EPT[IPL] Day 4 Live Report Thread (Final Day) - Page 936
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rtgICEMAN
Romania66 Posts
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AXygnus
Portugal1008 Posts
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jyLee
United States350 Posts
On October 11 2011 01:35 Von wrote: I watched Stephano play live over the past 4 days from 4 rows back. Also hung out during the impromptu panel they did onstage before the Ro4 with Incontrol, MC, Select and this kid ... Stephano has the "It" factor. There is some switch in his brain that switches on razor sharp split second decision making and an almost supernatural calm and focus when he is playing. You can see it on the screen during the game. And you can see it when you look at him playing in the booth. As the pressure went up? And the matches were more high stakes? He just dialed it in harder. The decisions were more split second, more on point, more devastating. And he was totally unshakable by the situation, the crowd, the lights, the hype ... nothing shook that focus when it counted. I am telling you this kid is the real deal man. He's got the genetic skills to go through Code S like a hot knife thru buttah. I'm going to rofl when he gets stomped trying to get through Code A. | ||
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Deckkie
Netherlands1595 Posts
On October 11 2011 01:44 jyLee wrote: I'm going to rofl when he gets stomped trying to get through Code A. One step at a time, lets first see how well he does at Orlando. So hyped already! | ||
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Elem
Sweden4717 Posts
On October 11 2011 01:44 jyLee wrote: Poor, poor American. He will win MLG Orlando and get free Code S spot. I'm going to rofl when he gets stomped trying to get through Code A.  | ||
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chosenkerrigan
858 Posts
On October 11 2011 01:46 Elem wrote: Poor, poor American. He will win MLG Orlando and get free Code S spot. No he won't =.= He won't be placed in top 8. | ||
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jj33
802 Posts
On October 11 2011 01:42 AXygnus wrote: Well, shit. I was expecting TheSTC to win >_> Was good games. STC adapted really well in game 3 and won. game 4 he made such a dumb mistake by not blocking his ramp when he knew the roaches were coming. He could have won that series. Great games by both. | ||
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Vocal
116 Posts
On October 11 2011 01:46 Elem wrote: Poor, poor American. He will win MLG Orlando and get free Code S spot. Poor Europeans, thinking their ranking system is comparable to Korea. Jk  | ||
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Longshank
1648 Posts
On October 11 2011 01:30 Vocal wrote: And no, I doubt the Koreans are worried about Stephano. They probably see him as another foreigner who comes to Korea expecting to make it big yet get eliminated in the first round of Code A. Maybe he'll prove them wrong, who knows? Those with a clue will respect him and have been respecting him for some time now. Then there are always a bunch of ignorant ones to anything not going down on their home turf. Much like we've seen on TL for some weeks now. | ||
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grappasc
Belgium86 Posts
about training in korea, sure, they get better, but forcing yourself to do the right things for a while by going to korea is a temporary quick fix that won't last forever, and the reason you get better isn't because you're in korea, but because you're spending your time differently than before. never seen it proven, but I have a pretty strong feeling that foreigners don't have the same level of dedication as koreans. | ||
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Elem
Sweden4717 Posts
On October 11 2011 01:47 chosenkerrigan wrote: You will eat those words soon enough, good sir!No he won't =.= He won't be placed in top 8. | ||
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Fushin
France193 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + On October 11 2011 01:47 chosenkerrigan wrote: On October 11 2011 01:46 Elem wrote: Poor, poor American. He will win MLG Orlando and get free Code S spot. No he won't =.= He won't be placed in top 8. There's always the possibility he just had good momentum. And maybe he won't win MLG, but he'll definately get top 8 i think. | ||
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chosenkerrigan
858 Posts
On October 11 2011 01:53 Elem wrote: You will eat those words soon enough, good sir! MLG Orlando has even stronger Koreans than before and more Koreans as well. Also players like Polt and Marineking are in the open bracket. To place in top 8 at Orlando basically means he needs to be the best ranked foreigner and it is very difficult, not to mention that he has to go through open bracket first. However, I do personally believe that he 's the top2 best foreigner at the moment. | ||
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Ingwaz
Sweden70 Posts
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ArchDC
Malaysia1996 Posts
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Tschis
Brazil1511 Posts
On October 10 2011 22:43 Tschis wrote: When did they put back the black in the minimap? Nobody? Or am I crazy and this didn't happen? | ||
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Fushin
France193 Posts
On October 11 2011 02:03 chosenkerrigan wrote: MLG Orlando has even stronger Koreans than before and more Koreans as well. Also players like Polt and Marineking are in the open bracket. To place in top 8 at Orlando basically means he needs to be the best ranked foreigner and it is very difficult, not to mention that he has to go through open bracket first. However, I do personally believe that he 's the top2 best foreigner at the moment. We'll see. I think he can do it, I don't see Thorzain as being better than Stephano and Idra isn't right now. Should be a fun turnament | ||
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Cromus
France42 Posts
On October 11 2011 02:03 Ingwaz wrote: What matches were the best from ro8 and onward? The final doesn't look too interesting judging from the results. The final is basically just Stephano showing total control over the games in several different situations, Lucky wasn't necessarily making mistakes but he just got outplayed in every sense. Not that thrilling since it was so one-sided, but if can still be worth watching if you want to pick up on Stephano's ZvZ decision making which was on the spot, each time. Ro8 games weren't that incredible, still some good games. Inori vs Stephano was interesting since Stephano had to play catch-up after loosing the first game, pretty tense. MMA vs Puma was nice too, some sick TvT micro moves from MMA. | ||
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Vocal
116 Posts
On October 11 2011 01:50 Longshank wrote: Those with a clue will respect him and have been respecting him for some time now. Then there are always a bunch of ignorant ones to anything not going down on their home turf. Much like we've seen on TL for some weeks now. Those with a clue? You mean MC back when he was winning two GSL Code S Championships, who said Thorzain was the only opponent he was worried about at MLG? What about the hottest Zerg on the block, DongRaeGu, who said he never felt so much pressure from anyone when he inched a victory in Dreamhack over the same player? For months, people kept crying out "send Thorzain to Korea!" "Thorzain is the best foreigner, imagine him in Korea! He'll grow even faster than Huk!" Then over the summer we hear that it's not only Thorzain going, but Naniwa as well? Oh shit, breaking news, SaSe making it three Swedes? Pretty much the best Europe had to offer at the time flew to Korea with the weight of the foreign scene on their shoulders. And what happened then? Looks to me like you guys got tired and are looking for someone else to spearhead your Foreigner-revolution that will take Korea by storm! Now you have this kid. This seemingly loveable French prodigy. He wins ONE foreign tournament - and people are suddenly claiming he's top Code S quality? Either you guys are sadistic and you love to see the players you support get taught a lesson by the Korean Gods, or you guys seriously don't see the difference in level of play between EU/KR. | ||
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rekoJ
Afghanistan106 Posts
On October 11 2011 02:18 Vocal wrote: Those with a clue? You mean MC back when he was winning two GSL Code S Championships, who said Thorzain was the only opponent he was worried about at MLG? What about the hottest Zerg on the block, DongRaeGu, who said he never felt so much pressure from anyone when he inched a victory in Dreamhack over the same player? For months, people kept crying out "send Thorzain to Korea!" "Thorzain is the best foreigner, imagine him in Korea! He'll grow even faster than Huk!" Then over the summer we hear that it's not only Thorzain going, but Naniwa as well? Oh shit, breaking news, SaSe making it three Swedes? Pretty much the best Europe had to offer at the time flew to Korea with the weight of the foreign scene on their shoulders. And what happened then? Looks to me like you guys got tired and are looking for someone else to spearhead your Foreigner-revolution that will take Korea by storm! Now you have this kid. This seemingly loveable French prodigy. He wins ONE foreign tournament - and people are suddenly claiming he's top Code S quality? Either you guys are sadistic and you love to see the players you support get taught a lesson by the Korean Gods, or you guys seriously don't see the difference in level of play between EU/KR. Stephano will earn easely a code A/ code S spot at the next MLG, that's sure. What happen next, we don't care, cause he is the god of zerg!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
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