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StarStruck
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Vinx
Canada259 Posts
Give this to /b/ pls and unleash the fury. | ||
ki11z0ne
United States427 Posts
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ChrisXIV
Austria3553 Posts
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
On September 08 2011 21:34 ki11z0ne wrote: how good is this dude at starcraft 2 anyway?!!?!?!!?! on top of his plat league. | ||
Bobster
Germany3075 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. bahahaha excellent | ||
-Dustin-
United States717 Posts
I've never followed sports not my thing, But have always been intrested in competetive video games, and this is just pointless abuse of a game and a human being for no damn reason. What NBA/NFL/Who ever needs to reliaze that the players are human and have choices on what they want to do in their off time even if it looks bad for the teams/Nba/etc. He didn't say "I'm quiting ball to play Starcraft"(Afaik) so whats the big damn deal? I don't think people realize the training Starcraft pros go through, It takes the same if not more time investment as sports. With how mainstream E-Sports has been becoming I figured the idea that Pro gamers are just "Basment dwelling Nerds would be gone". Guess not. I just can't comprehend the point of creating that article. | ||
ki11z0ne
United States427 Posts
all the talent in the world and going to play sc2 and he is plat.... PLAT!!!! there is more to the story but cant be bothered to look at it after you said he was plat i lost all intreats in this EDIT: scratch that i will give him a thumbs up.... he is giving attention to Esports Granted i think this might be unwanted attention tho | ||
Dental Floss
United States1015 Posts
On September 08 2011 21:39 -Dustin- wrote: Thats the most idiotic thing I have ever heard in my life... (And I have listened to a Lil'Wayne song damn cousins). Just because he wants to play Sc2 hes not an embarassment I'm damn proud of him.(I don't even know who he is ohh well) Rap music? More like CRAP music am I right?? | ||
Tetryon
Canada8 Posts
Clearly this is written by someone living in the stone age who hasn't taken a look at the rise of Esports in recent years and went into this post completely uninformed. | ||
gogogadgetflow
United States2583 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. Utter genius | ||
-Dustin-
United States717 Posts
On September 08 2011 21:44 Dental Floss wrote: Rap music? More like CRAP music am I right?? Not sure if serious or offended >.>. Didn't want to offend anyone but I like throwing little jokes into long reads, Makes it easier for me to write it out. | ||
Akhee
Brazil811 Posts
this guy is being cool accepting to play IGN then people bash it, it seems they will never accept esport as sport, its ridiculous | ||
solidbebe
Netherlands4921 Posts
On September 08 2011 11:59 EatThePath wrote: All press is good press. The more sc2 shows up in mainstream media the better. Or maybe you should stop repeating some dumb saying that idiotic people thought up for some reason, and actually think for yourself. Because any competent human being should be able to see how untrue that is. | ||
Elite__
Canada976 Posts
but honestly, its pretty sad that people like ben golliver are too ignorant to realize that starcraft takes as much dedication as any other professional sport saying "its a freaking video game" sounds like a childish remark from someone who just hasn't had the depth of knowledge to know about starcraft, or any other topic that isn't basketball | ||
Akhee
Brazil811 Posts
On September 08 2011 21:49 solidbebe wrote: Or maybe you should stop repeating some dumb saying that idiotic people thought up for some reason, and actually think for yourself. Because any competent human being should be able to see how untrue that is. esport is very new bro, people outside of proscene doesnt know it, so it certainly will be bashed, but the sad thing is this "im superior to you guys" thing about sport > esport, it's ridiculous | ||
PassiveAce
United States18069 Posts
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Raidern
Brazil3811 Posts
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icarly
United States400 Posts
On September 08 2011 21:39 -Dustin- wrote: Thats the most idiotic thing I have ever heard in my life... (And I have listened to a Lil'Wayne song damn cousins). Just because he wants to play Sc2 hes not an embarassment I'm damn proud of him.(I don't even know who he is ohh well). I've never followed sports not my thing, But have always been intrested in competetive video games, and this is just pointless abuse of a game and a human being for no damn reason. What NBA/NFL/Who ever needs to reliaze that the players are human and have choices on what they want to do in their off time even if it looks bad for the teams/Nba/etc. He didn't say "I'm quiting ball to play Starcraft"(Afaik) so whats the big damn deal? I don't think people realize the training Starcraft pros go through, It takes the same if not more time investment as sports. With how mainstream E-Sports has been becoming I figured the idea that Pro gamers are just "Basment dwelling Nerds would be gone". Guess not. I just can't comprehend the point of creating that article. To normal people, aka non turbo nerds like us, video games are still just a mindless hobby-- the same as television. It looks unprofessional while during such a tender time in basketball one of their players is opting to waste his time playing a video game. And please, don't insult athletes by comparing sports to esports. Pro gamers are just "basement dwelling Nerds." They sit on their asses for 10+ hours a day playing a video game for money that would put them below the poverty line if they lived by themselves, while professional athletes have trained physically and mentally their entire lives while being up against an exponentially bigger and more skilled talent pool. | ||
Sixotanaka
Australia191 Posts
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