EPT[MLG] PartinG vs Fantasy - Dallas Qualifier Day 1 - Page 10
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LockeTazeline
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bittman
Australia8759 Posts
Otherwise, yeah pretty much as expected. EDIT: Wow so many naysayers. I feel people forget the glory days of WoL beta and even the first few months of competition. | ||
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
The MLGvProleague invitational, which had half the players forfeit towards the end and culminated in a tournament that was meaningless except for the top 4 qualifying. These Showdowns, which feature players practicing WoL in a HotS game. Arenas that are quickly abandoned as a concept. WCS NA during MLG with lots of scheduling issues. Various other MLG invitationals that few people care about. I think what they should do is only organize offline tournaments, since it's the main thing they're good at. | ||
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DiMano
Korea (South)2066 Posts
On February 05 2013 08:22 bittman wrote: Round 4, Parting easily going to be the most picked up Kespa player for FPL. Otherwise, yeah pretty much as expected. EDIT: Wow so many naysayers. I feel people forget the glory days of WoL beta and even the first few months of competition. With such terrible oracle micro!?  | ||
Glon
United States569 Posts
On February 05 2013 08:24 Grumbels wrote: It strikes me that a lot of the special content that MLG comes out with is silly. These Showdowns, which feature players practicing WoL in a HotS game. Someone.... understands...? I'm getting really hyped for HerO/BabyKnight though - both have been playing HoTS and should give some good games. 2/14... nice odds | ||
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StarVe
Germany13591 Posts
Round 4 is still a long way off and with PartinG not allowed to play in WoL Proleague, he will be one of the players who practice HotS the most, even if he doesn't do it now, so he should have a bit of an advantage. Not to mention that he's one of the best players on a Kespa team anyway. And Protoss has had the best win rate in Proleague by far up to this point. | ||
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bittman
Australia8759 Posts
Well really I'm generally of the opinion that the "HotS reset" people keep talking about is rubbish. People that are still great at WoL will be just as great at HotS with only maybe a couple of exceptions since some players become reliant upon certain ways of play that will change. I don't really know how much HotS practice Parting has. I know people assume he's already focusing on proleague, which is probably partly right, but he is also Ro16 GSL and people underestimate the practice he does because his soul train has done so well. Surprised people think Parting has been exclusively training in HotS. Is there an interview or something I missed where he indicated this? | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
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StarVe
Germany13591 Posts
On February 05 2013 08:36 bittman wrote: Well really I'm generally of the opinion that the "HotS reset" people keep talking about is rubbish. People that are still great at WoL will be just as great at HotS with only maybe a couple of exceptions since some players become reliant upon certain ways of play that will change. I don't really know how much HotS practice Parting has. I know people assume he's already focusing on proleague, which is probably partly right, but he is also Ro16 GSL and people underestimate the practice he does because his soul train has done so well. Surprised people think Parting has been exclusively training in HotS. Is there an interview or something I missed where he indicated this? That's bullshit. In his Code S interview he thanked almost everyone on SKT for practicing with him and that wasn't about practicing HotS. Another quote: This is the last WoL tournament so I really want to make a splash. I can't believe he's really focusing hard on HotS, that'd not be very smart. | ||
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sitromit
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babylon
8765 Posts
On February 05 2013 08:36 bittman wrote: Well really I'm generally of the opinion that the "HotS reset" people keep talking about is rubbish. People that are still great at WoL will be just as great at HotS with only maybe a couple of exceptions since some players become reliant upon certain ways of play that will change. I don't really know how much HotS practice Parting has. I know people assume he's already focusing on proleague, which is probably partly right, but he is also Ro16 GSL and people underestimate the practice he does because his soul train has done so well. Surprised people think Parting has been exclusively training in HotS. Is there an interview or something I missed where he indicated this? I agree about the "HotS reset." It may give a boost to more thinker-type players who use the metagame to stay ahead of the curve (like NesTea, Squirtle, Mvp, just to throw out a few examples), but for everyone else ... does anyone honestly believe players like Life, Leenock, DRG, Bomber, Gumiho, and Parting will suddenly suffer some kind of deficiency in play or something? And that Bisu will suddenly become good? :/ | ||
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LockeTazeline
2390 Posts
On February 05 2013 08:22 bittman wrote: Round 4, Parting easily going to be the most picked up Kespa player for FPL. I will be one of those people. Gonna be pretty expensive. | ||
CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
On February 05 2013 09:11 babylon wrote: I agree about the "HotS reset." It may give a boost to more thinker-type players who use the metagame to stay ahead of the curve (like NesTea, Squirtle, Mvp, just to throw out a few examples), but for everyone else ... does anyone honestly believe players like Life, Leenock, DRG, Bomber, Gumiho, and Parting will suddenly suffer some kind of deficiency in play or something? And that Bisu will suddenly become good? :/ Life is one of those thinker-types. Most of modern-day ZvZ formed around the builds he popularized. If more zerg players were fundamentally solid, he would have revolutionized ZvT as well. | ||
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Dontkillme
Korea (South)806 Posts
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Swords
6038 Posts
EDIT: He likely is playing more HoTS than FanTaSy, but I doubt he's completely devoted to it. | ||
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Ace Frehley
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Gevna
France2332 Posts
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senqa
Australia17 Posts
On February 05 2013 10:11 Ace Frehley wrote: The result would be the same even in wol tbh tbh i think that is inaccurate.. we can only speculate on these particular games, but it very likely if not completely obvious fantasy has barley touched HOTS. even if balance issues are a factor(or not) it is silly to assume that some one with fantasy's skill level would not be playing better then this against even the best players once he has more time with the game. in WOL fantasy taking out parting would not be a surprise to most people even considering fantasy's current slump. | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
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JohnStamos
10 Posts
MLG makes it a reality well im so happy for this thread Now I feel obligated to buy a HD pass MLG always working hard they never rest Word. | ||
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