Maybe he was not at his peak, maybe his peak was against ra in Pringles 2, but it's certain that everybody was expecting a double crown from savior, as you know, zvp was easy for him.

brjdrb

United States577 Posts

October 27 2008 18:37 GMT

#42

he probably went in overconfident, and losing that first game to a strategy he didn't really know against a player he didn't really expect to beat him hurt his confidence immensely. bisu, even then, was a great player, and took advantage of that. however, this isn't the same matchup. fantasy, from what we've seen / can infer, doesn't have a surprising build (tvp's alot more rigid than zvp) and isn't the same player that bisu was. tvp is not his best mu. pvz was bisu's. it's not a worthy comparison.

also, best probably had as much practice for that semifinals as fantasy will for the finals. and we all know that stork won't be practicing pvp very much for the msl. i think we can all agree that best is better at pvp than fantasy is at tvp, so what about fantasy makes you think he'll win? he has just as much chance as stork to choke, considering that he has very little experience. just admit to what we all know is coming: an SKT all-kill, and stork's first (but hopefully not last) OSL gold

capek

United States585 Posts

October 27 2008 18:53 GMT

#43

On October 27 2008 22:51 R3condite wrote:
... i think stork's gonna f this one up...

jeez y coudlnt' he just give one up to best? best would have stood a better chance

agreed with the second part, disagreed with the first

GHOSTCLAW

United States17042 Posts

October 27 2008 19:04 GMT

#44

Stork's PvT hasn't shown brilliance (his play vs ggplay didn't look that great). On the other hand, I think it's his time.

knyttym

United States5797 Posts

October 27 2008 19:50 GMT

#45

totally Fantasy.
I thought it would be cool for him to royal road but I thought he had no chance at the beginning of the season. He has proved me wrong and I know he won't disappoint now.

I can't really predict it though because I don't know Fantasy's style too well. If he has a super heavy macro style then I think he will get rolled. If he has a timing push style (which I totally love in TvPers) then I think he can win it.

Daewon

127 Posts

October 27 2008 20:13 GMT

#46

Being a BeSt fan I'm kinda sad to say Stork will probably win. I was hoping for BeSt though. Been feeling sorry for the guy ever since July creamed him in the last final.

Lucktar

United States526 Posts

October 27 2008 20:29 GMT

#47

Stork deserves this one, he's playing unbelievably right now.

mastuh

United States64 Posts

October 27 2008 20:38 GMT

#48

On October 28 2008 01:28 fusionsdf wrote:
jaedong vs forgg. Jaedong was playing at or near his best, it was arguably his strongest matchup, and no one had heard of forgg's tvz. The difference is everyone knew about forgg's absolutely sick macro.

so fantasy needs to improve his play significantly or hope for stork to falter in order to win. Both are possible.

Jaedong's best match up was tvz? puh leez. zvz anyone?

KOFgokuon

United States14899 Posts

October 27 2008 21:06 GMT

#49

GO STORK

GeneralStan

United States4789 Posts

October 27 2008 21:09 GMT

#50

This is a hard one to call. Stork's ability to take silver even when he's favored is uncanny. But he's playing the best he ever has, in his strongest matchup.

Jonoman92

United States9105 Posts

October 27 2008 21:27 GMT

#51

Who the hell is this fantasy noob i'm hearing about. Stork will beat him 3-0 without blinking.

Weavile

United States97 Posts

October 27 2008 21:32 GMT

#52

I really hope Stork doesnt mess this one up,
I would be crushed.

QuietIdiot

7004 Posts

October 27 2008 21:47 GMT

#53

The fact that fantasy attempted to cheese on Plasma, a relatively good map for TvP, against stork, and fucking failed gives me little confidence he can take him on a full bo5.

I really, really, want Fantasy to win because he's got that mix of iloveoov/boxer in him, a real skt1 terran in a long time, but logic says stork is going to take him down 3-0.

His TvP career has been decent, and may be his best mu, but it hasn't shown to be enough to take down S class protoss such as stork, he's lost to some pretty mediocre/bad pvt'ers. (Soo being the most obvious.)

thunk

United States6233 Posts

October 27 2008 22:18 GMT

#54

These results are sad.