You're thinking a guy called zim at WCG where he race switched at very last second and tried to cheese him, spectacularly failed and jaedong remarked "It was like I was playing against AI"

Happened twice actually. Zim was like a legit D- (think silver/gold), then later with a Japanese B- named kurOa. Both times JD compared them to the AI

is5-baseic

United States9 Posts

October 13 2013 17:39 GMT

#103

If you note the event schedule, it's clearly an event to promote a Japanese SC2 scene; there's five full hours dedicated to free play of sc2 before the event begins. Imagine toying around with a PC game you haven't heard too much about except that its the sequel to a game that was Massive in Korea, then seeing live on-stage a demonstration of what one can do in the game with dedicated practice and study.

If I were in Japan and knew a bunch of heavy gamers, I'd promote the hell out of this event to them! Worst case scenario, CJ Entus just went abroad to stomp a bunch of foreigners, as would be expected of any such show match. Best case scenario, this is the start point of a stronger Japanese SC2 scene and in an amusing reversal of SC:BW's fate, Japan gets a native translation for Legacy of the Void. I hope team Japan takes at least one game off of CJ Entus and inspires a visible SC2 scene in Japan.

ChoDing

United States740 Posts

October 13 2013 21:17 GMT

#104

On October 14 2013 02:39 is5-baseic wrote:
If you note the event schedule, it's clearly an event to promote a Japanese SC2 scene; there's five full hours dedicated to free play of sc2 before the event begins. Imagine toying around with a PC game you haven't heard too much about except that its the sequel to a game that was Massive in Korea, then seeing live on-stage a demonstration of what one can do in the game with dedicated practice and study.

If I were in Japan and knew a bunch of heavy gamers, I'd promote the hell out of this event to them! Worst case scenario, CJ Entus just went abroad to stomp a bunch of foreigners, as would be expected of any such show match. Best case scenario, this is the start point of a stronger Japanese SC2 scene and in an amusing reversal of SC:BW's fate, Japan gets a native translation for Legacy of the Void. I hope team Japan takes at least one game off of CJ Entus and inspires a visible SC2 scene in Japan.

JHAHAHAHHAHAH

testthewest

Germany274 Posts

October 13 2013 21:22 GMT

#105

"Also, head coach Park says there will be a reveal of some kind of special parody music video featuring the CJ guys."

Oh wow, how much humiliation must a pro gamer be able to take.

You came to play starcraft, then you must play dance-hero!

zephiK

United States372 Posts

October 13 2013 22:35 GMT

#106

did trOt go over to CJ Entus too as he is there and used to be apart of EGTL?

Sway.746

United States95 Posts

October 13 2013 22:37 GMT

#107

No kuroa is really disappointing. He's easily the best Japan has to offer, and not playing in this showmatch? Current US GM and highly ranked in Korea master league...

Dodgin

Canada39254 Posts

October 13 2013 22:39 GMT

#108

On October 14 2013 07:35 zephiK wrote:
did trOt go over to CJ Entus too as he is there and used to be apart of EGTL?

https://twitter.com/CJ_trOt

yep

Darkhorse

United States23455 Posts

October 13 2013 22:48 GMT

#109

On October 14 2013 07:35 zephiK wrote:
did trOt go over to CJ Entus too as he is there and used to be apart of EGTL?

Yeah after EG closed their house.

Darkhorse

United States23455 Posts

October 13 2013 23:28 GMT

#110

So essentially CJ is going to dick around and have fun? These won't be close.

Dontkillme

Korea (South)806 Posts

October 13 2013 23:55 GMT

#111

CJ is going to dominate unless the Japanese players can pull something big out of their ass

Brutaxilos

United States2629 Posts

October 14 2013 00:08 GMT

#112

Would be pretty interested with a Japan vs China showmatch too. I don't think facing off against Korea right now is a good idea haha

Shinta)

United States1716 Posts

October 14 2013 02:59 GMT

#113

On October 14 2013 09:08 Brutaxilos wrote:
Would be pretty interested with a Japan vs China showmatch too. I don't think facing off against Korea right now is a good idea haha

Japan and Korea have had these kinds of show matches in the past....
JeSPA was formed with very close ties to KeSPA (please note however that JeSPA pretty much has no money or power to host stuff)
It's always been to support eSports. Nobody cares if someone gets stomped, this is a good opportunity for both parties.

Also, Japan has had several show matches with Taiwan afaik. A lot of these players are noteworthy. They aren't top world players, but they are competitive in Japan, and many of them have tried to qualify for things like WCS NA, IPL, and other events.
It may be dated, and the Japanese don't make too many showings, but they have constant players, and showing them support will only help boost their scene.

samurai80

Japan4225 Posts

October 14 2013 03:56 GMT

#114

Cool, I didn't know about this showmatch. The Japanese team does not include many players I heard of, only breek and ENZA, although breek is supposed to have retired. I'm surprised players like Nemuke or Nazomen aren't in the Japanese team, especially as today is a holiday in Japan.
頑張れ日本！応援するから面白いプレーを見せてください～　：）

HolyArrow

United States7116 Posts

October 14 2013 06:38 GMT

#115

Anyone know anything about a possible English cast for this? I'd like to catch this tonight

GreyKnight

United States4720 Posts

October 14 2013 07:05 GMT

#116

On October 13 2013 18:50 nachtkap wrote:

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Do they have a pro scene in other (PS3 based) e-sports?
The complete lack Japanese e-sport has seemed really odd to me for a while. Every other country that has a very high Human Development Index or is a major industial nation has a e-sports scene. Everyone except Japan..... oh neither does India I just noticed that.

India has one of the lowest HDI in the world and isn't industrialized at all.

coverpunch

United States2093 Posts

October 14 2013 07:19 GMT

#117

On October 13 2013 18:50 nachtkap wrote:

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Japan does have e-sports but mostly in fighting games. They don't have much presence in PC games.

I hope events like this help Japan develop PC games and especially StarCraft. It would be interesting if some of their younger promising go or shogi players tried real-time strategy and became competitive.

samurai80

Japan4225 Posts

October 14 2013 08:45 GMT

#118

In Japan the cliché for PC games is pretty much "eroge" (=erotic games). They popularized "famicoms" after all (family computers, also called telebi games), they pushed what they did the best. Now that the japanese video game industry isn't in a very good shape (except for mobile games), there may finally be some turn around about their interest in PC games.

sonigo

Switzerland38 Posts

October 14 2013 09:28 GMT

#119

can anyone link the japanese stream?

glzElectromaster

Japan2474 Posts

October 14 2013 09:43 GMT

#120

http://www.twitch.tv/esportssquare This is the twitch stream. They're going to stream on Niconama too but I think Twitch is more accessible lol.

They're also running 10 minutes too apparently