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Trok67
Profile Joined May 2010
France384 Posts
April 08 2012 15:21 GMT
#121

Stephano has a shot at the finals - which in this Top 8 is crazy - but the brackets have to align for him. Nestea is the master of ZvZ and facing him is bad for Stephano, though his ZvZ has improved. The critical thing though is to avoid the three TvZ snipers - MMA, Jjakji, and MKP. Polt and Alive are best to avoid as well - they know how to counter him.


so if i sum up stephano has to avoid Squirtle, Nestea, MMA Jjakji, MKP, Polt and Alive ? it will be pretty hard imo ^^
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-08 15:33:35
April 08 2012 15:24 GMT
#122
No, he has to avoid Nestea, MMA, and MKP, with Polt and Alive being good-to-avoid opponents but not critical.

His path right now goes through Bomber and one of Squirtle and Nestea - that path aligning means he faces Bomber and then Squirtle, winning both gets him into the WB finals. Then he hopes that one of Polt and Alive is who he faces there.
leo23
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3075 Posts
April 08 2012 15:28 GMT
#123
Hopefully IPL step up their game. From what I've seen so far it's all disappointing.
banelings
HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
April 08 2012 15:28 GMT
#124
Don't really know who to cheer for besides Stephano and it saddens me. Normally I'd go with MKP, but after all the controversy last night, I just can't. I know it's not his fault, but I just can't :/
chosenkerrigan
Profile Joined May 2011
858 Posts
April 08 2012 15:29 GMT
#125
On April 08 2012 23:54 dragonborn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2012 23:52 ladyumbra wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:48 dragonborn wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:42 0ne wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:40 Zeon0 wrote:
great bracket for Stephano

imo the weakest terran out of the 5 and then no terran at all

One does not simply call Bomber weak

are you still here?

as you said, Curious and JYP about to raping Stephano, what happened?



While I have no interest in the general fanboy fight going on here I would agree that while beatable people generally don't think of bomber and go " oh that guy.. total walkover." Inconsistent yes but a piece of cake to beat, not really.

his posts from yesterday

Show nested quote +
On April 08 2012 01:24 0ne wrote:
On April 08 2012 01:23 mememolly wrote:
On April 08 2012 01:22 0ne wrote:
On April 08 2012 01:18 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
On April 08 2012 00:44 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
A: Nestea, Parting

B: MKP, Curious

C: No fucking clue....I mean really? Look at all that pvp. Who knows

D: Bomber, MMA


Exactly. Glad to see someone not overhyping Stephano. MKP got very lucky in having a Terran-free group.

Stephano is probably not going to make it out of his group. JYP (blablabla 4-0 in meaningless practice games) and Curious are both better than him.


based on what?

JYP sick korean PvZer. Curious won code A without dropping a map and is one of the startale aces.


Show nested quote +
On April 08 2012 01:22 0ne wrote:
On April 08 2012 01:18 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
On April 08 2012 00:44 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
A: Nestea, Parting

B: MKP, Curious

C: No fucking clue....I mean really? Look at all that pvp. Who knows

D: Bomber, MMA


Exactly. Glad to see someone not overhyping Stephano. MKP got very lucky in having a Terran-free group.

Stephano is probably not going to make it out of his group. JYP (blablabla 4-0 in meaningless practice games) and Curious are both better than him.


what happened?


Show nested quote +
On April 08 2012 23:54 Ghanburighan wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:52 ladyumbra wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:48 dragonborn wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:42 0ne wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:40 Zeon0 wrote:
great bracket for Stephano

imo the weakest terran out of the 5 and then no terran at all

One does not simply call Bomber weak

are you still here?

as you said, Curious and JYP about to raping Stephano, what happened?



While I have no interest in the general fanboy fight going on here I would agree that while beatable people generally don't think of bomber and go " oh that guy.. total walkover." Inconsistent yes but a piece of cake to beat, not really.


No point in arguing with Dragonborn, that's his usual trolling strategy. He did that for ages in the LR yesterday. Just ignore...

yeah saying "IdrA is not good enough" is trolling, riiiiight.


Man we get it stephano won against JYP what an accomplishment!
Now go have a life.
Asha
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom38257 Posts
April 08 2012 15:29 GMT
#126
Why are people still talking about Jjakji? He got screwed by his TvT bracket yesterday and could only make third TT
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-08 15:32:31
April 08 2012 15:32 GMT
#127
On April 09 2012 00:29 Asha` wrote:
Why are people still talking about Jjakji? He got screwed by his TvT bracket yesterday and could only make third TT


Wut? Okay, in that case, it's easier for Stephano - he just has to avoid MMA and MKP in the finals, which is doable given that both of them lose to Polt in TvT.
amiGo_O
Profile Joined February 2012
Czech Republic959 Posts
April 08 2012 15:32 GMT
#128
On April 09 2012 00:28 HaXXspetten wrote:
Don't really know who to cheer for besides Stephano and it saddens me. Normally I'd go with MKP, but after all the controversy last night, I just can't. I know it's not his fault, but I just can't :/

NesTea? the most handsome nerd in the universe (quoting Artosis here :D)
♥ In Loda we trust ♥
Gorlin
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2753 Posts
April 08 2012 15:32 GMT
#129
Hoping for an MMA or Nestea win!
Magicpop
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada71 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-08 15:35:54
April 08 2012 15:35 GMT
#130
Will watch all day.. Rooting for MMA and Stephano!
rasnj
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1959 Posts
April 08 2012 15:40 GMT
#131
Predictions:

WP R1:
Squirtle < Nestea (1-2): Squirtle must have focused gstl practice on some of creator, ghostking, mkp, so no serious pvz training. Nestea has been looking beastly this tourny.
Bomber < Stephano (1-2): Bomber has been preparing tvt for gstl, stephano has recently focused on zvt. Should be very close, but I think stephano can just squeeze out a victory.

MKP > MMA (2-0): MMA has not looked great tvt, MKP has.
Polt < Alive (1-2): Alive is pretty good tvt, and I don't really like polt's tvt that much. Should be close though.

WP R2:
Nestea > Stephano (2-0): I just consider Nestea better in this matchup and zvz is not really stephano's specialty.
MKP > Alive (2-0): MKP seems very strong, alive not so much.

WP Final:
Nestea < MKP (2-3): This should be very close. Both very good. But nestea has only shown good form this tournament while mkp has proven over the last couple of months that he is amazing.

LB R1:
Squirtle < Bomber (1-2): Squirtle likely prepared pvt for ghostking and/or mkp. Bomber likely not focused on tvp. Despite this bomber is great tvp, squirtle is not great pvt. Should be close, but I think bomber's fundamental strengths in this matchup should give him the win.
Polt > MMA (2-1): Polt seemed slightly better at tvt than mma this tournament.

LB R2:
Bomber > Alive (2-1): Bomber's tvt has been looking very good.
Polt < Stephano (1-2): Stephano seems to have shown recently that he has overcome his hurdle vs polt. Close match, but I think this is in stephano's favor.

LB R3:
Bomber < Stephano (2-3)

LB final:
Nestea > Stephano (3-1)

Grand final:
MKP > Nestea (4-2)
mrfsy
Profile Joined August 2011
France49 Posts
April 08 2012 15:41 GMT
#132
Nestea vs MMA Grand Final!
Shinobi1982
Profile Joined January 2011
1605 Posts
April 08 2012 15:41 GMT
#133
Damn I'm so excited to watch some good sc2 games with Korean casters.
Train like an animal, eat like a horse, sleep like a baby, grow like a weed.
rasnj
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1959 Posts
April 08 2012 15:42 GMT
#134
On April 08 2012 23:51 JyB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2012 23:05 ZpuX wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find the vods of stephanos games from yesterday? I tried the IGN twitch account, but they doesn't seem to contain stephanos games...

+1

Where can we find Stephano's VOD from yesterday ??

Thanks

JYP vs Stephano: http://www.twitch.tv/ignproleague2/b/314247563?t=18m20s (skipping a pause at start)
Don't think his match vs curious was broadcasted. At least I missed it if it was.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
April 08 2012 15:42 GMT
#135
Predictions:

Nestea fucks everyone up.

Not a game dropped from here on out :D
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
mikedebo
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada4341 Posts
April 08 2012 15:43 GMT
#136
I love Nestea -- he's one of my favorite players -- but I can't see him surviving this. He did really well in his brackets against the caliber of opponent he can usually beat, and even then it was a bit shaky. I think any of the remaining players could potentially give him some serious headaches.

Having said that -- gogo prof tea
I NEED A PHOTOSYNTHESIS! ||| 'airtoss' is an anagram of 'artosis' ||| SANGHOOOOOO ||| "No Korea? No problem. I have internet." -- Stardust
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
April 08 2012 15:45 GMT
#137
Good though Nestea is, I think he has to pull out a new meta-game to beat the TvZers in this tournament - I got the feeling yesterday watching MKP play vs. Curious that Terrans have figured out a winning strategy vs. ling infestor baneling and that we're in the throes of a meta-game change that favors Terran, and I reckon MMA knows it too.
Forbidden17
Profile Joined December 2011
666 Posts
April 08 2012 15:46 GMT
#138
Stephano's best shot is if Squirtle somehow upsets Nestea and MKP/MMA don't make it through their end of the bracket to face him
dragonborn
Profile Joined January 2012
4781 Posts
April 08 2012 15:46 GMT
#139
On April 09 2012 00:29 chosenkerrigan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 08 2012 23:54 dragonborn wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:52 ladyumbra wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:48 dragonborn wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:42 0ne wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:40 Zeon0 wrote:
great bracket for Stephano

imo the weakest terran out of the 5 and then no terran at all

One does not simply call Bomber weak

are you still here?

as you said, Curious and JYP about to raping Stephano, what happened?



While I have no interest in the general fanboy fight going on here I would agree that while beatable people generally don't think of bomber and go " oh that guy.. total walkover." Inconsistent yes but a piece of cake to beat, not really.

his posts from yesterday

On April 08 2012 01:24 0ne wrote:
On April 08 2012 01:23 mememolly wrote:
On April 08 2012 01:22 0ne wrote:
On April 08 2012 01:18 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
On April 08 2012 00:44 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
A: Nestea, Parting

B: MKP, Curious

C: No fucking clue....I mean really? Look at all that pvp. Who knows

D: Bomber, MMA


Exactly. Glad to see someone not overhyping Stephano. MKP got very lucky in having a Terran-free group.

Stephano is probably not going to make it out of his group. JYP (blablabla 4-0 in meaningless practice games) and Curious are both better than him.


based on what?

JYP sick korean PvZer. Curious won code A without dropping a map and is one of the startale aces.


On April 08 2012 01:22 0ne wrote:
On April 08 2012 01:18 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
On April 08 2012 00:44 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
A: Nestea, Parting

B: MKP, Curious

C: No fucking clue....I mean really? Look at all that pvp. Who knows

D: Bomber, MMA


Exactly. Glad to see someone not overhyping Stephano. MKP got very lucky in having a Terran-free group.

Stephano is probably not going to make it out of his group. JYP (blablabla 4-0 in meaningless practice games) and Curious are both better than him.


what happened?


On April 08 2012 23:54 Ghanburighan wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:52 ladyumbra wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:48 dragonborn wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:42 0ne wrote:
On April 08 2012 23:40 Zeon0 wrote:
great bracket for Stephano

imo the weakest terran out of the 5 and then no terran at all

One does not simply call Bomber weak

are you still here?

as you said, Curious and JYP about to raping Stephano, what happened?



While I have no interest in the general fanboy fight going on here I would agree that while beatable people generally don't think of bomber and go " oh that guy.. total walkover." Inconsistent yes but a piece of cake to beat, not really.


No point in arguing with Dragonborn, that's his usual trolling strategy. He did that for ages in the LR yesterday. Just ignore...

yeah saying "IdrA is not good enough" is trolling, riiiiight.


Man we get it stephano won against JYP what an accomplishment!
Now go have a life.

go have a life????
esaul17
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada547 Posts
April 08 2012 15:46 GMT
#140
Is there any extended series rule or the like? Or is the only advantage to hitting the finals from the winners bracket that you are a bit less fatigued?
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