Blizzard Cup Preview - Part 1 - Page 14

On December 13 2011 01:27 FuFighter wrote:
Why do people seem to think that articles posted on TL have to be unbiased?


Anyways: MC fightiiiiiing!

On December 13 2011 01:33 careohx wrote:
This is kinda akward now you couldnt have gotten your predictions more wrong.

On December 13 2011 01:29 Olinimm wrote:

They don't HAVE to be. But especially when they turn out completely wrong of course you are gonna get criticized for them .

On December 13 2011 02:13 FuFighter wrote:


People should criticize them for being wrong then, not for being biased. ;-)
I think the article was fine and well written. Maybe it was biased but it wasn't like "Hero is gonna win because he is a liquid player". Most of the time he was given a slight edge so I think it's fine. It's definitely more fun than picking MVP

On December 12 2011 10:45 Micket wrote:
For what reasons is Hero being given title of 'best Protoss player in the world'? He can't get past 2nd round of Code A, has an awful win rate in Korea, and stomps foreigners. He is incredibly creative and smart, but trashing around foreigners will always make you look good.

Where is the oZ hype? Brown? Parting? Heck, MC deserves more hype, guy is goooood.

On December 13 2011 02:53 s4life wrote:


Yup, if Hero were still in oGs he would still be a middle of pack protoss. He deserves credit though for being able to consistently beat weaker players than him, I don't think his problem is being 'nervous' from that perspective.. it's more like in Korea there aren't too many pro players weaker than him.

On December 13 2011 02:22 Olinimm wrote:

It was more like "Hero is gonna win because he's the best Korean protoss. And we wouldn't think that if he wasn't on teamliquid" .

On December 13 2011 03:06 Talin wrote:


Yes, he was considered a top prospect while being on oGs by people who paid attention to the scene.

You don't think his problem is nerves, yet today he played a self-destructive game in each set, and playing like that would have been beaten by most mid-tier foreigners as well?

- Slamming his army into Roaches chasing a Queen that he has no chance of killing, then giving up.
- Cannoning DRG's natural in the midgame, then giving up.
- Losing a Warp Prism to one single Queen.
- Going Nexus first in PvP without being aware of the map features or blocking / chasing down the Probe in his base.
- Going Nexus first in PvT without even fully scouting mvp's base (and his Probe was basically free to look anywhere for a full minute).

Anyone with a modicum of common sense would realize that the games he played today were OBVIOUSLY not representative of his skill level and that none of those mistakes and decisions are actually normal when his mind is in the right place. But then again, there isn't much of common sense on TL these days.

He's only been exposed to playing games on the big stage for the last 2 or 3 months, it's not his skill (or lack thereof) that is holding him back. He has confidence issues, nerve issues, and at a stretch his decision making isn't the best, but these things come naturally from maturity and experience.

On December 13 2011 03:06 Talin wrote:


Yes, he was considered a top prospect while being on oGs by people who paid attention to the scene.

You don't think his problem is nerves, yet today he played a self-destructive game in each set, and playing like that would have been beaten by most mid-tier foreigners as well?

- Slamming his army into Roaches chasing a Queen that he has no chance of killing, then giving up.
- Cannoning DRG's natural in the midgame, then giving up.
- Losing a Warp Prism to one single Queen.
- Going Nexus first in PvP without being aware of the map features or blocking / chasing down the Probe in his base.
- Going Nexus first in PvT without even fully scouting mvp's base (and his Probe was basically free to look anywhere for a full minute).

Anyone with a modicum of common sense would realize that the games he played today were OBVIOUSLY not representative of his skill level and that none of those mistakes and decisions are actually normal when his mind is in the right place. But then again, there isn't much of common sense on TL these days.

He's only been exposed to playing games on the big stage for the last 2 or 3 months, it's not his skill (or lack thereof) that is holding him back. He has confidence issues, nerve issues, and at a stretch his decision making isn't the best, but these things come naturally from maturity and experience.