EPTThat said Bisu is the only player born in the 80s in the Ro8 and one of the oldest players in ASL nowadays. It's actually a testament to his talent that he's still up there with the best players of the modern era.
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TMNT
3170 Posts
That said Bisu is the only player born in the 80s in the Ro8 and one of the oldest players in ASL nowadays. It's actually a testament to his talent that he's still up there with the best players of the modern era. | ||
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RowdierBob
Australia13416 Posts
Soma and Rain can beat him but I wouldn't be betting against Light. | ||
BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50931 Posts
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QOGQOG
834 Posts
On April 01 2022 09:40 RowdierBob wrote: How are people still sleeping on Light? He's clearly the best of the four remaining IMO. His TvP is rock solid and his TvZ has consistently been his best matchup for a long time. Soma and Rain can beat him but I wouldn't be betting against Light. Light is certainly a good player—when he's playing his best, probably #1 in the world. But when I think about his finals vs Queen or his series vs hero last season, I just can't bet on him. Still, maybe this will be his season. Certainly wouldn't be sad to see him win. | ||
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chongu
Malaysia2598 Posts
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Sirris
681 Posts
On March 30 2022 23:53 Soulforged wrote: I'd say Rain is still significantly favored against Light, if he makes it to the finals. I think it's very even personally. Could go either way. I do think that will be the final though. It was a very hard choice between Soma and Rain though. Soma can certainly beat him. I just think Rain has that clutch magic that Soma doesn't. Also the way Rain has been controlling his army. | ||
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Sirris
681 Posts
On March 30 2022 23:41 [sc1f]eonzerg wrote: Light figured out TvP ? It is the first time i see Protoss feeling so weak. Light either full defense or full agro with same results. I agree it looked like he did. Somehow Light always had an answer...always managed to have enough units in the correct place no matter how bad the game looked for him. | ||
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Sirris
681 Posts
On March 30 2022 23:08 Soulforged wrote: Since when does 14cc work only against nexus first? You meant any P opening that late probe scouts / skips zealot / when P doesn't find the Terran before deciding to skip the zealot? The tank time is the same or even faster than with rax CC open. The bunker is ready in time for the first goon, the scvs can prevent a runby until there's enough marines in the bunker. There's no answer to a fast zealot, but if P never made a zealot, terran is just really ahead. It is risky, but saying it only works vs 12nex is a bit much. On the series: Bisu doesn't have good engages in PvT outside of the early game, and he never had them, so the result is not surprising. It's not that it CAN"T work. It's just unlikely to. A zealot opener presents a lot of problems that are obvious. If they late scout and and go goon first they have options like proxy robo(near the natural) with no shuttle into reaver while pumping goons to quickly crush the bunker before seige is ready. They could could cut probes and get a faster gate depending on the timing of their scout for an overwhelming 2 gate range all in. It takes exceptional crisis management for T to beat a non nexus first opener after going 14 CC. It can be done but it's very very difficult. Flash used to do them back in the day occasionally but it was very map dependent and...well it's flash. It still wasn't easy for him.. Protoss got better at countering them after that point which is why you rarely see them now unless Terran is extremely confident Protoss is going nexus first. | ||
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ShowTheLights
Korea (South)1711 Posts
Even his play he's so goddamn solid and that's what makes him amazing but he's also not that flashy in his play in general And I'm a light fan I'm just being honest | ||
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whaski
Finland577 Posts
On April 01 2022 16:17 ShowTheLights wrote: People are sleeping on Light because he is boring as shit as a personality Even his play he's so goddamn solid and that's what makes him amazing but he's also not that flashy in his play in general And I'm a light fan I'm just being honest I honestly don't understand this. Is It some cultural thing, because when I watch Light, he experiments a lot with things like wraiths in tvp etc. With university content he has done stuff like playing with one hand, mass queen vs sk terran (against his wife hahaha) and 2v1 while eating. And then there is this stuff: . | ||
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RKC
2848 Posts
Takes a cunning Protoss like mini to take Light down. Rain this season has shown to be quite tricky (although with mixed results) - so maybe he can put up a better fight than Bisu. | ||
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LpTraxamillion
265 Posts
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Dante08
Singapore4152 Posts
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RKC
2848 Posts
Personally, I hope we get a Rain v Light finals. Soma is most devastating with tricky timing builds in mid-game. From a casual viewing perspective, it's not much fun to keep watching hydra/lurker busts in long series. Zerg players able to mix up with great hive play like SK, Action or Larva are more fascinating to watch (besides, we've already watched enough of peak Zero tearing up ASL in past seasons with similar playstyle like Soma). Soma is the slight favourite to win it all at this point. But just not feeling hyped about that prospect. | ||
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JoinTheRain
Bulgaria409 Posts
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Avi-Love
Denmark423 Posts
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RKC
2848 Posts
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TMNT
3170 Posts
In fact there's no such thing as the best BW player in the world for a long time if you exclude Flash. There are only a top 10 players right now who clearly stand above the rest but the gaps between themselves are very small. People often read too much into ASL results which are limited in size and dependent on luck, form, match-up,... The truth is anyone can beat anyone on a given day. Not so long ago Light lost 1-8 to Soulkey and Soma lost 2-7 to Best, for example. | ||
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outscar
2832 Posts
Is it me or Light's TvP looks even better now than his TvZ? That's quite evolution for him, TvP was his weak spot all these years which kept him from winning tournaments. | ||
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oxKnu
1259 Posts
The problem with the current scene is that Zergs are consistently overrated because they spank Protoss whenever, wherever, especially in the last 3 years. (yes, Mini's run is the exception). That being said, in a TvZ, the actual maps (potential imbalances) and meta actually matters more and Terran has been doing well enough to have their best guy (Light) win this season of ASL. | ||
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