EPTSo much qq in this thread about Strelok when he is the only one who said anything interesting. Even if you disagree, at least he said something different.
[TSL] Tyler, Strelok, FruitD, Thorzain Interviews - Page 5
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zerglingsfolife
United States1694 Posts
So much qq in this thread about Strelok when he is the only one who said anything interesting. Even if you disagree, at least he said something different. | ||
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baoluvboa
743 Posts
On March 16 2011 16:57 zerglingsfolife wrote: Strelok gained a fan! Nice to see someone with a little bit of personality. Fruitdealers interview was so typical lol. Seriously, so tired of this bullshit "I will practice hard and try to impress with my games." It's boring as hell. So much qq in this thread about Strelok when he is the only one who said anything interesting. Even if you disagree, at least he said something different. Fruit is a sincere and appreciative guy due to his rather unfortunate and humbled life. As for Strelok, if you prefer implicit prejudice then I guess hes the man for you. | ||
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
Sure he probably won't win TSL or go very far in it, but Nightend definitely isn't the sort of player that can be a favorite against him just yet. I can't imagine why people would favor Nightend over any of the Code S or Code A GSL players. Or even most top foreigners for that matter. | ||
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red4ce
United States7313 Posts
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Hoju
United States449 Posts
My favorite part of these interviews, Fruitdealer totally disproving Strelok's comment: Strelok: "...Koreans, many who don't care about this tournament." FruitDealer: "I’d like to compete in some overseas tournaments. My experience from Blizzcon makes me think very positively about foreign tournaments." Good interview from ThorZaiN, I hope he does well vs. FD. | ||
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red4ce
United States7313 Posts
On March 16 2011 15:51 benjammin wrote: not to derail or anything but i completely agree with strelok. the appeal of the BW TSLs for me was having a tournament with a lot of money for the best non-koreans with an unmatched production quality for its time. i'm really gonna feel bad if koreans wreak havoc on this tournament  In BW even the best foreigners would have been curbstomped by Korean b teamers. With SC2, although there is a gap, it isn't nearly as big. TSL3 will be the first true test of the difference in skill between Koreans and non-Koreans. | ||
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kenkaze291
United States92 Posts
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Spacekyod
United States818 Posts
Great job with the interviews and i am really looking forward to hearing more from the rest of the players about their thoughts on this tournament. I am amped for this, 3 more days! | ||
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nart
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Nahema
Germany54 Posts
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Velr
Switzerland10800 Posts
Seriously... A 32 Man tournament with that many invites just does not feel right. It doesn't even matter if they are Koreans or not, some of the other invites are even more "questionable". The amount of invites is just too big. I see 0 reasons to have Huk there but not Mana or Socke, Sjow. There are also about ZERO justifiable reasons to have Haypro there from what he has shown, if he wouldn't be on Liquid, he would not be in this tournament, he would probably not even make it in to cnbc  (i really hope he will do good, i really, really do  ).I just think this takes away from what this tournament could have been and adds about nothing. SOME invites (people that did really good in GSL's for isntance like Idra, Jinro, MC and Nestea) would be perfectly fine, many others just seem forced to generate hype or are fan favorites (Boxer, some liquid guys). Invites are not bad, there are just to many and to many not logical invites. A Grand Slam Tennis tourney is also not inviting Becker/Sampras/McEnroe just because they generate Hype (hi Boxer). If the Korean's didn't care about the tournament, why would they agree to participate in it. They will still prepare for their matches and everything to the best of their ability... Lol, seriously? Money. | ||
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On March 16 2011 17:10 kenkaze291 wrote: If the Korean's didn't care about the tournament, why would they agree to participate in it. They will still prepare for their matches and everything to the best of their ability... Strelok said many Koreans not all. And do you honestly think they would have got all the big names without the $$$ on the line? There's one reason for you. Also what is with several people calling Strelok racist? Wtf... Also I agree with Strelok on that there were too many invites. I have no problem with having Koreans in the tournament or invites, but considering the qualifying process having half invites is too much imo. That said, I'm still looking forward to the tournament a great deal. | ||
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Slaytilost
Netherlands968 Posts
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teamsolid
Canada3668 Posts
On March 16 2011 17:02 red4ce wrote: All due respect to Strelok, he is entitled to his opinion but I disagree. If we wanted to watch a westerner dominated tournament, there's always MLG. GSL only gives us Koreans vs Jinro or Huk. TSL gives us insane Korean vs non-Korean matchups we wouldn't ever see otherwise. It's the Teamliquid starleague. Every Korean invite is more popular on TL than Strelok is. QFT, I'm way more hyped about watching those top Koreans compete in the TSL than some of the random foreigners that I honestly don't care about. E.g. a Cruncher vs Ciara finals would be so boring compared to something like Nada vs Nestea. | ||
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baoluvboa
743 Posts
On March 16 2011 17:24 nihlon wrote: Strelok said many Koreans not all. And do you honestly think they would have got all the big names without the $$$ on the line? There's one reason for you. Also what is with several people calling Strelok racist? Wtf... Also I agree with Strelok on that there were too many invites. I have no problem with having Koreans in the tournament or invites, but considering the qualifying process having half invites is too much imo. That said, I'm still looking forward to the tournament a great deal. This TSL season is ALOT more exciting due to the Korean invites. I'm pretty sure people wanted even more Koreans in such as MKP but there weren't enough room. | ||
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Faraday
United States553 Posts
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Strelok
Ukraine320 Posts
I asked editor to change it right now. | ||
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thopol
Japan4560 Posts
On March 16 2011 17:25 Slaytilost wrote: Is it just me or do koreans suck at interviews? It may be the language barrier, but most of FD's answers are shorter then the questions. Nah, that's always been the case. It's funny that Strelok poked fun at the Korean interview answering style and then FD dropped a wonderful example of said style. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10800 Posts
On March 16 2011 17:31 thopol wrote: Nah, that's always been the case. It's funny that Strelok poked fun at the Korean interview answering style and then FD dropped a wonderful example of said style. I'm sure the other Koreans will do their best to improve their interview style. :D | ||
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Crazyeyes
Canada1342 Posts
But you really have to look at both sides. I personally believe TL made the right decision; their reasoning for the Korean invites is perfectly acceptable for me. Hopefully for TSL4 there will be a way to have Korean qualifiers too. So stoked. Sooooooooooooo stoked. Three more days. =D | ||
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