Fnatic sign former Samsung KHAN player ByuL - Page 4

On March 20 2012 02:58 MyFirstProbe wrote:



Why would they not be able to manage an ex-progamer?

On March 20 2012 02:30 StatorFlux wrote:


Thank you for your interesting post!
It, in my mind, confirmed my statement (or at least my sentiment) that "bad" in BW and "bad" in Starcraft2 are to different things, and many statement would seem strange if one did not consider the context in which "bad" was used.

I found it by searching for ByuL in the BW-section, I am not claiming that they were a representative selection but it seemed strange that there was so many negative feelings now compared to then. But maybe no one is willing to stick out their neck for him?

Interesting to note was that as late as December 2011 two BW forumgoers seemed excited that ByuL was back in the Samsung-Khan roster. Not many but there wasn't a whole lot of discussion about the topic in general, so it is not insignificant.

I am not proposing that everybody should call him great or even good. But it seems he was an upcoming and interesting rookie and if you judged him thus in Brood War, you should do the same when he goes to SC2. Give him the chance to prove himself first.

On March 20 2012 02:57 Ryo wrote:

What negative comments are you referring to? "Byul is the shit" means Byul is awesome.

On March 20 2012 02:55 Talin wrote:
Kind of a pointless signing, imo. I'm pretty sure Fnatic can't manage an ex-progamer transitioning to SC2 and give him the environment he needs to succeed. It smells like a cheap "look we signed a progamer from SAMSUNG KHAN" publicity stunt.

He should probably have gone to a decent Korean team like SlayerS or FXO.

On March 20 2012 02:40 Caladbolg wrote:


1. It comes from context, of course.

Many of us used to think of Jaehoon as a pretty bad player (some still do, though less thanks to last season's performance + Ryo's undying passion). There were plenty of rumors that he was a practice bonjwa but Jaehoon never came close to living up to the hype - until last year's 30-win season. Personally, I still believe he's pretty average for a Protoss A-teamer who often gets sent out.

So when, for example, a B-teamer dominated the now-defunct Dream league, people in the BW forums had high expectations. Then, once they were elevated to the A-team and started playing with the "big boys", all illusions fly out the window and they lived and died (figuratively, of course) on their skill and results. That's why you find people calling guys like Zergbong/Nestea, MVP, Forgg/Fin, MC, 1988/MMA, Clare/MKP bad in the BW forums whereas they're definitely top-tier in SC2. Not because of absolute skill (cause that's disputable, different game different era), but because of context.

2. Nada? Boxer? July? Forgg? Pretty much every pro in BW who retires and takes up SC2 is given a good luck because, of course, BW fans have a stake in it. If Nada turned out bad in SC2 (note: he isn't) then we'd be utterly devastated.

Fucking Hyun though. He's better than what his results show in SC2. Learn the damn game.

On March 20 2012 00:08 Xcobidoo wrote:
Hopefully he'll get some time before we start building another forGG-bandwagon for him to crash.
Fnatic's lineup is starting to look scary, if only Sen would have stayed aswell :O

On March 20 2012 04:42 Vul wrote:


Yea ForGG was definitely overhyped, but to be fair, he did make it to Code S really quickly after he started playing in the GSL (don't know how long he practiced before he competed in the GSL). If Byul shows the same results and gets straight to Code S, it wouldn't live up to the crazy "ForGG to win Code S" hype, but it would still be really impressive.

On March 21 2012 02:56 Cosmos wrote:
Jyp just lost a game against Byul, playing again against him now (on his stream).

On March 19 2012 23:57 Animostas wrote:
wins against Jaehoon