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Japanese Player Nemuke's Impressions from ESWC

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Ansalem
Profile Joined November 2010
564 Posts
October 24 2011 09:20 GMT
#1
I noticed there was a Japanese player at ESWC this weekend named Nemuke and I found he had a twitter account. He qualified through national qualifiers and plays terran. He wrote a bunch of tweets about his experience and impressions of other players he met. I thought they were pretty interesting so I thought I would translate some of them.

"ESCW felt like a cultural exchange and my point of view was different from Japanese events. The players are probably used to it. I thought it would be a more serious, heavy atmosphere but it was surprisingly serene and there were many calm players. It felt like everyone was together having fun with sports."

"I got back from dinner. The portions of French cuisine are so big I was surprised. I understand why Europeans are fat."

"Today I played ClouD and Lalush and went 0-2 to both of them. With that my ESWC results are that I didn't take a game and went 0-10. It's a result that leaves me with some regrets. However, without feeling too down about the results, I'm looking forward to tomorrow and want to watch some high-level play at the tournament and learn."

"I'll write a little about my impressions of the European players I faced. IdrA, although famous on the net for being BM, isn't like that in real life. Lol. He seemed like a very calm person. His mood was surprisingly similar to breek. His body was impressive and it felt like he fit into the competition area very naturally."

"Cloud. Outwarded he seemed somewhat stern lol. He responded to interviewers very politely. This may be part of the European community, but everyone basically seemed friendly. If I invited someone to games, they would play with me plenty."

"The Swede Lalush. Btw, you read it Raruushu (T/N: I guess Japanese people didn't know how to say his name previously?) I only knew him from replays where after he lost he would say quite rude things lol. Actually his manner of speech and behavior was laid-back and he was very calm. His honestly was quite surprising lol."

"It seems afterall seeing someone in real life and reading what they write on the net or in replays is entirely different. E-sports players have sportsmanship. That is to say, they are essentially friendly and are careful about relationships at the tournament. More than anything, compared to the way I do things it is very positive."

You can check out his twitter here: http://twitter.com/#!/nemuke1
DaCruise
Profile Joined July 2010
Denmark2457 Posts
October 24 2011 09:23 GMT
#2
Great stuff. Europeans are fat!, lol.

...and Idra has an impressive body, rofl (though its true).
Ryncol
Profile Joined July 2011
United States980 Posts
October 24 2011 09:24 GMT
#3
Thanks for this, as a Japanese person, I hope that more Japanese pros come out and start competing in tournaments. ;D
Cocacooh
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway1510 Posts
October 24 2011 09:25 GMT
#4
Nice read, thanks
DivinitySC2
Profile Joined July 2011
United States244 Posts
October 24 2011 09:25 GMT
#5
Very intersting thanks for the digging/posting!

I really hope this is the start of the Japanese scene in sc2 as we dont have that many japanese players.
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Three
Profile Joined April 2010
Japan278 Posts
October 24 2011 09:27 GMT
#6
おもしろい

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K_Dilkington
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden449 Posts
October 24 2011 09:27 GMT
#7
haha fat Europeans! I find it interesting that he knows the players so well, e.g. that Idra and Lalush is known for bad manner.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by the age of 18
SwampZero
Profile Joined September 2010
Greece350 Posts
October 24 2011 09:29 GMT
#8
Funny how he has trouble pronouncing Lalush's name, seeing as the name sounds 100% the same as an anime character
iS.zemotion
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States246 Posts
October 24 2011 09:46 GMT
#9
Nice read thank you :D
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Necrophantasia
Profile Joined May 2010
Japan299 Posts
October 24 2011 09:48 GMT
#10
Oh man, I did not know there were "semi top tier" level players in Japan. I gotta follow this guy on twitter.
HappyChris
Profile Joined October 2011
1534 Posts
October 24 2011 09:51 GMT
#11
Haha nice:D
Krehlmar
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1149 Posts
October 24 2011 09:56 GMT
#12
On October 24 2011 18:20 Ansalem wrote:

"I got back from dinner. The portions of French cuisine are so big I was surprised. I understand why Europeans are fat."

Aww come on now, Americans and Brittish I am okay with but most of us are pretty slim and dandy.
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Kroml
Profile Joined September 2011
Turkey308 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 10:02:43
October 24 2011 10:02 GMT
#13
haha europeans accuse americans being fat, asians accuse europeans are being fat.

on topic: I really want Japanese gamers get into SC2 more. I hope he does better in the future.
JediGamer
Profile Joined August 2010
United States656 Posts
October 24 2011 10:10 GMT
#14
Yeah, people act different on ladder then they do in real life. Something people fail to realize a lot. Funny comments especially about Idra ;p.
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Bear4188
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1797 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 10:13:18
October 24 2011 10:13 GMT
#15
Oh, very neat. A glimpse into community to which we rarely get any exposure.

It's pretty much universal that the players who are bm online are amiable at offline events.

EG workouts are imba.
"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something." - R. Feynman
ElusoryX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Singapore2047 Posts
October 24 2011 10:15 GMT
#16
wow haha after going 0-10 nemuke remains humble and no-rage good part on him.
xd
NrG.NeverExpo
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2114 Posts
October 24 2011 10:18 GMT
#17
I think many people bm behind the safety of their monitors, but are too afraid to do it at a LAN. It's a good thing though, we wouldn't want anything like that in live events.
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Manimal_pro
Profile Joined June 2010
Romania991 Posts
October 24 2011 10:19 GMT
#18
i hear idra works out and has a pretty impressive body. Anyone got pics of him?
If you like brood war, please go play brood war and stop whining about SC2
pt
Profile Joined November 2010
United States813 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 10:24:27
October 24 2011 10:21 GMT
#19
He probably meant europeans are bigger, not fatter.
EG-TL!
Ansalem
Profile Joined November 2010
564 Posts
October 24 2011 10:26 GMT
#20
On October 24 2011 19:21 pt wrote:
He probably meant europeans are bigger, not fatter.


Nope the word he used only means to be fat.
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