment. Compare to players like Bomber and MMA who failed to either win a finals or get to there in the first place respectively, Polt has done what the other highly rated Terrans couldn't.

Oh well. As Fionn said, Polt is fuelled by hatred. Guess it works either way.

At the same time the people that say he is underrated overrate him by putting him as a top 5 player and on the level of MVP and Bomber.

Personally as a MMA fan I do not hate him at all. He's a great player. Was I sad when MMA got 4-0'd? Yeah. Does it mean I hate the guy? No. Yeah he won a tournament. So did FruitDealer and well he's not exactly a top player anymore. Winning a tournament doesn't mean you're one of the best. It doesn't mean he's on the caliber of players like MVP like the people who say he's underrated like to put him.

Yes Polt is really good. But in saying he's underrated I hope people stop overrating him in the process. He's a really good top 15 or top 10 player. But he's not one of the best of the best.
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Jojo131
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil1631 Posts
September 14 2011 10:55 GMT
#292
On September 14 2011 19:47 Badfatpanda wrote:
wow, I'm not sure why he would leave other than to go focus on his studies, especially dropping out of GSL that's huge =( it's going to suck to lose him he was started to get really good at this other MU's as well as tvp.


Is he dropping out of GSL? I'm reading at the OP at them moment saying he's just not a part of Prime. Could someone toss me a link? I must have missed it somewhere...

I liked Polt better then Optimus anyways. Sucks to lose that title though.
MooseMasher
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden42 Posts
September 14 2011 10:56 GMT
#293
actuall Seoul University is ranked lower than University of Michigan, Duke, University of California Berkeley, Northwestern University, UCLA, and University of Wisconsin. furthermore, we don't even know his major and coursework he is taking. please don't jump to assumptions about how hard Seoul University. as we all know, the degree of difficulty varies greatly depending on the subject, student, and amount of units taken even among the top ranked universities.

SOURCE FOR TOP UNIVERSITIES: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011?page=1


Omg.. It's well known that those rankings are VERY biased towards western universities, and in particular, universities from english speaking contries.

Just look at the list and use your brain!!
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WArped
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom4845 Posts
September 14 2011 10:59 GMT
#294
He is a very studious person, studies at Seoul University I believe? Wouldn't surprise me if he stays teamless for now. No doubt the GSL will be weaker without him altogether, glad he is going to carry on playing.
Dakkas
Profile Joined October 2010
2550 Posts
September 14 2011 11:01 GMT
#295
On September 14 2011 19:51 Femari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 17:50 Meteora.GB wrote:
On September 14 2011 17:22 obsKura wrote:
On September 14 2011 17:16 Uncultured wrote:
On September 14 2011 17:08 DrakeFZX3 wrote:
On September 14 2011 16:45 Skarmory wrote:
On September 14 2011 16:38 saritenite wrote:
With this, Prime loses any chance of reaching a Code S finals again. Not good at all. (Also, I still hate Polt for beating MMA)


I know, right? I hate that Polt exposed MMA as an overrated player when he 4-0'd him. /sarcasm off


If anyone is overrated, it's Polt.



The guy takes a final and is consistently code S... He's probably the most underrated terran there is, to be perfectly honest.


^ This.


Definitely this. He gets absolutely no credit and is severely underrated/hated on the forums simply because he said Jinro's run to the semis was by luck. Honestly I feel that people took his statement too seriously. It is fine for Koreans to trash talk or simply say they are outright bad to each other but when they say anything about foreigners the people on TL seems to get butthurt. Plus he also pulled an upset by sweeping the fan favourite MMA in the finals, which probably contributed to furthermore hate to him.

I guess he's certainly not the most inspiring player to watch and for some mysterious reason he has this aura which makes the players he play seem to play mediocre (that or he plays so solid and brilliantly that in a subtle manner the other player looks just bad), but that doesn't take anything away from his accomplishment. Compare to players like Bomber and MMA who failed to either win a finals or get to there in the first place respectively, Polt has done what the other highly rated Terrans couldn't.

Oh well. As Fionn said, Polt is fuelled by hatred. Guess it works either way.

At the same time the people that say he is underrated overrate him by putting him as a top 5 player and on the level of MVP and Bomber.

Personally as a MMA fan I do not hate him at all. He's a great player. Was I sad when MMA got 4-0'd? Yeah. Does it mean I hate the guy? No. Yeah he won a tournament. So did FruitDealer and well he's not exactly a top player anymore. Winning a tournament doesn't mean you're one of the best. It doesn't mean he's on the caliber of players like MVP like the people who say he's underrated like to put him.

Yes Polt is really good. But in saying he's underrated I hope people stop overrating him in the process. He's a really good top 15 or top 10 player. But he's not one of the best of the best.


How on earth is being top 10 not one of the best?
TTCBlackWaltZ
Profile Joined September 2011
Australia7 Posts
September 14 2011 11:02 GMT
#296
On September 14 2011 19:55 Jojo131 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 19:47 Badfatpanda wrote:
wow, I'm not sure why he would leave other than to go focus on his studies, especially dropping out of GSL that's huge =( it's going to suck to lose him he was started to get really good at this other MU's as well as tvp.


Is he dropping out of GSL? I'm reading at the OP at them moment saying he's just not a part of Prime. Could someone toss me a link? I must have missed it somewhere...

I liked Polt better then Optimus anyways. Sucks to lose that title though.


I was also under the impression that he was simply leaving Prime and becoming an independent player rather than dropping out of the GSL entirely.

He didn't lose it, he gave it up

Though I like Polt a lot as a player I think it's a pretty good move for him to leave Prime to focus on completing his studies. I don't think we should be speculating which team he joins as he has stated that he wants to be an independent player for the time being and we don't even know if he'll pursue SC2 after he graduates.
There's no Sydney timezone? :(
Fatze
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Germany1342 Posts
September 14 2011 11:03 GMT
#297
uhm, dont like this news
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jdreamer
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia296 Posts
September 14 2011 11:04 GMT
#298
It's EG again, I'm telling you.
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fant0m
Profile Joined May 2010
964 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 11:11:29
September 14 2011 11:11 GMT
#299
On September 14 2011 14:09 Xxavi wrote:
Never was fan of any Prime player in general and Polt in particular. They seem all cheesy to me. Even MKP has a lot of games that finish too soon.

Still though, props for doing well in SC2 while studying. Hopefully, it is not detrimental to his school.


Every great player should be able to all-in just as well as they can play a macro game. It's part of Starcraft, a multitude of strategies are a must.

Also I found that second part funny, since MKP is actually the king of all-ins. He is very well known for his scary all-ins on the ladder (and considering he usually has 3 smurfs or so in the top 10 of GM).
MrSweetNess
Profile Joined May 2011
Australia312 Posts
September 14 2011 11:13 GMT
#300
Sad news
Don't like my fave player leaving my fave team..

But as long as Polt believes it is for the best I'm okay with it
Hopefully his decision to remain teamless doesn't affect his play.

I'm thinking this is just a temporary thing (him not being in a team) till he graduates. Not sure where he will go after that though...
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