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AgentW
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States7725 Posts
May 24 2013 04:47 GMT
#21
Hmm, don't know at what age (T)Xenocider got into GM, but I know he was when he was 14 at the oldest.
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Tachion
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada8573 Posts
May 24 2013 04:49 GMT
#22
On May 24 2013 13:45 CableStarcraft wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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Maru Birthdate (nonKorean age) - July 28, 1997

That makes him 13yo right? That's the same age as this kid, absolutely amazing.

Yep my bad. I got his GSL debut and birthday months backwards.
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Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
May 24 2013 04:51 GMT
#23
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dreamsmasher
Profile Joined November 2010
816 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-24 04:56:07
May 24 2013 04:52 GMT
#24
On May 24 2013 13:35 Demonhunter04 wrote:
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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.



only in certain ways. there are a lot of things that children learn much more easily than adults.

there are even certain mental activities where you peak when you're in your early 20's (music/math/chess), and people who are like 13-15 can compete with grown adults who have been working at those things for many years.

this reaction just mainly comes from our educational system which encourages this view that children are somehow stupider versions of adults.
Thrillz
Profile Joined May 2012
4313 Posts
May 24 2013 04:53 GMT
#25
Also of note is Baby, who was 12 when he got picked up by WeMade Fox.
Isaac
Profile Joined August 2010
United States810 Posts
May 24 2013 04:53 GMT
#26
maru is 15 right now, and i can only imagine he is in GM. . .he was 13 i think when he debuted...
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Race is Terran
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
United States382 Posts
May 24 2013 04:54 GMT
#27
I think video games, especially an RTS game like sc2 can have a significant effect on the intellectual capacities of the players brain over a longer period of time (pays dividends throughout life)
ppshchik
Profile Joined September 2010
United States862 Posts
May 24 2013 04:56 GMT
#28
This thread reeks of pedophilia.
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CableSCES
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States367 Posts
May 24 2013 04:57 GMT
#29
On May 24 2013 13:43 Thrillz wrote:
Yeah age doesn't matter anyways, just because you made it to GM at a young age doesn't mean you'll be godly when you get older. Anyways, we should really be looking at KR anyways, because the other servers are significantly easier to get to GM. My guess would probably be the younger pros, most likely someone like Maru?


On May 24 2013 13:29 askmc70 wrote:
your age doesnt matter in starcraft


I don't understand this line of thought. Could one of you fully explain it to me? Because as far as I know, being a young skilled chess player, being a young and skilled musician, being a young and skilled scholar -- all are looked at as incredible talent. We liken StarCraft to chess on crack all the time.

How does someone's age not matter in starcraft? There are factors like focus, maturity, discipline, ability to learn from your mistakes, ability to repeat a build consistently, ability to make strategic decisions based on your opponent, positional strategy, coordination of your fingers to what your brain is telling them to do, etc. These are no menial tasks.
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lorestarcraft
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1049 Posts
May 24 2013 04:59 GMT
#30
On May 24 2013 13:29 askmc70 wrote:
your age doesnt matter in starcraft

It does because cognitive development is not complete until your 20s.
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PSdualwielder
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada77 Posts
May 24 2013 05:02 GMT
#31
On May 24 2013 13:35 Demonhunter04 wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


Many brains out there of a higher age aren't very developed either. XD
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dreamsmasher
Profile Joined November 2010
816 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-24 05:05:52
May 24 2013 05:03 GMT
#32
On May 24 2013 13:57 CableStarcraft wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2013 13:43 Thrillz wrote:
Yeah age doesn't matter anyways, just because you made it to GM at a young age doesn't mean you'll be godly when you get older. Anyways, we should really be looking at KR anyways, because the other servers are significantly easier to get to GM. My guess would probably be the younger pros, most likely someone like Maru?


Show nested quote +
On May 24 2013 13:29 askmc70 wrote:
your age doesnt matter in starcraft


I don't understand this line of thought. Could one of you fully explain it to me? Because as far as I know, being a young skilled chess player, being a young and skilled musician, being a young and skilled scholar -- all are looked at as incredible talent. We liken StarCraft to chess on crack all the time.

How does someone's age not matter in starcraft? There are factors like focus, maturity, discipline, ability to learn from your mistakes, ability to repeat a build consistently, ability to make strategic decisions based on your opponent, positional strategy, coordination of your fingers to what your brain is telling them to do, etc. These are no menial tasks.


as i mentioned above, being young doesn't mean you're INFERIOR at learning things.

there are some things children aren't good at, like self control, mental discipline, but there are a lot of things that they can develop at a much more rapid rate than adults.

most of what you list in starcraft isn't stuff you're even really actively thinking about, its just drilling and repeat.

just look at famous chess players, mathematicians, musicians almost all of them were good at a young age and practiced a lot then, by the time they're around 13-15, they are competing with adults who have put many years into their endeavours.

in fact i would say if you HAVEN'T become recognized by that age, you probably will not become a superstar in those areas.
fezvez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
France3021 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-24 05:05:15
May 24 2013 05:04 GMT
#33
On May 24 2013 13:56 ppshchik wrote:
This thread reeks of pedophilia.


Absolutely not. I don't know where you could possibly find this in any post here.

I feel that you said that without actually reading what people said, in a similar fashion that standard media say that violent games cause mass shooting.

You may think it's linked, but there's nothing to support your claims.

Edit : Shit, I fed the troll, sorry ><
mYiKane
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada1772 Posts
May 24 2013 05:06 GMT
#34
Don't matter. Koreans.
-Kyo-
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Japan1926 Posts
May 24 2013 05:07 GMT
#35
On May 24 2013 13:37 mouzIllusion wrote:
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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


Apparently no1 else has seen what you meant yet. Lol
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intense555
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States474 Posts
May 24 2013 05:09 GMT
#36
On May 24 2013 14:07 -Kyo- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2013 13:37 mouzIllusion wrote:
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


Apparently no1 else has seen what you meant yet. Lol

LOOL PYRE WAS 16 not 14 xD
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TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10668 Posts
May 24 2013 05:11 GMT
#37
On May 24 2013 13:56 ppshchik wrote:
This thread reeks of pedophilia.


lol, I'd be curious to see who is the youngest GM Zerg player.
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Lunareste
Profile Joined July 2011
United States3596 Posts
May 24 2013 05:12 GMT
#38
What were you doing at 13-15? Picking your nose and playing Putt-Putt?


Thinking about rock and roll and boobs. I was a pretty awesome kid.
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Bunn
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Estonia934 Posts
May 24 2013 05:13 GMT
#39
I think there used to be a pretty young and good swedish player?
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CableSCES
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States367 Posts
May 24 2013 05:18 GMT
#40
On May 24 2013 14:12 Lunareste wrote:
Show nested quote +
What were you doing at 13-15? Picking your nose and playing Putt-Putt?


Thinking about rock and roll and boobs. I was a pretty awesome kid.


Well I guess I was just commenting on what I was doing at 13 lol.
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