Evil Geniuses-Liquid retrospective with TLO - Page 3
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Diaresta
United States597 Posts
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Azhrak
Finland1182 Posts
I like how TLO corrects Wax on the wording here, jealosy vs envy. A little bit of jealousy, too? There could be some envy in it, ... | ||
mikedebo
Canada4341 Posts
What is TLO up to these days???? | ||
RPR_Tempest
Australia7788 Posts
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Veluvian
Bulgaria256 Posts
Thank you for sharing this interview! | ||
Liquid`Nazgul
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Elentos
55454 Posts
On March 15 2017 18:46 mikedebo wrote: Great interview. Also, godlike postscript there, Wax. What is TLO up to these days???? Streaming on a regular basis and still giving it his all as a progamer. | ||
slit
Spain212 Posts
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Hushfieldx
Belgium64 Posts
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Aquila Magna
Germany38 Posts
Also: I always liked Dario as a player and it feels good to be reassured that he seems to be a guy of good manners, kindness and sound mind. | ||
lestye
United States4104 Posts
I think it was just the huge personalities of idra and huk that sold everyone on the rivalry, and then after huk was picked up by EG, it just felt sometime after HuK defected to EG, there didnt feel like any drama or anything after that, no 2nd act to the story, if that makes sense. I do appreciate the rivalry in Starcraft makes me more hype for EG-TL matchups in other games, most recently Kbrad vs. Du. In Dota for a long time it felt like either EG would suck bad or Liquid would suck bad at a single time, so the rivalry didn't really go anywhere, even with Dota EG and TL were both NA teams. its funny how I remember InControl describing Liquid as a retirement home, when thats ALL EG was towards the end. I do agree with TLO, i I kinda wish EG would pick up just a couple COMPETITIVE players, like they do for Street Fighter so we could have some semblance of it.Looking at their results on Liquipedia, they had "players" but they were completely out of the running for a championship for AGES. | ||
eeChiama
Argentina96 Posts
The greatest Sc2 days tho, the great WoL. | ||
Latrommi
United States222 Posts
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shinarit
Hungary900 Posts
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
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lestye
United States4104 Posts
On March 19 2017 02:16 shinarit wrote: I just wish TLO would get back to SupCom. If SC2 is dead and he wasn't in it for the money anyways, we would love to get a great player for FAF. That is where strategy games peaked. wat? If SC2 is "dead", I dont even know how anyone would describe Supreme Commander's scene. | ||
Captain Peabody
United States3010 Posts
Here's to many more years! <3 | ||
Poopi
France12466 Posts
Nice interview, bring back good memories . How did TLO manage to keep playing with RSI? | ||
Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
On March 15 2017 13:12 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Great interview! I'm surprised at how bitter and cynical TLO felt in the beginning, calling a well-established team that could actually pay its players a salary "a sellout". Especially with all its sponsorships (just like TL), EG did a great job of hyping up e-sports and the SC2 scene and progaming in general. Well, some of EG's players were indeed sellouts. As soon as they became good and well known, EG bought them. Even though I don't watch football, imagine if there is a team which bought Ronaldo, Messi, etc. How is the scene competitive then? I think at that time we needed some independent organisation which maintained balance. You can't buy all the good players if you have enough money. It's just not fun for fans. | ||
farvacola
United States18768 Posts
On March 19 2017 21:08 Shield wrote: Well, some of EG's players were indeed sellouts. As soon as they became good and well known, EG bought them. Even though I don't watch football, imagine if there is a team which bought Ronaldo, Messi, etc. How is the scene competitive then? I think at that time we needed some independent organisation which maintained balance. You can't buy all the good players if you have enough money. It's just not fun for fans. "good and well known" is a rather different thing when compared across different competitions. Accordingly, EG's goal to pay well and seek out top talent did not stifle competition in Sc2 the way that a similar move might in sports like baseball or football; the results from this era, particularly once Hero hit his stride and Puma began to lose his luster, further suggest that this was the case. And this idea that it wasn't fun for fans directly conflicts with just how much hype and popularity resulted from the EG-TL rivalry that embraced EG's bad boy image. | ||
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