|
Off-topic discussions pertaining to Gamergate will be moderated from page 5 onwards. |
Also, lmao at this:
During breaks between matches at the Lincoln, the producers aired personalizing video interviews with the contestants, mostly using subtitles, and it was easy, for an American raised on Mike Tyson and Neon Deion, to see why Scarlett’s differentiation seemed to matter. Here was Bomber: “Every single loss is a life lesson.” And last year’s world champion, sOs: “In my opinion, I don’t have the strongest mind-set as a professional player.” (He noted, “I think we’re all equally handsome.”) A relative newcomer named Trap: “When I was a rookie, I had the wrong mind-set toward losses. . . . I was overwhelmed with pessimism. I think that’s what kept me from coming out of my shell.” DongRaeGu: “I can utilize Red Bull Battle Grounds as potent fertilizer for a rich harvest next season.” He added, “I can’t stand being smacked around any longer.” Scarlett (whose reticence, in this instance, was pretty much the norm): “Mostly, success for me would be about being happy.” Only PartinG diverted from the humble messaging. “I am one of the gods,” he said.
Gotta love PartinG (especially since he backs it up). OTOH, I wish this writer could have met MC, who basically takes the stereotype of the quiet humble progamer and blows it to smithereens. Funny that arguably the two most successful Protoss in SC2 history are both such cocky mofos. I guess something about Toss just attracts those with a lot of swag 
|
League of Legends can brag about their shitty article in PlayBoys, SC2 got a feature in the New Yorker :D
My day has been made. 
|
On November 18 2014 05:41 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2014 05:40 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 18 2014 05:39 The_Templar wrote:
I would send this to my family, but... Scarlett. ._. It was also pretty long, but covered a lot of different aspects of the professional scene.
It was a decent read anyway. I'm sure your family would love to know more about your best friend. Send it anyway (I'm gonna send it to mine) Scarlett is not my friend
Friend, crush, whatever you wanna call it 
|
Wow, what a nice read! As a very avid/vocal fan, and one of the biggest in the LR threads, I must say I really liked this. A very good coverage of the Starcraft 2 professional scene from an outsiders POV and definitely a good entry point for those who don't know/are confused as to exactly what Starcraft is about. Very long and thorough and meanders like lichter said but it serves it's purpose well! Although it was Polt that sent Naniwa packing, not DRG
I also loved the part about Scarlett beating the Chinese locals! An actual grandmaster before even playing sc2!
|
Cool, nice way to get some exposure for SC2! I actually really liked the tone throughout the whole article, well written. I can say that I'm proud to be part of this community. Good times
|
United States15275 Posts
Meandering is what the New Yorker does. Chatty, accessible writing at its best.
|
your Country52798 Posts
On November 18 2014 05:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2014 05:41 The_Templar wrote:On November 18 2014 05:40 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 18 2014 05:39 The_Templar wrote:
I would send this to my family, but... Scarlett. ._. It was also pretty long, but covered a lot of different aspects of the professional scene.
It was a decent read anyway. I'm sure your family would love to know more about your best friend. Send it anyway (I'm gonna send it to mine) Scarlett is not my friend Friend, crush, whatever you wanna call it
That's not very funny any more, the joke has gotten old
|
On November 18 2014 06:36 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2014 05:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 18 2014 05:41 The_Templar wrote:On November 18 2014 05:40 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 18 2014 05:39 The_Templar wrote:
I would send this to my family, but... Scarlett. ._. It was also pretty long, but covered a lot of different aspects of the professional scene.
It was a decent read anyway. I'm sure your family would love to know more about your best friend. Send it anyway (I'm gonna send it to mine) Scarlett is not my friend Friend, crush, whatever you wanna call it That's not very funny any more, the joke has gotten old
Okay fine... can I go back to making jokes about you being a spoiled rich kid or is that too old too?
|
your Country52798 Posts
On November 18 2014 06:36 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2014 06:36 The_Templar wrote:On November 18 2014 05:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 18 2014 05:41 The_Templar wrote:On November 18 2014 05:40 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 18 2014 05:39 The_Templar wrote:
I would send this to my family, but... Scarlett. ._. It was also pretty long, but covered a lot of different aspects of the professional scene.
It was a decent read anyway. I'm sure your family would love to know more about your best friend. Send it anyway (I'm gonna send it to mine) Scarlett is not my friend Friend, crush, whatever you wanna call it That's not very funny any more, the joke has gotten old Okay fine... can I go back to making jokes about you being a spoiled rich kid or is that too old too?
That is also too old and preferably restricted to that WCS finals thread.
|
On November 18 2014 06:40 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2014 06:36 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 18 2014 06:36 The_Templar wrote:On November 18 2014 05:44 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 18 2014 05:41 The_Templar wrote:On November 18 2014 05:40 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:On November 18 2014 05:39 The_Templar wrote:
I would send this to my family, but... Scarlett. ._. It was also pretty long, but covered a lot of different aspects of the professional scene.
It was a decent read anyway. I'm sure your family would love to know more about your best friend. Send it anyway (I'm gonna send it to mine) Scarlett is not my friend Friend, crush, whatever you wanna call it That's not very funny any more, the joke has gotten old Okay fine... can I go back to making jokes about you being a spoiled rich kid or is that too old too? That is also too old and preferably restricted to that WCS finals thread.
Well damn it, now I have no more jokes about you... uh... crap... how's the weather up there?
|
Really like how this turned out. I'd heard this was happening thanks to the New Yorker when she did her AMAA, but I'm still pleasantly surprised by how it's turned out.
|
Finally got around to this mammoth of an article. Incredible read.
|
Cool article. I love how the author spend so much time in the beginning trying to legitimize the difficulty and competitiveness of SC2.
|
On November 18 2014 05:42 awesomoecalypse wrote:Funny that arguably the two most successful Protoss in SC2 history are both such cocky mofos. I guess something about Toss just attracts those with a lot of swag
I think it has to do with Toss being able to control the flow of the game. If 'Toss is going for a blink all-in, you don't decide "Well, I'm going to go for a composition that's good against blink Stalker builds, so no you won't.", you either survive what they throw at you or... you don't.
|
On November 18 2014 14:42 madnessman wrote:
Cool article. I love how the author spend so much time in the beginning trying to legitimize the difficulty and competitiveness of SC2.
That was my favorite part. A lot of articles out there seem to only care about the fact that its a computer game.
|
On November 18 2014 03:55 SFDuality wrote:
If there's to be an official "face of Starcraft"
It's definitely Kerrigan right now.
|
I do love the stab at Naniwa
|
On November 18 2014 15:09 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
I do love the stab at Naniwa
stab? I loved the nani part, him being mentioned beating her 4:2 was <3 and made me wish even more he would come back to take the crown of king in the north and best foreigner.
|
Scarlett is the greatest ! Great article, love it !
|
Incredible article for the layman They did one hell of a job.
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPT
