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This is a great interview, made me laugh.
"Do you like TV or movies?" "No."
"Do you like to do anything besides Starcraft?" "Umm...I go for walks."
"How was travelling to America?" "I didn't gain anything."
"But were the fans good?" "I didn't notice them."
"You have a lot of fans, how do you feel about that?" "I don't know."
"So your main goal is to win championships?" "Yes."
"So you must have felt happy when you won your first championship?" "I didn't feel anything."
"Anything you'd like your fans to know about you?" "No."
"Nothing?" "Uhhh..."
"Who do you hang out with?" "Um, mostly Coach Calm."
"You don't say....."
Everyone says he's boring, well what did you expect? To get to that level in starcraft you have to play 12 hours a day, every day of your life, adding up to thousands and thousands of hours of repetitive, monotonous practice. These guys don't have time for girlfriends, they are married to their keyboards. The ones who want to go out drink, party, have girlfriends and have a life, you don't hear about them, and there's a reason.
I'd suspect most sc2 players are pretty "boring" IRL, even the foreigners, it goes with the territory. And Innovation is the best of them all, he's the King of the Nerds, it makes sense that he is the most boring of them all too.
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Well, I hate the 'boring Korean' brand as much as anything but in this case... lol. What a calm, introverted guy. I'm not going to be too quick to bash him though, because at one point in my life, all I cared about was Runescape and BW, and that was literally it. So I'm sure in time, he'll open up, maybe not during his Starcraft career, but in time.
Pretty funny interview with how the questions kept trying to get something from him and he's just... -_-
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The Russel Westbrook of SC2.
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Innovation confirmed robot.
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I really like this guy now. He is kind of like NaNiwa in that he only really cares about his own play, he's just more calm and mannered.
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On June 25 2013 15:55 dase wrote:
I really like this guy now. He is kind of like NaNiwa in that he only really cares about his own play, he's just more calm and mannered.
comparing innovation to naniwa gave me shivers...
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Innovation's complete absence of emotion, IMO, actually gives him a great persona for casters and event organizers to build upon. When the foreign audience is clamoring for players who goes on wild parties or do backflips while using the restroom, this guy with the type of results he brings in can be THE incarnation of the 'faceless-no-personality-korean-pros'.
He can be the blank canvas for colorful players to contrast with.
Or the eraser that wipes them off the tourneys kekeke...
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On June 25 2013 16:17 Gaizokubanou wrote:
Innovation's complete absence of emotion, IMO, actually gives him a great persona for casters and event organizers to build upon. When the foreign audience is clamoring for players who goes on wild parties or do backflips while using the restroom, this guy with the type of results he brings in can be THE incarnation of the 'faceless-no-personality-korean-pros'.
He can be the blank canvas for colorful players to contrast with.
Or the eraser that wipes them off the tourneys kekeke...
I don't think anyone anywhere has ever advocated anyone doing backflips while using the restroom. That would be very messy.
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Any particular reasons StarCraft II has been better for you? What was holding you back in Brood War?
Production is easier, and I think it's a game based around micro and big engagements. Also, multi-tasking is a bit easier, so you can be more aggressive.
Since I'm a player who is very mechanics based, and I was very lacking in strategic and finesse elements in Brood War, StarCraft II has helped me in that regard. Players with good mechanics and fundamentals can put themselves in good situations, the game being fast paced and all.
Glad Bogus agrees with what I was saying when the Forbidden Debate was still allowed.
Not much to say apart from that.
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On June 25 2013 15:29 Evil_Sheep wrote:
This is a great interview, made me laugh.
"Do you like TV or movies?" "No."
"Do you like to do anything besides Starcraft?" "Umm...I go for walks."
"How was travelling to America?" "I didn't gain anything."
"But were the fans good?" "I didn't notice them."
"You have a lot of fans, how do you feel about that?" "I don't know."
"So your main goal is to win championships?" "Yes."
"So you must have felt happy when you won your first championship?" "I didn't feel anything."
"Anything you'd like your fans to know about you?" "No."
"Nothing?" "Uhhh..."
"Who do you hang out with?" "Um, mostly Coach Calm."
"You don't say....."
Everyone says he's boring, well what did you expect? To get to that level in starcraft you have to play 12 hours a day, every day of your life, adding up to thousands and thousands of hours of repetitive, monotonous practice. These guys don't have time for girlfriends, they are married to their keyboards. The ones who want to go out drink, party, have girlfriends and have a life, you don't hear about them, and there's a reason.
I'd suspect most sc2 players are pretty "boring" IRL, even the foreigners, it goes with the territory. And Innovation is the best of them all, he's the King of the Nerds, it makes sense that he is the most boring of them all too.
It makes no sense to say that all players are boring because of their profession when people are calling Innovation boring compared to any other player.
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In the intro on the front page.. "Well, INnoVation doesn't think he is not just yet". Double negative! 
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Don't hate on him just because he is a machine and a mass nerderder, real champions have vespine gas pumping in their veins.
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Gotta wonder what he's like on his days off. I bet its weird and sad knowing somebody like him, despite his incredible success. What's he going to be like when he's 40?
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On June 25 2013 15:37 Flonomenalz wrote:
Pretty funny interview with how the questions kept trying to get something from him and he's just... -_-
That was just awful on the interviewer's part imo.
"Hey what do you think about 'murica?"
"For realz now, what do you think about how cool we are? We are cool right?"
"Really man, you have nothing else to say?"
"Nothing at all?"
"Okay interview ends"
It was more painful than any of the answers.
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But after winning a championship, I didn't really feel anything, so I think I have to keep winning.
Stone cold killer.
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Gregg Popovich obviously learned something from Bogus about how to answer interview questions.
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LOL i like how pl are calling him boring. Hes a progamer....i like how he doesnt give a fuck about all of u lol
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On June 25 2013 16:38 GolemMadness wrote:Show nested quote +On June 25 2013 15:29 Evil_Sheep wrote:
This is a great interview, made me laugh.
"Do you like TV or movies?" "No."
"Do you like to do anything besides Starcraft?" "Umm...I go for walks."
"How was travelling to America?" "I didn't gain anything."
"But were the fans good?" "I didn't notice them."
"You have a lot of fans, how do you feel about that?" "I don't know."
"So your main goal is to win championships?" "Yes."
"So you must have felt happy when you won your first championship?" "I didn't feel anything."
"Anything you'd like your fans to know about you?" "No."
"Nothing?" "Uhhh..."
"Who do you hang out with?" "Um, mostly Coach Calm."
"You don't say....."
Everyone says he's boring, well what did you expect? To get to that level in starcraft you have to play 12 hours a day, every day of your life, adding up to thousands and thousands of hours of repetitive, monotonous practice. These guys don't have time for girlfriends, they are married to their keyboards. The ones who want to go out drink, party, have girlfriends and have a life, you don't hear about them, and there's a reason.
I'd suspect most sc2 players are pretty "boring" IRL, even the foreigners, it goes with the territory. And Innovation is the best of them all, he's the King of the Nerds, it makes sense that he is the most boring of them all too. It makes no sense to say that all players are boring because of their profession when people are calling Innovation boring compared to any other player.
I did not say all players, but I'd note that those two statements do not contradict one another either.
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On June 25 2013 15:29 Evil_Sheep wrote:
This is a great interview, made me laugh.
"Do you like TV or movies?" "No."
"Do you like to do anything besides Starcraft?" "Umm...I go for walks."
"How was travelling to America?" "I didn't gain anything."
"But were the fans good?" "I didn't notice them."
"You have a lot of fans, how do you feel about that?" "I don't know."
"So your main goal is to win championships?" "Yes."
"So you must have felt happy when you won your first championship?" "I didn't feel anything."
"Anything you'd like your fans to know about you?" "No."
"Nothing?" "Uhhh..."
"Who do you hang out with?" "Um, mostly Coach Calm."
"You don't say....."
Everyone says he's boring, well what did you expect? To get to that level in starcraft you have to play 12 hours a day, every day of your life, adding up to thousands and thousands of hours of repetitive, monotonous practice. These guys don't have time for girlfriends, they are married to their keyboards. The ones who want to go out drink, party, have girlfriends and have a life, you don't hear about them, and there's a reason.
I'd suspect most sc2 players are pretty "boring" IRL, even the foreigners, it goes with the territory. And Innovation is the best of them all, he's the King of the Nerds, it makes sense that he is the most boring of them all too.
Well I hope you're still very young, because if you consider the epitome of cool to be "drinking, partying and occasionaly having sex" passed 20, I guess you must be pretty boring too.
As everyone in this thread who believes that not liking TV and preferring to walk makes you dull.
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On June 25 2013 03:11 monsta wrote:
not bad but still he is kinda overrated..
2nd in Code S then following up with 1st in the Finals
Overrated how exactly?
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