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For the first time in SIXTEEN years, a non-Korean won a Starcraft tournament
Posted on 10/3/16 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 10/3/16 at 2:27 pm
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American Alex "Neeb" Sunderhaft, who is 18 years old, became the first non-Korean to win a premier South Korean StarCraft II tournament in history early Monday morning by winning the KeSPA Cup. Neeb, a Protoss player, outlasted fifteen other pro-gamers over a six day campaign to take home the prestigious championship, sweeping his final opponent, Jin Air's Cho "Trap" Sung Ho in the final 4-0.
It's been 16 years since a non-Korean has won on South Korean soil. Canadian Guillaume "Grrrr..." Patry won the Hanaro Ongamenet Starleague in 2000 over South Korea's Kang "H.O.T-Forever" Doh Gyung when they played StarCraft: Brood War. Neeb was two years old at the time.
ESPN Article
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This post was edited on 10/3/16 at 2:40 pm
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Posted on 10/3/16 at 2:28 pm to Drewbie
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American Neeb
Posted on 10/3/16 at 2:29 pm to sicboy
StarCraft 2 is 16 years old?
Posted on 10/3/16 at 2:32 pm to ShoeBang
quote:The 16 years includes Starcraft 1 as well, I'll edit for clarity.
StarCraft 2 is 16 years old?
Posted on 10/3/16 at 2:57 pm to Drewbie
I've always wondered why the Koreans are so good at this game.
Posted on 10/3/16 at 3:16 pm to DoUrden
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I've always wondered why the Koreans are so good at this game.
a part of it might be because the Korean eSports complex has been a "serious" thing for waaaaaaay longer than any other region
Back when Starcraft was super popular, and one of the only things you could do this thing in
Posted on 10/3/16 at 6:47 pm to BaddestAndvari
I've watched a good number of SC2 replays in the past few months and they're quite entertaining. Some of the GSL finals I watched with MVP, Life, Parting etc were fantastic. There is quite the turnover when it comes to how long players can maintain the skills it requires to be world class. There are only a handful of names challenging today that were also highly competitive just a few years back.
Can anyone comment on how common this is in different eSports? For instance LoL or CS are there pretty routine cycles in great new players/teams?
Can anyone comment on how common this is in different eSports? For instance LoL or CS are there pretty routine cycles in great new players/teams?
Posted on 10/4/16 at 4:38 am to SDtiger16
quote:CS there's hardly any turnover. The players that were good at the beginning of the scene are still the ones dominating today. Teams like Virtus Pro are a bunch of married dudes pushing 30 still playing at a top 5 level. Meanwhile in League, with the exception of a few players, a lot of the talent on top teams now didn't emerge until season 3 (3 years ago). A lot of this has to do with the changes League has made in core gameplay and mechanics. Strengths that were important back at the beginning of the LoL scene aren't as important now and champions are much more demanding on an individual skill level.
For instance LoL or CS are there pretty routine cycles in great new players/teams?
Posted on 10/4/16 at 5:33 pm to JombieZombie
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He'll be rolling in virtual pussy.
Posted on 10/4/16 at 5:47 pm to Drewbie
They have brought shame on their families
Posted on 10/4/16 at 7:37 pm to SDtiger16
In SC2, the foreigners are the non-Koreans
Posted on 10/11/16 at 8:24 am to DoUrden
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I've always wondered why the Koreans are so good at this game.
Because they're Asian. They are smarter and better than other races in tasks such as this. They won't ever become an NFL LB, but they can play the shite out of video games.
And, yes, they also take this shite seriously. Sort of like the Russians used to do with Chess.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 10:53 am to AUstar
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They won't ever become an NFL LB
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