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dragonborn
Profile Joined January 2012
4781 Posts
May 17 2012 16:07 GMT
#6061
Kwanghee Woo ‏@SaintSnorlax
The SC2 player that impressed Jaedong the most? Stephano. Full interview soon!


stephano is the best zerg player
revel8
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom3022 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-17 17:00:05
May 17 2012 16:56 GMT
#6062
On May 17 2012 23:20 Thurken wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2012 08:28 revel8 wrote:
MLG Spring Arena 2 starts this Friday.

Stephano is drawn against Slayer_Ryung in the first round.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=338125

Full bracket is here

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2012_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Spring/Arena_2#Results

Good luck to Stephano.


I don't understand why Stephano picked Ryung (if i am correct : top 15 seed by order pick their first opponent http://s3.majorleaguegaming.com/2012-springarena2-starcraft2.html# ) while there was much easier opponents for him like Idra or Grubby.


Only Stephano knows why he picked Ryung. Maybe he will reveal his reasons in an interview - it seems something an interviewer could ask a player. I think the Spring Arena 2 is pretty stacked with tough opponents so no matter the opposition it is going to be a challenge to win.

The picks were done a day or so ago at most.
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
May 17 2012 17:05 GMT
#6063
On May 18 2012 01:03 The_Darkness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2012 23:28 Lennient wrote:
On May 17 2012 23:20 Thurken wrote:
On May 17 2012 08:28 revel8 wrote:
MLG Spring Arena 2 starts this Friday.

Stephano is drawn against Slayer_Ryung in the first round.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=338125

Full bracket is here

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2012_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Spring/Arena_2#Results

Good luck to Stephano.


I don't understand why Stephano picked Ryung (if i am correct : top 15 seed by order pick their first opponent http://s3.majorleaguegaming.com/2012-springarena2-starcraft2.html# ) while there was much easier opponents for him like Idra or Grubby.

im fairly sure Ryung is just a walkover for Stephano. while his TvT is decent, his TvZ is quite bad.


He has almost a 76% win rate in international events in tvz. I haven't been following him lately but he's certainly good enough to give Stephano problems and better at tvz than either Idra or Ret is at zvz. Stephano probably just didn't want to play a zvz.


Yeah, he's losing a lot of ZvZs these days - to Nerchio, to Zenio, and doesn't feel comfortable in the match up. ZvP is okay for him, but with Grubby being picked by Oz, ZvT is the next best option.

I think Oz is going to regret picking Grubby, though.
revel8
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom3022 Posts
May 17 2012 21:03 GMT
#6064
Stephano's group for Red Bull Battlegrounds tournament has been announced. He will face Ganzi, Illusion and Violet!

Some interesting opponents. He has beaten Violet and Illusion before but never faced Ganzi.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=332841
dragonborn
Profile Joined January 2012
4781 Posts
May 17 2012 21:36 GMT
#6065
MillStephano ‏@MillStephano
Arrived in NY 4 hours ago, time to practice a bit. Haven't been playing for 5 days now. Hopefully 1 night will be enough for tomorrow

hmm >_< im a little bit scared after this tweet.
StarVe
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany13591 Posts
May 17 2012 21:41 GMT
#6066
I'd like to see the day when he attends a tournament wihout terrible preparation, maybe I'll witness it someday.

But he seems to be doing reasonably well, no matter how few games he plays before tournaments, so it should be okay.

It just makes you wonder how much better his results could be. On the other hand, terrible preparation might be his secret strategy for success.
ArcticRaven
Profile Joined August 2011
France1406 Posts
May 17 2012 21:45 GMT
#6067
On May 18 2012 01:07 dragonborn wrote:
Kwanghee Woo ‏@SaintSnorlax
The SC2 player that impressed Jaedong the most? Stephano. Full interview soon!


stephano is the best zerg player



That... isn't exactly the same ^_^
[Govie] Wierd shit, on a 6 game AP winning streak with KOTL in the trench. I searched gandalf quotes and spammed them all game long, trenchwarfare247, whateva it takes!
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
May 17 2012 22:27 GMT
#6068
On May 18 2012 06:41 StarVe wrote:
I'd like to see the day when he attends a tournament wihout terrible preparation, maybe I'll witness it someday.

But he seems to be doing reasonably well, no matter how few games he plays before tournaments, so it should be okay.

It just makes you wonder how much better his results could be. On the other hand, terrible preparation might be his secret strategy for success.


I got to say, as much as I like Stephano, this is really going too far. How can you play D3 instead of sc2 when your are flying to NYC to attend an mlg arena later this week. He really deserves to get crushed this time around and I think it would be a valuable lesson for him and help his future results too. Sadly he will still place pretty high because he is just too good and I will still be cheering for him :/
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-17 22:59:36
May 17 2012 22:56 GMT
#6069
On May 18 2012 06:36 dragonborn wrote:
MillStephano ‏@MillStephano
Arrived in NY 4 hours ago, time to practice a bit. Haven't been playing for 5 days now. Hopefully 1 night will be enough for tomorrow

hmm >_< im a little bit scared after this tweet.


I think he's lying He's been playing, just not a lot. His match record has a lot of custom games on MLG Metropolis and Ohana.

I think Stephano does this to make himself feel comfortable while playing. Naniwa said that Stephano doesn't give a sh*t and that's why he's able to play without mental problems. It's not the ideal solution - the ideal solution is to practice hard and to have a great mindset - but it's what allows Stephano to play well with less practice.
Meggiroth
Profile Joined March 2012
239 Posts
May 18 2012 14:53 GMT
#6070
Will this MLG have a free streams for 480 or its just subscribers only?
"He who fishes in other man’s well often catches crabs." - Confucius
dragonborn
Profile Joined January 2012
4781 Posts
May 18 2012 14:54 GMT
#6071
On May 18 2012 23:53 Meggiroth wrote:
Will this MLG have a free streams for 480 or its just subscribers only?

its ppv, i mean subscribers only.
algue
Profile Joined July 2011
France1436 Posts
May 18 2012 14:59 GMT
#6072
On May 18 2012 06:36 dragonborn wrote:
MillStephano ‏@MillStephano
Arrived in NY 4 hours ago, time to practice a bit. Haven't been playing for 5 days now. Hopefully 1 night will be enough for tomorrow

hmm >_< im a little bit scared after this tweet.


Me too :/ I thought he was training secretly to make some new strats and kill everybody !
I'm desappoint
rly ?
Meggiroth
Profile Joined March 2012
239 Posts
May 18 2012 15:16 GMT
#6073
On May 18 2012 23:54 dragonborn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2012 23:53 Meggiroth wrote:
Will this MLG have a free streams for 480 or its just subscribers only?

its ppv, i mean subscribers only.

I hope they choke on those money.
"He who fishes in other man’s well often catches crabs." - Confucius
The_Darkness
Profile Joined December 2011
United States910 Posts
May 18 2012 15:35 GMT
#6074
On May 18 2012 01:07 dragonborn wrote:
Kwanghee Woo ‏@SaintSnorlax
The SC2 player that impressed Jaedong the most? Stephano. Full interview soon!


stephano is the best zerg player



Is that true? It's pretty awesome if so. I think Stephano has the best multitasking of any zerg, so perhaps that was one of the things about Stephano's play that impressed him.
To be is to be the value of a bound variable.
The_Darkness
Profile Joined December 2011
United States910 Posts
May 18 2012 15:42 GMT
#6075
On May 18 2012 07:56 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2012 06:36 dragonborn wrote:
MillStephano ‏@MillStephano
Arrived in NY 4 hours ago, time to practice a bit. Haven't been playing for 5 days now. Hopefully 1 night will be enough for tomorrow

hmm >_< im a little bit scared after this tweet.


I think he's lying He's been playing, just not a lot. His match record has a lot of custom games on MLG Metropolis and Ohana.

I think Stephano does this to make himself feel comfortable while playing. Naniwa said that Stephano doesn't give a sh*t and that's why he's able to play without mental problems. It's not the ideal solution - the ideal solution is to practice hard and to have a great mindset - but it's what allows Stephano to play well with less practice.



It looks like he was playing around 5-15 games a day. He had a similar practice schedule leading up to IPL4 and it turned out all right, so who knows -- although his play clearly benefits from practice and suffers from a lack of practice, notwithstanding his claims to the contrary. As an aside, I'll add that it doesn't bode well for his future as a doctor (or anything else for that matter) if he has trouble maintaining even a three hour a day practice schedule for a video game . . .
To be is to be the value of a bound variable.
Benjamin99
Profile Joined April 2012
4176 Posts
May 18 2012 16:26 GMT
#6076
On May 19 2012 00:42 The_Darkness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2012 07:56 Azarkon wrote:
On May 18 2012 06:36 dragonborn wrote:
MillStephano ‏@MillStephano
Arrived in NY 4 hours ago, time to practice a bit. Haven't been playing for 5 days now. Hopefully 1 night will be enough for tomorrow

hmm >_< im a little bit scared after this tweet.


I think he's lying He's been playing, just not a lot. His match record has a lot of custom games on MLG Metropolis and Ohana.

I think Stephano does this to make himself feel comfortable while playing. Naniwa said that Stephano doesn't give a sh*t and that's why he's able to play without mental problems. It's not the ideal solution - the ideal solution is to practice hard and to have a great mindset - but it's what allows Stephano to play well with less practice.



It looks like he was playing around 5-15 games a day. He had a similar practice schedule leading up to IPL4 and it turned out all right, so who knows -- although his play clearly benefits from practice and suffers from a lack of practice, notwithstanding his claims to the contrary. As an aside, I'll add that it doesn't bode well for his future as a doctor (or anything else for that matter) if he has trouble maintaining even a three hour a day practice schedule for a video game . . .


Lazy genius thats Stephano. But its really hard to ask him to practise more when he got such insane result. But I would love to see a Korean hardworking 12hour paintrain Stephano. Maybe soon!
Stephano & Jaedong <-- The Pain Train. Polt and Innovation to EG plz
The_Darkness
Profile Joined December 2011
United States910 Posts
May 18 2012 16:54 GMT
#6077
On May 19 2012 01:26 Benjamin99 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 19 2012 00:42 The_Darkness wrote:
On May 18 2012 07:56 Azarkon wrote:
On May 18 2012 06:36 dragonborn wrote:
MillStephano ‏@MillStephano
Arrived in NY 4 hours ago, time to practice a bit. Haven't been playing for 5 days now. Hopefully 1 night will be enough for tomorrow

hmm >_< im a little bit scared after this tweet.


I think he's lying He's been playing, just not a lot. His match record has a lot of custom games on MLG Metropolis and Ohana.

I think Stephano does this to make himself feel comfortable while playing. Naniwa said that Stephano doesn't give a sh*t and that's why he's able to play without mental problems. It's not the ideal solution - the ideal solution is to practice hard and to have a great mindset - but it's what allows Stephano to play well with less practice.



It looks like he was playing around 5-15 games a day. He had a similar practice schedule leading up to IPL4 and it turned out all right, so who knows -- although his play clearly benefits from practice and suffers from a lack of practice, notwithstanding his claims to the contrary. As an aside, I'll add that it doesn't bode well for his future as a doctor (or anything else for that matter) if he has trouble maintaining even a three hour a day practice schedule for a video game . . .


Lazy genius thats Stephano. But its really hard to ask him to practise more when he got such insane result. But I would love to see a Korean hardworking 12hour paintrain Stephano. Maybe soon!


It's true his results in the two most recent online tournaments he won were pretty damn impressive, IMO, even if there were just foreigners there. He also won the MLG qualifier. His only misstep recently was losing 2-0 to Zenio, who is one of the best zvz players in the world. From his perspective, he's probably like, if it ain't broke, don't fix it (which isn't unreasonable).

I would also love to see him buy a ticket on the Korean "pain train"; alas, I think he's already bought his first class luxury ticket on the EU express, which runs three hours a day, on a good day, and does not punish its passangers with hard work
To be is to be the value of a bound variable.
c78331
Profile Joined November 2011
Greece64 Posts
May 18 2012 17:00 GMT
#6078
On May 19 2012 01:54 The_Darkness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 19 2012 01:26 Benjamin99 wrote:
On May 19 2012 00:42 The_Darkness wrote:
On May 18 2012 07:56 Azarkon wrote:
On May 18 2012 06:36 dragonborn wrote:
MillStephano ‏@MillStephano
Arrived in NY 4 hours ago, time to practice a bit. Haven't been playing for 5 days now. Hopefully 1 night will be enough for tomorrow

hmm >_< im a little bit scared after this tweet.


I think he's lying He's been playing, just not a lot. His match record has a lot of custom games on MLG Metropolis and Ohana.

I think Stephano does this to make himself feel comfortable while playing. Naniwa said that Stephano doesn't give a sh*t and that's why he's able to play without mental problems. It's not the ideal solution - the ideal solution is to practice hard and to have a great mindset - but it's what allows Stephano to play well with less practice.



It looks like he was playing around 5-15 games a day. He had a similar practice schedule leading up to IPL4 and it turned out all right, so who knows -- although his play clearly benefits from practice and suffers from a lack of practice, notwithstanding his claims to the contrary. As an aside, I'll add that it doesn't bode well for his future as a doctor (or anything else for that matter) if he has trouble maintaining even a three hour a day practice schedule for a video game . . .


Lazy genius thats Stephano. But its really hard to ask him to practise more when he got such insane result. But I would love to see a Korean hardworking 12hour paintrain Stephano. Maybe soon!


It's true his results in the two most recent online tournaments he won were pretty damn impressive, IMO, even if there were just foreigners there. He also won the MLG qualifier. His only misstep recently was losing 2-0 to Zenio, who is one of the best zvz players in the world. From his perspective, he's probably like, if it ain't broke, don't fix it (which isn't unreasonable).

I would also love to see him buy a ticket on the Korean "pain train"; alas, I think he's already bought his first class luxury ticket on the EU express, which runs three hours a day, on a good day, and does not punish its passangers with hard work


From his match history it seems like he played around 60 games the last 10 days and i don't think he played that little before ipl4 or mlg.

I know that right after his one week vacation he won the mlg invite only qualifiers and the other mini tour but he is pushing his luck with that amount of practice.
revel8
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom3022 Posts
May 18 2012 17:01 GMT
#6079
Interesting that Polt pulled out of Red Bull tournament. If he had not he would have been in Stephano's group! Instead Stephano has to face Illusion.
Otolia
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
France5805 Posts
May 18 2012 17:35 GMT
#6080
It's funny to see fans complaining about Stephano's work ethic when he has one of the best work ethic in the world : train regularly, train efficiently. Wonder why Koreans live in house ? That's because they need peer pressure to keep training. Stephano came at the top alone, carrying his own weight and not giving a fuck like the baller he is. Doubting him now is laughable. He may not have the best tournament ever but he is no slouch.

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