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GenOciDe-
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Posts: 5719
Location: Ottawa |
The Evil Geniuses Curse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5mOcAq1dAI
Well done Incontrol, well done _________________ "If we are the only mammals that cannot take care of ourselves out of the womb, how are we here?" - GoldHP
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Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:13 am |
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turtleman@can
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Posts: 8841
Location: Canada |
I admit I kinda knew what that was about and enjoyed it
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Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:14 pm |
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Joined: 31 Oct 2001
Posts: 1634
Location: Athens, GA |
I think the video's responding to a (strawman?) argument:
1) "Players aren't performing completely top-notch after joining EG."
When the real argument is:
2) "EG Players in general do worse than they did before they joined EG."
I remember him citing ThorZain, how he's
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won all these tournaments after joining EG. Those tournaments just happen to be lower-tier tournaments compared to what he's done before. Notice at http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ThorZaIN#Achievements the "Premier" vs. "Major" tournaments table, and that he joined EG on 5/9/12.
While EG's a great team and ThorZain for ex is a good player (and continues to be), I believe the statement "EG Players in general do worse than they did before they joined EG" is overall true.
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Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:03 am |
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turtleman@can
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Posts: 8841
Location: Canada |
I know they've got this nice house with a pool with everything they could ever want AND they get paid , live with a bunch of mediocre performing pro gamers like inControl that set the bar low in terms of performance.
It'd probably be a lot easier in that environment to let your game slip while you're living it up so to speak, vs in some shitty korean 2 bedroom apartment with 20 GSL players packed into a 200 sq foot living room who probably scold each other when their APM drops 1% below optimal play
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Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:35 pm |
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