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Petraeus Retiring from Fulltime SC2 - Page 3

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mYiKane
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada1772 Posts
July 29 2015 02:50 GMT
#41
On July 29 2015 07:43 Clonester wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2015 07:37 SC2Towelie wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:47 swag_bro wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:19 OtherWorld wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:16 Obamarauder wrote:
So how did Polt manage it? Going to uni, learning english and still highly competitive in foreign scene? i know hes korean blah blah blah but yea

I think the answer involves very little sleep and partying.


How did Stephano manage to win tournaments without practicing a single minute? Everyone is different and some players are good and some players completely suck. Stephano was one of those players who never had to practiced and still raped the shit out of scrubs.


"Without practicing a single minute" ...you don't actually believe that do you?


you got swag_broed.

All these foreign players who "retire partial" but still grind their easy money in the WCS. I dont know what sucks more, that they dont get beaten out by more hungry and training players or that they do not channel their whole potential anymore. I think the first one.


That's because we've put 100x more hours in than these "hungry and training" players. Sure, they may have been practicing 10 hours a day for the past 2 months in preparation for the upcoming WCS qualifiers, but we've traveled around the world, made MANY sacrifices, and practiced thousands of hours to get where we are today, even if we are partially retired. I think we deserve some reward for that, don't you?
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
July 29 2015 03:36 GMT
#42
I blame this on his Swarm host war game against Stephano from last year.
Garemie
Profile Joined April 2011
United States248 Posts
July 29 2015 03:58 GMT
#43
This news is so old I thought it said "Petraeus Returning to Fulltime SC2"
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Cluster__
Profile Joined September 2013
United States328 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-29 04:22:47
July 29 2015 04:21 GMT
#44
On July 29 2015 12:58 Garemie wrote:
This news is so old I thought it said "Petraeus Returning to Fulltime SC2"


meh. I guess Pet copied Kane on week late TL semi-retirement thread also

Best of luck though 4 real.
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geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8245 Posts
July 29 2015 04:34 GMT
#45
On July 29 2015 07:16 Mistakes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2015 06:28 geokilla wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:21 mYiKane wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:19 OtherWorld wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:16 Obamarauder wrote:
So how did Polt manage it? Going to uni, learning english and still highly competitive in foreign scene? i know hes korean blah blah blah but yea

I think the answer involves very little sleep and partying.


Yeah I can't imagine Polt getting wasted every weekend and slummin' it with some babes. Though I could be wrong...

Just different priorities I guess.

I didn't get wasted at all or bang girls. I'm nowhere near as good as Polt in anything..


Confirmed geokilla doesn't like girls.

But I have a girlfriend now...
Deathstar
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
9150 Posts
July 29 2015 04:35 GMT
#46
On July 29 2015 06:47 swag_bro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2015 06:19 OtherWorld wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:16 Obamarauder wrote:
So how did Polt manage it? Going to uni, learning english and still highly competitive in foreign scene? i know hes korean blah blah blah but yea

I think the answer involves very little sleep and partying.


How did Stephano manage to win tournaments without practicing a single minute? Everyone is different and some players are good and some players completely suck. Stephano was one of those players who never had to practiced and still raped the shit out of scrubs.


Stephano is a prime example of a talented specimen who just knew how to play sc2, while the koreans slave away to get better, and other foreigners slave away for mediocrity. What an amazing player Stephano was. It's too bad he had to move on with his life.
rip passion
Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
July 29 2015 05:14 GMT
#47
Sucks for the SEA scene,GL with university!
(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ~Keep calm and inject Larva~
OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
July 29 2015 05:39 GMT
#48
On July 29 2015 13:35 Deathstar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2015 06:47 swag_bro wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:19 OtherWorld wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:16 Obamarauder wrote:
So how did Polt manage it? Going to uni, learning english and still highly competitive in foreign scene? i know hes korean blah blah blah but yea

I think the answer involves very little sleep and partying.


How did Stephano manage to win tournaments without practicing a single minute? Everyone is different and some players are good and some players completely suck. Stephano was one of those players who never had to practiced and still raped the shit out of scrubs.


Stephano is a prime example of a talented specimen who just knew how to play sc2, while the koreans slave away to get better, and other foreigners slave away for mediocrity. What an amazing player Stephano was. It's too bad he had to move on with his life.

Stephano did play a lot though. The main difference between him and others was that - according to him, at least - he didn't practice specific strategies much, as he had insane game analysis.
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Wafflelisk
Profile Joined October 2011
Canada1061 Posts
July 29 2015 06:23 GMT
#49
Oh man, I loved watching Pet's stream. He was/is really talented. Glad to see he'll still be playing part time, I know even that must be hard with the demands school sometimes thrusts upon you
Waffles > Pancakes
rafaliusz
Profile Joined December 2009
Poland482 Posts
July 29 2015 07:37 GMT
#50
This is interesting considering that he's a high-school drop-out.
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
July 29 2015 07:48 GMT
#51
On July 29 2015 11:50 mYiKane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2015 07:43 Clonester wrote:
On July 29 2015 07:37 SC2Towelie wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:47 swag_bro wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:19 OtherWorld wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:16 Obamarauder wrote:
So how did Polt manage it? Going to uni, learning english and still highly competitive in foreign scene? i know hes korean blah blah blah but yea

I think the answer involves very little sleep and partying.


How did Stephano manage to win tournaments without practicing a single minute? Everyone is different and some players are good and some players completely suck. Stephano was one of those players who never had to practiced and still raped the shit out of scrubs.


"Without practicing a single minute" ...you don't actually believe that do you?


you got swag_broed.

All these foreign players who "retire partial" but still grind their easy money in the WCS. I dont know what sucks more, that they dont get beaten out by more hungry and training players or that they do not channel their whole potential anymore. I think the first one.


That's because we've put 100x more hours in than these "hungry and training" players. Sure, they may have been practicing 10 hours a day for the past 2 months in preparation for the upcoming WCS qualifiers, but we've traveled around the world, made MANY sacrifices, and practiced thousands of hours to get where we are today, even if we are partially retired. I think we deserve some reward for that, don't you?
you'd think if the other players were so hungry maybe they'd get good enough to beat you guys part timing

i swear the foreigner fan motto in starcraft is "free wins for local players plz, but by the way i don't want to watch them in the qualis because the games are so bad"
TL+ Member
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
July 29 2015 08:25 GMT
#52
On July 29 2015 06:28 mYiKane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2015 06:27 partydude89 wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:21 mYiKane wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:19 OtherWorld wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:16 Obamarauder wrote:
So how did Polt manage it? Going to uni, learning english and still highly competitive in foreign scene? i know hes korean blah blah blah but yea

I think the answer involves very little sleep and partying.


Yeah I can't imagine Polt getting wasted every weekend and slummin' it with some babes. Though I could be wrong...

Just different priorities I guess.


The question i have is, If Kane does something and then doesn't tweet about it, did it really happen?


Oh believe me, there's TONS that happens that I can't tweet about. If you look at my tweets they're mostly concerning Starcraft


And I thought Twitter was your life. *sigh*

Not the Twitter pro I imagined after all...
LiquipediaWanderer
aka_star
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United Kingdom1546 Posts
July 29 2015 08:28 GMT
#53
Good choice! choose Life over the game
FlashDave.999 aka Star
SoulmaN__
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany80 Posts
July 29 2015 08:53 GMT
#54
On July 29 2015 09:21 Shellshock wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2015 07:14 SoulmaN__ wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:10 Shellshock wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:06 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Pretty sure this was well known already.

I didnt know about it


You have to up your reddit game m8

you're right. my reddit game is pretty weak. I dont even have any link karma


You start with 1, so that's something^^
"I love my family." - soO after his 4th consecutive loss in a GSL final :-(
oGoZenob
Profile Joined December 2011
France1503 Posts
July 29 2015 09:27 GMT
#55
Uni start in july in australia ?
I like starcraft
Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
July 29 2015 10:14 GMT
#56
On July 29 2015 18:27 oGoZenob wrote:
Uni start in july in australia ?


The second semester starts around then in NZ I believe.
OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
July 29 2015 10:18 GMT
#57
On July 29 2015 18:27 oGoZenob wrote:
Uni start in july in australia ?

Don't forget summer and winter are reversed compared to the northern hemisphere d:
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oGoZenob
Profile Joined December 2011
France1503 Posts
July 29 2015 12:21 GMT
#58
On July 29 2015 19:18 OtherWorld wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2015 18:27 oGoZenob wrote:
Uni start in july in australia ?

Don't forget summer and winter are reversed compared to the northern hemisphere d:

Yeah, and it must be hard for them to live upside down
I like starcraft
Clonester
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany2808 Posts
July 29 2015 12:32 GMT
#59
On July 29 2015 11:50 mYiKane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2015 07:43 Clonester wrote:
On July 29 2015 07:37 SC2Towelie wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:47 swag_bro wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:19 OtherWorld wrote:
On July 29 2015 06:16 Obamarauder wrote:
So how did Polt manage it? Going to uni, learning english and still highly competitive in foreign scene? i know hes korean blah blah blah but yea

I think the answer involves very little sleep and partying.


How did Stephano manage to win tournaments without practicing a single minute? Everyone is different and some players are good and some players completely suck. Stephano was one of those players who never had to practiced and still raped the shit out of scrubs.


"Without practicing a single minute" ...you don't actually believe that do you?


you got swag_broed.

All these foreign players who "retire partial" but still grind their easy money in the WCS. I dont know what sucks more, that they dont get beaten out by more hungry and training players or that they do not channel their whole potential anymore. I think the first one.


That's because we've put 100x more hours in than these "hungry and training" players. Sure, they may have been practicing 10 hours a day for the past 2 months in preparation for the upcoming WCS qualifiers, but we've traveled around the world, made MANY sacrifices, and practiced thousands of hours to get where we are today, even if we are partially retired. I think we deserve some reward for that, don't you?


No I dont think so.
Bomber, Attacker, DD, SOMEBODY, NiKo, Nex, Spidii
HmmmCookies
Profile Joined March 2014
Canada34 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-29 13:07:17
July 29 2015 12:55 GMT
#60
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