the guys singing on the main page big image are Much and Savior during the CJ fan party

more pics here:
http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=51507

ManaBlue

Canada10458 Posts

July 19 2007 07:59 GMT

#22

Awesome read HonestTea!

It's so true. Style isn't simply an aspect of entertainment (though it's a big factor for the entertainment quality of a player's games) it's an invalueable part of exceptional play. The Darkelf example was spot on.

Hot_Bid

Braavos36362 Posts

July 19 2007 08:05 GMT

#23

darkelf has style man

see those glasses??

he's a pimp

him and hiya[fou]

ManaBlue

Canada10458 Posts

July 19 2007 09:01 GMT

#24

Haha, and poetically enough, Hiya is one of those unspecial "really good" terrans too.

Maybe the glasses do it.

koryano321

United States309 Posts

July 19 2007 10:11 GMT

#25

wow, what a badass aritcle. NICELY DONE MAN!

gameguard

Korea (South)2131 Posts

July 19 2007 14:42 GMT

#26

what song did they sing? Were they any good?

Guybrush

Spain4744 Posts

July 19 2007 15:34 GMT

#27

I think HonestTea is related to mensrea. That was absolutely beautifully written. Thanks.

Art pictures too.

Ido

Germany661 Posts

July 19 2007 15:35 GMT

#28

On July 19 2007 13:46 ReTrooper wrote:
The last picture is really tasteless. Ruined the whole article for me.

true

morfyy

Romania593 Posts

July 19 2007 17:44 GMT

#29

I like very much this article nice work ^^

EDIT 'Style Will Set You Free '

Cranefly

Germany184 Posts

July 19 2007 18:39 GMT

#30

On July 19 2007 13:46 ReTrooper wrote:
The last picture is really tasteless. Ruined the whole article for me.

agreed. it casts a cloud of crudity over this great write-up.

Carnac

Germany / USA16648 Posts

July 19 2007 18:59 GMT

#31

Funny how the only ones complaining about it are Germans.

Chef

10810 Posts

July 20 2007 00:12 GMT

#32

I believe it was Bruce Lee who said, "My form is formless, my way is no way." It is ultimately who can adapt better who wins in war.

In poker, you often make the most money when playing the opposite of your style. Tight players stealing pots with loose bluffs, loose players cashing in on the nuts with solid raises, sAviOr 9pooling against someone setting up for a long game.

Boxer? The emperor was nothing until he started playing around with marine control and learned to use a dropship now and then.

Boxer has always been Boxer. Read Tsunami's old Zerg guide, he's even mentioned there as being extremely creative (or at least smart, for making many firebats).

The last picture is really tasteless.

/agree But I don't think most Americans understand what it exactly means. It's ignorance, not intention to offend.

RebelHeart

New Zealand722 Posts

July 20 2007 05:38 GMT

#33

heheh, do you know why babies walk with their hands in the air? it may be for balance, but some say it's because they're so used to their parents holding their hands when they're learning so they're used to it

also, Son Goku could kick that faggot Clark's ass anyday

Hippopotamus

1914 Posts

July 20 2007 06:14 GMT

#34

Too many pictures. Really nice write up about style. I think it's important to note, though, that some styles are undesirable. Like the "misplaced CC" style.

Physician

United States4146 Posts

July 20 2007 08:29 GMT

#35

I enjoyed the article, but it felt like someone threw a bucket of cold water at the end.. I am not sure if that was your intention. Anyone that knows where you got the last photo might misunderstand its intended message and I don't want to go into the possible Zweideutigkeit people end up seeing in it..

Gokey

United States2722 Posts

July 20 2007 10:31 GMT

#36

amazing write-up!! full of style =)

MeriaDoKk

Chile1726 Posts

July 20 2007 13:32 GMT

#37

awesome article

HonestTea

5007 Posts

July 20 2007 15:37 GMT

#38

I know very well where that photo came from, and everything that the picture means and represents. Call me offensive, I can live with that. But not ignorant please.

Honestly, I understood that the picture could be offensive to a lot of people. But I thought, and still think that it has a place in the article. I don't mean to say that progaming, or anything else for that matter, compares to history's organized genocides, whether it be the Holocaust, the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields, Sudanese massacre, or any other.

I do believe, however, that the phrase "work makes free" and that picture complements the words I wrote and the idea that I was trying to convey.

I know that any images associated with the Holocaust can cause harsh reactions for many people, both knee-jerk reactions and well thought-out objections. (I do think, incidentally, that the Holocaust causes more knee-jerk reactions than other historical genocides) That's a risk I knowingly took when I made and included the image.

I don't intent to apologize. My articles for FE are going to be irreverent and tongue-in-cheek, with humor both cheeky and black. I mean, there's a picture of a gorilla trying to take a women. Not that it's the same, but the pictures should give you an understanding of the frame of mind in which I try to engage readers. I still believe that the image can be dark humor. More ever, I still believe that the image compements the article and its ideas. It's not there just to be funny.