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Why Woongjin Stars Will Win the '11-'12 Proleague

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bearbuddy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3442 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-15 01:39:53
November 14 2011 06:59 GMT
#1
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"I heard Woongjin and SK are the hardest teams. Hwaseung was hard a long time ago, but not recently. It feels like Woongjin is always playing.” –Hiya (taken from the Hiya streaming thread)

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Having finally returned to the playoffs last year, Stars are looking to build on that mild success and bring in our first gold since our win in the inception of Proleague. Though we didn’t acquire veterans in the off-season, we managed to snap up a promising rookie to rebuild our Protoss line. The formula is quite different from last year, where we acquired (T)Really and (T)Light, who were sent in pretty much every match. Consequently, we left our rookies little experience for playoffs. Now, we have had an extended off-season to evaluate and train our players.

I will not boast that we have the strongest lineup on paper, but Stars are the dark horse of the league. Not many people are giving us a chance, and they'll regret taking us too lightly. We are now in a different season, and I’m here to shed light on how we’ve matured to a better team and are coming in vying for the championship.


Our Big Three


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This is the anchor of our team, and last season has shown just how formidable these players can be. Yet, they are still growing and improving. (Z)ZerO has finally reached an individual league final last season and rose quite a bit above the .500 ZvZ plane. He has recently reached his new Elo and KeSPA ranking peaks. His ace record in Proleague has improved substantially, and he’s getting more and more accustomed to the high pressure environment. Though he has good mechanics and late-game management, a considerable number of his losses comes from timed attacks and unorthodox plays. However, his game sense has improved, and each loss can only make him stronger. Gone are the days where he lose to (T)Leta from dropping into his main and in are the days where he blocks (T)BaBy’s harassment with impeccable awareness. Indeed, Zero can become a monster if he continues to improve.

Likewise, (Z)Soulkey’s stock continues to rise at an astounding pace. He continues to break barriers in the individual league and almost had a perfect round in Proleague. He punishes mech Terran with great management plays, and he overruns Protoss with monstrous macro of waves after waves of units. But, even more than Zero, he is greatly susceptible to timing attacks. His play style is more severely limiting than Zero’s, often opting to turtle at 4 bases and break out in hive tech, using the strength of his management to beat his opponent. Yet, he has begun improving on other facilities of his games, and with sound fundamentals, he can become better with time. The extended break has provided just this. With other teams either just forming or vacationing, the extra practice that Soulkey puts in will be rewarded greatly.

(T)Light is a veteran of the scene with spectacular TvZ and not so spectacular TvP. It’s difficult to gauge where he is at his career, but his TvP hasn’t been terrible in Proleague since joining Woongjin, boasting a 5-3 record, two losses coming from Winner’s League format. While it’s a reaching claim to say that his TvP has improved, he has been quite good overall, reaching 7th place in Elo rank and closing in on his Elo peak. More importantly, it solves the problem of Woongjin having no zerg sniper, and complements the team quite well. No longer is he invisible, both in the literal and figurative sense. He stands taller than other Woongjin players by a head, and whips them to donate blood to his not so secret and beautiful admirer. In a K-drama setting, he has now received the main character plot device, and will decimate anyone once he shows an ounce of anger... if his expression changes in game.

Our Rookies

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Big thanks to Hyde, who found these images for me


Now this is where our skill falls off last season. However, they will come back stronger this year. These players do not lack talent and have decent fundamentals; they lack experience more than anything. (Z)Woon was only an amateur a year ago, and played Effort in WCG Korea ’10. Happy Zerg certainly has come a long way since then, and will contribute to the team even more as time goes by.

(T)sin got a lot of flak for his 0-5 performance in the playoffs. Indeed, this abysmal performance is unacceptable. However, he’s only had 7 games in the proleague prior to that. In a sense, he is the antithesis of (Z)Perfective, and responded poorly to the new environment. Though he has good mechanics, he isn’t making the proper adjustments during games, and is somewhat reminiscent of Really in his early days. If that’s so, he is due to breakout sooner or later. When the day comes, Stars would have a solid Terran to field.

(P)sHy is the new acquisition for Woongjin Stars, and a very good one at that. Last season, I had hoped Woongjin would acquire Grape and Classic, and had a mixed feeling about Really and Flying. This time, however, I’m fairly optimistic about Shy, as he’s shown to be quite a talented player. With the Protoss line reeling, Shy will get plenty of opportunity to prove himself. Where Sin had to play behind Really and Light, Shy can very well be the top Protoss for WJN by the end of the first round.

The Enigma


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It is only appropriate to call (P)free the enigma. Even during the time that he was the top toss in the league along with (P)Kal, I wonder to myself how he’s winning without the aura of dominance. (P)Stork and (P)Bisu seem to mirror my thoughts when they felt disconcerted that Free was the top toss during that time. Right now, he is sloppy and his han bangs are not very well timed. The fall itself was just as enigmatic as the player itself, and it made no sense that he became so terrible in such a short time. Recently, he has received surgery on his hand that may have attributed to his slump. If that’s the case, then Free will return to form, making him a very dangerous 4th player on the Stars lineup. Regardless, Pretty[BM] is too much of a Stars staple to fade away into obscurity, and he’ll be back with recalled scouts and mind controlled SCV’s.


Oh, and our resident Bonjwa

The few, the proud, the Stars fans. Seems like our voices are being drowned out by the hype machines out there. Make some noise-- we'll come back with a vengeance.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
November 14 2011 07:04 GMT
#2
Hell yeah go STARS!!!
aimaimaim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Philippines2167 Posts
November 14 2011 07:21 GMT
#3
Light breaking the Woongjin Terran curse??
Religion is a dying idea .. || 'E-sport' outside Korea are nerds who wants to feel like rockstars. || I'm not gonna fuck with trolls on General Forum ever again .. FUCK!
a9arnn
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1537 Posts
November 14 2011 07:23 GMT
#4
Oh yeah the Stars so got this next season!!! With ZerO, you can never lose :D!
VOD finder guy for sc2ratings.com/ ! aka: ogndrahcir, a9azn2 | Go ZerO, Stork, Sea, and KawaiiRice :D | nesc2league.com/forum/index.php | youtube.com/watch?v=oaGtjWL5mZo
kdgns
Profile Joined May 2009
United States2427 Posts
November 14 2011 07:24 GMT
#5
Wooooooo...jin stars, lets go give everyone a run for their money and get some good games in, no pressure cos no one expects you to really win the finals, maybe that'll be enough for sin to play without pressure.
Elefanto
Profile Joined May 2010
Switzerland3584 Posts
November 14 2011 07:24 GMT
#6
No love for Guemchi?

Expecting big things from Shy though!
wat
Sawamura
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Malaysia7602 Posts
November 14 2011 07:28 GMT
#7
Let's go woongjin !
BW/KT Forever R.I.P KT.Violet dearly missed ..
Phelix
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1931 Posts
November 14 2011 07:34 GMT
#8
I had a Woongjin Rice drink yesterday, and a big Woongjin fan. Good thing this thread was made! Though our lineup may not lineup with stars, or as deep, with careful game planning, I expect Woongjin to bring some victories against the established favorites.

Venture Capital is better off spent on lottery tickets rather than investing in E-Sports; you'll get a far better return. The difference is simple: Koreans are tryharding at the game, foreigners are tryharding in real-life.
Sawamura
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Malaysia7602 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-14 07:41:46
November 14 2011 07:35 GMT
#9
On November 14 2011 16:34 Phelix wrote:
I had a Woongjin Rice drink yesterday, and a big Woongjin fan. Good thing this thread was made! Though our lineup may not lineup with stars, or as deep, with careful game planning, I expect Woongjin to bring some victories against the established favorites.



Oops (P)sHy FIGHTING !!!!!!!!!!! ^_^v and poor Hon_Sin that game versus hoejja where he tried to punish hoejja for doing a 12 hatch well it nearly worked but hoejja the incarnation of TENSAI sakuragi is not going to lose to some dirty tricks like that .

BW/KT Forever R.I.P KT.Violet dearly missed ..
Elyvilon
Profile Joined August 2008
United States13143 Posts
November 14 2011 07:37 GMT
#10
This thread just made reminded me again that RealPenguin hasn't posted in forever.

Good hype thread, I would not mind Woongjin winning at all, I really like all their players.
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sinistral
Profile Joined October 2010
Singapore859 Posts
November 14 2011 08:04 GMT
#11
Woongjin do need a good protoss, since Free is slumping real bad. Hopefully the acquisition of (P)sHy solves their protoss problem.

Woongjin hwaiting!
(´・ω・`)
sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11061 Posts
November 14 2011 08:15 GMT
#12
HYPE HYPE HYPE
p: stats, horang2, free, jangbi z: soulkey, zero, shine, hydra t: leta, hiya, sea
Doughboy
Profile Joined April 2010
United States721 Posts
November 14 2011 08:45 GMT
#13
Stars hwaiting, went fairly deep in the playoffs last year, gotta seal the deal this time! With a Bo5 format(?) looking like a way for the new Woongjin Chimera to flourish.
"Don't be distracted by the what if's, should'ves, and if onlys. The one thing you choose yourself - THAT is the truth of your universe." Fav T: Sea, Leta, Really Fav P: Free, Snow Fav Z: ZerO, GGplay, Jaedong, Neo.G_Soulkey
bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
November 14 2011 09:10 GMT
#14
good team, Zero fighting

The thread needs How to draw Zero
Stork[gm]
TRAP[yoo]
Profile Joined December 2009
Hungary6026 Posts
November 14 2011 09:10 GMT
#15
gooooooooo stars!
i hope zero and soulkey can continue owning it up in the upcoming season
FTD
AroundTweed
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
New Zealand27 Posts
November 14 2011 10:00 GMT
#16
YAYAYA! Our Woonjin is going to win this time, I'll be cheering for them!

Woonjin fighting!
Archers_bane
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1338 Posts
November 14 2011 10:13 GMT
#17
Aww poor Free I really liked him and hope he returns to form. Especially Free vs Hiya game, that was epic game where Free won even though Hiya had some pimptastic ghost play haha

Starcraft's BW glory days have passed, RIP Jaedong's dominance - 2013...EDIT 2017: WE BACK BOYS
Keone
Profile Joined April 2011
United States812 Posts
November 14 2011 10:32 GMT
#18
Guemchi is resident bonjwa-in-waiting. I await his return with much anticipation.

But in all seriousness... I love Zero (when he doesn't have to play ZvZ). Woongjin seems to be the underdogs this time around (apart from poor STX), but I'm expecting great things from them. I just hope to see another Zero VS Flash epic series, because those games literally blew my mind.
BW Forever. Flash is the Ultimate Bonjwa.
BroodWarHD
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
136 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-14 10:50:09
November 14 2011 10:48 GMT
#19
Woongjin go yeah! Nice wrap up bearbuddy, hope youll make more great woongjin LR threads this season
On November 14 2011 19:32 Keone wrote:
Guemchi is resident bonjwa-in-waiting. I await his return with much anticipation.

But in all seriousness... I love Zero (when he doesn't have to play ZvZ). Woongjin seems to be the underdogs this time around (apart from poor STX),

Oh come on man, if SK Zero Light are in the zone, woongjin can win every game
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
November 14 2011 10:48 GMT
#20
If ZerO and Soulkey can become very consistent, Stars definitely have the best Zerg line up. But free keeps sucking, sHy's addition won't help, and as much as I'd like to see G-Chizzle kick butts, I'm not very optimistic about it.
I guess it will all depends on Light. His TvP seemed to have improved at the end of the previous season.
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