EPTWho is the best 'foreigner'?
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ElFiLaiNEN
Sweden16 Posts
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firebol59
Belgium1 Post
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metharon
Sweden71 Posts
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
I'm glad Naniwa made the stupid complainers about the gsl seed shove it with consecutive ro8 finishes and almost beat the best ZvP out there in a bo5 in his weakest mu. Yes the gsl is the most prestigious tournament (maybe not so much anymore with the OSL starting up), and yes Koreans generally aren't as strong at foreign events, and yes Stepahno hasn't been tested as much in a preparation-environment. However, it isn't like Stephano just did well against a few decent Koreans here and there in a handful of tournaments. No. He's been consistently putting out good games against many of the best Koreans in EVERY mu and even winning. I thought it was just fanboi praise initially, but over time I would have to agree that Stephano puts out better ZvP than almost any Korean Zerg save for the absolute best. I can't say the same for Naniwa in any mu, he just seems decent overall compared to the Koreans. Finally, Stephano is more of a trendsetter in Zerg meta. tl;dr So really, it boils down to recent surge of success in a more prestigious tournament environment vs. numerous accomplishments in lesser tournaments against better opponents for what is going on for a year now. Stephano wins easily. | ||
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Iddqdish
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if there is time to prepare for 1 match - Naniwa | ||
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Renfield
United States62 Posts
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OriginalBeast
United States709 Posts
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Talionis
Scotland4085 Posts
On July 18 2012 09:37 Iddqdish wrote: on the fly - Stephano if there is time to prepare for 1 match - Naniwa Definitely this. | ||
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tredogz
Canada170 Posts
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Karthane
United States1183 Posts
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Kpaxlol
813 Posts
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dragoon
United States695 Posts
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GAMENAMEHERE
United States14 Posts
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Benjamin99
4176 Posts
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Fr0d0
Belize37 Posts
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nooboon
2602 Posts
On one hand we have Stephano who has won multiple major tournaments this year. On the other hand we have Naniwa, who has not won a major tournament yet (iirc) but has been to the GSL Ro8 twice. | ||
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kaisertoss
United States43 Posts
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Bibbit
Canada5377 Posts
On July 18 2012 10:25 kaisertoss wrote: Why don't you rephrase as who you would want to see play more. Stephano by far. Because thats an entirely different question, not a "rephrase." Voted Nani. Like other Nani-voters, I'm still waiting for Stephano to hit up GSL | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
On July 18 2012 09:37 Iddqdish wrote: on the fly - Stephano if there is time to prepare for 1 match - Naniwa and definitely need to take this into consideration as well. | ||
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zanga
659 Posts
When stephano gets two Code S ro8 in a row we can start comparing apples and apples. It's not easy when youre alone against all the koreans in Seoul and "everyone" are trying to make you lose... NANIWA > * (also, Zerg is pretty good at the moment btw, you decide if thats relevant) | ||
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