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Yannick Agnel is a french swimming athlete. His bio according to wikipedia:
+ Show Spoiler +Yannick Agnel (born 9 June 1992 in Nîmes) is a French swimmer who specializes in freestyle events, and is a three-time Olympic medalist. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won gold in the 200-meter freestyle, gold in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and silver in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. He is the current world record holder in the 400-meter freestyle (short course), the European record holder in the 800-meter freestyle (short course), and the national record holder in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle (long course).
Agnel's success have earned him Swimming World's European Swimmer of the Year award in 2012.
His tweet:
"I just finished installing Starcraft 2 ... EGStephanoRC better watch out ! Ah ah"
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EDIT: Stephano's answer
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Cavenamax says: "What race do you play ? What about an exhibition match ? Could be funny !"
+ Show Spoiler +(This sentence refers to a conversation between Anjellycar, Stephano's Community Manager, and fans about an exhibition match between Yannick Agnel and Stephano)
Yannick Agnel: "I think I will learn to play first before throwing myself in such an endeavor !"
Stephano: "Judicious choice. Don't hesitate, whenever you feel ready !"
Some olympic athlete are notorious for playing video-game, how amazing would it be to play Starcraft 2 with your favorite athlete ?
The tweet has also been picked up by french media, it's always cool to see that public figures like Agnel can make Starcraft a bit more popular than it already is just by tweeting about it !
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"Yannick Agnel is a gamer. The double olympic swimming winner tweeted last night about his debut in Starcraft 2, the most famous esport game.
He took the opportunity to challenge a giant in the matter, the french "Stephano", who I met during a Starcraft 2 competitive event (hyperlink)"
The hyperlink is an article (in French) about the millenium gaming house in Marseille. I can provide link if asked.
EDIT:
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Cedric Page: "Yannick Agnel we're inviting you at the millenium gaming house in Marseille to be trained by Adelscott or Forgg !"
Yannick Agnel : "It would be an honor and a treat !"
EDIT: Yannick Agnel is gonna stream some Borderlands tonight (Saturday 24) 20:00 GMT + 1
link: http://fr.twitch.tv/lachacalope/videos
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Micronesia1338 Posts
That's awesome! I know a few pro NBA players play/watch SC2.
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On March 19 2013 23:53 kochanfe wrote:
That's awesome! I know a few pro NBA players play/watch SC2.
A few? I only know about Gordon Hayward.
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Well, a guy like him would certainly show how hard work can make a good player. If the amount of dedication this guy places on the pool were to be converted into SC2, he'd probably be at Life's level. Not even kidding, we are talking about the best of the best.
He should stream some games! 
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This is good in terms of publicity. I hope more even higher profile people get to enjoy the game we all love
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This is nice to hear, good publicity for Starcraft. Interesting btw, that a 2-times olympic gold medalist has about as much followers as Stephano.
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How famous is Stephano in France?
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Thanks to this tweet, my girlfirend is more interested in SC2 than ever xD.
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Edit: I uploaded a media quote. I tried my best to provide an accurate translation.
On March 20 2013 00:08 KillAudio wrote:
How famous is Stephano in France?
Well, Stephano is easily the most famous gamer of all time in France. In the gaming community, i'd say a very large majority of people know who he is. But nationwide, impossible to say really :/
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On March 20 2013 00:08 KillAudio wrote:
How famous is Stephano in France?
AFAIK he's only well known in the gaming/sc2 community.
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Oh my goodness this is awesome! Agnel was incredible in the olympics. Me being a former swimmer i know lots of swimmers and so i personally think this is amazing. Hope he streams haha :D
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I enjoyed watching him in the Olympics. Pretty cool that he knows who Stephano is!
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I would love to see him streaming :D
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On March 20 2013 00:08 aXa wrote:Edit: I uploaded a media quote. I tried my best to provide an accurate translation. Well, Stephano is easily the most famous gamer of all time in France. In the gaming community, i'd say a very large majority of people know who he is. But nationwide, impossible to say really :/
More famous than ToD ??????
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To be honest, I thought Stephano immediately even though the title stated "French olympic gold medalist"
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this athlete is a very cool, down to earth guy.
he has a scientific bachelor and is a business graduate, on top of being fucking olympics gold medalist (he could have said screw it, ill make money with sponsors only) but he stated numerous times that he needs to be mentally in shape to perform his best in the pool.
so he might make this one of his new hobbies and try to push it a bit, but don't expect anything high level mid-term either.
but just saying, he is not saying it to shamelessly grab a bunch more fans.
i'm also surprised he knows about stephano already actually lol.
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France12970 Posts
On March 20 2013 03:20 BlitzerSC wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 00:08 aXa wrote:Edit: I uploaded a media quote. I tried my best to provide an accurate translation. On March 20 2013 00:08 KillAudio wrote:
How famous is Stephano in France? Well, Stephano is easily the most famous gamer of all time in France. In the gaming community, i'd say a very large majority of people know who he is. But nationwide, impossible to say really :/ More famous than ToD ??????
Depend. As of right now almost everyone interested a bit in esports knows who Stephano is, like "oh yeah the french that wins stuff? Ive heard of him", probably more than ToD because his success is more recent.
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pretty sick for stephano to have both jaedong and an olympic athlete as his fans o.0
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