On January 01 2012 17:59 pdd wrote: I don't even understand why Apocalypse was on the review thread... there have been plenty of more notable players than him. He's always been high on the ladder but only because he plays a heck a lot. Other than that he hasn't done anything notable.
That's the entire point of picking a "breakout" player... someone who isn't notable.
You're not exactly going out on a limb with a prediction if you're picking someone who's already established to break out.
On January 01 2012 17:59 pdd wrote: I don't even understand why Apocalypse was on the review thread... there have been plenty of more notable players than him. He's always been high on the ladder but only because he plays a heck a lot. Other than that he hasn't done anything notable.
That's the entire point of picking a "breakout" player... someone who isn't notable.
You're not exactly going out on a limb with a prediction if you're picking someone who's already established to break out.
Well, pick someone who's shown themselves to be really good on Korean tourneys (ESV Tournaments). Eg. SlayerS_Crank, ZeNEX Life, many others.
On January 01 2012 17:59 pdd wrote: I don't even understand why Apocalypse was on the review thread... there have been plenty of more notable players than him. He's always been high on the ladder but only because he plays a heck a lot. Other than that he hasn't done anything notable.
That's the entire point of picking a "breakout" player... someone who isn't notable.
You're not exactly going out on a limb with a prediction if you're picking someone who's already established to break out.
Well, pick someone who's shown themselves to be really good on Korean tourneys (ESV Tournaments). Eg. SlayerS_Crank, ZeNEX Life, many others.
Yeah, again, the ESV tournaments are pretty widely regarded as a predictor of upcoming potential GSL results, so it really would be pretty easy to pick break out players from that.
On January 01 2012 19:52 VirgilSC2 wrote: To be honest I'm really surprised Apocalypse was chosen over a much more promising list of players like: Crank HyuN MujuK to name a few.
Other than the fact that Apocalypse got played in IPL TAC he hasn't really shown much promise at all.
Exactly. This is going a little bit off topic but, it feels as if they needed to add a Korean there since GSL has quite a huge following and saw some random Korean Terran who seemed to be pretty good, assumed he signed with IM and assumed he would be a beast because of that.
Nevermind the fact that Apocalypse has been around on the ladder a lot of times, and is known as one of those grinders who isn't that good but just gets really high ranks due to the frequency of his playing, and nevermind the fact that there are so many other good Koreans who most haven't heard off yet.
For anyone saying that apocalypse is anything less than amazing, you very obviously are not familiar with him for more than a few games. He's a total beast and most people on Korea already know it. He's pretty famous there despite his non-pro ish status. It's hilarious to see him being referred to as "some random korean terran". This is huge and exciting news for QxG / us as foreigners who will likely get to see even more of him now. I don't even play T but I'm excited because this guy is awesome to watch. Really strong and fortunate pick-up for QxG.
...am I the only one who looked at the sidebar and thought "Oh, lol, first THE WORLD ENDS IN MY TOWN CAUSE ITS 2012-thread already"? =S
On topic: I was under the impression he was one of those "Play all day, never get to the same level as people who play way less"-guys. Am I confusing him with someone?
He wasn't in IM before (as Tyrion stated), only in QxG then QIM and now QxG again.
He doesn't seem to promising from what I've seen but then again I have no clue how he plays in practice and in ladder while under no pressure. Nevertheless, good luck to him and Quantic!
EPT
Crank
HyuN
MujuK
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