MKP is a player not only known for his amazing top notch marine micro, but he is also a player that has a great deal of experience performing in offline events held in Korea, U.S., and Europe. Although he is someone that has had some tough luck securing 1st place finishes in many tournaments, he is an MLG champion with a style that many dream of mimicking (if they only had the control). Many people may not think that he is a "top" Korean Terran, some also might say that his style is very "gimicky", and "all-inish", but when it comes to winning under pressure and performing for his team, he is someone that is definitely deserving of the attention he is receiving. Currently in Heart of the Swarm, MKP holds a 100% win ration against Protoss (having only played 4 games).
LG-IMSeed has always been a player that is known for his very intelligent play. Very similar to MKP, Seed is someone that has a lot of experience under his built. He has competed in GSL Code S (was a champion), Code A, and the very prestigious team league run by GOM, the GSTL. Seed started getting a lot of attention from the community when he played in the GSTL for IM in Feb’11. He had impressive performances taking out players like Ensnare, TOP, and Hyperdub. Recently, Seed has been knocked out of Code A after losing to one of the new additions to Quantic Gaming, Center. Although this was a tough loss, there is no doubt in my mind that with a new game like HotS comes a new mindset and focus for one to achieve success. Currently in Heart of the Swarm, Seed holds a 63% win ratio against Terran.(47-28)
Showmatch Date: Wednesday February 13th, 2013 Time: 6:00PM PST / 9:00PM EST Format: Best of 7 - 1 veto each. Prize: 1st. $100.00 / 2nd. $25.00 Stream: http://twitch.tv/ClarityPrOmise Caster: PrOmise
Map Pool:
Daybreak Cloud Kingdom Akilon Wastes Antiga Shipyard Newkirk City GSL Icarus Ohana Howling Peak *KeSPA Neo Planet S
On February 13 2013 22:02 Lysanias wrote: Mmm all depends on what Seed we get here, the Seed that's motivated will have this np, the Seed we have seen recently euh MKP would eat him alive.
I hope Seed wins but think MKP will win pretty easily, I would say hellbat drop with mkp micro is unstoppable. Maybe with a new patch it Seed would have a chance but we'll see.
Inb4 quick hellbat drop 4-0, lol Should be a good match though, especially interested to see what Seed has come up with so far in HotS, he's a smart, creative guy.
it is funny how it is not mentioned that seed is a code s champion. but the important thing is that he beat ensnare and hyperdub. who the fuck are those guys? xD anyways, looking forward to it go seed!
On February 13 2013 22:57 mRpolite wrote: it is funny how it is not mentioned that seed is a code s champion. but the important thing is that he beat ensnare and hyperdub. who the fuck are those guys? xD anyways, looking forward to it go seed!
Man, they used to be relevant, even top players...the times change, though.
Match sounds really exciting! I seriously don't know who to cheer for, maybe Seed.
And by the way, experience is gained under the belt, not under the built
On February 13 2013 22:57 mRpolite wrote: it is funny how it is not mentioned that seed is a code s champion. but the important thing is that he beat ensnare and hyperdub. who the fuck are those guys? xD anyways, looking forward to it go seed!
Man, they used to be relevant, even top players...the times change, though.
Match sounds really exciting! I seriously don't know who to cheer for, maybe Seed.
And by the way, experience is gained under the belt, not under the built
Can't wait! My favourite 2 players are MKP and HerO. Both emotional players, with phenomenal micro. I'm biased towards Protoss as I play toss, but I'm rooting for MKP here!
ok, so the long-awaited d3 patch came out today, and only 1.5 hours after i come home, the f***ing servers just shut down, so Im extremely pissed off. then, i see that seed vs MKP bo7 is starting in 3 minutes. talk about evening saved.
On February 14 2013 11:13 ZenithM wrote: LOL patch hit just in time for showmatch. MKP is like "B-b-but ;_;" Let's see if you can get out of this one, MKP!
Maybe MKP will be forced to stick to Bio like his name implies, rather than going for Hellbats.
I'm a huge MKP fan, but I expect MKP to be slapped down 4-1, 4-2 top. MKP has just been spamming hellbat drops to GM rank #1, but I don't think he can play the late game yet against Seed who's experimented at it.
Edit: Loooooooool, here it comes, proxy 11/11. "You want HotS, Seed? I'll give you the heart of the marine swarm".
Basically, the supervacs allow MKP to completely ignore any map/terrain limitations and transport a large part of his army anywhere he wants faster than anything can keep up. I don't know how you can stop this.
Watching Hellbats healed by medivacs feels wrong. There's already a beefy bio unit that shoots fire in a cone - it's called a firebat - it's in the WoL campaign...
On February 14 2013 12:14 Swords wrote: Watching Hellbats healed by medivacs feels wrong. There's already a beefy bio unit that shoots fire in a cone - it's called a firebat - it's in the WoL campaign...
It's more a marketing scheme than a new unit.
Yeah, I have to agree. It doesn't really make sense to me how a upright hellion suddenly becomes biological.
On February 14 2013 12:16 Bagi wrote: I'm not sure if its the hellbats or the upgrades that make the difference, but zealot/archon seemed really weak in that last game.
It was a combination of those factors along with MKP doing constant economic damage. Hellbats do really well against Zealots, and Archons can be negated with good Bio micro, so in the end, MKP's composition and micro gave him that win.
The casting is not bad, very newcomer friendly. Though lacks some more understanding of the players (MKP very rarely gets ghost against templar, he just wing it)
On February 14 2013 12:16 Bagi wrote: I'm not sure if its the hellbats or the upgrades that make the difference, but zealot/archon seemed really weak in that last game.
It was a combination of those factors along with MKP doing constant economic damage. Hellbats do really well against Zealots, and Archons can be negated with good Bio micro, so in the end, MKP's composition and micro gave him that win.
Yeah I guess it's a combination of all those.
Watching this as terran is kinda bittersweet, because you just know terran is gonna get nerfed to oblivion thanks to players like MKP.
On February 14 2013 12:20 ragz_gt wrote: The casting is not bad, very newcomer friendly. Though lacks some more understanding of the players (MKP very rarely gets ghost against templar, he just wing it)
lol it is true that he does some really random stuff sometimes- I remember one mlg (i think, might hae been ipl) that white-ra built like 10 collosus in secret and marineking lost cause he made marines and literally nothing else.
On February 14 2013 12:14 Swords wrote: Watching Hellbats healed by medivacs feels wrong. There's already a beefy bio unit that shoots fire in a cone - it's called a firebat - it's in the WoL campaign...
It's more a marketing scheme than a new unit.
Yeah, I have to agree. It doesn't really make sense to me how a upright hellion suddenly becomes biological.
It's okay. It doesn't make sense how units can have bonus damage to armored yet no bonus to light, when in reality if something can wreck through heavy steel it should do about 5x more damage to that isn't as armored. Terran technology is improving. If only mech had the science vessels that heal them :D
Wow MKP so good on HotS despite only few days of practice. Impressive! Playing HotS from the start won't help those who could not do it in WoL apparently (not talking about SeeD, but since he played it before MKP I think, streaming it and stuff, without having any advantage, it looks grim for the foreigners)
On February 14 2013 12:14 Swords wrote: Watching Hellbats healed by medivacs feels wrong. There's already a beefy bio unit that shoots fire in a cone - it's called a firebat - it's in the WoL campaign...
It's more a marketing scheme than a new unit.
Yeah, I have to agree. It doesn't really make sense to me how a upright hellion suddenly becomes biological.
It's okay. It doesn't make sense how units can have bonus damage to armored yet no bonus to light, when in reality if something can wreck through heavy steel it should do about 5x more damage to that isn't as armored. Terran technology is improving. If only mech had the science vessels that heal them :D
Agreed. And you can't really use logic to explain things like why some AoE does friendly fire and why some don't. It is there for balance purposes.
On February 14 2013 12:14 Swords wrote: Watching Hellbats healed by medivacs feels wrong. There's already a beefy bio unit that shoots fire in a cone - it's called a firebat - it's in the WoL campaign...
It's more a marketing scheme than a new unit.
Yeah, I have to agree. It doesn't really make sense to me how a upright hellion suddenly becomes biological.
It's okay. It doesn't make sense how units can have bonus damage to armored yet no bonus to light, when in reality if something can wreck through heavy steel it should do about 5x more damage to that isn't as armored. Terran technology is improving. If only mech had the science vessels that heal them :D
A little OT but it can make sense. e.g. depleted uranium bullets will do way more damage to a tank than a napalm round would (example pulled out my uhh hat), whereas it would do not a lot more than a solid metal slug would to a hypothetical biological unit, i.e. go straight through it without doing much, (as long as it didn't puncture a major organ).
Incidentally this is why hunting with regular, solid, battle-field bullets is illegal (low mortality rates - animal more likely to suffer than die), and going onto a battlefield with standard 'soft'-hollowtip hunting bullets is also illegal (high mortality rates - person more likely to die than be put out of action).
On February 14 2013 15:02 Poopi wrote: Wow MKP so good on HotS despite only few days of practice. Impressive! Playing HotS from the start won't help those who could not do it in WoL apparently (not talking about SeeD, but since he played it before MKP I think, streaming it and stuff, without having any advantage, it looks grim for the foreigners)
What do you mean 'a few days of practice'? Pretty sure he's been playing for quite a while, reaching #1 GM on HotS etc.
Anyway cool to see these new Terran builds, new options is always good. Those Hellbats really improve lategame Terran vs Chargelots which is a good thing. GG MKP.
On February 14 2013 15:02 Poopi wrote: Wow MKP so good on HotS despite only few days of practice. Impressive! Playing HotS from the start won't help those who could not do it in WoL apparently (not talking about SeeD, but since he played it before MKP I think, streaming it and stuff, without having any advantage, it looks grim for the foreigners)
What do you mean 'a few days of practice'? Pretty sure he's been playing for quite a while, reaching #1 GM on HotS etc.
Anyway cool to see these new Terran builds, new options is always good. Those Hellbats really improve lategame Terran vs Chargelots which is a good thing. GG MKP.
That account got to rank 1 GM in only a few days of use I'm pretty sure. Wouldn't take MKP long to learn some abusive hellbat BO's to crush nerds on ladder with His ladder games always were under 10 mins usually, on WoL as well.
On February 14 2013 15:02 Poopi wrote: Wow MKP so good on HotS despite only few days of practice. Impressive! Playing HotS from the start won't help those who could not do it in WoL apparently (not talking about SeeD, but since he played it before MKP I think, streaming it and stuff, without having any advantage, it looks grim for the foreigners)
What do you mean 'a few days of practice'? Pretty sure he's been playing for quite a while, reaching #1 GM on HotS etc.
Anyway cool to see these new Terran builds, new options is always good. Those Hellbats really improve lategame Terran vs Chargelots which is a good thing. GG MKP.
Didn't it take him like 5 days to reach GM #1? He's not your usual fan-favorite streaming foreigner with a barely over 60% winrate. Plus, he spammed a lot of gas first all ins to make it quick. Judging from how Maru is spamming proxy 11/11, I think they have a little competition going on :D
On February 14 2013 15:02 Poopi wrote: Wow MKP so good on HotS despite only few days of practice. Impressive! Playing HotS from the start won't help those who could not do it in WoL apparently (not talking about SeeD, but since he played it before MKP I think, streaming it and stuff, without having any advantage, it looks grim for the foreigners)
What do you mean 'a few days of practice'? Pretty sure he's been playing for quite a while, reaching #1 GM on HotS etc.
Anyway cool to see these new Terran builds, new options is always good. Those Hellbats really improve lategame Terran vs Chargelots which is a good thing. GG MKP.
Didn't it take him like 5 days to reach GM #1? He's not your usual fan-favorite streaming foreigner with a barely over 60% winrate. Plus, he spammed a lot of gas first all ins to make it quick. Judging from how Maru is spamming proxy 11/11, I think they have a little competition going on :D
On February 14 2013 15:02 Poopi wrote: Wow MKP so good on HotS despite only few days of practice. Impressive! Playing HotS from the start won't help those who could not do it in WoL apparently (not talking about SeeD, but since he played it before MKP I think, streaming it and stuff, without having any advantage, it looks grim for the foreigners)
What do you mean 'a few days of practice'? Pretty sure he's been playing for quite a while, reaching #1 GM on HotS etc.
Anyway cool to see these new Terran builds, new options is always good. Those Hellbats really improve lategame Terran vs Chargelots which is a good thing. GG MKP.
Didn't it take him like 5 days to reach GM #1? He's not your usual fan-favorite streaming foreigner with a barely over 60% winrate. Plus, he spammed a lot of gas first all ins to make it quick. Judging from how Maru is spamming proxy 11/11, I think they have a little competition going on :D
On February 14 2013 15:02 Poopi wrote: Wow MKP so good on HotS despite only few days of practice. Impressive! Playing HotS from the start won't help those who could not do it in WoL apparently (not talking about SeeD, but since he played it before MKP I think, streaming it and stuff, without having any advantage, it looks grim for the foreigners)
What do you mean 'a few days of practice'? Pretty sure he's been playing for quite a while, reaching #1 GM on HotS etc.
Anyway cool to see these new Terran builds, new options is always good. Those Hellbats really improve lategame Terran vs Chargelots which is a good thing. GG MKP.
Didn't it take him like 5 days to reach GM #1? He's not your usual fan-favorite streaming foreigner with a barely over 60% winrate. Plus, he spammed a lot of gas first all ins to make it quick. Judging from how Maru is spamming proxy 11/11, I think they have a little competition going on :D
Similar post at the same time!!
You guys might be right, that KTFlash account entered GM on February 10th. Still though, he cranked out 200 games on it already, and there's also the MaruPrime account with 300 games which someone said was a shared Prime account. The LucyPrime account he used for the showmatch has primarily Protoss games on it so I don't think he plays that one (has 400 games on it too, though).
So yeah pretty impressive by MKP, though I have to say that going from WoL to HotS is not like having to completely relearn everything. Just understand the new possibilities and go with it, 200 games should be enough to get a decent grasp on that :-)
On February 14 2013 15:02 Poopi wrote: Wow MKP so good on HotS despite only few days of practice. Impressive! Playing HotS from the start won't help those who could not do it in WoL apparently (not talking about SeeD, but since he played it before MKP I think, streaming it and stuff, without having any advantage, it looks grim for the foreigners)
What do you mean 'a few days of practice'? Pretty sure he's been playing for quite a while, reaching #1 GM on HotS etc.
Anyway cool to see these new Terran builds, new options is always good. Those Hellbats really improve lategame Terran vs Chargelots which is a good thing. GG MKP.
He reached it in three days I read somewhere. Why would he practice it before he had code S iron squid etc.
Finished watching VODs on twitch of this BO7 series... The balance of HotS is a trash, indeed. Mines are generaly OP, hellbats are retarded, medivac speed costs nothing - this is just stupid. And tanks no longer need siege development - whitch makes it so cheaper and faster timing with toss have to be on mostly stalkers to kill mines and medivacs loaded with retard hellbats... Hope blizzard will fix this till release cause its imposible to watch these shitty unbalanced games.
And pretty good commentator. I'd say too novice-friendy, but still good.
On February 14 2013 19:41 gylka wrote: Finished watching VODs on twitch of this BO7 series... The balance of HotS is a trash, indeed. Mines are generaly OP, hellbats are retarded, medivac speed costs nothing - this is just stupid. And tanks no longer need siege development - whitch makes it so cheaper and faster timing with toss have to be on mostly stalkers to kill mines and medivacs loaded with retard hellbats... Hope blizzard will fix this till release cause its imposible to watch these shitty unbalanced games.
And pretty good commentator. I'd say too novice-friendy, but still good.
and so we're back to terran op whining . The circle closes with the new expansion :D
(while I agree on hellbats and reapers being broken, I really don't see an issue with widow mines and tanks, lol!)
On February 14 2013 19:41 gylka wrote: Finished watching VODs on twitch of this BO7 series... The balance of HotS is a trash, indeed. Mines are generaly OP, hellbats are retarded, medivac speed costs nothing - this is just stupid. And tanks no longer need siege development - whitch makes it so cheaper and faster timing with toss have to be on mostly stalkers to kill mines and medivacs loaded with retard hellbats... Hope blizzard will fix this till release cause its imposible to watch these shitty unbalanced games.
And pretty good commentator. I'd say too novice-friendy, but still good.
On February 14 2013 20:04 TeeTS wrote: and so we're back to terran op whining . The circle closes with the new expansion :D
(while I agree on hellbats and reapers being broken, I really don't see an issue with widow mines and tanks, lol!)
Ye, I'd guess that at the end of HotS (before Legacy of the Void) zerg will be OP with Locusts doing 30 damage vs ground and air, etc and only toss will have the worst times as always winning the least
But on seroius note... Its insane, toss have to do like 6-8 stalkers just to def from mine-hellion(bat) drops. Sentries are now useless unit cause broken supervacs can fly anywhere in a second and then after stabilizing and trying to go for some tech - 4-6 siege tanks incoming with tons of hellbats and you have only useless stalkers and couple zealots. I saw same shit on Grubby stream when he lost almost all games when terran did this with good execution. Ye, I guess its hard to execute good but still... Mines are OP cause you cant counter or all-in early.
Ye, maybe protoses will figure out some good builds that will work, but I guess without patching it wont work.
On February 14 2013 19:41 gylka wrote: Finished watching VODs on twitch of this BO7 series... The balance of HotS is a trash, indeed. Mines are generaly OP, hellbats are retarded, medivac speed costs nothing - this is just stupid. And tanks no longer need siege development - whitch makes it so cheaper and faster timing with toss have to be on mostly stalkers to kill mines and medivacs loaded with retard hellbats... Hope blizzard will fix this till release cause its imposible to watch these shitty unbalanced games.
And pretty good commentator. I'd say too novice-friendy, but still good.
Yet it was fine for the last 8 months in TvZ?lol
I'm not watching any games with zergs in WoL last half of a year, for known reason )))
After watching the games I need to say medivac cooldown is too little, and hellbat needs some kind of nerf, maybe eliminate that biological type is enough. On other hand, happy to see tanks and mines work!
On February 14 2013 15:02 Poopi wrote: Wow MKP so good on HotS despite only few days of practice. Impressive! Playing HotS from the start won't help those who could not do it in WoL apparently (not talking about SeeD, but since he played it before MKP I think, streaming it and stuff, without having any advantage, it looks grim for the foreigners)
What do you mean 'a few days of practice'? Pretty sure he's been playing for quite a while, reaching #1 GM on HotS etc.
Anyway cool to see these new Terran builds, new options is always good. Those Hellbats really improve lategame Terran vs Chargelots which is a good thing. GG MKP.
Didn't it take him like 5 days to reach GM #1? He's not your usual fan-favorite streaming foreigner with a barely over 60% winrate. Plus, he spammed a lot of gas first all ins to make it quick. Judging from how Maru is spamming proxy 11/11, I think they have a little competition going on :D
ByuN did mention in his interviews that a lot of his teammates were plaing around with HoTS and he kind of got caught up with it as well even though he had to play WoL in Code A.
Terrans aren't OP in HotS, the other races are just slow to adapt, as they've always been in WoL. There's something about the Terran race design that makes all the most strategically savvy and adaptive players prefer it, leaving few such players for the other two races.
On February 16 2013 09:18 Empirimancer wrote: Terrans aren't OP in HotS, the other races are just slow to adapt, as they've always been in WoL. There's something about the Terran race design that makes all the most strategically savvy and adaptive players prefer it, leaving few such players for the other two races.
Having more options..?
idk about protoss but zerg actually has an excuse in that you need to have a fair understanding of the game to succeed in order to maximize greed and play reactively. Also, in terms of the community I feel Zerg by far has been the most active in trying to develop solutions hell we started the whole ____ help me thread thing.
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MKP is a player not only known for his amazing top notch marine micro, but he is also a player that has a great deal of experience performing in offline events held in Korea, U.S., and Europe. Although he is someone that has had some tough luck securing 1st place finishes in many tournaments, he is an MLG champion with a style that many dream of mimicking (if they only had the control). Many people may not think that he is a "top" Korean Terran, some also might say that his style is very "gimicky", and "all-inish", but when it comes to winning under pressure and performing for his team, he is someone that is definitely deserving of the attention he is receiving. Currently in Heart of the Swarm, MKP holds a 100% win ration against Protoss (having only played 4 games).![[image loading]](http://www.thestdproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/STD-vs-STI.png)
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LG-IMSeed has always been a player that is known for his very intelligent play. Very similar to MKP, Seed is someone that has a lot of experience under his built. He has competed in GSL Code S (was a champion), Code A, and the very prestigious team league run by GOM, the GSTL. Seed started getting a lot of attention from the community when he played in the GSTL for IM in Feb’11. He had impressive performances taking out players like Ensnare, TOP, and Hyperdub. Recently, Seed has been knocked out of Code A after losing to one of the new additions to Quantic Gaming, Center. Although this was a tough loss, there is no doubt in my mind that with a new game like HotS comes a new mindset and focus for one to achieve success. Currently in Heart of the Swarm, Seed holds a 63% win ratio against Terran.(47-28)![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/bv8Kw.png)
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go Seeed. Actually the outcome doesnt matter. I want and hope to see higher level of HoTS play
and only toss will have the worst times as always winning the least 
