On November 17 2012 02:11 maracuja123 wrote: Just a quick fact that I know 100% of people here dont know, but it is still worth mentioning.
Levin is actually REALLY good, and get this: he`s almost 31 years old and he`s a full time doctor and barely plays SC2. He beat Tunico in WCS South America, who`s only 19 years old and despite him going to college, at that time he used to play almost full time SC2.
Levin has been playing online games for ages, and he was quite successful at Warcraft III, he managed to beat players like Madfrog and suho (top night elf player from China).
Im almost sure he will not go through his group, but he`s a legend around here. Of all WCS players qualified, he`s the only one who does not play SC2 profissionaly.
Anyway, I`m just saying these things because it`s really worth mentioning it. A nice curiosity
ps: On the link it says Levin has been engaged to his girlfriend for 15 years hahaha... I dont know how the hell you can delay the marriage so much hahaha
That IS interesting stuff. Adds some flavor to his story for sure.
On November 17 2012 01:27 Dexington wrote: I will never understand this Scarlett hype. Outside of beating NA players she's hardly done anything. I expect her to go 0-2 out of the group.
2nd place RSL (4-3 to Leenock), AK Dignitas, IPL's world vs korea qualifier. She also beat both Bomber and HerO in the last MLG to tie with Suppy as the fourth highest placed non-korean. And all of that is just in the last month.
On November 17 2012 02:11 maracuja123 wrote: Just a quick fact that I know 100% of people here dont know, but it is still worth mentioning.
Levin is actually REALLY good, and get this: he`s almost 31 years old and he`s a full time doctor and barely plays SC2. He beat Tunico in WCS South America, who`s only 19 years old and despite him going to college, at that time he used to play almost full time SC2.
Levin has been playing online games for ages, and he was quite successful at Warcraft III, he managed to beat players like Madfrog and suho (top night elf player from China).
Im almost sure he will not go through his group, but he`s a legend around here. Of all WCS players qualified, he`s the only one who does not play SC2 profissionaly.
Anyway, I`m just saying these things because it`s really worth mentioning it. A nice curiosity
ps: On the link it says Levin has been engaged to his girlfriend for 15 years hahaha... I dont know how the hell you can delay the marriage so much hahaha
yeah I remember him in WC3. He had a very decent Nightelf vs Nightelf matchup and played in the WC3L (most important teamleague outside Korea) under the Jungleteam (jNg) along with Skyward etc
And its true he could ocassionally beat top players in Europe in a Nightelf vs Nightelf
Too bad hes too old to play serious now, hope another Brazilian star rises soon in the world of SC2
Stephano, HerO, Curious, TitaN, LucifroN, Insur, Creator, and Nerchio. Agreeing with all the top picks and disagreeing in all the 2nd picks. I'm a Bomber fan; I've learned to have faith
On November 17 2012 03:11 Madars wrote: "Winners Match: Stephano > RorO"
Did Stephano improve his ZvZ so much?
It's weird, while he has significantly improved his ZvZ, it still isn't the best in the world. Not by a long shot. Since ZvZ is in a way a clash of styles, there's many great ZvZers who might outright lose to stephano but some "not as good" players who could beat him in ZvZ.
Example: In WCS Europe, when he first improved his ZvZ a little, vortix, who then was a good ZvZer and even took out nerchio i think, couldn't lay a finger on Stephano, no matter what he did. That happened to a few other players afterwards as well. SortOf, who has a slow ZvZ style, couldn't touch him as well in ESWC. Though it isn't the best tournament to compare, neither korean zergs nor stephanos A game were present, at the same time johnnyrecco gave him a run for his money, while his zvz is worse than sortof's.
I think this translates to higher caliber players as well. Since Stephano hasn't played him before (not any kespa players in tournaments), and his ZvZ is pretty style dependant, while better since the last time we saw it vs koreans, I can't predict the winner.
On November 17 2012 03:19 philip697 wrote: TL shows that this starts in 7 hours 42 mins, which would make it 2am UK time... that doesn't seem very clever! Is that definitely right?
On November 17 2012 03:19 philip697 wrote: TL shows that this starts in 7 hours 42 mins, which would make it 2am UK time... that doesn't seem very clever! Is that definitely right?
Yes,,,,,,unfortunatly.
Oh ok Well I've been up about 30 hours as it is now, as I didn't go to sleep after night shift.... so I gue4ss I'd better get some sleep if I want to watch any of this!
Amazing read as usual, i am actually looking forward to Stephano playing as the foreigner hope from these groups... All hopes on Stephano and Grubby!!!
EPT
Well I've been up about 30 hours as it is now, as I didn't go to sleep after night shift.... so I gue4ss I'd better get some sleep if I want to watch any of this!
