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On June 09 2012 21:03 MapleLeafSirup wrote:HAHAHAHAHA s*** just got serious!!! They found each other after being seperated as babies and can practice together from now on! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/5wPOW.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/QZmYJ.jpg) weeeeeeeee <3 :3 those are really cool pictures^^
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On June 09 2012 20:52 snozberry wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2012 13:41 hyperdemented wrote: even though stephanos doing good right now his play still seems a bit sloppy today, hes getting supply blocked every few minutes t.t You know his supply blocks are on purpose right? He uses larva in rhythm--one full round of 15 drones, then a round of 4 or 5 overlords etc. When people do one overlord at a time they cut it way too close and get supply blocked etc. when a single overlord dies. Stephano has it so that he delays the cost of supply to the very end to maximize his economy at that given time... Commentators don't even notice it; they think that somehow a person who beats koreans like its nothing has a mistake as dumb as severe supply blocks ALL THE TIME. He does it on his stream, he does it in tournaments, it seems to work pretty well. Just one of the many casual flashes of genius by the best foreigner to play the game In the first game against Polt on Antiga Shipyard, he got supply blocked for a solid 30 seconds at the most awful time. He had larvas, he had money, but he did not have free supply, and he couldn't produce any units and had only a few roachs to face Polt's army. Polt's army obviously destroyed Stephano's third base and it all went awful from here. If it wasn't for that supply block, Stephano would have saved his third and probably the game, so please don't say silly things like this.
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Stephano having a great first day at MLG Anaheim. Going 3-0 and only dropping one map is super impressive. Have to wait and see who else appears into the Group from Open Bracket, but Stephano is looking strong after Day 1.
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Am I right in thinking the Stephano - Alicia matches were not streamed at all?
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Good luck at day 2 of MLG Stephano !!
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Stephano is the best zerg in the world right? He is just flat out better than koreans zergs like Nestea, leenock and DRG imo. His only weakness i would say is his versatility, he has his builds and he plays them like a god, but sometimes he is predictable. Also his zvz is kinda weak in compairison.
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On June 09 2012 21:27 Lasbike wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2012 20:52 snozberry wrote:On June 09 2012 13:41 hyperdemented wrote: even though stephanos doing good right now his play still seems a bit sloppy today, hes getting supply blocked every few minutes t.t You know his supply blocks are on purpose right? He uses larva in rhythm--one full round of 15 drones, then a round of 4 or 5 overlords etc. When people do one overlord at a time they cut it way too close and get supply blocked etc. when a single overlord dies. Stephano has it so that he delays the cost of supply to the very end to maximize his economy at that given time... Commentators don't even notice it; they think that somehow a person who beats koreans like its nothing has a mistake as dumb as severe supply blocks ALL THE TIME. He does it on his stream, he does it in tournaments, it seems to work pretty well. Just one of the many casual flashes of genius by the best foreigner to play the game In the first game against Polt on Antiga Shipyard, he got supply blocked for a solid 30 seconds at the most awful time. He had larvas, he had money, but he did not have free supply, and he couldn't produce any units and had only a few roachs to face Polt's army. Polt's army obviously destroyed Stephano's third base and it all went awful from here. If it wasn't for that supply block, Stephano would have saved his third and probably the game, so please don't say silly things like this.
Haha oh wow, I guess there's an excuse for everything. Getting supply blocked for that long and then building 10 overlords is not something you would ever want to do on purpose.
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On June 09 2012 22:40 revel8 wrote: Am I right in thinking the Stephano - Alicia matches were not streamed at all?
Yes they weren't, saw pics of the match on twitter and it didn't happen on a stage.
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On June 09 2012 21:27 Lasbike wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2012 20:52 snozberry wrote:On June 09 2012 13:41 hyperdemented wrote: even though stephanos doing good right now his play still seems a bit sloppy today, hes getting supply blocked every few minutes t.t You know his supply blocks are on purpose right? He uses larva in rhythm--one full round of 15 drones, then a round of 4 or 5 overlords etc. When people do one overlord at a time they cut it way too close and get supply blocked etc. when a single overlord dies. Stephano has it so that he delays the cost of supply to the very end to maximize his economy at that given time... Commentators don't even notice it; they think that somehow a person who beats koreans like its nothing has a mistake as dumb as severe supply blocks ALL THE TIME. He does it on his stream, he does it in tournaments, it seems to work pretty well. Just one of the many casual flashes of genius by the best foreigner to play the game In the first game against Polt on Antiga Shipyard, he got supply blocked for a solid 30 seconds at the most awful time. He had larvas, he had money, but he did not have free supply, and he couldn't produce any units and had only a few roachs to face Polt's army. Polt's army obviously destroyed Stephano's third base and it all went awful from here. If it wasn't for that supply block, Stephano would have saved his third and probably the game, so please don't say silly things like this.
Some of his supplies block are not intentional indeed. He often said himself that he looses quite a few games because of it. And he proved it yesterday^^
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On June 09 2012 22:40 revel8 wrote: Am I right in thinking the Stephano - Alicia matches were not streamed at all?
I cant find the vods but if you do Revel plz lat me know
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On June 10 2012 00:24 Benjamin99 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 09 2012 22:40 revel8 wrote: Am I right in thinking the Stephano - Alicia matches were not streamed at all? I cant find the vods but if you do Revel plz lat me know
there are no vods, it wasnt streamed sadly
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Oh my god I can't believe stephano got his picture with Jaedong...so jealous but also so happy. Love this guy, hope he continues to tear it up!
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That photo with Jaedong is pure awesomeness. And JD personally telling Stephano "I'm a big fan"...that's the stuff fairy tales are made of...
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out of the open bracket, only Puma, JYP and Ret stands a chance against Stephano IMO. I think Stephano's gonna easily 5-0 his group.
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On June 10 2012 02:32 MetalPanda wrote: out of the open bracket, only Puma, JYP and Ret stands a chance against Stephano IMO. I think Stephano's gonna easily 5-0 his group.
Yeah, JYP, Puma, Oz (if he beats Bling), maybe Clide and Alive too. But I feel he's favored to win against anyone of them.
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On June 10 2012 02:43 a3den wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2012 02:32 MetalPanda wrote: out of the open bracket, only Puma, JYP and Ret stands a chance against Stephano IMO. I think Stephano's gonna easily 5-0 his group. Yeah, JYP, Puma, Oz (if he beats Bling), maybe Clide and Alive too. But I feel he's favored to win against anyone of them. Alive looks more dangerous than the others imo. But alcohol-with-Bling looks even more dangerous, I hope this one does not come up!
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On June 10 2012 02:43 a3den wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2012 02:32 MetalPanda wrote: out of the open bracket, only Puma, JYP and Ret stands a chance against Stephano IMO. I think Stephano's gonna easily 5-0 his group. Yeah, JYP, Puma, Oz (if he beats Bling), maybe Clide and Alive too. But I feel he's favored to win against anyone of them.
Alive has terrible TvZ and I don't think Oz has as good PvZ as JYP, and Stephano's very favored against JYP, especially looking at his history with him (I'm not sure he ever took a game off Stephano this year), and Clide is Clide, a player we don't see in tournaments anymore.
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On June 10 2012 02:50 Thurken wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2012 02:43 a3den wrote:On June 10 2012 02:32 MetalPanda wrote: out of the open bracket, only Puma, JYP and Ret stands a chance against Stephano IMO. I think Stephano's gonna easily 5-0 his group. Yeah, JYP, Puma, Oz (if he beats Bling), maybe Clide and Alive too. But I feel he's favored to win against anyone of them. Alive looks more dangerous than the others imo. But alcohol-with-Bling looks even more dangerous, I hope this one does not come up!
I expect he won't act stupid considering how well he has set this MLG up in order to be seeded into pool play, and also because the prize pool is a lot better (compared to Spring Arena 2).
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