[Code S] "The Chosen 8" 2012 GSL Season 2 Day 1 - Page 153

On May 02 2012 19:25 HaXxorIzed wrote:


The problem with that line of thinking is it's the fierce competition which creates the 'skillfull starcraft 2' (which is a loaded statement anyway, when you play someone like a fucking fiddle the way MVP did in this bo5 it's surely worth something). That need to win at all costs and putting an emphasis over winning as opposed to giving a great show is what gives us the nail biters and the moments of brilliance, because they come from two talented and well trained individuals giving it their all on the big stage. It also gives us the cheeky / mindscrew games where one player can see the blindness of his opponents and relentlessly abuses it, even if people outside of the game can see the noose the victim has walked into.

"Cheese" or "Build Order wins" are also a product of this - you take the good with the bad, and you can't have one without the other.

I don't really have any emotional investment in either of these players though, just my observation.

On May 02 2012 19:29 Waxangel wrote:
The Mvp interview in the press room just finished

he said he saw that NaNiwa played a very greedy style that often precluded the possibility of early game rushes, and he aimed to punish him for it