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Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
April 10 2012 00:28 GMT
#21
On April 10 2012 08:30 BlackJack wrote:
It's like a reverse Linsanity


Well played sir, well played
EienShinwa
Profile Joined May 2010
United States655 Posts
April 10 2012 00:33 GMT
#22
Maybe because they think that Stephano would be easier to beat rather than some of the players in the tourney. Or they are being polite.
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
April 10 2012 00:34 GMT
#23
On April 10 2012 09:19 Hall0wed wrote:
Koreans always say nice stuff about foreigners and say they are better than they really are just to be polite.

Nothing new.

except for Moon who says white people suck (or something to that effect).
DaCruise
Profile Joined July 2010
Denmark2457 Posts
April 10 2012 00:51 GMT
#24
They say it because they know that tournaments with korean players only will be interesting for......koreans and only koreans. Say goodbye to sponsers, viewers and all that jizz.
SaiStorm
Profile Joined October 2011
1 Post
April 10 2012 00:56 GMT
#25
Haha interesting how aLive said that he had no chance to win.. and look what happened!

On April 10 2012 08:26 GoSuChicken wrote:
earlier in this vod MMA stated the same starting @~21 min.

MMA vs Stephano Game 2.... yea...
RusHXceL
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1004 Posts
April 10 2012 00:57 GMT
#26
#reverseofmaybelin?
MethodSC
Profile Joined December 2010
United States928 Posts
April 10 2012 01:09 GMT
#27
Foreigners do win. They're called Koreans.
AxelTVx
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada916 Posts
April 10 2012 01:14 GMT
#28
On April 10 2012 10:09 MethodSC wrote:
Foreigners do win. They're called Koreans.


Aha, best quote in the thread... Technically they actually are the foreigners.
Axel 145 Masters Protoss
MightyAtom
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Korea (South)1897 Posts
April 10 2012 01:18 GMT
#29
Giyom and Elky were and still are beloved in Korea because Korean love skill more than anything else.
Administrator-I am the universe- Morihei Ueshiba
TuElite
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2123 Posts
April 10 2012 01:22 GMT
#30
They want foreigners to do well to be matched up against them in the finals or in GSL for that easy win most likely.
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SamsLiST
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany184 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-10 01:28:23
April 10 2012 01:26 GMT
#31
they just know what happens when "foreigners" lose interest in that lost battle...

E: how much prize money Koreans took from international events so far? about 1.7 million? not including flights and regular salaries...
SCbiff
Profile Joined May 2010
110 Posts
April 10 2012 01:27 GMT
#32
Because they're people, just like us.

Because, although there is always all this "us versus them" talk in any cross-cultural discussion, a lot of people really don't hate other people because of where they're from.
Fawkes
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada1935 Posts
April 10 2012 01:27 GMT
#33
On April 10 2012 10:22 TuElite wrote:
They want foreigners to do well to be matched up against them in the finals or in GSL for that easy win most likely.


This doesn't even make sense. If a foreigner does better and is even capable of getting into the GSL, disregarding luck, that won't be an easy win. As he had to go through numerous OTHER koreans who are on equal or greater skill level in qualifiers/code A...unless he was seeded...then that's another story. Easy win is defined as the lucky Koreans who play against the seeded Foreigners who drop out in one go.
Taeyeon ~ Jennie ~ Seulgi ~ Irene @Fawkes711
kawoq
Profile Joined November 2005
Guatemala357 Posts
April 10 2012 01:38 GMT
#34
Koreans want to keep Foreigns tournaments going... so foreigns should win fomr time to time to keep the interest.
"It is not a shameful thing to be unable to reach the goal. It's becoming afraid and running away, even before considering the fact that the road is long and rough, that is truly cowardly." by - Lim Yo Hwan aka SlayerS_Boxer from "Crazy as me"
Fischbacher
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada666 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-10 01:45:19
April 10 2012 01:45 GMT
#35
Foreigners doing well is crutial for the survival of the SC2 scene as a whole. North American and Europeans doing well = more interest from Westeners = more sponsors = more money for the entire scene, including Korean players. There is a reason why HuK and Idra are payed better than most Koreans: foreign players, at equal skill, bring a lot more sponsor interest to the table than Korean players. So its in everyone's best interest for multiple foreigners to be competitive with the top Koreans.
Fealthas
Profile Joined May 2011
607 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-10 01:49:57
April 10 2012 01:49 GMT
#36
I think they are saying that to be nice.
DT-Toss
Profile Joined March 2012
Korea (South)59 Posts
April 10 2012 01:54 GMT
#37
no fucking chance.
Asian is better in gaming. Enuff' said.
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
April 10 2012 01:54 GMT
#38
I guess they must feel kinda bad to go to foreign tournaments and grab 80+% of the prize pool every time.
ॐ
Bigtony
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States1606 Posts
April 10 2012 01:56 GMT
#39
If foreigners stay bad forever, the scene will die. There will be no $40,000 IPL4 for someone to win. There will be no 20k MLG, etc. Foreigners have to be good to keep interest alive. Although the foreign scene seems perfectly capable of killing itself with lack of support.
Push 2 Harder
Crackensan
Profile Joined August 2010
United States479 Posts
April 10 2012 01:56 GMT
#40
As a Korean, I can say they are saying this just to be polite. They see it as pride, national pride. They will do everything they can to keep foreigners from winning majors until the foreign teams band togeather like the Korean teams and take them out.

One man can't do it alone. Team rivalries are cool, and make for great drama, but in the end, it's still Korea vs. the World.

The World needs to get it's act togeather and do what the Koreans do; plan how to beat them.
Tasteless: "Well this strategy is made of balls"--Concerning Fruitdealer Vs. BoXeR
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