While Tyler "Nony" Wasieleski holds the top rank in Platinum Division 5 on the US server, he have no plans to enter any tournament before he finish school.In the so called "Hello, Goodbye" tournament, NonY withdrew even before the first round started. His schedule at Duke University, where he is a Philosophy Major, was a mess, and missed the scheduled time.
After seven weeks and seven patch updates, NonY feels the balance is where it's supposed to be. He would much rather see StarCraft 2 take a route like StarCraft 1 did in terms of maps opposed to WarCraft 3.
- "I think it's pretty close to the point where balancing with maps could take care of the rest. And speaking of that, I hope it's the route SC2 takes. Balance patches should finish up ASAP and leave the rest to the mapmakers. Using the same maps for years and doing balance patches for years is a much worse situation for E-Sports," says NonY.
NonY believes that WarCraft 3 players will initially be worse at the highest level of play.
"I was never even Top 100 in the world at SC:BW. I hope to be top 10 in the world of SC2"
- "WC3 players will initially be worse at multitask and handling difficult economic decisions. But eventually everyone will be the same. After enough time, we'll all just be SC2 players."The American Protoss is no newcomer to StarCraft. He began playing in 2002, but it was not until late 00's he bloomed out. His career took a great leap forward when he joined Korean progaming team eSTRO, but it really culminated earlier this year when he took home the PokerStrategy.com TeamLiquid Starleague. Despite such an impressive career, NonY thinks he will be more successful in StarCraft 2.
- "If I count the Koreans, then I was never even Top 100 in the world at SC:BW. I hope to be top 10 in the world of SC2," admits NonY.
Wasieleski also points out that whether the rest of the world will be on an even keel with Korea depends on how many non-Koreans can get decent salaries.
- "If other countries had over 1,000 people trying to be a progamer and the country's best 300 players living in progamer houses practicing full time, then they'd have a chance. Personally I'd be (pleasantly) surprised if the US has even 25 people earning living wages for playing SC2 full time,
- People love to hear about the huge prize pools at tournaments, but what E-Sports really needs is $30k+ salaries for players."
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