EPT[GSL] Arena of Legends Finals - Page 30
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zeehar
Korea (South)3804 Posts
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Soblue
United States19 Posts
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covetousrat
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Asha
United Kingdom38257 Posts
On October 02 2011 21:42 covetousrat wrote: MKP finally broke his curse!! Guess its good bye to Mini Yellow no no, this just makes him more like yellOw | ||
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forsooth
United States3648 Posts
On October 02 2011 21:42 covetousrat wrote: MKP finally broke his curse!! Guess its good bye to Mini Yellow Nope, this win actually reinforces his position as SC2's Yellow. This was a special event, not a Starleague final. Yellow was notorious for winning special events in BW while coming up short in the big tourneys. MKP remains the Kong of SC2. | ||
Poopi
France12916 Posts
On October 02 2011 21:42 covetousrat wrote: MKP finally broke his curse!! Guess its good bye to Mini Yellow Why are people saying this lol? MKP is the korean with the most golds I think (2 FXOpen Invitational, some FXO korean koth, champion trophy, CPL China, Gview Thailand and I am probably forgetting some), the problem is that none of them are GSL Main Event, it's only "small" tournaments, and that's exactly what the kong line is : fail in the biggest event but do wonders in small tourneys/special events. The more tournaments like this he wins, the more he is in the "kong line/yellow curse" | ||
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fant0m
964 Posts
On October 02 2011 21:11 j0ker wrote: he won in macro games and with pressure, but only one win was even anything close to all-in. but go ahead and assume whenever a zerg loses its to cheese. DRG is a one-trick pony that overdrones behind a few spines into mass muta and he got utterly solved today. The terminus game was some ridiculous macro, but you're an idiot if you think DRG overdrones every game. He's actually one of the LEAST drone-heavy Zergs (of world class caliber) out there. He stays on 2 bases much longer than anyone else that's any good. Going mass marine/hellion is not "pressure", if you get denied you are massively behind because you don't have a tank backbone. I love your awful memory. See DRG make 20 drones at once in ONE GAME, TODAY, and suddenly he's a "one-trick pony that overdrones." The only reason you think that is because you can only remember one game at a time. It's insulting to DRG to call him "tricky." He has some of the most solid ZvT in the world, and you know nothing about high level play if you think STANDARD zerg play is "tricky." Assuming a normal macro style, his method of playing (standard) is the only way to keep up with the Terran. If MKP had been playing standard instead of going all in, DRG would have been put MASSIVELY far behind by your armchair counter "strategy." It would essentially be a build order loss. I'm sorry he doesn't play a race that can respond to anything with a huge defender's advantage, deny any meaningful scouting, AND have many radically different openings (leading into a myriad of mid to late game compositions) that require entirely different responses all at the same time. | ||
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Fluffboll
Sweden516 Posts
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TolEranceNA
Canada434 Posts
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XiGua
Sweden3085 Posts
The only time where I would have succeded at voting MarineKing in the finals and I can't freakin do it... | ||
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blackbrrd
Norway477 Posts
On October 02 2011 09:08 Telcontar wrote: Looking at the DRG vs Thorzain finals in Valencia, DRG looked surprisingly susceptible to timings. If MKP catches him off guard with some funky and well timed attacks, he can probably take it. If not, he'll get absolutely murdered. This prediction was so right. It really looked like MKP had figured DRG out. | ||
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blackbrrd
Norway477 Posts
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Utinni
Canada1196 Posts
On October 02 2011 23:00 blackbrrd wrote: Somehow I don't feel like this tournament was taken seriously by the players. The low prize money (1st place: 1800$) wasn't enough for them to expose new strategies. I believe this was partially why we saw so many similar games from DRG. "DRG used similar strats because they always worked against MKP before" would be more correct. Money coming in and winning a tourney like that would still be top priority for them I think. | ||
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andaylin
United States10830 Posts
Hopefully he can do the same at MLG :D | ||
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epoc
Finland1190 Posts
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Imbak333
Canada49 Posts
When I clicked on the results I spat out my food I was so shocked grats MKP ^_^ | ||
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Dfgj
Singapore5922 Posts
On October 02 2011 23:20 oneofthem wrote: no curse was broken. yellow ruled special tourneys anyway. Ding ding ding. Kong special event powers are in play here, no curse has been broken, and this result was foretold. | ||
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rUiNati0n
United States1155 Posts
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Azzur
Australia6260 Posts
 Admittedly, it still won't take him out of the kong line since this is a minor tournament but it's a step in the positive direction! | ||
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