Rising Star Noah Gets His Evo 2011 Award!

lol This is why I LOVE visiting SRK

The hate, the drama, the witty retorts, the ALL CAPZ ATTACKS, the complaints, etc Hilarious! XD

Anyway, in regards to Noah recieving a prize as best rising star, I think he deserved it and people are taking this token of appreciation for his efforts and the efforts of his parent for allowing him to even enter this tournament are really taking this act WAY too seriously.

People… this award that was given to Noah was not a symbol of favoritism or a belittling of everybody else’s efforts at this past EVO. This was not an attempt to say that this kid was better than everyone else or even deserved the spot he made it or not. This was simply an act of encouragement and appreciation for the effort that he as a kid of his age who could be doing ANYTHING with his life at the moment from concentrating on school to playing football to whatever has put into not only playing games (which 95% of kids his age all do) but actually learning how to play the game correctly even if on just the fundamentals of the game.

Now granted, anyone who watched the stream could see that while he could execute pretty well, his metagame wasn’t the most highest of caliber. And yes, most of the people who went against him had teams that could have easily defeated his entire squad through proper zoning and patience. As mentioned before, I am sure that the age factor or Noah definitely contributed to putting the opponent off edge during the matches causing them to either go easy at first or get flustered at making silly mistakes costing them the set. However, let’s give the kid some props. While predictable and straightforward with his attacks, you have to admit then when opportune times came into play such as happy birthdays and whiffed attacks, Noah never failed to capitalize on them and ensured he did as much damage that he possibly knew how. And let’s not forget that for any attack to hit, it requires your opponent to not be blocking which is ENTIRELY in their control.

So yes, is Noah the new Justin Wong or Viscant? Not at the moment no. He has awhile to go before he can be put on the same caliber as any top FG player as he has a lot to learn but his performance at EVO is just a representation of how dedicated this child is at becoming that next all star and this trophy was the appreciation from the FG community as a whole and the encouragement to keep progressing and keep doing your best.

People all the time complain about how 95% of FG players out there are just button-mashing, predictable, lazy people who know nothing of the game nor put any effort into learning anything. Well then when those shining few who actually want to be truly good show their faces and put in that effort, don’t crap on their accomplishments and their work. Let this kid be happy at feeling like he accomplished something (which he did) this past event and let him build off this accomplishment to further better himself.

Don’t hate, congratulate.