Rogue can be a source of inspiration for Zest going forward. Rogue made it to Blizzcon in 2015 and got all the way to the semi finals. Then last year he was terrible finishing with only 1025 WCS points which was 29th among Koreans.

Rogue was in the same group with Zest for season 1 code S last year. He was eliminated without taking a map and never had to play Zest. He lost to Journey 2-0 and Taeja 2-0.

This year he bounced back, has been dominating ladder and with his recent win in Shanghai he is in contention to make it to the world championships.

You know where Innovation was ranked last year? 31st! Only 800 WCS points. Now this year he is back on top.

Olli

Austria24422 Posts

August 02 2017 11:53 GMT

#3742

Recommend Zest's stream atm, he's playing insanely well. Just reached 7k MMR, only him and Rogue have that atm.

Now at #1 on KR!

Oh Rank 3 is also him, lol.

Phredxor

New Zealand15076 Posts

August 02 2017 12:09 GMT

#3743

Yeah i watched him for a couple hours. Was on a huge winstreak. Playing really well in all matchups.

Nice to see!

Rolltide

United States447 Posts

August 02 2017 14:34 GMT

#3744

Unfortunately there are no big tournaments or even small ones for Zest to play in right now to take advantage of his current form. He doesn't have SSL challenge until next week against Rogue and then plays Byun a week later.

Wouldn't it be nice if Zest was voted into GSL vs the world? Just saying, I voted for him.

When Zest is on his game it is a beautiful thing to watch.

Shathe

Hungary422 Posts

August 02 2017 14:36 GMT

#3745

Yeah he was a beast, killed Soo and Rogue too.

Rolltide

United States447 Posts

August 02 2017 14:37 GMT

#3746

7K MMR is absolutely sick! To get that high you have to be winning 2/3 of your matches against players with MMRs 6500 and up. That is insanely hard to do on the Korean ladder.

The_Red_Viper

19533 Posts

August 02 2017 14:40 GMT

#3747

Bad time to peak again (if we can believe the hype) :/
But hey it's promising!

Olli

Austria24422 Posts

August 02 2017 14:58 GMT

#3748

His #1 account his an 80% winrate overall, and in every matchup too.

The_Red_Viper

19533 Posts

August 02 2017 15:02 GMT

#3749

If only there were tournaments to play in :D

[PkF] Wire

France24238 Posts

August 02 2017 15:43 GMT

#3750

Really a sad time to at last find form again, but hey that's promising for next year

Fango

United Kingdom8987 Posts

August 02 2017 17:23 GMT

#3751

Rank 1 and 2 on the ladder. Indeed it is a sad time for him to peak but better late than never. Zest usually peaks until he gets an embarrassing loss anyway (like last year when he picked both ryung and taeja for his gsl group then lost them)

Rolltide

United States447 Posts

August 02 2017 17:51 GMT

#3752

The GSL vs the world 1st rd matchups are frustrating. You have 2 PvP matches(Hero v Stats-sOs v Neeb) and 4 mirror matches out of the 8. Why are the 2 best Protoss players in the world playing each other?

Why are not all the matches Korean vs foreigner? In addition to Hero vs Stats you have Kelazhur vs Special. If it was Hero vs Kelazhur and Stats vs Special for example it would be all Korea vs foreigners and you would have one less mirror match.

If Showtime loses to Soo(Most likely) only 2 of the final 8 will be Protoss players.

zakadar

Germany409 Posts

August 02 2017 18:15 GMT

#3753

2 less mirrors to be correct

Shathe

Hungary422 Posts

August 02 2017 21:02 GMT

#3754

On August 03 2017 02:51 Rolltide wrote:
The GSL vs the world 1st rd matchups are frustrating. You have 2 PvP matches(Hero v Stats-sOs v Neeb) and 4 mirror matches out of the 8. Why are the 2 best Protoss players in the world playing each other?

Why are not all the matches Korean vs foreigner? In addition to Hero vs Stats you have Kelazhur vs Special. If it was Hero vs Kelazhur and Stats vs Special for example it would be all Korea vs foreigners and you would have one less mirror match.

If Showtime loses to Soo(Most likely) only 2 of the final 8 will be Protoss players.

What does it have to do with Zest?

NinjaToss

Austria1383 Posts

August 02 2017 21:25 GMT

#3755

I wonder if there's going to be another GSL Super Tournament this year, if yes then I sincerely hope that Zest can qualify and do well in it to just shut the naysayers and haters up.

Also ShoutCraft will be on on the 13th, hopefully Zest is invited again

Fango

United Kingdom8987 Posts

August 02 2017 22:21 GMT

#3756

They confirmed another GSL Super tournmanet a while ago, will take place after GSL S3 and be the last WCS event before blizzcon I think

However WeSG qualifiers will be coming up shortly. If ever there was a tournament to peak for.....

Rolltide

United States447 Posts

August 03 2017 12:02 GMT

#3757

Shoutcraft would be perfect for him. Some nice money in it as well, $250 a map and around $2000 for the winner.

Only Bunny is slated at this time but Zest would be a fantastic addition.

Raptorteam

12 Posts

August 04 2017 08:13 GMT

#3758

Anyone know how many BW pros did Zest beat?
I'm making a video of BW remaster coming and destroy the SC2 pros, but want Zest to have some kills

The_Red_Viper

19533 Posts

August 04 2017 08:18 GMT

#3759

I cannot tell what you actually want, sorry

ghostmaster93

155 Posts

August 04 2017 14:01 GMT

#3760

If you follow, there is a ceremony where they do the lottery to decide the bracket. So please dont say like the current matchups is decided because organizer do that.