It's pretty obvious that the reason the majority of players that are good in rts games are post puberty, because it takes a ridiculous amount of time spent infront of the computer, while not having fun. There are hardly any kids out there who like playing a frustrating and hard game for a longer period of time, while there are much more fun games out there. If SC2 was a fun game and you wouldn't need 5 hours a day to be halfway decent, there would be alot more young 'pros'.

thats exactly what im referring to... which is exactly why its surprising and interesting to see such a young gamer who's quite good

Spiner

United States360 Posts

June 08 2012 20:54 GMT

#147

On June 08 2012 23:54 Fus wrote:
What are kids doing in the other countries? Seems like Sweden is the only country with young players. Also, no cam no viewers.

Well in america most kids play console games

Trevo

41 Posts

June 08 2012 20:59 GMT

#148

impressive! is really something being a Master at such a young age, look Flash he's the best of all time and has the best ages records.

i hope a day e-sport have some base like football have, would be nice see Team Liquid x EG or something like that under-15.

Alejandrisha

United States6565 Posts

June 08 2012 20:59 GMT

#149

On June 09 2012 05:54 Spiner wrote:

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Well in america most kids play console games

it's the sad truth of things :/

Adonminus

Israel543 Posts

June 08 2012 21:13 GMT

#150

If sc2 came when I was 13... oh well lazy blizzard took years to make it.

ThatBronyGuy

United States169 Posts

June 08 2012 21:13 GMT

#151

I'm a little confused at the moment, but I thought that promoting personal streams and the like in general threads was not allowed. Having nothing to do with the kid's age or anything, I thought it was a general rule or a rule of thumb to not engage in this kind of behavior. Self promoting is fine because people can get lost in the fold without some effort to get out, but if one person does it and it is allowed, it should be accepted for everyone to do it as well. I would think this would be more fitting for a blog or something, just not a general thread.

MVega

763 Posts

June 08 2012 21:24 GMT

#152

No cam no viewers? Weird. Grubby's stream is the only one I can think of where anything is added to the experience by him having a camera. Grubby's face while playing is amusing. Most pro gamers just sit there like :-| though and the camera adds nothing to the experience.

Bubbas

Sweden76 Posts

June 08 2012 21:26 GMT

#153

K/bry?

User was warned for this post

FegisSC

24 Posts

June 08 2012 21:33 GMT

#154

On June 08 2012 22:35 Blusso wrote:
Hi, my name is Hammarlund, Oscar Hammarlund. I'm from sweden and I've been playing Sc2 since 30th july 2010. And now I'm here, 13 years old, in Master with 1,1k points. I play the terran race and my stream will be available almost every day. I don't got a cam yet, but I can prove that im 13, by giving u my facebook and showing you my email, so please check my stream out.

My stream will start at 7pm, here's the link to the stream, see you there !

****** http://www.twitch.tv/blusso ******

It's quite silly that you feel a strong need to prove to people that you are 13. Being young actually gives you an advantage at playing the game

I don't find it impressive at all that you are 13 and mid-high master. Feels like you've gone into this hoping to get tonnes of attention based on your age. Just play the game and if people like you they will. Also as someone said in the post earlier you should be careful about who you are sharing facebook / email info with, especially if you are just 13 ; )

FegisSC

24 Posts

June 08 2012 21:39 GMT

#155

On June 09 2012 00:42 hpTheGreat wrote:
Why is everyone such a douche nowdays?

Its not that masters is hard (for anyone that really tries), but doing it at that age means that he has the potential to become great if he keeps playing. Like someone else mentioned, he still has at least 5 to 9 years of not having to support himself (HS & college) so ...

gl hf kid

Actually it is a common misconception that just because you do well at something quickly and at a younger age equates to having huge potential and so on. There have been many cases of people doing exceptionally well ( relative to their age / experience with something ) and then just hitting a plateau and being just as average as everyone else. Having said this it doesn't mean he doesn't have a lot of potential, just that you shouldn't assume so because of his achievements so far.

13JackaL

United States577 Posts

June 08 2012 21:51 GMT

#156

If I was like 50-60 years old and played starcraft, i feel like that would be very worthwhile to point out for my stream. If I had one, of course.