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ladyumbra
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada1699 Posts
August 12 2012 01:08 GMT
#7561
On August 12 2012 10:06 mikedebo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 10:05 niteReloaded wrote:
Liquid is a 2 man team when fighting real competition. Luckily Taeja delivers like virgin Mary.


Surrounded by animals in a stable?


Depending on the crowd and the venue ... yes. ^-^
setzer
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3284 Posts
August 12 2012 01:08 GMT
#7562
On August 12 2012 10:03 Hypereport wrote:
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On August 12 2012 09:58 INNI wrote:
Best player in the world right now. You can't argue against it.


People have been saying this for a while, and a lot of haters were of the opinion that he hadn't earned that yet.

I think they've all been silenced now.

#teamtaeja #datmicro

Sick talent just amazing..

<3


Best player in the world without even a top4 GSL appearance? I don't think so. I consider him a top5 player but really, he has only just started to do really well in offline events these past couple months.
Picklebread
Profile Joined June 2011
808 Posts
August 12 2012 01:08 GMT
#7563
On August 12 2012 10:07 Zarahtra wrote:
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On August 12 2012 10:05 pak150 wrote:
I really don't understand IM's strategy here. Putting 3 Protoss in a row against Taeja (which seems to be his best matchup imo) makes absolutely no sense. Is Happy there? Why not put him through at least one TvT?

Well I mean he ate Yoda alive before...

Well did you see how much Yoda choked though? If he had his timings right and played a little bit better then Taeja wouldnt have had his way with him like he did.
Killerkrack
Profile Joined August 2010
664 Posts
August 12 2012 01:08 GMT
#7564
On August 12 2012 10:06 Rammstorm wrote:
Taeja best player in the world? lol ... and more lol ... hardly close MKP, DRG and others.
He is using a mix of MKP(greed) and MMA(drops) style/builds ...

In his current form I'd say he most certainly is either the best or one of the top 2-3 players in the world.
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
August 12 2012 01:08 GMT
#7565
This is where I retreat as a DRG fanboy, and wait for future results that i may skew and twist to my future pleasure in LRs
the p00n
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands615 Posts
August 12 2012 01:08 GMT
#7566
On August 12 2012 10:04 the p00n wrote:
Forgive me but a google and tl.net search (including his fanclub) didn't give me any relevant results... why exactly is mvp in surgery? From what I found it was 'something with his neck' but nobody really elaborates on it.


Anyone?
Herry
Profile Joined March 2011
England681 Posts
August 12 2012 01:08 GMT
#7567
On August 12 2012 10:06 General Nuke Em wrote:
They hype up this 23-2 winning streak as if they've never heard of iloveoov in 2004.


or the great Ma Bonjwa period
zefreak
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States2731 Posts
August 12 2012 01:08 GMT
#7568
On August 12 2012 10:08 Torra wrote:
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On August 12 2012 10:04 Sc2Null wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:03 Torra wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:01 AgentChaos wrote:
On August 12 2012 09:59 Klipsys wrote:
On August 12 2012 09:58 INNI wrote:
Best player in the world right now. You can't argue against it.



This.

tell me that when he wins back to back gsl

No. There's no question about who's the best player in the world atm.


i'm questioning this? How does winning in teamleague == best player?

That means losira is the second best player in the world..see where the logic falters?

Yeah cuz he's only won team league games...I mean...He definitely didn't win MLG summer arena and ASUS ROG.
He's basically won everything the last month.


Reminds me of MKP, and DRG after that. Hope Taeja can last longer than most 'best in the world' players.
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Random_Guy09
Profile Joined April 2012
Canada1010 Posts
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7569
On August 12 2012 10:06 Kznn wrote:
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On August 12 2012 10:05 Jockmcplop wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:02 Havik_ wrote:
Seed. YOU BETTER CHEESE TAEJA.


Yeah he should do some sort of 2 base collosus all in



Yeah, that would be really good
I bet taeja is not prepared to deal with colossi


First already tried that and Taeja scouted it and reacted accordingly and won. Dont think that will work

On August 12 2012 10:06 Moka wrote:
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On August 12 2012 10:02 Sc2Null wrote:
once if taeja falls..who does TL send out..haypro lol? taeja has to win at this point.

There's still HerO


Why are there people that forget about HerO T_T Sure he has some nerve issues but when hes on his game hes a beast!
Pure-SC2
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom1440 Posts
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7570
I had no intention of staying up this late to watch this, and was already falling asleep earlier, but that game.... wow.... so tense, so back and forth, so lost it looked like.... what an amazing game, I'm just so glad I was here to see it with you all
"Every time I visit community sites, I'm just embarrassed. There's so much witch hunting and name calling and arguing and gossip. Misogynist comments against women. It's just embarrassing." – Tasteless
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26360 Posts
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7571
On August 12 2012 10:06 Rammstorm wrote:
Taeja best player in the world? lol ... and more lol ... hardly close MKP, DRG and others.
He is using a mix of MKP(greed) and MMA(drops) style/builds ...

Not really sure what exactly you're trying to say. He's outplaying all of those guys at the moment, it's a matter of whether he keeps it up.

Taeja doesn't play particularly drop-heavy anyway, he delays tanks and is more aggressive with a bio ball in TvZ, that he often keeps together, only indulging in drop play if his opponent is way out of position.

Taeja also isn't known for his builds being good, he's known for playing the games out well, engaging well and making decisions on the fly.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7572
oh god incontrol
Stork[gm]
anonymitylol
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada4477 Posts
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7573
I wish they'd play some KPop during the downtimes. I need some PSY and Wonder Girls
gold on my wrist phone in my pocket
Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-12 01:09:45
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7574
Taeja is undoubtly the best player on liquid atm (or just today / recently even) but saying this is taeja's win is wrong.

Have you not seen him speak to the TL players after every game? he immediately leaves his seat to speak to his team and take advice / criticism from them.

Do you think taeja would have won had he played from game one of the 2nd b09? sure, TL were just "cannon fodder" in your eyes but zenio took a game which everyone bet against, Hero hasnt even played, who is probably their 2nd best bet at winning this thing. They put themselves in the line of fire so taeja could get the much needed rest so he could come out and wreck faces again, his exhaustion is showing with the younghwa game. (epic micro btfw WAOW) how do you think he will fair now? theres a reason he was sent out 4th this time with Hero as backup.

Teamliquid are supporting him every step of the way, wether it be inspirational support, tactics / strategy advice / cannon foddering so he can have more time to recover, whatever. Its a team effort.

In all team games, you have a star player, but they cant win it alone (most of the time) - for example my FPS team has a fucking beast of a sniper, but he cant win it without the rusher calling locations, the team locking locations down, taking players out and allowing him to scout regular locations and take them out too. Alone, he would be located and fucked in the butthole, its much the same for taeja IMO.
Useless wet fish.
Porcelina
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United Kingdom3249 Posts
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7575
On August 12 2012 10:05 LighT. wrote:
This Liquid team so strongly resembles my KT team in so many ways
An ultimate weapon:
Flash vs Taeja

KT Zergs (Action, Crazy-hydra, Hoejja) vs LIquid Zerg (Zenio, Sheth, Ret)
the 2nd in command toss:
Stats vs Hero


That is kind of uncanny in a way.
Tanngrisnir
Profile Joined December 2011
Sweden131 Posts
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7576
Watching TaeJa play im starting to think there might be hope for SC2 again. For a long time I didnt think there was going to be due to various ill designed game mechanics.

What ive seen from TaeJa within the last month thrills me and makes me think that this game might work after all.


TaeJa might or might not be the best player yet in SC2.
He's not good enough to be crushing high level players left and right making it look easy like some of the other dominant players we have had, like MarineKing, MC, NesTea etc.

TaeJa seems to play long razor edge game after game and he somehow comes out on top time after time.
This is much more a sign of a dominant player then a guy just overrunning guy after guy for a while!! This is so exciting!!

You do not see TaeJa drop any easy games at all. Im yet to see that happen more then within reasonable exception-range. Beeing able to play and extend games to win with small margin is the way to beat good players. You're not supposed to be looking to trick a good oponent consistantly (Yea youre going to from time to time.) but rather trying to find this small edge that TaeJa seem to be able too eak out within his games, that is the true solid overall most skillfull ability within Starcraft 2.
This is what we had in Brood War high level games all the time!

I'd like to say TaeJa is by far the most skillfull and dominant player yet in SC2 (imo.) and I hope this is how we see our champions geting their wins in the future!
God of thunder, god of pain!
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7577
On August 12 2012 10:08 Tppz! wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 10:05 LighT. wrote:
This Liquid team so strongly resembles my KT team in so many ways
An ultimate weapon:
Flash vs Taeja

KT Zergs (Action, Crazy-hydra, Hoejja) vs LIquid Zerg (Zenio, Sheth, Ret)
the 2nd in command toss:
Stats vs Hero


gosh you are so right :D

oh my god ._.
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7578
On August 12 2012 10:08 zefreak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 10:08 Torra wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:04 Sc2Null wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:03 Torra wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:01 AgentChaos wrote:
On August 12 2012 09:59 Klipsys wrote:
On August 12 2012 09:58 INNI wrote:
Best player in the world right now. You can't argue against it.



This.

tell me that when he wins back to back gsl

No. There's no question about who's the best player in the world atm.


i'm questioning this? How does winning in teamleague == best player?

That means losira is the second best player in the world..see where the logic falters?

Yeah cuz he's only won team league games...I mean...He definitely didn't win MLG summer arena and ASUS ROG.
He's basically won everything the last month.


Reminds me of MKP, and DRG after that. Hope Taeja can last longer than most 'best in the world' players.

I'll give him one more month before someone else replaces him, I've got my money on IMfirst.
Glorious SEA doto
FliedLice
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany7494 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-12 01:09:45
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7579
On August 12 2012 10:08 Herry wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 10:06 General Nuke Em wrote:
They hype up this 23-2 winning streak as if they've never heard of iloveoov in 2004.


or the great Ma Bonjwa period


maybe they havnt because its a different game
Kevmeister @ Dota2
shabby
Profile Joined March 2010
Norway6402 Posts
August 12 2012 01:09 GMT
#7580
Is this the record for longest lasting team league finals? Think we're almost at 9 hours.
Jaedong, Gumibear, Leenock, Byun
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