EPTg1 was a risky build, he should have just played standard. g2 he outplayed herO for most of the game but didn't see the oracle DT counter coming, but that's something that's unrepeatable. g3 he didn't realise that herO was essentially going allin and split up his army while trying to expand
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
g1 was a risky build, he should have just played standard. g2 he outplayed herO for most of the game but didn't see the oracle DT counter coming, but that's something that's unrepeatable. g3 he didn't realise that herO was essentially going allin and split up his army while trying to expand | ||
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Wallenberg
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He looked so sharp on the stream recently, now my weekend is ruined! | ||
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Vutalisk
United States680 Posts
Best of luck to Zest next year. I hope he will come back strong. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
I don't think there's much he could have done better in game 2, it was just bad luck that his pheonixes didn't catch the pheonixes/oracles of herO. The results may not give the impression but he certainly played better than he has for most of the year anyway | ||
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Sakat
Croatia1599 Posts
I think Zests career is following a similar path, although the reason he is fading away is not injury but a handicap of not having a proper team structure built around him | ||
Olli
Austria24422 Posts
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Sakat
Croatia1599 Posts
On September 30 2017 02:14 Olli wrote: If by "fairly relevant" you mean winning a GSL playing mostly his weakest matchup and reaching another finals during BL/infestor then yes. Mvp was fairly relevant. God people forget so fast. That is exactly what I meant. | ||
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Rolltide
United States447 Posts
Zest did not play badly he just is not as good as Hero who is in top form. Hero is in comparable form to what he was at his peak in 2015 when he was clearly the best player over the course of that whole year. Despite being an elite player in ladder Zest is simply not at the level of the top Korean players this year. Still 2 opportunities this calender year. Master's coliseum 2 and another Homestory cup after Blizzcon. | ||
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Rolltide
United States447 Posts
I am so upset right now... It should have been Zests comeback to the big stage, 0-3 against herO what the ****... He looked so sharp on the stream recently, now my weekend is ruined! My weekend is not ruined yet. If Alabama loses to Mississippi it will surely be ruined. | ||
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Rolltide
United States447 Posts
Zest made the rd of 16 so he made the top half of that group. Solar, Byun and Elazer did not. All things considered not a bad showing by Zest. Perhaps we are setting the bar a little too high and forgetting this is a player who was struggling mightily for much of the year. From not even qualifying for GSL 3 to a top 16 is progress. | ||
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AzAlexZ
Australia3303 Posts
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
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Rolltide
United States447 Posts
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Rolltide
United States447 Posts
Zest in December signs with Psistorm gaming and moves to the USA to become a circuit player. I imagine he would live in LA, there is a very large Korean neighborhood there. True would be his guide for getting acclimated. Where do you think Zest would be ranked in the circuit? Zest is tied with Losira for 32nd in total WCS points and his 1400 points would put him 13th among circuit players. How would Zest have fared playing against circuit players who are obviously not as good and not as deep? Would he have done better than other Protoss like Showtime and Drogo who missed Blizzcon? Would being on a team like Psi storm give him some structure and support that would make him a little better? Obviously not like a Korean team house but Psistorm has many decent to good players based in the US that would provide good practice and help. Again purely hypothetical. Zest's English is not good enough to consider such a move but we have seen quite a few Koreans move to the US or Europe and it furthered their careers, allowed them to be more competitive while also being well compensated. | ||
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AzAlexZ
Australia3303 Posts
On October 01 2017 22:45 Rolltide wrote: I have a question for your Zest fans. Hypothetical. Zest in December signs with Psistorm gaming and moves to the USA to become a circuit player. I imagine he would live in LA, there is a very large Korean neighborhood there. True would be his guide for getting acclimated. Where do you think Zest would be ranked in the circuit? Zest is tied with Losira for 32nd in total WCS points and his 1400 points would put him 13th among circuit players. How would Zest have fared playing against circuit players who are obviously not as good and not as deep? Would he have done better than other Protoss like Showtime and Drogo who missed Blizzcon? Would being on a team like Psi storm give him some structure and support that would make him a little better? Obviously not like a Korean team house but Psistorm has many decent to good players based in the US that would provide good practice and help. Again purely hypothetical. Zest's English is not good enough to consider such a move but we have seen quite a few Koreans move to the US or Europe and it furthered their careers, allowed them to be more competitive while also being well compensated. Is this part also hypothetical or actually true | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
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Rolltide
United States447 Posts
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Fango
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ghostmaster93
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On October 02 2017 04:27 Rolltide wrote: I think Zest makes the final 8 and goes to Blizzcon as a circuit player. Might be the back half the the 8 much like True but he makes it and he would benefit some from being on a team. I think it's difficult to say. Remember that Innovation once move outside Korean and only have normal results. | ||
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DieuCure
France3713 Posts
On October 02 2017 05:03 Fango wrote: Well yeah but that's not saying much. Most of the Circuit top 8 are GSL ro32 players as well. If any top dogs from korea like Stats, TY, Inno, soO, Maru, Dark etc went over to circuit they'd be winning events without losing any maps But then they lose their lvl, just like TRUE  | ||
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