EPTOn January 03 2012 20:04 Mandalor wrote:
Also, why do you rule out the possibility that a player like MVP put a lot more effort into sc2 than he did in bw? Is that so unrealistic?
Also, why do you rule out the possibility that a player like MVP put a lot more effort into sc2 than he did in bw? Is that so unrealistic?
Yup, it's extremely unrealistic. It's barely even humanly possible to put in more practice hours than Brood War progamers do on average, let alone to put A LOT more effort in. That would imply that he played BW half-assed, and he wouldn't have made it to an A team (even if it was Woongjin T) playing BW half-assed, in fact he wouldn't have made it to the team at all.
On January 03 2012 20:20 ReaperX wrote:
I agree wholeheartedly. Tyler was a dominating force in BW and without practice now in SC2 he hasn't been dominating as much.
I agree wholeheartedly. Tyler was a dominating force in BW and without practice now in SC2 he hasn't been dominating as much.
Tyler didn't play Brood War full time either. Foreign Brood War didn't actually have a professional scene. Players like Tyler and Mondragon got good, then they practiced for a period of time (usually before major tournaments), then did school and other stuff for a long period of time, then came back just before another tournament and won because they were/are more talented than other foreigners.
Obviously that kind of training regime won't work so well now that there are big tournaments every month and when there are players who actually do play Starcraft 2 seriously full time as an actual job.
