This makes me think that stephano isn't going to be playing in code S and that might be why rain got an automatic seed? Dunno he seemed like he was going to cry towards the end which shows just how much he was not enjoying his time in korea which sucks.
On March 08 2013 19:44 blade55555 wrote: This makes me think that stephano isn't going to be playing in code S and that might be why rain got an automatic seed? Dunno he seemed like he was going to cry towards the end which shows just how much he was not enjoying his time in korea which sucks.
Nah. There were only 30 spots set after the up and down matches meaning GSL had to decide what to do with the last 2 spots. They announced that 1 of the last 2 spots is Rain's seed and the other one is to be announced as another seed. source: http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom?topicid=230721&cid=0&kind=8 They would have to do a 3rd seed if Stephano was leaving or they would have played the wildcard group to do the last 2 spots like they did last season when Stephano was seeded to replace Polt
On March 08 2013 19:44 blade55555 wrote: This makes me think that stephano isn't going to be playing in code S and that might be why rain got an automatic seed? Dunno he seemed like he was going to cry towards the end which shows just how much he was not enjoying his time in korea which sucks.
Nah. There were only 30 spots set after the up and down matches meaning GSL had to decide what to do with the last 2 spots. They announced that 1 of the last 2 spots is Rain's seed and the other one is to be announced as another seed. source: http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom?topicid=230721&cid=0&kind=8 They would have to do a 3rd seed if Stephano was leaving or they would have played the wildcard group to do the last 2 spots like they did last season when Stephano was seeded to replace Polt
I will save you Stephano! We will live happily together! Also we´ll kick the coach in the balls.
Seriously though, great insight into the team. With all those repetitive thank-the-sponsors-interviews it´s refreshing to hear a player being frank and speaking his mind. I think I´ve just become a Stephano fan. Thanks!
awww such a heartfelt and honest interview. i felt like he had more to tack on about foreign tournaments vs korean but felt it might be rude to say. i also really liked his comments about emotion control. i feel like that would be helpful in every profession. happy to win, not disappointed at defeat.
I'm going to get my spatula to try to scoop up the coach from the pavement..
Is a nice interview, most of these are Though it's clear that some of the koreans are more manner with theirs, and keep all sorts of touchy subjects out of them.
On March 08 2013 19:44 blade55555 wrote: This makes me think that stephano isn't going to be playing in code S and that might be why rain got an automatic seed? Dunno he seemed like he was going to cry towards the end which shows just how much he was not enjoying his time in korea which sucks.
If he would have stopped GSL he had to do it during the up and downs. First doing those, getting in code S and then dropping with create a shitstorm so big that thread about the misinformation would look tiny.
On March 08 2013 20:50 Grumbels wrote: Anyone remembers HuK's ominous comments on why EG-TL wasn't performing so well?
Yes, and I'm pretty sure someone from EG posted some pretty rough (vague, but rough) comments on Reddit that were later deleted. I don't think Stephano is the only one that has a problem with the coach.
EDIT: I searched for the comment (quite a lot!) and couldn't find it, leading me to assume it had been deleted. Someone below found it and posted it.
On March 08 2013 20:50 Grumbels wrote: Anyone remembers HuK's ominous comments on why EG-TL wasn't performing so well?
Yes, and I'm pretty sure someone from EG posted some pretty rough (vague, but rough) comments on Reddit that were later deleted. I don't think Stephano is the only one that has a problem with the coach.
I really like to hear the ominous comment from HuK adn the other EG on reddit. PM me if you dont want to post here.
On March 08 2013 20:50 Grumbels wrote: Anyone remembers HuK's ominous comments on why EG-TL wasn't performing so well?
Yes, and I'm pretty sure someone from EG posted some pretty rough (vague, but rough) comments on Reddit that were later deleted. I don't think Stephano is the only one that has a problem with the coach.
I really like to hear the ominous comment from HuK adn the other EG on reddit. PM me if you dont want to post here.
EG's LectR posted on Reddit "You will see some changes (or (a) change, can't remember) very soon. We are not happy at all about the way the team has been managed.".
Edit: Found it, the thing about it being deleted is bullshit.
On March 09 2013 05:39 nooboon wrote: Such an honest interview. You can see the emotion in Stephano when he was talking about his brother and friends back in France.
On March 08 2013 20:50 Grumbels wrote: Anyone remembers HuK's ominous comments on why EG-TL wasn't performing so well?
What did HuK have to say?
HuK replied to someone notable, don't remember exactly who, on twitter who asked himself what was going wrong with EGTL something along the lines of "I could tell you a whole lot about what's wrong but now it's too late to make changes".
Oh no Sc2 getting this fire the coach if something goes wrong mentality, getting closer to normal sports! Kidding, but I really hope someone cheers Stephano up.
i think what he says about foreign tournaments is very important to note. people always say if you want to be good you need to go to korea, but no money and no fans, how is going to korea being a progamer in any way shape or form? What professional athlete could give up both and say he still is a professional?
Not really surprising that he doesn't like it there. You take someone who's used to practicing in a comfortable environment at his own pace, and is very successful doing it, and throw him into some really rigorous, hardcore training regime for the sake of marketing him in a few exclusive tournaments that he probably doesn't care all that much about.
He should just go home and never come back to korea. Fans and antifans wanted to know whether or not he would win a GSL. We have our answer now as a resounding, NO, so there's nothing left for him in korea now. However, his fans are going to be even more unbearable with these latest interviews using the excuse that he didn't win code s or dominate pro league because he wasn't happy.
On March 09 2013 06:49 Canucklehead wrote: He should just go home and never come back to korea. Fans and antifans wanted to know whether or not he would win a GSL. We have our answer now as a resounding, NO, so there's nothing left for him in korea now. However, his fans are going to be even more unbearable with these latest interviews using the excuse that he didn't win code s or dominate pro league because he wasn't happy.
I really don't want to start an argument, but the delusional Stephano fans are far outnumbered by the hardcore Stephano haters I feel (I don't count you as one btw). Yes it is true, that Stephano didn't do as good as some expected but there is no shame at all in losing to Innovation and Flying. Stephano is a solid player (everyone should be able to live with that statement i hope) and instead of supporting him or at least tolerating him he gets quite a lot of hate (which is unjustified imo). A lot of the guys who come up with the excuses just seem like trolls trying to start flame wars.
I'm sad that he doesn't like it staying in korea, but it is understandable from what I hear. Personally I hope he will participate in the next GSL, because it is quite an achievement going through the up and downs. Maybe he can even give Polt back his Code S seed some time ("was just reserving it for you"). That would be pretty awesome!
On March 09 2013 06:49 Canucklehead wrote: He should just go home and never come back to korea. Fans and antifans wanted to know whether or not he would win a GSL. We have our answer now as a resounding, NO, so there's nothing left for him in korea now. However, his fans are going to be even more unbearable with these latest interviews using the excuse that he didn't win code s or dominate pro league because he wasn't happy.
I really don't want to start an argument, but the delusional Stephano fans are far outnumbered by the hardcore Stephano haters I feel (I don't count you as one btw). Yes it is true, that Stephano didn't do as good as some expected but there is no shame at all in losing to Innovation and Flying.
Wow, watching this. Can't help feel bad for Stephano, he is just having a terrible time. I say let him go home and practice in his own environment, attend foreign tourneys and win or place high in them as he usually does.
Player morale is quite important, and seeing that reddit thread regarding EGTL not performing well, along with Stephano's comments. There needs to be change somewhere to make things better for them. I am curious to see what will happen.
In the OP there is this "You can also watch the other clips in the link as below", that is not correct english. There is no "as" before "below", also it is "links" not "link".
bottom line..he can make the choice to leave korea very easily if hes not happy....It's kind of sad that hes complaining in a TV interview about how unhappy he is. EG is paying a 19 year old kid 100k a year to play starcraft..and the coach waking him up to practice is worthy of his fans sympathy? come on now. I was tempted to feel bad after the interview..but sorry he can easily give it up if hes not happy..and he should while hes young.
On March 09 2013 14:42 Irre wrote: bottom line..he can make the choice to leave korea very easily if hes not happy....It's kind of sad that hes complaining in a TV interview about how unhappy he is. EG is paying a 19 year old kid 100k a year to play starcraft..and the coach waking him up to practice is worthy of his fans sympathy? come on now. I was tempted to feel bad after the interview..but sorry he can easily give it up if hes not happy..and he should while hes young.
He probably has to stay because it might be in his contract or something. Felt like he was gonna cry at the end, hope things start to look up for him!
On March 09 2013 14:42 Irre wrote: bottom line..he can make the choice to leave korea very easily if hes not happy....It's kind of sad that hes complaining in a TV interview about how unhappy he is. EG is paying a 19 year old kid 100k a year to play starcraft..and the coach waking him up to practice is worthy of his fans sympathy? come on now. I was tempted to feel bad after the interview..but sorry he can easily give it up if hes not happy..and he should while hes young.
I know right? He wants to be a doctor and is crying about being woken up early. A lot of pro gamers are very naive and don't know what real hard work is or what it's like in the real world to work.
On March 08 2013 20:01 Fionn wrote: Stephano reminds me of Dwight Howard.
EG-TL coach just got ten buses thrown on him.
Whoa. This is a surprisingly good analogy. Not perfect, but it's really not bad at all =P
And yeah...no wonder I was reading all those posts about the coaching issue. So I guess this interview is where those recent posts have been originating.... Poor stephano though. I never particularly liked him, but his experience sounds like it really kind of sucked. It's a shame for sure unfortunately
On March 09 2013 14:42 Irre wrote: bottom line..he can make the choice to leave korea very easily if hes not happy....
I don't think he can actually. In an other interview, some guy ask him, as he wasn' feeling good in SK, if he will be in Europe or North America in the next weeks, Stephano answered "possibly, I can't say anything about it" He's still in contract, and I doubt he can decide everything
yea looks like that his contract says: "you have to play proleague several rounds". If he is unhappy in SK, he should leave SK. You cant play good if you are unhappy.
On March 09 2013 14:42 Irre wrote: bottom line..he can make the choice to leave korea very easily if hes not happy....It's kind of sad that hes complaining in a TV interview about how unhappy he is. EG is paying a 19 year old kid 100k a year to play starcraft..and the coach waking him up to practice is worthy of his fans sympathy? come on now. I was tempted to feel bad after the interview..but sorry he can easily give it up if hes not happy..and he should while hes young.
I know right? He wants to be a doctor and is crying about being woken up early. A lot of pro gamers are very naive and don't know what real hard work is or what it's like in the real world to work.
Being woken up in the middle of the night or early in the morning because your coach is screaming at you is not "what it's like in the real world to work". It doesn't matter how things are elsewhere, the coach should not scream at the players - it affects performance and general atmosphere in a very negative way, from my experience. And I doubt people wake you up in the middle of the night just to be unpleasant, so I don't think you're in a place to judge. The guy seems truly sad in the interview, and he rarely does that - something is obviously not right - whether that's the reason for his slightly above-mediocre performance in Proleague or not is another matter, but the coach does not have the right to harass anyone like that.
If Stephano's contract had said "We are allowed to wake you up when we want, scream at you and be generally unpleasant", it would be a different matter. But, for some reason, I doubt that that is the case.
On March 11 2013 04:27 nikonikonii wrote: Yeah sure blame the coach, he's the reason EG-TL got owned in all kill right?
oh wait
Also, since stephano can't assimilate with kespa-like trainings, I doubt he can par up with the koreans
There is a difference between blaming the coach for going 0-16 in games across the last four series, and complaining about the coach harassing (possibly) players by waking them up and needlessly screaming at them.
On March 11 2013 04:27 nikonikonii wrote: Yeah sure blame the coach, he's the reason EG-TL got owned in all kill right?
oh wait
Also, since stephano can't assimilate with kespa-like trainings, I doubt he can par up with the koreans
There is a difference between blaming the coach for going 0-16 in games across the last four series, and complaining about the coach harassing (possibly) players by waking them up and needlessly screaming at them.
Aww, boo hoo. wittle waby got his weelings whurt for getting screamed at.
Am I the only one that thinks Stephano might have been exaggerating slightly, you know, for comedic effect? I mean, do you people also think the Korean players all think their teammates are ugly? Yes, we know at this point there are some problems in the EG-TL house, but these interviews are not meant to be entirely serious...
On March 11 2013 04:27 nikonikonii wrote: Yeah sure blame the coach, he's the reason EG-TL got owned in all kill right?
oh wait
Also, since stephano can't assimilate with kespa-like trainings, I doubt he can par up with the koreans
There is a difference between blaming the coach for going 0-16 in games across the last four series, and complaining about the coach harassing (possibly) players by waking them up and needlessly screaming at them.
Aww, boo hoo. wittle waby got his weelings whurt for getting screamed at.
I assume you are regularly woken up by someone screaming at you for no apparent reason? If not, I can tell you first-hand that it isn't a fun experience, especially if it happens repetetively. If it happened once, I might agree with you and say that he's overreacting. If not, then yes - I believe it qualifies as harassment, and could potentially (one of many) a factor in the below-expectations performance of Stephano and EG-TL as a whole.
On March 11 2013 04:27 nikonikonii wrote: Yeah sure blame the coach, he's the reason EG-TL got owned in all kill right?
oh wait
Also, since stephano can't assimilate with kespa-like trainings, I doubt he can par up with the koreans
There is a difference between blaming the coach for going 0-16 in games across the last four series, and complaining about the coach harassing (possibly) players by waking them up and needlessly screaming at them.
Aww, boo hoo. wittle waby got his weelings whurt for getting screamed at.
There are two sides of the story, I only see one
harassing
Yeah sure, call it rape too.
I assume you are regularly woken up by someone screaming at you for no apparent reason? If not, I can tell you first-hand that it isn't a fun experience, especially if it happens repetetively. If it happened once, I might agree with you and say that he's overreacting. If not, then yes - I believe it qualifies as harassment, and could potentially (one of many) a factor in the below-expectations performance of Stephano and EG-TL as a whole.
Personally, i can tell you that nobody would be performing well if they are woken up and screamed at (needlessly?) That affects your circadian rhythm, and therefore messes up your entire body clock.
On March 11 2013 04:27 nikonikonii wrote: Yeah sure blame the coach, he's the reason EG-TL got owned in all kill right?
oh wait
Also, since stephano can't assimilate with kespa-like trainings, I doubt he can par up with the koreans
There is a difference between blaming the coach for going 0-16 in games across the last four series, and complaining about the coach harassing (possibly) players by waking them up and needlessly screaming at them.
Aww, boo hoo. wittle waby got his weelings whurt for getting screamed at.
There are two sides of the story, I only see one
harassing
Yeah sure, call it rape too.
I assume you are regularly woken up by someone screaming at you for no apparent reason? If not, I can tell you first-hand that it isn't a fun experience, especially if it happens repetetively. If it happened once, I might agree with you and say that he's overreacting. If not, then yes - I believe it qualifies as harassment, and could potentially (one of many) a factor in the below-expectations performance of Stephano and EG-TL as a whole.
Personally, i can tell you that nobody would be performing well if they are woken up and screamed at (needlessly?) That affects your circadian rhythm, and therefore messes up your entire body clock.
Very true. I had a coach (not in Starcraft, obviously - I'm nowhere near the level where I would have one) who used to wake us up at 3 or 4 am for unscheduled workout when we were at training camps overseas. Very unpleasant thing to experience, and there is usually very little you can do about it.
Edit: We still don't know if what Stephano talked about has happened multiple times and to more players than him. If it has, that is a possible explanation - if not, then the rest of EG-TL is still performing below expectations for some reason.
On March 11 2013 04:27 nikonikonii wrote: Yeah sure blame the coach, he's the reason EG-TL got owned in all kill right?
oh wait
Also, since stephano can't assimilate with kespa-like trainings, I doubt he can par up with the koreans
There is a difference between blaming the coach for going 0-16 in games across the last four series, and complaining about the coach harassing (possibly) players by waking them up and needlessly screaming at them.
Aww, boo hoo. wittle waby got his weelings whurt for getting screamed at.
There are two sides of the story, I only see one
harassing
Yeah sure, call it rape too.
I assume you are regularly woken up by someone screaming at you for no apparent reason? If not, I can tell you first-hand that it isn't a fun experience, especially if it happens repetetively. If it happened once, I might agree with you and say that he's overreacting. If not, then yes - I believe it qualifies as harassment, and could potentially (one of many) a factor in the below-expectations performance of Stephano and EG-TL as a whole.
His story is very one sided and for all we know he's not even practicing and just slacking around so his coach wanted to slap his shit together.
But hey, maybe it's stephano and his "rockstar" attitude to do some fanservice and start another drama for MORE EG ATTENTION.
On March 11 2013 04:27 nikonikonii wrote: Yeah sure blame the coach, he's the reason EG-TL got owned in all kill right?
oh wait
Also, since stephano can't assimilate with kespa-like trainings, I doubt he can par up with the koreans
There is a difference between blaming the coach for going 0-16 in games across the last four series, and complaining about the coach harassing (possibly) players by waking them up and needlessly screaming at them.
Aww, boo hoo. wittle waby got his weelings whurt for getting screamed at.
There are two sides of the story, I only see one
harassing
Yeah sure, call it rape too.
I assume you are regularly woken up by someone screaming at you for no apparent reason? If not, I can tell you first-hand that it isn't a fun experience, especially if it happens repetetively. If it happened once, I might agree with you and say that he's overreacting. If not, then yes - I believe it qualifies as harassment, and could potentially (one of many) a factor in the below-expectations performance of Stephano and EG-TL as a whole.
His story is very one sided and for all we know he's not even practicing and just slacking around so his coach wanted to slap his shit together.
But hey, maybe it's stephano and his "rockstar" attitude to do some fanservice and start another drama for MORE EG ATTENTION.
Or maybe it's not, which is why it's silly to shit on him without actually knowing anything other than that you don't really like him.
On March 11 2013 04:27 nikonikonii wrote: Yeah sure blame the coach, he's the reason EG-TL got owned in all kill right?
oh wait
Also, since stephano can't assimilate with kespa-like trainings, I doubt he can par up with the koreans
There is a difference between blaming the coach for going 0-16 in games across the last four series, and complaining about the coach harassing (possibly) players by waking them up and needlessly screaming at them.
Aww, boo hoo. wittle waby got his weelings whurt for getting screamed at.
There are two sides of the story, I only see one
harassing
Yeah sure, call it rape too.
I assume you are regularly woken up by someone screaming at you for no apparent reason? If not, I can tell you first-hand that it isn't a fun experience, especially if it happens repetetively. If it happened once, I might agree with you and say that he's overreacting. If not, then yes - I believe it qualifies as harassment, and could potentially (one of many) a factor in the below-expectations performance of Stephano and EG-TL as a whole.
His story is very one sided and for all we know he's not even practicing and just slacking around so his coach wanted to slap his shit together.
But hey, maybe it's stephano and his "rockstar" attitude to do some fanservice and start another drama for MORE EG ATTENTION.
Or maybe it's not, which is why it's silly to shit on him without actually knowing anything other than that you don't really like him.
Talking about it on a forum must be silly then! then TL must be the silliest part of the internet!
On March 09 2013 06:49 Canucklehead wrote: He should just go home and never come back to korea. Fans and antifans wanted to know whether or not he would win a GSL. We have our answer now as a resounding, NO, so there's nothing left for him in korea now. However, his fans are going to be even more unbearable with these latest interviews using the excuse that he didn't win code s or dominate pro league because he wasn't happy.
I really don't want to start an argument, but the delusional Stephano fans are far outnumbered by the hardcore Stephano haters I feel (I don't count you as one btw). Yes it is true, that Stephano didn't do as good as some expected but there is no shame at all in losing to Innovation and Flying.
hrmm not in my experience
Just look at the LR of his up and downs matches . One guy in the whole LR said Stephano was code S champion level (which is stupid) and everybody jumped on him to say how Stephano's fans are the worst blahblahblah . Just look at his fan club you won't see any delusional fanboys comments . Quite the contrary actually , lots of fans were not hoping much of his trip to korea and knew it would be really though for him to go through his code S group .
Anyway good itw I hope he goes back to korea to help EG-TL with Proleague (with Taeja injured and HerO not playing is best they really need him) .
On March 11 2013 04:27 nikonikonii wrote: Yeah sure blame the coach, he's the reason EG-TL got owned in all kill right?
oh wait
Also, since stephano can't assimilate with kespa-like trainings, I doubt he can par up with the koreans
There is a difference between blaming the coach for going 0-16 in games across the last four series, and complaining about the coach harassing (possibly) players by waking them up and needlessly screaming at them.
Aww, boo hoo. wittle waby got his weelings whurt for getting screamed at.
There are two sides of the story, I only see one
harassing
Yeah sure, call it rape too.
I assume you are regularly woken up by someone screaming at you for no apparent reason? If not, I can tell you first-hand that it isn't a fun experience, especially if it happens repetetively. If it happened once, I might agree with you and say that he's overreacting. If not, then yes - I believe it qualifies as harassment, and could potentially (one of many) a factor in the below-expectations performance of Stephano and EG-TL as a whole.
His story is very one sided and for all we know he's not even practicing and just slacking around so his coach wanted to slap his shit together.
But hey, maybe it's stephano and his "rockstar" attitude to do some fanservice and start another drama for MORE EG ATTENTION.
Or maybe it's not, which is why it's silly to shit on him without actually knowing anything other than that you don't really like him.
Talking about it on a forum must be silly then! then TL must be the silliest part of the internet!
I'm not really sure what you're trying to say here. I suggest that shitting on a player without knowing any facts is silly, and you respond with... What, exactly? I don't get it.
On March 11 2013 04:27 nikonikonii wrote: Yeah sure blame the coach, he's the reason EG-TL got owned in all kill right?
oh wait
Also, since stephano can't assimilate with kespa-like trainings, I doubt he can par up with the koreans
There is a difference between blaming the coach for going 0-16 in games across the last four series, and complaining about the coach harassing (possibly) players by waking them up and needlessly screaming at them.
Aww, boo hoo. wittle waby got his weelings whurt for getting screamed at.
There are two sides of the story, I only see one
harassing
Yeah sure, call it rape too.
I assume you are regularly woken up by someone screaming at you for no apparent reason? If not, I can tell you first-hand that it isn't a fun experience, especially if it happens repetetively. If it happened once, I might agree with you and say that he's overreacting. If not, then yes - I believe it qualifies as harassment, and could potentially (one of many) a factor in the below-expectations performance of Stephano and EG-TL as a whole.
His story is very one sided and for all we know he's not even practicing and just slacking around so his coach wanted to slap his shit together.
But hey, maybe it's stephano and his "rockstar" attitude to do some fanservice and start another drama for MORE EG ATTENTION.
Or maybe it's not, which is why it's silly to shit on him without actually knowing anything other than that you don't really like him.
Talking about it on a forum must be silly then! then TL must be the silliest part of the internet!
I'm not really sure what you're trying to say here. I suggest that shitting on a player without knowing any facts is silly, and you respond with... What, exactly? I don't get it.
That's what I'm trying to point out here, stephano is just spouting shit without the side of his coach so how the fuck am I supposed to believe him and his whining.
Stop being a pseudo-intellectual with that reply and read my previous posts clearly.
whats more likely, a coach whos been part of esports system screaming people awake every morning or a 19 turning 20 year old guy is thrust into living in a foreign country with 1 other english speaker as a friend on his team, can't speak the language, in cold/gray/shitty weather, had mediocre results (but surely not the results he wanted in GSL and/or proleague, if he cares about proleague), and who has in the past had relative freedom (enough so that he got kicked out of a club partying or whatever) compared to a strict korean teamhouse living style
then contrast that with a coach (trot, dunno if other EG coaches) who probably can't speak english, who is used to koreans dutifully washing the dishes and practice to 5 AM playing the same 20-30 practice partners everyday in the SKT house because they dream of one day even being sent out for 1 proleague match for SKT just because of the name recognition, who have a different way to respect age compared to most westerners (who probably see a difference between an 18 year old vs 20 year old socially) and probably feels stephano doesn't show the right way to respect and older coach based on korean standards.
there's no one to blame on either side, it's just a 19 year old being unhappy.
On March 09 2013 18:08 opterown wrote: iirc stephano isn't trying to become a doctor, it was a common misconception
internship is ridic :o
He wanted to but as his career went forward, he realized it was not possible anymore. Last time he spoke about studies it was for economics school/university in Manchester.
Otherwise, the EG-TL coach is obviously bad. Of course he's not the only responsible of the bad results of the team but most of his choices are absurd.
woah, that was pretty emotional. i feel kinda bad for stephano, but of course we don't know the whole story.
i do think it was a dumb decision from both EG and Stephano to have him go to Korea in the first place. he had been saying he doesn't think GSL (and proleague) suits his playstyle at all and he probably won't do well. not sure why EG thought it was a good idea to send him there, have him practice in an environment he won't enjoy and expect him to do well against the hardest competition in the world in a format he does not like.
just bring Stephano back to France or US or something and send Idra to Korea. the name recognition should still be pretty damn high, there's not much to lose in terms of results (sorry Greg) but a lot to gain from him practicing in Korea. Idra has already shown in the past how well he can do in a Korean environment, and i don't think he would complain about going to Korea. could be wrong though of course.
Stephano: "I am having very, very depressing and unpleasant time in Korea..."
Who do you dislike most in EGTL? "The coach. He is very unmannered [...] His general attitude, I don't like it."
It's a shockingly candid interview, and it shows just how new and raw e-sports still are. You would never see such an honest and negative interview from a pro athlete.
Clearly the team atmosphere in EGTL is every bit as bad as it has looked from the outside. They assembled Hero, Taeja, and Stephano for the first time in round 3 and yet are on an unbroken 16-game losing streak. It's ridiculous, and it's clearly nothing to do with the quality of the players. Taeja is this GSL's semifinalist yet he's on a 5-game losing streak similar to his teammates.
It's too bad for Stephano b/c a great opportunity for him to learn and improve in Korea is being wasted in a poisonous team environment.
It's clear to me that Stephano is also suffering from homesickness and culture shock. I've noticed it's common for French people to get homesick, and the cultural gulf b/w France and Korea could not be more vast. In Korea the expectation is to work tirelessly and obey authority unquestioningly. If you fail it is a personal shame. In France they do what they want and if someone, whether or a coach or whoever, criticizes you, you tell them where to stick it. If you fail, the usual reaction is a Gallic shrug of the shoulders and a c'est la vie.
EGTL are crying out for a management change and that seems to be inevitable given their freefall. But if one Korean coaching staff is simply replaced by another, the tension between the expectations of foreign players and Korean culture will continue to create conflict.
EPT
Though it's clear that some of the koreans are more manner with theirs, and keep all sorts of touchy subjects out of them.
