EPTStephano in Korea - Page 14
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Cele
Germany4016 Posts
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Beyond Magic
Finland130 Posts
On August 10 2012 18:12 Benjamin99 wrote: You live in a dream world. The term pro = means you make money doing whatever sport you doing. If you think money isn't a top priority for any pro gamer in starcraft 2 then im sorry to break you cosy and lovely dream . Why do you think so many Koreans wanna join foreign teams? Why do you think players and teams join tournament with the highest price pools? Money is the number 1 priority in any sport because without it then you arnt a pro gamer and you properly will never get good at it since you have to get another job to support you. Every player in starcraft 2 needs and wants money. Stephano is just honest about it while all others don't talk about it or just feed the fans bullshit Its quite true that money is important, but if you look at it from stephanos perspective, he probably has a good salary and makes good money even without winning big tournaments, at this point i dont think he is that concerned about it. If he plans on quitting next year, i wouldnt be suprised if hed like to win GSL before that, even if he would skip foreign event because of gsl thats not straight up losing money, even with stephanos skills he isnt going to automaticly win all mlg,ipl tournaments. Anyone whos saying players are on it just for the money, have clearly never done any kind of sports themselves since there is A LOT more to it than stacks of money but i wouldnt talk about "They do it for love of the game". People still undervalue the title of GSL champion, specially if a foreign player would wield it. I would guess that IF Stephano would win GSL this year, he would play starcraft for at least 1 more year, because anyone with some perspective knows that that kind of achievment would increase your value A LOT. You would probably get insane offers from different teams, maybe even get some personal sponsors. Korean gsl champions dont get that kind of attention because they dont have the same kind of market value outside korea since most of the world seems them as just some crazy asian people. | ||
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Incomplet
United Kingdom1419 Posts
On August 10 2012 19:39 Beyond Magic wrote: Its quite true that money is important, but if you look at it from stephanos perspective, he probably has a good salary and makes good money even without winning big tournaments, at this point i dont think he is that concerned about it. If he plans on quitting next year, i wouldnt be suprised if hed like to win GSL before that, even if he would skip foreign event because of gsl thats not straight up losing money, even with stephanos skills he isnt going to automaticly win all mlg,ipl tournaments. Anyone whos saying players are on it just for the money, have clearly never done any kind of sports themselves since there is A LOT more to it than stacks of money but i wouldnt talk about "They do it for love of the game". People still undervalue the title of GSL champion, specially if a foreign player would wield it. I would guess that IF Stephano would win GSL this year, he would play starcraft for at least 1 more year, because anyone with some perspective knows that that kind of achievment would increase your value A LOT. You would probably get insane offers from different teams, maybe even get some personal sponsors. Korean gsl champions dont get that kind of attention because they dont have the same kind of market value outside korea since most of the world seems them as just some crazy asian people. Thank you! Someone who finally sees the bigger picture. It isn't just about the short term burst of cash from the prize winnings, it's the long term popularity and sponsor interest which will rake in the cash and secure a long term future of pro gaming. This is especially true if a foreigner were to win Gsl. | ||
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Simsallabin
Nepal216 Posts
On August 10 2012 19:39 Beyond Magic wrote: Its quite true that money is important, but if you look at it from stephanos perspective, he probably has a good salary and makes good money even without winning big tournaments, at this point i dont think he is that concerned about it. If he plans on quitting next year, i wouldnt be suprised if hed like to win GSL before that, even if he would skip foreign event because of gsl thats not straight up losing money, even with stephanos skills he isnt going to automaticly win all mlg,ipl tournaments. Anyone whos saying players are on it just for the money, have clearly never done any kind of sports themselves since there is A LOT more to it than stacks of money but i wouldnt talk about "They do it for love of the game". People still undervalue the title of GSL champion, specially if a foreign player would wield it. I would guess that IF Stephano would win GSL this year, he would play starcraft for at least 1 more year, because anyone with some perspective knows that that kind of achievment would increase your value A LOT. You would probably get insane offers from different teams, maybe even get some personal sponsors. Korean gsl champions dont get that kind of attention because they dont have the same kind of market value outside korea since most of the world seems them as just some crazy asian people. Well it's not like it's people making these things up. It's Stephano him self that have said it. He's in it to win as much money possible and that he doesn't like the GSL format. If he's trolling that's fine I guess but you sound like people are telling lies. | ||
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Zeon0
Austria2995 Posts
On August 10 2012 19:29 Cele wrote: i personally don´t expect stephano to succeed in GSL. Many of him before were expected to ahieve greatness in Korea, no one of them ever was a champ. no, noone won multiple titles before going to korea. Naniwa won one major tournament, but he was never on the 'lol i stomp every foreigner with ease' level Stephano is for almost a year now. Stephano is as good as the best Koreans at a offline tournament or in ladder, but GSL is quite different, because you have to prepare for a certain opponent. imo the crucial point will be if Stephano is able to do so | ||
Poopi
France12764 Posts
On August 10 2012 19:29 Cele wrote: i personally don´t expect stephano to succeed in GSL. Many of him before were expected to ahieve greatness in Korea, no one of them ever was a champ. Excepted that he is the foreigner who did the best against koreans, that he has won multiple major tournaments with koreans in it, and that he is probably the most feared foreigner by the koreans... | ||
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Dingodile
4133 Posts
On August 10 2012 21:04 Zeon0 wrote: [...] Stephano is as good as the best Koreans at a offline tournament or in ladder, but GSL is quite different, because you have to prepare for a certain opponent. imo the crucial point will be if Stephano is able to do so Because you can prepare for a certain opponent from round to round means that cup/tournament is harder to win than "weekend tournaments"?! I don't think. In those "weekend tournaments" like MLG, IPL you have to be prepared in all matchups to win those tournaments, this is for me the crucial point for all players. | ||
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revel8
United Kingdom3022 Posts
Good to see him getting in some dedicated practice sessions in on KR Ladder. Hopefully he will get friendly with the TSL players, many of whom he has already faced in tournaments already - Polt, Inori, Symbol, Hyun etc. Getting a better support network in Korea for practice partners/preparation can only help him. I am not sure whether Stephano will return to TSL House after MLG though. His current contract expires with Millenium next month and he will probably switch teams which would end his time in TSL House, although not end any friendships established there. | ||
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Azera
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
On August 10 2012 21:35 Dingodile wrote: Not harder, but a different skill is needed. I hope you can imagine that identifying flaws in opponents gameplay in a short period of time is something completely different than doing so in a week or more.. Because you can prepare for a certain opponent from round to round means that cup/tournament is harder to win than "weekend tournaments"?! I don't think. In those "weekend tournaments" like MLG, IPL you have to be prepared in all matchups to win those tournaments, this is for me the crucial point for all players. | ||
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DamageControL
United States4222 Posts
On August 10 2012 21:35 Dingodile wrote: Because you can prepare for a certain opponent from round to round means that cup/tournament is harder to win than "weekend tournaments"?! I don't think. In those "weekend tournaments" like MLG, IPL you have to be prepared in all matchups to win those tournaments, this is for me the crucial point for all players. It means that it is a different skillset. edit: I'm an idiot. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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a3den
704 Posts
On August 10 2012 22:13 Doodsmack wrote: Funny how this whole thread is about a mere 2 weeks in Korea lol. Considering he won't play GSL until November because he's "too busy", he probably won't be coming back to Korea right away. 2 weeks offers no benefit whatsoever...so yeah, more of a PR thing. Yeah this is some TSL PR, he's good PR to them. | ||
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Sekken
Afghanistan248 Posts
Xoxo, your fan - Sekken | ||
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TG Manny
United States325 Posts
On August 10 2012 22:13 Doodsmack wrote: Funny how this whole thread is about a mere 2 weeks in Korea lol. Considering he won't play GSL until November because he's "too busy", he probably won't be coming back to Korea right away. 2 weeks offers no benefit whatsoever...so yeah, more of a PR thing. 2 weeks of intensive training with Polt and Symbol will make them all better, plus KR ladder being tougher in general for when they aren't training. 2 weeks I believe is a much better time span for training as you can go all out and spend only a few days resting. If it drags over a month or two you get touristy, lazy, etc. | ||
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TheDougler
Canada8302 Posts
On August 10 2012 22:42 a3den wrote: Yeah this is some TSL PR, he's good PR to them. As he should be. In other news, is he actually playing GSL in November? that's awesome! | ||
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StreetWise
United States594 Posts
On August 10 2012 22:13 Doodsmack wrote: Funny how this whole thread is about a mere 2 weeks in Korea lol. Considering he won't play GSL until November because he's "too busy", he probably won't be coming back to Korea right away. 2 weeks offers no benefit whatsoever...so yeah, more of a PR thing. For a low level player two weeks is not enough time to really improve. However, for a highly skilled player like Stephano, on top of his game, this is more than enough time to fine tune his play. Just as an elite athlete can train with another for just a week or two and improve, a normal athlete would probably just be getting over being sore. Or another example would be going from course to fine when sharpening a knife. The knife has to be already sharp in order for it to continue sharpening on the fine setting. Too many analogies, I know... | ||
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Sumahi
Guam5609 Posts
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johnnywup
United States3858 Posts
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Zorkmid
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