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SeleCT's MLG Performance

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jimbob615
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Uruguay455 Posts
June 05 2011 16:06 GMT
#1
I was pretty shocked to see how bad select's results have been at this MLG so far. I've been working so i've been unable to watch the games besides vs Thorzain and it seems uncharacteristic for him to go from such a dominating performance in Dallas to this. Does anyone have any inside information or speculation about what led to his results being so poor in comparison?

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pikaaarrr :3
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States593 Posts
June 05 2011 16:08 GMT
#2
Well, he was in the group of death...someone has to end up doing really poorly.

I think a lot of people expected ret or Tyler to fall, but they really performed quite well this MLG.
Xiaon
Profile Joined May 2011
United States245 Posts
June 05 2011 16:09 GMT
#3
he said he plays better when he has longer to practice- aslo he was playing some of the best foreigners in the world

dont think to much into it
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GinDo
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
3327 Posts
June 05 2011 16:10 GMT
#4
Select i feel was never really that good. He simply had smart openers, but since i can remember has always suffered in the late game aspect, as the game turns more macro.
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Thrill
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
2599 Posts
June 05 2011 16:13 GMT
#5
TL's blog slump?
Yamulo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2096 Posts
June 05 2011 16:15 GMT
#6
On June 06 2011 01:08 pikaaarrr :3 wrote:
Well, he was in the group of death...someone has to end up doing really poorly.

I think a lot of people expected ret or Tyler to fall, but they really performed quite well this MLG.

No? I expected Ret to beat him after he destroyed him 2-0 in nasl. Just in general it seems like select is struggling but his series vs thorzain was amazing.
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TheSubtleArt
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada2527 Posts
June 05 2011 16:18 GMT
#7
He had a very tough group: Idra, Ret, MC, and Tyler. The loss to Tyler was probably disappointing, but losing to Idra, Ret and MC is understandable as they're 3 of the best players on the planet right now. On top of that Select's TvZ has always been his weakest matchup. Also, select said he couldn't practice very much in the days leading up to MLG, so he felt he was under practiced.

So yea, Select is a little out of form. Even if he was in form, his group was extremely tough.
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Johnzee
Profile Joined April 2011
United States216 Posts
June 05 2011 16:19 GMT
#8
(T)SeleCT is still smashing face in the NASL... could be a bad weekend for him. Maybe he ate some of that canned fish that Nani was supposed to bring down
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Bortlett
Profile Joined October 2010
United States302 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-05 16:19:45
June 05 2011 16:19 GMT
#9
He said he wished he had had an extra week to prepare. I'm sure he'll bounce back though, it's perfectly normal for people in all sports to have a bad game/tournament/whatever .
Bleak
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Turkey3059 Posts
June 05 2011 16:20 GMT
#10
On June 06 2011 01:18 TheSubtleArt wrote:
He had a very tough group: Idra, Ret, MC, and Tyler. The loss to Tyler was probably disappointing, but losing to Idra, Ret and MC is understandable as they're 3 of the best players on the planet right now. On top of that Select's TvZ has always been his weakest matchup. Also, select said he couldn't practice very much in the days leading up to MLG, so he felt he was under practiced.

So yea, Select is a little out of form. Even if he was in form, his group was extremely tough.


I can understand MC and Idra but Ret? He is a good player man, but I wouldn't say he is one of the top 3 on Earth.

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Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
June 05 2011 16:50 GMT
#11
On June 06 2011 01:19 Johnzee wrote:
(T)SeleCT is still smashing face in the NASL... could be a bad weekend for him. Maybe he ate some of that canned fish that Nani was supposed to bring down

naniwa is the canned fish
Hikari
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
1914 Posts
June 05 2011 17:01 GMT
#12
I wonder if the rotten fish deal from SotG happened!
Marcus420
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada1923 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-05 17:02:32
June 05 2011 17:01 GMT
#13
I wouldn't call it a slump... hes losing to very formidable players, and its known that his TvZ is his weakness.

Lose a few rounds and automatically in a slump is pretty silly to think.

Dallas didnt have the great korean players, and there are a ton of new people for this mlg, such as thorzain.
Nexic
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States729 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-05 17:07:15
June 05 2011 17:06 GMT
#14
On June 06 2011 01:10 GinDo wrote:
Select i feel was never really that good. He simply had smart openers, but since i can remember has always suffered in the late game aspect, as the game turns more macro.
That's just silly to be honest. I think his TvZ has generally been sort of weak and he had a bunch of Z in his group, but he is a monster especially in TvT. The extended series games between him and Thorzain today (day 3) were simply amazing.
Klogon
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
MURICA15980 Posts
June 05 2011 17:10 GMT
#15
renamed topic bc it could be a spoiler
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
June 05 2011 17:14 GMT
#16
Meh it was one poor showing, I wouldnt be at all ready to call it a slump yet.
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Mercadia
Profile Joined December 2010
United States257 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-05 17:45:03
June 05 2011 17:43 GMT
#17
On June 06 2011 02:06 Nexic wrote:
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On June 06 2011 01:10 GinDo wrote:
Select i feel was never really that good. He simply had smart openers, but since i can remember has always suffered in the late game aspect, as the game turns more macro.
That's just silly to be honest. I think his TvZ has generally been sort of weak and he had a bunch of Z in his group, but he is a monster especially in TvT. The extended series games between him and Thorzain today (day 3) were simply amazing.


I'd disagree and say he had smart openers plus he has some of the best multitasking I've ever seen on a featured terran stream here at TL.

vs Thorzain spoiler:
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Getting knocked out by Thorzain isn't something to be ashamed of. Only takes a few mistakes vs the current TSL champ will cost you a game. His defense in the last game of their series was awesome, I really thought he'd take the game when he denied like 4 pushes in a row.
TheSubtleArt
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada2527 Posts
June 05 2011 17:50 GMT
#18
On June 06 2011 01:20 Bleak wrote:
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On June 06 2011 01:18 TheSubtleArt wrote:
He had a very tough group: Idra, Ret, MC, and Tyler. The loss to Tyler was probably disappointing, but losing to Idra, Ret and MC is understandable as they're 3 of the best players on the planet right now. On top of that Select's TvZ has always been his weakest matchup. Also, select said he couldn't practice very much in the days leading up to MLG, so he felt he was under practiced.

So yea, Select is a little out of form. Even if he was in form, his group was extremely tough.


I can understand MC and Idra but Ret? He is a good player man, but I wouldn't say he is one of the top 3 on Earth.


Ret's known to slack but when he's practicing he's absolutely one of the best players. Even Idra acknowledges Ret as being immensely talented. Just look at Ret's brood War career and his assembly win for what he can do when he's in form. Also he's like 6-1 in the NASL, which included a win over Select. Ret > Select is definitely not an upset lol.
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sickoota
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada918 Posts
June 05 2011 17:54 GMT
#19
Ret is a TvZ monster his results have been lackluster sometimes mostly from his ZvP. Ret just destroys that MU, no shame in losing to him.
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n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
June 05 2011 17:58 GMT
#20
On June 06 2011 01:20 Bleak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 06 2011 01:18 TheSubtleArt wrote:
He had a very tough group: Idra, Ret, MC, and Tyler. The loss to Tyler was probably disappointing, but losing to Idra, Ret and MC is understandable as they're 3 of the best players on the planet right now. On top of that Select's TvZ has always been his weakest matchup. Also, select said he couldn't practice very much in the days leading up to MLG, so he felt he was under practiced.

So yea, Select is a little out of form. Even if he was in form, his group was extremely tough.


I can understand MC and Idra but Ret? He is a good player man, but I wouldn't say he is one of the top 3 on Earth.


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