On February 02 2012 04:57 dekarp wrote:
I think a lot of people are missing the real point here:

No more MVP?

MKP wins this GSL season. Calling it right here right now.

Mind blown o.O

nOlifeTERRAN

United States153 Posts

February 01 2012 20:30 GMT

#2544

Everyone I'm sure was practicing even harder than they usually would due to MVP being in their group.

Share_The_Land

Canada152 Posts

February 01 2012 20:33 GMT

#2545

Talk about ridiculously dissapointing. I mean let's look at the factor here of MVP picking Gumiho for his group and being a TvT god.

Yes Gumiho played very well, you have to to beat a player like MVP even on a bad day, but MVP played like fucking shit and I think it's undeniable. Artosis made the comment about not moving around a non-max mech army and that only scrapes the surface of the poor mistakes and decisions MVP made. Uggh really wasn't expecting to see 10x better play than MVP out of Alive today.

SolidMustard

France1515 Posts

February 01 2012 20:37 GMT

#2546

On February 02 2012 05:17 TheDougler wrote:

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Might as well at Jjakji to that group if your listing GSL Champions still remaining.

DRG isn't a GSL champion

TheDougler

Canada8320 Posts

February 01 2012 20:37 GMT

#2547

On February 02 2012 01:35 Seraphone wrote:
People are really premature picking MMA to win imo. I still dislike his vs Protoss and vs the fantastic Supernova plus Puzzle/Oz (who are super streaky but could easilly have one of their good days) he's not even a lock to get out of his group.

MC and Parting could also beat MMA as could DRG.

MMA is definitely the favourite but this isn't anything like a guarantee.

Absolutely. This is very up in the air. Honesty even Genius could take the win this GSL. We'll see how the brackets look in the RO8 but until then it's TOTALLY anyone's cup.

TheDougler

Canada8320 Posts

February 01 2012 20:39 GMT

#2548

On February 02 2012 05:37 SolidMustard wrote:

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DRG isn't a GSL champion

Well it's just a list of names and I didn't write it... and DRG may not be a GSL champion but did win the "King's of Kong".

Then again, MKP won an AoL too...

Ghrimnar

Germany260 Posts

February 01 2012 20:52 GMT

#2549

On February 01 2012 22:31 Ysellian wrote:

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We'll see I'm a Sen fan myself so I'm a bit biased there

From what I've seen today even Curious could have taken him out.

Curious is Code A Champion so "even Curious" is not a good measurement for Sen or Sniper, i guess

MyLastSerenade

Germany710 Posts

February 01 2012 20:53 GMT

#2550

wow pretty unexpected to me... gratz to those 2 terrans

HolyArrow

United States7116 Posts

February 01 2012 20:53 GMT

#2551

Holy shit, I signed off after Gumiho's first loss against MVP thinking that MVP had it in the bag, but Gumiho defies my doubts again. Huge respect for him.

aintz

Canada5624 Posts

February 01 2012 20:56 GMT

#2552

well watched all the vods, gumiho crazy tactics really tore mvp apart. those viking landings wow. mvp decision to go bio on the last map was also pretty stupid since that map is pretty mech favored.

power-overwhelming

Canada306 Posts

February 01 2012 21:00 GMT

#2553

MVP got the easiest group yet he doesn't advance. His last GSL win was the one before blizzcon yet people were still calling him the best lol.

forsooth

United States3648 Posts

February 01 2012 21:07 GMT

#2554

I think MVP should really just shut it down for 2-3 months or however long it takes for him to get whatever treatment/surgery he needs to get his wrist issues resolved. He'll have no trouble getting back into GSL if he drops out due to missing matches and hopefully we'll see him back to his old, dominant self.

On February 02 2012 06:00 power-overwhelming wrote:
MVP got the easiest group yet he doesn't advance. His last GSL win was the one before blizzcon yet people were still calling him the best lol.

His body of work over the course of 2011 was vastly superior to that of anyone else. He put together wins in GSL/WCG/Blizzcon as well as deep runs into GSL November/MLG Providence during the last parts of the year. How on earth does that scream anything but "I'm better than everyone", let alone "lol" at the suggestion of him being the best player?

Wildmoon

Thailand4189 Posts

February 01 2012 21:08 GMT

#2555

On February 02 2012 06:00 power-overwhelming wrote:
MVP got the easiest group yet he doesn't advance. His last GSL win was the one before blizzcon yet people were still calling him the best lol.

Just 1 season doesn't make him not the best player anymore.

SeaSwift

Scotland4486 Posts

February 01 2012 21:10 GMT

#2556

On February 02 2012 06:00 power-overwhelming wrote:
MVP got the easiest group yet he doesn't advance. His last GSL win was the one before blizzcon yet people were still calling him the best lol.

For pretty much the whole of last year, MVP was undeniably the best player in the world for a consistent period.

He lost in one group. Big fucking deal. Nobody else bar MMA (who is really looking dodgy with the Return of Protoss to GSL) is even in the running for the title.

Until he loses for more than 1 month and somebody else can take up his mantle, I don't care what Waxy says: MVP still No.1

Witten

United States2094 Posts

February 01 2012 21:12 GMT

#2557

On February 01 2012 22:31 LeLfe wrote:
I just hate SC2 right now, even Mvp in such a group is not a safe bet :'(

That's odd, that's why I love SC2 right now.

MCDayC

United Kingdom14464 Posts

February 01 2012 21:24 GMT

#2558

People need to shut up about SC2 volatility, right now. Since MLG Anahiem, MVP has been top 4 in EVERY tournament (bar AOL1, the joke one) he has entered. He has been incredibly consistent, and even him leaving early is still getting top 16 in the hardest tournament on the planet. Up to this point MVP has been super consistent, him leaving today had nothing to do with the game being volatile, he played demonstrably worse than his opponents.