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To everyone who thinks Sjaak came out of nowhere

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User15937
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
68 Posts
June 16 2014 20:12 GMT
#1
Take a look at this:

http://www.xfire.com/tournament/1255

This was MirG's first Open, played on May 31.

Not only did Sjaak win, but he convincingly defeated both Hack AND Panic to do it. (2-0 Hack and 3-1 Panic)

So honestly, his performance in DreamHack Summer may have not even been an outlier (except for maybe beating Hyun, but beating HuK doesn't surprise me at all.) One thing's for certain, he's definitely a player to watch.

This concludes the ramblings of an everyday SC2 noob. ~



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Cokefreak
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland8095 Posts
June 16 2014 20:24 GMT
#2
So he beat two Koreans a bit over 2 weeks ago? Yeah he definitely didn't come out of nowhere
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45149 Posts
June 16 2014 22:06 GMT
#3
Yeah even with that other statistic, he still definitely came out of nowhere. Still something to be celebrated though.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
ThomasjServo
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
15244 Posts
June 16 2014 23:24 GMT
#4
He still came out of nowhere. One online cup does not a repuation make.
sabas123
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands3122 Posts
June 16 2014 23:40 GMT
#5
I love how fans overblow anything that some random player does.

any mid gm has atleast taken some games of top gm players on ladder, so why not in some crappy tournement.
The harder it becomes, the more you should focus on the basics.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
June 17 2014 04:34 GMT
#6
5-1 score it pretty good and what do you know.. some other players who don't get recognition for performing well whether it be lan or in several online tournaments post similar results as well. Now I haven't been paying much attention for the last 7 months or so, but it is pretty common for little to no research to be had on certain players even when they find results wcs wise.
LlamaNamedOsama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1900 Posts
June 17 2014 04:51 GMT
#7
On June 17 2014 08:40 sabas123 wrote:
I love how fans overblow anything that some random player does.

any mid gm has atleast taken some games of top gm players on ladder, so why not in some crappy tournement.


Because even the top foreigners can hardly take games off Koreans. Mid gm vs. top gm ladder games is quite a bit different from korean professional gamers in a tournament setting and bo3 series.
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FuRong
Profile Joined April 2010
New Zealand3089 Posts
June 17 2014 07:00 GMT
#8
If anything, this result is great for him because it will give him confidence and inspire him to keep working hard.

Some of these young European players are looking really promising.
Don't hate the player, hate the game
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