Wow, great background write up on SKT's Rain! I didn't know he was relatively knew to the Brood War scene (2010). I don't think he falls under the classic "elephant" category/description, since he's not one of the old guard, elite Brood War legends. I see him more as an up and comer. Imagine if he'd started with SC2 in 2010 instead of breaking into the Brood War pro scene?

But from another angle, he does represent the strength of Kespa and Brood War, since he proved himself as a top-tier Brood War pro in his two years, it seems. Not a legend on the level of Bisu, Flash, etc., but good enough to share the same bench as them and even earn team wins alongside them.

In other words, I'm now an SKT Rain fan, but still... tonight must be HerO's night. Liquid HWAITING!

shawty

United Kingdom294 Posts

October 03 2012 08:43 GMT

#84

First time ever I have been torn between liquid and SKT :/

Creager

Germany1881 Posts

October 03 2012 08:52 GMT

#85

Go MvP, guide Terran to victory once again!

Rhedsa

Costa Rica594 Posts

October 03 2012 08:54 GMT

#86

Nice prediction Fionn! GoGo HerO & Symbol!

Nightwishone

Italy391 Posts

October 03 2012 09:10 GMT

#87

Gogogogogogogo HerO!!!!

Spinoza

667 Posts

October 03 2012 09:11 GMT

#88

It's hard to bet against Rain and the flood of KeSPA hype is causing all around the world, but Hero is not a player you can overlook.

Hype, all around the world, is causing a flood of KeSPA, making it hard to bet against Rain?

Jacmert

Canada1709 Posts

October 03 2012 09:58 GMT

#89

EDIT: Oops, not the live thread.

SorrowShine

698 Posts

October 03 2012 10:07 GMT

#90

its almost official Hero is out. 0-2. Rain is looking very solid

executorx

Germany81 Posts

October 03 2012 10:34 GMT

#91

gogo MVP.

SmtPersona

Australia5 Posts

October 03 2012 10:38 GMT

#92

Sees hero's face at the end of his match with rain brought a tear to my eyes.

herMan

Japan2052 Posts

October 03 2012 10:41 GMT

#93

"Craziest winning scenario: Crushes HerO 3 - 0, proves that his weakest match-up is still pretty strong, and continues to walk the Royal Road with an unimaginable amount of hype behind him."

Yeah, Artosis has that covered.

fer

Canada375 Posts

October 03 2012 12:09 GMT

#94

Dat Waxangel prediction.

Madars

Latvia166 Posts

October 03 2012 13:01 GMT

#95

Quote: "I wouldn't be surprised at all to see the word "thrown" (and its many variants) scrawled over the live report threads and Twitter after the game."
What is "the word"?

renaissanceMAN

United States1840 Posts

October 03 2012 13:43 GMT

#96

well you predicted MVP v Symbol perfectly D:

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19141 Posts

October 03 2012 14:14 GMT

#97

Best preview write up to date. Thanks for citing all the BW knowledge. Makes me feel at home <3

BaconofWar

United States369 Posts

October 03 2012 15:31 GMT

#98

Can we stop calling Rain an elephant? The elephant in the room argument was that the SC2 players wouldn't be able to hold up to the BW legends, and that because they weren't very good at BW, the competition was pathetic. Players like Flash, Jaedong and Bisu are elephants, Rain and Roro are not. Rain and Roro never achieved the championship wins or the same heights of Flash and Jaedong. They essentially are the MVP of the game, people who were just good in BW but end up being brilliantly intelligent in SC2. They aren't elephants because their BW win records weren't that incredible already. Just because a player is KeSPA doesn't mean that he is an elephant.