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Sumahi
Guam5609 Posts
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NeThZOR
South Africa7387 Posts
I root for Flying, Gumiho, Lure and Life to make it through to Code S next Season. | ||
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Evil_Sheep
Canada902 Posts
On February 26 2013 17:00 Zealously wrote: While he might be a little overrated in ZvP/ZvZ(he'll lose in those match-ups), his ZvT is on another level and every bit as good as people say it is. If aLive wins this series, I will consider it the upset of the year so far. Over "Gatekeeper of the ro16 for all Eternity" Curious 3-0'ing Parting, World Champion? It wasn't that Curious won, which would've been surprising enough, it's that he completely roflstomped him. I can't even think of many upsets that would outdo that one. | ||
Shellshock
United States97277 Posts
On February 26 2013 18:08 Evil_Sheep wrote: Over "Gatekeeper of the ro16 for all Eternity" Curious 3-0'ing Parting, World Champion? It wasn't that Curious won, which would've been surprising enough, it's that he completely roflstomped him. I can't even think of many upsets that would outdo that one. Curious doesn't get enough credit for his skill. He's a very good player that's just finally putting it all together this season. | ||
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
On February 26 2013 17:00 Zealously wrote: this. While he might be a little overrated in ZvP/ZvZ(he'll lose in those match-ups), his ZvT is on another level and every bit as good as people say it is. If aLive wins this series, I will consider it the upset of the year so far. I'm especially interested in how alive tries to play this. Practicing for a bo3 against life of all zergs as a terran must be quite depressing. Wax, were you making gumiho the code s gatekeeper with gumiho-thorzain a few seasons (?) ago in mind?  | ||
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AndaGalant
Germany42 Posts
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On February 26 2013 15:21 wchigo wrote: In the latter part, the wording makes it seem like sOs 18 - 8 record consists purely of PvP games. he has an 18-8 record in PvP as well as in SPL haha | ||
Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On February 26 2013 18:08 Evil_Sheep wrote: Over "Gatekeeper of the ro16 for all Eternity" Curious 3-0'ing Parting, World Champion? It wasn't that Curious won, which would've been surprising enough, it's that he completely roflstomped him. I can't even think of many upsets that would outdo that one. Curious is a lot better than people give him credit for, and he has always been. Consider this: -He had massive nerve issues that he was suddenly able to overcome -Parting is a former team mate, meaning that Curious (possibly Life too, if he helped out with preparation) had intimate knowledge of Parting's already somewhat predictable PvZ -KeSPA teams - SKT T1 in particular, focus on Proleague first, other tournaments second. With Parting scheduled to play in Round 4, in HoTS, it's not unlikely that management is making him divide his time between HoTS and WoL, whereas Curious is focusing almost solely on WoL (as evidenced by his series against Mvp in the MLG Showdowns). Considering all that, I think aLive - a player who has been mediocre at best in the match-up lately (did you see aLive - Nestea in Code A?), beating Life, the best player in the world and arguably the most dangerous player against Terran across all races, is a much bigger upset. In fact, I would go as far as to say that Curious >> Parting wasn't that big of an upset. | ||
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On February 26 2013 20:23 Zealously wrote: In fact, I would go as far as to say that Curious >> Parting wasn't that big of an upset. http://www.teamliquid.net/liquibet2/betcomments.php?liquibet=255 TL disagrees, haha | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
Fionn would have screwed DRG over :O | ||
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On February 26 2013 20:26 opterown wrote: http://www.teamliquid.net/liquibet2/betcomments.php?liquibet=255 TL disagrees, haha Oh I know, but looking at all the factors coming into the series, Parting wasn't all that favored - at least not in my eyes. A lot of people will vote for Parting on name value alone, but Curious actually did have a lot going for him | ||
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Ramiz1989
12124 Posts
On February 26 2013 20:34 Zealously wrote: Oh I know, but looking at all the factors coming into the series, Parting wasn't all that favored - at least not in my eyes. A lot of people will vote for Parting on name value alone, but Curious actually did have a lot going for him Well, also since the Infestor nerfs, we see a lot of Zerg trying new strategies, so we really couldn't say what will work out for them when we don't know what style they play at all. Life won 2-0 against parting with Hydra rushes, and then switching into Mutas, while Curious destroyed Parting 3-0, opening Muta in every game. | ||
Waxangel
United States33704 Posts
On February 26 2013 20:34 neoghaleon55 wrote: thank you waxangel... Fionn would have screwed DRG over :O Fionn would have picked Lure because he's a way more interesting story | ||
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randomusername85
3 Posts
On February 26 2013 20:26 opterown wrote: http://www.teamliquid.net/liquibet2/betcomments.php?liquibet=255 TL disagrees, haha Actually Parting was only a slight favourite over Curious on pinnacle sports betting. I think the odds were about 1.75 Parting and about 2.15 on Curious -> Parting a ~ 55% favourite with Curious ~ 45%. | ||
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GreggSauce
United States566 Posts
On February 26 2013 16:38 SAFenix wrote: Tbh Life is so overrated by every player/commentator/writer everywhere. Bomber saying "he's too good to even practice with''? So overrated. Yes he's the best player in the world, yes he's really good, yes he plays Zerg, but he's not as good as everyone makes him out to be. I wouldn't be surprised if aLive won. first time on in months, just had to say this is ridiculous suuuuure micheal jordan was the best player of his time, and possibly ever, but he wasn't that great. -_- do people talk him up a lot? yes, can he lose, yes. does that mean he's overated? nope. he should crush everyone, just because he doesn't sometimes doesn't mean he's not the absolute best. | ||
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llIH
Norway2147 Posts
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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Evil_Sheep
Canada902 Posts
On February 26 2013 18:10 Shellshock1122 wrote: Curious doesn't get enough credit for his skill. He's a very good player that's just finally putting it all together this season. On February 26 2013 20:23 Zealously wrote: Curious is a lot better than people give him credit for, and he has always been. Consider this: -He had massive nerve issues that he was suddenly able to overcome -Parting is a former team mate, meaning that Curious (possibly Life too, if he helped out with preparation) had intimate knowledge of Parting's already somewhat predictable PvZ -KeSPA teams - SKT T1 in particular, focus on Proleague first, other tournaments second. With Parting scheduled to play in Round 4, in HoTS, it's not unlikely that management is making him divide his time between HoTS and WoL, whereas Curious is focusing almost solely on WoL (as evidenced by his series against Mvp in the MLG Showdowns). Considering all that, I think aLive - a player who has been mediocre at best in the match-up lately (did you see aLive - Nestea in Code A?), beating Life, the best player in the world and arguably the most dangerous player against Terran across all races, is a much bigger upset. In fact, I would go as far as to say that Curious >> Parting wasn't that big of an upset. Not that big an upset? It's easy to justify anything in hindsight. Like I said, the shock wasn't so much that Curious won. As we know, upsets are frequent in pro SC2. The shock was the way that Curious won: stomping Parting in a completely one-sided 3-0. Everything was in favour of Parting before that match:
I could go on. The point is Curious edging out a close 3-2 over Parting, that would have been (barely) believable. It's not about underestimating or doubting Curious, just looking at the facts and the records. But if you had written in the TL predictions that Curious would 3-0 Parting, you would have had people writing in genuinely concerned for your health over the amount of drugs you were smoking. | ||
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