EPT[Interview] Stephano in Korea - Page 5
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dsousa
United States1363 Posts
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Redox
Germany24794 Posts
On August 14 2012 08:10 Mrvoodoochild1 wrote: Im pretty sure he lies about how much he practices. It's just not possible to be as good as he is off only 3-4 hours a day. he doesn't practice as much as the Koreans for sure, but 3-4 hours a day is just too few. I am pretty sure you are wrong. Do you honestly think he plays for 3-4 hours on his main account and afterwards switches to another one that noone has found out about so far? If so you underestimate how closely some people are following him. | ||
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Hyperionnn
Turkey4968 Posts
On August 14 2012 03:50 johnny123 wrote: obviously not as famous as like tv stars, but i think it was more refering to him within the starcraft 2 scene over there and not in "general" popularity. If you doubt that france has a huge following for starcraft 2, go check the latest Iron Squid finals. I think it was one of the biggest esport events ever outside of korea. I'm pretty sure that someone like Voeckler is 10000x famous than Stephano | ||
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drooL
United Kingdom2108 Posts
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lunafraga
United States35 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45167 Posts
On August 14 2012 03:30 Anta wrote: oh man... Stephano beste edit: he shouldn't attemp in GSL.. not the right format and it would deny that we could see him more often in other tournaments I really think he should try the GSL... it's the best league in the world, and it's the only stage that he has yet to make a splash in. It'd be interesting to see if he's successful because he's a fantastic player or if he crashes and burns because the format is different than what he's used to. Heck, he's even been given a Code S seed; might as well take it... although I don't blame him if he thinks he won't make as much money if he stays in Korea for the GSL instead of traveling internationally. That's the main goal, after all. | ||
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TelecoM
United States10686 Posts
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The_Darkness
United States910 Posts
On August 14 2012 08:10 Mrvoodoochild1 wrote: Im pretty sure he lies about how much he practices. It's just not possible to be as good as he is off only 3-4 hours a day. he doesn't practice as much as the Koreans for sure, but 3-4 hours a day is just too few. He may be lying or he might just be a lot more talented than the other players. What he says about practicing in interviews is always borne out by his match histories on his known accounts, so if he's lying, he definitely goes to great lengths to make his story sync up with his known profiles. Alexis Weissenberg used to practice the piano an hour a day and he was considered one of the best pianists of his time; the same goes for Martha Argerich and Vladmir Horowitz -- neither was reputed to take practice very seriously, at least later in the careers and both were considered among the very best concert pianists of their generation. If at least some pianists can do it, I don't see why at least some SC2 players can't get by on very "little" practice by the standards of most progamers. I'm not doubting your infinite wisdom on such matters, but certainly you are not in a position to judge how much someone had to have practiced given his results. | ||
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Moosegills
United States558 Posts
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Rube_Juice
Canada348 Posts
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FearAndSurprise
Canada48 Posts
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Mesha
Bosnia-Herzegovina439 Posts
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Incomplet
United Kingdom1419 Posts
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Exigaet
Canada355 Posts
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S2Glow
Singapore1042 Posts
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Reborn8u
United States1761 Posts
On August 14 2012 10:15 Exigaet wrote: How does Stephano not know how much money he has made from winnings.. It is possible that he hasn't received some yet, I've heard it is a common problem. Also, he may mean it's 120 after taxes? Either way, at his age having the cash to buy a nice home outright is awesome. He could buy a house and work part time the rest of his life and live comfortably. | ||
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On August 14 2012 10:29 Reborn8u wrote: It is possible that he hasn't received some yet, I've heard it is a common problem. Also, he may mean it's 120 after taxes? Either way, at his age having the cash to buy a nice home outright is awesome. He could buy a house and work part time the rest of his life and live comfortably. I'm not sure about buy a house and work part time and live comfortably lol. You can't simply work part time the rest of your life if you have 50k in the bank. Especially considering it's significantly less in Euros than dollars. | ||
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Falconpauunch
Korea (South)59 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On August 14 2012 10:34 Pokebunny wrote: I'm not sure about buy a house and work part time and live comfortably lol. You can't simply work part time the rest of your life if you have 50k in the bank. Especially considering it's significantly less in Euros than dollars. yeah lol this is not nearly enough to buy a house/work part time, you'd need upwards of 1 mill for that | ||
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YouMake
United States262 Posts
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