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SetStndbySmn
United States656 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51318 Posts
If a Zerg attack really gets his blood pumping as much as a game-winning shot, that's a terrible look. We don't want to live in a world where this can be true, do we? Reeeee-orrrrr. Reeeeee-orrrrrr. Yes, that's the sound of your nerd alert being activated When a 21-year-old, 207 pound forward doesn't immediately recoil in horror when asked to compare the stress and rigors of the NBA to a freaking science fiction video game we know that the NBA game has been cleaned up too much Haha, such hilarious views from a one sided guy. If Incontroll decided he was going to go back into professional weight lifting aswell as compete in SC2, im sure we wouldnt go "mad" like this guy would. Or if Tyler wanted to get back into swimming at a high level, im pretty sure the internet wouldnt describe it as the E-Sports community is dieing lol. Guy needs to open his eyes, he said it in the first or second line of the article...ITS THE CLOSED SEASON meaning they all have shit loads of time on there hands and mega money in there bank account, im pretty sure the Utah coach will be happy he is not out partying every night with hookers and booze, than staying at home training and playing a video game ^_^ | ||
Aldehyde
Sweden939 Posts
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probablywrong
Philippines209 Posts
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alexlemagicien
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KeksX
Germany3634 Posts
On September 08 2011 18:22 alexlemagicien wrote: while it is kind of funny that a top tier athlete as some interest into starcraft i think he should be considered in starcraft as what he is in starcraft a platinum top 100k na player. He knows that and "becoming a pro starcraft player" is just a parody. He is in full awareness that he won't even take a game off of people. | ||
AXygnus
Portugal1008 Posts
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GizmoPT
Portugal3040 Posts
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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
WhatTheFuckIsThisShit.com reports that Fields will be playing basketball professionally. ""I've been playing sports for as long as I can remember," Fields said in a news release. "I'm a competitive guy, and I love the competitive nature of sports. "Pro-athletes are really stars themselves," he added. "The mental strategy that goes into planning your next move and what your opponent is going to do are skills you need to be successful playing Starcraft II — and playing basketball. If you want to be good, you have to put a lot of time and effort into it, just like with real e-sports. I've got the best of both worlds." Reeeee-orrrrr. Reeeeee-orrrrrr. Yes, that's the sound of your jock alert being activated. It is a good thing Idra waited until after Artosis went back to Korea to announce these plans. For everyone's sake. But, wait, there's more. Fields was asked in a promotional video interview to compare the stress of playing professional video games to the stress of the NBA. His response. "I think you've got to look at the circumstances of each. If you're winning a Starcraft game for the championship at IPL for the six-figure pool prize, that's really stressful, it's months of work and hours of grinding practise with just one series deciding if it was all worth it, and all it takes is one retarded Terran build to knock you down ... At the same time, if you're going to shoot a three-pointer to win the game with someone guarding you, that's pretty tough too probably. I'd say they are both tough in their own right." Well, not to go all BW forum poster on you, but we have officially reached the point where we know for a 100 percent fact that the skill ceiling for Starcraft II is too low. When a 22-year-old, tournament winning zerg doesn't immediately recoil in horror when asked to compare the stress and rigors of the Starcraft II scene to a freaking playground ball game, we know that Starcraft II can't cut it as an e-sport. If a guy boucing a ball really gets his blood pumping as much as a game-winning counter attack, that's a terrible look. We don't want to live in a world where this can be true, do we? I guarantee that no BW player in the 2000s ever said, "That 3 pointer from LeBron was pretty much the same as the corsairs Bisu hit me with last night." Or, "Oh man, that OSL finals was exhilarating it reminded me of the time some guy ran around some other guys with a ball and then threw it into a hole." Never happened. Hopefully Idra's interview gets entered into evidence in the ongoing forum whining and arguments so we can turn back the clock and undo this embarrasing chapter in the history of Starcraft. | ||
Kimaker
United States2131 Posts
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annYeong(o11)
Canada784 Posts
Remember that kotaku chick from a couple weeks ago? in a couple more there'll be another one. Easiest way to get readers without the hassle of "research" or "integrity" or even "writing skill". We can all do better for ourselves by ignoring these hacks and not giving them the numbers they write this shit for. | ||
GizmoPT
Portugal3040 Posts
On September 08 2011 19:43 The KY wrote: Evil Geniuses star zerg Greg 'Idra' Fields isn't playing professional Starcraft II in international tournaments during the down time between MLGs. Instead, he's taking his talents to a galaxy far, far away. WhatTheFuckIsThisShit.com reports that Fields will be playing basketball professionally. ""I've been playing sports for as long as I can remember," Fields said in a news release. "I'm a competitive guy, and I love the competitive nature of sports. "Pro-athletes are really stars themselves," he added. "The mental strategy that goes into planning your next move and what your opponent is going to do are skills you need to be successful playing Starcraft II — and playing basketball. If you want to be good, you have to put a lot of time and effort into it, just like with real e-sports. I've got the best of both worlds." Reeeee-orrrrr. Reeeeee-orrrrrr. Yes, that's the sound of your jock alert being activated. It is a good thing Idra waited until after Artosis went back to Korea to announce these plans. For everyone's sake. But, wait, there's more. Fields was asked in a promotional video interview to compare the stress of playing professional video games to the stress of the NBA. His response. "I think you've got to look at the circumstances of each. If you're winning a Starcraft game for the championship at IPL for the six-figure pool prize, that's really stressful, it's months of work and hours of grinding practise with just one series deciding if it was all worth it, and all it takes is one retarded Terran build to knock you down ... At the same time, if you're going to shoot a three-pointer to win the game with someone guarding you, that's pretty tough too probably. I'd say they are both tough in their own right." Well, not to go all BW forum poster on you, but we have officially reached the point where we know for a 100 percent fact that the skill ceiling for Starcraft II is too low. When a 22-year-old, tournament winning zerg doesn't immediately recoil in horror when asked to compare the stress and rigors of the Starcraft II scene to a freaking playground ball game, we know that Starcraft II can't cut it as an e-sport. If a guy boucing a ball really gets his blood pumping as much as a game-winning counter attack, that's a terrible look. We don't want to live in a world where this can be true, do we? I guarantee that no BW player in the 2000s ever said, "That 3 pointer from LeBron was pretty much the same as the corsairs Bisu hit me with last night." Or, "Oh man, that OSL finals was exhilarating it reminded me of the time some guy ran around some other guys with a ball and then threw it into a hole." Never happened. Hopefully Idra's interview gets entered into evidence in the ongoing forum whining and arguments so we can turn back the clock and undo this embarrasing chapter in the history of Starcraft. this one would actually make more sense :X | ||
Jojo131
Brazil1631 Posts
I think it's cool that a lot of us were (more or less) civil with the actual comments in the article, I'm not sure about what's being tweeted on his twitter, but I think it's about time we cut the bashing: he's had enough damage control for a while. I dont know why he's trying to dismiss it as a tongue in cheek type article, because the tone I picked up while reading it seemed pretty insulting. Overall, people make mistakes. Lets leave this one to rest. | ||
Gotmog
Serbia899 Posts
On September 08 2011 14:55 taLbuk wrote: It's really sad to see people from the eSports community lash out at this author so harshly. After reading his responses on twitter he is obviously a mature individual who cites his own ignorance and isn't being an asshole to people, yet people are saying some disgusting things to him. Stop embarrassing the SC community with these witch hunts. Take the day9 route, instead of insulting people, educate them on how awesome Starcraft is. To the people who are writing very well-written responses and feedback, it's nice to see some level-headed people around here. You have no way of knowing what he is like... He might just as well be condescending, writing whatever to please masses, doing some quick damage control. He wrote what he wrote...it was ignorant etc. And community is actually quite mellow . You should see the responses i get when i start bashing football | ||
Gotmog
Serbia899 Posts
On September 08 2011 19:43 The KY wrote: Evil Geniuses star zerg Greg 'Idra' Fields isn't playing professional Starcraft II in international tournaments during the down time between MLGs. Instead, he's taking his talents to a galaxy far, far away. WhatTheFuckIsThisShit.com reports that Fields will be playing basketball professionally. ""I've been playing sports for as long as I can remember," Fields said in a news release. "I'm a competitive guy, and I love the competitive nature of sports. "Pro-athletes are really stars themselves," he added. "The mental strategy that goes into planning your next move and what your opponent is going to do are skills you need to be successful playing Starcraft II — and playing basketball. If you want to be good, you have to put a lot of time and effort into it, just like with real e-sports. I've got the best of both worlds." Reeeee-orrrrr. Reeeeee-orrrrrr. Yes, that's the sound of your jock alert being activated. It is a good thing Idra waited until after Artosis went back to Korea to announce these plans. For everyone's sake. But, wait, there's more. Fields was asked in a promotional video interview to compare the stress of playing professional video games to the stress of the NBA. His response. "I think you've got to look at the circumstances of each. If you're winning a Starcraft game for the championship at IPL for the six-figure pool prize, that's really stressful, it's months of work and hours of grinding practise with just one series deciding if it was all worth it, and all it takes is one retarded Terran build to knock you down ... At the same time, if you're going to shoot a three-pointer to win the game with someone guarding you, that's pretty tough too probably. I'd say they are both tough in their own right." Well, not to go all BW forum poster on you, but we have officially reached the point where we know for a 100 percent fact that the skill ceiling for Starcraft II is too low. When a 22-year-old, tournament winning zerg doesn't immediately recoil in horror when asked to compare the stress and rigors of the Starcraft II scene to a freaking playground ball game, we know that Starcraft II can't cut it as an e-sport. If a guy boucing a ball really gets his blood pumping as much as a game-winning counter attack, that's a terrible look. We don't want to live in a world where this can be true, do we? I guarantee that no BW player in the 2000s ever said, "That 3 pointer from LeBron was pretty much the same as the corsairs Bisu hit me with last night." Or, "Oh man, that OSL finals was exhilarating it reminded me of the time some guy ran around some other guys with a ball and then threw it into a hole." Never happened. Hopefully Idra's interview gets entered into evidence in the ongoing forum whining and arguments so we can turn back the clock and undo this embarrasing chapter in the history of Starcraft. Dude you win :D Thumbs up for taking the time to write this ! Should go to Idra fanclub ^^ | ||
Jetaap
France4814 Posts
On September 08 2011 19:57 Gotmog wrote: You have no way of knowing what he is like... He might just as well be condescending, writing whatever to please masses, doing some quick damage control. He wrote what he wrote...it was ignorant etc. And community is actually quite mellow . You should see the responses i get when i start bashing football The guy is taking time to answer twitter messages, you should give him the benefit of the doubt. Anyhow, what do you think will give the best image of e-sport: saying " lololol u stupid ignorant piece of shit" or going the day9 way? It's ok to say that you disagree with the article, and that you felt it was insulting, but try to be a little bit positive. It would be sad to give the impression that the e-sport community is a group of angry nerds ready to jump on anything critical about e-sport... Let's be positive guys! | ||
Cosmology
Canada360 Posts
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probablywrong
Philippines209 Posts
On September 08 2011 19:57 Gotmog wrote: You have no way of knowing what he is like... He might just as well be condescending, writing whatever to please masses, doing some quick damage control. He wrote what he wrote...it was ignorant etc. And community is actually quite mellow . You should see the responses i get when i start bashing football He's a nice guy, and i've read a lot of his stuff in the past. I don't follow him like I do a lot of other sports writers/bloggers, but he's pretty responsive and engaging. He's not like some of the other snobby writers who think highly of their opinions on the sport they cover(but really, getting into discussion with any of these writers and you'll see that they kind of always think they're right). Besides, he was originally a blogger. He's of the crowd that's used to being discredited as basement dweller because he didn't have press credentials (though I think he does, now) or wasn't recognized as a journalist, so I can see why he says that it means that it was intended to be light hearted. Regardless of the intention, anyway, I don't think our community was going to like what he said. | ||
zul
Germany5427 Posts
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RHMVNovus
United States738 Posts
On September 08 2011 11:59 Syben wrote: That is a disgusting show of journalism and professionalism of today on Ben Golliver's part. http://twitter.com/#!/blazersedge That is the authors twitter if you feel the need to speak your mind. Thank you. I was determined not to click the link to the article, especially after I read the excerpt. Your contribution is excellent, and I thank you. | ||
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