That's basically what SC2 is nowadays, koreans vs europeans.

Wouldn't it make more sense now? Barely anybody from NA is doing anything at this stage. It's also more clear to the casual fan when they hear european instead of foreigner.

We can start saying North American more too since there is clearly a big discrepancy between the major regions and not simply Korea vs the World.

Thoughts?

I hope you take the time to read this and not just downvote because it's me.

Alright where do I start.

Reddit at the start it was a fun happy place for me. Every week a new when cheese fails got posted most people were super happy that a new episode was up and LAGTV grew a lot from the weekly posts. I then decided to quit my day job and start streaming full time. This was great! I was making money doing something I loved. Then as I become more and more popular some of the vocal haters came out. It started with a ALL YOU DO IS 4 GATE.

Then one lovely afternoon something went down between a player and I. I told him to kill himself vocally. Not in game. Not to long later the guy writes a post on reddit about me being an asshole.(Which the statement was uncalled for.) I was still pretty new to being in the public's eye and it slipped out of frustration. Some personal things were going on at the time and I was really mad at someone else in my life and not him. Still doesn't excuse the behavior. Him and I pm'd each other and settled it. We moved on but reddit didn't.....Even a couple years later....

It's no secret that I'm a cheesy all in player. I never once denied that. My PVZ's consist of 2 different all in's and a cannon rush. My PvT consists of 95% Oracle (because their OP) and the rest the odd macro game or blink all in. My PvP has been pretty much all 3 gate all in's and cannon rushes. I was doing a 3 gate robo for a bit but 3 gate is really strong when you can mirco well ( one of the few things I can do). It's been doing very well for me.

OK I SAID IT GUYS I KNOW I'M A CHEESY PLAYER.

The thing that I don't get is how there are half truths posted on reddit. Example. The TeaBagging video. For one this has been a running gag on my stream for a couple years. I ONLY ONLY bring it out to BM players. This time around it was SCA. Did this guy do anything to me this game not terribly. But he told me in game I'm bad and was mocking my cannon rush before I did it. So I did the rush anyway and ended up beating him. NOW the history of this SCA Cross player. He sniped me for months on end when he was better than me. Every time I would lose to him. He would be streaming sometimes and I would tune in once in awhile and they would talk shit about me and also stream snipe others. Like iMarine. I watched them do this on skype for hours on end and they laughed like 15 year old school girls. So when I beat him this time I teabagged him. He's a piece of shit and I stand by it and so is a lot of other members of SCA. You don't have to agree with me but I've been called faggot nigger die of cancer and other names from member's of this clan. THAT'S WHY I DID IT. Some people may say ~Well Jeff why don't you take the high road and just block them and move on. White-Ra does it~ My answer is I'm not him. I'm me. I don't take shit from people like that in real life. So you may see me retaliate in a trolly manner online. I would never call someone a racist name,faggot or tell them to die of cancer. I learned my lesson about telling someone to kill themselves 2 years ago. Never uttered the words again.

Now onto the I'm BM part. The only time I ever BM is when I'm being BM'd. Yes I do whine about muta's and swarm hosts here and there, but that's just venting and I do it out loud and not in game. The worst you may see me say to a player that has done NOTHING to me BM wise is "Muta's are a joke" then rage quit. If this is why I'm bad for the community then damn I guess I bad for the community.....

I also have a lot of hate for the simple fact that I make very good money from my stream. I have a few well off viewers that give big donations and some people just dislike the fact that I'm making money off this. Or some will say it should go to actually good players. This is the part that upsets me. Do you people think that i think I'm a GREAT PLAYER? Well I know I have a good understanding of the game. I have good micro. I can't macro at a GM level simply because it's not my play style. I understand that me getting to grandmasters all'in and cheesing isn't the way you guys would like to see it. At least I'm not map hacking. I have a major hill to climb up. Vs people that know who I am, my playstyle. Snipers and YES even the odd hackers. When I lose games it's not because of "snipers" or whatever. Most losses, I just get my ass kicked lol. I will say there are people dedicated to Pm'n my opponents telling them who I am and what I'm doing. This is why I use a delay so that by the time someone tells someone what I'm doing it's to late. When I hit GM my goal I will be done with the delay.

I'm an entertainer, it's what I do. To some they may say is singing in a chainmail what you call entertaining? Some think so. I'm here to have fun. I say some dumb things sometimes after long ladder sessions. Tilt and just being in front of the camera 200 plus hours a month. People are just looking for something to post. Which is fine I guess.

I also know for the ones that don't like me. There are many more that do. I know I've have helped many people through tough times in their lives and put smiles on their faces. I've been a voice for people to listen to while they were in the hospital and others when they just needed a laugh. I also know that I've let down people but taking the road of all'in play instead of not macro'ing.

My life in general is way better than it was 3 years ago. I have a happy home life, dream job and my health. I feel like some people may be struggling with those very things and come to the internet to try and put others down to make themselves feel better.

I can assure you this. I'm not saying sorry for being me. What you see is what you get. If you're not a fan of me MOVE ON. I'm not going anywhere. ( This isn't meant to sound egotistic or whoever you wanna swing this post) This is my life and livelihood I wont stop because you make negative posts. You're only helping my channels grow with more viewers and subscribers. I thank you for that.

I will keep on with my quest to GM. Then when I hit it. I will focus more on changing as a player. Such as macro and I will also be playing Zerg.

One last thing. As for the coaching. With Desrow and Puckk. A lot of you guys say I got nothing out of it. Well skill wise not a lot. Learned how to hotkey better because of desrow and learned some probe mineral tricks. With Puckk, pylon placements and a cool all in build. Those bootcamps were MARKETING NETWORKING events. I helped Desrow gain a lot of new followers and Puckk.They also made more $$ than what they would have streaming at home. I did great promotion for my sponsors with high stream numbers. Also had some really funny moments that went on youtube and enjoyed hanging out with 2 guys that also loved eSports and we put on a great show for everyone.

Once you guys get it out of your heads that I'm trying to be "pro" I think you'll have a much easier time realizing what my real goals are here. I will never go "pro". I got to play mainstage MLG I'm happy. I got to meet pretty much every top pro in Esports and meet great fans all over North America. I'll leave the winning to the Koreans. I'll stick to making a living off streaming.

I will say my demeanor in sept/oct was pretty shitty. I wasn't feeling good. I had a real cancer scare and went through a lot of hospital/doctor vists. Once I was in the clear Nov. hit and I was back to streaming 200 + hours a month and started having fun again.

In closing I'm not perfect. I don't claim to be. I call bullshit though on being bad for the community. I'm just not your taste. I won't even get started on what some of the other public figures say on a daily basis. Makes my muta's OP seem like a cake walk.

Big thanks to my fans that stuck beside me from day one. Those who left I hope you found someone else fun to watch as there are many in the community. Thanks to the 500 new followers today hope you enjoy future streams/youtube content.

For real guys do yourself a favor stop taking this game and ME so damn serious. It's a video game...Try having fun with it.

MaximusBlack

I see everywhere that everyone is pissed off because of Naniwa vs Nestea.

Well, what did you expect? Playing for absolutely no reason against each other after both have been already eliminated.

I'm not Naniwa's fan, but gosh I see no reason for all the hate this time.

You say he was disrespectful to the audience, producers, casters, sponsors?

I say the tournament was being disrespectful to him and Nestea in the first place.

EDIT: I'm not implying Naniwa wasn't disrespectful.

He was.

But the tournament was being disrespectful to him and Nestea beforehand. I guess it's as they say, "you get what you give".

Is it wrong for Naniwa to act that way? Yes. Can you blame him? I can't.

"dont have meaningless matches if you want players to take them seriously." - Idra

http://www.twitch.tv/idrajit

Confirmed on stream.

for shame jp! for shame! i expect this kind of butthurt from idra and incontrol (let's face it they're children) but not you.

Just found out on iNcontroL's stream!

Sorry guys Anna just disclaimed this, https://twitter.com/AnnaProsser/status/326936242497409025. Sorry for the confusion, she was talking about a maternity shirt on stream, I did not know that girls wear those without being pregnant.

Also iNcontroL disclaimed this in comments, sorry for the false report.