This was superb. So good to hear some background as a casual fan that only came into the bubble with 0 broodwar experience. Used to stay up into the small hours on Skype calls with friends watching all the US MLG tournys. Can't wait for part2!
Thorin, you really are a true esports historian. Thank you to Thorin and HuK for this amazing interview. It was incredibly interesting to hear these stories in retrospect.
Love the SC content, following the scene since 2014 and since most of vods before that have been wiped on twitch because they were not highlited so much stuff is gone forever :(
I think the Tom Brady/age decline argument in competitive gaming is game dependent. I strongly strongly feel Puppey and Kuroky and a ton of other moba players can play at the highest level the rest of their life. We will see what happens. I also believe in players who legitimately quit the game, lose form, and try to comeback will never be able to achieve the form they once were. Olaf is the main example I use where he quit for six months and lost his edge. The biggest factor for longevity is you can never quit, you can not afford to lose that edge. Mobas at the highest level, especially dota, seem to be very experience and deep knowledge based. Also think if magnus Carlson quit for five years and came back, he might still be the best but I strongly doubt he would ever have the dominant edge he once had. And chess is unlike gaming where videogames have updates that completely change the game, players can be very patch dependent, kennyS and JW before the stupid awp nerf were extremely dominant and entertaining, they never quit and completely lost their edge not due to age or grinding but due to the game update nerfing their talent and play style. Cod is a new game every year but still the same but still there’s players who can be a great player one year and bad for two years and then great again. Declining from age will always be up to debate, esports games are so wildly different and inconsistent with how the updates change the game it’s impossible to know. I do feel players peak at 15-19 if they start playing at 10-14 or so because of the time kids can put in, their brain is developing at an insane rate where talent develops skill that looks intuitive, these players are the most capable of pulling off “magic”, being able to read the game and their opponent at such an intuitive level. If they ever quit they will lose that edge
Thanks for that interview. Wait the us army lost a strategic mastermind to sc2 ? USA could have won Afghanistan how bush wanted it. Mother...I mean air carrier rush😅
love how thorin celebrates the old legends of esports
Thorin with a SC video, WITH IDRA IN THE TITLE?! GOD TIER!
Fastest click ever
I'm so nostalgic for the old SC and SC2 scene. Huk Fighting!
Truee, I loved to watch blizzcon, with Naniwa, IdrA. Also love watching the "drama", the rage quits, MC The BossToss haha
Hey man, what happened to your channel? Looks like you were doing really well.
Loving these SC2 scene interviews, can't wait for part 2
Unexpected guest but I'm super happy to see him here!
This was superb. So good to hear some background as a casual fan that only came into the bubble with 0 broodwar experience. Used to stay up into the small hours on Skype calls with friends watching all the US MLG tournys. Can't wait for part2!
thanks for the interview
Thorin, you really are a true esports historian. Thank you to Thorin and HuK for this amazing interview. It was incredibly interesting to hear these stories in retrospect.
Always enjoyed watching Huk.
39:00 Thorin trying to prove that the Coffee Shop interview was true, and IdrA did NOT, in fact, respect HuK's play
Loving these nostalgia bombs of sc2 Interviews! Thank you for making them.
Great stuff! Could've listened for hours!
Takes me back. Can't wait for part 2, especially if it gets on to some retrospective of how the scene and his life has changed since those days.
Huk is the man! one of my favorite SC2 pros
One of my favorite western protagonists back in the day
Man I have so much nostalgia for the first couple years of SC2, really all of sc2 but shit was crazy those first 2-3 years
Holy shit. Huk is the best! I use to live and die by Huk vs Idra games. The hallucinations play is still one of the best SC2 highlights.
Holy fuck this made my day seeing an old great.
First knew him back in WoL. Fun time watching the western Starcraft 2 scene. 😁
I've never played SC2 and this still was a super interesting interview
So cool to see some Starcraft back on here. Great player and nice questions.
I hope you do some DotA again soon too, would love that.
Great interview
Thank you for this.
More StarCraft videos? Sweet.
Great trip down the memory lane, for sure. Cheers!
I really hope you do your 2021 Major predictions, Great video !!!
Gotta watch this!
Love the SC content, following the scene since 2014 and since most of vods before that have been wiped on twitch because they were not highlited so much stuff is gone forever :(
HuK was playing Kennen top with No Regret playing Amumu jungle. I ganked him as j4 and he pressed R and got a double kill.
Kennen op
Nice! When part 2 :)
Oh hallucinated interview what could go wrong
Never watched Starcraft but this was still a great video to listen to
I think the Tom Brady/age decline argument in competitive gaming is game dependent. I strongly strongly feel Puppey and Kuroky and a ton of other moba players can play at the highest level the rest of their life. We will see what happens.
I also believe in players who legitimately quit the game, lose form, and try to comeback will never be able to achieve the form they once were. Olaf is the main example I use where he quit for six months and lost his edge.
The biggest factor for longevity is you can never quit, you can not afford to lose that edge. Mobas at the highest level, especially dota, seem to be very experience and deep knowledge based. Also think if magnus Carlson quit for five years and came back, he might still be the best but I strongly doubt he would ever have the dominant edge he once had. And chess is unlike gaming where videogames have updates that completely change the game, players can be very patch dependent, kennyS and JW before the stupid awp nerf were extremely dominant and entertaining, they never quit and completely lost their edge not due to age or grinding but due to the game update nerfing their talent and play style. Cod is a new game every year but still the same but still there’s players who can be a great player one year and bad for two years and then great again. Declining from age will always be up to debate, esports games are so wildly different and inconsistent with how the updates change the game it’s impossible to know.
I do feel players peak at 15-19 if they start playing at 10-14 or so because of the time kids can put in, their brain is developing at an insane rate where talent develops skill that looks intuitive, these players are the most capable of pulling off “magic”, being able to read the game and their opponent at such an intuitive level. If they ever quit they will lose that edge
whats idra and huk doing these days?:)
More Starcraft!
love u huk
Thanks for that interview. Wait the us army lost a strategic mastermind to sc2 ? USA could have won Afghanistan how bush wanted it. Mother...I mean air carrier rush😅
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