EPT[TSL] Tyler, Strelok, FruitD, Thorzain Interviews - Page 4
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double1185
Vietnam211 Posts
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dennistoo
Singapore155 Posts
If you want it, prove it. SLACKERSSSSSSSSSSSSS. | ||
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vectorix108
United States4633 Posts
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navy
Canada197 Posts
I'm pretty excited. | ||
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NonSenSeWins
United States66 Posts
these mob cries of racism seem unwarranted to me.. seems like he worded it poorly but it hardly seems like it has something to do with not liking koreans or fearing them.. also we all know that tl invited the people they did specifically because they couldn't participate in the tl opens but the fact remains that the tl opens were very difficult to win, took up a lot of time, and had a lot of variance due to the format of so many bo1s and then having so many players in each tournament. both sides are of the argument are reasonable but nowhere does strelok say anything about not wanting the koreans because 4/4 of the semifinalists will be korean or anything. | ||
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
On March 16 2011 16:07 NonSenSeWins wrote: i think people are being way too harsh on strelok.. i thought he was just expressing his frustration with the fact that they hand out 16 invites to players while the 16 qualifiers have to play their hearts out weekend after weekend to get in and then players like socke mana etc dont make it in because tl is going out of its way to invite korean players instead. also i'm pretty sure his explanation of wanting to see the foreigners duke it out is because tsl is team liquid star league and has always been a competition between the members of the tl community to see who was the best, not the best in the world. these mob cries of racism seem unwarranted to me.. seems like he worded it poorly but it hardly seems like it has something to do with not liking koreans or fearing them.. absolutely agree, especially with the bit about members of the tl community. clearly TL wants to expand the TSL beyond this scope, which is absolutely fine, but i think strelok's frustration (and, to some degree, mine) are completely justified and not xenophobic | ||
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kaisr
Canada715 Posts
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ALang
Canada288 Posts
NOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYY | ||
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HowSoOnIsNow
Canada480 Posts
On March 16 2011 15:48 city42 wrote: Uh what? Strelok didn't say anything about non-Koreans being on par with Koreans. You just made up a quote and then claimed that it contradicts his wish for a non-Asian tournament. Opps my bad, he got me so pissed, i think it was Thorzain who said something of this nature. But the Asian portion of the statement was bigotted regardless. You can be an asian foreigner. | ||
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cordlc
United States360 Posts
I, as spectator, really prefer to watch very nicely prepared non-Koreans against each rather than watching the usual games of Koreans, many who don't care about this tournament. If I want to watch Koreans play, I'd go to GomTV.net. It isn't "usual games of Koreans," it's just a few Koreans playing against mostly foreigners. Practically everyone wants to see how the top foreigners can do against the best in the world, and this TSL will finally set the stage for it. As for those who he felt deserved to be there - Socke, Mana, Sjow, Tarson just to mention few These guys are good, but none would draw a crowd anywhere near the likes of FruitDealer, NesTea, MC, Mvp, Boxer etc would. In fact, I wouldn't be very excited at all were it not for all the Korean invites (including IdrA, Jinro etc), would not have even have bothered to watch most of it. If he or anyone wants to watch non-Koreans play exclusively, there are more than enough tournaments out there for him. | ||
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DamianDante
Sweden8 Posts
gives a whole new awareness to the matchup | ||
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syllogism
Finland5948 Posts
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kenkaze291
United States92 Posts
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Proko
United States1022 Posts
Hoping for some Korean upsets as well. I think some of our foreigners (read: Idra, TLO, Jinro, Huk, Ret and maybe a few others... look for a possible QXC v. Genius upset as Genius hasn't been playing well lately) have legitimate potential to knock out Korean players. | ||
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Let it Raine
Canada1245 Posts
On March 16 2011 14:52 SiguR wrote: Great interviews. I can't wait to get all the other korean's perspective. It's rare that we get to hear them talk about events outside of korea that are important to us. what this man said^ i'd also like to reiterate the statement about great interviews. keep em comin!  | ||
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obviouslywow
Canada12 Posts
Understandable... but GUESS WHAT Strelok? These are the players that everybody wants to see, these are the matches everybody wants to see, and this is the tournament the fans have been waiting for for a long time! CANT WAIT! | ||
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HeIios
Sweden2523 Posts
Also very much agree that getting to know how the koreans feel about western tournaments is very valuable ^^. TL fighting~ | ||
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baoluvboa
743 Posts
Just went back to read Strelok's interview, will not be rooting for this guy. Don't know why he would comment about others' matches, especially Boxer. I hope he realizes that him being a pro is very much thanks to Boxer's popularity helping Esport grows in the past and even now with his Intel Razor Sponsors. Show some respect. | ||
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kenkaze291
United States92 Posts
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space_yes
United States548 Posts
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