EPTBoxeR to become professional poker player - Page 14
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smOOthMayDie
United States997 Posts
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
On December 07 2013 00:45 farnham wrote: His mindset when playing games, to never surrender inspired a lot of young koreans and thats why its sad that he isnt trying another time. however i can kinda see that he doesnt want to do anything with SC2 anymore after how he got treated by those slayers basterds That reminds me of his game against Joyo or whoever it was on the island map where he killed all the Protoss transport units and forced a mineout on the starting islands after getting his butt kicked all game long. Scarlet with Banelings is pretty epic. The only game that ever ended up with the observers looking for transport units only to find the last Terran CC floating to the last mining base is just on a different level. | ||
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strongandbig
United States4858 Posts
Well, I guess it seems like boxer won't be playing for money anyway if gambling is illegal in SK, so I guess there's no difference | ||
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On December 07 2013 00:45 farnham wrote: you are absolutely right Boxer is a modern hero in korea. he made the whole starcraft programing scene possible and to be honest his game against nada (which had 3 million viewers a number no other starcraft 2 match ever achieved) probably was the reason why SC2 had some early success. His mindset when playing games, to never surrender inspired a lot of young koreans and thats why its sad that he isnt trying another time. however i can kinda see that he doesnt want to do anything with SC2 anymore after how he got treated by those slayers basterds I'm not Korean so he reached even further than Korea for me  | ||
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finkelboy
Italy372 Posts
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Moonsalt
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
On December 07 2013 00:52 strongandbig wrote: Ok so I thought the reason that sc players in general tend to go play poker was because of the specific transferable skills, specifically apm and high speed decision making. In other words, it was my impression that what sc players have a leg up on is playing many games online at the same time, and flipping through them very quickly, which makes it a more profitable and reliable way of making money. But being a spokesman seems like it would mean playing single high profile games at a time, which seems like it doesn't use any Starcraft skills at all? Am I missing something? Well, I guess it seems like boxer won't be playing for money anyway if gambling is illegal in SK, so I guess there's no difference well it's competitive, game of incomplete information like someone said earlier and I suppose the idea of being able to win money at the same time is more attractive than playing something like billard or chess | ||
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echO [W]
United States1495 Posts
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StatixEx
United Kingdom779 Posts
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suicideyear
Ivory Coast3016 Posts
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RiSkysc2
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Cheerio
Ukraine3178 Posts
On December 06 2013 12:39 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: This is so sad  I hope he finds happiness there though. happiness in poker? oh please... | ||
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Akimbo
Canada105 Posts
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marcesr
Germany1383 Posts
A big poker table with all the ex Starcraft pros would be a lot of fun. | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
I'm pretty happy fwiw, as long as you find proper balance, don't think someone playing 14 hours a day of starcraft is any happier | ||
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dogmode
Philippines491 Posts
On December 07 2013 00:52 strongandbig wrote: Ok so I thought the reason that sc players in general tend to go play poker was because of the specific transferable skills, specifically apm and high speed decision making. In other words, it was my impression that what sc players have a leg up on is playing many games online at the same time, and flipping through them very quickly, which makes it a more profitable and reliable way of making money. But being a spokesman seems like it would mean playing single high profile games at a time, which seems like it doesn't use any Starcraft skills at all? Am I missing something? Well, I guess it seems like boxer won't be playing for money anyway if gambling is illegal in SK, so I guess there's no difference this is probably the answer: On December 07 2013 02:12 Akimbo wrote: There is so many players ion poker now. the communities are just intertwined. im sure these ex-pro players are all friends/acquaintances on some level, its not a big jump to get into what people close to you are into... just look at jinro he's in poker now too right? he said it was into it a long time ago but im guessing that a factor may be because Nazgul also has links to poker (see: TLPoker) | ||
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SirGlinG
Sweden933 Posts
I was young and ignorant when he was in his prime, but I remember how I would smile everytime he'd play. Bringing nukes, bringing back mech. Watching Fantasy play was kind of like watching a robot performing his will. My favourite Broodwar memory is a TvT when he scouts a proxy barracks so early that the opponent cancels it, only to put up his own proxy barracks at the same place! And when I finally got to see him in Korea! Before Fantasys sc2 game in the gsl studio, how Boxer brings the chair from the last games winning booth (MC had killed in that chair in the game earlier) and the poor scrub from the other team has to watch Boxer drag a superchair over the floor into Fantasys booth. The scrub cringed and Fantasy won! I guess this is the last chance to post a pic of us. I got to feel like when it all started back when I was 16, every game of brood war made my jaw drop and Boxer was praised with blind idealism. Good times! ![[image loading]](http://www.freeimagehosting.net/t/3jaih.jpg) | ||
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On December 07 2013 02:28 ROOTFayth wrote: I'm pretty happy fwiw, as long as you find proper balance, don't think someone playing 14 hours a day of starcraft is any happier how many games do you have to grind to make a reasonable living? | ||
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echO [W]
United States1495 Posts
On December 07 2013 02:59 Sub40APM wrote: how many games do you have to grind to make a reasonable living? All depends on what stakes you're capable of beating. | ||
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shid0x
Korea (South)5014 Posts
Back then  ElkY was the new guy stepping into boxer palace.And now look at how the tables switched.... I want a poker star showmatch featuring them both ! Also you never really stop loving SC,i saw elky play starcraft I & II in a french show just a few weeks ago, he was enjoying it soo much it was pretty amusing | ||
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