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rysecake
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2632 Posts
September 08 2012 19:36 GMT
#101
I love how this subject is so touchy to some people.

Koreans > foreigners in this game. Deal with it.
The Notorious Winkles
ClanRH.TV
Profile Joined July 2010
United States462 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 19:57:36
September 08 2012 19:57 GMT
#102
I'm unsure whether there would be enough participants meeting these criteria, however it would be interested to do a study that involved comparing koreans born/living in korea vs. 1st or 2nd generation koreans born/living in a foreign country. Although it would strictly be correlation, this could give us a little information regarding whether it is innate ("genetic") or cultural (i.e. work-ethic) differences that seem to enable koreans to be so much better than all foreigners. What do you think?
"Don't take life too seriously because you'll never get out alive."
xrapture
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1644 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 21:12:15
September 08 2012 21:11 GMT
#103
On September 09 2012 01:34 TheDougler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2012 10:07 xrapture wrote:
On September 07 2012 09:59 Fionn wrote:
So you're telling me that Koreans, those folk from Asia, are better than everyone else?

Shit. Just. Got. Serious.


You'd be surprised of the amount of people that think the "gap" is closing. It's getting bigger and bigger. Take any player on a Korean team and he's as good or better than the best of the best foreigners (still makes me sick that the recent power rankings had Nerchio and Stephano both as top 10 in the world ><)


Stephano is top ten. Just look at every tournament he has entered in the last two years.


Only Korean tournament he entered, Blizzard Cup, he got stomped. I don't care about foreign tournaments. There are dozens of players in Korea that don't go to Foreign tournaments that could win them effortlessly over Stephano aka Seal, Freaky, Life + soooo many others.
Everyone is either delusional, a nihlilst, or dead from suicide.
Evangelist
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
1246 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 21:23:27
September 08 2012 21:18 GMT
#104
On September 07 2012 12:05 CosmicSpiral wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2012 11:57 13JackaL wrote:
On September 07 2012 11:48 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:17 Hazuc wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:14 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:06 Hazuc wrote:
They should compare the top 32 koreans with the top 32 foreigners instead. There are many bad foreigners in foreign events while the bad koreans do not participate in those tournaments.


No one knows who the top 32 Koreans are.


What I'm trying to say is that most koreans playing in foreign tournaments are Code S level which is not really fair for comparisons.


Then one must explain why Crank, Revival, asd, Sleep, Sting, Inori, Monster, etc. have done so well at foreign tournaments.


None of them won any yet I don't think. I'm sure that if you picked 4 of them and sent them to an MLG or a dreamhack without any other koreans, they wouldn't necessarily blow away the competition (especially at dreamhack)


...they already have blown away the competition. That's why I chose them specifically as examples. The only reason they lose is because they run into top foreigners or they play other Koreans. But these mid-tier Koreans do not usually lose against mid-tier foreigners, which should severely dent the "top Koreans skew the statistics" argument.


The last time I saw Monster do really well at a foreign tournament he got utterly stomped by Thorzain so...

What's more, the money for SC2 is clearly in the West this time. At the moment the Koreans have the advantage of their BW history. That will begin to fade in time.
Cereb
Profile Joined November 2011
Denmark3388 Posts
September 08 2012 21:29 GMT
#105
I wish more non-koreans would practice more.

Some do, but it's way too few.
"Until the very very top in almost anything, all that matters is how much work you put in. The only problem is most people can't work hard even at things they do enjoy, much less things they don't have a real passion for. -Greg "IdrA" Fields
Jaaaaasper
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States10225 Posts
September 08 2012 21:31 GMT
#106
On September 07 2012 09:59 Fionn wrote:
So you're telling me that Koreans, those folk from Asia, are better than everyone else?

Shit. Just. Got. Serious.

Lol, well played. No real surpise here.
Hey do you want to hear a joke? Chinese production value. | I thought he had a aegis- Ayesee | When did 7ing mad last have a good game, 2012?
Sandermatt
Profile Joined December 2010
Switzerland1365 Posts
September 08 2012 21:54 GMT
#107
On September 09 2012 06:11 xrapture wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2012 01:34 TheDougler wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:07 xrapture wrote:
On September 07 2012 09:59 Fionn wrote:
So you're telling me that Koreans, those folk from Asia, are better than everyone else?

Shit. Just. Got. Serious.


You'd be surprised of the amount of people that think the "gap" is closing. It's getting bigger and bigger. Take any player on a Korean team and he's as good or better than the best of the best foreigners (still makes me sick that the recent power rankings had Nerchio and Stephano both as top 10 in the world ><)


Stephano is top ten. Just look at every tournament he has entered in the last two years.


Only Korean tournament he entered, Blizzard Cup, he got stomped. I don't care about foreign tournaments. There are dozens of players in Korea that don't go to Foreign tournaments that could win them effortlessly over Stephano aka Seal, Freaky, Life + soooo many others.


He won 2 of 4 matches, that is not "getting stomped".
Avicularia
Profile Joined February 2012
540 Posts
September 08 2012 22:11 GMT
#108
On September 09 2012 00:19 Anomi wrote:
U should instead of using Korean vs foreigners switch it to compare full time foreigners players vs full time Korean player.

Full time doesn't mean anything. Nerchio studies, plays other games etc and he's top foreiner. There are some full time pro gamers (I won't name them 'cos it's not positive ) that are rly bad. So that's not a good idea.
revel8
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom3022 Posts
September 08 2012 22:18 GMT
#109
On September 09 2012 06:11 xrapture wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2012 01:34 TheDougler wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:07 xrapture wrote:
On September 07 2012 09:59 Fionn wrote:
So you're telling me that Koreans, those folk from Asia, are better than everyone else?

Shit. Just. Got. Serious.


You'd be surprised of the amount of people that think the "gap" is closing. It's getting bigger and bigger. Take any player on a Korean team and he's as good or better than the best of the best foreigners (still makes me sick that the recent power rankings had Nerchio and Stephano both as top 10 in the world ><)


Stephano is top ten. Just look at every tournament he has entered in the last two years.


Only Korean tournament he entered, Blizzard Cup, he got stomped. I don't care about foreign tournaments. There are dozens of players in Korea that don't go to Foreign tournaments that could win them effortlessly over Stephano aka Seal, Freaky, Life + soooo many others.


Don't be silly. Just look at this season Code S. Stephano's beaten a lot of those players in Foreign tournaments. Your parochial mindset is very amusing though.

Also beating DRG and Hero in Blizzard Cup - two current Code S players - is hardly getting stomped. It's almost like you are making stuff up to support your amusing viewpoint.
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
September 08 2012 22:18 GMT
#110
It is beautiful to see people making a science out of this.

Can we bring more publicity to other events as well by analyzing tournament data with say, for example, Taiwanese players vs. Americans or Europeans vs. Koreans, or Americans vs. Koreans. or Americans vs Europeans, etc.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
revel8
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom3022 Posts
September 08 2012 22:30 GMT
#111
On September 09 2012 03:46 GodTroll wrote:
Keep in mind that most of the Top tier players within Korea are kept in GSL, and there are still many Code S class players who never competed in foreign scene.
If you factor in the fact that competition within Korea is much tougher than other Global competitions, numbers would probably look even more grim for the foreigners.


You are probably right in your assumptions, but they are still assumptions. Might as well stick to actual results which are on the record rather than theoretical predictions. Results cannot be disputed but predictions are subjective. I think the OP is trying to log the results and letting everyone draw conclusions from that.

Things are going to get skewed very soon anyway because HOTS is running in parallel with WoL. Different players will devote different amounts of time to the different games, and during the Beta there will be lots of imbalanced units and maps that make any conclusions based on results in early Beta somewhat tenuous.

00Visor
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
4337 Posts
September 08 2012 22:42 GMT
#112
On September 09 2012 03:46 GodTroll wrote:
Keep in mind that most of the Top tier players within Korea are kept in GSL, and there are still many Code S class players who never competed in foreign scene.
If you factor in the fact that competition within Korea is much tougher than other Global competitions, numbers would probably look even more grim for the foreigners.


This is a very good statement.
A lot of other Koreans get overrated if they do well in foreign tournaments which actually most of the top koreans would be able to do.

MVP won IEM? He beat Nestea, lost to violet, then beat 3 eurozergs.
Leenock won MLG? Didnt need to beat a single Code S player.
Creator winning the Korean WCS is a much much bigger achievement, but goes more unnoticed.
nvs.
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada3609 Posts
September 08 2012 22:51 GMT
#113
On September 09 2012 06:11 xrapture wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2012 01:34 TheDougler wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:07 xrapture wrote:
On September 07 2012 09:59 Fionn wrote:
So you're telling me that Koreans, those folk from Asia, are better than everyone else?

Shit. Just. Got. Serious.


You'd be surprised of the amount of people that think the "gap" is closing. It's getting bigger and bigger. Take any player on a Korean team and he's as good or better than the best of the best foreigners (still makes me sick that the recent power rankings had Nerchio and Stephano both as top 10 in the world ><)


Stephano is top ten. Just look at every tournament he has entered in the last two years.


Only Korean tournament he entered, Blizzard Cup, he got stomped. I don't care about foreign tournaments. There are dozens of players in Korea that don't go to Foreign tournaments that could win them effortlessly over Stephano aka Seal, Freaky, Life + soooo many others.


I don't agree with Stephano being top 10. Who would you leave off the list behind him?
xrapture
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1644 Posts
September 08 2012 22:56 GMT
#114
On September 09 2012 07:51 nvs. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2012 06:11 xrapture wrote:
On September 09 2012 01:34 TheDougler wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:07 xrapture wrote:
On September 07 2012 09:59 Fionn wrote:
So you're telling me that Koreans, those folk from Asia, are better than everyone else?

Shit. Just. Got. Serious.


You'd be surprised of the amount of people that think the "gap" is closing. It's getting bigger and bigger. Take any player on a Korean team and he's as good or better than the best of the best foreigners (still makes me sick that the recent power rankings had Nerchio and Stephano both as top 10 in the world ><)


Stephano is top ten. Just look at every tournament he has entered in the last two years.


Only Korean tournament he entered, Blizzard Cup, he got stomped. I don't care about foreign tournaments. There are dozens of players in Korea that don't go to Foreign tournaments that could win them effortlessly over Stephano aka Seal, Freaky, Life + soooo many others.


I don't agree with Stephano being top 10. Who would you leave off the list behind him?


He was like 10+ spots ahead of Supernova and Byun. That is just utter stupidity.
Everyone is either delusional, a nihlilst, or dead from suicide.
Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
September 09 2012 00:06 GMT
#115
On September 09 2012 06:18 Evangelist wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2012 12:05 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On September 07 2012 11:57 13JackaL wrote:
On September 07 2012 11:48 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:17 Hazuc wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:14 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:06 Hazuc wrote:
They should compare the top 32 koreans with the top 32 foreigners instead. There are many bad foreigners in foreign events while the bad koreans do not participate in those tournaments.


No one knows who the top 32 Koreans are.


What I'm trying to say is that most koreans playing in foreign tournaments are Code S level which is not really fair for comparisons.


Then one must explain why Crank, Revival, asd, Sleep, Sting, Inori, Monster, etc. have done so well at foreign tournaments.


None of them won any yet I don't think. I'm sure that if you picked 4 of them and sent them to an MLG or a dreamhack without any other koreans, they wouldn't necessarily blow away the competition (especially at dreamhack)


...they already have blown away the competition. That's why I chose them specifically as examples. The only reason they lose is because they run into top foreigners or they play other Koreans. But these mid-tier Koreans do not usually lose against mid-tier foreigners, which should severely dent the "top Koreans skew the statistics" argument.


The last time I saw Monster do really well at a foreign tournament he got utterly stomped by Thorzain so...

What's more, the money for SC2 is clearly in the West this time. At the moment the Koreans have the advantage of their BW history. That will begin to fade in time.

As long as Koreans practice more and better they will keep their advantage.
If all the money is in West this time they simply go there to win, we alreay see it happening.
Doomwish
Profile Joined July 2011
438 Posts
September 09 2012 00:18 GMT
#116
On September 09 2012 06:54 Sandermatt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2012 06:11 xrapture wrote:
On September 09 2012 01:34 TheDougler wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:07 xrapture wrote:
On September 07 2012 09:59 Fionn wrote:
So you're telling me that Koreans, those folk from Asia, are better than everyone else?

Shit. Just. Got. Serious.


You'd be surprised of the amount of people that think the "gap" is closing. It's getting bigger and bigger. Take any player on a Korean team and he's as good or better than the best of the best foreigners (still makes me sick that the recent power rankings had Nerchio and Stephano both as top 10 in the world ><)


Stephano is top ten. Just look at every tournament he has entered in the last two years.


Only Korean tournament he entered, Blizzard Cup, he got stomped. I don't care about foreign tournaments. There are dozens of players in Korea that don't go to Foreign tournaments that could win them effortlessly over Stephano aka Seal, Freaky, Life + soooo many others.


He won 2 of 4 matches, that is not "getting stomped".



go rewatch his match vs MvP and say that again.. Mvp was on like 5 base to his 2 and nuke pushing stephano's natural....stephano is a great player but that was just gross.
tGFuRy
Profile Joined September 2010
United States537 Posts
September 09 2012 00:25 GMT
#117
On September 07 2012 09:59 Fionn wrote:
So you're telling me that Koreans, those folk from Asia, are better than everyone else?

Shit. Just. Got. Real.

Always a Gamer
johnny123
Profile Joined February 2012
521 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-09 00:56:17
September 09 2012 00:51 GMT
#118
On September 09 2012 09:18 Doomwish wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2012 06:54 Sandermatt wrote:
On September 09 2012 06:11 xrapture wrote:
On September 09 2012 01:34 TheDougler wrote:
On September 07 2012 10:07 xrapture wrote:
On September 07 2012 09:59 Fionn wrote:
So you're telling me that Koreans, those folk from Asia, are better than everyone else?

Shit. Just. Got. Serious.


You'd be surprised of the amount of people that think the "gap" is closing. It's getting bigger and bigger. Take any player on a Korean team and he's as good or better than the best of the best foreigners (still makes me sick that the recent power rankings had Nerchio and Stephano both as top 10 in the world ><)


Stephano is top ten. Just look at every tournament he has entered in the last two years.


Only Korean tournament he entered, Blizzard Cup, he got stomped. I don't care about foreign tournaments. There are dozens of players in Korea that don't go to Foreign tournaments that could win them effortlessly over Stephano aka Seal, Freaky, Life + soooo many others.


He won 2 of 4 matches, that is not "getting stomped".



go rewatch his match vs MvP and say that again.. Mvp was on like 5 base to his 2 and nuke pushing stephano's natural....stephano is a great player but that was just gross.


now i know your really making garbage up, i saw that blizzard cup game with mvp and stephano.. Basically mvp did a really big hellion/marine timing and won. Nukes? lawl make shit up please.

Stephano good player , cut the hate. In those days stephano was still evolving his strategys, Soon after that he started building roaches everygame everytime against T to prevent cute shit like that , his vs T right now is incredibly impressive as he has been evolving it further to take into account the mass queen strats as well. Steffy dont loose vs T right now. I'd say only a select few terrans can beat him ( taeja/marineking/ and mvp when hes on fire)
Favorite players,Stephano/MVP/Nestea/Gumiho/Life/Jaedong/MMA
Chengakz
Profile Joined January 2012
United States163 Posts
September 09 2012 04:14 GMT
#119
You'd think the gap would at least even out at at least 30% but looks like it's just declining further. WHY is that?? It's just one country vs maybe about 20-30 (?). The Beta Koreans are still reaching top 4 Code S whereas the foreigner Beta players can't even make Code A anymore. So you cant really say coz the good foreigners have "aged out" thus declining in reflex speed.
For Aiur!
Luepert
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States1933 Posts
September 09 2012 04:21 GMT
#120
Jinro made white dudes look imba in 2010 lol.
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