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On May 28 2012 08:34 SkullZ9 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2012 08:29 JohnMatrix wrote:On May 28 2012 08:22 iamthedave wrote:On May 28 2012 08:17 Noocta wrote:On May 28 2012 08:16 fraktoasters wrote:On May 28 2012 08:13 redviper wrote:On May 28 2012 08:10 Azarkon wrote:On May 28 2012 08:06 redviper wrote:On May 28 2012 08:04 mrtomjones wrote:On May 28 2012 08:02 xrapture wrote:
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honestly players like seal, symbol, and curious are better than Stephano in every matchup.
Tournaments like this are so much different than GSL because no one is preparing for Stephano.
I really think he competed in the GSL he would be demolished down to Code B almost immediately. Making comments like that is pretty ignorant. Until Stephano plays in GSL you wont know if these results will translate over. He is VERY good. I'm not even a huge Stephano fan but anyone saying otherwise is lying to themselves. Then shouldn't he actually play in the GSL? Whats stopping him. What was the last thing big tourney Stephano won? The better question is, what was the last big tourney other NA/EU players finished better than Stephano in? That would be a good question if GSL was only played by NA/EU players. Hint: It isn't. Stephano will get crushed. The only foreigners who could compete are Thorzain and Naniwa. Why is Stephano getting this kind of treatment after 2-0 Parting and 2-3 MC. Because people are stupid as hell. :/ Because every foreigner gets this treatment, and rightfully so. The GSL is the toughest tournament in the world, and until you've seen how someone performs over there you can't say for sure how they'll measure up. Naniwa went through this plenty. Why is Stephano any different? Nani of course went on to - eventually - prove himself in the GSL after a few embarassments. Stephano might well perform better than Nani. But we don't know. and maybe koreans are favourised beacause they play on their own soil, just maybe.... Yes, like NA players at MLG lol
NA players do have a home turf advantage in the NA. The problem is when the skill gap is huge enough that the home turf advantage has no effect.
A lot of Korean Code S players do fall to NA/EU players in NA/EU tournaments that have no shot at beating them in the GSL. For example, Ganzi and Parting got rolled this tournament. They played bad. You think that has nothing to do with them playing in NA?
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On May 28 2012 08:34 Dosey wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2012 08:31 ticklishmusic wrote:
2 down? Not2worry.
Seriously Squirtle, don't you dare go down 3-0. Don't you dare quit on me. My starter pokemon is better than this. All this pokemon talk recently... brb downloading the ROM for pokemon blue. Damnit.
pfft,., getting my HUGE old gameboy with the original pokemon blue in it out from the box of memories..
got a flight coming up,., gonna have some pkay fun!!
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On May 28 2012 08:38 xrapture wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2012 08:37 Alryk wrote:On May 28 2012 08:31 Mentalizor wrote:On May 28 2012 08:29 JohnMatrix wrote:On May 28 2012 08:22 iamthedave wrote:On May 28 2012 08:17 Noocta wrote:On May 28 2012 08:16 fraktoasters wrote:On May 28 2012 08:13 redviper wrote:On May 28 2012 08:10 Azarkon wrote:On May 28 2012 08:06 redviper wrote:
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Then shouldn't he actually play in the GSL? Whats stopping him. What was the last thing big tourney Stephano won? The better question is, what was the last big tourney other NA/EU players finished better than Stephano in? That would be a good question if GSL was only played by NA/EU players. Hint: It isn't. Stephano will get crushed. The only foreigners who could compete are Thorzain and Naniwa. Why is Stephano getting this kind of treatment after 2-0 Parting and 2-3 MC. Because people are stupid as hell. :/ Because every foreigner gets this treatment, and rightfully so. The GSL is the toughest tournament in the world, and until you've seen how someone performs over there you can't say for sure how they'll measure up. Naniwa went through this plenty. Why is Stephano any different? Nani of course went on to - eventually - prove himself in the GSL after a few embarassments. Stephano might well perform better than Nani. But we don't know. and maybe koreans are favourised beacause they play on their own soil, just maybe.... That's why they go to MLG, IPL, NASL and even the RedBull thingie on foreign soil, jetlagged and are still winning? Stephano has to travel from Europe too you know... O.o he's been in Arizona for the past week.
Yeah, but he's been training with EG all week. That's a whole new level of disadvantage compared to jetlag.
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Is Bomber in Code-S next season?
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No, Bomber went 1-3 in U/D groups.
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On May 28 2012 08:38 Mentalizor wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2012 08:36 Toadvine wrote:
Why Squirtle decided moving his WHOLE ARMY to the watchtower was a good idea, I don't know.
I've also found myself watching the whole tournament mostly muted (except the Husky solo cast, funnily enough). I honestly prefer casters to just do play-by-play with random tangents if they don't know their shit, because there's nothing more annoying than false hype and over-exaggeration of irrelevant crap. At this point, I prefer TB to Day9, at least the former doesn't pretend to know stuff. You think Day9 doesn't know what he's talking about while analyzing?
Is this a serious question haha
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On May 28 2012 08:39 zyzq wrote:
Is Bomber in Code-S next season?
nope, lost Up and Downs 
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On May 28 2012 08:37 Alryk wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2012 08:31 Mentalizor wrote:On May 28 2012 08:29 JohnMatrix wrote:On May 28 2012 08:22 iamthedave wrote:On May 28 2012 08:17 Noocta wrote:On May 28 2012 08:16 fraktoasters wrote:On May 28 2012 08:13 redviper wrote:On May 28 2012 08:10 Azarkon wrote:On May 28 2012 08:06 redviper wrote:On May 28 2012 08:04 mrtomjones wrote:
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Making comments like that is pretty ignorant. Until Stephano plays in GSL you wont know if these results will translate over. He is VERY good. I'm not even a huge Stephano fan but anyone saying otherwise is lying to themselves. Then shouldn't he actually play in the GSL? Whats stopping him. What was the last thing big tourney Stephano won? The better question is, what was the last big tourney other NA/EU players finished better than Stephano in? That would be a good question if GSL was only played by NA/EU players. Hint: It isn't. Stephano will get crushed. The only foreigners who could compete are Thorzain and Naniwa. Why is Stephano getting this kind of treatment after 2-0 Parting and 2-3 MC. Because people are stupid as hell. :/ Because every foreigner gets this treatment, and rightfully so. The GSL is the toughest tournament in the world, and until you've seen how someone performs over there you can't say for sure how they'll measure up. Naniwa went through this plenty. Why is Stephano any different? Nani of course went on to - eventually - prove himself in the GSL after a few embarassments. Stephano might well perform better than Nani. But we don't know. and maybe koreans are favourised beacause they play on their own soil, just maybe.... That's why they go to MLG, IPL, NASL and even the RedBull thingie on foreign soil, jetlagged and are still winning? Stephano has to travel from Europe too you know... O.o
I'm not denying Stephano's skills, yo. I'm just saying that wether GSL is in Korea or not - I actually think the koreans would still be dominating. Like they are dominating every foreign tournament. Very few foreignors are able to keep up. Kas, Grubby, Stephano, Ret, NaNiWa, ThorZaiN and Sheth are the only ones who have been able to keep up lately imo. (maybe DeMusliM aswell, that guy is alot better than he's getting credit for)
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On May 28 2012 08:39 Zinnwaldite wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2012 08:34 Dosey wrote:On May 28 2012 08:31 ticklishmusic wrote:
2 down? Not2worry.
Seriously Squirtle, don't you dare go down 3-0. Don't you dare quit on me. My starter pokemon is better than this. All this pokemon talk recently... brb downloading the ROM for pokemon blue. Damnit. pfft,., getting my HUGE old gameboy with the original pokemon blue in it out from the box of memories.. got a flight coming up,., gonna have some pkay fun!!
hahaha those massive gameboys were so awesome. They doubled as a weapon when your siblings tried stealing it from you.
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Civilzation is so fun, except when you get tricked by your allies
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On May 28 2012 08:38 Mentalizor wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2012 08:36 Toadvine wrote:
Why Squirtle decided moving his WHOLE ARMY to the watchtower was a good idea, I don't know.
I've also found myself watching the whole tournament mostly muted (except the Husky solo cast, funnily enough). I honestly prefer casters to just do play-by-play with random tangents if they don't know their shit, because there's nothing more annoying than false hype and over-exaggeration of irrelevant crap. At this point, I prefer TB to Day9, at least the former doesn't pretend to know stuff. You think Day9 doesn't know what he's talking about while analyzing?
Yep.
Or rather, I think most of what he says is either irrelevant or trivial. Like, yesterday he would make a point about how Thorzain has such good worker distribution between bases. Then the observer actually showed the bases and it was obvious Thorzain just got to optimal saturation on his main/nat and rallied every CC to his third. Day9 does stuff like this a lot, when he's not doing play by play.
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On May 28 2012 08:35 Drazerk wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2012 08:34 Dosey wrote:On May 28 2012 08:31 ticklishmusic wrote:
2 down? Not2worry.
Seriously Squirtle, don't you dare go down 3-0. Don't you dare quit on me. My starter pokemon is better than this. All this pokemon talk recently... brb downloading the ROM for pokemon blue. Damnit. Pick squirtle its the best starter!
But bulbasaur is good against the first 2 gyms and lightning is not very effective. Then you just catch and abra and get an alakazam to faceroll
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TvP late game is imbalanced I thought?
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On May 28 2012 08:42 Shellshock1122 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2012 08:35 Drazerk wrote:On May 28 2012 08:34 Dosey wrote:On May 28 2012 08:31 ticklishmusic wrote:
2 down? Not2worry.
Seriously Squirtle, don't you dare go down 3-0. Don't you dare quit on me. My starter pokemon is better than this. All this pokemon talk recently... brb downloading the ROM for pokemon blue. Damnit. Pick squirtle its the best starter! But bulbasaur is good against the first 2 gyms and lightning is not very effective. Then you just catch and abra and get an alakazam to faceroll
lowest attack and speed stats also weak to the first like 6 areas...
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Bomber is looking poised to kill Squirtle.
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Bomber is a motherfucking badass.
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EPT
