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Yrr
Profile Joined June 2012
Germany804 Posts
September 17 2016 14:42 GMT
#61
haha Nerchio just + Show Spoiler +
crushed Byun.
MMR decay is bad, m'kay? | Personal Hero: TerranHwaiting
fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4015 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-09-17 14:44:24
September 17 2016 14:43 GMT
#62
point + Show Spoiler +
proven
Drone is a way of living
207aicila
Profile Joined January 2015
1237 Posts
September 17 2016 14:43 GMT
#63
On September 17 2016 23:31 NEEDZMOAR wrote:
I dont get this reasoning, you dont see NHL teams competing in SHL. You dont see Barcelona making a quick tour through eastern europe grabbing the league prize money from Ukraine, Bulgaria Romania Poland etc. How do you expect scenes to grow and foreigners to improve and try if theres no incentive for them to play?


I don't get when people on the internet compare SC2 to footie. Like bro. Any single one of the countries you mentioned has more people who play football at some level than the entire SC2 playerbase. Of course national leagues prosper in a game where most countries have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of players, and even bigger numbers of people who follow it. Of course talent is fostered and grown in such an environment. This hasn't happened and won't happened in SC2 because it's a niche game in a dead genre, so it's very stupid to try to force it at the expense of literally the only country where it can and did happen, and at the expense of the best players in the world.
mfw people who never followed BW speak about sAviOr as if they know anything... -___-''''
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Necro)Phagist(
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada6659 Posts
September 17 2016 14:46 GMT
#64
On September 17 2016 23:31 NEEDZMOAR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2016 23:13 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
While I do hope the foreigners put on a good show, I just don't see it happening. Yes a lot of us have a Korean bias, but it is well earned. What do you expect people to think after 10+ years of Koreans beating Foreign asses, literally to the point where big daddy blizzard had to step in and separate the two. If to be successful, you need the system to ban other players from coming in so you get money, you can't turn around and complain about Bias.....

I sincerely wish you good luck in Kespa Cup, I do hope the foreigners have gotten better and closed the gap. It sounds like you guys are training hard. It would be nice to have my Korean bias proven wrong.



I dont get this reasoning, you dont see NHL teams competing in SHL. You dont see Barcelona making a quick tour through eastern europe grabbing the league prize money from Ukraine, Bulgaria Romania Poland etc. How do you expect scenes to grow and foreigners to improve and try if theres no incentive for them to play?


As for korean bias, one can look at skillfactors such as builds strats and mechanics. Unless youve been living under a rock its been pretty clear that while korean zergs have been struggling in LotV because they desperately try to keep the momentum in their matchups, foreigners accepted that you can no longer dictate the games in ZvT until hivetech, you just have to defend and play positional ZvT.

However if you look at pure mechanics, sure the best korean zerg (dark) has better mechanics than foreigners.


Because it's not the same system structure, that is comparing apples to oranges really. The incentive for them to play is the same as the Koreans, the money is there, just because they weren't at the time good enough to get it doesn't mean the Koreans should be banished and punished for being better. To use your analogly that would be like the NHL banishing all the playoff teams from last year from competing so the Leafs have a chance to make the playoffs.


"Are you talking to me? Because your authority is not recognized in fort kick ass!"" ||Park Jung Suk|| |MC|HerO|HyuN|
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
September 17 2016 14:51 GMT
#65
Nerchio vs Maru right now
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
September 17 2016 14:53 GMT
#66
On September 17 2016 23:46 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2016 23:31 NEEDZMOAR wrote:
On September 17 2016 23:13 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
While I do hope the foreigners put on a good show, I just don't see it happening. Yes a lot of us have a Korean bias, but it is well earned. What do you expect people to think after 10+ years of Koreans beating Foreign asses, literally to the point where big daddy blizzard had to step in and separate the two. If to be successful, you need the system to ban other players from coming in so you get money, you can't turn around and complain about Bias.....

I sincerely wish you good luck in Kespa Cup, I do hope the foreigners have gotten better and closed the gap. It sounds like you guys are training hard. It would be nice to have my Korean bias proven wrong.



I dont get this reasoning, you dont see NHL teams competing in SHL. You dont see Barcelona making a quick tour through eastern europe grabbing the league prize money from Ukraine, Bulgaria Romania Poland etc. How do you expect scenes to grow and foreigners to improve and try if theres no incentive for them to play?


As for korean bias, one can look at skillfactors such as builds strats and mechanics. Unless youve been living under a rock its been pretty clear that while korean zergs have been struggling in LotV because they desperately try to keep the momentum in their matchups, foreigners accepted that you can no longer dictate the games in ZvT until hivetech, you just have to defend and play positional ZvT.

However if you look at pure mechanics, sure the best korean zerg (dark) has better mechanics than foreigners.


Because it's not the same system structure, that is comparing apples to oranges really. The incentive for them to play is the same as the Koreans, the money is there, just because they weren't at the time good enough to get it doesn't mean the Koreans should be banished and punished for being better. To use your analogly that would be like the NHL banishing all the playoff teams from last year from competing so the Leafs have a chance to make the playoffs.




They do change the draft order depending on the results to give the weaker team a better chance
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
Lightrush
Profile Joined July 2015
Bulgaria164 Posts
September 17 2016 14:56 GMT
#67
Still the most unlikable SC2 pro, though :/
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Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
September 17 2016 14:59 GMT
#68
Nerchio underestimating Pet, smh
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
September 17 2016 15:06 GMT
#69
I'm pretty sure there is a ByuN interview somewhere where he names Nerchio and a few other foreigners as really good players
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Necro)Phagist(
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada6659 Posts
September 17 2016 15:06 GMT
#70
On September 17 2016 23:53 BaneRiders wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2016 23:46 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
On September 17 2016 23:31 NEEDZMOAR wrote:
On September 17 2016 23:13 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
While I do hope the foreigners put on a good show, I just don't see it happening. Yes a lot of us have a Korean bias, but it is well earned. What do you expect people to think after 10+ years of Koreans beating Foreign asses, literally to the point where big daddy blizzard had to step in and separate the two. If to be successful, you need the system to ban other players from coming in so you get money, you can't turn around and complain about Bias.....

I sincerely wish you good luck in Kespa Cup, I do hope the foreigners have gotten better and closed the gap. It sounds like you guys are training hard. It would be nice to have my Korean bias proven wrong.



I dont get this reasoning, you dont see NHL teams competing in SHL. You dont see Barcelona making a quick tour through eastern europe grabbing the league prize money from Ukraine, Bulgaria Romania Poland etc. How do you expect scenes to grow and foreigners to improve and try if theres no incentive for them to play?


As for korean bias, one can look at skillfactors such as builds strats and mechanics. Unless youve been living under a rock its been pretty clear that while korean zergs have been struggling in LotV because they desperately try to keep the momentum in their matchups, foreigners accepted that you can no longer dictate the games in ZvT until hivetech, you just have to defend and play positional ZvT.

However if you look at pure mechanics, sure the best korean zerg (dark) has better mechanics than foreigners.


Because it's not the same system structure, that is comparing apples to oranges really. The incentive for them to play is the same as the Koreans, the money is there, just because they weren't at the time good enough to get it doesn't mean the Koreans should be banished and punished for being better. To use your analogly that would be like the NHL banishing all the playoff teams from last year from competing so the Leafs have a chance to make the playoffs.




They do change the draft order depending on the results to give the weaker team a better chance

A draft order is a bit different from literally stopping the teams from competing .
"Are you talking to me? Because your authority is not recognized in fort kick ass!"" ||Park Jung Suk|| |MC|HerO|HyuN|
drinkredwine
Profile Joined September 2016
1 Post
September 17 2016 15:10 GMT
#71
Congrats on you victory over Maru, job well done.
hiroshOne
Profile Joined October 2015
Poland425 Posts
September 17 2016 15:14 GMT
#72
Seems like Nerchio was right about crushing koreans ahaha Byun and Maru both one after another haha. Keep thebgood work done Artur
Ultima Ratio Regum
Rescawen
Profile Joined April 2010
Finland1028 Posts
September 17 2016 15:22 GMT
#73
talkitalkiwalkiwalki
adamhu10
Profile Joined October 2015
4 Posts
September 17 2016 15:25 GMT
#74
Nerchio thinks he's better than Dark...ok.
Koreans might be behind the meta because they don't use innovation to win, they use mechanics. Once the BIG update passes, and the metagame settles (say, in a year) we'll be back to broodwar style domination.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
September 17 2016 15:33 GMT
#75
On September 18 2016 00:25 adamhu10 wrote:
Nerchio thinks he's better than Dark...ok.
Koreans might be behind the meta because they don't use innovation to win, they use mechanics. Once the BIG update passes, and the metagame settles (say, in a year) we'll be back to broodwar style domination.


Back to? Koreans are still better players than foreigners, they just can't fight in tournaments together so Nerchio can get away with saying they're overrated
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Corwinus
Profile Joined October 2015
Croatia96 Posts
September 17 2016 15:49 GMT
#76
On September 17 2016 23:32 ParksonVN wrote:
Ok so foreigners are blaming Korean for being too good ? Tell me whats wrong about Korean ? They practice harder, they are more professional (while you guys still study or hang out, they stay at teamhouse at practice) and you blame them ? Seems legit LOL.
And about Nerchio, i havent seen him beat any top tier Korean (at least in a major tournament) and he answered this interview like he is one of the best Zerg (if not the best) in the world, underestimate the Koreans. I'd like to know what this guy will say when he lose in the first rounds of Kespa cup, especially against Korean.
And yes, Korean arent the only ones know to play Starcraft 2, but they are much more better than the rest. Its like a 6 year-old boy shouts at his math teacher: "hey, you are not the only one knows Mathematic"


That first part is absolutely not true. Almost all pros practice now as hard as Koreans(and much harder than before with more incentive)... almost no pros are studying at the same time(only TLBunny afaik), and the only thing they generally have better is actual infrastructure, which does matter a ton(even if Byun won GSL without it, but he's both an outlier and also had KeSPA practice partners for it so...)
He also just now, on equal terms, won vs Byun, Maru and Creator, granted in an online cup. Pretty sure he won't be knocked out of KeSPA Cup so easily.
Thouhastmail
Profile Joined March 2015
Korea (North)876 Posts
September 17 2016 15:50 GMT
#77
Do your best, and get some result; that will tell more than thousand words
"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike"
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12891 Posts
September 17 2016 15:57 GMT
#78
Even Stephano and Scarlett can beat ByuN in shoutcraft so no big deal. Beating overrated Maru is good tho
WriterMaru
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
September 17 2016 16:01 GMT
#79
On September 17 2016 23:56 Lightrush wrote:
Still the most unlikable SC2 pro, though :/


He has a sense of humor (although a really sarcastic one) and interacts with the community on TL, I actually like him even though he can get really salty at times.
Ciaus237
Profile Joined July 2015
South Africa284 Posts
September 17 2016 16:01 GMT
#80
Byun, Maru, Creator, Rogue.
Rekt.
He never looked behind.
The time that we kill keeps us alive
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