EPTStephano: "I really don't like to take risks" - Page 5
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rogiebearassasin
Australia3 Posts
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Sylverin
United States480 Posts
On November 28 2012 06:01 PiQLiQ wrote: Life is about taking risks sometimes  Yeah but maybe he doesn't want to be a HerO. Just a well paid millionaire. | ||
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Zenbrez
Canada5973 Posts
On November 28 2012 08:22 ScandiNAVIan wrote: I wish I were playing a race too which allowed me the luxury of not taking risks. Then switch. No big deal. I've switched 5 times, and never had to drop below masters. | ||
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ScandiNAVIan
Korea (South)60 Posts
On November 28 2012 09:29 Zenbrez wrote: Then switch. No big deal. I've switched 5 times, and never had to drop below masters. I have self-respect. | ||
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Zeon0
Austria2995 Posts
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JJH777
United States4415 Posts
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JacobShock
Denmark2485 Posts
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zerious
Canada3803 Posts
On November 28 2012 08:31 Emzeeshady wrote: A lot of Kespa players said SC2 was "more fun" then Starcraft ive never seen a progamer say that lol | ||
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
On November 28 2012 10:10 JJH777 wrote: Interview too long. I don't really like video interviews but will watch them if they are 10-15 minutes. If an interview goes to the point where it's longer than that there needs to be a text form of it IMO. You're right. Any chance you could transcribe it for us? | ||
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Xpace
United States2209 Posts
On November 28 2012 09:17 rogiebearassasin wrote: I'm not quiet sure how to begin this post I believe the zerg army is quite inferior in the overall scheme of things. There scouts armory has a lot.of.chinks in it,a little inside rumour dragons in the new expansion (read it a don ragu interview) who caught the latest episode of.gsl I thought the strategies of all.major players was pitiful. What do u guys think I'm not quite sure what to make of this | ||
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bokchoi
Korea (South)9498 Posts
Apparently not enough to not pick it in the beginning! :D | ||
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
On November 28 2012 08:31 Emzeeshady wrote: A lot of Kespa players said SC2 was "more fun" then Starcraft You just like to eat up all the PR talk huh? | ||
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Gevna
France2332 Posts
Well, bw or not when you have to practice hundred of times the same build I'm not sure there still is some fun in it. I think it's obvious progamer aren't playing for fun. That may upset people, but this is the same with basically all jobs, video game or not. | ||
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The_Darkness
United States910 Posts
Liquid.Sea said it in his interview when he switched to team liquid. I think others have said similar things. | ||
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LOLItsRyann
England551 Posts
On November 28 2012 10:29 The_Darkness wrote: Liquid.Sea said it in his interview when he switched to team liquid. I think others have said similar things. Isn't there a print screen of Sea on stream typing something like "SC2 bad", or "BW better" or something like that. Cannot remember exactly what he said by any means. But it had that meaning. | ||
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DJHelium
Sweden13480 Posts
On November 28 2012 10:16 dUTtrOACh wrote: You're right. Any chance you could transcribe it for us? Just check the questions and hear the answers to the one you find interesting. Very easy! | ||
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Kyrao
United States161 Posts
I honestly think he truly believes that he is just intellectually superior to everyone else and wants to go out of his way to show how lazy he is because he feels that it makes him seem more like a "natural." I'm not saying he's not, but it's sad how far he goes out of his way to make sure people see how little effort he puts into it. What a douche. Seriously. He'll never fully realize his potential, but whatever. | ||
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ref4
2933 Posts
Ok, take your FAVORITE video game/activity/hobby whatever and do that 8 hours a day for 6 days a week. I will give you 4 dollars if you don't hate it after 2 months of that. | ||
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The_Darkness
United States910 Posts
On November 28 2012 08:45 magnaflow wrote: He did answer question #2. The game isn't fun. Would you do something for hours on end if you didn't like it? What don't you understand about the disconnect between wanting to make money and not practicing? He clearly is not maximizing his earnings. With just a modicum of effort he could earn more. Here are some recent results from Stephano (who until a couple months ago was probably the most consistently high performing SC2 player around), which well illustrate the fact that he needs to practice and that his lack of practice is hurting his bottom line: He was stomped 4-0 by Lucifron (stim to the win), lost a series against TT1 (in NASL and now he's not qualified for the playoffs) (in one of the games he had a lead, teched to blord infestor on metropolis and still lost -- I can't imagine a more humiliating loss), looked in general not like himself at DH and got 2-0'd by Fraer, lost 2-0 to Idra in a tournament with a ton of foreigners and Korean protoss in it (and 100000K on the line). If he didn't care about money then not practicing makes perhaps some sense because he doesn't care about anything. But he does care about money so he's either irrational or extremely lazy. Nearly no one likes work but you do it anyway. Also as an aside Stephano even when he practiced never practiced "hours on end". He would practice 3 hours usually. When he streamed he'd practice 4-5 hours and there was a one or two week period when he was in Korea where he was playing 8 hours a day. 3 hours a day is an extremely minimal commitment for anyone in any discipline I'm aware of (including esports) who effectively makes a living from that discipline (music, fighting, basketball, baseball, chess, etc.). | ||
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vthree
Hong Kong8039 Posts
On November 28 2012 08:41 Spermwahale wrote: @emzeeshady: oh pleasw shut up. Cant you see they are pressured by kespa to say that? If you have seen former pros in afreeca. They all have said sc2 is complete garbage. To be fair, the fact they are former pros probably means they didn't enjoy sc2 or were not good at it (which is likely related). As for Kespa pressure, that could be true. But do current progamers really need Kespa pressure to tout the 'SC2 is fun' line? Even if Kespa allowed you to say whatever you want, why would you say something negative about the game you are making money off of? When you practice 10 + hours a day, I am sure even if progamers say they have 'fun'. It is different from the 'fun' that we as gamers have. | ||
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