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On September 30 2013 21:41 Boonbag wrote:Show nested quote +On September 30 2013 21:31 bo1b wrote:On September 30 2013 14:21 UmberBane wrote:On September 30 2013 12:47 mind1337 wrote:And about half the world would disagree on anything that you checked on that starts with "physical". Physical activities: as in any body movement that works your muscles and requires more energy than resting. (check) So everything except resting is a sport? To me, video games at high level are not demanding physically speaking. Take any "real" sport that everyone knows about, every professional is very healthy and fit, even for sports like golf or even probably curling, but I might be wrong about this one eh. Now take, Starcraft 2 and video games in general, anyone can be a professional gamer, but these games don't require much physical training. Video games require a lot of practice and are very demanding mentally speaking, just like Chess or Magic the Gathering or any card game I can think of, does that make it a sport, I don't think so. People need to make the difference between "any activity based on skill" and sport. And anticipating all the "you gotta be quick with your hands" replies, to me, just having to be fast with your hands doesn't make it a sport. I do not think we should be calling competitive gaming a sport, but we should be calling it e-sport - why do you think there is a new word for it? There is a big difference. Cuesport/Billardsport or Dartsport also isn't physically demanding. You just need dexterity/precision with your hands and strategy. I honestly don't understand what the fuzz is all about, just because a word contains the word "sport"... It's not set in stone or anything. In Germany most people even call Chess a sport, in other countries they don't. In Korea e-sports is sports, in other countries it isn't. Why can't we just call it what it is, an online video game competition? We're probably the last generation alive that even have problems with video games as a legitimate hobby, frankly this obsession to appeal to an older generation who will never be interested in the games we play is ridiculous. In my opinion video games are a waste of time unless you design them and make profit
I hope by that standard then the only things you don't think are wastes of time are biological necessities and working.
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I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies.
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"Their physical needs had been seen to... occasionally poking a vacuum cleaner between their legs." Dunno about that. Calling insurance fraud.
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Is it just me or do no progamers think of their health when playing? To avoid problems with wrist/arm/should problems, you are supposed to have the whole forearm on the desk. Just about all the players I see have maybe 50% of their forearm on the desk, the rest is supported by the shoulders and so on. Not exactly brilliant if you want a long career.
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On September 30 2013 23:22 Oakenshield wrote:
I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies.
Well EG's dota team makes a very good mirror image of the recent Yankees. Relying on veterans and not winning anything seems like an apt description.
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On October 01 2013 00:04 hmsrenown wrote:Show nested quote +On September 30 2013 23:22 Oakenshield wrote:
I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies. Well EG's dota team makes a very good mirror image of the recent Yankees. Relying on veterans and not winning anything seems like an apt description.
Lmao that's 100% their LoL team, too. Quite astonishing how all the EG teams are so similar!
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On October 01 2013 00:07 UmberBane wrote:Show nested quote +On October 01 2013 00:04 hmsrenown wrote:On September 30 2013 23:22 Oakenshield wrote:
I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies. Well EG's dota team makes a very good mirror image of the recent Yankees. Relying on veterans and not winning anything seems like an apt description. Lmao that's 100% their LoL team, too. Quite astonishing how all the EG teams are so similar!
that is probably because they have the same strategy for picking up players/teams in all of their games
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When they say they are the "Yankees" of video games I don't think they're trying to insinuate that they're the best team, but that they're an organization at the pinnacle of gaming. To people who know nothing about esports I understand why they would try to draw a connection between themselves and other, more familiar sports.
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On October 01 2013 00:28 DODswe4 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 01 2013 00:07 UmberBane wrote:On October 01 2013 00:04 hmsrenown wrote:On September 30 2013 23:22 Oakenshield wrote:
I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies. Well EG's dota team makes a very good mirror image of the recent Yankees. Relying on veterans and not winning anything seems like an apt description. Lmao that's 100% their LoL team, too. Quite astonishing how all the EG teams are so similar! that is probably because they have the same strategy for picking up players/teams in all of their games
That was the implication, yes. 
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Anyone know which keyboard demu is using at 0:18? Looks like the perfect size.
Thx :D
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It's so weird to see Anna's name with Geoff's last name. Gotta get use to that.
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On October 01 2013 00:04 hmsrenown wrote:Show nested quote +On September 30 2013 23:22 Oakenshield wrote:
I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies. Well EG's dota team makes a very good mirror image of the recent Yankees. Relying on veterans and not winning anything seems like an apt description.
New DotA2 team in first month qualified for ESWC and won bigpoint tourney.
LoL team fell 1 game shy of qualifying for LoL Worlds.
It's like you guys don't even follow the scene.. you just hate on shit.
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On September 30 2013 23:22 Oakenshield wrote:
I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies.
As a Yankees fan, it's 27 championships, which is to say, out of the 111 world series played since the AL/NL merger in 1901, the Yankees have won almost 1 in every 4.
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On October 01 2013 04:16 kawaiiryuko wrote:Show nested quote +On September 30 2013 23:22 Oakenshield wrote:
I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies. As a Yankees fan, it's 27 championships, which is to say, out of the 111 world series played since the AL/NL merger in 1901, the Yankees have won almost 1 in every 4.
And Yankees fans will cling to that no matter how badly the team is doing that year. Like Dolphins and that perfect season from so long ago.
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On October 01 2013 02:47 iNcontroL wrote:Show nested quote +On October 01 2013 00:04 hmsrenown wrote:On September 30 2013 23:22 Oakenshield wrote:
I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies. Well EG's dota team makes a very good mirror image of the recent Yankees. Relying on veterans and not winning anything seems like an apt description. New DotA2 team in first month qualified for ESWC and won bigpoint tourney. LoL team fell 1 game shy of qualifying for LoL Worlds. It's like you guys don't even follow the scene.. you just hate on shit.
nice troll. some coverage would have been great
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On October 01 2013 04:48 Shelltoe wrote:Show nested quote +On October 01 2013 02:47 iNcontroL wrote:On October 01 2013 00:04 hmsrenown wrote:On September 30 2013 23:22 Oakenshield wrote:
I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies. Well EG's dota team makes a very good mirror image of the recent Yankees. Relying on veterans and not winning anything seems like an apt description. New DotA2 team in first month qualified for ESWC and won bigpoint tourney. LoL team fell 1 game shy of qualifying for LoL Worlds. It's like you guys don't even follow the scene.. you just hate on shit. nice troll. some coverage would have been great
Reporting on EG teams had never stopped trolls from hating on EG teams. It's not like they are looking for discussion anyways.
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yeah whatever ... still pretty sad to see literary zero coverage for an event like ESWC anywhere on the webs. wasn't it like pretty big some years ago?
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On October 01 2013 05:05 Shelltoe wrote:
yeah whatever ... still pretty sad to see literary zero coverage for an event like ESWC. wasn't it like pretty big some years ago?
TL can only cover so many events. I am sure it is covered in the EG website, but you need to go there to see it. I knew they qualified, but I found out through twitter.
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Nice article, wholesome exposure.
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On October 01 2013 02:47 iNcontroL wrote:Show nested quote +On October 01 2013 00:04 hmsrenown wrote:On September 30 2013 23:22 Oakenshield wrote:
I'm late to the party but I am literally in awe of those sports analogies. How many series have the Yankees won, 24? I like EG but there are fifteen Dota teams better than theirs so as a Dota fan it just feels like I'm reading flat out lies. Well EG's dota team makes a very good mirror image of the recent Yankees. Relying on veterans and not winning anything seems like an apt description. New DotA2 team in first month qualified for ESWC and won bigpoint tourney. LoL team fell 1 game shy of qualifying for LoL Worlds. It's like you guys don't even follow the scene.. you just hate on shit.
Bro It's sad to see so many people hate on this forums and have no respect. Especially recently.... They don't even notice that Jaedong has consistently posted good results... he may have not taken 1st place but 2nd place is nothing to spit at with such difficult tournaments.......
You may not be the yankees ( atleast not yet) but eSports is still young and EG is a serious contender in any event and always full of notable players
Keep up the good work guys <3 and good luck on all your teams!!!!!!
EG FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!
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