EPTI remember being somewhat impressed by this guy in a GSTL match, and then time and time again he has popped up and impressed me with solid games vs great players. I really appreciate his style and don't care too much whether he knows how to plant manner hatches and time dancing correctly, or slash his neck after a match. His play speaks for itself. Nowadays he is in many ways a more solid zerg than DRG.
I must also say that I feel for him in regards to the whole Ryung situation. It must be disheartening to have your opponent claim your win was not legitimate, and take away all the attention from the actual games and transfer it to your own bullshit drama (I doubt Ryung really thought about it in terms of hurting Sniper, but that is what happened and what he should have realized). Today, and ideally the time after he wins code S tonight, should be about Sniper and what a badass he is. It should not be about the state of zerg and balance whine in general. Sniper deserved this and in fact his zvz is among his strongest matchups.
I feel very good about him for the zvz tomorrow. Sniper has great zvz and he has really shined in situations without GSL level (week-long) preparation. Sniper's zvz results last 6 months are (in reverse chronological order):
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Sniper 1 - 0 Hyun [GSTL]
Sniper 2 - 1 Leenock [GSL code S]
Sniper 1 - 0 YugiOh [GSTL]
Sniper 2 - 0 FXOSirious [GSL code A]
Sniper 0 - 2 Hyun [GSL code A]
Sniper 1 - 0 Min [ODT]
Sniper 0 - 2 Life [TSL Qual]
Sniper 2 - 1 Leenock [TSL Qual]
Sniper 2 - 1 Seal [TSL Qual]
Sniper 2 - 1 AnNyeong [GSL code A]
Sniper 1 - 0 STCurious [OSL qual]
Sniper 1 - 0 IMhorror [OSL qual]
Sniper 0 - 1 STCurious [OSL qual]
Sniper 2 - 0 IMhorror [OSL qual]
Sniper 2 - 0 FXOSupreme [OSL qual]
Sniper 1 - 0 FnaticByuL [GSTL]
Sniper 1 - 0 FnaticMoon [GSTL]
Sniper 2 - 0 FXOLucky [TSL qual]
Sniper 2 - 0 Life [TSL qual]
Sniper 1 - 2 SlayersDark [MLG arena]
Sniper 2 - 0 BBongBBong [MLG arena]
This gives him an overall winrate zvz winrate since the start of June 2012 of 72.73%. Hyun is obviously also good (and with a comparable record in zvz), but I feel people overlook Sniper who people should realize based upon results should have about a 50-50 shot.
So good luck to Sniper in IPL and GSL. Hope for some great games.
Also that game in the IPTL vs Life was so impressive <3
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