if pj is smart enough(i think he is) he will forget that phoenix is from his country and try to get to
top 8
but again he could be ultra fucking good friend with him and respect friendship and go for savior..
but i doubt he is that good with pheonix

IntoTheWow

is awesome32274 Posts

October 05 2007 20:33 GMT

#510

Can\'t believe people actually think Stork didn\'t throw a game. They have been doing this all years.

Foreigners should just drop their games too so they ace each other.

Live2Win

United States6657 Posts

October 05 2007 20:33 GMT

#511

There are 2 reasons why I believe it's still a drop game, and why he said it wasn't even if it was.

#1) Obviously to avoid playing Hwasin. But many have suggested, why so early? Why not wait and see what happens first? Because there was a time when the progamers tried this in another event, and failed. I believe it was one of the Korea/China events, where Reach and YellOw (I think) were in danger of facing each other in the Ro8. One of them still had a game left, but due to some unfortunate results it didn't matter if that person dropped the game or not, they'd still advance to play each other.

So, by recieving a loss early on, Stork increases his chances to #2, and then if somehow he ends up #1 anyway, he can still drop another game. He probably chose White-ra to drop the game against, because White-ra is expected to come out of the group next to him. Thus if they both end up with same results, White-ra would be #1 and Stork #2, meaning stork wouldn't have to drop another game.

2) But why say he didn't drop? This is fairly obvious. It would be unsports-man like to say he dropped a game. It would probably disappoint many fans as it does every year. But there's a deeper reason probably. Right now the Korean community is pummeling Stork, calling him "Song Excuse" (송핑계). This is because when he lost to Bisu in the GomTV2 finals, he said in his interview that he lost because he forgot dragoon range. This created a lot of fuss in the community, Bisu fans complaining that Stork is just putting out excuses and should be a man and just admit his loss, while Stork fans were defending him.

Then came the Stork vs Savior game on.... I can't remember. I think it was the Proleague Allstar match. Stork was doing very well against savior when Savior came back with a massive hydra drop, where Stork realized he forgot both dragoon range (again), AND storm. This was revealed by stork and once again the Korean community was all over his ass, and calling him "Song Excuse" (his last name is Song).

So, he probably dropped a game, but did not want people his fans to continue saying "he just makes excuses when he loses" so he's telling everyone he lost straight up. This way, the Koreans who know Stork's true power will make their own deduction without Stork actually saying so, saving his face and his reputation. Of course it's a daring move since everyone who's lost to a foreigner at WCG has gotten ridiculed (Silent_Control was verbally assaulted mercilessly when he lost in 2005)... but he's probably banking on his MSL/OSL/PL performances for his fans to not doubt his true strength. Besides, as long as he wins the entire thing from now on no one will even mention his loss.

BisuCN

China2 Posts

October 05 2007 20:34 GMT

#512

WCG is so boring without Bisu
I hope Hwasin will be the final champion cos he looks so lovely

GG-Mazor

Sweden330 Posts

October 05 2007 20:34 GMT

#513

On October 06 2007 05:20 Frits wrote:

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Haha, gosugamers never fails to amaze me.

Stork is in the top5 of the best progamers easily, there's NO FUCKING WAY he got beat easily. God I can't believe they seriously reported that, hahahahaa.

Obviously you judge without having any info prior to doing to so. We never reported that it wasn't a throw game, the quoted sentence is taken out of context and it is simply saying that he denied, and that the translator was very insistent.

http://sc.gosugamers.net/news/7159

Live2Win

United States6657 Posts

October 05 2007 20:36 GMT

#514

On October 06 2007 05:33 IntoTheWow wrote:
Can\'t believe people actually think Stork didn\'t throw a game. They have been doing this all years.

Foreigners should just drop their games too so they ace each other.

that would be hilarious.

A korean knows he needs to drop a game so he doesn't face a fellow Korean, but the opponent gets sneaky and tries to drop the game too so that the Korea DOES face his pal.... and game would be like the noobiest game in the world until someone attacks themselves. rofl

IdrA

United States11541 Posts

October 05 2007 20:36 GMT

#515

ra and ex are friendly i think, they should try to set it up so stork gets first anyway
that would be quite funny

BisuCN

China2 Posts

October 05 2007 20:38 GMT

#516

The fact is that korean will certainly to win the champion as their level is so high

GongKyuckTerran

Croatia1096 Posts

October 05 2007 20:41 GMT

#517

Then came the Stork vs Savior game on.... I can't remember. I think it was the Proleague Allstar match. Stork was doing very well against savior when Savior came back with a massive hydra drop, where Stork realized he forgot both dragoon range (again), AND storm. This was revealed by stork and once again the Korean community was all over his ass, and calling him "Song Excuse" (his last name is Song).

man i didnt know this, didnt watch that game
#1 kespa forgeting range + storm in same game ...vs savior ??
ROOOOFL

stork and testie should write on their monitor "RANGE UPGRADE ASAP"

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

October 05 2007 20:41 GMT

#518

Alright there's some good claims on both sides. I think the best idea would be if someone can get a comment from Ra to see what he thinks of the game.

ikb

China1 Post

October 05 2007 20:43 GMT

#519

On October 06 2007 05:36 Live2Win wrote:

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faint
so complicated game

Aepplet

Sweden2908 Posts

October 05 2007 20:43 GMT

#520

grubby and demuslim kinda look alike. grubby is older though.