On February 18 2012 02:53 iokke wrote: This is cool but I wish you took a complete noname instead and helped him go pro, woudla been awesome! Feast is already relatively accomplished and has a lot of support from Millenium. Now seeing someone from gold get mentored by grubby and starting to tear shit up woudla been like a cinderalla story.
I completly disagree with this. Someone with the status of Grubby should not go and tutor a gold leaguer as that will be a waste of time, especially in the beginning.
The current deal with Feast seems to be quite brilliant: it helps Feast but at the same time also gives Grubby a great practice partner (or rather said: brainstorm partner) to make builds with and so on; something that you could quite lack when you are living on your own and not on a team.
yeh it's more of a challenge but thats what makes it more interesting to me. Doesnt have to be gold, can take diamond or masters etc, but a noname (gold = more of a newbie, more of a challenge). You are right in the sense that it would be hard to spot someone who has the passion for the game and will be persistent in his training etc (not quit when he gets bored). But if you do that and get good results, would be much more fun to follow than mentoring an already existing pro.
and someone with Grubby's status doing this is exactly what makes it a beautiful thing
No one needs tutoring to go from Gold to Diamond/Low Masters. I think self learning is more than enough, Grubby is really making something incredible here.
huh? Im sayin take him to be pro, not masters lol. Well anywho mentoring Feast is still nice of grubby, though not extraordinary imo. GL to them anyway, and I still have a ton of respect for Grubby (in case someone got the wrong impression).
I think you underestimate what it takes to be a progamer. Most of the guys you see atm have been known in other RTS before they made the switch and theres a good reason for that, you have to invest time and dedication before to get the mechanics, there's no reason to coach someone if he is just bad mechanically and it just takes time for him to practice, there's nothing Grubby can help him with that goes beyond "pay attention to whats going on, don't get supply blocked, realize how big an army is when you see it and know if you can beat it or not" etc.
And pretty much everyone is bad mechanically, even in GM league there are many ppl who are just not good enough to be really competitive in tournaments (yet), even if their game knowledge and understanding is great.
I also see this more as a collaboration than strict mentoring/coaching. I think Grubby can help Feast most with his astonishing offline experience and his outside the box thinking. Everything else will benefit them both as players, so its nice that they will work together I think their work together will focus a lot on offline events and Grubby helping him to manage that, having the right mindset, preparing cool builds & brainstorming about the game in general. Can only help Protoss, I don't like that ^^
Feast the beast from the east, being mentored by Grubby.. amazing. That's numerous years of experience that will be taught to him in terms of being a pro-gamer.
this is so heart warming thinking about how unsocial our society has become. its a nice change to read something like this. i wish you both the very very best and maybe one day the apprentice can teach his mentor and pay back his debt
This is great! Feast has shown some real potential and under the guidance of a player as successful as Grubby the potentials are outstanding! I wish both Grubby and Feast the best of luck and hope to see both do very well in the future.
Awesome, Feast is a very very very lucky guy to have someone as experienced, mature, and professional to be his mentor in the RTS scene. Good luck to Grubby and Feast! <3
Grubby is THE man. And it's probably one of the best possible things that could've happened to Feast in his SC2 career. Looking forward to see his improvement and post good results (which he will surely do). Also hope for Grubby to do something big in this year 2012.
Best of luck to both of you guys from a devoted fan.
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I think their work together will focus a lot on offline events and Grubby helping him to manage that, having the right mindset, preparing cool builds & brainstorming about the game in general.
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