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HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
January 26 2012 22:16 GMT
#61
On January 27 2012 07:13 Canucklehead wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:12 JohnMatrix wrote:
stephano is playing since 2pm cet something like that.


It's 7:13am in korea right now, which means polt has been playing all through the night.

which isn't that unusual for progamers, or am i wrong? O_o although stephano was one of those who always claimed to practise not much.

7:13 am sounds tough, but who knows how polts sleeping patterns are right now ^^
JohnMatrix
Profile Joined April 2011
France1358 Posts
January 26 2012 22:19 GMT
#62
On January 27 2012 07:13 Canucklehead wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:12 JohnMatrix wrote:
stephano is playing since 2pm cet something like that.


It's 7:13am in korea right now, which means polt has been playing all through the night.


hm but if he enters in this cup he knew it could end late.

btw too bad Polt only try cheese build I hope we will see some macro games
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 22:20:44
January 26 2012 22:20 GMT
#63
On January 27 2012 07:19 JohnMatrix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:13 Canucklehead wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:12 JohnMatrix wrote:
stephano is playing since 2pm cet something like that.


It's 7:13am in korea right now, which means polt has been playing all through the night.


hm but if he enters in this cup he knew it could end late.

btw too bad Polt only try cheese build I hope we will see some macro games

his latency gotta be crap so i guess cheesy builds are better.
Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 22:22:02
January 26 2012 22:21 GMT
#64
On January 27 2012 07:19 JohnMatrix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:13 Canucklehead wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:12 JohnMatrix wrote:
stephano is playing since 2pm cet something like that.


It's 7:13am in korea right now, which means polt has been playing all through the night.


hm but if he enters in this cup he knew it could end late.

btw too bad Polt only try cheese build I hope we will see some macro games


Well, of course he knew he would play late. The point is, playing all night like that is a lot harder than starting at 2pm, which is mid afternoon, since you implied stephano would be tired. He can't be more tired than polt.
Top 10 favourite pros: MKP, MVP, MC, Nestea, DRG, Jaedong, Flash, Life, Creator, Leenock
Vadrigar
Profile Joined January 2011
Bulgaria2379 Posts
January 26 2012 22:24 GMT
#65
so it's bo5?
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
January 26 2012 22:24 GMT
#66
Polt play throught the night a lot these days.
Atleast i saw him online very late often recently.
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
Jampackedeon
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2053 Posts
January 26 2012 22:24 GMT
#67
On January 27 2012 07:12 Qaatar wrote:
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On January 27 2012 07:10 Jampackedeon wrote:
Polt has to play the most un-gratifying style of Terran on the planet. His games never teach me anything other than that marines are really annoying.


Polt's sense of timing and bio control is arguably the best in the world - it's why he can consistently beat MMA using bio.


Which is why he eventually gets crushed when his "sense of timing" is ever off, especially when skilled macro/tactical players like MMA and Stephano catch on. Ultimately he can only go up so far on the ladder playing the way he does.
MrCash
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1504 Posts
January 26 2012 22:24 GMT
#68
On January 27 2012 07:10 Jampackedeon wrote:
Polt has to play the most un-gratifying style of Terran on the planet. His games never teach me anything other than that marines are really annoying.


Then your understanding of how terran works is fundamentally flawed.
He has very precisely thought out builds that account for every stage of the game. Has insane understanding of timings and positioning. And to boot has top level mechanics out there.
I've gotten to high masters using almost nothing but his builds.
CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 22:29:07
January 26 2012 22:26 GMT
#69
On January 27 2012 07:24 Jampackedeon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:12 Qaatar wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:10 Jampackedeon wrote:
Polt has to play the most un-gratifying style of Terran on the planet. His games never teach me anything other than that marines are really annoying.


Polt's sense of timing and bio control is arguably the best in the world - it's why he can consistently beat MMA using bio.


Which is why he eventually gets crushed when his "sense of timing" is ever off, especially when skilled macro/tactical players like MMA and Stephano catch on. Ultimately he can only go up so far on the ladder playing the way he does.


Nothing's higher than #1 GM (which he was for 5 days).

Polt has better micro and tactics than MMA, which is why he beats MMA most of the time and it's close whenever MMA wins. MMA has a larger assortment of builds and gets far more aggressive.
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
MrCash
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1504 Posts
January 26 2012 22:28 GMT
#70
On January 27 2012 07:26 CosmicSpiral wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:24 Jampackedeon wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:12 Qaatar wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:10 Jampackedeon wrote:
Polt has to play the most un-gratifying style of Terran on the planet. His games never teach me anything other than that marines are really annoying.


Polt's sense of timing and bio control is arguably the best in the world - it's why he can consistently beat MMA using bio.


Which is why he eventually gets crushed when his "sense of timing" is ever off, especially when skilled macro/tactical players like MMA and Stephano catch on. Ultimately he can only go up so far on the ladder playing the way he does.


Nothing's higher than #1 GM.

Polt has better micro and tactics than MMA, which is why he beats MMA most of the time and it's close whenever MMA wins.


It's pretty obvious those comments were made with little to no knowledge on of the player.
Ylrahc
Profile Joined September 2011
France496 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 22:29:56
January 26 2012 22:28 GMT
#71
2 2, interesting final, last game was a nice win by Stephano. Both have been playing for hours now (Stephano is around 40 games played today ), so we will see who has the most endurance

Meh, I don't see Stephano win against a terran on this map =/
Shadow and dust
CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 22:30:12
January 26 2012 22:29 GMT
#72
On January 27 2012 07:28 MrCash wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:26 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:24 Jampackedeon wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:12 Qaatar wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:10 Jampackedeon wrote:
Polt has to play the most un-gratifying style of Terran on the planet. His games never teach me anything other than that marines are really annoying.


Polt's sense of timing and bio control is arguably the best in the world - it's why he can consistently beat MMA using bio.


Which is why he eventually gets crushed when his "sense of timing" is ever off, especially when skilled macro/tactical players like MMA and Stephano catch on. Ultimately he can only go up so far on the ladder playing the way he does.


Nothing's higher than #1 GM.

Polt has better micro and tactics than MMA, which is why he beats MMA most of the time and it's close whenever MMA wins.


It's pretty obvious those comments were made with little to no knowledge on of the player.


I think my knowledge of both players is more than sufficient, thank you.
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
MrCash
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1504 Posts
January 26 2012 22:31 GMT
#73
On January 27 2012 07:29 CosmicSpiral wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:28 MrCash wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:26 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:24 Jampackedeon wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:12 Qaatar wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:10 Jampackedeon wrote:
Polt has to play the most un-gratifying style of Terran on the planet. His games never teach me anything other than that marines are really annoying.


Polt's sense of timing and bio control is arguably the best in the world - it's why he can consistently beat MMA using bio.


Which is why he eventually gets crushed when his "sense of timing" is ever off, especially when skilled macro/tactical players like MMA and Stephano catch on. Ultimately he can only go up so far on the ladder playing the way he does.


Nothing's higher than #1 GM.

Polt has better micro and tactics than MMA, which is why he beats MMA most of the time and it's close whenever MMA wins.


It's pretty obvious those comments were made with little to no knowledge on of the player.


I think my knowledge of both players is more than sufficient, thank you.


This is becoming somewhat spammy, but I was referring to the guy you were responding to initially.
As in, I agreed with you.
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
January 26 2012 22:32 GMT
#74
Oh god.. Polt really want to go sleep it seems. :D
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
Ylrahc
Profile Joined September 2011
France496 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 22:34:45
January 26 2012 22:33 GMT
#75
NICE hold by Stephano :o
Now he can win this, I thought Polt would have tried tank abuse.
Shadow and dust
CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
January 26 2012 22:34 GMT
#76
On January 27 2012 07:31 MrCash wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:29 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:28 MrCash wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:26 CosmicSpiral wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:24 Jampackedeon wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:12 Qaatar wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:10 Jampackedeon wrote:
Polt has to play the most un-gratifying style of Terran on the planet. His games never teach me anything other than that marines are really annoying.


Polt's sense of timing and bio control is arguably the best in the world - it's why he can consistently beat MMA using bio.


Which is why he eventually gets crushed when his "sense of timing" is ever off, especially when skilled macro/tactical players like MMA and Stephano catch on. Ultimately he can only go up so far on the ladder playing the way he does.


Nothing's higher than #1 GM.

Polt has better micro and tactics than MMA, which is why he beats MMA most of the time and it's close whenever MMA wins.


It's pretty obvious those comments were made with little to no knowledge on of the player.


I think my knowledge of both players is more than sufficient, thank you.


This is becoming somewhat spammy, but I was referring to the guy you were responding to initially.
As in, I agreed with you.


Well, I apologize for being grumpy. ^^
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
Qaatar
Profile Joined January 2011
1409 Posts
January 26 2012 22:35 GMT
#77
On January 27 2012 07:24 Jampackedeon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:12 Qaatar wrote:
On January 27 2012 07:10 Jampackedeon wrote:
Polt has to play the most un-gratifying style of Terran on the planet. His games never teach me anything other than that marines are really annoying.


Polt's sense of timing and bio control is arguably the best in the world - it's why he can consistently beat MMA using bio.


Which is why he eventually gets crushed when his "sense of timing" is ever off, especially when skilled macro/tactical players like MMA and Stephano catch on. Ultimately he can only go up so far on the ladder playing the way he does.


Timing is a large part of what constitutes 'strategy' in RTS games. Funny enough, Stephano is a player with a great sense of timing - that last game is a perfect example. Do you think if Stephano waited a couple more minutes for Polt to mule up on his 3rd base, and finish adding reactors to his barracks, that the midgame would have gone in his favor? Stephano knew Polt was macro'ing up, and attacked at just the right time.
MrCash
Profile Joined October 2011
United States1504 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 22:38:15
January 26 2012 22:36 GMT
#78
On January 27 2012 07:33 Ylrahc wrote:
NICE hold by Stephano :o
Now he can win this, I thought Polt would have tried tank abuse.


That was a really impressive hold, I really didn't think Stephano would have enough.
Polt might still try to pressure with tanks, but in those positions it's not as strong because it's much easier to get a surround and cut off reinforcements.
Jampackedeon
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2053 Posts
January 26 2012 22:38 GMT
#79
On January 27 2012 07:24 MrCash wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 27 2012 07:10 Jampackedeon wrote:
Polt has to play the most un-gratifying style of Terran on the planet. His games never teach me anything other than that marines are really annoying.


Then your understanding of how terran works is fundamentally flawed.
He has very precisely thought out builds that account for every stage of the game. Has insane understanding of timings and positioning. And to boot has top level mechanics out there.
I've gotten to high masters using almost nothing but his builds.


And I think we see with these games that there is a ceiling to using timing attacks as well, I believe the better player won today.
CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
January 26 2012 22:39 GMT
#80
Very well played by Stephano.
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
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