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FuzzyJAM
Scotland9300 Posts
On June 30 2011 20:19 Femari wrote: A couple weeks ago isn't right now. MKP is in a slump right now. Just like MMA is. Losing three games (to Alicia, Losira and Puma no less) after barely getting knocked out of the semis of a GSL is a slump now? Wut? | ||
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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figq
12519 Posts
On June 30 2011 20:20 cuppatea wrote: He's also doing consistently well in the NationVoice Korean weekly - + Show Spoiler +I predicted PuMa to be one of the top terrans in Korea months ago, just because of his BW pedigree but after so many failures I basically gave up on him after the last Code A qualifiers, nice to see him finally coming good. Champion, SF, QF in his record so far, from 3 weeks | ||
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pdd
Australia9933 Posts
Oh, interestingly enough PRIME have still yet to record a win in GSTL history. | ||
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Quesa
United States304 Posts
On June 30 2011 20:22 FuzzyJAM wrote: Losing three games (to Alicia, Losira and Puma no less) after barely getting knocked out of the semis of a GSL is a slump now? Wut? Losing three straight matches is a slump, albeit a short one; that's why we have the word. | ||
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pdd
Australia9933 Posts
I was thinking it was just Drazerk's joke in the LR, but wtf man... seriously. | ||
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
On June 30 2011 20:34 pdd wrote: Omg.. what the fuck is up with all the ID changes. I just found realized Puma is now Gentleman. Can someone tell him how terrible it is? I was thinking it was just Drazerk's joke in the LR, but wtf man... seriously. And it's stupid strategically, he just started to make a name of himself in the last weeks only to change now, makes no sense. | ||
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pdd
Australia9933 Posts
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dpL
Sweden571 Posts
On June 30 2011 20:37 pdd wrote: Can Artosis seriously call Hwanni and John up and do that "ID Creation Seminar" that he's been planning for seasons now? Instead of changing their old nicknames they should just add 'tosis' to them. Pumatosis. Poltosis. | ||
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Slaytilost
Netherlands968 Posts
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Reasonable
Ukraine1432 Posts
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p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
On June 30 2011 20:42 dpL wrote: Instead of changing their old nicknames they should just add 'tosis' to them. Pumatosis. Poltosis. Not sure if thats such a good idea - those just sound like diseases. | ||
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bOOgyWC
Germany153 Posts
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ValM
India408 Posts
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Femari
United States2900 Posts
On June 30 2011 20:22 FuzzyJAM wrote: Losing three games (to Alicia, Losira and Puma no less) after barely getting knocked out of the semis of a GSL is a slump now? Wut? Slump- a period of time when player or team is not performing well or up to expectations. Has he been performing well in his past few matches? Nope. Hence a slump. | ||
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pdd
Australia9933 Posts
On June 30 2011 21:28 Femari wrote: Slump- a period of time when player or team is not performing well or up to expectations. Has he been performing well in his past few matches? Nope. Hence a slump. 3 games isn't exactly long enough to be called a slump. MMA on the other hand, since losing in the LG Special League hasn't won a single game. (9 game losing streak) He is on a slump. | ||
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FaCE_1
Canada6184 Posts
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Femari
United States2900 Posts
On June 30 2011 21:33 pdd wrote: 3 games isn't exactly long enough to be called a slump. There's no real required period of time to be considered a slump other than it being longer than a few days. But he is in a slump. Even if it's a short one right now, but it's a slump. I liken it to the so called "Superbowl Hangover" in football. He got up really high yet again (as did MMA) and he's fallen into a small slump after it. It happens. But you have to admit it's a slump. He does this all the time anyway. | ||
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Iron.Fist
Brazil268 Posts
On June 30 2011 20:26 zul wrote: Polt seriously renamed himself "optimus" ?! I dont know if I like it or not. I kinda like it. I guess I got tired of "waiting" MKP to get that name. | ||
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pdd
Australia9933 Posts
On June 30 2011 21:39 Femari wrote: There's no real required period of time to be considered a slump other than it being longer than a few days. But he is in a slump. Even if it's a short one right now, but it's a slump. I liken it to the so called "Superbowl Hangover" in football. He got up really high yet again (as did MMA) and he's fallen into a small slump after it. It happens. But you have to admit it's a slump. He does this all the time anyway. No, this is flat out wrong. If he lost 3 Bo3s in a row, I might agree with you. He's however only lost a total of 3 single games. (now that I've checked TLPD, seems like he's on a 7 game losing streak, which might be a bit of a slump... but we'll get back to this later.). Anyway losing 3 separate Bo1s does not imply a slump. It would be similar to anyone losing 2-0 in a Bo3 and then losing one game in the GSTL. How exactly is losing 2 separate series a slump? And comparing SC2 with football is not a very good comparison. Football games are pure Bo1s (until the playoffs if I'm correct). SC2 games are built on a series of sets, similar to tennis. Also SC2 is a lot more volatile in a sense that in football the chances of the better team winning is higher. Now to get back to whether MKP's 7 game losing streak is a slump, remember that 3 of the losses were against MMA after being 2-0 up. So he went from losing an extremely close match to MMA (who at that time was in his prime), to losing a Bo3, then losing another "technical" Bo3, then losing a closely fought Bo1 to PuMa. That's 4 separate series, 2 of which were rather close. I would hardly call that a slump. EDIT: To make things clearer... a slump is a very consistent and noticeable loss of form, even if there were some victories in between. That means Boxer's drop from Code S to Code B is a slump. MVP's drop to Code A was a slump. Calling a couple of losses a slump cheapens the meaning of the word. It would have implied that MC's loss in GSL 6, and subsequent loss in the GSTL to MMA was a slump. We know that wasn't the case because he went on to do extremely well at Homestory Cup, MLG and StarsWars (although he didn't win them all) | ||
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