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Korean Nicknames for Progamers Origins?

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StuDToSs
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
116 Posts
August 15 2020 08:18 GMT
#1
I'm just curious on how the Korean community comes up with all these nicknames they give out to different players.

For example, Stats is called the "Shield of Aiur". What's the origin for that? Why is he called that?

I also would love to know if the Korean community has given any nicknames to notable foreign players.
Zambrah
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States7393 Posts
August 15 2020 08:32 GMT
#2
Stats being the Shield of Aiur is probably reference to his stalwart defensive play and the fact he plays Protoss
Incremental change is the Democrat version of Trickle Down economics.
greyhoundz
Profile Joined July 2018
3 Posts
August 15 2020 11:21 GMT
#3
Stats is called Shield of Aiur because of his defense. By the way, he's still good. Watch these games on 2020 GSL Season 2:

R024 Group B against Dark, Game 2. This game is so crazy. Stats looks dead but won the game.
R016 Group D against Rogue, Game 2
Finals against Rogue just today, Game 4

Innovation. The Machine. He plays mostly standard. There are lots of interviews from his opponents who said that Inno's playstyle is so predictable and they don't even have to prepare that much against him. But still Inno won multiple championships. He's known for his AI-like execution. Sometimes he's called robot terran because he doesn't show much emotions during games.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26542 Posts
August 15 2020 11:40 GMT
#4
Most are pretty stock or make some sense that one can figure out. herO being the Smiling Assassin for example.

I’m looking for really silly ones now. Rogue being Sexy Boy isn’t too ridiculous except ffs Zest is in the player pool!

Why does Inno have ‘Bread’ as one of his listed nicknames? I’m assuming it’s a Chinese one as they seem quite fond on doing pun-based nicknames that don’t survive translation.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
greyhoundz
Profile Joined July 2018
3 Posts
August 15 2020 12:10 GMT
#5
On August 15 2020 20:40 Wombat_NI wrote:
Most are pretty stock or make some sense that one can figure out. herO being the Smiling Assassin for example.

I’m looking for really silly ones now. Rogue being Sexy Boy isn’t too ridiculous except ffs Zest is in the player pool!

Why does Inno have ‘Bread’ as one of his listed nicknames? I’m assuming it’s a Chinese one as they seem quite fond on doing pun-based nicknames that don’t survive translation.


Inno's nickname Bread had nothing to do with Chinese fans/community. He was the errand boy while he was in STX. Errand boy is called a "bread boy" in South Korea.
Zambrah
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States7393 Posts
August 15 2020 12:22 GMT
#6
The Chintoss is a good obvious one based on a physical characteristic.

He's the 'Toss we need in the world right now...
Incremental change is the Democrat version of Trickle Down economics.
Zzzapper
Profile Joined September 2011
1797 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-15 14:08:15
August 15 2020 14:07 GMT
#7
On August 15 2020 20:40 Wombat_NI wrote:
Most are pretty stock or make some sense that one can figure out. herO being the Smiling Assassin for example.

I’m looking for really silly ones now. Rogue being Sexy Boy isn’t too ridiculous except ffs Zest is in the player pool!

Why does Inno have ‘Bread’ as one of his listed nicknames? I’m assuming it’s a Chinese one as they seem quite fond on doing pun-based nicknames that don’t survive translation.

Rogue being sexy boy has nothing to do with his looks, he gave him self that name


Seems like the timestamp doesn't work embedded. it's at 2 minutes
Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden592 Posts
August 15 2020 19:31 GMT
#8
On August 15 2020 23:07 Zzzapper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2020 20:40 Wombat_NI wrote:
Most are pretty stock or make some sense that one can figure out. herO being the Smiling Assassin for example.

I’m looking for really silly ones now. Rogue being Sexy Boy isn’t too ridiculous except ffs Zest is in the player pool!

Why does Inno have ‘Bread’ as one of his listed nicknames? I’m assuming it’s a Chinese one as they seem quite fond on doing pun-based nicknames that don’t survive translation.

Rogue being sexy boy has nothing to do with his looks, he gave him self that name https://youtu.be/i5jw93bmdqk?t=122

Seems like the timestamp doesn't work embedded. it's at 2 minutes

Those 10 questions, 10 answers were a good addition, especially with Wolf using those broken English answers in his overarching narrative in Korean pro SC2.
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Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1919 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-15 23:48:10
August 15 2020 23:41 GMT
#9
Here's an old old reddit post with some nicknames the korean fans cooked up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/34xbvb/a_few_korean_progamer_nicknames/

If you want to get adventurous with some browsing translating here are some links explaining the ssl nicknames cooked up back in 2015/16 by Hanul "Inihance" Kim.

https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3271760


https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3286512


https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3313825

The Koreans over at dcinside also cooked up some pretty alternate versions of Korean players as if they came from other countries such as "white" losira

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
(yes I know this is a meme/macro)

Basically there's an incredible rabbit hole to go down if you're really interested
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pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-16 00:51:51
August 16 2020 00:51 GMT
#10
On August 16 2020 08:41 Mizenhauer wrote:
Here's an old old reddit post with some nicknames the korean fans cooked up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/34xbvb/a_few_korean_progamer_nicknames/

If you want to get adventurous with some browsing translating here are some links explaining the ssl nicknames cooked up back in 2015/16 by Hanul "Inihance" Kim.

https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3271760


https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3286512


https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3313825

The Koreans over at dcinside also cooked up some pretty alternate versions of Korean players as if they came from other countries such as "white" losira

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
(yes I know this is a meme/macro)

Basically there's an incredible rabbit hole to go down if you're really interested


Jesus, that image is disturbing.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33587 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-16 01:06:11
August 16 2020 01:04 GMT
#11
I don't think Shield of Aiur even originates from the Korean community? I think that's a foreign community nickname that managed to cross over.

There's actually not much cross-community nicknaming in SC2, at least compared to BW where TL.net basically tried to absorb as much KR fan-culture as possible.

Like INnoVation is just "bread" in Korea (no idea why) while he's The Machine in the rest-of-world.
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Jan1997
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
Norway671 Posts
August 16 2020 01:16 GMT
#12
Bread is the new Brad.
Do something today that your future self will be thankful for.
Zambrah
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States7393 Posts
August 16 2020 02:20 GMT
#13
On August 16 2020 08:41 Mizenhauer wrote:
Here's an old old reddit post with some nicknames the korean fans cooked up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/34xbvb/a_few_korean_progamer_nicknames/

If you want to get adventurous with some browsing translating here are some links explaining the ssl nicknames cooked up back in 2015/16 by Hanul "Inihance" Kim.

https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3271760


https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3286512


https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3313825

The Koreans over at dcinside also cooked up some pretty alternate versions of Korean players as if they came from other countries such as "white" losira

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
(yes I know this is a meme/macro)

Basically there's an incredible rabbit hole to go down if you're really interested


What the fuck happened that made someone want to cast that sin of a picture into the world
Incremental change is the Democrat version of Trickle Down economics.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26542 Posts
August 16 2020 02:38 GMT
#14
On August 16 2020 11:20 Zambrah wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2020 08:41 Mizenhauer wrote:
Here's an old old reddit post with some nicknames the korean fans cooked up.

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/34xbvb/a_few_korean_progamer_nicknames/

If you want to get adventurous with some browsing translating here are some links explaining the ssl nicknames cooked up back in 2015/16 by Hanul "Inihance" Kim.

https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3271760


https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3286512


https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=starcraft_new&no=3313825

The Koreans over at dcinside also cooked up some pretty alternate versions of Korean players as if they came from other countries such as "white" losira

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
(yes I know this is a meme/macro)

Basically there's an incredible rabbit hole to go down if you're really interested


What the fuck happened that made someone want to cast that sin of a picture into the world

I just thought Naniwa had put on a bit of weight
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
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