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o[twist]
Profile Joined May 2008
United States4903 Posts
December 30 2009 17:26 GMT
#121
i don't disagree about really btw i've always thought he was great. but this maligning of leta is a little absurd, just watch his dismantling of opponents from nearly lost positions, that game against guemchi, game against hwasin from last night. always such good clever play. and i'm pretty sure he's played more consistently than really as well, which seems to go against the "gimmicky = fails quickly, macro = solid, constant" thesis. that said i don't even think leta is really a gimmicky player
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
December 30 2009 17:34 GMT
#122
what the fuck is this, leta is good.
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
December 30 2009 17:48 GMT
#123
On December 30 2009 17:41 EvilTeletubby wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2009 17:36 IdrA wrote:
On December 30 2009 17:14 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On December 30 2009 16:59 IdrA wrote:
On December 30 2009 16:55 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On December 30 2009 16:46 Artosis wrote:
despite what any foreigner's impression of the 2 estro terrans is, really is considered by every progamer in korea as top 5 terran in the world


I know you have a lot of estro bias Dan, but... seriously??

Edit - Not trying to doubt you or take away anything from Really, he's actually been one of my favorite's to watch recently, but I just find that really hard to believe (no pun intended).

protip:
when people who know something about gaming have opinions, and yours differ from theirs, you should reevaluate your opinions before questioning theirs.


Hey Greg,

No shit. Was it that hard to figure out I was looking for him to elaborate (which he immediately did)? buthnxforyourprotipthoughgreatlyappreciatedkk.

you say he has estro bias
"seriously??"
"i just find that really hard to believe"
ya you werent questioning him at all.

if you wanted him to elaborate you would say "well thats interesting could you explain why you think that?" not "well i find that hard to believe and you're biased"


Yes, because you're the example we all turn to when asking for things in a straight forward and polite manner.





In any case, it seems that everyone's forgotten how good leta actualy is. He might not be doing as well as he has been doing lately, but there was a time when Leta was dominating everyone. Remember when he saved Terran in the race wars? Remember when his 2port wraith dominated every zerg not named Jaedong? Remember how he made it to #1 on the power rank?

He's the one who made 2port wraith look easy AND kept up in his other matchups.
Sullifam
lac29
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1485 Posts
December 30 2009 18:06 GMT
#124
1) Artosis has strong connections to estro ... of course a lot of us are going to think he has some bias/slant in favor of estro players.
2) Macro vs micro ... which is the best? ... I personally don't care, pick your preference.
3) Ultimately it's the results that matter (imo and I'm sure coaches ultimately care about the results the most). If you are good but constantly lose in close games to good players ... well the result is still the same, you LOST.
4) Being a solid macro player (Really) may give you the better results on average but I think being a less solid macro player who cheeses (Leta) will probably give you a greater variation in the quality of opponent you can beat (and lose to) but worse results on average.
blomsterjohn
Profile Joined June 2008
Norway474 Posts
December 30 2009 18:07 GMT
#125
Always get the feeling that leta can drop a game at any point in any game, kinda like Backho

can't back that up with facts tho
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
December 30 2009 18:10 GMT
#126
On December 31 2009 03:06 lac29 wrote:
1) Artosis has strong connections to estro ... of course a lot of us are going to think he has some bias/slant in favor of estro players.
2) Macro vs micro ... which is the best? ... I personally don't care, pick your preference.
3) Ultimately it's the results that matter (imo and I'm sure coaches ultimately care about the results the most). If you are good but constantly lose in close games to good players ... well the result is still the same, you LOST.
4) Being a solid macro player (Really) may give you the better results on average but I think being a less solid macro player who cheeses (Leta) will probably give you a greater variation in the quality of opponent you can beat (and lose to) but worse results on average.


he cheeses, but not all the time ._. he can play straight up too
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o[twist]
Profile Joined May 2008
United States4903 Posts
December 30 2009 18:14 GMT
#127
yeah lac29 that's a good point except for the fact that leta puts up better results than really. all of this very general talk about style vs. style is sort of moot when we can look at the individual players. idra, who is obviously somebody worth respecting and listening to, suggests that even though really puts up worse results, there's something you can see in his play that's simply superior to leta. i'm not seeing it but i don't really know much about starcraft in comparison to idra and artosis. i just want to make sure that the extra thing that's being seen is really that important. e.g. perhaps what idra really means is that really is a superior macro player and macro is what's really important, but somebody who thinks of dropship and harass play, vulture or wraith micro, etc. as important might disagree with idra's assessment.
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
December 30 2009 18:21 GMT
#128
Really has very good fundamentals and has great macro. He's just not a flashy player and doesn't always win his games, although he has done very well this season.
Sullifam
Silentness
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2821 Posts
December 30 2009 18:29 GMT
#129
On December 31 2009 02:22 yhnmk wrote:
But upmagic? Dude just a mediocre gimmicky player.


*head explodes* Upmagic is mediocre? I don't think so...
GL HF... YOLO..lololollol.
horang3
Profile Joined November 2009
United States261 Posts
December 30 2009 18:36 GMT
#130
On December 30 2009 17:24 Artosis wrote:
leta cannot be listed with players like fantasy, sea, flash, etc.

leta....he did so well on the back of gimicy build orders. yes, he did well, congrats to him for that. but if he faces an S class player in a bo5, hes should fall every single time.

Does it also have something to do with the whole cheating thing too?
and, if i'm following what you're saying correctly, wouldn't Really benefit from practicing against someone like Leta because he would learn to defend against all kind of weird builds?
Do great work
dukethegold
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada5645 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-30 19:01:45
December 30 2009 19:01 GMT
#131
I dunno, man. Can Leta's period of PL dominance really be contributed to just gimmicky and luck? Wasn't he #1 in Kespa for a while?
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
December 30 2009 19:05 GMT
#132
On December 31 2009 03:29 Silentness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 31 2009 02:22 yhnmk wrote:
But upmagic? Dude just a mediocre gimmicky player.


*head explodes* Upmagic is mediocre? I don't think so...


Definition of Mediocre : of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad
Which is is, he isnt anything special...
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
horang3
Profile Joined November 2009
United States261 Posts
December 30 2009 19:10 GMT
#133
On December 31 2009 04:05 GreEny K wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 31 2009 03:29 Silentness wrote:
On December 31 2009 02:22 yhnmk wrote:
But upmagic? Dude just a mediocre gimmicky player.


*head explodes* Upmagic is mediocre? I don't think so...


Definition of Mediocre : of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad
Which is is, he isnt anything special...

HIs win rate isn't anything special, his style of playing is.
Do great work
rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
December 30 2009 20:31 GMT
#134
Both IdrA and artosis see themselves as the same Style as (T)Really, and they are using their personal experience to support their claim that if (T)Leta goes up against (T)Really, the later is surely going to win more games over a spend of 20 games let's say.

However the rest of us does not see that evidence, we have no personal experience to watch him first hand. The closest we can come to what idra and artosis experienced is to watch (T)Really's live matches on youtube, then again we still can not make an informed assessment on his play because we just do not process the knowledge to distinguish the difference in mechanics between (T)Leta and (T)Really. Therefore, the only logical argument the rest of us can make without the experience of idra and artosis is from their record on TLPD. Which suggest to us Leta is the better player. Like testie said, Leta's records are better, and against better competition, that is fact. What do we do when we have credible evidence on both sides of an argument? We find a way to come up with a theory that incorporates both side of the argument and create a scenario that the evidences are no longer opposing each other (Famous example is quantum mechanic and Eistine's relativity)

That being said, i like to go along with testie's theory in which leta is better in the past, but really has improved to a point where everybody thinks he's the next big thing, but still hasn't achieve his rightful places on the OSL and MSL. Which satisfies both evidences of being top 5 terran right now, and yet inferior to leta on the TLPD.
GET OUT OF MY BASE CHILL
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-30 21:02:06
December 30 2009 21:00 GMT
#135
Really has played better than Leta for the last few months, and UpMaGiC is better than go.go.

I don't see the argument. PuMa should've gone to Woongjin though. He'd play immediately.
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Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
December 30 2009 22:17 GMT
#136
Also PuMa has a really cool name I'm not sure people are taking that aspect seriously enough
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Shizuru~
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Malaysia1676 Posts
December 30 2009 22:58 GMT
#137
poor puma's first very own thread got derailed so quickly...

at least we get to see terran other than leta and go.go play on hite now, i hated go.go so much. Leta plays smart, but without solid mechanical skills, he's still never gonna be up there with other s-class players... so when do we get to see puma play for the first time in proleague? is he in the official A-Team roster yet?
Neivler
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Norway911 Posts
December 30 2009 23:11 GMT
#138
Thought it said PutMe to hite SPARKYZ
I pwn noobs
dukethegold
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada5645 Posts
December 30 2009 23:18 GMT
#139
On December 31 2009 08:11 Neivler wrote:
Thought it said PutMe to hite SPARKYZ


Lol, GTR wanna go pro.
.risingdragoon
Profile Joined January 2008
United States3021 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-30 23:37:40
December 30 2009 23:28 GMT
#140
well fuck, I agree with artosis and idra and 100% disagree with testie

data is nice and all, if they record meaningful data. but they don't. a W and a L don't tell the true story, and high APM, flashy though it may be to think about, isn't a dead giveaway for a win (flash v hero anyone?). seeing the 1st person view tells more about a player than his overall stats.

during the recent msl prelim, I watched stats beat nada 2-1 and if.classic 2-0, but his games vs classic were way longer and tougher, and he said so in the interviews. so looking at pure data clearly tells you nothing except who advanced, and although a 1-2 loss looks better than the 0-2 loss, it turns out to be a lie in this case.


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