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| FeUerFlieGe United States. February 29 2012 07:33. Posts 1053 | Profile # |
On February 29 2012 07:24 Slectra wrote:
Will never have a bf as long as I am into SC 2
You never know... I find a girl who games somewhat attractive  |
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| VashTS United States. February 29 2012 08:26. Posts 1537 | Profile # |
On February 29 2012 07:24 Slectra wrote:
Will never have a bf as long as I am into SC 2
I have a GF. I give her plenty of attention.  |
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| CeriseCherries United States. February 29 2012 08:53. Posts 4704 | Profile Blog # |
On February 29 2012 07:03 Jinsho wrote:Kind of a derail inc, so just skip if you don't care. + Show Spoiler +
I do not believe that BW teams switching to SC2 will change anything in that regard. What are you thinking that will accomplish? They will invent a way to train for more hours than there are in a day and somehow make up for the at least two years they've not been playing SC2?
Or are you thinking BW pros can pick up the game just like that with a snap of their fingers, and be competitive at the highest level? I haven't seen anything that would indicate this is true. Certainly not from e.g. Fin, who's been lauded as the SC2 Jesus on these very forums, and whoever else switched and was hyped up like crazy.
And the top tier old guard won't switch anyways. They have their money, their fame, and their fans. They will not be re-learning a new game from two years behind and become bad all of a sudden for possibly just a couple more years in the spotlight until they retire from active gaming anyways.
So when those rumoured BW teams do make the switch, what are they going to bring to the SC2 landscape? Harder, maybe more systematic training? Possibly. More money? Maybe. Their old fans? Doesn't really affect the game that much.
If there ever is a good time to switch, it is HoTS. With that a lot of the current strategies will be reset, and people will be scrambling to rise to the top as the metagame begins to formulate. If they do it then, and give it their best, maybe we will see a top BW team succesfully attempt the switch. But then that will have been due to the game resetting, not necessarily due to their magic BW skills.
So in summary, while I don't disagree that the game can and will develop further, and that some BW players can be successful at SC2, I do not think that there is anything particularly special or magic about BW players that would affect the current or future state of the game. And certainly nothing that would make it impossible for current SC2 players to have a girlfriend now or in the future. Which is a ridiculous thought anyways --why would you have to sacrifice all your free time to be good at the game? There's 24 hours in a day, play 12h, sleep 8h, then go watch a movie and have dinner with your girlfriend. You seriously think that you'll lose to a player who practices 16h in a day and sleeps 6h just because of that? All other things influencing this are not equal, no matter how much people want to assume they are.
Bw Teams switch; IdrA -> CJ -> goes to BW level of dominating the foreign scene!
but ya a lot of the success of BW players is just that they practice harder... If they switch, certainly some will get displaced, but overall the level of games should get better if they manage to displace those who aren't good enough |
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| MountainGoat United States. February 29 2012 10:11. Posts 473 | Profile Blog # |
| Does anyone know where IdrA is? I thought that he was gonna stay in NA but he's not on Inside the Game which makes me feel like he's not at the EG house. |
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| Forikorder February 29 2012 10:13. Posts 5171 | Profile # |
On February 29 2012 10:11 MountainGoat wrote:
Does anyone know where IdrA is? I thought that he was gonna stay in NA but he's not on Inside the Game which makes me feel like he's not at the EG house.
could still be in NYC
or maybe just didnt want to be on tonight maybe some stuff he has to do or get settled or something
or amybe htey just wanted demuslin since his run at MLG |
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| Jinsho United Kingdom. February 29 2012 11:15. Posts 3022 | Profile # |
He's with Katy obv.
(Also stop moping, you don't have gf/bf because you don't put any effort into it, not because you like sc2.)Last edit: 2012-02-29 11:17:37 |
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| VashTS United States. February 29 2012 11:31. Posts 1537 | Profile # |
On February 29 2012 10:11 MountainGoat wrote:
Does anyone know where IdrA is? I thought that he was gonna stay in NA but he's not on Inside the Game which makes me feel like he's not at the EG house.
WHEAT said: "IrdA couldn't be here because he's traveling. He's at IPL IEM" or something like that.Last edit: 2012-02-29 13:03:02 |
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| Jinsho United Kingdom. February 29 2012 12:42. Posts 3022 | Profile # |
IPL? That would be weird, seeing that it doesn't start until quite a while. April 6th-8th to be precise.
Maybe he meant the IEM World Championship finals in Hanover which are meant to start in about a week? Possibly he travelled over already?Last edit: 2012-02-29 12:45:57 |
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| Forikorder February 29 2012 12:47. Posts 5171 | Profile # |
On February 29 2012 12:42 Jinsho wrote:
IPL? That would be weird, seeing that it doesn't start until quite a while. April 6th-8th to be precise.
Maybe he meant the IEM World Championship finals in Hanover which are meant to start in about a week? Possibly he travelled over already?
would remove jet lag and make sure his sleep schedule isnt jacked |
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| jnsjr United States. February 29 2012 14:13. Posts 411 | Profile # | |
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| Whole United States. February 29 2012 14:52. Posts 4941 | Profile Blog # |
| IdrA said that it seems that the community can support the PPV model...I really hope MLG and other tournaments don't make tournies PPV often because there is simply too many tournaments. |
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| Makura United States. February 29 2012 15:57. Posts 317 | Profile # |
Not sure if this was touched upon but on the topic of Idra, I was doing some stalking admiring of Idra's NA account and he is presently 31-1 O_O
Just thought fans would appreciate and please no one make comparisons to other ladder records |
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| Noro Canada. February 29 2012 16:14. Posts 758 | Profile # |
Pretty good interview. Interesting to hear Idras thoughts on the games. Good to hear hes staying positive. |
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 mambar United States. February 29 2012 16:14. Posts 841 | Profile # |
Great interview. Thank you. He seems calm and collected. |
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| ThePlayer33 Australia. February 29 2012 16:18. Posts 2377 | Profile # |
| good interview. glad that slasher(with some intelligence) is the one talking, rather then JP or something... |
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| Jinsho United Kingdom. February 29 2012 16:19. Posts 3022 | Profile # |
| That interview was pretty good. Slasher is pretty good at asking questions, and IdrA is pretty good at answering. |
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| nanospartan February 29 2012 16:22. Posts 270 | Profile # | |
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| Junichi Germany. February 29 2012 18:46. Posts 1006 | Profile # |
ohhh.. IdrA is in germany?... God I really should go to Hannover next week...
GOGO IdrA! |
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| Mrvoodoochild1 United States. February 29 2012 19:28. Posts 1434 | Profile # |
On February 29 2012 15:57 Makura wrote:
Not sure if this was touched upon but on the topic of Idra, I was doing some stalking admiring of Idra's NA account and he is presently 31-1 O_O
Just thought fans would appreciate and please no one make comparisons to other ladder records
Well, Idra wins a little more then he loses on his Korean account and has over a 95% win rate on his NA account. Kind of shows you how bad the competition in NA in comparison to Korea |
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| Aocowns Norway. February 29 2012 22:29. Posts 3476 | Profile Blog # |
| Idra always so good answers |
| | IdrA's #1 fan/GrackenNews "Until the very very top, in almost anything, all that matters is how much work you put in. The only problem is most people can't work hard, even at things they do enjoy, much less things they don't have a real passion for."-IdrA |
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