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fastr
Profile Joined February 2011
France902 Posts
March 12 2019 09:08 GMT
#21
Stephano put out a good fight in game 2, but Inno's macro and late game is absolutely incredible, if Serral couldn't crack that egg I'm not sure anybody can, maybe Rogue?
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12909 Posts
March 12 2019 09:09 GMT
#22
On March 12 2019 18:08 fastr wrote:
Stephano put out a good fight in game 2, but Inno's macro and late game is absolutely incredible, if Serral couldn't crack that egg I'm not sure anybody can, maybe Rogue?

Rogue and Dark probably
Maybe even Solar
WriterMaru
Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13322 Posts
March 12 2019 09:12 GMT
#23
On March 12 2019 18:08 fastr wrote:
Stephano put out a good fight in game 2, but Inno's macro and late game is absolutely incredible, if Serral couldn't crack that egg I'm not sure anybody can, maybe Rogue?

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MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1855 Posts
March 12 2019 09:12 GMT
#24
On March 12 2019 16:55 Poopi wrote:
Stephano keeps disappointing again and again... So sad to see him fall even further from his peak

How can you not improve at a MU after all this time losing in it, while playing in EU where there are a lot of good zergs to practice with?

Only saw the 0-2 result but still -_-


This so much ! How was Stephano even good once? He is so terrible I cant even find the rights words for it. And sure, he occasionally has good games against P and T, but how on earth can you be a gold leaguer in ZvZ playing on Pro level in a region full of top Zergs? Its just so strange...
Top 11: Rogue, Maru, Inno, Zest, Life, sOs, Stats, Dark, soO, Mvp, Classic/Trap/MC/Rain
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
March 12 2019 09:25 GMT
#25
On March 12 2019 18:12 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2019 16:55 Poopi wrote:
Stephano keeps disappointing again and again... So sad to see him fall even further from his peak

How can you not improve at a MU after all this time losing in it, while playing in EU where there are a lot of good zergs to practice with?

Only saw the 0-2 result but still -_-


This so much ! How was Stephano even good once? He is so terrible I cant even find the rights words for it. And sure, he occasionally has good games against P and T, but how on earth can you be a gold leaguer in ZvZ playing on Pro level in a region full of top Zergs? Its just so strange...

Rotti said on stream that he broken 7k mmr on europe recently, and to do that he must have had to face a throng of zergs. Yet he s being trashed in ZvZ at every single tournament, and his other MUs dont seem to be that much better, to make up for the losses in the mirror mu
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7090 Posts
March 12 2019 09:31 GMT
#26
On March 12 2019 18:25 Geo.Rion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2019 18:12 MarianoSC2 wrote:
On March 12 2019 16:55 Poopi wrote:
Stephano keeps disappointing again and again... So sad to see him fall even further from his peak

How can you not improve at a MU after all this time losing in it, while playing in EU where there are a lot of good zergs to practice with?

Only saw the 0-2 result but still -_-


This so much ! How was Stephano even good once? He is so terrible I cant even find the rights words for it. And sure, he occasionally has good games against P and T, but how on earth can you be a gold leaguer in ZvZ playing on Pro level in a region full of top Zergs? Its just so strange...

Rotti said on stream that he broken 7k mmr on europe recently, and to do that he must have had to face a throng of zergs. Yet he s being trashed in ZvZ at every single tournament, and his other MUs dont seem to be that much better, to make up for the losses in the mirror mu


Well, winning a ZvT vs Inno is one of the most challenging games there are, so that's understandable.

Losing vs Toodming on the other hand is avoidable. I guess that was his tournament life right there
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
neutralrobot
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia1025 Posts
March 12 2019 09:34 GMT
#27
Oh man. Looks like Reynor is off to a rough start this year.
Maru | Life | PartinG || I guess I like aggressive control freaks... || Reynor will one day reign supreme || *reyn supreme
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12909 Posts
March 12 2019 09:39 GMT
#28
On March 12 2019 18:25 Geo.Rion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2019 18:12 MarianoSC2 wrote:
On March 12 2019 16:55 Poopi wrote:
Stephano keeps disappointing again and again... So sad to see him fall even further from his peak

How can you not improve at a MU after all this time losing in it, while playing in EU where there are a lot of good zergs to practice with?

Only saw the 0-2 result but still -_-


This so much ! How was Stephano even good once? He is so terrible I cant even find the rights words for it. And sure, he occasionally has good games against P and T, but how on earth can you be a gold leaguer in ZvZ playing on Pro level in a region full of top Zergs? Its just so strange...

Rotti said on stream that he broken 7k mmr on europe recently, and to do that he must have had to face a throng of zergs. Yet he s being trashed in ZvZ at every single tournament, and his other MUs dont seem to be that much better, to make up for the losses in the mirror mu

He has broken 7k mmr in EU numerous times, finishes regularly in the top 8/16 of EU GM, yet he can't have a good result in tournaments. It's really weird. At this point watching him play you forget he was the foreigner GOAT once, and he is not that old.
WriterMaru
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
March 12 2019 09:42 GMT
#29
On March 12 2019 18:25 Geo.Rion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2019 18:12 MarianoSC2 wrote:
On March 12 2019 16:55 Poopi wrote:
Stephano keeps disappointing again and again... So sad to see him fall even further from his peak

How can you not improve at a MU after all this time losing in it, while playing in EU where there are a lot of good zergs to practice with?

Only saw the 0-2 result but still -_-


This so much ! How was Stephano even good once? He is so terrible I cant even find the rights words for it. And sure, he occasionally has good games against P and T, but how on earth can you be a gold leaguer in ZvZ playing on Pro level in a region full of top Zergs? Its just so strange...

Rotti said on stream that he broken 7k mmr on europe recently, and to do that he must have had to face a throng of zergs. Yet he s being trashed in ZvZ at every single tournament, and his other MUs dont seem to be that much better, to make up for the losses in the mirror mu

WCS consists of plenty of Zergs and Protosses. Having a weak ZvZ cannot be saved by good ZvT and ZvP as ZvZ makes up for almost a half of your matches. This can work in Code S where you have more Terrans.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
March 12 2019 09:51 GMT
#30
On March 12 2019 18:42 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2019 18:25 Geo.Rion wrote:
On March 12 2019 18:12 MarianoSC2 wrote:
On March 12 2019 16:55 Poopi wrote:
Stephano keeps disappointing again and again... So sad to see him fall even further from his peak

How can you not improve at a MU after all this time losing in it, while playing in EU where there are a lot of good zergs to practice with?

Only saw the 0-2 result but still -_-


This so much ! How was Stephano even good once? He is so terrible I cant even find the rights words for it. And sure, he occasionally has good games against P and T, but how on earth can you be a gold leaguer in ZvZ playing on Pro level in a region full of top Zergs? Its just so strange...

Rotti said on stream that he broken 7k mmr on europe recently, and to do that he must have had to face a throng of zergs. Yet he s being trashed in ZvZ at every single tournament, and his other MUs dont seem to be that much better, to make up for the losses in the mirror mu

WCS consists of plenty of Zergs and Protosses. Having a weak ZvZ cannot be saved by good ZvT and ZvP as ZvZ makes up for almost a half of your matches. This can work in Code S where you have more Terrans.

But how is he on the top of the ladder when over half of the top euro GMs are zergs?
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12909 Posts
March 12 2019 09:53 GMT
#31
On March 12 2019 18:51 Geo.Rion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2019 18:42 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 12 2019 18:25 Geo.Rion wrote:
On March 12 2019 18:12 MarianoSC2 wrote:
On March 12 2019 16:55 Poopi wrote:
Stephano keeps disappointing again and again... So sad to see him fall even further from his peak

How can you not improve at a MU after all this time losing in it, while playing in EU where there are a lot of good zergs to practice with?

Only saw the 0-2 result but still -_-


This so much ! How was Stephano even good once? He is so terrible I cant even find the rights words for it. And sure, he occasionally has good games against P and T, but how on earth can you be a gold leaguer in ZvZ playing on Pro level in a region full of top Zergs? Its just so strange...

Rotti said on stream that he broken 7k mmr on europe recently, and to do that he must have had to face a throng of zergs. Yet he s being trashed in ZvZ at every single tournament, and his other MUs dont seem to be that much better, to make up for the losses in the mirror mu

WCS consists of plenty of Zergs and Protosses. Having a weak ZvZ cannot be saved by good ZvT and ZvP as ZvZ makes up for almost a half of your matches. This can work in Code S where you have more Terrans.

But how is he on the top of the ladder when over half of the top euro GMs are zergs?

Maybe he is farming T/P a bit below his MMR and not losing much?
You can gain MMR playing almost only vs inferior players (but you don't gain much points and you can lose a lot of points if you happen to lose one game)
I guess you need to watch his matchup winrates ingame to be sure but his ZvZ is probably his weakest here too
WriterMaru
Doko
Profile Joined May 2010
Argentina1737 Posts
March 12 2019 09:57 GMT
#32
I think the europeans are simply not getting enough practice vs high level terrans, pretty much everyone I look up at the top of the EU ladder has like 20-40-40 or so ratio of games vs T-P-Z. If we go by MMR as a defining metric of meaningful practice EU is basically inbreeding with heromarine and uthermal's playstyle.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
March 12 2019 09:59 GMT
#33
On March 12 2019 18:51 Geo.Rion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2019 18:42 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 12 2019 18:25 Geo.Rion wrote:
On March 12 2019 18:12 MarianoSC2 wrote:
On March 12 2019 16:55 Poopi wrote:
Stephano keeps disappointing again and again... So sad to see him fall even further from his peak

How can you not improve at a MU after all this time losing in it, while playing in EU where there are a lot of good zergs to practice with?

Only saw the 0-2 result but still -_-


This so much ! How was Stephano even good once? He is so terrible I cant even find the rights words for it. And sure, he occasionally has good games against P and T, but how on earth can you be a gold leaguer in ZvZ playing on Pro level in a region full of top Zergs? Its just so strange...

Rotti said on stream that he broken 7k mmr on europe recently, and to do that he must have had to face a throng of zergs. Yet he s being trashed in ZvZ at every single tournament, and his other MUs dont seem to be that much better, to make up for the losses in the mirror mu

WCS consists of plenty of Zergs and Protosses. Having a weak ZvZ cannot be saved by good ZvT and ZvP as ZvZ makes up for almost a half of your matches. This can work in Code S where you have more Terrans.

But how is he on the top of the ladder when over half of the top euro GMs are zergs?

Don't know, but his winrates should be visible on his ladder account, aren't they?

But I can tell you my experience, sure, I am not GM I leave every barcode, every mirror and every random(I play unranked). yet if I play enough I can get into the league I should be in(better said - I play vs people who are in the league I belong to ). Sure, on my level ZvZ/ZvR/Zv|||| don't make 50 % of my games, on the other hand I don't win 100 % of the time the rest of the games. Mind you I have roughly 5 % win rate in ZvZ(sometimes the other player leaves faster )

Think about that. Yes, I am nowhere near GM but it should be possible to be that high with bad ZvZ. It's still a ladder BO1, even BO3 in SC2 is considered volatile.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12909 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-12 10:03:53
March 12 2019 10:03 GMT
#34
Am I reading liquipedia right?
Stephano also lost to gogojoey? Is he sick or something at this point?

Thankfully he didn't qualify for France, what a shameful performance.
WriterMaru
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
March 12 2019 10:05 GMT
#35
On March 12 2019 19:03 Poopi wrote:
Am I reading liquipedia right?
Stephano also lost to gogojoey? Is he sick or something at this point?

Thankfully he didn't qualify for France, what a shameful performance.

Knowing him, he probably threw the games after realizing he's pretty much out, went with some meme-allins probably
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12909 Posts
March 12 2019 10:06 GMT
#36
On March 12 2019 19:05 Geo.Rion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2019 19:03 Poopi wrote:
Am I reading liquipedia right?
Stephano also lost to gogojoey? Is he sick or something at this point?

Thankfully he didn't qualify for France, what a shameful performance.

Knowing him, he probably threw the games after realizing he's pretty much out, went with some meme-allins probably

At least PtitDrogo is carrying the french flag by beating the overrated Reynor. Hopefully he and DnS manage to qualify
WriterMaru
DBooN
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany2727 Posts
March 12 2019 10:07 GMT
#37
GogojOey is good.
freeamount
Profile Joined April 2010
China202 Posts
March 12 2019 10:10 GMT
#38
4 Chinese players today, go!
zergtat
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Hong Kong853 Posts
March 12 2019 10:19 GMT
#39
Joey gogogo!!!
I remembered in 2010, 2011 we played tons of games together (WOL diamond only), at that time he was still so young but he keeps asking for games! S glad to see him achieved this much!
Z: SEn P: White-Ra T: Polt
sudete
Profile Joined December 2012
Singapore3054 Posts
March 12 2019 10:20 GMT
#40
Joey and IA only have to win one more series to guarantee progress?
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