MLG Pro Circuit Winter Championship Day 1 - Page 332

On March 24 2012 13:50 Zanno wrote:

the vod is immediately put up as one big block of footage, you can skip around through the couple hours as much as you want

On March 24 2012 13:50 Shellshock1122 wrote:

I think he's on vVv

On March 24 2012 13:49 bokchoi wrote:
The build is cheesy for a number of reasons. If its scouted properly Terran pretty much loses the game if they commit to it. Even if it isn't scouted if Zerg is going mutas (which I would call the more common/standard play) Terran is screwed. Or even if Zerg has some banelings and micros properly he can hold and come out very ahead. Its cheesy, but Polt metagamed Stephano and his style (much like MVP did at Blizzard Cup).

On March 24 2012 13:51 chosenkerrigan wrote:


Any Code S terran can take stephano in macro games, including Polt.
One perfect example would be alive, who is undefeated against stephano, and all the games weren't even close.

On March 24 2012 13:50 Shellshock1122 wrote:

I think he's on vVv

On March 24 2012 13:52 Dexington wrote:


Yep, vVv is having quite the good showing so far (glon, RuFF). As are LighT (Heavens almost beat aLive, Golden).

On March 24 2012 13:44 Azarkon wrote:
Polt rolled the dice, Stephano rolled another dice, Polt's came out ahead.

CC first -> Factory is very risky, but that was a good meta-game choice by Polt, since he's never seen Stephano bust out early lings.

Going pure lings is very risky as well, but that was not a good meta-game choice by Stephano, since he's seen Polt do this hellion marauder timing before.

The irony is, and the thing you guys aren't seeing, is that Stephano went roaches TWO games in a row thinking he needed it against this kind of push. He WAS playing safe against it.

The one game he goes pure lings, he loses to it. Sad but it's the issue with not saccing an overlord. Drone scout isn't that useful in this case because you can't see what's inside the Terran's base.

On March 24 2012 13:54 Malinor wrote:
Looking through the open bracket, any foreign resistance has already been crushed, I did not find one series a korean has lost. So basically outside of Huk and maybe Thorzain, the top 16 will basically be korea.

Don't really mind koreans winning, but I wish foreigners could go at least something like 20-80 against them, that would make competition more juicy. Now it is just again a slaughter.

On March 24 2012 13:51 chosenkerrigan wrote:


Any Code S terran can take stephano in macro games, including Polt.
One perfect example would be alive, who is undefeated against stephano, and all the games weren't even close.

On March 24 2012 13:54 Thurken wrote:


The map is huge so it's not easy to send an overlord.

On March 24 2012 13:54 hysterial wrote:
WTF Ruff actually got far? I don't think I have ever lost to him on ladder, I guess people don't know his 3 retarded all ins.

On March 24 2012 13:55 BBMorti wrote:

Polt gets destroyed in long macro games versus Stephano, check their history. There is a reason why Polt want to avoid such games.. Game 1 is terran favored (map) if they go tanks, but in longer series I doubt polt would ever want to play the macro game with Stephano. Their series in Texas shows what happens.

On March 24 2012 13:52 Zanno wrote:

oh it's totally a cheese build, i don't see why anyone would dispute that - but in a chat with some friends i was talking about what a great idea it was given that hard countered stephano's build

even if he did do the roach build he did the previous two games i think he still gets slaughtered because you need a spire not an infestation pit halfway done

stephano didn't build a single muta or baneling the whole series - mutas shut this down, banelings can possibly help against the hellions if you get a good hit