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dl2agon
United States473 Posts
On August 14 2009 06:57 Shikyo wrote: Now Oz should do their thing and trade Jaedong off because he's not winning everything. If he gets traded, at least he'll be on a better team than Oz. | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On August 14 2009 06:57 dl2agon wrote: Is he really in a slump? The past 10 games he played were against tough opponents in Finals situations. His opponents just outplayed him. There are many players out there who lost 7 out of their last 10, but we do call them slumping? But then again, this is JD. And JD gets treated differently. Hope he whoops fantasy tonight. PS- only reason calm 3:0 effort was because effort 12 hatch/pool 3 games in a row. zzz Yes, because he isn't performing like he used to. He used to dominate people, even in a finals situation. Now he's dropping games to people he should DEFINITELY beat, especially in his "godmode" matchup. | ||
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Avidkeystamper
United States8556 Posts
On August 14 2009 07:11 dl2agon wrote: If he gets traded, at least he'll be on a better team than Oz. Lol, I hope you're kidding. What are the chances that Jaedong will "slump" forever? | ||
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Eeevil
Netherlands359 Posts
It looks to me that Jadong is just running out of steam. He was exhausted a few weeks ago and his schedule hasn't gotten any easier in the meantime. Running deep into GOM+MSL+OSL+PL has just worn him out. If he can get past Fanstasy he'll have time to recover. The Problem is that he has to get pas Fantasy. Hope the Dong is sleeping well. | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
On August 14 2009 07:13 Avidkeystamper wrote: Lol, I hope you're kidding. What are the chances that Jaedong will "slump" forever? That's the whole point. He gets out of his "slump" when he leaves Oz | ||
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Pufftrees
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Vasoline73
United States7819 Posts
And honestly, as a Flash fan, slump gets thrown around way too much. Players preform well and don't preform well. JD is being overworked, but I don't doubt his supreme skill. You can't win every league and sometimes when you're in all of them at once with no backup and all the fans breathing down your back, you can't win any of them. Even if he loses to Fantasy tonight (I hope he does so Yarnc can face Fantasy although in a vacuum I would want JD to win), there's no doubt in my mind who will bounce back and be dominate in next season. Fantasy may do well in individuals, but he's never been a PL star, which to me, and I think many fans, is an important sign of dominance in todays SC scene. I'm not saying that to bash on Fantasy, I'm just saying to me it's clear that even if JD drops everything this season, I don't doubt his skill. Xellos is in a slump, ForGG is in a slump, Boxer is in a slump. These guys play so far from their original level of skill. JD is not in a slump.. no player preforms well after being in GOM, PL Finals, MSL and OSL all at once and losing important games in GOM to an upstart ZvZ'er on a tear, and PL Finals twice to one of the most strategic players in the history of the game and with a BO loss in a ZvZ. JD can't carry the world on his shoulders and no player can.. he's overworked. It's really that simple. So keep your head high JD fans. I say this without really being much of one, but he'll be fine regardless of beating or losing to Fantasy (although I think his chances of winning are much higher than people are acting like)... | ||
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Count9
China10928 Posts
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d(O.o)a
Canada5066 Posts
On August 14 2009 07:33 Jayme wrote: That's the whole point. He gets out of his "slump" when he leaves Oz unless he goes to SKT | ||
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Kyo Yuy
United States1286 Posts
On August 14 2009 07:13 Avidkeystamper wrote: Lol, I hope you're kidding. What are the chances that Jaedong will "slump" forever? When he turns 26, his skills will inevitably worsen due to old age. It's been shown time and time again that age does affect people's abilities to play Starcraft. Assuming he/Starcraft lasts that long, he WILL get into a slump sooner or later. The question is how soon or how late. | ||
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Sadist
United States7310 Posts
On August 14 2009 08:44 Kyo Yuy wrote: When he turns 26, his skills will inevitably worsen due to old age. It's been shown time and time again that age does affect people's abilities to play Starcraft. Assuming he/Starcraft lasts that long, he WILL get into a slump sooner or later. The question is how soon or how late. more like playing a computer game for 12 hrs a day that you know you cant play forever isnt as appealing anymore. | ||
ArvickHero
10387 Posts
You mean KT, where careers go die. | ||
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SC2Phoenix
Canada2814 Posts
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khersai
Poland366 Posts
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blue_arrow
1971 Posts
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
On August 14 2009 07:30 Eeevil wrote: (1) It's a good question if JD is slumping or not. We'll know the answer in a few hours. (2) Hope the Dong is sleeping well. (1) Actually losing a couple of semis and a final doesn't necessarily mean a progamer is slumping. Slump is only appropriate to address a player who is losing a lot of games consecutively. So the answer to that question can only be known next season. As far as this season is concerned, Jaedong has been a beast since Day 1 but he just didn't have a happy ending (that is if he's losing to Fantasy today). (2) I'm sure he was not. Someone seriously needs to slap this boy in the face telling him that cutting up a huge amount of sleep doesn't help winning at all. Of course before important games he might want to sleep a couple of hours less to prepare better. I don't blame him for that, because we all do it. But he has been cutting his sleep since the beginning of this season for fuck's sake. Now it's already too late to tell him to get some sleep, because there's only semi (and final) left and it's virtually impossible for one to sleep peacefully before such games. Coaches and managers should really plan their members' sleeping schedule better. If the players insist then just fucking kill off those hamsters and there goes the power. | ||
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Apex
United States7227 Posts
Never thought Jaedong would lose in a Bo5 ZvZ. At least Jaedong didn't lose by 12 hatching. Anyways, Calm played smarter with his +1 Attack Ups/Hiding Lings. Kudos to him. Hoping for an Iris v. Calm MSL Final. Will be interesting to watch in my opinion. | ||
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Ideas
United States8150 Posts
speaking of interviews did anyone translate the winner's interview yet? I would love to read it :D | ||
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ZidaneTribal
United States2800 Posts
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QuakerOats
United States1024 Posts
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