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Mvp: The End of an Era pt.1 - Page 2

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StarVe
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany13591 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-10 22:12:08
February 10 2013 22:09 GMT
#21
On February 11 2013 05:35 Derez wrote:
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On February 11 2013 04:00 StarVe wrote:
On February 11 2013 03:35 Derez wrote:
If he really disappears I don't think there will ever be a player I will care about as much as I did about MVP. The face of terran in WoL, the guy that mastered all match-ups and defined the metagame for terran players everywhere.

He's a legend and I hope he'll be back for HotS.

To be fair, TvP was his weakness for most of his career, he didn't really master it like he mastered TvZ and TvT for basically all of WoL's lifespan. There was no dominant Protoss around for most of WoL apart from MC, and he often managed to avoid playing MC so it didn't matter too much in his GSL runs. In fact, I feel like he faced way more Terrans and Zergs in GSL in general, he always had that bit of luck and his sick group picking skills helping him along the way.

I don't remember him much for his TvP (apart from that one GSTL game against Squirtle) until he started his midgame SCV-pull killer timings.

Mvp for me is basically a complete player with impeccable game sense, but I will remember his unbeatable TvZ streak and his TvT mastery and mindgames more than his TvP where in most games I can recall he just seemed like he got the job done without looking untouchable like in his other matchups.

Season 2 was essentially MVP vs Protoss, where he stopped Nani and Parting 3-1, where parting was essentially the hottest TvP-er out there, with Squirtle in the finals to top it off. There's also the s4 series against Rain.

Maybe not the prettiest series, although some are quite memorable and with plenty of mindgames, but all are examples of what made MVP MVP in the first place: Do whatever it takes to win, and I think winning a GSL title (and making it to another final) based on TvP alone can be considered as 'mastering a matchup'.

Yeah, this is what I meant with his SCV pull killer-timings, you had some pretty recent examples there. That was like more than a year after he got known for his domination in other matchups, until he crushed PartinG he didn't seem remarkably good at TvP, there's a reason people always mentioned Bomber or MKP or Jjakji at some point as the goto TvP players.
And Polt, sorry Fionn.

TvP was Mvp's achilles heel for a long time (if he ever had one), remember when Tails beat him in GSTL after that uninspired 1/1/1? He was always very solid in TvP, but never really exceptional at it in his prime, unlike in other matchups.
Pucca
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Taiwan1280 Posts
February 18 2013 03:35 GMT
#22
Did MVPquit SC2?
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kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
February 18 2013 08:57 GMT
#23
No, but his career is all but over at this point due to his wrists. And the era I was referring to was his insane GSL run from Oct 2010 to Feb 2013.
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
February 18 2013 09:34 GMT
#24
On February 18 2013 17:57 kollin wrote:
No, but his career is all but over at this point due to his wrists. And the era I was referring to was his insane GSL run from Oct 2010 to Feb 2013.


Yeah I can't imagine him continuing anymore. At the least he needs to get himself healed and hopefully he commits to getting healed. Sucks he had such a bad case of whatever he has in wrist issues and stuff. He was so good and still was even with those problems, kinda scary to think how good he would have been without those issues.
When I think of something else, something will go here
Burrfoot
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States1176 Posts
February 18 2013 12:56 GMT
#25
So most pro players just succumb to wrist injuries and go to college? I guess they don't make enough to afford PEDs or stem cell baths!
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Davlok-1847/career
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