EPT[mYi]Reynor youngest player to reach GM - Page 5
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RPR_Tempest
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Faust852
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magictonno
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On August 09 2014 23:43 rudimentalfeelthelov wrote: He has 7000 games played on his EU account alone. I've checked battle.net profiles of different pro players and I haven't found a single one with so many. Even desrow who is the least talented aspiring pro in the scene (although he is entertaining, kind and funny) has been grandmaster since forever with much less played games so I would go easy on calling this kid a prodigy. Yes yes, and ofc you were gm at 9 years old with just 1k games, yes sure.... I'll try to translate you an italian proverb: "when the fox can't reach grapes, says it's acerb" | ||
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Psychonian
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Zheryn
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Faust852
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On August 10 2014 02:37 Zheryn wrote: How do you know the age of the players behind every sc2 account that has ever been GM? It's not like the identity of all GM players are known? To be fair 12y is really young so that won't be really shocking that he's the youngest  Especially because it's also really rare to start playing a game like sc2 at 9/10yo. | ||
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Spirit.iMK
Italy19 Posts
On August 10 2014 02:37 Zheryn wrote: How do you know the age of the players behind every sc2 account that has ever been GM? It's not like the identity of all GM players are known? Tbh, it should have been worded "the youngest KNOWN player". Remarkable feat anyway. For those who wondered about the 7k games played (they are way less, by the way), there's one thing to say, as I know him personally: he has been playing for a long time, and I had to put two chairs one on top of another plus a pillow to have him reach the keyboard less than one year ago. Some who attended DH Bucharest in 2013 may even remember this. The greatest amount of his games, the earliest, were played mouse only, as he wasn't able to reach both mouse and keyboard due to being little. Still as today he doesn't cover the full keybindings range with his hand. | ||
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SuperHofmann
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WGT-Baal
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RaNgeD
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Araneae
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On August 10 2014 02:20 iAmJeffReY wrote: 7,000K.... 7,000,000 games isn't much?!?! HUehue That aside. Why are people so angry here. Haha, I think I was going to write 7k, but got the rest there without thinking | ||
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Circumstance
United States11403 Posts
Congratulations to Reynor. I LOVE seeing stories about young people being successful and doing awesome things in fields with people who are much older, and I hope he continues to have tremendous success in the game. | ||
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GreenMash
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Faust852
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On August 10 2014 04:01 Circumstance wrote: ITT: People who think they know better about the lifestyle of someone who's intelligent enough to make GM at 12 than he does. Congratulations to Reynor. I LOVE seeing stories about young people being successful and doing awesome things in fields with people who are much older, and I hope he continues to have tremendous success in the game. painuser made GM once. | ||
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nkr
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painuser finished third at an mlg, not sure what you're trying to say he was a good player by foreign standards in early WoL | ||
The_Templar
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nkr
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On August 10 2014 04:08 The_Templar wrote: Well done Reynor. I have two brothers about your age and they are both awful :\ you might want to have them checked out by a neurologist, because according to this thread, if u aren't gm by the age of 6, you are probably mentally retarded! | ||
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Faust852
Luxembourg4004 Posts
On August 10 2014 04:06 nkr wrote: painuser finished third at an mlg, not sure what you're trying to say he was a good player by foreign standards in early WoL My point was that even if he was good at the game for a while, he wasn't intelligent enough to manage an heathly lifestyle and finish being terrible a the game and sleeping like 3h a day for years. Managing to reach GM doesn't make you responsible, especially if you are 12. You need support to learn how to live healty. | ||
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nkr
Sweden5451 Posts
On August 10 2014 04:13 Faust852 wrote: My point was that even if he was good at the game for a while, he wasn't intelligent enough to manage an heathly lifestyle and finish being terrible a the game and sleeping like 3h a day for years. Managing to reach GM doesn't make you responsible, especially if you are 12. You need support to learn how to live healty. good thing he has parents then, which if you had read the thread instead of being stuck on bashing his lifestyle, you would have realized they are heavily involved in this | ||
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Faust852
Luxembourg4004 Posts
On August 10 2014 04:15 nkr wrote: good thing he has parents then, which if you had read the thread instead of being stuck on bashing his lifestyle, you would have realized they are heavily involved in this Because letting your kid play past 4AM is being heavily involved like they should. | ||
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