Jinro is a beast! As much as I was sick of seeing Terrans (7 of 8 semi-finalists in the GSL code A/S were Terran) I was very happy to see Jinro in that list. Too bad he didn't break into the finals yet. Next season!

TheEmulator

28100 Posts

January 25 2011 15:04 GMT

#163

gl next season Jinro!!

TimeSpiral

United States1010 Posts

January 25 2011 15:32 GMT

#164

My heart was breaking in Game (2) and (4)
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I remember the energetic fist pump when Jinro bested MC on LT and ST.

I remember avoiding TL.net and battle.net like the plague until I could watch the vs. MKP match.

Sadly, I remember my heart breaking as MKP floated to the Gold on Steppes. I said to myself several times, "Did he not see that CC? He saw it right? Is he gonna send a Marine to the towers? Oh no ..." Similarly, when MKP took that surprise base at the Gold, Jinro's Banshee missed it, and then MKP FE'd to the 3 o'clock position I felt my heart drop.

Jinro,

You're the man. I am incredibly impressed with this season, and last. Well done. It is so unfortunate that you missed those two things. I know it can be incredibly stressful in situations like that and some of the basics will just slip away like holes in a memory. I found it interesting to read that you want to go back to "mechanics," in your practice, because I feel like you have some ridiculously solid mechanics.

Do you feel like you missed some of your normal scouting patterns (like the towers on Steppes, and the 3 'o'clock on Xel Naga) because of the high stress environment? Oh, and about the sickness ... I'm almost certain that your adrenaline was suppressing the symptoms. Once the adrenaline levels dropped back to a normal level you got "brickwalled."

Feel better soon, Jinro, and thanks!

humblegar

Norway883 Posts

January 25 2011 19:28 GMT

#165

Congratulations with great results and thanks for sharing as much as you do!

I just wanted agree to how important the state of mind is as you mention regarding your goals for a tournament. I played some of my best pool in a small insignicant tournament once, but my only goal the final day was to crush the LB (I was in the LB from the day before) to meet up with my friend in the grand final (who was cruising through the WB). I can still recall that annoying feeling of not caring during the grand final, and he easily swept me 5-1. It annoys me even to write about it, after all these years and that silly little tournament :p

Krya på dej

Hveen

Netherlands16 Posts

January 25 2011 22:19 GMT

#166

Jinro,

you are so amazing! I was telling all my friends about starcraft, and how a foreigner could be there representing the entire sc2 foreigner community! I've showed almost every GSL match you played and bored them with it to death. Please never, never give up on your ambitions!

Perhaps you need to focus on your mindstate for a bit, anything can happen aslong as you really want it! Just keep fighting man, you got this!

RogerX

New Zealand3180 Posts

January 25 2011 23:24 GMT

#167

Thank you for another amazing post of the foreigner special

Fighting Jinro! Hope you get better to play the next GSL and to perform more amazing games on stream

ChinaMENG

United States33 Posts

January 25 2011 23:41 GMT

#168

I think what he meant in regards to MVP and MPK laddering is that their practicing on ladder has solidified their play (mechanics, etc) such that in the earlier rounds they do not need to practice specifically for their opponents. But that's all speculation.

GL next season Jinro

MyLovelyLurker

France756 Posts

January 26 2011 00:01 GMT

#169

Have just watched game 1 vs MKP, and frankly, I'm speechless at the quality of Jinro's game, micro, macro, multitasking, decision-making, just so unbelievably good. And it's not just TvT, games vs Idra, vs ogsMC, all matchups are covered, but seriously...

THIS IS FROZENARBITER ! THIS IS DEDICATION ! THIS IS TEAMLIQUID RIGHT HERE IN THE RO4 !!!

So proud, it brings a tear to my eye. Words can't express.

Jinro. Priceless.

rugrat

United States15 Posts

January 26 2011 00:17 GMT

#170

third times a charm jinro!
stay strong, you'll get em next GSL

MousecL1ck1

187 Posts

January 26 2011 00:46 GMT

#171

Jinro is such a good guy.

curlfry

Australia103 Posts

January 26 2011 01:18 GMT

#172

wicked first game to bad you couldn't keep it going
jinro fighting

K1LL

Australia34 Posts

January 26 2011 06:45 GMT

#173

Jinroo you look like the scout from TF2

[thats a compliment btw <3]

YuanHao

Costa Rica7 Posts

January 26 2011 17:23 GMT

#174

Couldn't know who to root for at the beginning -- MKP or Jinro since I love 'em both, but in the end, Jinro's epic mech TvP and winning against Idra made me root for Jinro so bad, very sad to see him lose.

Hope we'll see more Jinro on the next GSL!

radioyak

United States23 Posts

January 27 2011 10:25 GMT

#175

Thanks for the right up and the interview. Way to make it too the top 4 two seasons in row and I can't wait to see you win the finals next season, Jinro Fighting.

MindRush

Romania916 Posts

January 27 2011 18:22 GMT

#176

Jinro, thanks for making the white people proud, but Koreans are the best, everyone knows it.
Congrats for getting this far and good luck next season!