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ArchangelJada
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada910 Posts
September 20 2012 04:28 GMT
#41
New Boss Toss in the house Seed ! (your ok to rain)
blacksheepwall
Profile Joined June 2011
China1530 Posts
September 20 2012 04:46 GMT
#42
I, too, would have summarized Taeja's play as muted. But I don't think he played perfectly against Polt, either. Well, at least not as perfect as he usually plays. He made a few goofy errors, but they were all minor and he did manage to take the games handily.

Looking forward to tonight's games. Big fan of both Symbol and Life so if either advances I'll be pleased.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ // </3 Taeja
Xivsa
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1009 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-20 05:07:26
September 20 2012 05:05 GMT
#43
On September 20 2012 06:18 Porcelina wrote:

– Rating the spells of the day

Psionic storm: Magnificent, thunderous! 10/10
EMP: A slow day, sometimes hitting, but too often underwhelming. 6/10
Fungal growth: Infestors were on strike. No scabs allowed. Not rated.



Nice article, and I liked this touch. Will it be seen in future reports I wonder?
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. - Bilbo
Gihi
Profile Joined September 2011
384 Posts
September 20 2012 05:23 GMT
#44
I think Taeja played really well against Rain, as he always does TvP. He just got "outplayed" because he wasn't able to engage, nor defend the drop play.
I thought of Rain as lucky in his WCS & Ro32 games. Now I think of him as the rightful champion of this GSL!
Too bad Polt and DRG got eliminated... Too many awesome players in the Ro16, we used to only have a couple stars ^^
neptunusfisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
2286 Posts
September 20 2012 06:24 GMT
#45
What if DRG is not slumping but everyone else just got better? :s

Anyhow, if Symbol manages to beat the prince of darkness, He should be able to beat the next player too. Seed should then have no problem advancing. The craziest thing would be Seed losing a rematch against Symbol. That probably won't happen.
maru G5L pls
Pocky52
Profile Joined November 2011
United States463 Posts
September 20 2012 06:33 GMT
#46
would like to see Life and Symbol advance, but we'll see what happens...
Greenei
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany1754 Posts
September 20 2012 07:17 GMT
#47
Seed > Symbol
Happy > Life
Seed > Happy
Life > Symbol
Happy > Life
IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA
NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
September 20 2012 07:53 GMT
#48
On September 20 2012 13:46 blacksheepwall wrote:
I, too, would have summarized Taeja's play as muted. But I don't think he played perfectly against Polt, either. Well, at least not as perfect as he usually plays. He made a few goofy errors, but they were all minor and he did manage to take the games handily.

Looking forward to tonight's games. Big fan of both Symbol and Life so if either advances I'll be pleased.



Rain beat Taeja because he was un-prepared for Rain's storm drops/zealot warp ins, and he refused to put up bunkers or turrets, one flaw of Taeja but all he has to do next time is just be prepared against this for every Protoss he faces and he'll be fine.
Moderatorlickypiddy
Kontys
Profile Joined October 2011
Finland659 Posts
September 20 2012 07:54 GMT
#49
Rain showing off that Protoss should and will win the next n championships until HOTS is released.
twsx
Profile Joined March 2012
Switzerland29 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-20 08:45:12
September 20 2012 08:44 GMT
#50
Blasphemy! Symbol will make it!

Meh, I was just so impressed with the couple of weeks where Symbol was so awesome, I basically became a little school girl that just saw Justin Bieber.

Too bad it was just a couple of weeks until his performances dropped a little again. Let's see what happens.

Seed and Symbol for me, please.
Say what?
Kasaraki
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Denmark7115 Posts
September 20 2012 08:47 GMT
#51
On September 20 2012 16:53 NovemberstOrm wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2012 13:46 blacksheepwall wrote:
I, too, would have summarized Taeja's play as muted. But I don't think he played perfectly against Polt, either. Well, at least not as perfect as he usually plays. He made a few goofy errors, but they were all minor and he did manage to take the games handily.

Looking forward to tonight's games. Big fan of both Symbol and Life so if either advances I'll be pleased.



Rain beat Taeja because he was un-prepared for Rain's storm drops/zealot warp ins, and he refused to put up bunkers or turrets, one flaw of Taeja but all he has to do next time is just be prepared against this for every Protoss he faces and he'll be fine.


It's one of these situations where if you say one player played badly, people will go "Nah you just dislike the other player, give him credit where credit is due", but I too think TaeJa played badly. I might be wrong, but I feel like usually when skill is as even as it is in Code S, with a few outliers, then a lot of it comes down to condition on a specific day or period. Consistency over time is what makes you one of the incredible outliers, otherwise you will have ups and downs (No pun intended). For that reason, I personally would never dare to think a person is going to take a tournament based on the performance he had in a couple of individual Bo3 series, and that isn't directed at Rain, that's what I always think in these two group rounds. :p

kugel
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany116 Posts
September 20 2012 09:39 GMT
#52
rain looked so deadly ...
aqbabaq
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden65 Posts
September 20 2012 10:15 GMT
#53
rain <3 new hope !!!
CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
September 20 2012 12:40 GMT
#54
Life looking like a legitimate royal road contender.
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
trada
Profile Joined August 2012
Germany347 Posts
September 20 2012 14:38 GMT
#55
On September 20 2012 12:15 trada wrote:
predictions are very reasonable. I'll go with symbol and life on this one though



called it
~
neoghaleon55
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7435 Posts
September 20 2012 15:42 GMT
#56
spite and vengence win again!
moo...for DRG
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
September 20 2012 17:25 GMT
#57
I'm so dumb, I should never underestimate spite and vengeance.
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DreamTheaterFan
Profile Joined August 2012
Canada52 Posts
September 20 2012 18:10 GMT
#58
Symbol must be feeling so great right now, it's like the exact same scenario as last season, except Seed and him switched roles.
Interstellar
Profile Joined May 2012
Mexico67 Posts
September 20 2012 18:59 GMT
#59
I'm a bid Seed fan, but Symbol played like a BOSS. Got his revenge from last season. Good stuff!!
El que es chingon, es chingon.
sinigang
Profile Joined August 2012
360 Posts
September 22 2012 03:34 GMT
#60
On September 20 2012 17:47 Kasaraki wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2012 16:53 NovemberstOrm wrote:
On September 20 2012 13:46 blacksheepwall wrote:
I, too, would have summarized Taeja's play as muted. But I don't think he played perfectly against Polt, either. Well, at least not as perfect as he usually plays. He made a few goofy errors, but they were all minor and he did manage to take the games handily.

Looking forward to tonight's games. Big fan of both Symbol and Life so if either advances I'll be pleased.



Rain beat Taeja because he was un-prepared for Rain's storm drops/zealot warp ins, and he refused to put up bunkers or turrets, one flaw of Taeja but all he has to do next time is just be prepared against this for every Protoss he faces and he'll be fine.


It's one of these situations where if you say one player played badly, people will go "Nah you just dislike the other player, give him credit where credit is due", but I too think TaeJa played badly. I might be wrong, but I feel like usually when skill is as even as it is in Code S, with a few outliers, then a lot of it comes down to condition on a specific day or period. Consistency over time is what makes you one of the incredible outliers, otherwise you will have ups and downs (No pun intended). For that reason, I personally would never dare to think a person is going to take a tournament based on the performance he had in a couple of individual Bo3 series, and that isn't directed at Rain, that's what I always think in these two group rounds. :p



Or maybe KeSPA players are really just too good. Better practice habits, more disciplined, etc. Can't wait till the next GSL when most of the KeSPA pros would have caught up.
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