It's true, though, that the NA scene really hasn't had a foreigner (yes, Captain America) who could go head to head with even the top foreigners since Scarlett and HuK, and it's been really neat to track his progress from 2015 and beating TRUE to 2017 and...still beating TRUE.
The fact that Neeb had laptop growing up made me feel so old
Also what the hell does "the first repeated winner overall in starcraft in 16 year" is suppose to mean?
Except for that solid video, I hope Neeb can eliminate Rogue in groups.
How old are you? Laptops have been around quite a while, so maybe Neeb's just wealthier than you.
Not that much older then him honestly, but I grew up sharing the family computer with my brother when we were playing, laptop or personal computer for kid sound like 2010 thing to me, maybe he his just wealthier then I thought
That's a surprise. I guess they decided to reallocate Neeb's extra signature series spots. I'm glad they chose to focus on soO--of all the players his storyline is the one most deserving of being told.
I don't think they'll do videos for all the players, because they wouldn't have shown all the ones for the champions first imo, but it's possible that there is one more to come. I wonder who.
The fact that Neeb had laptop growing up made me feel so old
Also what the hell does "the first repeated winner overall in starcraft in 16 year" is suppose to mean?
Except for that solid video, I hope Neeb can eliminate Rogue in groups.
How old are you? Laptops have been around quite a while, so maybe Neeb's just wealthier than you.
Neeb is probably young enough that when he was growing up, laptops were already all the rage. When I was growing up, desktops were much easier and cheaper than laptops, but eventually the sales of desktops dropped off, and laptops all but completely replaced them.
The fact that Neeb had laptop growing up made me feel so old
Also what the hell does "the first repeated winner overall in starcraft in 16 year" is suppose to mean?
Except for that solid video, I hope Neeb can eliminate Rogue in groups.
How old are you? Laptops have been around quite a while, so maybe Neeb's just wealthier than you.
Neeb is probably young enough that when he was growing up, laptops were already all the rage. When I was growing up, desktops were much easier and cheaper than laptops, but eventually the sales of desktops dropped off, and laptops all but completely replaced them.
idk. The laptop craze really hit its peak around 2010-2012 (and has since dropped off a bit mostly due to mobile and tablet devices), but even twenty years ago laptop sales were quite respectable (80 million units a year, 30% of the current sales rate). It's certainly conceivable for someone who's say ten years older than Neeb to have grown up with a laptop.
On October 26 2017 11:51 ZigguratOfUr wrote: I'm glad they chose to focus on soO--of all the players his storyline is the one most deserving of being told.
It really isn't. Players like GuMiho and Rogue are much better examples of players who struggled for years with far less success before finally breaking through. soO has actually won a pretty decent amount of money despite never winning a GSL. Far less than if he had won some or even all of those finals, but still a very reasonable amount.
If soO wins Blizzcon, he's not a Hollywood story about a plucky underdog who nobody believed in who won by working harder than everyone else. He's Korean and 4th in the WCS Korean standings, so definitely not an underdog. Working harder than everyone else doesn't really work in esports since everyone already practices insane hours and playing 16 hours a day isn't actually better than playing 8 hours.
The fact that Neeb had laptop growing up made me feel so old
Also what the hell does "the first repeated winner overall in starcraft in 16 year" is suppose to mean?
Except for that solid video, I hope Neeb can eliminate Rogue in groups.
How old are you? Laptops have been around quite a while, so maybe Neeb's just wealthier than you.
Neeb is probably young enough that when he was growing up, laptops were already all the rage. When I was growing up, desktops were much easier and cheaper than laptops, but eventually the sales of desktops dropped off, and laptops all but completely replaced them.
idk. The laptop craze really hit its peak around 2010-2012 (and has since dropped off a bit mostly due to mobile and tablet devices), but even twenty years ago laptop sales were quite respectable (80 million units a year, 30% of the current sales rate). It's certainly conceivable for someone who's say ten years older than Neeb to have grown up with a laptop.
Can confirm - had IBM laptop when I was 8 (am now 26), though it was my dads old one that he gave me when he got a replacement at work.
On October 26 2017 11:51 ZigguratOfUr wrote: I'm glad they chose to focus on soO--of all the players his storyline is the one most deserving of being told.
It really isn't. Players like GuMiho and Rogue are much better examples of players who struggled for years with far less success before finally breaking through. soO has actually won a pretty decent amount of money despite never winning a GSL. Far less than if he had won some or even all of those finals, but still a very reasonable amount.
If soO wins Blizzcon, he's not a Hollywood story about a plucky underdog who nobody believed in who won by working harder than everyone else. He's Korean and 4th in the WCS Korean standings, so definitely not an underdog. Working harder than everyone else doesn't really work in esports since everyone already practices insane hours and playing 16 hours a day isn't actually better than playing 8 hours.
It's still a compelling story of someone who has been on the brink of victory for a few years and for some reason each time hits a wall right at the end. A player doesn't have to be a sure-fire winner or an "underdog" to have an interesting dynamic. To say it's most deserving of being told is hyperbole, but its one of those stories that explain how "relative success" doesn't necessarily equate to "true success".
Also he became a programmer in the subtitle. Glad that I'm not the only one making this mistake from time to time. At first at Liquipedia I always read programmer instead of progamer.