Why 'mom _didn't_ go to Worlds...and what I saw when I returned
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Rainbowgym said:
I'm sure that this is true but then registered players are all that we can compare.
I would like to see a count based on percentage of players from each country. Just out of curiosity.
I think that it would be fair to hold Worlds in the city with the most registered players. Wherever that may be.
As for the nastyness, I wonder how many younger people didn't even know that they were using an insulting term? Not that that's any excuse, but it may say more good about the world than bad.
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EeveeTrainer
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Yeah I'm sure it's all stuff we heard before none of which would keep anyone in the TOS for the gym not to mention it's just downright disrespectful to boot. We're all human so let's stop this being split into nations and races since you really don't know who's who behind that computer screen.
Hedgefoxidna
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I can relate, being 1st gen russian, though americans seem to favour europeans, considering that the new age term american are pretty much europeans anyway. Even though **** in the dictionary is NOT a profanity word....
Yeah, I can understand what you mean 'mom. I remember something here roughly on the bad side of this topic and I was the only kid my age who knew what it meant. I'm only 11, but studied WW2 in school, and saw a movie where a boy used the word, and his father got enraged. It made me really understand it all.
I was not in Orlando, maybe because an European distributor banned the foreign players from the main prizes at their qualifier, ... but it's another story (?!) 
There are stupid people everywhere, people who think they're better than the others, that they are superior for one reason or another, people who will never admit that someone can better than them.
But I'm sure it's a minority.
I remember tournaments in Holland, Spain or England where my daughter has won STS qualifiers ... without any negative or aggressive word from the players of these countries.
I remember San Diego when Jean Marc Schosse, from Belgium, won the STS. Players from a lot of different countries came to congratulate him, at the event and later at the hotel.
I remember Hawaii and the Japanese players at the TMB 2002. They were not really good at that tournament, but all of them was very friendly and we've had a wonderful time all together, Japanese, US and Belgian players.
They've taken a lot of top 8 spots in Orlando ? They were simply better than the other players.
Instead of having a negative behavior, the losers should better remember that you can learn a lot when you lose, and that a defeat is always positive if you learn from it to be better next time.
Sure there are stupid people, people who don't accept or want to take the risk to see foreign players beat them or their friends. People who think the only 'good' people live in the same country, have the same religion, language or color of skin as them. But I keep on saying it's a minority.
I do completely agree with you mom, and the poor foreigner that I am would like to say that US people should never forget that, 200 years ago, their country has been built by people from a lot of different origins, cultures and religions. 200 years ... not really far from us, no ?
There are stupid people everywhere, people who think they're better than the others, that they are superior for one reason or another, people who will never admit that someone can better than them.
But I'm sure it's a minority.
I remember tournaments in Holland, Spain or England where my daughter has won STS qualifiers ... without any negative or aggressive word from the players of these countries.
I remember San Diego when Jean Marc Schosse, from Belgium, won the STS. Players from a lot of different countries came to congratulate him, at the event and later at the hotel.
I remember Hawaii and the Japanese players at the TMB 2002. They were not really good at that tournament, but all of them was very friendly and we've had a wonderful time all together, Japanese, US and Belgian players.
They've taken a lot of top 8 spots in Orlando ? They were simply better than the other players.
Instead of having a negative behavior, the losers should better remember that you can learn a lot when you lose, and that a defeat is always positive if you learn from it to be better next time.
Sure there are stupid people, people who don't accept or want to take the risk to see foreign players beat them or their friends. People who think the only 'good' people live in the same country, have the same religion, language or color of skin as them. But I keep on saying it's a minority.
I do completely agree with you mom, and the poor foreigner that I am would like to say that US people should never forget that, 200 years ago, their country has been built by people from a lot of different origins, cultures and religions. 200 years ... not really far from us, no ?
Tego
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It was sad to read this topic now, especially after the good attitude towards the Japanese players I saw at Worlds. From what I saw as a judge at Worlds, the Japanese players were very polite and friendly, and were met with the same beheaviour back from both Americans and Europeans. And now people returned home to criticize the Japanese on these message boards instead? That's very, very disappointing.
I'm very interested in Japan, because I listen to Japanese music and watch a lot of anime, and attend the Norwegian Anime society's weekly "meetings", and I've been studying the Japanese language since last fall. I had a great time at Worlds meeting the Japanese players and judges, and practising my oral Japanese with them. Although some of the Japanese players barely knew any English at all, we managed to communicate very well with a combination of their limited English vocabulary and my limited Japanese vocabulary. I don't think I ever before have seen a country with so many polite, skilled players with such a good sportsmanship.
While the Japanese players didn't stand out at the last 3 US Championships I attended (which is STS2000, STS2001 and Worlds 20002, where I didn't even meet a single Japanese player!) they truly gained everyone's attention this year. They were thinking ahead of all the American and European players in deck-building, and had the best players to use those decks at their full power.
I saw a lot of excellent players while judging 15+, but among them Tsuguyosi Yamato and Go Miyamoto both stood out as amazing players. Go Miyamoto knocked Norway's top player Evens Cheung out of the tournament in one of the most exciting matches I've seen, and while Chris Fulop played amazing all day, Tsuguyosi Yamato deserved his win in the 15+ category.
Some short-tempted and unserious players might have been yelling around stupid comments about the Japanese players on these boards, but what I saw on Worlds - especially in the matches Norway VS Japan (Go VS Evens) and US VS Japan (Tsuguyosi VS Chris) - was respect and astonishment towards the Japanese players. Because the non-Japanese top players in Orlando all knew it, and said it: the Japanese really were the best, and they deserved it!
I'm very interested in Japan, because I listen to Japanese music and watch a lot of anime, and attend the Norwegian Anime society's weekly "meetings", and I've been studying the Japanese language since last fall. I had a great time at Worlds meeting the Japanese players and judges, and practising my oral Japanese with them. Although some of the Japanese players barely knew any English at all, we managed to communicate very well with a combination of their limited English vocabulary and my limited Japanese vocabulary. I don't think I ever before have seen a country with so many polite, skilled players with such a good sportsmanship.
While the Japanese players didn't stand out at the last 3 US Championships I attended (which is STS2000, STS2001 and Worlds 20002, where I didn't even meet a single Japanese player!) they truly gained everyone's attention this year. They were thinking ahead of all the American and European players in deck-building, and had the best players to use those decks at their full power.
I saw a lot of excellent players while judging 15+, but among them Tsuguyosi Yamato and Go Miyamoto both stood out as amazing players. Go Miyamoto knocked Norway's top player Evens Cheung out of the tournament in one of the most exciting matches I've seen, and while Chris Fulop played amazing all day, Tsuguyosi Yamato deserved his win in the 15+ category.
Some short-tempted and unserious players might have been yelling around stupid comments about the Japanese players on these boards, but what I saw on Worlds - especially in the matches Norway VS Japan (Go VS Evens) and US VS Japan (Tsuguyosi VS Chris) - was respect and astonishment towards the Japanese players. Because the non-Japanese top players in Orlando all knew it, and said it: the Japanese really were the best, and they deserved it!
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