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CableSCES
United States367 Posts
I've heard of a few 14yo GMs - Pyre and HeroMarine at 14 years old. But then we've got this one kid down here who is 13 year old prodigy, beat Gretorp (GM) at our local SoCal tournament, he's 1259 Rank 1 Masters as of 1 minute ago. So it made me think, who is the youngest Grand Master player ever, on all 3 servers? If this 13 year old kid goes GM, would he be the youngest SC2 GM to date? | ||
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synd
Bulgaria586 Posts
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QuackPocketDuck
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Ratch!
Peru258 Posts
On May 24 2013 13:26 synd wrote: Who cares? What's the point of all these threads like "who's the youngest X Y Z" Knowing doesnt hurt. | ||
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askmc70
United States722 Posts
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CableSCES
United States367 Posts
Likewise, with the skills, strategy, and intelligence, focus, training, coordination and mechanics required with StarCraft as a competitive game especially, I think that young peoples' accomplishments are even more impressive when they're that young. What were you doing at 13-15? Picking your nose and playing Putt-Putt? Thanks. | ||
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intense555
United States474 Posts
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synd
Bulgaria586 Posts
On May 24 2013 13:29 CableStarcraft wrote: I think it's a legitimate question & discussion. It says a lot about a person if they're the youngest to achieve certain thing. Like the youngest person to climb Everest - that's a pretty freakin big deal. Likewise, with the skills, strategy, and intelligence, focus, training, coordination and mechanics required with StarCraft as a competitive game especially, I think that young peoples' accomplishments are even more impressive when they're that young. What were you doing at 13-15? Picking your nose and playing Putt-Putt? Thanks. Really solid defence. You justify the thread we get like every week or so by telling me I picked my nose at that age or whatever offensive shit you'll say. | ||
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andeh
United States904 Posts
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chadissilent
Canada1187 Posts
On May 24 2013 13:29 CableStarcraft wrote: Likewise, with the skills, strategy, and intelligence, focus, training, coordination and mechanics required with StarCraft as a competitive game especially, I think that young peoples' accomplishments are even more impressive when they're that young. What were you doing at 13-15? Picking your nose and playing Putt-Putt? Playing BW and representing Team Canada in international hockey tournaments. You? | ||
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Demonhunter04
1530 Posts
On May 24 2013 13:29 askmc70 wrote: your age doesnt matter in starcraft It does at that age. The brain of a 13 year old is less developed than that of an adult. | ||
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Tachion
Canada8573 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
But then we've got this one kid down here who is 13 year old prodigy, beat Gretorp (GM) at our local SoCal tournament, he's 1259 Rank 1 Masters as of 1 minute ago. whats his name? | ||
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knOxStarcraft
Canada422 Posts
On May 24 2013 13:29 CableStarcraft wrote: I think it's a legitimate question & discussion. It says a lot about a person if they're the youngest to achieve certain thing. Like the youngest person to climb Everest - that's a pretty freakin big deal. Likewise, with the skills, strategy, and intelligence required with StarCraft as a competitive game especially, I think that young peoples' accomplishments are even more impressive when they're that young. What were you doing at 13-15? Picking your nose and playing Putt-Putt? Thanks. I wouldn't say it's more impressive because they're young at all. For one thing, you don't need to be that intelligent to play starcraft at a high level. Secondly, kids around that age have a lot more time than just about everyone else to play, except pro players of course. Also, being a kid and climbing Everest is hard because you don't have the muscle and endurance to climb it, whereas in starcraft, a kid has everything he or she needs to be good. Now, I'm sure there are some other factors that come in to play here, though I don't think it's anywhere near as big of a deal as people make it out to be, just look at Life lol. | ||
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ROOTIllusion
United States1060 Posts
On May 24 2013 13:25 CableStarcraft wrote: I know a couple kids here from SoCal who are 15 years old who are Grand Masters, pretty amazing kids. Boyo and Illusion were 15 I think when they first got popular. They placed pretty dang high in our most recent I've heard of a few 14yo GMs - Pyre and HeroMarine at 14 years old. But then we've got this one kid down here who is 13 year old prodigy, beat Gretorp (GM) at our local SoCal tournament, he's 1259 Rank 1 Masters as of 1 minute ago. So it made me think, who is the youngest Grand Master player ever, on all 3 servers? If this 13 year old kid goes GM, would he be the youngest SC2 GM to date? Damn that insult LOL | ||
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CableSCES
United States367 Posts
On May 24 2013 13:32 intense555 wrote: I got gm when I was 14, but wasnt pro. 2012 season 2 One of our local SoCal hero kids! You caught my really unfortunate disorganized sentence, sorry. Fixed in OP. But did I mess something up in your age? You're one of the ones I'd say is incredibly impressive at such a young age. | ||
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Wojciech Zywny
Poland271 Posts
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Thrillz
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CableSCES
United States367 Posts
On May 24 2013 13:35 Tachion wrote: Maru played in GSL open season 1 when he was 12 years old. He wasn't just GM, he was a fucking GSL contender in Korea. From LP - 1st Season of GSL (  2010 TG Sambo Intel StarCraft II Open Season 1) - 2010-08-28Maru Birthdate (nonKorean age) - July 28, 1997 That makes him 13yo right? That's the same age as this kid, absolutely amazing. Arium is his IGN. Plays Protoss. | ||
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Zenbrez
Canada5973 Posts
On May 24 2013 13:35 Demonhunter04 wrote: It does at that age. The brain of a 13 year old is less developed than that of an adult. Not in such a way that has a significant impact on the performance of an RTS game. | ||
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