EPT[WCG 2011] Japan's Representative's Interview - Page 2
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Souma
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
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Mentymion
Germany259 Posts
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marttorn
Norway5211 Posts
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Krehlmar
Sweden1149 Posts
On September 01 2011 18:54 Mentymion wrote: Te sad thing is...in terms of Starcraft, japanese people dunno shit and even NA Masters are better then their best players.... Which is sad because North Americans arn't that great in comparisson to Europa and most of all Koreans | ||
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Mentymion
Germany259 Posts
On September 01 2011 19:03 Krehlmar wrote: Which is sad because North Americans arn't that great in comparisson to Europa and most of all Koreans i'am impressed....you got my NA bashing/Eu is 10 times better reference!^^ | ||
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JediGamer
United States656 Posts
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aDd3z
Germany885 Posts
 i hope japan will be a force in starcraft as they are in ssf4 | ||
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KaienFEMC
Canada127 Posts
On September 01 2011 18:54 Mentymion wrote: Te sad thing is...in terms of Starcraft, japanese people dunno shit and even NA Masters are better then their best players.... Before you say stuff like this.. From what I know, active Japanese players are at least Masters on NA servers... | ||
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Sandro
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jtrex
Japan94 Posts
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Souma
2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
For those who forget, Starcraft 2 was not localized in Japan, so they're all mainly playing on the NA servers and some are on the Taiwan and Korean servers. The language barrier makes it incredibly tough for a lot of them to improve as they don't have as many opportunities to find practice partners (they can't just sign into TL and search, and even if they do find practice partners it's impossible to give and receive feedback) and they cannot understand casts from huge events such as the GSL and MLG. This dampens the ability for growth by a lot and scares away potential new players. The skills that they've developed are mainly through their own collective efforts. Unfortunately that puts them way behind with the rest of the world since the player base is so small. So to those guys who continue trucking along and continue to polish their game, I believe they deserve a lot of credit. There are quite a bit of them who devote A LOT of time to Starcraft 2, but they can only grow so much alone. If I were to make a comparison, the current Japanese Starcraft 2 community is a lot like Japan during their period of isolation. It wasn't until America broke open their door that they experienced phenomenal growth. I think what the Japanese SC2 scene needs is a bit of the same - someone to peel them away from isolation and help them grow; the Japanese are built for gaming in the same sense as Koreans are - smart, hardworking and dedicated. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening any time soon, though. It would take a lot of hard work and dedication for someone to help the scene flourish. | ||
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Cedstick
Canada3336 Posts
On September 02 2011 06:17 Souma wrote: + Show Spoiler + Regardless of player skill, it's admirable that Japan has formed their own small community and is sending a player to the WCG. For those who forget, Starcraft 2 was not localized in Japan, so they're all mainly playing on the NA servers and some are on the Taiwan and Korean servers. The language barrier makes it incredibly tough for a lot of them to improve as they don't have as many opportunities to find practice partners (they can't just sign into TL and search, and even if they do find practice partners it's impossible to give and receive feedback) and they cannot understand casts from huge events such as the GSL and MLG. This dampens the ability for growth by a lot and scares away potential new players. The skills that they've developed are mainly through their own collective efforts. Unfortunately that puts them way behind with the rest of the world since the player base is so small. So to those guys who continue trucking along and continue to polish their game, I believe they deserve a lot of credit. There are quite a bit of them who devote A LOT of time to Starcraft 2, but they can only grow so much alone. If I were to make a comparison, the current Japanese Starcraft 2 community is a lot like Japan during their period of isolation. It wasn't until America broke open their door that they experienced phenomenal growth. I think what the Japanese SC2 scene needs is a bit of the same - someone to peel them away from isolation and help them grow; the Japanese are built for gaming in the same sense as Koreans are - smart, hardworking and dedicated. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening any time soon, though. It would take a lot of hard work and dedication for someone to help the scene flourish. The fact they they've fought passed their limited resources and representation and managed to get a WCG team to send someone to the Grand Finals for them is fantastic, especially considering one of the bigger players in the SC2 community, my very own Canada, can't get it's shit together. Japan fighting! Cool to see you guys like Pixtar posting in here | ||
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Scribble
2077 Posts
On September 01 2011 07:29 windsupernova wrote: Daigo should play SC2. hahaha nice interview. Hope he does well, its always nice to see new talent And Flash should play Street Fighter. (= | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
The main reason Japan isn't seen as a target market for Blizzard (leading to the lack of localization) is that PC gaming, especially of non-Japanese games, is perceived to be largely non-existent there. | ||
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Xplitcit
United States419 Posts
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Tigi
Germany472 Posts
On September 02 2011 06:46 Azarkon wrote: Japan has a small but seemingly resourceful SC community. I recall that they sent BW representatives to WCG, as well, though sadly I think it was one of their players who Jaedong called "like playing the computer" in the WCG. The main reason Japan isn't seen as a target market for Blizzard (leading to the lack of localization) is that PC gaming, especially of non-Japanese games, is perceived to be largely non-existent there. Nah man, as far as i remember they did pretty good and beat some of the top foreigner. The one who was called "like playing the computer" was someone from a west asian country i don't exactly recall now. | ||
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Sandro
897 Posts
On September 02 2011 06:46 Azarkon wrote: Japan has a small but seemingly resourceful SC community. I recall that they sent BW representatives to WCG, as well, though sadly I think it was one of their players who Jaedong called "like playing the computer" in the WCG. The main reason Japan isn't seen as a target market for Blizzard (leading to the lack of localization) is that PC gaming, especially of non-Japanese games, is perceived to be largely non-existent there. Jaedong actually said that? What a jerk. | ||
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zappa372
Chile365 Posts
Nope, it wasn't a japanese player. He was form Azerbajian. edit: and he played really horrible, like D- play, so he deserved it. | ||
ZeromuS
Canada13378 Posts
Either way gl to Japan at WCG! This guy seems like a good guy | ||
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
He called a bad player bad. What's wrong with that? | ||
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