That's how you pronounce Eshan? I always thought it was E-Shan
Also awesome idea, loving it!
Also think there are going to be more top 15 players that came from solo than you expect considering the number 1 player I presume (Maga) came from the solo world. As did SoSo
We actually talked a bit more in depth about what I meant about that in the raw audio, but it seems to have gotten cut for the video. There is a big difference between players who started out as solo players and went to FFA and players who were professional solo players and played FFA on the side. Duck is the later, Maga would be the former. There used to be a league in the solo wc3 scene called WC3L, it was basically the pinnacle of WC3 when it was around. Duck played in it with the team vVv.
Fair enough, I get what you're saying now in the distinction between part time and full time.
On a side-note though I would argue you're over-estimating Duck during his peak and underestimating Maga. I love Duck, but his strongest results came after the peak of WC3 had passed. A year ago I'd argue he was actually one of the best WC3 solo players since he never seemed to lose any skill, however he never put up big results when there was competition in the US scene. Longwalk, Nilkarf, Boo, Shreik, Strifeco, Legato, Qazzi, HH, Phreak, Shortround, Wizard and even Newbiee and Inclnerator were considered better US solo players back in the day.
In addition while vVv was impressive for it's time period, it wasn't one of the top US teams. Verge, Tek-9, u5, and aG all played during tougher time periods and had better results in international leagues. Though as one might expect, none of them did particularly well. I also honestly don't remember vVv taking part in a WC3L season, which season did they qualify for? I presume it was one of the last ones.
Maga on the other hand was one of the top Bulgarian players, and I know 3wD competed in WC3L when it was during it's peak and actually did reasonably well (believe they beat 4Kings one season for their only loss), don't know if Maga was on their starting lineup then.
Not really sure what the point of all this was to be honest, aside from the fact that I think you are looking through Duck's US play and (vVv) through some rose-tinted glasses. Though vVv won for drama hands down haha. Anyways, I get your distinction between full time FFA player and solo players who just do it as a hobby, but disagree with your assessment of Duck.
So a couple (by couple, I literally mean 2) of folks have asked if I ever plan to do any more Game Time episodes (for those not familiar, here's an example/ It's essentially just an informal interview with a player while we watch a replay of a game or do some AT. However I've always greatly enjoyed that format and had a lot of fun making them. I wanted to ask two questions to those that actually view the videos.
1) Are you interested in seeing/listening to more of these, or would you rather I focus on doing other things.
2) What three people would you most like me to do it with so you can learn more about them?
*Disclaimer: If I do proceed with these it won't be for a few weeks still.
That's how you pronounce Eshan? I always thought it was E-Shan
Also awesome idea, loving it!
Also think there are going to be more top 15 players that came from solo than you expect considering the number 1 player I presume (Maga) came from the solo world. As did SoSo
If you have all this content, you might consider turning the 60 min video into 10 6 mins videos and releasing one a week, or every other week. No need to get rid of good content if you've already gone to all this work!
I'd be happy to try and cast it (in the future), however our schedules are never going to align Ugri :(
Also awesome work getting it, this is the best thing since when the 4k players were playing FFA like 10 years ago. Hoping these guys play a bit better/take it more seriously
Wreck we both know I'm the best NE player current and all time. It's too bad Blizzard decided to give elves chims and hippos as their only unit though, kinda unfair.
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