EPTOr as a Swedish reporter said to Ingemar Stenmark when he won by a slight margin:
"- You were lucky there, weren´t you?"
"- You know, the funny thing is, the more I practice the luckier I tend to be".
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Here we go again. This weekend is about good games and good fun. Don't rain on that parade. Play nice guys. Here's the very standard and friendly: - NO Balance Whine. - NO Player Bashing. - NO Caster Bashing. - NO BM whatsoever. Breaking these rules (from pg 166 forward) will be met with severe punishment. | ||
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MacWorld
Sweden227 Posts
Or as a Swedish reporter said to Ingemar Stenmark when he won by a slight margin: "- You were lucky there, weren´t you?" "- You know, the funny thing is, the more I practice the luckier I tend to be". | ||
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xAPOCALYPSEx
1418 Posts
On November 21 2011 15:22 Dante08 wrote: I missed almost the entire mlg cause of work but holy fuck leenock's run was super impressive. Can someone recap the final games? The last 5-10 pages were all discussing talent vs practice -.- Naniwa went for risky builds (FFE or even nexus first FFE) every single game and got punished every single game (except for the one he won lol) | ||
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s3183529
Australia707 Posts
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JustPassingBy
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Big J
Austria16289 Posts
On November 21 2011 16:26 s3183529 wrote: This talent vs training thing is old. Training is the most important, but talent will give you a slight edge. It's just like studying at school, some dudes don't even need to study and still get A quite easily, some others study really hard to get A. but that's just an extreme simplyfication. The same guys that hardly have to learn are always the ones that participate the most in classes and often times know things about the school topics before they are being taught. So imo it is always purely a result of learnings, even though some education (parenting, attitudes like diligence...) clearly give a person advanteges that another person might never be able to catch up to. - which people then call "talent", while it is simply a result of learnings | ||
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Benjef
United Kingdom6921 Posts
Mad props to Naniwa too, easily the top non korean now. | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
On November 21 2011 16:40 Big J wrote: but that's just an extreme simplyfication. The same guys that hardly have to learn are always the ones that participate the most in classes and often times know things about the school topics before they are being taught. So imo it is always purely a result of learnings, even though some education (parenting, attitudes like diligence...) clearly give a person advanteges that another person might never be able to catch up to. - which people then call "talent", while it is simply a result of learnings This is behaviourism and in this pure form it's been given up on long ago. Genetics play a large role, both in shaping your personality and things like your IQ. | ||
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
Is it confirmed that NaNiwa got Code S? Too many pages for me to read through to find it. | ||
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ALPINA
3791 Posts
On November 20 2011 06:01 Alpina wrote: that guy is a beast i wouldn't be surprised if he won whole event. I guessed on day 2 that leenock could take everything  congratz to him! | ||
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purpose
Sweden1017 Posts
As for the naniwa hate for dissing Nestea. Nestea has been talked up so much and when asked a question he just said what he tought was correct. And to be honest. Naniwa beat Nestea in 2 bo3 series this weekend and nestea also got knocked out by Hayder who hasent really impressed anyone previously. Also his run in the GSL was not that good either recently. So Naniwa was right, especially when he said that Lennock was a much better zerg. And foreigners has proven now that even though korea is still nr 1, the space between is not that big anymore and no korean can feel safe playing the top foreigners like Huk and Naniwa. Cant get any better then that!! | ||
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Latty
Germany567 Posts
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
On November 21 2011 11:04 Warrior Madness wrote: 12-0 - Open Bracket 2-0: Boxer 2-0: Haypro 2-0: Slush 2-1: MMA 2-0: Idra 2-0: Huk 2-0: MVP 4-3: DRG 4-1: Naniwa I am so freaking happy for Leenock. That kid couldn't just catch a break in GSL for a long time. Getting to up and down matches and facing top GSL players every single time. Getting knocked down to code A and at some point even getting knocked out of code A. And now his da fakking man! HUGE GZ LEENOCK!!!!!!! Someone make a documentary how the little chubby zerg got the worst possible draws in GSL, got knocked down over and over again by the big boys, then came to the biggest MLG of them all and just crushed his way through the tournament! And the fact that he beat Nani which I just have a hard time watching and liking... epic! Leenock FIGHTING!!!!! | ||
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
i cant believe leenock won this. He was playing really well but the way naniwa beat nestea twice and then DRG i thought he was gonna smash leenock if he met him in the finals huge props to leenock, definitely made some new fans here  | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
On November 21 2011 13:52 Clbull wrote: Leenock vs Naniwa felt like a typical GSL final. A 4 - 1 roflstomp. And before you argue against this, name any GSL final in history that hasn't ended either 4 - 0 or 4 - 1. Nestea vs MKP GSL 2. 4-3 | ||
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Flowjo
United States928 Posts
On November 21 2011 10:53 soulist wrote: Cheese zerg wins MLG. GG your name explains your comment rofl.... | ||
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zaii
Guam2611 Posts
On November 21 2011 16:57 purpose wrote: This MLG was just epic. Not only did Naniwa prove himself to be the nr 1 non korean sc2 player in the world, but Hayder had an amazing run in the loser bracket, MC got knocked out and Idra just plain failed so hard. He only beat his teamm8 puma and then raged so hard he did not even play his placementmatch. As for the naniwa hate for dissing Nestea. Nestea has been talked up so much and when asked a question he just said what he tought was correct. And to be honest. Naniwa beat Nestea in 2 bo3 series this weekend and nestea also got knocked out by Hayder who hasent really impressed anyone previously. Also his run in the GSL was not that good either recently. So Naniwa was right, especially when he said that Lennock was a much better zerg. And foreigners has proven now that even though korea is still nr 1, the space between is not that big anymore and no korean can feel safe playing the top foreigners like Huk and Naniwa. Cant get any better then that!! ppl on TL/reddit hating on him for bming Nestea, While Naniwa lost the favor of the live audience by calling MLG a joke. at least that's what I've seen so far. | ||
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ALPINA
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Hittegods
Stockholm4640 Posts
On November 21 2011 15:08 Jeremy Reimer wrote: But in the last page, someone posted statistics of that 16 year old champion practicing literally four times as much as the average GM player on the Korean server. Flash and Jaedong also practiced more than their peers. Obviously, it's not possible for anyone to become a pro, simply because there are a limited number of pro seats available. This is the same in any sport. There is only so much money available in sponsorship and so only so many seats at the table for pro players to be on a team. But it would be interesting to see (and with B.Net it should be possible to determine this)-- are there any players in Korea who played as many or more ladder games as Leenock who did not end up becoming pro players? Actually Flash is known for playing very few practice games. | ||
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Carush
United States356 Posts
On November 21 2011 17:22 Alpina wrote: By the way why finals where extended series? I do not recall them playing before.. they played before and nani 2-0d him and thats how he got into the lower bracket and ended up playing drg | ||
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Carush
United States356 Posts
On November 21 2011 17:23 Hittegods wrote: Actually Flash is known for playing very few practice games. this is true and jaedong is known for practicing an absurd amout (i read once he in a interview he said he practiced until his eyes bled) different players are different | ||
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