EPTIron Squid II Grand Final - Page 163
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bsdaemon
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LimitSEA
Australia9580 Posts
On January 27 2013 03:56 Shellshock1122 wrote: He's looked ok. He wont be a title contender but he could probably get out of his group on a good day. His late game doesnt seem very good at times Ahhh ok thanks. Hopefully that'll improve with the new training methods Hots opens up, that's always been a bit of a weakspot of his. On January 27 2013 03:59 liberate71 wrote: So I'm pretty confident with his Code S group this week, depending on how Soulkey plays I think. I have a feeling Taeja will come first, but it could be Soulkey if Taeja's wrists are a bit meh still. I know what you mean. I always try to be as optimistic as possible when Nestea plays, but in the back of my head I couldn't really see him beating DRG, MKP or Life. So glad to see he's in good enough shape to destroy MKP, and hopefully he can make it out of his group. I'm desperate for Nestea's 4th title. | ||
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Canucklehead
Canada5074 Posts
On January 27 2013 04:01 Kasaraki wrote: The terran players who are still good today, like Mvp and TaeJa, are all great thinkers, able to reinvent themselves, all having great decisionmaking. MVP yes, but Taeja no. I've never been impressed with Taeja and he was only good for 2 months last summer. Life is 7-0 against taeja recently and hero is like 7-0 against him too. MKP's tvz is terribad these days, but taeja's isn't any better, but mkp's tvp is far superior than taeja who has always had bad tvp. MKP destroyed hero in iron squid, and taeja has gotten dominated by hero a lot recently with the games not even being close. MKP has always been the better player than taeja and still is today, it's just he loses all his tvz but still wins tvp and tvp pretty well. | ||
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neggro
United States591 Posts
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
On January 27 2013 04:03 Zealously wrote: And if Life wins this series, it'll be a long time before next time  DRG was the only person who looked remotely close to be able to take a series off of life right now (based off how close BlizzCup 2012 series was between the two). Life's just on fire. | ||
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arvinds94
United States40 Posts
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On January 27 2013 04:06 LimitSEA wrote: Ahhh ok thanks. Hopefully that'll improve with the new training methods Hots opens up, that's always been a bit of a weakspot of his. I know what you mean. I always try to be as optimistic as possible when Nestea plays, but in the back of my head I couldn't really see him beating DRG, MKP or Life. So glad to see he's in good enough shape to destroy MKP, and hopefully he can make it out of his group. I'm desperate for Nestea's 4th title. He should be fine. Probably the favorite even, unless Taeja is anywhere back to normal o.O; | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
On January 27 2013 04:06 neggro wrote: who is the translator he works for SK gaming and is head of KSL | ||
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neggro
United States591 Posts
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StarVe
Germany13591 Posts
On January 27 2013 04:06 neggro wrote: who is the translator Min Sik Ko aka Reis, manager of SK Gaming. | ||
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Emzeeshady
Canada4203 Posts
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xwoGworwaTsx
United States984 Posts
On January 27 2013 04:03 TheDougler wrote: Damn, it's been a while since we had a non-korean Unofficial World Champ  like in Broodwar, it might never happen anymore. | ||
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
On January 27 2013 04:07 neoghaleon55 wrote: he works for SK gaming and is head of KSL Speaking of KSL, when's that tournament gonna start again? | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
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TheDougler
Canada8306 Posts
On January 27 2013 04:03 StarVe wrote: And it'll be a while until we get another one. Unless DRG beats Life and Stephano somehow beats DRG in GSL which is pretty unlikely. Yeah... I'm not gonna hold my breath on that one. | ||
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Kasaraki
Denmark7115 Posts
On January 27 2013 04:06 Canucklehead wrote: MVP yes, but Taeja no. I've never been impressed with Taeja and he was only good for 2 months last summer. Life is 7-0 against taeja recently and hero is like 7-0 against him too. MKP's tvz is terribad these days, but taeja's isn't any better, but mkp's tvp is far superior than taeja who has always had bad tvp. MKP has always been the better player than taeja and still is today, it's just he loses all his tvz but still wins tvp and tvp pretty well. It's those damn wrists. I'm a TaeJa fanboy, haha, but I just wanted a name apart from Mvp as someone who is an intelligent terran. Last year was not a good terran year though, except for the King himself, so not a lot to pick from. | ||
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sitromit
7051 Posts
"We are here because we love you, and we think your greedy play is hurting you." :p | ||
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
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Qwerty85
Croatia5536 Posts
On January 27 2013 04:01 Kasaraki wrote: Yeah, his success wasn't based on intelligent play that much. He got away with greed when he wanted to, and had amazing micro, and good macro mechanics. But he wasn't a thinking player, and his decisionmaking was always poor. The terran players who are still good today, like Mvp and TaeJa, are all great thinkers, able to reinvent themselves, all having great decisionmaking. Mvp is the ultimate example, not abusing a specific metagame, or having metagame luck (As so many players have had over the years), but reinventing the metagame and thinking on a very high level about the game. That is not exactly true. Taeja had a brief period when he was dominating zerg through very greedy play. Once he got figured out by Life in Gsl, his TvZ win rate dropped. Only "cerebral" player that somehow gets around the #1 terran problem these days (lack of options, timings dont work so you have to play risky and greedy to match zerg macro) is Mvp. All other terrans are doing greedy play because going 2 rax, or marine helion medivac, or 2 factory helion is very all in and doesnt really allow transition. | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
OMG Nestea spanked him pretty hard | ||
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