[Code S] Semi-Finals 2012 GSL Season 4 - Page 197

On October 10 2012 21:41 Dodgin wrote:


Unfortunately for the opposition, It's really hard to make bad choices for team league when almost every single one of your players is insanely good.

On October 10 2012 21:53 FakeDeath wrote:


I don't think he is fulltime.
He mentioned in an interview he ask permission from his teacher to take a day off just to play at the GSL.

He mentioned in his interview after beating MKP that he was in the process of transferring school and that's why he had a lot of time to practice.

On October 10 2012 21:53 vthree wrote:


lol, wait till we see the True, dreamertt, horror, Ready, Nestea line-up!!! The funny thing is, even that line up is not THAT bad.

On October 10 2012 21:50 TheBB wrote:

This is a good point. Hero and Taeja are great players, but Liquid could really use some kind of support system over there. They tear through groups like nobody's business, but they tend to fall in the matches.

On October 10 2012 21:51 opterown wrote:

he's fulltime now, but going back to school soon i think?

On October 10 2012 21:29 TeeTS wrote:


Well MVP is not exceptional strong mechanically. He wins his games through strategy but even more through decision making. He does not have crazy micro and macro skills like fellow Terrans Taeja, Byun or Marineking, but he knows how to solve problems he's facing much better than anyone else. This will be definately an interesting finals. On one hand we have the incredible gifted Life with the best mechanics we have ever seen from a Zerg player (sry DRG, but this is it!) and on the other hand MVP with his great preparation and decision making.
Could make up for a great finals but could be very one sided either way too.

On October 10 2012 21:58 Azzur wrote:

Unfortunately for the rest of all the non LG-IM players, coach Kang's lineup choices means he has built a strong team of motivated players who in turn help bolster his stars - which is why LG-IM wins championships.

On October 10 2012 22:03 vthree wrote:


I would love a ST vs IM match where each teams sends 5-6 players to play round robin and then add up the scores. Winners league just don't do this justice because so many players on both sides are capable of all kills that 5-0 for either side still doesn't mean much.

On October 10 2012 22:01 vthree wrote:


Well, Hero and Taeja also travel a lot more than Mvp and Life. If you want to compare Taeja's and Mvp's style, it seems Taeja is more technique based where he just macro and micros. Which is superb for weekend style tournaments like MLGs, DH and such. But in terms of preparation, I think Mvp's build just seemed to be that much tighter and specific. I know a lot of people are upset by Mvp pulling his SCVs but you really have to have a pretty good understanding of what you have and what your opponent has before you can make such decisions. Again, Taeja has made Ro8 and Ro4s in GSL so it is not like he is BAD in preparation. But Mvp really shows his strength here.

On October 10 2012 22:02 transcendent one wrote:


where do people get this "he's not exceptionally good at mechanics"?

he was up 30 supply vs symbol without even an engagement in the quarterfinals in one of the games, and outmacroed one of the best zergs in the world heavily, you know, symbol who all killed like 3 teams in gstl. he never ever lost by being outmacroed... also i remember plenty of crazy micro feats from MVP and crazy multi pronged harassment. His mechanics are pretty damn strong.

On October 10 2012 22:07 FakeDeath wrote:


Honestly speaking,Taeja and MVP style is very similar.

Just that MVP has the better preparation builds planned out for each of his opponent and usually has the better decision making than Taeja.
Taeja also doesn't have MVP sick game sense.

On October 10 2012 22:08 vthree wrote:


Yes, I think people just saw MKP having better micro and Bomber having better macro but did not consider that both these players sacrificed the other. Mvp was always able to balance the 2. He would sacrifice one or the other depending on the situation.