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Sajaki
Canada1135 Posts
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bgx
Poland6595 Posts
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Rayjin
Germany205 Posts
I was realy surprised to see Muta/Bling/Sling from Stephano, he should do it more often :-) | ||
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hyperdemented
Austria372 Posts
and you gotta hand it to polt, he played like a beast today. Anyways, still + 6k to the bank  what i wonder though is why stephano didnt use broodlords more. I know he researched melee upgrades, and ultras are the logical follow up there, but although broodlords initial attack are ranged, the broodlings they shoot actually profit from melee upgrades, so shoudlnt that be a very viable choice as well? | ||
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Wawarox
161 Posts
Polt was too good, but thx for the amazing games stephano <3 | ||
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Ylrahc
France496 Posts
On February 26 2012 06:34 The_Darkness wrote: Amazing games with Polt. Polt played supremely well and Stephano was able to get leads in basically every game, which leads me to believe that he has yet to his ceiling and that he will learn from this and come back even stronger. I thought Stephano played exceptionally well, in general. 4-1 does not reflect how close these games were. Awesome series and Stephano is still the man! Totally agree with that. You could see ZvT was Stephano's worse matchup as he was unable to make the best decisions when he took the lead. Against protoss or zerg, he rarely if ever throws games away like that :-( Maybe it's because there is no terran of Polt's level with such resilience to train with in EU, maybe it's because he doesn't train enough vs Terran, but you can feel there is some room of improvement in his late game. His builds were excellent and he could have won games 3 4 5 after the midgame advantage, he is still excellent vs Terran, but he lacks the game instinct he has vs Protoss because he knows them so well. Props to Polt to keep fighting back, his play was amazing and his use of marines and tanks so good. Deserved win, for sure, but I hope Stephano studies the replays and that there will be a revenge ! | ||
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Nosforit
Canada260 Posts
On February 26 2012 07:07 Ylrahc wrote: Totally agree with that. You could see ZvT was Stephano's worse matchup as he was unable to make the best decisions when he took the lead. Against protoss or zerg, he rarely if ever throws games away like that :-( Maybe it's because there is no terran of Polt's level with such resilience to train with in EU, maybe it's because he doesn't train enough vs Terran, but you can feel there is some room of improvement. His builds were excellent and he could have won games 3 4 5, he is still excellent vs Terran, but he lacks the game instinct he has vs Protoss because he knows them so well. Props to Polt to keep fighting back, his play was amazing and his use of marines and tanks so good. Deserved win, for sure, but I hope Stephano studies the replays and that there will be a revenge ! Bingo. There are Terrans and then there are Korean Terrans. | ||
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FantaFanta
Germany225 Posts
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Ylrahc
France496 Posts
On February 26 2012 07:12 Nosforit wrote: Bingo. There are Terrans and then there are Korean Terrans. You make it sound like they are invincible  Tell Puma what he thinks of that, or even ask Polt if he thought he had a free road to the win in the finals. Stephano can beat them, he has already beaten some of them when ZvT was his best matchup, he just needs to practice against them more. | ||
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Aunvilgod
2653 Posts
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dsousa
United States1363 Posts
I feel like its my fault though, the only games I caught live were the finals  Those were 5 tense games. If the muta switch in game 4 worked, and he had 2300 gas at one point in that game, I think things could have gone differently.I don't know if I could have handled EVEN WATCHING the full 7 game series though. The ling/ultra/infestor strat is a nightmare to watch on these cliff and ramp heavy maps. Polt put on a tank spreading, cliff abusing clinic. He played amazing, but as a Stephano fan and zerg player it was excruciating to watch . Stephano was afraid of committing to muta's when he needed it most. If his control with muta/ling/bling approached his control with ling/infestor he'd have cleaned up, game 4 and been on his way.... but somewhere in the tech to broodlord, he left a giant hole in his defense. Probably just a momentary lapse, but thats how tough the competition was on this day. The highlight, was the Game 1 comeback where Ultra's could not be killed. Culminating in the first time in STARCRAFT history that a non Korean took over the international TLPD elo ratings. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/XA76C.png) Hopefully, not the last. Go Stephano! | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
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Xarles
459 Posts
On February 26 2012 07:19 Aunvilgod wrote: This guy should seriously try to join a korean team. He might be the only foreign player with the necessary skill. Is he still set on going to Medical School(or was it something else) this year? | ||
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hyperdemented
Austria372 Posts
On February 26 2012 07:32 Xarles wrote: Is he still set on going to Medical School(or was it something else) this year? iirc he said hes seriously considering the possibility of continuing if he keeps being succesful in an interview at assembly | ||
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The_Darkness
United States910 Posts
On February 26 2012 07:07 Ylrahc wrote: Totally agree with that. You could see ZvT was Stephano's worse matchup as he was unable to make the best decisions when he took the lead. Against protoss or zerg, he rarely if ever throws games away like that :-( Maybe it's because there is no terran of Polt's level with such resilience to train with in EU, maybe it's because he doesn't train enough vs Terran, but you can feel there is some room of improvement in his late game. His builds were excellent and he could have won games 3 4 5 after the midgame advantage, he is still excellent vs Terran, but he lacks the game instinct he has vs Protoss because he knows them so well. Props to Polt to keep fighting back, his play was amazing and his use of marines and tanks so good. Deserved win, for sure, but I hope Stephano studies the replays and that there will be a revenge ! Agreed. He just needs to practice this match a little bit more against Polt level Terrans (Millenium please send him to Slayers' house just for a couple weeks ) to know how to more optimally play out the late game. As an aside, it's funny when MC left OGS people worried whether his level of play would drop because of a lack of practice partners, but Stephano has not been practicing his vT in custom games lately (playing almost exclusively vP because he likes it best), and thus only practices it in tournaments and on the EU ladder; any other player would be whining about how poor his preparation was to face someone like Polt, and it totally was. (Stephano won't whine so I will whine for him . Even so, his level of play is easily (I repeat for effect, easily) Code S level in the match up. A lot of his "bad" decisions were the result of Polt's being a total boss and Stephano's underestimating Polt's ability to compose himself and fight back despite being in a terrible position. If he'd been used to playing Polt level Terrans he would have played it different and likely won on Shakuras and Korhal. I get the feeling Stephano wants to keep playing; this is very good news not just for his fans but for Starcraft II. | ||
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Xarles
459 Posts
On February 26 2012 07:34 hyperdemented wrote: iirc he said hes seriously considering the possibility of continuing if he keeps being succesful in an interview at assembly Oh okay, thanks! | ||
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CaptainCharisma
New Zealand808 Posts
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FiNTer
Finland153 Posts
On February 26 2012 08:29 CaptainCharisma wrote: Stephano best foreigner, and that's coming from a Terran fan boy. would consider him easily best european but foreigner is so large scale that its hard to say, really great games couldnt have dreamed better finals | ||
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dsousa
United States1363 Posts
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RoranRock
France294 Posts
Polt played very well so you can be proud of your 2nd place ! | ||
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