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Lol Taeja is not a 'faceless Korean."
He has a personality, it's just... very dry and very Taeja. He does give a lot of interviews, he streams a lot, and he's pretty active on twitter.
Ultimately if you win enough tournaments people will recognize your face, regardless of how boring you are!
I think the 'faceless' Korean term is more suitable to the kind of guys who you don't really hear much about until they come around and knock your favorite player out of a bracket and dive back into darkness. Alive is the perfect faceless Terran to me. He is very good, but his playstyle is really generic, he doesn't really do many interviews (at least on TL) and a lot of people just don't really care about him (sorry Alive!).
I like reading about all these progamers and I really appreciate interviews that give you a look into their personality. Questions like, "do you think you're going to win" don't really do much to help me like a player like Alive, IMO.
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Jjakji answers a single question with more words than TaeJa has in his entire interview. ;;
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On March 14 2014 00:51 MysterySC wrote:Honestly, liquid says they really like certain players... Taeja is the definition of faceless korean, like how can someone be more boring 
We call Koreans that are extremely successful and well-known faceless now? What the fuck is wrong with you people?
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I hate when I have to say what everyone else said, lol
Those pauses were awkward and a bit of funny first time you read them though 
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Jjakji's the man! and props to Philip.
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what I don't understand is why Taeja wouldn't even give a good interview for Team Liquid.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On March 14 2014 04:54 Popkiller wrote:
what I don't understand is why Taeja wouldn't even give a good interview for Team Liquid.
What I don't understand is why Taeja doesn't breakdance after a tournament win. My guess is he can't. Some people aren't good at talking, or dancing, or playing games, or giving interviews.
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rofl, I didn't realize Bogus was at this event.
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
I thought we instituted a policy to only interview Taeja with San?
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On March 14 2014 04:03 DinoMight wrote:
Lol Taeja is not a 'faceless Korean."
He has a personality, it's just... very dry and very Taeja. He does give a lot of interviews, he streams a lot, and he's pretty active on twitter.
Ultimately if you win enough tournaments people will recognize your face, regardless of how boring you are!
I think the 'faceless' Korean term is more suitable to the kind of guys who you don't really hear much about until they come around and knock your favorite player out of a bracket and dive back into darkness. Alive is the perfect faceless Terran to me. He is very good, but his playstyle is really generic, he doesn't really do many interviews (at least on TL) and a lot of people just don't really care about him (sorry Alive!).
I like reading about all these progamers and I really appreciate interviews that give you a look into their personality. Questions like, "do you think you're going to win" don't really do much to help me like a player like Alive, IMO.
Alive is not faceless. He has produced many exciting games and is relevant for so long.
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Sorry if my "faceless" comment offended anyone. All I'm trying to say is that he gets flown to so many more tournaments than any other koreans. Sure he's really great, no one would ever deny that but is he really that many championships better than soO, Innovation Soulkey... I don't think anybody would say that. I'm all for giving players opportunity but as a independent observer of the game, is giving one player a million opportunities to shine when that player cares so little about the struggling scene to say 2 words in an interview then I would say its really not the best investment.
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On March 14 2014 05:57 MysterySC wrote:
Sorry if my "faceless" comment offended anyone. All I'm trying to say is that he gets flown to so many more tournaments than any other koreans. Sure he's really great, no one would ever deny that but is he really that many championships better than soO, Innovation Soulkey... I don't think anybody would say that. I'm all for giving players opportunity but as a independent observer of the game, is giving one player a million opportunities to shine when that player cares so little about the struggling scene to say 2 words in an interview then I would say its really not the best investment.
the best investments are the best players. what kind of fairy tale world do you live in where people have to have esports passion in order to provide quality entertainment with high level play
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I find his games boring, his personality more boring and his seeming lack of care when he wins things just baffling. I understand that some people find him entertaining, I don't.
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taeja games are definitely not boring... o.O
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Thanks for these interviews! jjakji's is nice; I feel bad that his 3rd place match in SSC was affected by his match with Hyun, but oh well, it is what it is. Best of luck to jjakji!
Taeja's interview==>LOL too good 
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I like Taeja but as a person he's boring as hell. One helluva player though
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Someone gives him an opportunity to speak with his fans and he just wastes their time ? I've been a fan of his since the esl days but that seems dodgy to me.
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On March 14 2014 05:57 MysterySC wrote:
Sorry if my "faceless" comment offended anyone. All I'm trying to say is that he gets flown to so many more tournaments than any other koreans. Sure he's really great, no one would ever deny that but is he really that many championships better than soO, Innovation Soulkey... I don't think anybody would say that. I'm all for giving players opportunity but as a independent observer of the game, is giving one player a million opportunities to shine when that player cares so little about the struggling scene to say 2 words in an interview then I would say its really not the best investment.
With that logic so many players would be dropped. Just take a look at most teams, they are filled with dead weight.
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On March 14 2014 05:17 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
rofl, I didn't realize Bogus was at this event.
People who think innovation is boring have obviously never seen him karaoke.
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