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dragonborn
Profile Joined January 2012
4781 Posts
July 08 2012 16:59 GMT
#1641
On July 09 2012 01:59 marmuc wrote:
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On July 09 2012 01:57 Holgerius wrote:
What the... how are players like Mvp and MC getting knocked out in this? :O


why? jet lag, bad luck, too much luck for the opponent, but never ever the opponent was simply better this time, this is what I've deducted so far from the post in this thread.

Classic excuses for Korean fanboys.

gz Nerchio.
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
July 08 2012 17:00 GMT
#1642
InDestiny needs to be a casting duo.
eSports for life.
BlazeFury01
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1460 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-08 17:00:43
July 08 2012 17:00 GMT
#1643
On July 09 2012 01:59 marmuc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2012 01:57 Holgerius wrote:
What the... how are players like Mvp and MC getting knocked out in this? :O


why? jet lag, bad luck, too much luck for the opponent, but never ever the opponent was simply better this time, this is what I've deducted so far from the post in this thread.


Stop with the whole jet lag excuse. MC has had more then two days to recover from it and wouldn't have made it to round 4 if it was effecting him that much.
Choboo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Sweden2088 Posts
July 08 2012 17:00 GMT
#1644
On July 09 2012 01:57 Holgerius wrote:
What the... how are players like Mvp and MC getting knocked out in this? :O

these players arent regular americans. these are europeans.
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-y0shi-
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany994 Posts
July 08 2012 17:00 GMT
#1645
On July 09 2012 01:55 ohampatu wrote:
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On July 09 2012 01:52 -y0shi- wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:47 najreteip wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:46 farvacola wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:43 Kreb wrote:
As Incontrol said, that was in convincing fashion. He has showed he can handle robo play, stargate play, gateway allins. And he has has played with roaches, ling/infestor, muta. Very impressive.

Meh, the only thing this series should convince anyone of is that MC has his down days. He played too poorly for this to reflect too greatly on Nerchio, although his reactions to MC's mistakes were certainly proficient.

Oh great here we go again
foreigner beats a top korean, korean played poorly

stop that bs please


So youre saying he didnt? Mc lost with some pretty silly allins and barely won after holding an 8 pool while taking no damage.
He didnt play well, I dont see how one can even argue this..

Im still confused by MCs play, is he so afraid of playing macro against zergs?

And yeah, nerchio played that well but the last game was a buildorder win which is always lucky to some degree, why cant some people just accept this?

Lets see how Yongwa does :/



Its simple really. MC underestimated Nerchio.

There were alot of causes. But lets go back to before this match started. MC went into this having 'smashed' Nerchio many times, with both Protoss and Terran. I dont believe he had ever lost to Nerchio.

Nerchio is top 3 foreign zerg, who is good at 'all-in's. MC played into Nerchios comfort zone, while underestimating him. Thats the best recipe for an upset. And we got one. MC y so arrogant sometimes??? he has the best macro pvz, idk why he only plays macro pvz vs stephano and drg

gratz nerchio


Im not sure about this, I think its more that mc just doesnt seem to be comfortable with pvz lategame which IS in a pretty bad state lately.. Well see what yongwa can do I guess..

But I never understood how zergs loose to these allins, when they fail they look so silly and defending them looks so easy and its basically all zergs have to train rightt now, right? It cant be this complicated :/ (genuinely no clue about zerg play, dont kill me please)
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-08 17:01:22
July 08 2012 17:00 GMT
#1646
On July 09 2012 01:58 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
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On July 09 2012 01:55 samurai80 wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:47 MrShankly wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:45 samurai80 wrote:
I liked the way Nerchio won that, pretty convincing, but him smiling like this after winning. It looks bm to me. Maybe I'm the only one but that's my impression.

He basically just beat the most succesful protoss in the world, when you work so hard, so much practice etc and it pays off maybe he finds it hard not to smile?

I remember reading an interview where nerchio says he thought he was on a similar/same level as stephano.

You misunderstand, I don't say it was bad for him to be happy and show it, but this smile, it looked so much like he was making fun of MC so badly. I've nothing against him, just to say I wouldn't be too happy if I just lost and saw my opponent showing this kind teasing smile. I wouldn't blame my opponent but still it would make me a bit angry inside.


Maybe MC made fun of him off camera before the match, so you never know.


Nah, this is just the way Nerchio is. I still remember him stream sniping Stephano over and over again to let Stephano's stream viewers see that he's the better ZvZer. He's got a vanity thing going on, and used to be BM when he loses, but hey, it motivates him to get better.
farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18866 Posts
July 08 2012 17:00 GMT
#1647
On July 09 2012 01:57 BlazeFury01 wrote:
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On July 09 2012 01:52 -y0shi- wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:47 najreteip wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:46 farvacola wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:43 Kreb wrote:
As Incontrol said, that was in convincing fashion. He has showed he can handle robo play, stargate play, gateway allins. And he has has played with roaches, ling/infestor, muta. Very impressive.

Meh, the only thing this series should convince anyone of is that MC has his down days. He played too poorly for this to reflect too greatly on Nerchio, although his reactions to MC's mistakes were certainly proficient.

Oh great here we go again
foreigner beats a top korean, korean played poorly

stop that bs please


So youre saying he didnt? Mc lost with some pretty silly allins and barely won after holding an 8 pool while taking no damage.
He didnt play well, I dont see how one can even argue this..

Im still confused by MCs play, is he so afraid of playing macro against zergs?

And yeah, nerchio played that well but the last game was a buildorder win which is always lucky to some degree, why cant some people just accept this?

Lets see how Yongwa does :/


Dude, MC has always played like this. It works most of the time but when it doesn't people call it "horrible play" but when it does everybody's like "MC is the best protoss!!!! yadayadayada!".

Nah, every all-in is not created equal, meaning the correct application of a specific all-in relative to the build order of the opponent plays a huge role in the success of said all-in. These all-ins were not MC caliber, at least not when compared to his more successful tournament runs.
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
ohampatu
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1448 Posts
July 08 2012 17:01 GMT
#1648
On July 09 2012 01:59 marmuc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2012 01:57 Holgerius wrote:
What the... how are players like Mvp and MC getting knocked out in this? :O


why? jet lag, bad luck, too much luck for the opponent, but never ever the opponent was simply better this time, this is what I've deducted so far from the post in this thread.



i made a post about this yesterday

Nobody does anything but make excuses, theres always an excuse, thats what fans are for. You will never see a player lose, and them just go: damn he played real good, its always 'i messed up', etc

no recognition ever
I am become death, for I am the destroyer of worlds.....You will be missed KT Violet!!!
SuperYo1000
Profile Joined July 2008
United States880 Posts
July 08 2012 17:01 GMT
#1649
On July 09 2012 01:57 BlazeFury01 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2012 01:52 -y0shi- wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:47 najreteip wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:46 farvacola wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:43 Kreb wrote:
As Incontrol said, that was in convincing fashion. He has showed he can handle robo play, stargate play, gateway allins. And he has has played with roaches, ling/infestor, muta. Very impressive.

Meh, the only thing this series should convince anyone of is that MC has his down days. He played too poorly for this to reflect too greatly on Nerchio, although his reactions to MC's mistakes were certainly proficient.

Oh great here we go again
foreigner beats a top korean, korean played poorly

stop that bs please


So youre saying he didnt? Mc lost with some pretty silly allins and barely won after holding an 8 pool while taking no damage.
He didnt play well, I dont see how one can even argue this..

Im still confused by MCs play, is he so afraid of playing macro against zergs?

And yeah, nerchio played that well but the last game was a buildorder win which is always lucky to some degree, why cant some people just accept this?

Lets see how Yongwa does :/


Dude, MC has always played like this. It works most of the time but when it doesn't people call it "horrible play" but when it does everybody's like "MC is the best protoss!!!! yadayadayada!".


pretty much, MC is an amazing protoss player but you can sense the huge amount of nut hugging going on when a player beats MC in a best of 5 with some really nice play and all you hear is that MC played at 10% and what not. It looks like MC played bad BECAUSE his opponent played well. Give credit where credit is due. GJ Nerchio


P.S. Im a protoss player so its my nature to favor protoss players.
Toadvine
Profile Joined November 2010
Poland2234 Posts
July 08 2012 17:01 GMT
#1650
On July 09 2012 01:56 Azarkon wrote:
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On July 09 2012 01:54 Canucklehead wrote:
I think MC's weakness, his overconfidence, cost him the series. I remember the last time he played nerchio and he 3-0 him in humiliating fashion. Think MC thought he could do the same this time, so ended up playing pretty badly thinking he could still win with the strats he used today. Pretty disappointing series. Yongwha must now carry the torch and win home story!


Nerchio got better, and he prepared vs. MC. Nerchio is a preparer; in these games, he played different strategies every game, and MC was not able to meta-game him, which gave him the victory.


I think MC just misread Nerchio as a player. He wanted to rely on his psychological advantage and just win with well-executed 2 base all-ins, hoping that Nerchio would get flustered and fold under pressure. Thing is, Nerchio is actually really good in the midgame, great at defending all-ins, and a lot worse with lategame Zerg deathballs. MC probably would've had a lot more success if he just played standard.
"There are always some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves." - S.J.Lec
GregMandel
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
France822 Posts
July 08 2012 17:01 GMT
#1651
Anyways sup on stream 2 ? interviews ? ( I know the guy is a interviewer or something :D )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8QLNiolfk - Racing with the sun
Choboo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Sweden2088 Posts
July 08 2012 17:01 GMT
#1652
On July 09 2012 02:00 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2012 01:58 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:55 samurai80 wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:47 MrShankly wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:45 samurai80 wrote:
I liked the way Nerchio won that, pretty convincing, but him smiling like this after winning. It looks bm to me. Maybe I'm the only one but that's my impression.

He basically just beat the most succesful protoss in the world, when you work so hard, so much practice etc and it pays off maybe he finds it hard not to smile?

I remember reading an interview where nerchio says he thought he was on a similar/same level as stephano.

You misunderstand, I don't say it was bad for him to be happy and show it, but this smile, it looked so much like he was making fun of MC so badly. I've nothing against him, just to say I wouldn't be too happy if I just lost and saw my opponent showing this kind teasing smile. I wouldn't blame my opponent but still it would make me a bit angry inside.


Maybe MC made fun of him off camera before the match, so you never know.


Nah, this is just the way Nerchio is. I still remember him stream sniping Stephano over and over again to let Stephano's stream watchers see that he's the better ZvZer. He's got a vanity thing going on, and used to be very BM when he loses, but hey, it motivates him to get better.

now youre just making shit up
SaSe fan club manager
samurai80
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan4225 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-08 17:05:24
July 08 2012 17:01 GMT
#1653
On July 09 2012 01:46 Funkydonky wrote:
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On July 09 2012 01:45 samurai80 wrote:
I liked the way Nerchio won that, pretty convincing, but him smiling like this after winning. It looks bm to me. Maybe I'm the only one but that's my impression.

People like you should go out, and stop watching SC2.

What ? Just because I say I'm not really fond of someone's smile ?? I like Nerchio man, nothing against him. I just said that this smile was so much like him making fun of his opponent. Trolling and provocation is really normal, but you have to do it in a certain way, in front of your opponent and not like this, smiling alone as if you were making fun of your opponent. Now maybe I'm thinking too much, but I know asian people (I'm not but I've lived in Japan for 8 years) actually really really care about that. You can make fun, troll and provoke your opponent, but there is a way to do it. Showing respect is the most important thing.
So now it's ok, it's HSC, everyone is having fun and Nerchio certainly did (EDIT: I meant did not) do that on purpose, but still I have the right to give my opinion and say I didn't really liked his smile at that moment.
ohampatu
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1448 Posts
July 08 2012 17:01 GMT
#1654
On July 09 2012 02:00 -y0shi- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2012 01:55 ohampatu wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:52 -y0shi- wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:47 najreteip wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:46 farvacola wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:43 Kreb wrote:
As Incontrol said, that was in convincing fashion. He has showed he can handle robo play, stargate play, gateway allins. And he has has played with roaches, ling/infestor, muta. Very impressive.

Meh, the only thing this series should convince anyone of is that MC has his down days. He played too poorly for this to reflect too greatly on Nerchio, although his reactions to MC's mistakes were certainly proficient.

Oh great here we go again
foreigner beats a top korean, korean played poorly

stop that bs please


So youre saying he didnt? Mc lost with some pretty silly allins and barely won after holding an 8 pool while taking no damage.
He didnt play well, I dont see how one can even argue this..

Im still confused by MCs play, is he so afraid of playing macro against zergs?

And yeah, nerchio played that well but the last game was a buildorder win which is always lucky to some degree, why cant some people just accept this?

Lets see how Yongwa does :/



Its simple really. MC underestimated Nerchio.

There were alot of causes. But lets go back to before this match started. MC went into this having 'smashed' Nerchio many times, with both Protoss and Terran. I dont believe he had ever lost to Nerchio.

Nerchio is top 3 foreign zerg, who is good at 'all-in's. MC played into Nerchios comfort zone, while underestimating him. Thats the best recipe for an upset. And we got one. MC y so arrogant sometimes??? he has the best macro pvz, idk why he only plays macro pvz vs stephano and drg

gratz nerchio


Im not sure about this, I think its more that mc just doesnt seem to be comfortable with pvz lategame which IS in a pretty bad state lately.. Well see what yongwa can do I guess..

But I never understood how zergs loose to these allins, when they fail they look so silly and defending them looks so easy and its basically all zergs have to train rightt now, right? It cant be this complicated :/ (genuinely no clue about zerg play, dont kill me please)


MC is not afraid in macro ZvP. He is just more confident with his timings. Have you seen his DRG/Stephano games. sentry/immortal quick third
I am become death, for I am the destroyer of worlds.....You will be missed KT Violet!!!
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
July 08 2012 17:01 GMT
#1655
On July 09 2012 01:56 GregMandel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2012 01:52 Musicus wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:48 GregMandel wrote:
Lol @ the guy talking about the queen buff, yeah sure thats totally what made MC make the poorest decision possible and all-in twice in a row. Dumb people, dumb people everywhere ....


Well all-ining several times in a row usually works for MC, so nobody can really blame him for what. It would be weird to not play the style you are most comfortable and had most succes with, but as Bly said, Nerchio is just so good at defending them and does never hesitate to basetrade or something.


I was more criticizing the train of thought of the ppl complaining about the patch rather than MC all-inning :p


Aight I focused on the wrong part sorry, so we agree :D
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
mordk
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Chile8385 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-08 17:03:43
July 08 2012 17:02 GMT
#1656
On July 09 2012 01:57 BlazeFury01 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2012 01:52 -y0shi- wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:47 najreteip wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:46 farvacola wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:43 Kreb wrote:
As Incontrol said, that was in convincing fashion. He has showed he can handle robo play, stargate play, gateway allins. And he has has played with roaches, ling/infestor, muta. Very impressive.

Meh, the only thing this series should convince anyone of is that MC has his down days. He played too poorly for this to reflect too greatly on Nerchio, although his reactions to MC's mistakes were certainly proficient.

Oh great here we go again
foreigner beats a top korean, korean played poorly

stop that bs please


So youre saying he didnt? Mc lost with some pretty silly allins and barely won after holding an 8 pool while taking no damage.
He didnt play well, I dont see how one can even argue this..

Im still confused by MCs play, is he so afraid of playing macro against zergs?

And yeah, nerchio played that well but the last game was a buildorder win which is always lucky to some degree, why cant some people just accept this?

Lets see how Yongwa does :/


Dude, MC has always played like this. It works most of the time but when it doesn't people call it "horrible play" but when it does everybody's like "MC is the best protoss!!!! yadayadayada!".

No, you're getting slightly confused. If you watch MC play regularly you could see his play today wasn't his top form. He made bad decisions, he went for a base trade in the last game without a probe outside his base, he spent the minerals he needed to make a pylon outside. You can nitpick many other examples, even his forcefields didn't look as good as usual. While it's true MC goes for 2-base allins a lot vs zerg, he's usually better at decision making which is what normally wins him games, alongside his micro.

Basically, you can play 2-base allins well, or you can play badly, using the same build, and you get extremely different results, this is an example of the latter.

This obviously doesn't mean Nerchio didn't play well, he did very nicely and got the job done, defending appropriately and responded well without overextending.

People think saying a player didn't play his best is some sort of insult to the winner. Of course it isn't, if the winner had played bad he might have lost despite of his opponents mistakes. Nerchio played excellent that series. One doesn't exclude the other.
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-08 17:02:34
July 08 2012 17:02 GMT
#1657
On July 09 2012 02:01 Choboo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2012 02:00 Azarkon wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:58 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:55 samurai80 wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:47 MrShankly wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:45 samurai80 wrote:
I liked the way Nerchio won that, pretty convincing, but him smiling like this after winning. It looks bm to me. Maybe I'm the only one but that's my impression.

He basically just beat the most succesful protoss in the world, when you work so hard, so much practice etc and it pays off maybe he finds it hard not to smile?

I remember reading an interview where nerchio says he thought he was on a similar/same level as stephano.

You misunderstand, I don't say it was bad for him to be happy and show it, but this smile, it looked so much like he was making fun of MC so badly. I've nothing against him, just to say I wouldn't be too happy if I just lost and saw my opponent showing this kind teasing smile. I wouldn't blame my opponent but still it would make me a bit angry inside.


Maybe MC made fun of him off camera before the match, so you never know.


Nah, this is just the way Nerchio is. I still remember him stream sniping Stephano over and over again to let Stephano's stream watchers see that he's the better ZvZer. He's got a vanity thing going on, and used to be very BM when he loses, but hey, it motivates him to get better.

now youre just making shit up


No, I'm not. I was there when he stream sniped Stephano 7-8 times in a row after Stephano told him to stop doing it.
MegaFonzie
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia1084 Posts
July 08 2012 17:02 GMT
#1658
On July 09 2012 01:57 Shiori wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2012 01:55 MegaFonzie wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:53 Shiori wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:52 Musicus wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:48 GregMandel wrote:
Lol @ the guy talking about the queen buff, yeah sure thats totally what made MC make the poorest decision possible and all-in twice in a row. Dumb people, dumb people everywhere ....


Well all-ining several times in a row usually works for MC, so nobody can really blame him for what. It would be weird to not play the style you are most comfortable and had most succes with, but as Bly said, Nerchio is just so good at defending them and does never hesitate to basetrade or something.

I don't understand why Zergs don't just practice against all-ins. It's pretty much the only way people play high level PvZ, so why bother practising macro strats? Barely any Protoss players macro against Zerg because it's a lost cause. Just train against 2base all-ins and you'll be fine.


I mean, it doesn't matter how many times you keep saying it, that really isn't true. I'm not sure how much starcraft you've been watching over the past several months, but the matchup has well and truly evolved beyond just 2base play, and going into macro games vs zerg isn't a lost cause by any means.

It's a fact. I watch every major tournament and follow a lot of notable Korean streams. When you're up against a top tier Zerg, you usually all-in. It's just the safest way to play.


I guess we'll just agree to disagree, but I really don't know how you can watch all the stuff you claim and have managed to miss all of the macro games the matchup has offered ><
@x5_MegaFonzie
Ylrahc
Profile Joined September 2011
France496 Posts
July 08 2012 17:02 GMT
#1659
On July 09 2012 02:00 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2012 01:58 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:55 samurai80 wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:47 MrShankly wrote:
On July 09 2012 01:45 samurai80 wrote:
I liked the way Nerchio won that, pretty convincing, but him smiling like this after winning. It looks bm to me. Maybe I'm the only one but that's my impression.

He basically just beat the most succesful protoss in the world, when you work so hard, so much practice etc and it pays off maybe he finds it hard not to smile?

I remember reading an interview where nerchio says he thought he was on a similar/same level as stephano.

You misunderstand, I don't say it was bad for him to be happy and show it, but this smile, it looked so much like he was making fun of MC so badly. I've nothing against him, just to say I wouldn't be too happy if I just lost and saw my opponent showing this kind teasing smile. I wouldn't blame my opponent but still it would make me a bit angry inside.


Maybe MC made fun of him off camera before the match, so you never know.


Nah, this is just the way Nerchio is. I still remember him stream sniping Stephano over and over again to let Stephano's stream viewers see that he's the better ZvZer. He's got a vanity thing going on, and used to be BM when he loses, but hey, it motivates him to get better.

Which bited him in the ass when Stephano knocked him out of the DH 2 - 0
Yeah, Nerchio is a troll, disliked by many, including me, but you have to admit that his level of play is impressive.
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GregMandel
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Last Edited: 2012-07-08 17:03:08
July 08 2012 17:02 GMT
#1660
Golden 1-0
( calling it )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8QLNiolfk - Racing with the sun
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