Feeling bad for HuK loosing in front of his countrymen and his brother/dad, after wanting for years to play in Canada...

...but Alicia just was better....and in SC2 the better player wins. He was purely outplayed in a big way.

SCMothership

United States187 Posts

July 14 2012 22:47 GMT

#27

Too soon...

Jornada

United States223 Posts

July 14 2012 23:06 GMT

#28

wow these casters...... "I DONT KNOW HOW STEPHANO DID IT"..... Well When you have 68389294924 minerals saved up as Zerg and you lose a decent amount of your army what do you do? ............Build 400 zerglings. thats how you beat a main stalker army

DeadBull

421 Posts

July 14 2012 23:29 GMT

#29

These games are just sad...
gonna wait for alicia

Gumbi

Ireland463 Posts

July 14 2012 23:41 GMT

#30

On July 15 2012 08:06 Jornada wrote:
wow these casters...... "I DONT KNOW HOW STEPHANO DID IT"..... Well When you have 68389294924 minerals saved up as Zerg and you lose a decent amount of your army what do you do? ............Build 400 zerglings. thats how you beat a main stalker army

It's called marvelling at the skill with which Stephano engaged.

It's called exciting casting.

It's a way to describe the sheer skill that Stephano used to execute that engagement. (See how he baited MC away from a choked engagement, a place where he got a superior concave? He forced this by saccing his fourth and threatening Broods. That's some tip-top play right there)

Get over it.

Zerg.Zilla

Hungary5029 Posts

July 14 2012 23:52 GMT

#31

Told u like 5 hour's before,Stephano got his...

Xialos

Canada508 Posts

July 15 2012 00:12 GMT

#32

is the final played tonight?

Gumbi

Ireland463 Posts

July 15 2012 00:14 GMT

#33

Wow. That game literally came down to Stephano forcing the Blink which cost MC his Immortals. Fcking hell, this guy's battle micro, his positioning and execution is absolutely insane. Think back to his engagements vs Sase and MKP in MLG, too. Wow.

Gumbi

Ireland463 Posts

July 15 2012 00:30 GMT

#34

That was the same build MC used, again I Ohana on an IPL show match I think, where he won 5-3. WP, Stephano's Spores were just a bit too late.

Pwnographics

New Zealand1097 Posts

July 15 2012 01:15 GMT

#35

Stephano has the best 'not bad' face :D

Seluance

14 Posts

July 15 2012 01:27 GMT

#36

I am starting to get particularly frustrated at how no caster gives Stephano the credit specifically for things he does to win games. I'll get more in to this later on.

I'm also starting to get agitated by casters calling Stephano 'amazing' for a split second and always saying 'I don't know how he does it' without actually giving him the credit he deserves: actually analyzing why he is so brilliant.

The last thing that frustrates me is unrelated and a personal thing, which is Artosis who usually gives credit where credit is due when it comes to amazing Starcraft, but I've never seen him fanboy up to Stephano who I consider the most intelligent zerg on the planet, though I do think Symbol does some things better.

Why is it that no caster actually analyzes or gives anything more than a passing comment to the way Stephano engages his army in every single game. There is no player to ever exist in Starcraft II that engages their army as well as Stephano does. He spends ages baiting armies so he gets better positioning or spends ages not attacking because the outcome of the fight would be uncertain were he to engage.

Also, Stephano's decision making is leagues above anyone else, in that he understands when he should be making units, when he should be collecting larva due to the uncertainty of what the enemy is doing, or switching unit compositions drastically and fluently (even more fluently than Symbol).

Though in the end, despite people glorifying Stephano's lack of practice whilst being so good, I get the feeling when I watch him that he actually doesn't practice as much as he should, though I don't understand where this feeling comes from because rationally it isn't justified, but it is a strong feeling and strong enough for myself to justify writing this.

It is just something that annoys me, that there isn't caster that ever actually explains why what Stephano is doing is brilliant as opposed to making shallow remarks like 'amazing' or 'I don't understand how he just did that!', even though I can clearly see the underlying reason why what Stephano did was amazing decision making even though my game knowledge pretty much blows in comparison to these casters. This isn't just directed at Mr.Bitter and Rotterdam, but all the other casters from major events too.

chris5180

198 Posts

July 15 2012 01:34 GMT

#37

stephano played well against MC, MC played some games though, otherwise was slightly outplayed in others.

Chengakz

United States163 Posts

July 15 2012 01:37 GMT

#38

So funny... In this part of the US, when someone says "I dont know how you do it" it means theyre amazed at how that person can do it because they themselves cannott do it. It is actually a compliment! The casters are American so When they say "I dont know how Stephano does it" it means Stephano is waaay beyond their skill level that they dont know how to do what he does. Geez.

On another note...great games...so heartbreaking to see Huk fall like that...

dRaW

Canada5744 Posts

July 15 2012 01:40 GMT

#39

stephano pwning left n right

Bippzy

United States1466 Posts

July 15 2012 02:09 GMT

#40

On July 15 2012 10:37 Chengakz wrote:
So funny... In this part of the US, when someone says "I dont know how you do it" it means theyre amazed at how that person can do it because they themselves cannott do it. It is actually a compliment! The casters are American so When they say "I dont know how Stephano does it" it means Stephano is waaay beyond their skill level that they dont know how to do what he does. Geez.

On another note...great games...so heartbreaking to see Huk fall like that...

Yeah its fun to be a hype machine with cliches, and casters do it well. Still good casting right now though