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On March 06 2018 17:15 Terrorbladder wrote: Did my eye trick me or I just saw "ForGG" in the SC:BW streams section? But when I went there, the stream was offline oO
yea he streamed bw for few hours
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On March 06 2018 19:29 jinjin5000 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 06 2018 17:15 Terrorbladder wrote: Did my eye trick me or I just saw "ForGG" in the SC:BW streams section? But when I went there, the stream was offline oO yea he streamed bw for few hours Holy shit... I hope it wasn't just an one-time thing. The more ex-pros streaming the better
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wish he kept recordings of his broadcasts
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He indeed did, and he's still really good. at 2800+ mmr, he got matched vs other pros and ex pros like shine, ggaemo, sea. His English is good too. Very nice to see such an oldschool come back to bw, hope he does it more regularly.
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Always enjoyed watching ForGG play. Hope he returns.
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one freaking thousand games already?? ForGG pls cumbax and stream kthx
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the fictional ideal age of a bw (14-19?) pro has been destroyed....... ??? could be a good kotaku article. not that i read them. just like i dont read breitbart just to lol at the comments..
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On March 18 2018 11:10 Alejandrisha wrote: the fictional ideal age of a bw (14-19?) pro has been destroyed....... ??? could be a good kotaku article. not that i read them. just like i dont read breitbart just to lol at the comments..
Probably more of a lack of young talents picking up the game since at least 2010. If professional BW had continued in full force, I have no doubt the current top guys would have been dethroned by now. Flash would probably still be a major force but not the unrivalled number one.
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I wonder how much forgg forgot or had to relearn
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On March 20 2018 18:04 ICanFlyLow wrote: I wonder how much forgg forgot or had to relearn
I remember when he played a game of BW once for fun in like 2013. He looked baaad and even laughed at himself over how bad he was. But I would imagine a player of his caliber can quickly get up to speed if he sets his mind to it. Class is permanent.
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On March 20 2018 18:00 Jae Zedong wrote:Show nested quote +On March 18 2018 11:10 Alejandrisha wrote: the fictional ideal age of a bw (14-19?) pro has been destroyed....... ??? could be a good kotaku article. not that i read them. just like i dont read breitbart just to lol at the comments.. Probably more of a lack of young talents picking up the game since at least 2010. If professional BW had continued in full force, I have no doubt the current top guys would have been dethroned by now. Flash would probably still be a major force but not the unrivalled number one.
yeah, for almost a decade now, all the young talent in Korea has been going to games that offer the chance of more steady employment (LoL, Overwatch...)
Those games have developer-implemented restrictions on minimum age for their pro scenes (for legal reasons I don't understand), but if it wasn't for that, I imagine we'd see a handful of 12~13 year old LoL players get play time
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On March 21 2018 03:10 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2018 18:00 Jae Zedong wrote:On March 18 2018 11:10 Alejandrisha wrote: the fictional ideal age of a bw (14-19?) pro has been destroyed....... ??? could be a good kotaku article. not that i read them. just like i dont read breitbart just to lol at the comments.. Probably more of a lack of young talents picking up the game since at least 2010. If professional BW had continued in full force, I have no doubt the current top guys would have been dethroned by now. Flash would probably still be a major force but not the unrivalled number one. yeah, for almost a decade now, all the young talent in Korea has been going to games that offer the chance of more steady employment (LoL, Overwatch...) Those games have developer-implemented restrictions on minimum age for their pro scenes (for legal reasons I don't understand), but if it wasn't for that, I imagine we'd see a handful of 12~13 year old LoL players get play time
really?? i never knew that there were age restrictions, does that mean that all of the really good young players just act as practice partners for the presumably worse but legally viable professional players? how does that dynamic play out?
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ForGG streaming is pretty great! Hope he continues!
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I was never as much a fan of ForGG in SC2, so its nice to see him play some BW, lets hope he makes a full on comeback! :D
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Seems interesting. Haha. Hope we get to see ASL caliber players there.
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On March 18 2018 11:10 Alejandrisha wrote: the fictional ideal age of a bw (14-19?) pro has been destroyed....... ??? could be a good kotaku article. not that i read them. just like i dont read breitbart just to lol at the comments..
There has never been a 14 year old champion of a major individual league championship. There has only been two champions who were younger than 17 (Mind winning GomTV MSL S3 at the age of 16, and Flash winning Bacchus 2008 OGN StarLeague at the age of 15). So I don't know which source you are quoting if you think people thought 14 year olds made for perfect professional Brood War players.
However, it was the general consensus that under extremely competitive environments (where the turnover rate of talent is rapid and incessant), that professional Brood War players usually hit their career primes before the age of 20.
It is a fact that has been proven by the mean age (just over 19) of the champions of all 60 major individual leagues that has taken place in over a decade. There has been more players crowned as champions between the ages of 18 and 19 than any other age.
So if the ideal age of a professional Brood War player being around 19 is a myth, I guess it means that the trend that had been ongoing for over a decade must have been a farce, instead of the current scene being completely devoid of a healthy influx of new talent.
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On March 21 2018 09:34 Letmelose wrote:Show nested quote +On March 18 2018 11:10 Alejandrisha wrote: the fictional ideal age of a bw (14-19?) pro has been destroyed....... ??? could be a good kotaku article. not that i read them. just like i dont read breitbart just to lol at the comments.. There has never been a 14 year old champion of a major individual league championship. There has only been two champions who were younger than 17 (Mind winning GomTV MSL S3 at the age of 16, and Flash winning Bacchus 2008 OGN StarLeague at the age of 15). So I don't know which source you are quoting if you think people thought 14 year olds made for perfect professional Brood War players. However, it was the general consensus that under extremely competitive environments (where the turnover rate of talent is rapid and incessant), that professional Brood War players usually hit their career primes before the age of 20. It is a fact that has been proven by the mean age (just over 19) of the champions of all 61 major individual leagues that has taken place in over a decade. There has been more players crowned as champions between the ages of 18 and 19 than any other age. So if the ideal age of a professional Brood War player being around 19 is a myth, I guess it means that the trend that had been ongoing for over a decade must have been a farce, instead of the current scene being completely devoid of a healthy influx of new talent.
soooo what's the "myth" then? we splitting hairs between 17 and 19?
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Actually don't recognize ForGG without glasses
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