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Top Broodwar Pros swapping to Starcraft 2? - Page 4

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mrtomjones
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada4020 Posts
January 09 2012 05:27 GMT
#61
On January 09 2012 13:56 BasilForSkin wrote:
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On January 09 2012 13:50 awwnuts07 wrote:
Unless it's the BW top dogs, I can't really say I'm super interested.


Are you serious? These guys are on level or better than people like MVP or ForGG.

If you're not interested for that... Wow.

Many of the current SC2 pros had bright futures in BW but just never really committed or got a chance before leaving.
mburke05
Profile Joined October 2010
United States130 Posts
January 09 2012 05:28 GMT
#62
On January 09 2012 13:50 Warpath wrote:
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On January 09 2012 13:46 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I can see them practicing WoL to get a feel for the slight differences between BW and SC2, and then possibly making the official switch when HotS comes out, since that will equalize the playing field.

And then they'll probably crush some skulls and crack some necks. Being an A-Teamer BW player is not something to take lightly.

Yeah, a whole bunch of players above MVPs level at average, which means some will be even better.



MVP was not what most ppl would consider an A-teamer.
Utinni
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada1196 Posts
January 09 2012 05:28 GMT
#63
On January 09 2012 14:22 Vehemus wrote:
(Z)HyuN (BW) / (Z)HyuN (SC2) was pretty awful in BW and he qualified for Code A after playing SC2 for only a few months.

I didn't really believe BW players would be able to reach the top level so fast, although I had no doubts they would be able to if they put in a ton of practice like ForGG did. After's HyuN's Code A qualification I now believe I was wrong.

He beat stork a while ago... I wouldn't call him awful... He wasn't doing so well at the end... but meh.
“... you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about scaring him enough to call it a day.” - Max Brooks: World War Z
jellyjello
Profile Joined March 2011
Korea (South)664 Posts
January 09 2012 05:28 GMT
#64
On January 09 2012 14:14 jidolboy wrote:
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On January 09 2012 14:08 Phyrigian wrote:
On January 09 2012 14:07 Boblhead wrote:
Im guessing ongamenet purchased rights to broadcast sc2 from gom, so sc2 in msl! my guess


never understood why people think ogn would broadcast sc2 over gom.

CJ owns both Gretech and OnMedia, they can use one for each.


maybe because GOM has shit commentators (from what I heard, some of them were former OGN), not so good cameraman, and mainly OGN is actually a channel


I like GOM's commentators. I learn quite a lot from listening to them. Gisado is a damn good strategy analyst in particular, although he talks too damn much.
Insomniac22
Profile Joined February 2011
United States907 Posts
January 09 2012 05:28 GMT
#65
On January 09 2012 13:49 Elefanto wrote:
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On January 09 2012 13:48 Fionn wrote:
Time for Perfectman to become forever GSL champion.

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


I'm sorry, Dts are fairly ineffective in Sc2.

tell that to inca
N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
January 09 2012 05:30 GMT
#66
On January 09 2012 14:20 eviltomahawk wrote:
Eh, this is obviously exciting news for SC2 fans, but not so much for BW fans if it interferes too much with BW in a negative way.


I think it's really more of an issue of over-hyping the definition of "A team pros". Objective measure of current A team pro (proleague appearance or starleague) really makes you dehype the announcement. A bw pro isn't going to be playing sc2 in practice time if they were to appear in proleague (or be submitted for the lineup to kespa for proleague. but that's my opinion).

I'd say most likely is someone like (T)Major, who beat (P)BeSt in like an OSL qualifier and was on Wemade fox (now disbanded). Showed some solid play and had a decent record, and is young enough to want to continue being a progamer after Wemade disbanding. Certainly fits the 5-month profile (end of last season proleague, etc).

But who's going to go crazy over some people like Major being professional sc2? Never_V_/forGG/ogsFin (whatever you want to call him) was a starleague winner and Hyun was a pretty consistent A-teamer and made group selection stages of starleagues.

Players from wemade/mbc/hwaseung (like perfectman) are best bets. The announcement is misleading towards players who are even in teams to have "practice time".

Unless CJ blows my mind and throws out an sc2 lineup. Idra did play sc2 in the CJ house and I didn't even know CJ (apparently) owns Gretech as posted in this thread.



iu, seungah, yura, taeyeon, hyosung, lizzy, suji, sojin, jia, ji eun, eunji, soya, younha, jiyeon, fiestar, sinb, jung myung hoon godtier. BW FOREVERR
TBone-
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2309 Posts
January 09 2012 05:30 GMT
#67
On January 09 2012 14:27 snakeeyez wrote:
Wait until all these top level A team BW pros realize in starcraft 2 they can and will have plenty of build order losses to players that never should be beating them. I still do not think any of them will dominate someone like mvp or even be significantly better. I dont see what they can do so much better then mvp or leenock to consistently win.


Well for starters with mvp, he can stop queueing 3-4 scv's at each command center, stop having his money slip to 1000 before the 15 minute mark. Sure they are really good, but they are far, far away from perfect.
Eve online FC, lover of all competition
Elefanto
Profile Joined May 2010
Switzerland3584 Posts
January 09 2012 05:30 GMT
#68
On January 09 2012 14:21 BLinD-RawR wrote:
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On January 09 2012 14:19 Garnet wrote:
I can't think of anyone. Who's doing badly in PL?


yeah neither can I.

everyone has stepped up their game this season.

until a real news site like Dailyesports or fomos said so I won't take this as seriously as most people here are.


Well doing badly doesn't necessarily mean they're switching.
Form fluctuations are pretty standard.

There are a couple that are underperforming, Mind, Action, Calm for instance while others aren't getting much TV presence anymore. But that doesn't really mean much.

It's pretty useless to discuss this anyway as it's baseless assumptions without any real content.
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Rostam
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2552 Posts
January 09 2012 05:30 GMT
#69
On January 09 2012 14:11 AndAgain wrote:
So if all the low level A teamers start switching, does that mean that BW will just have 15 players who will constantly play against each other? That would be awkward. More likely that it would spiral to the point where top BW players would have no choice but to switch in the not too distant future (assuming that what FXOBoss is saying is true.)


There's been like 3 decent BW players that have switched, I think it's extremely premature to speculate that BW is going to run out of players.
BW forever || Thall
RezChi
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada2368 Posts
January 09 2012 05:33 GMT
#70
On January 09 2012 13:56 BasilForSkin wrote:
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On January 09 2012 13:50 awwnuts07 wrote:
Unless it's the BW top dogs, I can't really say I'm super interested.


Are you serious? These guys are on level or better than people like MVP or ForGG.

If you're not interested for that... Wow.

Just because they're probably better in BW, doesn't mean they'll destory sc2....
snakeeyez
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1231 Posts
January 09 2012 05:34 GMT
#71
On January 09 2012 14:30 TBone- wrote:
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On January 09 2012 14:27 snakeeyez wrote:
Wait until all these top level A team BW pros realize in starcraft 2 they can and will have plenty of build order losses to players that never should be beating them. I still do not think any of them will dominate someone like mvp or even be significantly better. I dont see what they can do so much better then mvp or leenock to consistently win.


Well for starters with mvp, he can stop queueing 3-4 scv's at each command center, stop having his money slip to 1000 before the 15 minute mark. Sure they are really good, but they are far, far away from perfect.


You would need to be more specific then that. I dont think he consistently does that if you watch GSL matches where he has time to prepare specific builds and I do not remember his minerals consistently going over 1000. I would argue the top korean pro players play close to perfect right now. A human only has so much apm and so much multitasking. Every person even flash or jaedong loses games and makes mistakes they are just humans.
Drmooose
Profile Joined March 2011
United States390 Posts
January 09 2012 05:35 GMT
#72
Should be interesting. Hoping that they make a smooth transition but one that won't completely mess up the scene for those who have been working hard at it for a while
I have a question...
Jehct
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
New Zealand9115 Posts
January 09 2012 05:38 GMT
#73
And suddenly the Jaedong v Canata game makes sense. Ikid, but I do wonder how high profile those switching are. Hope we see some people who really started performing over the past couple years (like Soulkey or Killer) but the best real hope is probably proleague regulars like Horang2.

Hope this doesn't hurt BW too much =(
"You seem to think about this game a lot"
oxxo
Profile Joined February 2010
988 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-09 05:39:28
January 09 2012 05:38 GMT
#74
On January 09 2012 14:33 RezChi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2012 13:56 BasilForSkin wrote:
On January 09 2012 13:50 awwnuts07 wrote:
Unless it's the BW top dogs, I can't really say I'm super interested.


Are you serious? These guys are on level or better than people like MVP or ForGG.

If you're not interested for that... Wow.

Just because they're probably better in BW, doesn't mean they'll destory sc2....


Yes it does. There's a reason Mvp is easily the best player in the world right now. He can beat other 'top' players (albeit on the ladder) using off races. ForGG/Fin already looks amazing compared to the current players. It's a different game but the concepts and mechanics translate.

This is nothing but good news for the SC2. Why do people care what race the players are so much? Better play is better play.
LegendaryZ
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1583 Posts
January 09 2012 05:39 GMT
#75
If this is true, then tsunami incoming.
lost_artz
Profile Joined January 2012
United States366 Posts
January 09 2012 05:39 GMT
#76
On January 09 2012 13:56 BasilForSkin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2012 13:50 awwnuts07 wrote:
Unless it's the BW top dogs, I can't really say I'm super interested.


Are you serious? These guys are on level or better than people like MVP or ForGG.

If you're not interested for that... Wow.


You are clearly forgetting the fact that they are completely different games.
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
January 09 2012 05:40 GMT
#77
On January 09 2012 14:34 snakeeyez wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2012 14:30 TBone- wrote:
On January 09 2012 14:27 snakeeyez wrote:
Wait until all these top level A team BW pros realize in starcraft 2 they can and will have plenty of build order losses to players that never should be beating them. I still do not think any of them will dominate someone like mvp or even be significantly better. I dont see what they can do so much better then mvp or leenock to consistently win.


Well for starters with mvp, he can stop queueing 3-4 scv's at each command center, stop having his money slip to 1000 before the 15 minute mark. Sure they are really good, but they are far, far away from perfect.


You would need to be more specific then that. I dont think he consistently does that if you watch GSL matches where he has time to prepare specific builds and I do not remember his minerals consistently going over 1000. I would argue the top korean pro players play close to perfect right now. A human only has so much apm and so much multitasking. Every person even flash or jaedong loses games and makes mistakes they are just humans.

Disagreed.
jellyjello
Profile Joined March 2011
Korea (South)664 Posts
January 09 2012 05:42 GMT
#78
On January 09 2012 14:22 Vehemus wrote:
(Z)HyuN (BW) / (Z)HyuN (SC2) was pretty awful in BW and he qualified for Code A after playing SC2 for only a few months.

I didn't really believe BW players would be able to reach the top level so fast, although I had no doubts they would be able to if they put in a ton of practice like ForGG did. After's HyuN's Code A qualification I now believe I was wrong.


Precision (mouse movement...etc) from these A level BW pros is unreal. All you have to see is how MVP is ForGG plays. The precision is just on a different level. I'd love to see MMA play just so I can compare his precision with other top SC2 players.

I once watched the show B-Net Attack on MBCGames where they had Jaedong as a guest. After watching him play (from his point of view), I can truely believe that he is a legit 500 APM guy (and I don't mean just spamming the same hot key). I can only imagine what he'd do as SC2 zerg... with Queens and creep spread... he can probably beat half the current SC2 pros with only zerglings.
Kergy
Profile Joined December 2010
Peru2011 Posts
January 09 2012 05:42 GMT
#79
So... some of the best RTS minds in the world are now playing SC2? Amazing!

Would love to see some Kespa-made maps too
Everyday Girl's Day~!
Xxavi
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1248 Posts
January 09 2012 05:45 GMT
#80
TBH, if these BW pros aren't higher level than MVP, forGG, MC and NesTea, it doesn't mean much for me personally. May be except for higher competition and better general play in GSL Code A and S. But I don't have time to stay up to watch it, and with their childish attitude towards Naniwa, they killed the interest for me.

I'd be interested if really high level ones are switching. And of course if VODs are available. I don't like this waiting until 5 am and watching business. I wouldn't do that for free, let alone pay for it.
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