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xelnaga_empire
Profile Joined March 2012
627 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-25 13:57:31
June 25 2018 13:55 GMT
#1
Even back in 2010 as a 14 year old kid, he was pretty composed under the pressure of a live audience:



This picture brings back memories:

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Lazorstorm
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
32 Posts
June 25 2018 15:12 GMT
#2
Haha wow that is amazing to see. Never knew that Maru is this oldschool
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-25 15:25:17
June 25 2018 15:20 GMT
#3
Liquipedia has him as the youngest player to have won a televised game of SC2 (or in the GSL) at 13. He goes waaaay back.

I was a bit curious actually, does anyone know what his education history looks like? I'd assume he completed high school but honestly don't know. I suspect he's not doing any type of post-secondary stuff for now since his career's going really well.
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mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-25 16:03:35
June 25 2018 16:02 GMT
#4
Holy shit, Tasteless looks so young.

EDIT: And isn't that the guy who made the epic esports speech about MKP?
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nigel
Profile Joined September 2010
63 Posts
June 25 2018 16:03 GMT
#5
John the translator! Is he still behind the scenes somewhere?
NinjaNight
Profile Joined January 2018
428 Posts
June 25 2018 16:04 GMT
#6
Tasteless looked THAT much younger in only 2010? :O
xelnaga_empire
Profile Joined March 2012
627 Posts
June 25 2018 17:54 GMT
#7
On June 26 2018 00:20 intotheheart wrote:
Liquipedia has him as the youngest player to have won a televised game of SC2 (or in the GSL) at 13. He goes waaaay back.

I was a bit curious actually, does anyone know what his education history looks like? I'd assume he completed high school but honestly don't know. I suspect he's not doing any type of post-secondary stuff for now since his career's going really well.


In the video, Tastosis say he is 14 and I think that was the first GSL season ever. Maybe Maru won a non GSL match at 13, before GSL started? I think there were some tournaments before the first GSL tournament but not many notable Korean tournaments.
Syn Harvest
Profile Joined July 2012
United States191 Posts
June 25 2018 18:17 GMT
#8
I rewound and watched that game and holy fuck was everyone terrible back then
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VengefulTree
Profile Joined May 2014
Canada637 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-25 18:44:51
June 25 2018 18:44 GMT
#9
On June 26 2018 03:17 Syn Harvest wrote:
I rewound and watched that game and holy fuck was everyone terrible back then


That actually boggles my mind. How is this even possible? It's not like these guys are playing RTS for the first time, they are actual pros who spent theirs days practicing the game! Also there was Brood war before for years, so how is it possible that a pro player (or even semi-pro) would have 600 gaz banked up before throwing down the spire, without ling speed? It even seem like they can't continuously produce workers?

I'm honestly very confused, I've heard people say diamonds or even plat players today could compete in the early GSLs and I never believed them until now. I always tought these weirds 1 base build people were doing in WOL were just the best (or at least decent) responses to the prevalent meta.

(I started watching with HOTS)
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Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-25 19:14:19
June 25 2018 19:05 GMT
#10
GSL Jon ! YuGiOh master ! These segments were fun for us as foreigners as it was the first chance we got at getting answers from them and it birthed PoopFeast420
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Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
June 25 2018 19:06 GMT
#11
On June 26 2018 04:05 Pandemona wrote:
GSL Jon ! YuGiOh master ! These segments were fun for us as foreigners as it was the first chance we got at getting answers from them and it birthed PoopKid420


good time to link?

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Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts
June 25 2018 19:14 GMT
#12
Haha that was a good laugh xD
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kli6891
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States143 Posts
June 25 2018 19:41 GMT
#13
While we're going down the memory lane, does anyone know what/how Jon the translator is doing these days?
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33388 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-25 19:58:11
June 25 2018 19:57 GMT
#14
Eight years is a long time; it would be weird if Tasteless DIDN'T look older. Or maybe Artosis is a vampire stealing Tasteless' youth, who knows.
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ShadowReaver
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada563 Posts
June 25 2018 19:58 GMT
#15
Little does he know, but FruitDealer is about to write the first page in SC2's history book.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
June 25 2018 20:16 GMT
#16
On June 26 2018 02:54 xelnaga_empire wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 26 2018 00:20 intotheheart wrote:
Liquipedia has him as the youngest player to have won a televised game of SC2 (or in the GSL) at 13. He goes waaaay back.

I was a bit curious actually, does anyone know what his education history looks like? I'd assume he completed high school but honestly don't know. I suspect he's not doing any type of post-secondary stuff for now since his career's going really well.


In the video, Tastosis say he is 14 and I think that was the first GSL season ever. Maybe Maru won a non GSL match at 13, before GSL started? I think there were some tournaments before the first GSL tournament but not many notable Korean tournaments.

He's 13 western age in this video. He's 14 korean age. They have a slightly different system.
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RampancyTW
Profile Joined August 2010
United States577 Posts
June 25 2018 23:26 GMT
#17
On June 26 2018 03:44 VengefulTree wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 26 2018 03:17 Syn Harvest wrote:
I rewound and watched that game and holy fuck was everyone terrible back then


That actually boggles my mind. How is this even possible? It's not like these guys are playing RTS for the first time, they are actual pros who spent theirs days practicing the game! Also there was Brood war before for years, so how is it possible that a pro player (or even semi-pro) would have 600 gaz banked up before throwing down the spire, without ling speed? It even seem like they can't continuously produce workers?

I'm honestly very confused, I've heard people say diamonds or even plat players today could compete in the early GSLs and I never believed them until now. I always tought these weirds 1 base build people were doing in WOL were just the best (or at least decent) responses to the prevalent meta.

(I started watching with HOTS)
Anytime people start waxing nostalgic for the old days of SC2, remember games like this one were THE NORM for the pro scene back then. Players were teeerrrible. People still occasionally will post "_____'s most dominant game" matches from 2014 or whatever and even those are borderline unwatchable. Current diamond players really would be cleaning up.
BretZ
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1510 Posts
June 26 2018 02:11 GMT
#18
Reading these comments make me feel old as fuck, fuck me. But it's great to see new faces that don't remember shit like this
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51449 Posts
June 26 2018 02:39 GMT
#19
On June 26 2018 00:20 intotheheart wrote:
I was a bit curious actually, does anyone know what his education history looks like? I'd assume he completed high school but honestly don't know. I suspect he's not doing any type of post-secondary stuff for now since his career's going really well.


generally if you're super talented in esports, you finish compulsory schooling at the end of middle school then go full-time. i presume that is what maru did.
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
June 26 2018 04:29 GMT
#20
On June 26 2018 11:11 BretZ wrote:
Reading these comments make me feel old as fuck, fuck me. But it's great to see new faces that don't remember shit like this

ya, this stuff is extremely old. I still remember the days when there was a lot of discussion about Fruitdealer going 0-2 against MKP, aka Boxer aka Foxer haha on Jungle Basin and dunno what the other map is. Nostalgia is always nice, even if it's brief.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
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