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Nal_rA to SC2? Maybe in 2012.

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Eun_Star
Profile Joined April 2010
United States322 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-26 12:45:58
December 26 2010 12:15 GMT
#1
It seems to me that teamliquid has missed this news article, so I felt like I should post this to let everyone know (I don't follow the SC2 scene).

http://star2.gamechosun.co.kr/board/view.php?bid=news&num=29932

Checkout the news article for two pictures.. One's a gameplay picture (supposedly from the match between PHE/Kim-Tae-Young vs loadofdream/Kang-min aka Nal_rA) and the other one's a screenshot of nal_ra's ranking in his division(?).

Maybe one of the translators will get to work on this news article (or maybe everyone knows about this), but here's a rough translation.

'Dreamer' Kang-min, participates in Gisado Star Challenge as an anonymous...shows off his skills

Well known "second-generation" pro-gamer and commentator 'Dreamer' Kangmin attended the "Gisado Star Challenge" on October 25th, 2010 and gained attention.

Kang-min stayed anonymous and participated in a broadcast game with the id 'loadofdream' and displayed fascinating control for a comeback win against the player Kim-Tae-Young (Protoss), which made the audience curious of the winner's identity.

Commentator Hwang-Young-Jae (Gisado) soon revealed the surprising fact that 'loadofdream' was Kang-min. The Gom TV chat and variety of communities [forums, etc] showed positive response to Kangmin's "move" to Starcraft 2.

Kang-min's battle.net ID 'loadofdream' is supposed to be 'lord of dream,' which portrays his aka 'dreamer' or 'lord of dream,' but a funny episode of his nickname being shown as 'load of dream' must have influenced this ID [wdf this part was hard to translate...i guess nal_ra thought it would be funny to make his ID as loadofdream because there was an incident where the aka lord of dream was mistakenly showed/aired as load of dream, if someone could elaborate, that would be great].

Kang-min played about 1000 games to date with the race protoss, and is currently (October 26th, 2010) ranked 147th within Korea's ELL ranking with 2270 points.

Since Kang-min will be serving for the army till 2012, he will not be able to participate in GSL or any other official leagues for that matter, despite the fact that he shows potential in Starcraft 2 [I've read that he is currently working for a middle-school, helping out the teachers (공익근무요원). He's not training like how you would normally when serving in the army (possibly for his "old" age--not sure how the system works), but he is working for the government].

The fans are aware of this situation, so they are cheering for Kang-min to practice hard for 2 years to show-off his unique play style of 'of brood war in Starcraft 2 as a 'dreamer.'

The e-sport scene is dreaming of the 2nd Renaissance with these "old" players, such as Lim-Yo-Hwan (SlayerS_BoxeR), Lee-Yoon-Yeol (NaDa), Kim-Dong-Soo (Garimto), Byun-Gil-Sup (Sync), Choi-In-Gyu (ChRh), and many other former brood war pro-gamers currently in GSL Season 2, along with Kang-min in Starcraft 2.

//

Good news for sc2 players who switched from brood war! I'm a bit disappointed to see that nal_ra has possibly made the move to sc2 , but it's still awesome to see that nal_ra will continue to play starcraft and stick with the e-sports scene. Hopefully we will see another "revolution" of protoss as nal_ra gets out of his mandatory military service in 2012,
I guess Nal_rA found some time to play games, and that's always a good news haha.

A question about the article...
I don't know much about Starcraft 2, but isn't 2270 points...a bit low? Maybe the ELL ranking or whatever is shown in Korea is different. His stats are not that impressive either (534 wins 454 losses). Looks like just massing games to me...I really hope Nal_rA will improve much more by the time he is able to participate in GSL.

edit: just realized, if you look at the first picture carefully, it says "load of dreams." explains his ID
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
December 26 2010 12:17 GMT
#2
why would you be sad that he switch to SC2? this is his change to make a great comeback

gogo Old Boy Season 2 ^^
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
December 26 2010 12:24 GMT
#3
I support his switch.

I bet he would come up with some great strats
I am not good with quotes
Tonttu
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland606 Posts
December 26 2010 12:25 GMT
#4
Looks promising for me!
Nal_Ra is my favorite Protoss and I'd like to see his creative play in Sc2.
We already got Boxer, Nada and July and Nal_Ra would be awesome addition for SC2!
And about 1k games during military service? Hmm.. I don't know
Naama, the #1 Conductor! | Slayers, Fnatic and Mouz | Naama, MMA and ForGG |
Kisezik
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia70 Posts
December 26 2010 12:25 GMT
#5
2270 points with a record of 534 wins and 454 is an impressive record on korean servers. Dont compare NA and SEA servers with korean servers, they're on a much higher level
Xiron
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1233 Posts
December 26 2010 12:26 GMT
#6
2270 means this picture is probably pretty old by now, because 2200 was top of the ladder several weeks ago. or he is just plain in a new division
"The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. " - Charlie Chaplin
Invictus
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Singapore2697 Posts
December 26 2010 12:31 GMT
#7
Reading conprehension fail?
The article states that it is october 26th, not december 26th. So the image itself is probably already outdated -.-

On another note, go nal_ra!!!!
Lee Jaedong Fighting!
Eun_Star
Profile Joined April 2010
United States322 Posts
December 26 2010 12:34 GMT
#8
Haha good to hear that nal_ra is actually doing well. I was hoping that BW scene would last until nal_ra's comeback in 2012, and nal_ra would have another oldboy season for bw again...lol. well, maybe i would have switched by then, who knows. I mean, if nal_ra played 1000 games, he could have done the same for brood war too.
Piski
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Finland3461 Posts
December 26 2010 12:42 GMT
#9
He is going to rock when he joins sc2 ^^
catbert1
Profile Joined February 2007
Korea (South)111 Posts
December 26 2010 12:49 GMT
#10
Yeah it's super old. You can see that the article was written on october 28. Did a search for loadofdream on kr server and got nothing on sc2ranks.
St3MoR
Profile Joined November 2002
Spain3256 Posts
December 26 2010 12:51 GMT
#11
old boy s2 would be awesome :D
Prophet in TL of the Makoto0124 ways
EliteReplay
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Dominican Republic913 Posts
December 26 2010 14:28 GMT
#12
YEah Nal_Ra in SC2 will be just ROCK
if play random i can't call any race imba?
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51480 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-26 14:34:38
December 26 2010 14:32 GMT
#13
On December 26 2010 21:49 catbert1 wrote:
Yeah it's super old. You can see that the article was written on october 28. Did a search for loadofdream on kr server and got nothing on sc2ranks.


i was watching gisado's stream and he has a real id friend called NalRa whos name is 강민, so i'm 93.505960% sure that it is him.

(http://sc2ranks.com/kr/758865/NalRa)
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drlame
Profile Joined February 2010
Sweden574 Posts
December 26 2010 14:37 GMT
#14
On December 26 2010 23:32 GTR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 26 2010 21:49 catbert1 wrote:
Yeah it's super old. You can see that the article was written on october 28. Did a search for loadofdream on kr server and got nothing on sc2ranks.


i was watching gisado's stream and he has a real id friend called NalRa whos name is 강민, so i'm 93.505960% sure that it is him.

(http://sc2ranks.com/kr/758865/NalRa)


Lol who is that above NalRa in his division? "jOyNalrA". Anway NalRa was among the first to play sc2 back in 2007 so it wouldn't surprise me.
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
December 26 2010 14:39 GMT
#15
Hell yeah go Nal_Ra!

Players like him could really benefit from the way sc2 is :D
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SushilS
Profile Joined November 2010
2115 Posts
December 26 2010 14:41 GMT
#16
SHITTTTTT! Nal_Ra.... wew gotta have a cold shower NOW!!!
iceiceice: I’m going to make this short; I am the one true tinker player.
Sawamura
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Malaysia7602 Posts
December 26 2010 14:59 GMT
#17
Kang min from ktf magic ns will always be my hero go keep on dreaming and pwned the shit of these sc2 players .
BW/KT Forever R.I.P KT.Violet dearly missed ..
leviathan20
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom193 Posts
December 26 2010 15:03 GMT
#18
On December 26 2010 23:32 GTR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 26 2010 21:49 catbert1 wrote:
Yeah it's super old. You can see that the article was written on october 28. Did a search for loadofdream on kr server and got nothing on sc2ranks.


i was watching gisado's stream and he has a real id friend called NalRa whos name is 강민, so i'm 93.505960% sure that it is him.

(http://sc2ranks.com/kr/758865/NalRa)


That's almost certainly the same account as loadofdream, yep. If you look back at the stats for that account on SC2ranks at around the time this article was written it had 2269 points, pretty damn close to the 2270 in the picture here. Must've name changed after that.
"We better get that boy a waffle NOW or he gon' DIE!"
JinDesu
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3990 Posts
December 26 2010 15:05 GMT
#19
If that is him, that's pretty good in points for now then!
Yargh
shucklesors
Profile Joined May 2010
Singapore1176 Posts
December 26 2010 15:11 GMT
#20
Yellow
"Kang Min, I am disappoint."
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