EPTMMA demoted to B-Team, wants to join foreign team? - Page 18
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plogamer
Canada3132 Posts
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PhoenixDark
United States286 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:11 JacobShock wrote: Yet none of us know. I don't think that can be over stated enough. Especially when ranting with such confidence. However I don't find your theory that unlikely. You're right, we don't know for sure. I was just giving my opinion. I just feel like considering the things Boxer has said about MMA in the past, he expects a lot from him. | ||
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andaylin
United States10830 Posts
Or better yet, Woongjin Stars' MMA. Be reunited with your Coach and get your powers back. | ||
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GTPGlitch
5061 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:11 kochanfe wrote: MMA is a great player, but he's certainly not their ace. I would say he's their ace but not their anchor, which would be puzzle. | ||
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
Anyways, is that the reason why they fielded ryung as their ace during the gstl? | ||
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Greggle
United States1131 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:11 kochanfe wrote: MMA is a great player, but he's certainly not their ace. Currently its Puzzle, but nobody has come close to his achievements, he's still their star player with the most fans. | ||
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Flonomenalz
Nigeria3519 Posts
MMA.... without SlayerS... Please no. Son of BoxeR... what could he have possibly done? | ||
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Gorilla23
United States339 Posts
On July 17 2012 13:52 Ryhzuo wrote: I'm gonna wait until more information comes out of a reliable, English source. If MMA leaves SlayerS... well no one would have seen that coming. Why would an English source be more reliable? This is happening in Korea with a Korean player of a Korean team. TIG IS a reliable source. | ||
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etrensce
Australia337 Posts
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MCXD
Australia2738 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:15 JustPassingBy wrote: What crazyness do I see when I wake up?! Anyways, is that the reason why they fielded ryung as their ace during the gstl? Puzzle and Ryung have been doing better in general lately than MMA. That's why he hasn't been used as the ace lately. | ||
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OpTicNinja
United States9 Posts
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ronpaul012
United States769 Posts
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lisward
Singapore959 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:07 PhoenixDark wrote: I don't think the MMA news has anything to do with Jessica per se. Boxer considered MMA his protege and seemed very invested in him becoming a truly great player and leader. But like nearly every GSL winner, MMA's play deteriorated shortly after his big win. GSL winners get a large sum of money, and given how young most are, it's not surprising that they seemingly become relaxed after winning, and decide to start spending the money (sure they buy their parents stuff, but they also clearly spend it on themselves). And while most of the GSL winners rebound eventually, some sooner than others, MMA has pretty much fallen off the map. We were talking in the NASL thread about his heavy micro/aggression style going out of style as Terran became more macro oriented, and I think that's part of the reason he has fallen off. Another reason is likely due to practice. If he isn't showing the proper determination in practice, I could totally see Boxer attempting to demote him as a means of motivating/shaming him. But apparently it backfired... I think we're going to see more of this. BW pros practiced under harsher and more concentrated circumstances than most SC2 players. That's not to say SC2 players don't practice, just that they aren't practicing as much as many BW teams do/did. Boxer is obviously from that old school mind set, and has witnessed players on his own former teams work very hard and ultimately reach great heights (iloveoov). I wouldn't be surprised if he is trying to get MMA to that level, but MMA is simply not as motivated. Joining a foreigner team offers great opportunity while rewarding laziness in many ways; if MMA were to join a major foreigner team, it's very unlikely he would "have" to practice hard, and would instead be flown from tournament to tournament enjoying the thrill of fans and winning money. I fear that if we continue to see moves like this, the Korean scene might begin to protect itself by cooperating less and less with foreign teams/tournaments. Lol falling off the map for 3 months makes you a lazy, lousy player? (3 months since iron squid win) Also, I didn't read the NASL thread, but you're wrong, MMA has fantastic multitasking, it's not like he just plays aggressively without macroing, his macro is very good as well, he isnt some gimmicky 2 base allin player, and if you knew what you were taking about you would have seen his macro games. Being aggressive and macroing is NOT mutually exclusive. Also, TvZ is leaning towards this 'micro- aggressive' game or whatever you call it. Players like QXC and Idra have commented on it, because of the queen buff the best way to play TvZ is bio tank, at least to early mid game. | ||
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otgomni
United States33 Posts
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McFeser
United States2458 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:14 andaylin wrote: MVPMMA. Let's make it happen. Or better yet, Woongjin Stars' MMA. Be reunited with your Coach and get your powers back. You got it right the second time. Always got the feeling that Boxer disliked KESPA, with how independently his team is ran, and MMA going to KESPA would be the most rebellious decision that he could make. | ||
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KaRath_
Australia245 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:15 JustPassingBy wrote: What crazyness do I see when I wake up?! Anyways, is that the reason why they fielded ryung as their ace during the gstl? Please don't look at it like that - coaches field their best possible field, and they determine it based on how many people are left, the matchups that will have to be played, the maps, and from that who performed better in inter-house practice. To simply say MMA wasn't used as ace because of this incident may be true, but I don't think so | ||
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furerkip
United States439 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:16 OpTicNinja wrote: perhaps a disagreement between him and boxer? That would make boxer a bit of a tyrannical leader, wouldn't it... dropping someone off the A-Team till he agreed with him? | ||
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Megakenny
Canada829 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:17 otgomni wrote: I wonder if any of this has to do with Zenex players coming on board the Slayers team. They joined ST, not Slayers. | ||
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otgomni
United States33 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:15 Gorilla23 wrote: Why would an English source be more reliable? This is happening in Korea with a Korean player of a Korean team. TIG IS a reliable source. I think he means when there is no possible issue with information being lost in translation from a KR report. | ||
lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
On July 17 2012 14:18 furerkip wrote: That would make boxer a bit of a tyrannical leader, wouldn't it... dropping someone off the A-Team till he agreed with him? Depends on the reason for the disagreement. So no, Boxer is not (necessarily) a tyrannical leader. At least NOT UNTIL WE GET MORE INFO Sheesh guys | ||
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