EPT[GSL] Code S Season One - RO32 Day One - Page 3
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Azzur
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acrimoneyius
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Fishriot
United States621 Posts
On January 09 2012 15:46 kofman wrote: nestea has really been playing badly recently, i hope that tastosis don't do their usual thing of making jokes about how nestea is god since he really isn't anymore. making jokes jokes | ||
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T0fuuu
Australia2275 Posts
On January 09 2012 15:28 Azzur wrote: Heh, tbh, I'm not sure why so many ppl get hyped with Keen's tame sunglasses "deal with it" ceremony. Well what has keen done to deserve doing such an elaborate ceremony? If he did something like that it would just come off as extremely arrogant and disrespectful since keen hasnt actually won anything yet and is prolly younger than most of the other players. If he did a fbh to nada after winning you can guarantee he would have the hate of a thousand internets on him. | ||
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PolygonLove
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Gorlin
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iSometric
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-Strider-
Mexico1605 Posts
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ViRii
United States826 Posts
 Sen to get out of the Terran group, but doubting it. Good write up. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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Makaveli1
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figq
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neoghaleon55
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Die4Ever
United States17725 Posts
On January 09 2012 15:46 kofman wrote: nestea has really been playing badly recently, i hope that tastosis don't do their usual thing of making jokes about how nestea is god since he really isn't anymore. Disagree, I live for NesTea jokes. I'm not sure it would have the same effect if they switched to doing it with MVP. Edit: watching the BitByBit vs Moon game, lol I kinda miss BitByBit... | ||
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FuzzyJAM
Scotland9300 Posts
Anyway, I think Sen has a shot at this. I mean, it's not a great shot, but it's there. | ||
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pedduck
Thailand468 Posts
Go Go! Boxer | ||
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RenSC2
United States1080 Posts
4. Stir the Nestea Last year, Nestea made two finals and won both of them, taking them both decisively by a score of 4-0. I don't think Nestea is done or going to drop off the face of the Earth, but I don't see him making a final in 2012. His performance in the past three GSL tournaments, including the Blizzard Cup, haven't been the best, already falling out of Code S once before getting back in by beating asd in dominating fashion in Code A. It isn't that Nestea is getting worse, but more that the players around him are just getting better. Leenock and DongRaeGu, the two players with the best chance of usurping the God of Zerg in 2012, are looking better and better, improving every tournament they go into, while Nestea hasn't looked the same since his awful loss to Huk in the October edition of Code S. (But I also predicted that TOP would beat MVP in the GSL August Finals, so don't discount the possibility of Nestea winning all five GSL's in 2012.) The addition of the group stages at the round of 16 is going to be very rough on Nestea. He's probably the king of preparing for a single opponent, but his general play is only worthy of code A or low code S. In the past he's had just enough to squeak past 17-32nd players (some of whom didn't deserve their positions) and then go on mighty runs when he could prepare for a single opponent. Unfortunately, now he's gotta go into a second group stage and beat guys in the 9-16 range and I don't think he has it in him. This year, I expect a lot of Ro16 (and some Ro32) exits for Nestea followed by one-sided stomps in code A to get right back into Code S. If he ever goes to the up and downs, he may miss code S the next season. His fundamental game must improve to have success in the new GSL format and foreign tournaments. He's one person that would probably benefit greatly from taking ladder seriously and trying to work his way up to the top of grandmaster. This season, I think he'll prepare hard for ZvZ and completely ignore ZvT. So he should go 2-1 in his group and hit Ro16. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
And it's actually more than just 3 maps per person, since the loser can pick the map  but the winner can too I guess, so it's not too bad. | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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Doof
United States204 Posts
On January 09 2012 15:48 Azzur wrote: I really want Idra to make it to the ro16 - if either Sen or Idra makes it to the ro16, I consider that a huge huge success. Agreed. It feels like it's been forever since Idra has been in the GSL. I'm confident he can find his way back to Code S, but I hope it doesn't take him very long! | ||
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