EPTASL13 Starts Feb 8th, Qualifiers Jan 22/23 - Page 2
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QOGQOG
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On January 14 2022 10:57 QOGQOG wrote: Are they doing ACS again? yes, finals this sunday | ||
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omahahowitzer
United States98 Posts
On January 13 2022 19:34 HOLYBATS wrote: Snow and Best are playing like old man. Mini is the sole tier 1 toss player. Have you seen Best recently? He beats Soma and Royal 7-2 in last two Ultimate battles. He is playing like a monster | ||
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TMNT
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On January 18 2022 15:19 omahahowitzer wrote: Have you seen Best recently? He beats Soma and Royal 7-2 in last two Ultimate battles. He is playing like a monster That's not Best "recently" (as in he has improved/been in top form recently). He has always been like that, playing like a god today then choking hard the next. This time last year he was regularly crushing Flash. One thing is for sure, he's more likely to play like a god when sitting in his chair at home rather than in the studio. | ||
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weiliem
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TMNT
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Based on his games vs other top pros recently, he's comfortably a top 16 player. And that's without serious practice. Such a shame him, Last and Larva all retired. They're not even old compared to other currently active players. | ||
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Sonic_md
Moldova275 Posts
vs Sorry no chances for Sorry, Rain was POWERFUL, now play vs Mong, same no chances for Mong Rain without any serious practice look like member minimum 1/8 ASL 13 | ||
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bracala
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HOLYBATS
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Ideas
United States8087 Posts
On January 18 2022 15:19 omahahowitzer wrote: Have you seen Best recently? He beats Soma and Royal 7-2 in last two Ultimate battles. He is playing like a monster In terms of "active players who haven't won a tournament" it's hard to find a more qualified pair than snow and best. Both have been around the top of Protoss for sooo long but never managed to win a ASL/OSL/MSL/KSL. They can play amazing in offline low-stakes matches like Ultimate Battle, KCM, or ASTL. But when it's a high-stakes 1v1 tournament that rewards nerves and mind-games as well as mechanics they fail time and time again. Mini suffered the same way for years but sometime in 2021 figured out how to get over his nerves and not get tilted after a lose, and then in the last ASL came with much better prep than any of his opponents and finally got his trophy. That can still happen for Best and Snow and I hope it does but something needs to change in how they play in ASL. Or they can just do what Light did in KSL4 and elevate their core mechanics to such a higher degree above the competition that they can't lose but that seems even harder haha. | ||
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QOGQOG
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On January 19 2022 13:51 Ideas wrote: In terms of "active players who haven't won a tournament" it's hard to find a more qualified pair than snow and best. Both have been around the top of Protoss for sooo long but never managed to win a ASL/OSL/MSL/KSL. They can play amazing in offline low-stakes matches like Ultimate Battle, KCM, or ASTL. But when it's a high-stakes 1v1 tournament that rewards nerves and mind-games as well as mechanics they fail time and time again. Mini suffered the same way for years but sometime in 2021 figured out how to get over his nerves and not get tilted after a lose, and then in the last ASL came with much better prep than any of his opponents and finally got his trophy. That can still happen for Best and Snow and I hope it does but something needs to change in how they play in ASL. Or they can just do what Light did in KSL4 and elevate their core mechanics to such a higher degree above the competition that they can't lose but that seems even harder haha. I don't know you can really lump Snow together with Best. Where Best just seems hard stuck at the Round of 8, Snow has made the finals twice. Unfortunately, hitting peak Rain and peak Flash meant he lost pretty bad both times. Still, I'd love to see either of them take it this season. | ||
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omahahowitzer
United States98 Posts
On January 19 2022 13:51 Ideas wrote: In terms of "active players who haven't won a tournament" it's hard to find a more qualified pair than snow and best. Both have been around the top of Protoss for sooo long but never managed to win a ASL/OSL/MSL/KSL. They can play amazing in offline low-stakes matches like Ultimate Battle, KCM, or ASTL. But when it's a high-stakes 1v1 tournament that rewards nerves and mind-games as well as mechanics they fail time and time again. Mini suffered the same way for years but sometime in 2021 figured out how to get over his nerves and not get tilted after a lose, and then in the last ASL came with much better prep than any of his opponents and finally got his trophy. That can still happen for Best and Snow and I hope it does but something needs to change in how they play in ASL. Or they can just do what Light did in KSL4 and elevate their core mechanics to such a higher degree above the competition that they can't lose but that seems even harder haha. ASL is definitely the highest stakes in terms of prestige but these low stakes streamer matches can even be higher prize money than top 8/top 4 ASL (e.g. Soulkey dropping out of ASL11 since stream matches were more profitable and he was in debt). Best hasn't performed well in ASL recently but I feel like there is an overemphasis on ASL results for casual fans. Hope Best and Snow perform well in ASL, but no one should discount their skill even if they don't. | ||
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Sonic_md
Moldova275 Posts
Jaedong is training last weeks Sea training today TvT vs Shinee Slogan ASL13 = Old School Come Back? By the way - why Shinee (T) does not qualify on ASL?? not allowed or?? | ||
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Kespa1988
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TMNT
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T: Rush Light Royal P: Best Mini Snow Z: Queen Soma Hero Soulkey After that the level drops off a bit with the likes of JYJ, Sharp, Action, Effort, and maybe Shuttle (depending on how serious he is, I feel). Jaedong is doing good, he probably belongs to this group and will qualify easily. So is Rain. But I feel their chances will be better if they don't have to play ZvT and PvZ. | ||
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Brainojack
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