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Greykarn at Rakaka.se has written an open letter to the whole Starcraft 2 community. Come to Arlanda 11:20 on Sunday (10/4) Terminal 5 to welcome Jonahtan "Jinro" Walsh home.
He will travel together with HuK and MC. IdrA will also arrive to Arlanda one hour before and they will get picked up by DreamHack together.
Do you want to meet these Superstars, talk some Starcraft 2 and prepare for the upcoming DreamHack Stockholm Invitational then write here in the comments that you will attend or signup at Facebook!
See you at Arlanda!
Rakaka greykarn skriver öppet brev till communityn:
Kära communityvänner, esportälskare & StarCraft-fans!
En tidig morgon den 15:e januari 2011 vaknade jag, Hellspawn, ponde och Iceman i Uppsala. Efter en övernattning i Pondes lägenhet hade vi satt alarmklockan på alldeles-för-tidigt. Det var dags för GSL med Artosis och Tasteless. Alla med varsin kaffe-kopp i handen och siktet inställt på Grupp D i Round of 16 med oGs MC, MarineKing, Rainb0w och succé-spelaren Jinro som i den förra säsongen hade fått sitt stora genombrott efter att tagit sig till semfinal i en koreansk StarCraft II-turnering som första icke-korean.
Två timmar senare står vi upp och skriker i kör, höjer armarna i skyn och vrålar ett ekande JIIIIIIIINRO som bör ha väckt hela huset. Efter den inledande förlusten mot MarineKing hade svenske Jinro gjort det omöjliga och slagit den regerande GSL-mästaren MC två gånger - först på Lost Temple och sedan på Scrap station. Han slog en spelare som bara några veckor tidigare hade förnedrat honom i en semifinal där svensken inte hade en chans.
Det var någonstans där som jag definitivt bestämde mig för att bli en hängiven Jinro-supporter. Sverige hade fått en ny e-sportstjärna i klass med Lakerman och HeatoN. Om inte större. Jag vet inte om det var allt kaffe vi drack den morgonen eller om det var hans smeknamn, "Gorilla Terran", som fick mig att bli Jinro-frälst. Kanske var det att han tidigare varit en hängiven forumpostare på TeamLiquid med 30 000 poster i bagaget och som nu fick leva sin dröm i e-sportens förlovande land. Kanske var det något annat.. Men det är en morgon man sent glömmer..
Stärkt av självförtroende ångade Jinro återigen mot semifinal. I semifinalen fick han återigen möta aviga MarineKing och det blev tyvärr förlust igen. Men aldrig har två semifinalförluster varit så stora. Jinro skrev in sig i den svenska e-sporthistorien. Jinro öppnade också ögonen för en hel e-sportvärld: Sydkoreanerna är inte oslagbara. I Brood War hade bedriften varit omöjlig, men i StarCraft II kunde äntligen västerlänningar mäta sig med de koreanska superstjärnorna. Jinro hade inte bara blivit en fanfavorit i Sverige - utan en hel onlinevärld imponerandes av den svenska Terran-spelaren. Det syntes om inte annat på Twitter - där han var 'Trending' globalt.
Den 10:e april klockan 11.20 landar Jonatan "Jinro" Walsh på Arlanda flygplats. Han kommer tillsammans med TL-kamraten HuK och oGs-stjärnan MC. Jinro är inbjuden, precis som de andra två, att spela i DreamHacks turnering 'Stockholm Invitiational' på Kulturhuset. Det är första gången som Jinro återvänder till Sverige efter succén i Sydkorea.
Jag har sagt det flera gånger, men det var nog någonstans där i Uppsala som jag bestämde mig: Om Jinro kommer hem till Sverige måste den svensk e-sportcommunityn sluta upp, åka till Arlanda och välkomna våran svenska e-sporthjälte hem till Stockholm. Han är säkert sugen på att träffa nära och kära strax efter landning, men förhoppningsvis kan vi i alla fall ge tillbaka lite av den underhållning som han skänkt oss den här mörka vintern.
Jag uppmanar därför alla e-sportfans där ute, att göra som jag, Ponde och Hellspawn. Boka en buss, ett tåg, ta en taxi eller tanka bilen full med bensin. Klockan 11 på Söndag (10/4) ses vi nämligen i Ankomsthallen i Terminal 5 på Arlanda och hyllar superhjälten.
Ta med kameror, skyltar eller vad som helst. Det blir såklart en hel del StarCraft-snack, kanske ett besök på McDonalds och en perfekt uppladdning inför StarCraft II-evenemanget den 12:e april. För vem skulle inte vilja ha en svensk seger i Kulturhuset?
Så kamma luggen nu och skriv i kommentarerna under om du dyker upp! Det vore om inte annat - kul att ses!
Source: rakaka.se
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Idra and Huk sharing a car ride? That would be a bit uncomfortable.
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On April 08 2011 07:29 The Prowler wrote:
Idra and Huk sharing a car ride? That would be a bit uncomfortable.
wwhy?
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On April 08 2011 07:29 Art_of_Kill wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2011 07:29 The Prowler wrote:
Idra and Huk sharing a car ride? That would be a bit uncomfortable. wwhy?
They don't have the most amicable relations.
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It's not like HuK can beat IdrA in riding a car or something.
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On April 08 2011 07:29 Art_of_Kill wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2011 07:29 The Prowler wrote:
Idra and Huk sharing a car ride? That would be a bit uncomfortable. wwhy?
because idra has bm'd him on more than one occasion
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On April 08 2011 07:29 Art_of_Kill wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2011 07:29 The Prowler wrote:
Idra and Huk sharing a car ride? That would be a bit uncomfortable. wwhy?
Because Idra kinda trolled Huk in MLG 
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On April 08 2011 07:30 Obaten wrote:
It's not like HuK can beat IdrA in riding a car or something.
He can beat him in i spy(hallucinate an object to spy much???) and singing 99 bottles of beer
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They're grown (sorta) men, I'm sure they can share a car.
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On April 08 2011 07:30 NukeD wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2011 07:29 Art_of_Kill wrote:On April 08 2011 07:29 The Prowler wrote:
Idra and Huk sharing a car ride? That would be a bit uncomfortable. wwhy? Because Idra kinda trolled Huk in MLG
HuK actually was the one trolling, but whatever.
Let's see if the swedes can do better than Germanys nerds did when TLO arrived at Frankfurt 
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I don't know anything about the supposed animosity between the two, but just saw this pic at the epic image thread and maybe it has something to do with the discussion.
![[image loading]](http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i271/elralia/idrahuk-1.jpg) \
cred: GGTeMpLaR
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Can we please get over the HuK vs Idra drama? It's pretty much in every thread, and this one isn't about them.
Anyway, make sure to take pictures / make videos!
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It's up to the nerds in Stockholm. I would never drive to Stockholm for this and I don't think anyone else would either.
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translate please i would love to hear!
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This is so cool. And Jinro actually deserves it.
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the letter recaps the gsl jan mc-jinro match. omg jinro has risen to a superstar status in the swedish esports scene. in bw western peeps didnt have a chance but in sc2 they can compete with the best. get your ass to arlanda on the 10th and cheer for jinro etcetc
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Make sure to take/post pictures please!
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Hope a lot of people show up to greet them! Such a fantastic opportunity.
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Translation?:
Rakaka greykarn writes open letter to the community:
Dear community friends, esportälskare & StarCraft fans!
An early morning January 15, 2011 I woke up, Hellspawn, Pond and Iceman in Uppsala. After an overnight stay in Pond apartment we had set the alarm clock on the right-to-early. It was time for GSL with Artosis and Tasteless. All, each with a coffee cup in hand and a focus on Group D in the Round of 16 with ogs MC, marinated king, Rainb0w and successful player Jinro as in the previous season had got her big break after that made it to the semfinal in a Korean StarCraft II tournament as the first non-korean.
Two hours later we stand up and shout in chorus, raise your arms in the sky and roared a deafening JIIIIIIIINRO which should have brought the whole house. After the initial defeat by marinating king had Swedish Jinro done the impossible and beaten the defending GSL champion MC twice - first on the Lost Temple and then on Scrap Station. He beat a player who only weeks earlier had humiliated him in a semifinal in which the Swede had a chance.
It was somewhere there that I definitely decided to become an avid supporter Jinro. Sweden had a new e-sports star in the class with Lakerman and HeatoN. If not more. I do not know if that was all we drank coffee that morning or if it was his nickname, "Gorilla Terran", which made me Jinro-saved. Maybe it was that he had previously been a devoted forumpostare on team liquid with 30 000 items in luggage, now got to live his dream in e-sport engagement of country. Maybe it was something else .. But there is a tomorrow is not soon forget ..
Bolstered by confidence steamed Jinro again in the semifinals. In the semifinals, he once again meet purl marinating king and it was, unfortunately, loss again. But never have two semifinal losses were so great. Jinro enrolled in the Swedish e-sport history. Jinro also opened my eyes to a whole e-sports world: The South Koreans are not unbeatable. In Brood War had been impossible feat, but in StarCraft II Westerners could finally compete with the Korean superstar. Jinro had not only become a fanfavorit in Sweden - but a whole online world was impressed by the Swedish Terran player. It seemed otherwise to Twitter - where he was 'Trending' everywhere.
On the 10th of April at 11:20 landing Jonathan "Jinro" Walsh at Arlanda airport. He will work with the TL-mate Bachelor of Og-star MC. Jinro is invited, just like the other two, to play in the DreamHack tournament 'Stockholm Invitiational' at Kulturhuset. It is the first time that Jinro will return to Sweden after the success in Korea.
I've said it several times, but it was probably somewhere in Uppsala, I decided: If Jinro will return to Sweden, the Swedish e-sport community, stop, go to the airport and welcome our Swedish e-sports hero back to Stockholm. He is certainly keen to meet with friends and family shortly after landing, but hopefully we can at least give back some of the entertainment he has given us this dark winter.
I therefore call on all e-sports fans out there, do as I do, Pond and Hellspawn. Book a bus, a train, take a taxi or a tank car full of petrol. At 11 on Sunday (10 / 4) we have seen namely in the arrivals hall in Terminal 5 at Arlanda and celebrates the super hero.
Bring cameras, signs or anything. It is of course a lot of StarCraft-talk, perhaps a visit to McDonald's and a perfect warm up before StarCraft II event April 12. Who would not want to have a Swedish victory in the Cultural Center?
Then comb the bangs now, and write in the comments below if you show up! It would be otherwise - fun to see!
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