Not only is this guy innovative, mechanically sound, great in engagements.
Stephano also introduced me to great music through his playlist. The music i play now is what I find in stephano's playlist. He also plays a lot of music that I already like ^_^
it is through his stream that i heard, touch of grey by grateful dead, cotton fields, lookin out my backdoor by creedence clearwater revival and a hell lot more tracks... this guy is awesome!
On November 14 2012 03:54 dsousa wrote: The world needs you to stream Stephano!
This, I really hope once his insane month of travel and competition is over he'll get back to streaming a bit. There's only so much time I can survive without some Stephano livestream.
I think his travelling schedule now is pretty hectic so I doubt he wants to stream.. I'd hope he doesn't and that he just practices for the events he's got coming. Besides, streaming means showing tactics pretty much so it'd be better to just leave the streaming be and go full out for WCS and IPL 5 ^_^
I had to register to mention something I found remarkable about Stephano; and I'm quite surprised you guys did not discuss about this bit, which I thought was incredibly insight of the genius of Stephano...
I transcripted this portion of the interview of Stephano after he defeated Ganzi:
(Anna: Alright. Well, in that second game, also, the casters are mentioning: We don't see a lot of hydra-play in this matchup. What made you decide to do that?
Stephano: W--uhh when I came in h--like on my flight to Texas... I slept, and I had th'dream I was making hydra and uh...
[Laughter ensues from everybody, including the audience.]
I actually saw myself beating Polt with idras soo... I just tried it here to see if it works, and it actually works. So, why not?
[Anna is so amused and surprised she momentarily forgets her next question.])
Wow! I'm sure Stephano isn't the first gamer to dream about the game they play, and be inspired by such dreams; but for Stephano to go with a composition that's frowned upon in the metagame, just to test its validity, against a strong opponent in a somewhat big tournament instead of on ladder... I think that speaks volumes about Stephano's confidence and pure epic brilliance.
Stephano to go with a composition that's frowned upon in the metagame, just to test its validity, against a strong opponent in a somewhat big tournament instead of on ladder...
in the later interview (linked in this page somewhere) he say that he test it on the ladder few hours before playing it in the tournament.
I hope he can do it, but looking at the bracket / group, it's difficult. groups are "paired" A with H , B with G, C with F etc... Stephano is in group E, paired with group D.
the first of each paired group play against the second of the other groupe.
E : Stephano / Idra / Roro / hero D ; Rain / Babyknight / mafia / state
without upset, Rain should be first in his group. Rain is also the favorite to win the tournament.
So stephano MUST be first in his group to get an "easy" path to the money.
On November 16 2012 03:17 zedrOne wrote: Winning WCS will be really hard.
I hope he can do it, but looking at the bracket / group, it's difficult. groups are "paired" A with H , B with G, C with F etc... Stephano is in group E, paired with group D.
the first of each paired group play against the second of the other groupe.
E : Stephano / Idra / Roro / hero D ; Rain / Babyknight / mafia / state
without upset, Rain should be first in his group. Rain is also the favorite to win the tournament.
So stephano MUST be first in his group to get an "easy" path to the money.
I think Stephano can beat Rain if he is playing at his best
On November 16 2012 03:17 zedrOne wrote: Winning WCS will be really hard.
I hope he can do it, but looking at the bracket / group, it's difficult. groups are "paired" A with H , B with G, C with F etc... Stephano is in group E, paired with group D.
the first of each paired group play against the second of the other groupe.
E : Stephano / Idra / Roro / hero D ; Rain / Babyknight / mafia / state
without upset, Rain should be first in his group. Rain is also the favorite to win the tournament.
So stephano MUST be first in his group to get an "easy" path to the money.
I think Stephano can beat Rain if he is playing at his best
Yes but the problem is that he can lose as well. What the guy above is trying to say is that its better to hope for an easier bracket to play the weaker opponents.