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b3tty
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada216 Posts
January 01 2009 22:09 GMT
#121
really really good article. : )
props
ambit!ous1
Profile Joined September 2007
United States3662 Posts
January 12 2009 03:28 GMT
#122
On December 09 2008 07:39 darkmarksman wrote:
Awesome article! can't wait for the emperor's return. SlayerS_`BoxeR` FIGHTING!!!

Bisu[Shield] / ♔ SoYeon
EverShine
Profile Joined January 2009
United Kingdom6 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-03 16:35:12
February 03 2009 13:24 GMT
#123
This is the best article I've ever read about E-sport so far, great credits to the author. As for the Emperor, we can only wait for those brilliant moments that he brings, although we don't know if it will happen, it is still worth it just kowing that it could. All hail the Emperor!!!
Lag
Profile Joined March 2009
Serbia22 Posts
April 19 2009 12:40 GMT
#124
so, whats up with the king?
mjau mjau mjau mjau
checo
Profile Joined November 2008
Mexico1364 Posts
April 19 2009 23:37 GMT
#125
He's still training on STK1 house he wants to get to his old self before going out in PL... he couldn't make it to the starleguea U,U
El amor no mueve al mundo, ni hace brillar el sol, pero el amor hace latir este corazon....
Sparkwind
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States42 Posts
April 20 2009 17:44 GMT
#126
It's about time.

or as it says in the StarCraft trailer:

"Hell, It's about time"

in the end StarCraft begins.
joohyunee
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
Korea (South)1087 Posts
April 21 2009 05:21 GMT
#127
On April 19 2009 21:40 Lag wrote:
so, whats up with the king?


He almost made it out of the qualifiers. He lost at the finals against some noob and didn't make it out. But he still beat like 2 other players to get there in the first place. I don't know how the games went, but being able to take on 2 other progamers and win shows that he's not done yet. He's basically teaching starcraft all over again to Fantasy these days, I think.
Sparkwind
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States42 Posts
April 24 2009 22:43 GMT
#128
correction: it's about the time he came back.

i realized after reading the prior posts that it might have been taken out of context.

i read the long, long article, and posted a quick comment.

i don't know whether BoxER is a nice guy, i don't expect the top of any field is really that nice at all times, however he does raise the bar for the idea of starcraft as a lifestyle, and his skills of entertaining on the battlefield are bar none legendary.

i don't feel that BoXER is going to take starcraft into mainstream in the US. His limited english is a big obstacle and I don't see that as a priority for him. He wants to play starcraft - not represent any community. that is his one of the drawbacks that I see about his persona.

the US is going to need a player with BoXER level talent and the quality of character that can be accepted as world class in the US. there are obstacles for foreigners in the US, and combine that with a foreign type of entertainment, that person must be socially acceptable by the media press ESPECIALLY.

it's a difficult issue - in the US there have been many so-called game champions, only to have them either fade into specialty audiences or simply ignored by the mainstream media.

it's not just a matter of having talent and being entertaining. the media, and the general public, have an expectation of a spokesperson, and it is not a comfortable role. BoxER doesn't particularly hide that fact, which in the US may or may not be accepted.

if the US likes him, he's humble and he's perhaps even charming. if the US doesn't like him, which seemed to be the case the last ten years, he's a foreigner with an uncomfortable silence and on top of that he looks a little unfriendly and dislikable in photos and live events.

A huge resurgence in dreams of space exploration would help with this opportunity as well. if people are thinking about space, games about space become huge.

computer sales indicate a slowdown in most major markets this year. this indicates, to me, that the market is saturated with computers, that there are computers in just about every home and office.

so this indicates the major cost of playing starcraft is already paid for.

step one: just install and play.

step two: get us a US champion.

step three: worldwide acceptance.

so in summary:

BoXER is back. BoXER needs opponents. US needs a champion.

it's about time he came back.






in the end StarCraft begins.
omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
April 27 2009 14:13 GMT
#129
[image loading]
is that doctor K in the background on the far left standing? man, he's been around for a while...
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
April 28 2009 03:30 GMT
#130
On April 27 2009 23:13 omninmo wrote:
[image loading]
is that doctor K in the background on the far left standing? man, he's been around for a while...

One of the reasons he's the team captain?
Nal_rAwr
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2611 Posts
August 06 2009 23:25 GMT
#131
On April 28 2009 12:30 Kinky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 27 2009 23:13 omninmo wrote:
[image loading]
is that doctor K in the background on the far left standing? man, he's been around for a while...

One of the reasons he's the team captain?

probably the only reason he's the team captain

on topic: does anyone know where to find the aftermath of the oov vs boxer finals where boxer cries?
this thread was on a newer thread so plz dont ban me for bumping because i'm kind of contributing to the thread
Nony is Bonjwa
Scalpelexis
Profile Joined November 2011
Spain1 Post
November 28 2011 22:30 GMT
#132
Amaizing...
Boxer is the most amazing player T and a most amazing micro I ever saw, and behold I see ....
Long live the Emperor!
Don't worry, be happy
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