EPTOn January 16 2013 01:55 MapleLeafSirup wrote:
It somehow seems that he has gotten slower in general
It somehow seems that he has gotten slower in general
I guess he is still a bit sick so we better wait before we can judge his level of play.
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Thurken
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I guess he is still a bit sick so we better wait before we can judge his level of play. | ||
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Firlefanz
Germany245 Posts
On January 16 2013 01:55 MapleLeafSirup wrote: It somehow seems that he has gotten slower in general Theory: The magic that defined his play in the "earlier dated" streams is now shown by a variety of players (the amount of the korean streams simply increased) OR we just got used to it.  I took a look or two at the stream the last hours and I really liked the variance of strategies he used in his TvZ. One game was particularly interesting: A TvZ on Cloud Kingdom where Stephano played Roach/Hydra for a pretty long time and then transitioned to Ultralisks (he lost because of the lack of stationary defense imo). I was wondering if you could adapt this strategy to Roach/Ling/Infestor -> Ultra/Infestor/Hydra (replacing the lategame banelings with Hydras so to speak)... That should cause a trade-off between the heavy-hitter Roach/Hydra-Midgame-Combo and a smooth lategame transitioning. Stephano almost makes me want to switch back to zerg... | ||
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Dingodile
4139 Posts
On January 16 2013 01:23 hyperdemented wrote: yeah i also noticed that the last time he was streaming. i think thats also a big reason why his zvz is so unstable, in other matchups its less noticable because units countering units, but in zvz roach wars like against DRG recently or his match against the Samsung khan zerg, the player with better injects usually wins and not so important anymore to make so quickly as possible to have 200/200 (except zvz) because 95% of all games vs T and P dont go out before 12 min. sc2 is a super defensive game (so defensive like never before, blizzard made it with several patches -.-). | ||
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Nelz
309 Posts
Then he gets sick once in Korea, see his profile from Korea : http://kr.battle.net/sc2/ko/profile/446280/1/llllllllllll/matches Well, we can't see anymore but he barely didn't play since 10th January, like 10 games in 5 days. He just needs some time and he'll be fine. Another thing, apparently Taeja won't play for a long time in SPL so Stephano is sure to play every game if necessary. | ||
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tigonridge
United States71 Posts
On January 16 2013 02:49 Nelz wrote: As i said before, he didn't play more than 3 games between HSC and his trip in Korea. Then he gets sick once in Korea, see his profile from Korea : http://kr.battle.net/sc2/ko/profile/446280/1/llllllllllll/matches Well, we can't see anymore but he barely didn't play since 10th January, like 10 games in 5 days. He just needs some time and he'll be fine. Another thing, apparently Taeja won't play for a long time in SPL so Stephano is sure to play every game if necessary. That might not be so good for EG-TL. Taeja, so far, along with HerO, has been carrying the team. Taeja, arguably, is a better all-rounder by far than Stephano. With Stephano joining the battle in Round 2, I thought there'd be hope for the team; but with Taeja gone for a while, it seems their chances may slightly be worse. Many, including myself, want to see Stephano play more, so I guess this a double-edged sword. | ||
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FataLe
New Zealand4554 Posts
On January 16 2013 02:11 Firlefanz wrote: Theory: The magic that defined his play in the "earlier dated" streams is now shown by a variety of players (the amount of the korean streams simply increased) OR we just got used to it. I took a look or two at the stream the last hours and I really liked the variance of strategies he used in his TvZ. One game was particularly interesting: A TvZ on Cloud Kingdom where Stephano played Roach/Hydra for a pretty long time and then transitioned to Ultralisks (he lost because of the lack of stationary defense imo). I was wondering if you could adapt this strategy to Roach/Ling/Infestor -> Ultra/Infestor/Hydra (replacing the lategame banelings with Hydras so to speak)... That should cause a trade-off between the heavy-hitter Roach/Hydra-Midgame-Combo and a smooth lategame transitioning. Stephano almost makes me want to switch back to zerg... If we're talking about the same game, the opponent reacted to Stephano's composition, Stephano did not. That's why he lost the game. Stephano was still ahead on econ and tech. | ||
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The_Darkness
United States910 Posts
On January 16 2013 02:49 Nelz wrote: As i said before, he didn't play more than 3 games between HSC and his trip in Korea. Then he gets sick once in Korea, see his profile from Korea : http://kr.battle.net/sc2/ko/profile/446280/1/llllllllllll/matches Well, we can't see anymore but he barely didn't play since 10th January, like 10 games in 5 days. He just needs some time and he'll be fine. Another thing, apparently Taeja won't play for a long time in SPL so Stephano is sure to play every game if necessary. Wow, good job, and thanks for, finding his profile. (How did you do it?). It looks like he's practicing with the team today and learning the new KESPA maps, and it looks like it's a bit of a learning process for him given he's losing most of the custom games, but is 5-0 in 1v1s on the ladder. In response to no one or no comment in particular, I'm really looking forward to the upcoming GSL. I think Stephano is going to be for the first time in a while truly in peak form. | ||
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VelJa
France1109 Posts
On January 17 2013 01:00 The_Darkness wrote: Wow, good job, and thanks for, finding his profile. (How did you do it?). It looks like he's practicing with the team today and learning the new KESPA maps, and it looks like it's a bit of a learning process for him given he's losing most of the custom games, but is 5-0 in 1v1s on the ladder. In response to no one or no comment in particular, I'm really looking forward to the upcoming GSL. I think Stephano is going to be for the first time in a while truly in peak form. YEAH How the FUCK did you do it ?  | ||
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_SpiRaL_
Afghanistan1636 Posts
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1Dhalism
862 Posts
On January 16 2013 02:49 Nelz wrote: As i said before, he didn't play more than 3 games between HSC and his trip in Korea. Then he gets sick once in Korea, see his profile from Korea : http://kr.battle.net/sc2/ko/profile/446280/1/llllllllllll/matches Well, we can't see anymore but he barely didn't play since 10th January, like 10 games in 5 days. He just needs some time and he'll be fine. Another thing, apparently Taeja won't play for a long time in SPL so Stephano is sure to play every game if necessary. his streaming profile maybe. I can guarantee proteams have more then 1 profile per players. | ||
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The_Darkness
United States910 Posts
Ha, obviously I didn't check it. I thought he pieced it together  | ||
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sweetbabyjesus
Denmark168 Posts
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Chronos.
United States805 Posts
"You don't know me. There is no "classic Stephano". Nobody knows my next move." | ||
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Insoleet
France1806 Posts
On January 17 2013 04:23 Chronos. wrote: Quote from Stephano's stream today in in-game chat: "You don't know me. There is no "classic Stephano". Nobody knows my next move." Aaaaaaaaah maybe he will add some variety to his ZvZ so :D | ||
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Kyrillion
Russian Federation748 Posts
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Nelz
309 Posts
Yeah, the reality is i was watching his stream and from what i saw, just found his profile on Sc2ranks in about 30sec. Then i saw on his twitch page that his profile is also link into it :/. I was so proud (: Anyway, it's more than 5am in Korea, said he is very tired and still a little bit sick. Hope he will be able to wake up saturday morning for the next proleague match, won't be easy. | ||
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revel8
United Kingdom3022 Posts
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IGN_ProLeague_Season_6/Korean_Regional | ||
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Lasbike
France2888 Posts
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tili
United States1332 Posts
A. It's a new game B. ... what? | ||
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VelJa
France1109 Posts
On January 17 2013 05:30 Nelz wrote: Yeah, the reality is i was watching his stream and from what i saw, just found his profile on Sc2ranks in about 30sec. Then i saw on his twitch page that his profile is also link into it :/. I was so proud (: Anyway, it's more than 5am in Korea, said he is very tired and still a little bit sick. Hope he will be able to wake up saturday morning for the next proleague match, won't be easy. lol :p <3 btw he will destroy all opponent in proleague | ||
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