EPTYoungest Grand Master player? - Page 3
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Eatme
Switzerland3919 Posts
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Drake
Germany6146 Posts
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Wegandi
United States2455 Posts
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NEEDZMOAR
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A Wild Sosd
Australia421 Posts
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DrAbuse
Germany209 Posts
On May 24 2013 14:19 Eatme wrote: On a sidenote. Who is the oldest GM player? Should be White-Ra | ||
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UberNuB
United States365 Posts
Grandpatoss! | ||
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CableSCES
United States367 Posts
On May 24 2013 14:19 Eatme wrote: On a sidenote. Who is the oldest GM player? I like this question too! | ||
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Rabiator
Germany3948 Posts
Playing computer games is ok, BUT only if you keep the amount of time spent low and it is best spent together with some friends in the same room. Paracelsus' rule of "too much is bad for you" applies. That is a MUCH better question ... | ||
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Fus
Sweden1112 Posts
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DinosaurPoop
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On May 24 2013 16:30 Rabiator wrote: The thing is that playing computer at too young an age will hurt your development. At the age of 12-16 kids need to be out there with their friends and develop their social skills. They also need to be out there to exercise their muscles instead of sitting at home in front of a screen and just moving his two hands while not talking to anyone. No one can afford to waste that time developing those skills, because the opportunity is never going to come back and it is a lot harder to try and do it later on. Reaching GM requires a daily and continuous commitment and that is too much time wasted on something that will be a waste of time later on when you stop playing the game (even though that may be 5-10 years later). Playing computer games is ok, BUT only if you keep the amount of time spent low and it is best spent together with some friends in the same room. Paracelsus' rule of "too much is bad for you" applies. Pure nonsense. I get high grades wiithout cracking a textbook and being social at school, while still playing lots of video games(~3-4 hours a day). I'm also really fast at running (top 10 fastest in school). | ||
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Rabiator
Germany3948 Posts
On May 24 2013 16:43 DinosaurPoop wrote: Pure nonsense. I get high grades wiithout cracking a textbook and being social at school, while still playing lots of video games(~3-4 hours a day). I'm also really fast at running (top 10 fastest in school). That may be fine for you, but can you guarantee that it works for all? We (the society as a whole) can not afford to "lose" the potentially smart kids (having an affinity for computer games and thus the computer puts you in the "potentially" smart category) just because they wasted the most important time of their life on playing a game instead of going out and making friends. You have to have those skills to become a member of society and thus a blanket "it works fine for me, so there should be no limit whatsoever" can never ever be the right way to look at things. Since you are a kid you have no experience in how much really is needed; wisdom is something that only comes with age (AND experience). High grades are relative as a criterion as well, because schools have some nonsense requirements today. Being really fast at running probably "comes naturally" to you and isnt something which you had to train long and hard for, right? That has something to do with "speed muscles" being relatively prominent for you compared to other kids. So this part of your argument doesnt really count. Btw. ... how old are you? How much time do you actually spend with friends ... outside school in face-to-face company? Most important question: Are you spending the time to be in GM or not? | ||
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DinosaurPoop
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I'll never get anywhere near GM because i dont play starcraft much. Most of the knowlege i have with me is with sheer internet browsing since i was like 9 | ||
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danbel1005
United States1319 Posts
On May 24 2013 16:34 Fus wrote: The player "Thisgamesuck" is a 13 y/o grandmaster on EU. I demand actual proof or else it didnt happen, thx in advance. I believe the youngest ever ever ever ever is Maru. Tastosis said it, so i know its a damn fact ^^ | ||
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Teodice
Sweden641 Posts
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maartendq
Belgium3115 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. I was mostly playing outside.. On a more serious note, I used to be a better gamer when I was in my teens. I had a way easier time learning mechanics of games. Nowadays I have got other priorities and gaming is a leisure activity, so I don't mind games being kind of easy nowadays. | ||
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AmericanUmlaut
Germany2576 Posts
On May 24 2013 17:53 Teodice wrote: I don't care about age. As long as they got results = good players, why would age matter? It's like all of these streams "hey I'm a 13 year old master Terran"... Give me some good games and stop promoting yourself as a wonderchild. Maybe the "I'm 13" isn't for you. Maybe its for other young people that would better relate to the streamer knowing that they're about the same age. Saying "13 year old master Terran" is no worse than "American GM Zerg": it's something people can relate to. I'm 30 now and age doesn't matter as much to me in terms of finding people relatable, but when I was that age it absolutely did. | ||
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Skiblet
South Africa206 Posts
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Saumure
France404 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. And as for mt Everest, it is way more interesting to know who is the oldest one... | ||
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Fus
Sweden1112 Posts
On May 24 2013 17:51 danbel1005 wrote: I demand actual proof or else it didnt happen, thx in advance. I believe the youngest ever ever ever ever is Maru. Tastosis said it, so i know its a damn fact ^^ Twitch tv and theyoungonessc2 its a shared channel but look at past broadcasts and search for TGS, gm zerg. I belive he is 14 now but he got GM in last season of WoL and in Hots when he was still 13. | ||
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