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Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36401 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-09-14 17:10:09
August 29 2007 07:08 GMT
#1
"Alone"
by defenestrate (his poem thread)

For the Starleague prelims thrice per annum we meet,
Half go on to the Starleagues; half drop in defeat.
They who win in the spotlight shall battle-skills hone.
We who lose fade away. We are many, alone.

Like a racehorse, too old for the victories sweet
Growing slow, turning weak, ever more obsolete,
Newbies fresh out of school, those who once held the throne,
The rejected, the losers, the many, alone.

Some will quit, and reality they shall embrace
And go work in an office and drink into daze,
Slaving just for a paycheck, at home just to moan,
Mediocre, generic, and many - alone.

If depression doesn't set into game-hardened brain,
I can see: in the future, more Starleagues remain.
With more practice, I'll micro, I'll maynard each drone,
And defeat my opponents, the many alone.

From mass solitude each of us aims to ascend
And to prove oneself better than foe and than friend,
Shred the league, as a wolf rips the flesh from a bone
And I'll stand at the summit, completely alone.



These are the faces and reactions of everyone that did not advance in the Dual and Survivor qualification tournaments after the Daum OSL and GomTV2 MSL.

Features the same song used in the closing ceremonies of Shinhan Masters.

It's a long wait until the next Dual and Survivor. Here's to hoping all our favorites make it the next time around.

Miscellaneous notes:
- Couldn't find one of Nal_rA, the small vods cut off.
- Darkelf makes a losing face and reaction when he wins.
- Lucifer has the happiest win reaction ever.
- Saddest face nominees: Luxury, TT, Junwi, and Free.

Players included in the video (by appearance)
OSL Dual:
oov, luxury, reach, casy, backho, fbh, shark, zergboy, yooi, free, sea

MSL Survivor:
justin, TT, chalrenge, orion, child, fantasy, midas, much, thezerg, junwi, goodfriend, terror, jju, sheis, keke, reach
@Hot_Bid on Twitter - ESPORTS life since 2010 - http://i.imgur.com/U2psw.png
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17743 Posts
August 29 2007 07:13 GMT
#2
They all look so disappointed and sad as they take off their ear phones
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Lycaeus
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
United States1420 Posts
August 29 2007 07:14 GMT
#3
Watching Reach in the last ten seconds actually made me feel really sorry for him for some reason. : (
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36401 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-08-29 07:16:23
August 29 2007 07:15 GMT
#4
yes, that was the aim of the video, to get a little bit of sympathy to those that didn't make it in

i was going to make a second one of the qualifiers, but its hard to find clips of them actually looking happy after qualifying. lucifer looks happy, so does jaedong... but everyone else just looks relieved.

like an "omg i am alive" face after like a week of straight practicing for it
@Hot_Bid on Twitter - ESPORTS life since 2010 - http://i.imgur.com/U2psw.png
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20665 Posts
August 29 2007 07:16 GMT
#5
I hate how reach is in there twice

and..

damnit reach

you make me die a little bit inside when you lose
ㅋㄲㅈㅁ
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5536 Posts
August 29 2007 07:17 GMT
#6
OMG REACH =(

That was really nice.
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
Phantom
Profile Joined September 2004
Canada2151 Posts
August 29 2007 07:17 GMT
#7
awww =(
http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft2/members/Phantom
Blind
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States2529 Posts
August 29 2007 07:19 GMT
#8
It's always sad watching players lose once you know how hard it is in the progaming world. Sometimes a good player will just slightly miss the OSL, then fade from the dual league, and then just disappear from the starleagues altogether. It's so hard to get back up after that. I'd really like to see Junwi in an OSL again.
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36401 Posts
August 29 2007 07:21 GMT
#9
from that vid it looked like he really, really wanted it.
@Hot_Bid on Twitter - ESPORTS life since 2010 - http://i.imgur.com/U2psw.png
i.play.ZERG
Profile Joined August 2007
Canada276 Posts
August 29 2007 07:33 GMT
#10
Reach has a photo beside him too, everyone was counting on him
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
August 29 2007 07:47 GMT
#11
[iHs]HCO | のヮの | pachi & plexa ownz | RIP _
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17743 Posts
August 29 2007 07:51 GMT
#12
Some pros have the same expression whether they won or lost espcially Xellos and Savior.
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
404.Nintu
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1723 Posts
August 29 2007 08:02 GMT
#13
Fucking awesome video. I mean, sad at the same time. Very, very sad. But such an awesome video.
"So, then did the American yum-yum clown monkey also represent the FCC?"
BluzMan
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Russian Federation4235 Posts
August 29 2007 08:13 GMT
#14
I almost wanted to hit the guy who won over Free. So sad.

Free is a genius of sorts, he deserves at least one starleague title.
You want 20 good men, but you need a bad pussy.
sohee_pink
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Philippines447 Posts
August 29 2007 08:20 GMT
#15
aww... makes me sad~

although, Hwasin should also be in it, he also has the saddest loss reactions too. His eyes glitters...but Reach at the last 10 seconds... And Stork should be in it, I know you guys have seen his reaction after losing from Bisu in the MSL...

But good luck next season~ All of you...
Hiatus
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
August 29 2007 08:35 GMT
#16
sad
whers junwi again? O_o couldn't spot him lol
Graphicssavior[gm] : What is a “yawn” rape ;; Masumune - It was the year of the pig for those fucking defilers. Chill - A clinic you say? okum: SC without Korean yelling is like porn without sex. konamix: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!
DhakhaR
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United Kingdom721 Posts
August 29 2007 08:40 GMT
#17
On August 29 2007 16:51 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
Some pros have the same expression whether they won or lost espcially Xellos and Savior.

saviour only cares about the swarm, nothing so trivial as wins or losses
reach looked gutted, especially the first one :'(
Hittegods
Profile Joined April 2007
Stockholm4641 Posts
August 29 2007 08:42 GMT
#18
On August 29 2007 17:13 BluzMan wrote:
I almost wanted to hit the guy who won over Free. So sad.

Free is a genius of sorts, he deserves at least one starleague title.


QFT. Free looked so devastated.
This neo violence, pure self defiance
rushz0rz
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Canada5300 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-08-29 08:51:39
August 29 2007 08:48 GMT
#19
On August 29 2007 17:35 alffla wrote:
sad
whers junwi again? O_o couldn't spot him lol


he has glasses (those square, black ones) and hes got the Hanbit shirt on (K-SWISS) at 2:28.

It was a bummer seeing Junwi lose and then his expression after, Hot Bid is right, he probably wanted it bad. He used to be a feared and good Zerg, now cant even qualify. So sad. Seeing Free's expression also hits hard.
IntoTheRainBOw fan~
dropthesky
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Canada285 Posts
August 29 2007 08:49 GMT
#20
This is perfect
It Is Not That Impossible Is Unachievable, But Simply That Most People Refuse To Believe Otherwise...
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