IN THE FF FORUM -- an article has been written of Draco. To sum up the article which I am too lazy to translate, says the followings: Draco did well on WCG. Draco pulled off few wins over Koreans showing he does have skills to compete even with Koreans. He does show possibilities of competing in Proleague. Basically, a praise about Draco.
However, this is not what interests me. This was very expected article and says nothing new. What DID catch my attention was the responses of the koreans. Thus making me translate some of it. (Not all because I'm a lazy peson just like you)
1st reply: If you want to succeed, come to Korea... 2nd reply: hmm, Draco was amazing~~ 3rd: Draco will be in Proleague. ---: Draco was pretty good. Seems better than the most of Korean protoss users. With a bit more shaping, he should be able to take a win in proleague. ---: Isn't Legend a better player since he earned 4th place? ---: hehehe IMO, Draco played much better... ---: When you watch Draco play, his prescense/force is incredible... when he beated Midas... even though I haven't seen the game between him and oov... ---: Legend got raped by OoV 2:0 while draco only lost 2-1 ---: IMO, draco played better than Legend ---: (stupid post/not related at all) ---: (another lame post replying to the previous post) ---: Draco's so good. OoV almost got 0-2 by him. He's that much amazing. Legend was just lucky with brackets. He only met July once, and didn't even meet any other koreans till the semifinal. ---: Isn't Draco adjusting much faster than Legend? And since Legend couldn't even take a single win off of Koreans, can't you say Draco is a level higher than Legend? I think so, Legend was in SKT1 for almost an year now while Draco only has been in Korea for 3 months. ---: Hope he doesn't fall in to the "path of night"... ;; all the foreigners as of yet can't keep up with Koreans who practice over 10 hours a day... ---: If Draco beats OoV, FF forum will shut down ---: Draco won with proxy gates... -- In game 3, he got destroyed by timing attack ---: kekeke when draco beated oov,,,, it was proxy gate.. keke he won with proxy gate against Midas too,, kekekeke /// and when oov went bio (m & m), he couldn't even block it GG ---: Legend was less popular than Draco before coming to Korea,,, same with skills,,, but now, he has improved a lot coming to korea.. ---: DRACO!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Draco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DRACO!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE DRACO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (x4) ---: Only Proxy all in rush if you suck...Only Proxy all in rush if you suck...Only Proxy all in rush if you suck...(x1726876324) ---: Stop talking and why dont YOU TRY? ---: Draco played very well.. ---: Stop with the bs, he won one game with proxy gate --; ---: I see reps of Draco losing to amateur terrans time to time. He's not ready to go against progamers yet. ---: How many progamer tosses do you think are capable of pulling a win off of Midas or OoV even WITH proxy gates? Not many.
I'm glad many Koreans are happy for Draco. Keep up the good work Draco! Both foreigners(tl.net) AND Koreans are supporting you You're the new great white hope! Draco Fighting!!!!~
Ugh I wish I knew Korean so I could respond too. The Draco vs Midas game may have started off with a proxy but it didn't even come close to winning the game for Draco. He worked really hard for that and in my eyes he beat Midas straight up. The Oov game was a little cheesier but still you have to give him credit.
I wonder how long I could keep up that kind of pattern. Leg was man enough to stop when he lost interest, so I wonder where Draco will go when he gets tired of it. Then again, maybe he'll find a way to stick with it. I just don't know, and I'm excited to find out where this guy ends up.
Draco did very well, i'm very impressed by how polished he already is after having been in korea for only a short time. That and he's actually good at pvz makes me believe he has the potential to be great both mechanically and strategically which is what a good progamer is.
hey, Midas lost only 400 minerals, Draco spent 400 minerals on those proxy gates/pylon so what? IMO the thing that fucked Midas the most was those dt, he was forced to cancel his CC.
Anyway, gaia is a gay map, its really hard do break a push specially against the iron wall(midas) on that map, and you can't flank him. you have few options..
Dracos mistake was that non-gas exp.. it got midas to the game again, cause draco had to waste units defending that expo.. but after that he was so fuckin smart!
mcmascote, it's not minerals that are important, It's the time it takes to build another one, and the time it COULD have been used to gather resources, which could have been spent on a larger army, which would definately have won him the game.
If you can pull off cheese against Korean Progamer micro, you deserve to win. Think about it: Progamers probably train a really long time against many forms of cheese every day.
On October 23 2006 21:31 zdd wrote: If you can pull off cheese against Korean Progamer micro, you deserve to win. Think about it: Progamers probably train a really long time against many forms of cheese every day.
On October 23 2006 20:40 HonestTea wrote: The great thing about Draco is, he seems to be the most adverse to the "path of night" of all the foreigners ever to grace the Korean progaming scene.
Even Giyom lost interest. But Draco seems to be very, very focused. Good for him.
I'd be focused too when I haven been to the progaming scene for merely 3 months. Give him more time and we will see.
The hard part is when you train so hard but with little returns(such as getting into major leagues) can be discouraging. Best hope to Draco tho. Foreign player playing on stage is always fun to watch.
Considering the guy has been in Korea for 3 short months I'd say he did great.
Proxy gate or not, he's certainly filling the shoes of foreign pros of yesteryear. Give the guy time, and we'll see if we have another crazy foreign toss on our hands.
few days ago, when i watched online broadcasting game btw legend vs iloveoov, the commentator mentioned " the Draco vs Iloveoov's game was incredible, it's gonna CHANGE YOUR LIFE...." . well i don't believe my life will be changed by the game, but his performance was definitely excellent. on the other hand, Legend was little bit lucky on the bracket, that's why he got a better rank. he s also growing Protoss star.
EPT
You're the new great white hope! Draco Fighting!!!!~ 
