• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 01:54
CET 07:54
KST 15:54
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book13Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289HomeStory Cup 28 - Info & Preview13Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info8herO wins SC2 All-Star Invitational14
Community News
LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals (Feb 10-16)1Weekly Cups (Feb 2-8): Classic, Solar, MaxPax win2Nexon's StarCraft game could be FPS, led by UMS maker7PIG STY FESTIVAL 7.0! (19 Feb - 1 Mar)10Weekly Cups (Jan 26-Feb 1): herO, Clem, ByuN, Classic win2
StarCraft 2
General
Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book Nexon's StarCraft game could be FPS, led by UMS maker Terran Scanner Sweep How do you think the 5.0.15 balance patch (Oct 2025) for StarCraft II has affected the game?
Tourneys
PIG STY FESTIVAL 7.0! (19 Feb - 1 Mar) LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals (Feb 10-16) Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL Season 4 announced for March-April WardiTV Mondays
Strategy
Custom Maps
Map Editor closed ? [A] Starcraft Sound Mod
External Content
Mutation # 512 Overclocked The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 511 Temple of Rebirth Mutation # 510 Safety Violation
Brood War
General
Gypsy to Korea [ASL21] Potential Map Candidates BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion Liquipedia.net NEEDS editors for Brood War
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues Escore Tournament StarCraft Season 1 Small VOD Thread 2.0 KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Zealot bombing is no longer popular? Simple Questions, Simple Answers Current Meta
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Diablo 2 thread Battle Aces/David Kim RTS Megathread ZeroSpace Megathread EVE Corporation
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
YouTube Thread US Politics Mega-thread Sex and weight loss Russo-Ukrainian War Thread The Games Industry And ATVI
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club! The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Play, Watch, Drink: Esports …
TrAiDoS
My 2025 Magic: The Gathering…
DARKING
Life Update and thoughts.
FuDDx
How do archons sleep?
8882
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1851 users

Rise of the eSports Hero (EG Documentary) - Page 4

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next All
Undead1993
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany17651 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-27 21:32:21
October 27 2013 21:22 GMT
#61
very touching, these moments when huk won i remember it i stayed up for so long. this was awesome
and i still can't believe idra first got kicked out of EG and then we lost him completely. he was the icon of foreign sc2 of foreign dedication. i mean we still have huk and nani, and now snute and scarlett. but he was the first, at least for me, who was outstanding. i am going to go in a corner and QQ a little.
SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO
forsooth
Profile Joined February 2011
United States3648 Posts
October 27 2013 21:37 GMT
#62
On October 27 2013 18:59 TurnipThrowingPeach wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 27 2013 16:05 Shock710 wrote:
wow great summary i really wanna watch!!!
oooh here it is http://www.globaltv.com/obsessions/video/rise of the esports hero/video.html?v=55833155764
nvm...cant watch from Australia


Someone on twitter recommended the addon "Hola" (http://hola.org/). It allows you to change your vpn to Canada and the video will buffer then start. It's working for me. I'm excited to watch right now! Eeee!!!

Worked like a charm, thanks very much.
EJK
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
United States1302 Posts
October 27 2013 21:52 GMT
#63
On October 27 2013 23:47 Grovbolle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 27 2013 23:32 NightOfTheDead wrote:
Why would you release a documentary about global esports, only for Canadians to watch. That stinks. I wont be changing my vpn cause of their dumb ass website policy. GlobalTV the irony.

Ironic indeed

canada finally has something that everyone else wants
Sc2 Terran Coach, top 16GM NA - interested in coaching? Message me on teamliquid!
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
October 27 2013 21:53 GMT
#64
On October 28 2013 06:52 Smurfett3 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 27 2013 23:47 Grovbolle wrote:
On October 27 2013 23:32 NightOfTheDead wrote:
Why would you release a documentary about global esports, only for Canadians to watch. That stinks. I wont be changing my vpn cause of their dumb ass website policy. GlobalTV the irony.

Ironic indeed

canada finally has something that everyone else wants

Nonsense. When the world wanted Justin Bieber and Celine Dion, we were happy to hand them over.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8306 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-27 23:08:21
October 27 2013 23:07 GMT
#65
At the commercial break before the last ten minute segment. Great documentary so far I'd say but I hate having to relive HuK's NASL 3 run. That was SUCH a heartbreak of a tournament as a Canadian starcraft fan. Worth it to relive MLG Orlando though
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
October 27 2013 23:10 GMT
#66
Was this the documentary that EG was filming for a long time? I thought it was under a diff title?
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
fzeroonline
Profile Joined December 2012
89 Posts
October 27 2013 23:47 GMT
#67
amazing documentary, great way to introduce someone to esports
MADeo
Profile Joined June 2013
Canada1 Post
October 27 2013 23:50 GMT
#68
On October 28 2013 08:10 tshi wrote:
Was this the documentary that EG was filming for a long time? I thought it was under a diff title?



The in production title was "PC Bang: Rise of the eSports Hero"

Tezkat
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada72 Posts
October 28 2013 00:01 GMT
#69
On October 28 2013 08:10 tshi wrote:
Was this the documentary that EG was filming for a long time? I thought it was under a diff title?


They had two different documentary teams following them around in 2011. This was one of them. The other was Good Game, by Mary Ratliff.

http://goodgamemovie.com/
B_Type13X2
Profile Joined October 2012
Canada122 Posts
October 28 2013 08:19 GMT
#70
Great documentary, I enjoyed every aspect of it. As for the portrayal of Huk it was very vague as to what Huk was doing that was demanding in the documentary and portrayed the manager much more sympathetically. It was because of that bit of theater that I had a hard time rooting for him (Even knowing what the result would be ahead of time.) to win and felt like he got a taste of Karma. But that would have more to do with the slot time and the drama there is private between Huk and management. I wont speculate much on it but I can relate in so far as where I work I've been with the same crew for 3 years, I love those people to death, they support me I support them. However those bonds of friendship in a professional setting allows people to take liberties with one another. I have said "Fuck you" and meant it and had to walk away several times. That is the reality of spending 84 hours a week together, and the folks at EG spend more then that amount of time together. What struck me most was how hard Geoff took his performances. I assumed that although Geoff was a player at that time, that he tried and although he got poor results that it didn't hurt him as much as this portrayed. It showed the other side of the coin the deeply motivated person coming to terms with the reality that it was time to hang up the mouse and move on to the other side of the industry.


And I don't mean to be rude to the international fans it sucks for you not to be able to see it direct from global without installing something but I have to say suck it up to the Americans. For once your on the wrong side of distribution rights and the QQ is epic. To get to experience HULU and a netflix that's worth paying for I've had to do much more then install a single program. So sorry to say I don't have sympathy that for once your mildly inconvenienced by it; now you know how the rest of the world feels when they would like to watch a TV show but get that, "Cannot be played from your location" notice. Install the program and do what the rest of the world does and move on with it.

Half the fun of the internet is untwisting the 20 layers of BS around everything
LuckoftheIrish
Profile Joined November 2011
United States4791 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-28 09:28:07
October 28 2013 09:22 GMT
#71
I'm watching it now, and oh my god it's amazing. Really fantastic. Except for watching Idra lose to MC. That still makes me sad. The finals should have been Huk/Idra at MLG Orlando 2011.
On Twitter @GosuGamers_LotI | Grubby has a huge head!
Sparks Ignite
Profile Joined November 2012
Canada3 Posts
October 28 2013 13:11 GMT
#72
Fantastic Documentary. Excellent Exposure.
[NrG] SparksIgnite | Masters | Protoss | NA
Chaggi
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)1936 Posts
October 28 2013 13:14 GMT
#73
Great documentary, surprised at how honest a lot of people from EG were and not just a giant PR firm. It made me like Idra and InControl a lot more. Never really disliked them but it really fleshed them out as human. Big props for InControl cause he took his losses pretty hard and that's not something we've ever really seen.

However lol @ HuK's portrayal...
Green_25
Profile Joined June 2013
Great Britain696 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-28 15:28:56
October 28 2013 15:27 GMT
#74
On October 28 2013 06:22 Undead1993 wrote:
very touching, these moments when huk won i remember it i stayed up for so long. this was awesome
and i still can't believe idra first got kicked out of EG and then we lost him completely. he was the icon of foreign sc2 of foreign dedication. i mean we still have huk and nani, and now snute and scarlett. but he was the first, at least for me, who was outstanding. i am going to go in a corner and QQ a little.

Honestly Idra was once a really good player but he lost his real passion long ago and became toxic as a role model for foreigners, the scene (and Idra himself) is better off with him retired.
Reaps
Profile Joined June 2012
United Kingdom1280 Posts
October 28 2013 15:41 GMT
#75
On October 29 2013 00:27 Green_25 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 28 2013 06:22 Undead1993 wrote:
very touching, these moments when huk won i remember it i stayed up for so long. this was awesome
and i still can't believe idra first got kicked out of EG and then we lost him completely. he was the icon of foreign sc2 of foreign dedication. i mean we still have huk and nani, and now snute and scarlett. but he was the first, at least for me, who was outstanding. i am going to go in a corner and QQ a little.

Honestly Idra was once a really good player but he lost his real passion long ago and became toxic as a role model for foreigners, the scene (and Idra himself) is better off with him retired.


I don't see how the "scene" is better off without him when he bought the most attention to it and also probably the most viewers no matters how good or bad he was playing.

Better for himself is probably right though.
Green_25
Profile Joined June 2013
Great Britain696 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-28 15:52:13
October 28 2013 15:51 GMT
#76
On October 29 2013 00:41 Reaps wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2013 00:27 Green_25 wrote:
On October 28 2013 06:22 Undead1993 wrote:
very touching, these moments when huk won i remember it i stayed up for so long. this was awesome
and i still can't believe idra first got kicked out of EG and then we lost him completely. he was the icon of foreign sc2 of foreign dedication. i mean we still have huk and nani, and now snute and scarlett. but he was the first, at least for me, who was outstanding. i am going to go in a corner and QQ a little.

Honestly Idra was once a really good player but he lost his real passion long ago and became toxic as a role model for foreigners, the scene (and Idra himself) is better off with him retired.


I don't see how the "scene" is better off without him when he bought the most attention to it and also probably the most viewers no matters how good or bad he was playing.

Better for himself is probably right though.

Yeah, but he had a bad mindset which was transferred to his fans. Probably 50% of his viewers watched him in hope of seeing rage anyway, they didn't actually like him. The whole thing was just toxic and overall not good for the community.

Besides, as a fan/player and not a member of EG's staff, I don't care about viewer counts, I'm more interested in foreign players getting better at starcraft.
Bazik
Profile Joined September 2010
Portugal104 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-28 17:19:47
October 28 2013 16:19 GMT
#77
Awesome Hola qorked like a charm :D Thx

Awesome Doc.

Thorin
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
601 Posts
October 28 2013 18:05 GMT
#78
"In 2013, Chris won several eSports tournaments, reclaiming his spot as one of North America's top Starcraft II players."


Guess I really haven't been following SC2 closely enough.
Undead1993
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany17651 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-28 20:16:39
October 28 2013 20:14 GMT
#79
On October 29 2013 03:05 Thorin wrote:
Show nested quote +
"In 2013, Chris won several eSports tournaments, reclaiming his spot as one of North America's top Starcraft II players."


Guess I really haven't been following SC2 closely enough.

he did win some of these smaller na lan tournaments. and got into the final of the red bull training grounds. it's true.
SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO
JazzJackrabbit
Profile Joined March 2012
Canada1272 Posts
October 29 2013 01:12 GMT
#80
On October 29 2013 05:14 Undead1993 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 29 2013 03:05 Thorin wrote:
"In 2013, Chris won several eSports tournaments, reclaiming his spot as one of North America's top Starcraft II players."


Guess I really haven't been following SC2 closely enough.

he did win some of these smaller na lan tournaments. and got into the final of the red bull training grounds. it's true.

Getting to the final =/= winning.

Only thing Huk has won this year was Lan Hammer. Not to take anything away from that win but he has most certainly not won "several tournaments" this year.
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 2h 6m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
SortOf 170
ProTech134
FoxeR 51
StarCraft: Brood War
Shuttle 348
actioN 246
Leta 190
PianO 118
Noble 20
Sacsri 15
soO 15
Icarus 12
zelot 6
Dota 2
XaKoH 268
Counter-Strike
m0e_tv469
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King60
Other Games
summit1g9159
WinterStarcraft502
hungrybox344
C9.Mang0264
Tasteless184
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick660
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• practicex 38
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Scarra1573
• Lourlo1131
• Stunt533
• HappyZerGling105
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
2h 6m
LiuLi Cup
4h 6m
Clem vs Rogue
SHIN vs Cyan
Replay Cast
17h 6m
The PondCast
1d 3h
KCM Race Survival
1d 3h
LiuLi Cup
1d 4h
Scarlett vs TriGGeR
ByuN vs herO
Replay Cast
1d 17h
Online Event
2 days
LiuLi Cup
2 days
Serral vs Zoun
Cure vs Classic
Big Brain Bouts
2 days
Serral vs TBD
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
2 days
RSL Revival
3 days
LiuLi Cup
3 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
3 days
RSL Revival
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
LiuLi Cup
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
LiuLi Cup
5 days
Wardi Open
5 days
Monday Night Weeklies
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
WardiTV Winter Champion…
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-02-09
Rongyi Cup S3
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals
Nations Cup 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual
eXTREMESLAND 2025
SL Budapest Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S1: W8
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
RSL Revival: Season 4
WardiTV Winter 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
FISSURE Playground #3
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League Season 23
ESL Pro League Season 23
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.