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Who is the Protoss Nestea?

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DJWilma
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada740 Posts
October 05 2011 11:02 GMT
#1
Alright guys, since I heard about the GSL Code S October having so little protoss, as a toss player myself I was curious to watch and hope that a protoss comes out and does really well. Hoping to see the protoss Nestea, but no protoss made it to round of 8.

I mean we all know Mvp is the Nestea of Terran, but who the hell is our protoss hope? MC used to be that star in the sky for us. I looked up to him as a player like no one else. But after his upsetting lost vs HongUn in the GSL, it has been downhill. He used to be THE feared protoss, it was expected that every foreign tournament he would win. And than he just dropped off. I mean Hero did better than him in Code A, not bashing Hero, but we are talking about the player who at one time had won the most money in prizes in SC2.

Who will be our hope? Or is protoss just a race you should play in the lower leagues and leave the Code S to the terrans and zergs?

I would watch replay after replay of MC learning his builds down to the second.

Is HuK going to become our Nestea, after training heavily with Puma and Idra?

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ChinaLifeXXL
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States365 Posts
October 05 2011 11:07 GMT
#2
JYP, bro.

It's JYP.
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6d.Leek
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States76 Posts
October 05 2011 11:10 GMT
#3
There's no definitive way to tell...I mean as it is now Protoss is just stagnant. It's reached a point in the metagame where some Bisu-esque breakthrough is necessary, if it is even humanly possible, given the poor design Blizzard has ultimately bestowed upon Protoss in SC2.

But yeah, you gotta remember a good game takes time to patch. Nothing is set in stone yet and with the release of HotS, I'm sure Blizzard plans to make amends to Protoss so it can be played well at the highest levels again.
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Paladia
Profile Joined August 2003
802 Posts
October 05 2011 11:11 GMT
#4
I'd say that Sage is the brightest star on the Protoss heaven right now, he is really a joy to watch and comes up with such a unique way of playing Protoss.
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BearStorm
Profile Joined September 2010
United States795 Posts
October 05 2011 11:13 GMT
#5
JYP is showing very impressive play against zerg, but his problem is that he is very weak against terran. So I will have to say there is no protoss Nestea, but the best protoss is probably Sage.
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zeOllie
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Australia486 Posts
October 05 2011 11:17 GMT
#6
At the moment I'm looking hard at Sage and JYP. Both very good up and comers, but I think Sage is a bit farther ahead.

Code S players like Genius and Killer have been there for a while, and while they are pretty good, they are not improving, which is the most important part of sc2 atm. Sage and JYP have come out of relative nowhere and are tearing it up, and improving.

They are the most likely protoss heroes, but so far, its no one. we will just have to wait and see =]
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MattBarry
Profile Joined March 2011
United States4006 Posts
October 05 2011 11:19 GMT
#7
Huk is awesome cause he's a foreigner in Code S and stuff but I don't think he's beaten anyone good except Nada
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DJWilma
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada740 Posts
October 05 2011 11:26 GMT
#8
Ugh I want White-Ra to be the Protoss Nestea, but his special tactics arnt as solid as they need to be
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eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-05 11:28:58
October 05 2011 11:28 GMT
#9
Bisu?

Bisu.
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deathly rat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom911 Posts
October 05 2011 11:29 GMT
#10
MC will be back. He was going through a slump, and also the patch has lessened the danger from 4-gate specialists. He is still the man.
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SiDX
Profile Joined July 2009
New Zealand1975 Posts
October 05 2011 11:33 GMT
#11
On October 05 2011 20:19 MattBarry wrote:
Huk is awesome cause he's a foreigner in Code S and stuff but I don't think he's beaten anyone good except Nada


He beats "good" players on a regular basis on ladder he just seems to get nervous or something at events :\
Archybaldie
Profile Joined June 2011
United Kingdom818 Posts
October 05 2011 11:47 GMT
#12
I got this guys i got this! Just gimmie a few months! dont worry!

But seriously looking at code A theres alot of protoss at the moment that seem to be "up and coming" ... Also i dont think MC is done yet he just seemed to hit a slump in quite an epic fashion im sure he will be back!
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RubiksCube
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Germany259 Posts
October 05 2011 12:00 GMT
#13
Sage has some really great games and the only match up he doesn't exactly own in is PvP, so he makes a good hope for P.

HerO is pretty awesome in every match up I've seen him play.

Tails just beat MVP and Nestea back to back in the MvP vs IM Semi Finals in Teamleague, although lucky that was pretty awesome.

Plus there's JYP, who's also very good and Creator.Prime.WE. Both of them had a very good showing in the semi final of TSL vs Prime.
isleyofthenorth
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Austria894 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-05 13:01:29
October 05 2011 13:01 GMT
#14
On October 05 2011 20:07 ChinaLifeXXL wrote:
JYP, bro.

It's JYP.



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He isnt.
Moobutt
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1996 Posts
October 05 2011 13:31 GMT
#15
I think Puzzle might be the guy to pull Protoss out of hell.
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44116 Posts
October 05 2011 14:29 GMT
#16
Quite frankly, there isn't one.

There's no Protoss that pushes his way to the end of the GSLs, regardless of the competition (until he hits Nestea, MVP, or another really good Terran).

It's as simple as that. It'd be nice for someone to step up though
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Phenny
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia1435 Posts
October 05 2011 14:34 GMT
#17
Yeh, I dont think there is one atm, there's a few potentials that have yet to prove themselves. Maybe soon one or two (or more) will breakthrough/return to their former glory, but right now no protoss can contend with Nestea's status imo.
marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
October 05 2011 14:35 GMT
#18
There isn't a protoss nestea atm. Nestea has amazing results, unparalleled by all except for MVP. He's feared by basically everybody but the very top level terrans.

The same goes for MVP, but to a higher degree, he is by far the best TvT player, and his TvZ might even surpass MMA. Nobody's seen his TvP for ages, so maybe that's his weak matchup.

Sage, JYP and Oz are still up-and-comers, Nestea hasn't been an up-and-comer since...err, GSL1? Still, at that point he was known for his bleak BW background as a 2v2'er and coach (I think it was coach?).

So basically, until MC comes back or one of these Code A protoss really get it on in Code S we don't have a representative.
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keiraknightlee
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States301 Posts
October 05 2011 14:53 GMT
#19
HUK is the protoss bonjwa!!! I believe!!!
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MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
October 05 2011 16:04 GMT
#20
I don't think there will be a single hero. Just builds getting tighter, stargate play being more vicious, timings coming earlier etc. Oh. And an EMP nerf.
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