CBS article regarding Gordon Hayward - Page 17
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Enhancer_
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TheBanana
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Wow, he's been busy. | ||
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gkaine
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whatchoo know bout sc2 blazersedge | ||
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SpoR
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Like yea he might win a tourney or two if he's good and make a few hundred thou but in the NBA don't they make that kind of money regardless if they win anything lol? | ||
IcedBacon
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Rasun
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On September 09 2011 10:28 SpoR wrote: pretty crazy, why would he pass up NBA to play SC2 though? The NBA has tons more money, fame, everything. Is it just for his love of sc2 over basketball? Like yea he might win a tourney or two if he's good and make a few hundred thou but in the NBA don't they make that kind of money regardless if they win anything lol? Uhh, Gordon Hayward isn't quitting the NBA he is just playing in one tournament in the offseason during this lockout, he isn't quitting and going full time sc2.....not sure if you were being serious or not. | ||
howLiN
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blazersedge Ben Golliver @WilliamDecker Starcraft 2 is definitely bigger than curling. I'm laughing hard reading this guy's twitter. It's like watching one of those comedy skits where a person is on the phone and you only understand what's going on by his responses. | ||
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FreedomPeacer
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On September 09 2011 03:57 MstrJinbo wrote: After reading 100+ apologetic tweets to outraged sc fans I think it is safe to say the author has learned his lesson. the lesson that nerd-baiting works really well if you want alot of views and exposure, just bash starcraft | ||
TidusX.Yuna
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On September 09 2011 10:28 SpoR wrote: pretty crazy, why would he pass up NBA to play SC2 though? The NBA has tons more money, fame, everything. Is it just for his love of sc2 over basketball? Like yea he might win a tourney or two if he's good and make a few hundred thou but in the NBA don't they make that kind of money regardless if they win anything lol? The NBA is in a lockout right now so technically he's unemployed until everything gets fixed. | ||
moltenlead
Canada866 Posts
He got taught a severe lesson on Twitter. He needs to lose the idea that NBA is god. EDIT: Probably should give these guys some love: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Gordon-Hayward-will-play-video-games-professiona?urn=nba-wp8243 . The Yahoo Sports Blog writers are always awesome though. | ||
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MagicGunner
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lemonparty.org reports that Fields will be playing Basketball professionally. The 21-year-old Evil Geniuses player has joined a professional basketball team, the L.A. Lakers. Fields will compete with the Lakers from Oct. 9th to April 18th. Fields is excited to be one player among the 30 professional basketball teams. “I’ve been bench pressing 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 athletic sports. Pro-basketball players are really sports 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 – Unless you’re terran – and playing Basketball. If you want to be good, you have to put a lot of time and effort into it -Unless you're Protoss -, just like with other sports. I’ve got the best of both worlds.” *Slap on the ass* *Slap on the ass*. Yes, that’s the sound of the jock alert being activated. It is a good thing Fields waited until after HuK switched over to EG to announce these plans. For all the illusion’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 going to shoot a three-pointer to win the game with someone guarding you, that’s probably pretty stressful… At the same time, if you’re getting 2 raxed by any decent terran – not that there are any decent terrans - , that’s pretty tough too. I’d say they are both tough in their own right.” The video and others can be viewed at Chill’s getout.com account. Well, not to go all Lim Yo-Hwan on you, but we have officially reaches the point where we know for a 100 percentt fact that we need an organization like KESPA in SC2. When a 21-year-old, 100 pound Zerg player doesn’t immediately recoil in horror when asked to compare the stress, rigors, and cheese of SC2 to a freaking sweaty, barbaric sport we know that there needs to be some bigger authority. If throwing a ball around for an hour gets his blood pumping as much as a well-orchestrated timing 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 SC player ever said, “That German Suplex Byrd hit me with last night was pretty much the same as Zangief’s fuckingannoyingassholdfromstreetfighter2turboFUCKYOUITSRIGGEDGODDAMNIT Hold” Or, “Oh man, playing ball bounce was so exhilarating it reminded me of the GSL Code S finals between PiqLiq and BitbyBit.” Never happened. Hopefully Field's interview gets entered into evidence in the ongoing shit storm that is sure to be occurring on teamliquid.net so we can turn back the clock and undo this embarrasing chapter in the history of the gaming and go back to PLAAAGGGUUUUUUUUUUE and GEEEEEEEE GEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! + Show Spoiler + Do you think I have what it takes to get into sports journalism? | ||
Chicane
United States7875 Posts
I can honestly say I don't care about the writer's opinion. | ||
IcedBacon
Canada906 Posts
On September 09 2011 11:50 MagicGunner wrote: Evil Geniuses player Greg “IdrA” Fields isn’t playing Starcraft II in Korea with his teammates in the coming months. Instead, he’s taking his talents to a playground outside of the school. lemonparty.org reports that Fields will be playing Basketball professionally. The 21-year-old Evil Geniuses player has joined a professional basketball team, the L.A. Lakers. Fields will compete with the Lakers from Oct. 9th to April 18th. Fields is excited to be one player among the 30 professional basketball teams. “I’ve been bench pressing 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 athletic sports. Pro-basketball players are really sports 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 – Unless you’re terran – and playing Basketball. If you want to be good, you have to put a lot of time and effort into it -Unless you're Protoss -, just like with other sports. I’ve got the best of both worlds.” *Slap on the ass* *Slap on the ass*. Yes, that’s the sound of the jock alert being activated. It is a good thing Fields waited until after HuK switched over to EG to announce these plans. For all the illusion’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 going to shoot a three-pointer to win the game with someone guarding you, that’s probably pretty stressful… At the same time, if you’re getting 2 raxed by any decent terran – not that there are any decent terrans - , that’s pretty tough too. I’d say they are both tough in their own right.” The video and others can be viewed at Chill’s getout.com account. Well, not to go all Lim Yo-Hwan on you, but we have officially reaches the point where we know for a 100 percentt fact that we need an organization like KESPA in SC2. When a 21-year-old, 100 pound Zerg player doesn’t immediately recoil in horror when asked to compare the stress, rigors, and cheese of SC2 to a freaking sweaty, barbaric sport we know that there needs to be some bigger authority. If throwing a ball around for an hour gets his blood pumping as much as a well-orchestrated timing 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 SC player ever said, “That German Suplex Byrd hit me with last night was pretty much the same as Zangief’s fuckingannoyingassholdfromstreetfighter2turboFUCKYOUITSRIGGEDGODDAMNIT Hold” Or, “Oh man, playing ball bounce was so exhilarating it reminded me of the GSL Code S finals between PiqLiq and BitbyBit.” Never happened. Hopefully Field's interview gets entered into evidence in the ongoing shit storm that is sure to be occurring on teamliquid.net so we can turn back the clock and undo this embarrasing chapter in the history of the gaming and go back to PLAAAGGGUUUUUUUUUUE and GEEEEEEEE GEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! + Show Spoiler + Do you think I have what it takes to get into sports journalism? Tried a little too hard there, the one posted earlier in the thread was much better :p | ||
MagicGunner
United States78 Posts
On September 09 2011 11:58 IcedBacon wrote: Tried a little too hard there, the one posted earlier in the thread was much better :p Oh, I didn't read the entire thread, wouldn't have done it if somebody did it before. That's 20 minutes of my life gone LOL | ||
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