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Stop with the USA USA chant shit. Further offenses beyond page 493 will be met with bans. You've been warned.
Beren
Profile Joined June 2010
United States514 Posts
October 10 2011 15:14 GMT
#18661
On October 10 2011 23:53 Noxblood wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2011 23:49 Fruitme wrote:
Top 3 zerg:

1. Nestea
2. Stephano
3. DRG

love stephano but don't agree.
1. Nestea
2. Losira
3. DRG
4. Stephano


I agree. Stephano a very close 3rd. He just needs a little more results to move up. Even though winning IPL3 may eclipse all of DRG's results.
Vul
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States685 Posts
October 10 2011 15:15 GMT
#18662
On October 10 2011 23:57 BarbieHsu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2011 20:27 grappasc wrote:
ridiculous mantra or myth about training in korea is touted everywhere. if there's something wrong with your training or play, just fix it where you live.


I want to high light the guy saying that where you train does not matter.


You guys don't have any basis to say that it's a myth. If you go to Korea to play in a pro-house, you will get better. Stephano is good, but if he trained in Korea maybe he'd be Code S level. Either way, Stephano winning IPL 3 in no way proves that training in Korea is unnecessary for closing the skill gap. Being the best foreigner doesn't make you as good as top Koreans. Its not like Stephano won the GSL, beating MVP or something.

I posted earlier about how impressed by Stephano I was, and I think he would be good in Code A and could make it through qualifiers. But you also can't make his win more than what it was.
julianto
Profile Joined December 2010
2292 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 15:17:37
October 10 2011 15:16 GMT
#18663
Now that 2 foreigners have won two major events, Slasher needs to use the Mach20 because a regular shave just isn't enough.
[image loading]
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
TaKemE
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark1045 Posts
October 10 2011 15:25 GMT
#18664
His for sure Code S level and he did beat all these in IPL 3/Qualifiers: Anypro, MarineKing, Revival, Puzzle, MMA, Huk, Boxer, Violet, Inori, TheStC, Lucky

Thats 4 Code S and 3 Code A + more Koreans.
Noxblood
Profile Joined February 2011
Norway374 Posts
October 10 2011 15:28 GMT
#18665
On October 11 2011 00:14 Beren wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2011 23:53 Noxblood wrote:
On October 10 2011 23:49 Fruitme wrote:
Top 3 zerg:

1. Nestea
2. Stephano
3. DRG

love stephano but don't agree.
1. Nestea
2. Losira
3. DRG
4. Stephano


I agree. Stephano a very close 3rd. He just needs a little more results to move up. Even though winning IPL3 may eclipse all of DRG's results.

That is true. but fell DRG still is a little better. but it is hard to say. MLG Orlando will show us a good indicator. if Stephano does well i would change it up to

3.Stephano
4.DRG
Life isn't hard, we just suck at it.
KIKIZerg
Profile Joined April 2011
26 Posts
October 10 2011 15:32 GMT
#18666
we will see at blizzard cup... steph top!
ProbeEtPylon
Profile Joined October 2010
168 Posts
October 10 2011 15:34 GMT
#18667
Can I still watch the finals somewhere? Unfortunatly, I missed them
beer
Azurues
Profile Joined March 2011
Malaysia5612 Posts
October 10 2011 15:36 GMT
#18668
let's see MLG Orlando when Stephano pit against super strong terrans
Melo.
Profile Joined August 2011
United States63 Posts
October 10 2011 15:37 GMT
#18669
I'm not sure why people say DRG doesn't have many achievements, in that LG Special Tournament he took out:
TaeJa
YongHwa
JYP
sC

A code S terran, an Artosis-hyped Protoss hope, an up-and-coming Protoss which is rated amongst the best in the world, and a proven Code S semi-finalist with some of the best TvZ in the world.
lololol
Profile Joined February 2006
5198 Posts
October 10 2011 15:37 GMT
#18670
On October 11 2011 00:34 ProbeEtPylon wrote:
Can I still watch the finals somewhere? Unfortunatly, I missed them

http://www.justin.tv/ignproleague/videos
I'll call Nada.
Vul
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States685 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 15:47:14
October 10 2011 15:38 GMT
#18671
On October 11 2011 00:25 TaKemE wrote:
His for sure Code S level and he did beat all these in IPL 3/Qualifiers: Anypro, MarineKing, Revival, Puzzle, MMA, Huk, Boxer, Violet, Inori, TheStC, Lucky

Thats 4 Code S and 3 Code A + more Koreans.


I don't think we can say code S level yet, but he's going to MLG Orlando in the open bracket, so he should hit some code S level players in a LAN setting. MarineKing, Polt and aLive are all in the open bracket. Stephano lost to aLive in the group stage at IPL3 by the way.

edit:

3.Stephano
4.DRG


I would put Nestea, Losira, DRG, Curious, Leenock and Coca ahead of Stephano.
Vocal
Profile Joined October 2011
116 Posts
October 10 2011 15:45 GMT
#18672
On October 11 2011 00:28 Noxblood wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2011 00:14 Beren wrote:
On October 10 2011 23:53 Noxblood wrote:
On October 10 2011 23:49 Fruitme wrote:
Top 3 zerg:

1. Nestea
2. Stephano
3. DRG

love stephano but don't agree.
1. Nestea
2. Losira
3. DRG
4. Stephano


I agree. Stephano a very close 3rd. He just needs a little more results to move up. Even though winning IPL3 may eclipse all of DRG's results.

That is true. but fell DRG still is a little better. but it is hard to say. MLG Orlando will show us a good indicator. if Stephano does well i would change it up to

3.Stephano
4.DRG


Dimaga, the only foreigner to take a game off Nestea and the first Zerg to do so, lost in the history books. No mention of Coca either, but that's okay 'cause he wasn't even in IPL3 and we don't care about people who weren't in this tournament, I'm guessing. Didn't Stephano get owned by... I think his name was Ret? Oh, right, nevermind - Lucky owned him. But hey, that's ZvZ for you, folks.
Vocal
Profile Joined October 2011
116 Posts
October 10 2011 15:49 GMT
#18673
On October 11 2011 00:38 Vul wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2011 00:25 TaKemE wrote:
His for sure Code S level and he did beat all these in IPL 3/Qualifiers: Anypro, MarineKing, Revival, Puzzle, MMA, Huk, Boxer, Violet, Inori, TheStC, Lucky

Thats 4 Code S and 3 Code A + more Koreans.


I don't think we can say code S level yet, but he's going to MLG Orlando in the open bracket, so he should hit some code S level players in a LAN setting. MarineKing, Polt and aLive are all in the open bracket. Stephano lost to aLive in the group stage at IPL3 by the way.


I won't even bother starting the whole "online doesn't really compare to LAN which is why players like Mvp/Nestea don't bother with it much" argument, but yeah, a LAN setting is actually important especially when you're at the top of the world. And I love how Inori is suddenly getting a lot of hype alongside his teammate Lucky - this being their first LAN tournament and the results they showed? Geez.
meuble
Profile Joined June 2011
France1 Post
October 10 2011 15:52 GMT
#18674
On October 11 2011 00:45 Vocal wrote: Didn't Stephano get owned by... I think his name was Ret?

What are you talking about ?
JustNasty
Profile Joined November 2009
Norway3 Posts
October 10 2011 15:53 GMT
#18675
Are the vods out?
Link please.
I came, I saw, I conquered
lololol
Profile Joined February 2006
5198 Posts
October 10 2011 15:54 GMT
#18676
On October 11 2011 00:53 JustNasty wrote:
Are the vods out?
Link please.

The link to the recording of the stream is on the same page as your post.
I'll call Nada.
Ylrahc
Profile Joined September 2011
France496 Posts
October 10 2011 15:55 GMT
#18677
On October 11 2011 00:38 Vul wrote:
Stephano lost to aLive in the group stage at IPL3 by the way.

In a french interview, Stephano said he intentionally played stupidly vs aLive, it was more a way for him to test his full gling build and to somehow influence boxer who he was playing right after. It doesn't in any way mean he would have beaten aLive, it just means the only series he lost this week-end is the series he didn't play seriously.

Having followed Stephano for quite some time now, since he entered team Millenium last year, I felt there was something about his play, the same feeling I have when I watch a top world player. When he plays on ladder, it feels like 99% of his opponents are bronze or gold players. Only Mana & Dimaga seem to give him some hard time in EU lately (Even if Nerchio beat him 2 0 once, most of the games between those 2 the last months have been taken by Stephano), and to some extend defensive protoss who camp on 3 bases (SaSe for example), though he said he improved lately vs these kind of players. Let's notice the 2 players that gave him the hardest work are 2 protosses, with Inori being very very close to kick him out of the bracket.

Even if it's too soon to say if he is at the level of Nestea or MVP, he went through this tournament like Nestea or MVP would have, so it will be interesting to see how he performs in the next tournaments.

Anyway, big GG to Stephano, and good luck at MLG !
Shadow and dust
chosenkerrigan
Profile Joined May 2011
858 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 16:00:53
October 10 2011 15:55 GMT
#18678
I agree that Stephano is really really good considering he just won IPL3. But seriously...? Top 3 zerg? Up there with Nestea and MVP? Stephano is so so overhyped just because he's a foreigner. What about Curious who just 4-0ed Oz in Code A final? What about Coca that knocked out DRG at MLG and gave Bomber a run for his money? Does this make him better than DRG or Losira? No. It's the same for Stephano. He just won an IPL3 with a bunch Koreans in it. That's quite an achievement. But if Lucky (who even had an arguably harder run to the final 3-0 MMA) won the final, would people hype him up as the top 3 zerg in the world? No.

You guys see the difference?

And we could not say Stephano is Code S material or not. He belongs to Code S if he actually qualifies for it either through Code A or MLG. He's not automatically code S just because he won IPL. He's not top 3 zerg just because you think he is. He just won an IPL3 with a bunch of Koreans and that's it. Let's not exaggerate things.
Noxblood
Profile Joined February 2011
Norway374 Posts
October 10 2011 15:56 GMT
#18679
On October 11 2011 00:45 Vocal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 11 2011 00:28 Noxblood wrote:
On October 11 2011 00:14 Beren wrote:
On October 10 2011 23:53 Noxblood wrote:
On October 10 2011 23:49 Fruitme wrote:
Top 3 zerg:

1. Nestea
2. Stephano
3. DRG

love stephano but don't agree.
1. Nestea
2. Losira
3. DRG
4. Stephano


I agree. Stephano a very close 3rd. He just needs a little more results to move up. Even though winning IPL3 may eclipse all of DRG's results.

That is true. but fell DRG still is a little better. but it is hard to say. MLG Orlando will show us a good indicator. if Stephano does well i would change it up to

3.Stephano
4.DRG


Dimaga, the only foreigner to take a game off Nestea and the first Zerg to do so, lost in the history books. No mention of Coca either, but that's okay 'cause he wasn't even in IPL3 and we don't care about people who weren't in this tournament, I'm guessing. Didn't Stephano get owned by... I think his name was Ret? Oh, right, nevermind - Lucky owned him. But hey, that's ZvZ for you, folks.


Dimaga is just too unstable. he plays like a god and takes nestea down and just goes away. So really hard to say where he is on the list. Coca yes he is a contender for the top 4 place but i think that Stephanos 1 place victory was more impressive than cocas 2 place MLG run. if you count the qualifier he had to go through. and Ret at his best is one of the best. But he is also very unstable. plays perfect one game and totally messes up the next game.
But this kind of things are so subjective. And so hard. I think we can all agree on 1.Nestea and 2.losira. after that it becomes a lot harder.
But i would say

1. Nestea
2. Losira
3. DRG
4. Stephano(very close 3)
5. Coca
6. Idra
After that it i think it becomes just to close to call
Life isn't hard, we just suck at it.
Radook
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden326 Posts
October 10 2011 15:56 GMT
#18680
I think its really hard to rank players in SC2 since there are so many tournaments but atm over all I would say that:

1. MVP
2. Nestea

Then you can smack in around 7 koreans in places 3-10 the order is very hard to pick since people beat each other left and right. The I would guess you have a group of like 50 people worldwide that you can place in spots 11-50 and I would say impossible to rank them without picking your favorite player etc etc.

Just happy the level of SC2 seems to get higher and more spread out.
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