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DO NOT! unleash the sheep army. Quoting them is the same as posting them.

Stop the balance whine or bans will be handed out like candy.
Derez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Netherlands6068 Posts
November 10 2013 02:15 GMT
#10841
On November 10 2013 11:13 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:11 Godwrath wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 stuchiu wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Musicus wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:06 stuchiu wrote:
Myungsik can't be Phoenix because he's only shown up in one qualifier. And I'm not including upgrades for now. Just buildings and units.


Sora? Sora did sick Phoenix play!


Some spots I'll leave empty until some Toss really takes a spot.

Good so far, now we need a Terran and Zerg pantheon. The terran is a bit obvious tho.

Drone: ?
Zergling: Life
Overlord: ?
Roach: Symbol or HyuN
Hydra: ?
Mutalisk: Jaedong or DRG
Baneling: Leenock
Infestor: Stephano or someone else
Corruptor: Soulkey?
Swarm Host: Stephano?
Ultralisk: ?
Brood Lord: ?
Viper: ?



Drone = ret
Brood lord = curious

chatuka
Profile Joined July 2011
1351 Posts
November 10 2013 02:15 GMT
#10842
On November 10 2013 11:12 Faruko wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:06 moon_fall wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:01 Faruko wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:59 chatuka wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:30 Jonvvv wrote:
sOs outplayed Jaedong, showing absolute brilliance in all three matchups through the tournament. I was rooting for Jaedong to take it, but you can't take anything away from sOs, well deserved champion. (Not saying Jaedong don't deserve it, but sOs was the better player)

i respect your opinion, but i disagree. sometimes the better player or team loses. luck is a factor as is conditions, confidence, and mind games, psyche outs.

Implying that JD was the better player ? i doubt that, right now sOs is a better player than JD, maybe not in micro, maybe not in macro but overall yes he is...

JD can be the better player, but not right now


This is really interesting.
You're saying Jaedong have better micro and macro but sOs is "overall" better player.

Mind game > Micro/Micro haha

Interesting that you think that Micro, Macro and Mind games its what SC2 is all about, so execution, intelligence and "6th sense" are all overrated ?

don't forget creative build orders designed for races or specific players. game sense and intuition are important. SOS did not show the world his "Skill" or intuition, creative play, genius. It was more or less go all out, all -in and and psyche out JD from Game one or perish. the biggest thing SoS had was balls, which is respected. but he had nothing after that IMO. his harass was really good, the zealot harass was really exploited JD's weaknesses in protecting drones and hatcheries.
Black Gun
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Germany4482 Posts
November 10 2013 02:15 GMT
#10843
To settle some discussions about who is the better player, SoS or Jeadong, I have created a little poll:

Poll: Who would you favor in a bo31?

SoS (18)
 
56%

Jaedong (14)
 
44%

32 total votes

Your vote: Who would you favor in a bo31?

(Vote): SoS
(Vote): Jaedong



"What am I supposed to do against this?" - "Lose!" :-]
liberate71
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia10252 Posts
November 10 2013 02:15 GMT
#10844
On November 10 2013 11:15 Fusilero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:14 liberate71 wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:13 Fusilero wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:11 Derez wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 marcesr wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Rostam wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:01 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:59 liberate71 wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:56 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:48 marcesr wrote:
[quote]

You make some very good points, even if most people in this thread disagree...but too much negativity wont help us either, to some extent you gotta accept SC2's problems.


Thanks, I appreciate you for actually reading my posts. Have I balance whined once? Nope. Have I spoken ill of sOs as a player or person once? Nope. I've even defended him, because I personally enjoyed his playstyle.

I'm not speaking as a hater, or some foaming-at-the-mouth Spike Lee racist caricature. I'm speaking a businessperson. What I want more than anything else is for SC2 to become a mainstream sport, to take the 4th most-watched spot after football, baseball, and basketball in America. But it's so freaking hard to grow a brand in this industry, when victories go to players like sOs. Were the games interesting? Absolutely. Was his play neat and innovative? Yes.

Was anyone rooting for him at the start of the tournament? No (speaking for the newish foreign community hear, not for 15000+ post BW people). People don't like to see their favorites just fall by the wayside. Even the most seasoned SC2 viewers here had no idea that sOs was going to win, and did nothing to hype him coming into this tourney. All of the hype was around Soulkey, NaNiwa, Maru, INnoVation, Mvp, and MC. Hell, even HerO and TaeJa.


Are you fucking SERIOUS? You called him a faceless korean that literally 0 people care about for about 30 pages of this thread.

Tell me, how did Soulkey, NaNiwa, Maru, INnoVation, Mvp, and MC. Hell, even HerO and TaeJa all gain their hype? faeries? wizards? pixie dust?


He IS faceless compared to those stars! How can you even compare!? I never once called him "all in protoss scum" (taken from another LR thread), or once balanced whined. To imply that, coming into the tourney, he controlled more than 1% of the total fanbase is absurd.


Who cares? He's a great player, he has an interesting style, and this win will grant him a lot of exposure and fans. You seem to have this bizarre idea that fan favorites winning every tournament is somehow going to make SC2 into mainstream entertainment. There is no substance to such a claim. You know what will dictate SC2's popularity? The gameplay. That is it. As long as people are playing and watching the game, storylines will create themselves.


How do you know that gameplay is the deciding factor?

Innovation has literally nothing going for him except being good at the game. He picked up quite a few fans.

Same with soulkey, hell you could stretch it to MVP he pretty much did nothing but win and everyone adores him.


Have you seen his smile?!?!

ALL I SAW WAS A FACELESS SMILE.


like the opposite to Keanu Reeves in The Matrix?
Minelord Stimfestor, also known as karma.
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
November 10 2013 02:15 GMT
#10845
On November 10 2013 11:15 suicideyear wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:14 Neemi wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:11 Godwrath wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 stuchiu wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Musicus wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:06 stuchiu wrote:
Myungsik can't be Phoenix because he's only shown up in one qualifier. And I'm not including upgrades for now. Just buildings and units.


Sora? Sora did sick Phoenix play!


Some spots I'll leave empty until some Toss really takes a spot.

Good so far, now we need a Terran and Zerg pantheon. The terran is a bit obvious tho.


Who would take all the air units though, besides Mvp for Raven/Battlecruiser?

idk but

siege tank - strelok

Do you already forget king goody? I also nominate QXC for vikings because he does viking drops.
Glorious SEA doto
Sabu113
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States11112 Posts
November 10 2013 02:16 GMT
#10846
On November 10 2013 11:13 Fusilero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:11 Derez wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 marcesr wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Rostam wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:01 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:59 liberate71 wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:56 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:48 marcesr wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:41 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:35 Rostam wrote:
[quote]

It's fucking boring if the same players are constantly placing high and winning every tournament. New fan favorites need to emerge for things to stay interesting. Just because he doesn't have a big fanbase now doesn't mean he never will, and it doesn't mean you should make 100 posts in this thread whining about how he's killing esports by not throwing the finals.


There are several factors that produce increased fanfare in sports. Chief among them are Dynasties, Rivalries, and Underdogs.

I love SC2. I absolutely love it. I watched every single match of WCS NA and EU this year. But the players with the most of each of the three items I mentioned simply keep not winning. What's the biggest rivalry in SC2? It's not IdrA vs MMA anymore. TL vs EG? They're besties now. When was the last Dynasty? Mvp? Everyone loves jurgen. Lost in RO16. Who was the biggest underdog story? NaNiwa, out in ro16.

I'm not hating on sOs, I'm really not. He just doesn't do anything to grow the community. Try explaining him to a new viewer - you can't. He's not the BW god that came to SC2 and continued his legacy. He's not the only foreigner in a Korean-dominated world. He's not the up-and-coming young guy with sick micro. He's not the "new best zerg". He's not the "new best terran". He's not the aggressive Korean Protoss who learned English and has cool ceremonies.

He's just some gamer.


You make some very good points, even if most people in this thread disagree...but too much negativity wont help us either, to some extent you gotta accept SC2's problems.


Thanks, I appreciate you for actually reading my posts. Have I balance whined once? Nope. Have I spoken ill of sOs as a player or person once? Nope. I've even defended him, because I personally enjoyed his playstyle.

I'm not speaking as a hater, or some foaming-at-the-mouth Spike Lee racist caricature. I'm speaking a businessperson. What I want more than anything else is for SC2 to become a mainstream sport, to take the 4th most-watched spot after football, baseball, and basketball in America. But it's so freaking hard to grow a brand in this industry, when victories go to players like sOs. Were the games interesting? Absolutely. Was his play neat and innovative? Yes.

Was anyone rooting for him at the start of the tournament? No (speaking for the newish foreign community hear, not for 15000+ post BW people). People don't like to see their favorites just fall by the wayside. Even the most seasoned SC2 viewers here had no idea that sOs was going to win, and did nothing to hype him coming into this tourney. All of the hype was around Soulkey, NaNiwa, Maru, INnoVation, Mvp, and MC. Hell, even HerO and TaeJa.


Are you fucking SERIOUS? You called him a faceless korean that literally 0 people care about for about 30 pages of this thread.

Tell me, how did Soulkey, NaNiwa, Maru, INnoVation, Mvp, and MC. Hell, even HerO and TaeJa all gain their hype? faeries? wizards? pixie dust?


He IS faceless compared to those stars! How can you even compare!? I never once called him "all in protoss scum" (taken from another LR thread), or once balanced whined. To imply that, coming into the tourney, he controlled more than 1% of the total fanbase is absurd.


Who cares? He's a great player, he has an interesting style, and this win will grant him a lot of exposure and fans. You seem to have this bizarre idea that fan favorites winning every tournament is somehow going to make SC2 into mainstream entertainment. There is no substance to such a claim. You know what will dictate SC2's popularity? The gameplay. That is it. As long as people are playing and watching the game, storylines will create themselves.


How do you know that gameplay is the deciding factor?

Innovation has literally nothing going for him except being good at the game. He picked up quite a few fans.

Same with soulkey, hell you could stretch it to MVP he pretty much did nothing but win and everyone adores him.


Both had some huge TL writer let hype trains behind them. MvP also became a sort of Saint to all the terran players on this forum.
Biomine is a drunken chick who is on industrial strength amphetamines and would just grab your dick and jerk it as hard and violently as she could while screaming 'OMG FUCK ME', because she saw it in a Sasha Grey video ...-Wombat_Ni
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
November 10 2013 02:16 GMT
#10847
next time jd. next time. at least you got your moment against dear. not a complete loss. next time jd.
Sgany
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United Kingdom790 Posts
November 10 2013 02:16 GMT
#10848
On November 10 2013 11:15 opterown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:13 Fusilero wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:11 Derez wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 marcesr wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Rostam wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:01 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:59 liberate71 wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:56 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:48 marcesr wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:41 DiLiGu wrote:
[quote]

There are several factors that produce increased fanfare in sports. Chief among them are Dynasties, Rivalries, and Underdogs.

I love SC2. I absolutely love it. I watched every single match of WCS NA and EU this year. But the players with the most of each of the three items I mentioned simply keep not winning. What's the biggest rivalry in SC2? It's not IdrA vs MMA anymore. TL vs EG? They're besties now. When was the last Dynasty? Mvp? Everyone loves jurgen. Lost in RO16. Who was the biggest underdog story? NaNiwa, out in ro16.

I'm not hating on sOs, I'm really not. He just doesn't do anything to grow the community. Try explaining him to a new viewer - you can't. He's not the BW god that came to SC2 and continued his legacy. He's not the only foreigner in a Korean-dominated world. He's not the up-and-coming young guy with sick micro. He's not the "new best zerg". He's not the "new best terran". He's not the aggressive Korean Protoss who learned English and has cool ceremonies.

He's just some gamer.


You make some very good points, even if most people in this thread disagree...but too much negativity wont help us either, to some extent you gotta accept SC2's problems.


Thanks, I appreciate you for actually reading my posts. Have I balance whined once? Nope. Have I spoken ill of sOs as a player or person once? Nope. I've even defended him, because I personally enjoyed his playstyle.

I'm not speaking as a hater, or some foaming-at-the-mouth Spike Lee racist caricature. I'm speaking a businessperson. What I want more than anything else is for SC2 to become a mainstream sport, to take the 4th most-watched spot after football, baseball, and basketball in America. But it's so freaking hard to grow a brand in this industry, when victories go to players like sOs. Were the games interesting? Absolutely. Was his play neat and innovative? Yes.

Was anyone rooting for him at the start of the tournament? No (speaking for the newish foreign community hear, not for 15000+ post BW people). People don't like to see their favorites just fall by the wayside. Even the most seasoned SC2 viewers here had no idea that sOs was going to win, and did nothing to hype him coming into this tourney. All of the hype was around Soulkey, NaNiwa, Maru, INnoVation, Mvp, and MC. Hell, even HerO and TaeJa.


Are you fucking SERIOUS? You called him a faceless korean that literally 0 people care about for about 30 pages of this thread.

Tell me, how did Soulkey, NaNiwa, Maru, INnoVation, Mvp, and MC. Hell, even HerO and TaeJa all gain their hype? faeries? wizards? pixie dust?


He IS faceless compared to those stars! How can you even compare!? I never once called him "all in protoss scum" (taken from another LR thread), or once balanced whined. To imply that, coming into the tourney, he controlled more than 1% of the total fanbase is absurd.


Who cares? He's a great player, he has an interesting style, and this win will grant him a lot of exposure and fans. You seem to have this bizarre idea that fan favorites winning every tournament is somehow going to make SC2 into mainstream entertainment. There is no substance to such a claim. You know what will dictate SC2's popularity? The gameplay. That is it. As long as people are playing and watching the game, storylines will create themselves.


How do you know that gameplay is the deciding factor?

Innovation has literally nothing going for him except being good at the game. He picked up quite a few fans.

Same with soulkey, hell you could stretch it to MVP he pretty much did nothing but win and everyone adores him.

he gained a lot of fans after wrists, he wasn't nearly as popular before then

time to go break some wrists, bogus/soulkey/etc


To be fair MVP was massive before the wrists, just because of his rivalry with MKP and his Bonjwa like dominance.
NaDa <3, MMA <3, Bisu <3,
bourne117
Profile Joined May 2010
United States837 Posts
November 10 2013 02:16 GMT
#10849
For terran units
Ghost - Taeja
QO Feasting
Tamagoshi
Profile Joined September 2012
Brazil981 Posts
November 10 2013 02:16 GMT
#10850
On November 10 2013 11:13 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:11 Godwrath wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 stuchiu wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Musicus wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:06 stuchiu wrote:
Myungsik can't be Phoenix because he's only shown up in one qualifier. And I'm not including upgrades for now. Just buildings and units.


Sora? Sora did sick Phoenix play!


Some spots I'll leave empty until some Toss really takes a spot.

Good so far, now we need a Terran and Zerg pantheon. The terran is a bit obvious tho.

Drone: ?
Zergling: Life
Overlord: ?
Roach: Symbol or HyuN
Hydra: ?
Mutalisk: Jaedong or DRG
Baneling: Leenock
Infestor: Stephano or someone else
Corruptor: Soulkey?
Swarm Host: Stephano?
Ultralisk: ?
Brood Lord: ?
Viper: ?


Nydus - Symbol
Roach - Stephano
tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
November 10 2013 02:16 GMT
#10851
Someone Photoshop SOS' face onto this:

+ Show Spoiler +

[image loading]
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
Louuster
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2869 Posts
November 10 2013 02:16 GMT
#10852
On November 10 2013 11:13 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:11 Godwrath wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 stuchiu wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Musicus wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:06 stuchiu wrote:
Myungsik can't be Phoenix because he's only shown up in one qualifier. And I'm not including upgrades for now. Just buildings and units.


Sora? Sora did sick Phoenix play!


Some spots I'll leave empty until some Toss really takes a spot.

Good so far, now we need a Terran and Zerg pantheon. The terran is a bit obvious tho.

Drone: ?
Zergling: Life
Overlord: ?
Roach: Symbol or HyuN
Hydra: ?
Mutalisk: Jaedong or DRG
Baneling: Leenock
Infestor: Stephano or someone else
Corruptor: Soulkey?
Swarm Host: Stephano?
Ultralisk: ?
Brood Lord: ?
Viper: ?



Drone = RET
Kim Taek Yong fighting~
Ammanas
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Slovakia2166 Posts
November 10 2013 02:16 GMT
#10853
On November 10 2013 11:09 marcesr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:07 Rostam wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:01 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:59 liberate71 wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:56 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:48 marcesr wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:41 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:35 Rostam wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:33 DiLiGu wrote:
On November 10 2013 10:30 aintz wrote:
[quote]

yall are a bunch of lame haters then. but you're probaby sitting home alone spreading hate on the internet anyways.


I'm not hating! How can you argue that sOs is in any way a fan favorite!? He's maybe top 100 in terms of name recognition.


It's fucking boring if the same players are constantly placing high and winning every tournament. New fan favorites need to emerge for things to stay interesting. Just because he doesn't have a big fanbase now doesn't mean he never will, and it doesn't mean you should make 100 posts in this thread whining about how he's killing esports by not throwing the finals.


There are several factors that produce increased fanfare in sports. Chief among them are Dynasties, Rivalries, and Underdogs.

I love SC2. I absolutely love it. I watched every single match of WCS NA and EU this year. But the players with the most of each of the three items I mentioned simply keep not winning. What's the biggest rivalry in SC2? It's not IdrA vs MMA anymore. TL vs EG? They're besties now. When was the last Dynasty? Mvp? Everyone loves jurgen. Lost in RO16. Who was the biggest underdog story? NaNiwa, out in ro16.

I'm not hating on sOs, I'm really not. He just doesn't do anything to grow the community. Try explaining him to a new viewer - you can't. He's not the BW god that came to SC2 and continued his legacy. He's not the only foreigner in a Korean-dominated world. He's not the up-and-coming young guy with sick micro. He's not the "new best zerg". He's not the "new best terran". He's not the aggressive Korean Protoss who learned English and has cool ceremonies.

He's just some gamer.


You make some very good points, even if most people in this thread disagree...but too much negativity wont help us either, to some extent you gotta accept SC2's problems.


Thanks, I appreciate you for actually reading my posts. Have I balance whined once? Nope. Have I spoken ill of sOs as a player or person once? Nope. I've even defended him, because I personally enjoyed his playstyle.

I'm not speaking as a hater, or some foaming-at-the-mouth Spike Lee racist caricature. I'm speaking a businessperson. What I want more than anything else is for SC2 to become a mainstream sport, to take the 4th most-watched spot after football, baseball, and basketball in America. But it's so freaking hard to grow a brand in this industry, when victories go to players like sOs. Were the games interesting? Absolutely. Was his play neat and innovative? Yes.

Was anyone rooting for him at the start of the tournament? No (speaking for the newish foreign community hear, not for 15000+ post BW people). People don't like to see their favorites just fall by the wayside. Even the most seasoned SC2 viewers here had no idea that sOs was going to win, and did nothing to hype him coming into this tourney. All of the hype was around Soulkey, NaNiwa, Maru, INnoVation, Mvp, and MC. Hell, even HerO and TaeJa.


Are you fucking SERIOUS? You called him a faceless korean that literally 0 people care about for about 30 pages of this thread.

Tell me, how did Soulkey, NaNiwa, Maru, INnoVation, Mvp, and MC. Hell, even HerO and TaeJa all gain their hype? faeries? wizards? pixie dust?


He IS faceless compared to those stars! How can you even compare!? I never once called him "all in protoss scum" (taken from another LR thread), or once balanced whined. To imply that, coming into the tourney, he controlled more than 1% of the total fanbase is absurd.


Who cares? He's a great player, he has an interesting style, and this win will grant him a lot of exposure and fans. You seem to have this bizarre idea that fan favorites winning every tournament is somehow going to make SC2 into mainstream entertainment. There is no substance to such a claim. You know what will dictate SC2's popularity? The gameplay. That is it. As long as people are playing and watching the game, storylines will create themselves.


How do you know that gameplay is the deciding factor?


Because it always is. Look at any sport star.

Messi. C.Ronaldo. Djokovic. Federer. Nadal. Malkin. Crosby. Shaquille O'Neal. Michael Jordan. Tiger Woods. Anyone from baseball or american football (sorry, don't know anything about those). TBLS in BW. Madlife and Faker in LoL. Literally ANY sports star.

You know what they have in common?

They are fucking BETTER in what they do, than everyone else. That's why they are superstars. That's why they have legions of (sometimes almost) fanatic fans.
Not because of what they look like, not because of how they behave. The only 'sport' (which is actually a theater) that doesn't work that way is wrestling. And I hope nobody wants SC2 to become like wrestling...
JangBi forever <3 || Classic! herO! Rain! Zest! | Rogue! Hydra! Solar! | Fantasy! Cure! Reality! Sorry! Journey!
Ingsoc
Profile Joined September 2012
59 Posts
November 10 2013 02:16 GMT
#10854
On November 10 2013 11:14 liberate71 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:13 Ingsoc wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 opterown wrote:
i think DiLiGu inadvertetnly made many people fans of sOs with his intense hate

He did save the Jaedong fans, reasonable and unreasonable alike, from being the target of "don't be salty lul btw I feed on your tears". Like a living bait.


He WAS the hero they needed right now, but not the one they deserve.

First time I feel this saying fit a situation perfectly. Well done!
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23580 Posts
November 10 2013 02:17 GMT
#10855
On November 10 2013 11:13 PhoenixVoid wrote:
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On November 10 2013 11:11 Godwrath wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 stuchiu wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Musicus wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:06 stuchiu wrote:
Myungsik can't be Phoenix because he's only shown up in one qualifier. And I'm not including upgrades for now. Just buildings and units.


Sora? Sora did sick Phoenix play!


Some spots I'll leave empty until some Toss really takes a spot.

Good so far, now we need a Terran and Zerg pantheon. The terran is a bit obvious tho.

Drone: ?
Zergling: Life
Overlord: ?
Roach: Symbol or HyuN
Hydra: ?
Mutalisk: Jaedong or DRG
Baneling: Leenock
Infestor: Stephano or someone else
Corruptor: Soulkey?
Swarm Host: Stephano?
Ultralisk: ?
Brood Lord: ?
Viper: ?



Brood Lord is Slivko
Drone is Ret of course
Hydra is Idra
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97277 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-10 02:18:19
November 10 2013 02:17 GMT
#10856
On November 10 2013 11:13 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:11 Godwrath wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 stuchiu wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Musicus wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:06 stuchiu wrote:
Myungsik can't be Phoenix because he's only shown up in one qualifier. And I'm not including upgrades for now. Just buildings and units.


Sora? Sora did sick Phoenix play!


Some spots I'll leave empty until some Toss really takes a spot.

Good so far, now we need a Terran and Zerg pantheon. The terran is a bit obvious tho.

Drone: ?
Zergling: Life
Overlord: ?
Roach: Symbol or HyuN
Hydra: ?
Mutalisk: Jaedong or DRG
Baneling: Leenock
Infestor: Stephano or someone else
Corruptor: Soulkey?
Swarm Host: Stephano?
Ultralisk: ?
Brood Lord: ?
Viper: ?


Drone: Ret
ling: Life
Overlord:
Roach: Stephano
Hydra
Muta: JD
Baneling: NesTea
Infestor: Freaky
Corruptor: Leenock (?) for losing like 40 to void rays ^^ idk
Swarm Host: idk Hydra really liked them for a while and I already used Stephano
Ultra: B4 would go for them in WoL
Brood Lord: Symbol
Viper: HyuN

I guess I need DRG in there somewhere but idk
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stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
November 10 2013 02:17 GMT
#10857
On November 10 2013 11:13 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:11 Godwrath wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 stuchiu wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Musicus wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:06 stuchiu wrote:
Myungsik can't be Phoenix because he's only shown up in one qualifier. And I'm not including upgrades for now. Just buildings and units.


Sora? Sora did sick Phoenix play!


Some spots I'll leave empty until some Toss really takes a spot.

Good so far, now we need a Terran and Zerg pantheon. The terran is a bit obvious tho.

Drone: ?
Zergling: Life
Overlord: ?
Roach: Symbol or HyuN
Hydra: ?
Mutalisk: Jaedong or DRG
Baneling: Leenock
Infestor: Stephano or someone else
Corruptor: Soulkey?
Swarm Host: Stephano?
Ultralisk: ?
Brood Lord: ?
Viper: ?



Drone: Ret
Overlord: Stephano
Roach: Hyun
Hydra: ??????
Mutalisk: DRG
Baneling: Nestea
Infestor: Freaky
Corruptor: ????????
SH: ????????
Ultralisk: Suppy
Brood Lord: Slivko
Viper: ???????
Nydus: Symbol
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Slardar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada7596 Posts
November 10 2013 02:17 GMT
#10858
Alternatively .......I want to say Puzzle as a candidate for Stalker. Still shines in my memory as having the most immaculate blink micro.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
November 10 2013 02:17 GMT
#10859
On November 10 2013 11:12 chatuka wrote:
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On November 10 2013 11:10 StarStruck wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 chatuka wrote:
it's not that Sos won, he did it by using high risk strategies and realy moreo rock paper scissors kind of action that kind of turned me off. His biggest strength which i respected was his ability to harass with his zealots to put pressure on the defense of the Zerg base. JD did no defend or scout well, due to unknown reasons, partly JD is ultra agressive and does not place defense as a priority. SO it was a bad match up styles of JD also. So all in all , I think JD needs to look hard in the mirror and clearly learn there is a lot of improvements he needs to do to get better against the compeition.


It wasn't rock paper scissors lmao. They guy knew what he was doing and kept outplaying Jaedong. sHy did very well playing one step ahead. Like I said prior, Jaedong wanted to climb K2. He got to the summit by beating Dear, but that was only half the battle. He never made his way back down because he got caught in a storm.

I disagree, i didn't see the game that way. Sos strats' could have backfired easily , so luck was involved for sure. and Sos would have lost that mental advantage if JD stopped it cold


He had the right set-ups and one could argue there's always some luck risk involved. What say you of Jaedong going 3 hatch first before pool when sHy's been knock, knock, knocking on his door in the first few games? Come on now. They have a good idea of what they're doing and always stay on top of the other guys army. Jaedong has made strides. He has been changing his play, which is a good thing. The future is bright for him.
Neemi
Profile Joined August 2012
Netherlands657 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-10 02:17:54
November 10 2013 02:17 GMT
#10860
On November 10 2013 11:13 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 10 2013 11:11 Godwrath wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:09 stuchiu wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:07 Musicus wrote:
On November 10 2013 11:06 stuchiu wrote:
Myungsik can't be Phoenix because he's only shown up in one qualifier. And I'm not including upgrades for now. Just buildings and units.


Sora? Sora did sick Phoenix play!


Some spots I'll leave empty until some Toss really takes a spot.

Good so far, now we need a Terran and Zerg pantheon. The terran is a bit obvious tho.

Drone: ?
Zergling: Life
Overlord: ?
Roach: Symbol or HyuN
Hydra: ?
Mutalisk: Jaedong or DRG
Baneling: Leenock
Infestor: Stephano or someone else
Corruptor: Soulkey?
Swarm Host: Stephano?
Ultralisk: ?
Brood Lord: ?
Viper: ?



Symbol = Nydus
Stephano = Roach (or maybe HyuN.. but Stephano made the units as famous as they are)
Ultralisk = LosirA maybe?
Infestor = Freaky!
Drone = Ret
Hydra = Hydra :D
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