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Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-04 14:14:24
June 04 2012 14:14 GMT
#961
Discussion still going on for this? Why couldn't it have been this lively for the rest of the season?
Liquipedia"Expert"
catplanetcatplanet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3830 Posts
June 04 2012 14:17 GMT
#962
On June 04 2012 23:14 Inflicted_ wrote:
Discussion still going on for this? Why couldn't it have been this lively for the rest of the season?

Because ZeNEX was doing well T_T
I think it's finally time to admit it might not be the year of Pet
shadymmj
Profile Joined June 2010
1906 Posts
June 04 2012 14:18 GMT
#963
eh, this is one of the greatest achievements in sc2 ever. actually it is the greatest. look at the lineup of 6 players he smashed through. suffice to say even flash would be impressed.
There is no such thing is "e-sports". There is Brood War, and then there is crap for nerds.
nihlon
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden5581 Posts
June 04 2012 14:24 GMT
#964
On June 04 2012 23:09 InMotion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2012 22:56 Lazzi wrote:
Demuslim is pretty good actually ...


Compared to top koreans? No, he really isn't.

Demuslim is one of those players that still live off his early accomplishements in sc2. It's been well over a year since he did something remotely impressive and I don't understand how people still call him one of the top terrans.
Banelings are too cute to blow up
Sroobz
Profile Joined December 2011
United States1377 Posts
June 04 2012 14:35 GMT
#965
Is this NEW? I mean MKP always wins online tournaments...
Flash---Taeja---Mvp---Byun---DRG
NOOBALOPSE
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada802 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-04 15:27:44
June 04 2012 15:26 GMT
#966
SC2 is not about what you accomplish. In fact, tournaments RARELY represent your true skill. Often, especially in the GSL, people prepare certain builds for certain maps for certain people BECAUSE they know how they play, etc.etc. True skill is in practice and in practice DeMusliM is better than almost everybody

He is #1 on NA ladder. Look at his damn record be4 you say anything. DeMusliM is better then you could ever be, and a lot better than most people think.

The same is w/ IdrA btw. He has just been having a bad streak of tournament results. Just ask Beastyqt, he said that he doesn't know why people flame IdrA, he said that he thinks IdrA is a great player and he practices with him a lot.

Now don't go trying to flame Beastyqt, he's been workin his ass off. Look at his MCSL results.
InMotion
Profile Joined May 2012
Canada110 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-04 15:44:30
June 04 2012 15:32 GMT
#967
On June 05 2012 00:26 NOOBALOPSE wrote:
SC2 is not about what you accomplish. In fact, tournaments RARELY represent your true skill. Often, especially in the GSL, people prepare certain builds for certain maps for certain people BECAUSE they know how they play, etc.etc. True skill is in practice and in practice DeMusliM is better than almost everybody

He is #1 on NA ladder. Look at his damn record be4 you say anything. DeMusliM is better then you could ever be, and a lot better than most people think.

The same is w/ IdrA btw. He has just been having a bad streak of tournament results. Just ask Beastyqt, he said that he doesn't know why people flame IdrA, he said that he thinks IdrA is a great player and he practices with him a lot.

Now don't go trying to flame Beastyqt, he's been workin his ass off. Look at his MCSL results.


Oh noes.. he's better than me! What a beast! Good argument.

DeMusliM hasn't done a single thing in an entire year. He took a series off Nestea back in MLG winter arena.. that's about the last thing he's done. And nobody cared because Nestea has not been relevant since then anyway.

Nobody is arguing that he's not a top NA player.. but unfortunately that doesn't mean shit all.
eMGmoG
Profile Joined March 2012
Switzerland244 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-04 15:40:17
June 04 2012 15:38 GMT
#968
i just love how mkp basically plays whatever he wants and gets it to work. he is so strong in terms of raw skill. sometimes he just needs to keep cool and not get too emotional. will come within some years with the age i guess
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
June 04 2012 15:54 GMT
#969
On June 05 2012 00:26 NOOBALOPSE wrote:
SC2 is not about what you accomplish. In fact, tournaments RARELY represent your true skill. Often, especially in the GSL, people prepare certain builds for certain maps for certain people BECAUSE they know how they play, etc.etc. True skill is in practice and in practice DeMusliM is better than almost everybody

He is #1 on NA ladder. Look at his damn record be4 you say anything. DeMusliM is better then you could ever be, and a lot better than most people think.

The same is w/ IdrA btw. He has just been having a bad streak of tournament results. Just ask Beastyqt, he said that he doesn't know why people flame IdrA, he said that he thinks IdrA is a great player and he practices with him a lot.

Now don't go trying to flame Beastyqt, he's been workin his ass off. Look at his MCSL results.


I'd say the complete opposite. Practice means nothing. It matters how you can perform under pressure, in a tournament setting. That's what matters. If you can't win in tournaments you don't have the skill.
Phobbers
Profile Joined May 2011
773 Posts
June 04 2012 16:02 GMT
#970
On June 05 2012 00:54 FabledIntegral wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 00:26 NOOBALOPSE wrote:
SC2 is not about what you accomplish. In fact, tournaments RARELY represent your true skill. Often, especially in the GSL, people prepare certain builds for certain maps for certain people BECAUSE they know how they play, etc.etc. True skill is in practice and in practice DeMusliM is better than almost everybody

He is #1 on NA ladder. Look at his damn record be4 you say anything. DeMusliM is better then you could ever be, and a lot better than most people think.

The same is w/ IdrA btw. He has just been having a bad streak of tournament results. Just ask Beastyqt, he said that he doesn't know why people flame IdrA, he said that he thinks IdrA is a great player and he practices with him a lot.

Now don't go trying to flame Beastyqt, he's been workin his ass off. Look at his MCSL results.


I'd say the complete opposite. Practice means nothing. It matters how you can perform under pressure, in a tournament setting. That's what matters. If you can't win in tournaments you don't have the skill.

Saying practice means nothing is pretty farfetched.
EG/C9/ALL/TSM
canikizu
Profile Joined September 2010
4860 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-04 16:14:09
June 04 2012 16:13 GMT
#971
On June 05 2012 00:26 NOOBALOPSE wrote:
SC2 is not about what you accomplish. In fact, tournaments RARELY represent your true skill. Often, especially in the GSL, people prepare certain builds for certain maps for certain people BECAUSE they know how they play, etc.etc. True skill is in practice and in practice DeMusliM is better than almost everybody

He is #1 on NA ladder. Look at his damn record be4 you say anything. DeMusliM is better then you could ever be, and a lot better than most people think.

The same is w/ IdrA btw. He has just been having a bad streak of tournament results. Just ask Beastyqt, he said that he doesn't know why people flame IdrA, he said that he thinks IdrA is a great player and he practices with him a lot.

Now don't go trying to flame Beastyqt, he's been workin his ass off. Look at his MCSL results.

Wut?
Tournaments exist for a reason. It's always a measure of how good you are as a professional. Ladder is nothing but a series of bo1 against other players, most of them are not pro. Practice games are not a measure of your success either, you only play against your teammates, whose styles you understand too well already. That's why people usually seek out other teams' players to practice with, or just ladder. There's a reason why people usually don't care about win or lose on ladder and practice, because they're not that important. Can you actually say that people on top of ladder is actually more skill than other people?

Good at practice and ladder means that you have a potential to be good at tournaments, where you actually get paid for winning, and which is the whole reasons sponsors pay you salary in the first place. But in the end of the day, posting good/decent results in tournaments is what defines a good player.
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
June 04 2012 16:32 GMT
#972
On June 05 2012 01:02 Phobbers wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 00:54 FabledIntegral wrote:
On June 05 2012 00:26 NOOBALOPSE wrote:
SC2 is not about what you accomplish. In fact, tournaments RARELY represent your true skill. Often, especially in the GSL, people prepare certain builds for certain maps for certain people BECAUSE they know how they play, etc.etc. True skill is in practice and in practice DeMusliM is better than almost everybody

He is #1 on NA ladder. Look at his damn record be4 you say anything. DeMusliM is better then you could ever be, and a lot better than most people think.

The same is w/ IdrA btw. He has just been having a bad streak of tournament results. Just ask Beastyqt, he said that he doesn't know why people flame IdrA, he said that he thinks IdrA is a great player and he practices with him a lot.

Now don't go trying to flame Beastyqt, he's been workin his ass off. Look at his MCSL results.


I'd say the complete opposite. Practice means nothing. It matters how you can perform under pressure, in a tournament setting. That's what matters. If you can't win in tournaments you don't have the skill.

Saying practice means nothing is pretty farfetched.


In terms of who's a top player, I'd say practice has a very minimal impact. How often have you heard of practice beasts in BW that never accomplished anything? There's a ton. Who do we recognize as the best? Those who had the top tournament results and performed best in events like Proleague.
Phobbers
Profile Joined May 2011
773 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-04 16:45:37
June 04 2012 16:43 GMT
#973
On June 05 2012 01:32 FabledIntegral wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 01:02 Phobbers wrote:
On June 05 2012 00:54 FabledIntegral wrote:
On June 05 2012 00:26 NOOBALOPSE wrote:
SC2 is not about what you accomplish. In fact, tournaments RARELY represent your true skill. Often, especially in the GSL, people prepare certain builds for certain maps for certain people BECAUSE they know how they play, etc.etc. True skill is in practice and in practice DeMusliM is better than almost everybody

He is #1 on NA ladder. Look at his damn record be4 you say anything. DeMusliM is better then you could ever be, and a lot better than most people think.

The same is w/ IdrA btw. He has just been having a bad streak of tournament results. Just ask Beastyqt, he said that he doesn't know why people flame IdrA, he said that he thinks IdrA is a great player and he practices with him a lot.

Now don't go trying to flame Beastyqt, he's been workin his ass off. Look at his MCSL results.


I'd say the complete opposite. Practice means nothing. It matters how you can perform under pressure, in a tournament setting. That's what matters. If you can't win in tournaments you don't have the skill.

Saying practice means nothing is pretty farfetched.


In terms of who's a top player, I'd say practice has a very minimal impact. How often have you heard of practice beasts in BW that never accomplished anything? There's a ton. Who do we recognize as the best? Those who had the top tournament results and performed best in events like Proleague.

I agree with you on the topic that practice isn't everything, you need to be able to handle the pressure that comes from playing on a big stage and being able to make the proper choices in that scenario. But you can't just derp your way to 1st place time and time again without practice. Hell a grand example of that is Moon, the man would practice over 14hrs a day to maintain his skills.

Edit; Also you state that we only keep eye on those who perform well in the individual and team leagues, of course that is true, but do you really think those people got there without practice?
EG/C9/ALL/TSM
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
June 04 2012 16:47 GMT
#974
On June 05 2012 01:43 Phobbers wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 01:32 FabledIntegral wrote:
On June 05 2012 01:02 Phobbers wrote:
On June 05 2012 00:54 FabledIntegral wrote:
On June 05 2012 00:26 NOOBALOPSE wrote:
SC2 is not about what you accomplish. In fact, tournaments RARELY represent your true skill. Often, especially in the GSL, people prepare certain builds for certain maps for certain people BECAUSE they know how they play, etc.etc. True skill is in practice and in practice DeMusliM is better than almost everybody

He is #1 on NA ladder. Look at his damn record be4 you say anything. DeMusliM is better then you could ever be, and a lot better than most people think.

The same is w/ IdrA btw. He has just been having a bad streak of tournament results. Just ask Beastyqt, he said that he doesn't know why people flame IdrA, he said that he thinks IdrA is a great player and he practices with him a lot.

Now don't go trying to flame Beastyqt, he's been workin his ass off. Look at his MCSL results.


I'd say the complete opposite. Practice means nothing. It matters how you can perform under pressure, in a tournament setting. That's what matters. If you can't win in tournaments you don't have the skill.

Saying practice means nothing is pretty farfetched.


In terms of who's a top player, I'd say practice has a very minimal impact. How often have you heard of practice beasts in BW that never accomplished anything? There's a ton. Who do we recognize as the best? Those who had the top tournament results and performed best in events like Proleague.

I agree with you on the topic that practice isn't everything, you need to be able to handle the pressure that comes from playing on a big stage and being able to make the proper choices in that scenario. But you can't just derp your way to 1st place time and time again without practice. Hell a grand example of that is Moon, the man would practice over 14hrs a day to maintain his skills.

Edit; Also you state that we only keep eye on those who perform well in the individual and team leagues, of course that is true, but do you really think those people got there without practice?


Of course practice gets you there. But what matters itself is your results, not your practice, in terms of judging how successful a player is. If you dominate everyone in practice but get knocked out round 1 every tournament, then it's useless. Some people perform better in tournament settings, some perform worse.
noddy
Profile Joined July 2011
United Kingdom927 Posts
June 04 2012 16:49 GMT
#975
On June 04 2012 10:25 opterown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2012 10:22 Dodgin wrote:
On June 04 2012 10:19 vnlegend wrote:
wow this is still going on. If you're that desperate for a win then of course, Parting won that one time. MKP still crushes Startale with ease whenever he wants to.


I agree MKP destroyed them today and that's all that matters, the GSTL finals doesn't mean anything anymore it was like 2 months ago. If Prime fans want a reason to say their team is better just point to today instead of then and no one is going to argue with you.

it wasn't really a teaaammm game though to be honest. lol.


Other members on Prime have shown just as well that they're better than pretty much anyone on ST. It's strange people are saying ST is the strongest team. I'd take MKP/Maru/Creator/BBBB over Bomber/Curious/Parting/Squirtle any day.
DamageControL
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States4222 Posts
June 04 2012 16:51 GMT
#976
On June 05 2012 01:02 Phobbers wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 05 2012 00:54 FabledIntegral wrote:
On June 05 2012 00:26 NOOBALOPSE wrote:
SC2 is not about what you accomplish. In fact, tournaments RARELY represent your true skill. Often, especially in the GSL, people prepare certain builds for certain maps for certain people BECAUSE they know how they play, etc.etc. True skill is in practice and in practice DeMusliM is better than almost everybody

He is #1 on NA ladder. Look at his damn record be4 you say anything. DeMusliM is better then you could ever be, and a lot better than most people think.

The same is w/ IdrA btw. He has just been having a bad streak of tournament results. Just ask Beastyqt, he said that he doesn't know why people flame IdrA, he said that he thinks IdrA is a great player and he practices with him a lot.

Now don't go trying to flame Beastyqt, he's been workin his ass off. Look at his MCSL results.


I'd say the complete opposite. Practice means nothing. It matters how you can perform under pressure, in a tournament setting. That's what matters. If you can't win in tournaments you don't have the skill.

Saying practice means nothing is pretty farfetched.

It only matter insofar as it affects your results in a competitive setting.

Starcraft is a competitive game, and ultimately what matters is how you perform in a competitive setting. Practice partners who are skilled but don't show results have something holding them back. They have potential. But they are not yet relevant.
Liquid | SKT
Sif_
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil3106 Posts
June 04 2012 16:59 GMT
#977
MKP fightinnnn
TeeTS
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany2762 Posts
June 04 2012 17:04 GMT
#978
Practice is practice. Practice games are games you play only for your skill to improve. You can't compare practice performance to anything, because these games are only meant to make you a better player. They don't mean anything because only in a tournament eviroment you have this setting were everyone plays as hard as possible to win. And Starcraft like any other sport is neither a contest for beauty nor for being the fan favorite. Winning is what matters. If you win all tournaments by SCV/marine allining every game, then boy, you are the best SC2 player, though you style is neither fun to watch, nor you'll have a lot of fans.
And so yeah, practice performances only matter, if the player can turn them into tournament performances. Otherwise, we viewers just don't know if the good practice performance was skill or his opponents being bad/playing not as hard as possible.
canikizu
Profile Joined September 2010
4860 Posts
June 04 2012 17:28 GMT
#979
On June 05 2012 01:49 noddy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2012 10:25 opterown wrote:
On June 04 2012 10:22 Dodgin wrote:
On June 04 2012 10:19 vnlegend wrote:
wow this is still going on. If you're that desperate for a win then of course, Parting won that one time. MKP still crushes Startale with ease whenever he wants to.


I agree MKP destroyed them today and that's all that matters, the GSTL finals doesn't mean anything anymore it was like 2 months ago. If Prime fans want a reason to say their team is better just point to today instead of then and no one is going to argue with you.

it wasn't really a teaaammm game though to be honest. lol.


Other members on Prime have shown just as well that they're better than pretty much anyone on ST. It's strange people are saying ST is the strongest team. I'd take MKP/Maru/Creator/BBBB over Bomber/Curious/Parting/Squirtle any day.

Yep, people seems to forget Prime has other strong members, and has always won like in the OP showing. In 2012, Prime has gone 5-4, 5-2, 6-1, and now 6-0 against ST. They only lost 5-6 against ST once.



Although admittedly, in Prime vs ST in 2012, MKP got field 4 times and went 14-3 against ST lol. ST must have hated MKP so much.

Slangen
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden1166 Posts
June 04 2012 17:30 GMT
#980
How. the hell. did he get this good o_O
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