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Kenpark
Profile Joined March 2012
Germany2350 Posts
April 27 2012 01:56 GMT
#241
Are you kidding me ? Ofc 100x is not a random number. Dont you think some Americans for example would be offended if sb like Snute for example says eu ladder is 100x times harder than na ladder ? After getting some easy wins against subpar players ?
I just find it really disrespectful. This dreamhack after all was an open qualifier with a lot of amateurs, and his statement really downgrades foreigner tournaments in general.
Ofc he can state what he wants. But dont expect to get a lot of fans like this.

OopsOopsBaby
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Singapore3425 Posts
April 27 2012 01:57 GMT
#242
the truth hurts.
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fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
April 27 2012 01:57 GMT
#243
Some posts here are fucking enraging.

Jesus fucking Christ, for God's fucking sake, are you guys really picking on him because he stated a fact? Are you butthut because he claims that foreigns are 100x worse than koreans? Because if you are, then you must be a real fool.

Foreigns suck compared to koreans, get over it. Wake up from your pink colored dreams and take it as a fucking man.
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
Ausfailia
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia123 Posts
April 27 2012 02:00 GMT
#244
On April 27 2012 10:57 OopsOopsBaby wrote:
the truth hurts.



On April 27 2012 10:57 fabiano wrote:
Some posts here are fucking enraging.

Jesus fucking Christ, for God's fucking sake, are you guys really picking on him because he stated a fact? Are you butthut because he claims that foreigns are 100x worse than koreans? Because if you are, then you must be a real fool.

Foreigns suck compared to koreans, get over it. Wake up from your pink colored dreams and take it as a fucking man.



Holy shit finally, so many crying foreigner fanboys in this thread. Koreans are leagues above foreigners, Korean tournaments are leagues ahead of foreign tournaments. Deal with it.
zefreak
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States2731 Posts
April 27 2012 02:03 GMT
#245
On April 27 2012 11:00 Ausfailia wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 27 2012 10:57 OopsOopsBaby wrote:
the truth hurts.



Show nested quote +
On April 27 2012 10:57 fabiano wrote:
Some posts here are fucking enraging.

Jesus fucking Christ, for God's fucking sake, are you guys really picking on him because he stated a fact? Are you butthut because he claims that foreigns are 100x worse than koreans? Because if you are, then you must be a real fool.

Foreigns suck compared to koreans, get over it. Wake up from your pink colored dreams and take it as a fucking man.



Holy shit finally, so many crying foreigner fanboys in this thread. Koreans are leagues above foreigners, Korean tournaments are leagues ahead of foreign tournaments. Deal with it.


So many crying Europeans in this thread, it looks like.
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TheAngryZergling
Profile Joined January 2011
United States387 Posts
April 27 2012 02:10 GMT
#246
definitely lowered my opinion of monster a tiny bit. after he's had any notable results at an MLG or IPL then he can talk shit about the difficulty of foreign tourneys.

still he is just a kid and allowed some leeway in that regard and he definitely seems to be upping his game lately, so I'll still be cheering for him vT&P.
Everything in life is most clearly explained through a Starcraft analogy.
Bigtony
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States1606 Posts
April 27 2012 02:14 GMT
#247
On April 27 2012 10:57 fabiano wrote:
Some posts here are fucking enraging.

Jesus fucking Christ, for God's fucking sake, are you guys really picking on him because he stated a fact? Are you butthut because he claims that foreigns are 100x worse than koreans? Because if you are, then you must be a real fool.

Foreigns suck compared to koreans, get over it. Wake up from your pink colored dreams and take it as a fucking man.


I don't think there is anything difficult about the GSL format. In fact, it's probably the easiest tournament format possible. Long breaks between matches, lots of information about your opponents beforehand, etc. It just has the highest concentration of good players. It is unlikely that you will have an "easy match."

Winning IPL4 or IPL4 is a bigger achievement than winning a single GSL. Same level of competition, little prep time, and a large number of games in a few days.
Push 2 Harder
CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-27 02:23:47
April 27 2012 02:16 GMT
#248
On April 27 2012 11:14 Bigtony wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 27 2012 10:57 fabiano wrote:
Some posts here are fucking enraging.

Jesus fucking Christ, for God's fucking sake, are you guys really picking on him because he stated a fact? Are you butthut because he claims that foreigns are 100x worse than koreans? Because if you are, then you must be a real fool.

Foreigns suck compared to koreans, get over it. Wake up from your pink colored dreams and take it as a fucking man.


Winning IPL4 or IPL4 is a bigger achievement than winning a single GSL. Same level of competition, little prep time, and a large number of games in a few days.


LOLOLOLOLOL it's been a long time since I've seen such a ignorant, unfounded opinion. The only thing that's harder about IPL/MLG is the endurance factor. If that's your measure of skill then ladder grinding is the hardest tournament of all time.
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
zefreak
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States2731 Posts
April 27 2012 02:19 GMT
#249
On April 27 2012 11:14 Bigtony wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 27 2012 10:57 fabiano wrote:
Some posts here are fucking enraging.

Jesus fucking Christ, for God's fucking sake, are you guys really picking on him because he stated a fact? Are you butthut because he claims that foreigns are 100x worse than koreans? Because if you are, then you must be a real fool.

Foreigns suck compared to koreans, get over it. Wake up from your pink colored dreams and take it as a fucking man.


I don't think there is anything difficult about the GSL format. In fact, it's probably the easiest tournament format possible. Long breaks between matches, lots of information about your opponents beforehand, etc. It just has the highest concentration of good players. It is unlikely that you will have an "easy match."

Winning IPL4 or IPL4 is a bigger achievement than winning a single GSL. Same level of competition, little prep time, and a large number of games in a few days.


Lol no. Think about it. Lots of information about your opponents, but they have the same information about you. You can win an MLG or IPL4 with a lot of cheesy play. You can take advantage of being relatively unknown.

The fact that every pro thinks GSL is the harder tournament should tell you something. You don't know more than them about tournament formats, sorry. No amount of bronze league theory crafting will change that.
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Netsky
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia1155 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-27 02:20:57
April 27 2012 02:20 GMT
#250
So many deluded foreigners posting in this thread...

As a general rule (there will always be a few exceptions) foreigners suck at Starcraft - they always have, and they always will.

Please just accept this and enjoy the beautiful game that we all love.
coverpunch
Profile Joined December 2011
United States2093 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-27 02:24:30
April 27 2012 02:22 GMT
#251
I'm not sure why Europeans are weeping so much for the honor of DreamHack. It was a good tournament but nobody refers to the group stages as "nerd hell" like the Code A preliminary qualifiers.

Even beyond the argument about competition, consider these comparisons:

DH Group Stage #1: groups of 3, round robin, bottom 1 eliminated
DH Group Stage #2: groups of 4, round robin, bottom 2 eliminated
DH Group Stage #3: groups of 4, round robin, bottom 2 eliminated
DH bracket: group of 16, single elimination, winner is champion

Code A preliminary: groups of 16, single elimination, bottom 15 eliminated
Code A RO48: 20% chance of facing a Code S player, single elimination, 24 losers must re-qualify
Code A RO32: 33% chance of facing a Code S player, single elimination, 16 losers go to Up&Down
Code A RO16: 50% chance of facing a Code S player, single elimination, 8 losers go to Up&Down, 8 winners go to Code S
Code S RO32: groups of 4, modified bracket, bottom 2 sent to Code A
Code S RO16: self-selected groups of 4, modified bracket, bottom 2 sent to Code A
Code S RO8: single elimination, winner is champion

...yeah, it looks 100x harder to win GSL than to win DH. And yeah, you can see why Naniwa might say it looks unfair that he can get an automatic Code S seed and start instantly in the RO32. Also why he would have been stupid to turn down such a gift.
epidGoaty
Profile Joined December 2010
United States219 Posts
April 27 2012 02:22 GMT
#252
While I can agree they are easier than the GSL, how come you don't see the many GSL champions that attend these things take the gold?

I understand he wasn't speaking literally, but if Korea was as easily accessible as some of the other foreign events I think we'd see more foreigners in at least Code A.
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zefreak
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States2731 Posts
April 27 2012 02:23 GMT
#253
On April 27 2012 11:10 TheAngryZergling wrote:
definitely lowered my opinion of monster a tiny bit. after he's had any notable results at an MLG or IPL then he can talk shit about the difficulty of foreign tourneys.

still he is just a kid and allowed some leeway in that regard and he definitely seems to be upping his game lately, so I'll still be cheering for him vT&P.


Why do you morons not understand. He is not talking shit about foreigners relative to him. He is talking shit about foreign tournaments relative to GSL.

It's the same as me saying that Mount Everest is harder to climb than Mount Himalchuli. It's true, but nobody is saying Mount Himalchuli is easy to climb, and it doesn't necessarily mean that I am capable of climbing either of them.
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Corsica
Profile Joined February 2011
Ukraine1854 Posts
April 27 2012 02:25 GMT
#254
Pretty confident words for korean b teamer, who got the easiest groups, and then went 2-1 to Seiplo (not top protoss) and won by luck nerchio lol
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45028 Posts
April 27 2012 02:26 GMT
#255
On April 27 2012 04:43 horsebanger wrote:
thanks monster for dropping new facts, nice interview


rofl yeah. Everyone pretty much knows that GSL >>>>>> foreign tournaments, although I don't know if DRG is *currently* the #1 player in the world (for a good reason, see previous line).

Monster's a cool cat though, so I'm glad he got a little interview
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
zefreak
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States2731 Posts
April 27 2012 02:27 GMT
#256
On April 27 2012 11:25 Corsica wrote:
Pretty confident words for korean b teamer, who got the easiest groups, and then went 2-1 to Seiplo (not top protoss) and won by luck nerchio lol


Read my post directly above yours and see how it relates to your post.
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dUTtrOACh
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada2339 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-27 02:31:43
April 27 2012 02:30 GMT
#257
I bet Monster would have been bitchslapped at the MLG that happened over the same weekend. You know, the tournament where all the sick Koreans were that weekend?

EDIT: He can't just lump all foreign tournaments together with the one he happened to attend.
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Zooper31
Profile Joined May 2009
United States5711 Posts
April 27 2012 02:30 GMT
#258
Just saying what we all knew, big surprise.
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CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-27 02:41:18
April 27 2012 02:30 GMT
#259
LOL what luck are you geniuses referring to? He beat Nerchio straight-up, not Monster's fault his opponent can't handle ling/baneling aggression. ZvZ isn't a coinflip matchup.
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
Lorizean
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Germany1330 Posts
April 27 2012 02:39 GMT
#260
I believe you mean "likable" and not "sympathetic" (which isn't at all the same as "sympathisch" in German)
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