EPTThe New Faces of Their Races - Page 7
| Forum Index > SC2 General |
|
MrMotionPicture
United States4327 Posts
| ||
|
lunchforthesky
United Kingdom967 Posts
On July 06 2011 08:01 LeakyBucket wrote: I would really lie to see a foreigner version of this! Good read btw. Only really Idra 'leads' his race, and that's more in the eyes of the community than other players anyway. Most players look up to the best Koreans, because well, they're the best. | ||
|
MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
Why does no one even mention oGsTOP? He won Code A, got to the semi finals of the ST and was the only player even close to beating Polt. He knocked out Nestea. He's a beast, and he's already proven himself against top (pardon the pun) players. He's got to be considered at the forefront of his race right now. | ||
|
Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
Just... no. | ||
|
Ruscour
5233 Posts
| ||
|
UKSCgAn
United Kingdom57 Posts
Just such an intelligent player. | ||
|
manicshock
Canada741 Posts
On July 06 2011 05:50 lunchforthesky wrote: Thorzain's a very good player and when he's good he's really good. But he still gets knocked out of tournaments by players like Tarson and didn't make it out of the groups at Dreamhack, at MLG he was knocked out by MC but he still dropped a game to Ret. He lost in the Open Tournament for NASL to TSL Revival. So yeah, he's got a long way to go before we put him up to the level of guys like MKP, MVP, Bomber, SCFou, Nada and MMA. Tarson was on a roll in Homestory Cup and he had a really strong group in Dreamhack. Ret is top 5 foreigner zergs imo (Nerchio, IdrA, Dimaga, MorroW, Ret. Lalush in a fairly close 6th, not in order). His TvP is top notch, and his TvT/TvZ aren't quite up to that point yet. I wouldn't bash Thorzain too much though. | ||
|
MechKing
United States3004 Posts
On July 06 2011 08:08 drgonzhere wrote: You are the one who is being ridiculous. I didn't say code S players are bad. I said just because you are in Code S doesn't mean you are one of the best players of your race, or at least an UP AND COMING player of your race, which is what the write up is about. That is a perfectly rational viewpoint to have. Look at players like MMA, DRG, and yes Puma. Have you ever seen Puma play? Do you really think that MarineKing is better than him at T v T after watching him play? Even KawaiiRice has responded in this thread as to how amazing Puma is. Idk maybe you have a problem with Puma, did he do something to you? Did he ruin your fantasy GSTL? First of all, you said "being code S doesn't equal being good" which is just idiotic. And yes, being code S DOES make you one of the best players of your race. Are you srsly going to say that Puma is a better player than any of the code S Terrans? And yes I've seen him play. MarineKing IS a better player than puma overall. Maybe not TvT, but that is only because puma played a better style than MarineKing. If you knew anything about TvT you would realize that mech is way easier to use and better than bio is. If Puma was so good he would have qualified by now. You don't even have Bomber in your list too -.- Please enlighten me, who exactly is puma better than? He has one good matchup in TvT. It's funny how you don't even mention Hack or asd, who have both gotten good results as well. Hack got an all kill vs. FXO and he got 2nd in two TL Opens. asd got into code A and beat Boxer and Jinro. What about IMHappy? What about Tassadar? What about Ryung? What about Taeja? But you don't mention any of them, because they aren't hyped enough by Artosis, correct? | ||
|
MechKing
United States3004 Posts
| ||
|
lunchforthesky
United Kingdom967 Posts
On July 06 2011 08:45 manicshock wrote: Tarson was on a roll in Homestory Cup and he had a really strong group in Dreamhack. Ret is top 5 foreigner zergs imo (Nerchio, IdrA, Dimaga, MorroW, Ret. Lalush in a fairly close 6th, not in order). His TvP is top notch, and his TvT/TvZ aren't quite up to that point yet. I wouldn't bash Thorzain too much though. The issue isn't that Ret isn't a good player, it's that a top Code S player shouldn't be losing to any foreigners, nevermind a top 5 foreign Zerg. | ||
|
alepov
Netherlands1132 Posts
 | ||
|
godemperor
Belgium2043 Posts
On July 06 2011 08:30 MCDayC wrote: A nice article, and well written, but I have 1 question? Why does no one even mention oGsTOP? He won Code A, got to the semi finals of the ST and was the only player even close to beating Polt. He knocked out Nestea. He's a beast, and he's already proven himself against top (pardon the pun) players. He's got to be considered at the forefront of his race right now. Think the OP is discussing newer players, TOP was always considered to be good, even when he was in code A. But polt was consider to be bad by many for a long time and Sc was "just another Fou player" | ||
|
Malgrif
Canada1095 Posts
| ||
|
Elem
Sweden4717 Posts
On July 06 2011 08:56 lunchforthesky wrote: This makes no sense. Especially when you consider Ret's style which will catch people offguard at least once, especially when considering that the Korean Zerg norm is a lot more agressive early game.The issue isn't that Ret isn't a good player, it's that a top Code S player shouldn't be losing to any foreigners, nevermind a top 5 foreign Zerg. | ||
|
manicshock
Canada741 Posts
On July 06 2011 08:56 lunchforthesky wrote: The issue isn't that Ret isn't a good player, it's that a top Code S player shouldn't be losing to any foreigners, nevermind a top 5 foreign Zerg. Haypro took games off both Bomber and Losira. Does this disqualify them as top players in their race? Or does it say Haypro is doing well recently? Nestea hasn't made it past round 1 in any foreigner tourney. MC got knocked down to the losers bracket in Homestory Cup by Naniwa, in the matchup where he was considered the best (might've changed since the WG nerf though). | ||
|
Sayer
United States403 Posts
| ||
|
Kuub
Canada48 Posts
 Hack is definitely someone to look out for. Maybe doesn't have enough results to be called an up and comer yet, but I think he could definitely be a force in the future. | ||
|
Gladiator6
Sweden7024 Posts
| ||
|
GMonster
686 Posts
| ||
|
Ruscour
5233 Posts
On July 06 2011 09:21 GoKu` wrote: You need to add IMHappy he was a beast in Warcraft 3 and has been playing less then grubby moon and lyn and is now a beast. The WC3 Happy is the European Happy (Empire), not the Korean Happy (IM). | ||
| ||
