On April 29 2012 15:53 Chunhyang wrote: Stephano had all to gain, MC all to lose in this match.
In the end, MC got nothing except the certainty that he still "got this". Stephano lost nothing; he's still the best foreigner. But that title may mean just a teensy bit less today.
All to gain? Stephano proves that his ZvP can't compete with MC PvZ.
On April 29 2012 15:53 Chunhyang wrote: Stephano had all to gain, MC all to lose in this match.
In the end, MC got nothing except the certainty that he still "got this". Stephano lost nothing; he's still the best foreigner. But that title may mean just a teensy bit less today.
All to gain? Stephano proves that his ZvP can't compete with MC PvZ.
I think he meant, stephano had all to gain because if he won people would be spouting best zvp in world again, but if mc won, nothing would change for him. However, if mc lost it would hurt him more whereas if stephano lost like he did, not much is said.
On April 29 2012 15:53 Chunhyang wrote: Stephano had all to gain, MC all to lose in this match.
In the end, MC got nothing except the certainty that he still "got this". Stephano lost nothing; he's still the best foreigner. But that title may mean just a teensy bit less today.
All to gain? Stephano proves that his ZvP can't compete with MC PvZ.
On April 29 2012 15:53 Chunhyang wrote: Stephano had all to gain, MC all to lose in this match.
In the end, MC got nothing except the certainty that he still "got this". Stephano lost nothing; he's still the best foreigner. But that title may mean just a teensy bit less today.
All to gain? Stephano proves that his ZvP can't compete with MC PvZ.
It is pretty obvious he can compete with him by the fact that he won some games and was leading for a short while.
However these games do not matter that much since they where cross server.
Nice play by MC! He realized that Stephano's style is basically immune to gateway/gateway immortal pressure but weaker to stargate play and took advantage of it. All credit to Stephano though- the series was close and that's impressive against arguably the best PvZer around at the moment. Definitely a good sign for his code S prospects.
On April 29 2012 16:18 Ghardo wrote: How does leading after 5 matches translate into being unable to compete with MC's PvZ? o_O
In a Bo5 he would have won.
Silly argument. One can easily say MC would have even earlier in Bo3 as well.
The only thing one can take away from this, is that while Stephano isn't better than MC in this matchup, he can still compete with him in it.
Bo1: Stephano wins Bo3: MC wins Bo5: Stephano wins Bo7: MC wins Bo9: MC wins
MC's results got better as the series went on due to his experience in the match-up. MC tried a bunch of things against Stephano - immortal expands, two base blink timings, void ray zealot, standard star gate harass, 3 gate, colossi pushes, etc., before deciding that star gate play was the way to go against Stephano. He showcased a huge variety of styles, all of which he performed to a Code S standard.
This is the advantage he had over Stephano - his experience and knowledge. Foreigner players, Stephano included, do not have a variety of styles. They find one that works for them and stick to it. This allows you to take games and matches off of the best Koreans, but when it comes to Bo9s, you're at a disadvantage because whereas they are able to switch styles and experiment, you're stuck to your style and have to hope that they don't have a style that counters yours.
Stephano is the first player who I thought had the ability to play a huge variety of styles because he learns and adapts quickly, but he has to get over his refusal to practice 10-12+ hours a day because practicing 3-4 hours a day just won't cut it when you're traveling to tournaments all the time - you don't have the time to practice a huge variety of styles and have to rely on a few, which is what Stephano does.
On April 29 2012 18:20 Shaddar wrote: Thank God MC won, nice play by him. Hopefully some of the Stephano fanboys will calm down a bit now, he's good but way overhyped.
losing to arguably the best protoss in the world 3-5 in a best of 9 doesn't mean he's overhyped. lol.
On April 29 2012 18:20 Shaddar wrote: Thank God MC won, nice play by him. Hopefully some of the Stephano fanboys will calm down a bit now, he's good but way overhyped.
losing to arguably the best protoss in the world 3-5 in a best of 9 doesn't mean he's overhyped. lol.
Don't bother. Some people hate a player because of their fans. It's like hating a country for its inhabitants it's low and shows a great deal of ignorance (also that's called being xenophobic), in the General Discussion that is frown upon but here you are free to insult anyone as long as you use the word fanboy.
On April 29 2012 18:20 Shaddar wrote: Thank God MC won, nice play by him. Hopefully some of the Stephano fanboys will calm down a bit now, he's good but way overhyped.
losing to arguably the best protoss in the world 3-5 in a best of 9 doesn't mean he's overhyped. lol.
god people make me laugh, yes how bad is Stephano losing to MC..... hahahah. Sorry this wasnt somescrub, this was MC.... MC you know who is a great pvZ player, has the experience of where he shows up quite often after sometimesperforming bad... nothing wrong with losing to MC at all....
people are tlaking like he lost 5-0.... and no games were close... lol
On April 29 2012 15:53 Chunhyang wrote: Stephano had all to gain, MC all to lose in this match.
In the end, MC got nothing except the certainty that he still "got this". Stephano lost nothing; he's still the best foreigner. But that title may mean just a teensy bit less today.
All to gain? Stephano proves that his ZvP can't compete with MC PvZ.
How does losing 3-5 translate into not being able to compete? He couldn't beat MCs PvZ in a Bo9 but he certainly competed for it, for example if it were a Bo5 he would've won and winning a Bo5 is still pretty legit.
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