I'll be the first to admit, I was a Stephano doubter to begin with but after seeing him go toe to toe with code S Koreans time after time, I'm finally converted to Stephano bandwagon :D. Even though he lost, those first 2 games were incredibly impressive, I'm still scratching my head to how Polt took that first game.

windsupernova

Mexico5280 Posts

March 24 2012 04:37 GMT

#6528

On March 24 2012 13:35 Project Psycho wrote:
Stephano lost to the map not the player there, although he was quite greedy, on a better map he would of had a lot better chance of holding.

The map forced him to not scout and to rush to Infestation pit?_?

openbox1

1393 Posts

March 24 2012 04:37 GMT

#6529

On March 24 2012 13:36 darkest44 wrote:
Why couldn't stephano run into Incontrol or something lol. Sad 2 of the best in the open bracket meet so early while there's so many easy brackets.

somehow, that shot at burgerman made me laugh.

whatthefat

United States918 Posts

March 24 2012 04:37 GMT

#6530

Scouting wasn't the issue there. Stephano would have been fine had he not gotten so badly supply blocked. For about 30 seconds before that I was saying "build an overlord, build an overlord, build an overlord..." He was building 5 overlords when the army arrived at his front door.

Very good series, but not a great last game.

ZeromuS

Canada13410 Posts

March 24 2012 04:38 GMT

#6531

On March 24 2012 13:37 dAPhREAk wrote:
oh gstl starting soon. gonna be a long day/night.

Ah yup. Settle in for the long haul

mathsucks

194 Posts

March 24 2012 04:38 GMT

#6532

On March 24 2012 13:36 zefreak wrote:
Rofl look at all the stephano fans crying. You get two awesome macro games and then Polt punishes Stephano for his greedy play and everyone complains about cheese in the final match. This is a tournament, not a showmatch.

Butttt...he's the best zerg in the world!

Awesome games, until the rolling. Polt looks great.

gakkgakk

Norway902 Posts

March 24 2012 04:38 GMT

#6533

On March 24 2012 13:34 Fionn wrote:
Polt played passive in the past, like, 20 or so Stephano vs. Polt games.

He finally pulled the trigger.

As much as I love Polt. He has a limited repertoire. He has done this build vs Stephano atleast a couple of times before. But those games Stephano scouted the 14cc and responded with roach/bling aggression.

This game I'm not even sure if Stephano knew Polt even had 14cced. Lack of scouting and/or poor read killed Stephano.

Oboeman

Canada3980 Posts

March 24 2012 04:38 GMT

#6534

If stephano had only sacked an overlord... polt had only two marines. Then he'd probably build 13 spinecrawlers and queens or something.

AysiktiriX

358 Posts

March 24 2012 04:38 GMT

#6535

On March 24 2012 13:36 SigmaoctanusIV wrote:

Show nested quote +

Dare I say... Clash of the Titans!!

King Kong vs The Gracken?

scarper65

1560 Posts

March 24 2012 04:38 GMT

#6536

Wow, Idra vs Jinro, I really hope they show that one.

BBMorti

Denmark242 Posts

March 24 2012 04:38 GMT

#6537

On March 24 2012 13:35 RaiKageRyu wrote:
This is what makes Korean's so good in a Best of series. They know how to play mind games. You can't do the same shit over and over again and expect to get away with it.

Polt has made marauder/helion pushes in like 50% of his games versus Stephano, though. ^^

Polt did not want to go macro game versus Stephano, Can you blame him? He did the right thing to win. gg

Mattchew

United States5684 Posts

March 24 2012 04:38 GMT

#6538

the kid in the red is such a hero
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