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Seagull_
Profile Joined August 2010
75 Posts
September 14 2011 05:58 GMT
#141
On September 14 2011 14:55 Milkis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:50 renaissanceMAN wrote:
maybe he realized everybody hates him for inventing the 1/1/1?


marineking invented it afaik


Perhaps in team-sessions? I know Polt used that timing to knock out MC in GSL1.
HuKPOWA
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1604 Posts
September 14 2011 05:58 GMT
#142
On September 14 2011 14:57 Subversion wrote:
gogo EG get on this


hahah, can see it now
GMonster
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
686 Posts
September 14 2011 05:58 GMT
#143
On September 14 2011 14:47 Fionn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:42 GMonster wrote:
i'd leave Prime too, the only thing hes really good at is TvT, and thats because he has MKP as a practice partner. Kind of hard to excel at the game when the Z/P's your face


What? His TvP with Bomber is head and shoulders above everyone else.


I hit post by accident and couldn't finish. the rest.

His TvP isn't bad obviously. But when better Protoss players, such as Sage, HuK, Hero, YW. play him he usually loses pretty bad. Hes good against MC, but that is usually because MC cuts a lot of corners and polt is good at punishing for that.

Again im not saying his TvP is bad, obviously it could be a lot better, and given his daily practice partners its not a shock he left.

Check is a good Z, but a bad practice partner because he has his own style.

Im not hating on the Prime Team, it just makes a lot of sense why he would leave though. Thats all im saying. Smart decision on Polt's part.
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Hikari
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
1914 Posts
September 14 2011 05:58 GMT
#144
Slayers Polt??

Well, he has certainly left his mark in the esports world. With his tournament winnings he should be able to go through university without being financially stressed.
jimmydu444
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada250 Posts
September 14 2011 05:59 GMT
#145

On September 14 2011 14:19 Emporio wrote:

Academics
SC2
Girlfriend

Pick two

(But if you are a ubermensch like Polt, you get 2.5 picks)


And being polt, giving only a 0.5 weight to SC2 is enough for him to roll faces of people who have neither of what he already have.
I believe in Sets, The Rationals, LQG and PoltPrime.WE
devPLEASE
Profile Joined March 2011
Kenya605 Posts
September 14 2011 06:00 GMT
#146
this sucks. hopefully goes to SlayerS like Puzzle and CoCa did
(ノ `Д´)ノ︵┻━┻
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
September 14 2011 06:00 GMT
#147
On September 14 2011 14:58 GMonster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:47 Fionn wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:42 GMonster wrote:
i'd leave Prime too, the only thing hes really good at is TvT, and thats because he has MKP as a practice partner. Kind of hard to excel at the game when the Z/P's your face


What? His TvP with Bomber is head and shoulders above everyone else.


I hit post by accident and couldn't finish. the rest.

His TvP isn't bad obviously. But when better Protoss players, such as Sage, HuK, Hero, YW. play him he usually loses pretty bad. Hes good against MC, but that is usually because MC cuts a lot of corners and polt is good at punishing for that.

Again im not saying his TvP is bad, obviously it could be a lot better, and given his daily practice partners its not a shock he left.

Check is a good Z, but a bad practice partner because he has his own style.

Im not hating on the Prime Team, it just makes a lot of sense why he would leave though. Thats all im saying. Smart decision on Polt's part.

Wait whaaat? When did polt ever lose to these guys?
Benzzro
Profile Joined August 2011
Australia167 Posts
September 14 2011 06:01 GMT
#148
On September 14 2011 14:58 Seagull_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:55 Milkis wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:50 renaissanceMAN wrote:
maybe he realized everybody hates him for inventing the 1/1/1?


marineking invented it afaik


Perhaps in team-sessions? I know Polt used that timing to knock out MC in GSL1.


That wasn't 1/1/1 :/, that was marine marauder and raven, I always thought Tasteless created the marine tank raven push? aka the Tasteless build
how
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States538 Posts
September 14 2011 06:01 GMT
#149
TSL polt would be my first guess, they have been doing some reforming, and I think he would be a good fit.
http://twitter.com/howsc
mrRoflpwn
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States2618 Posts
September 14 2011 06:01 GMT
#150
EG picking up a new player! 0.o
Long live the Boss Toss!
Veldril
Profile Joined August 2010
Thailand1817 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 06:04:16
September 14 2011 06:01 GMT
#151
On September 14 2011 14:55 ch33psh33p wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:51 Lakai wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:42 GMonster wrote:
i'd leave Prime too, the only thing hes really good at is TvT, and thats because he has MKP as a practice partner. Kind of hard to excel at the game when the Z/P's your face

Z/P in GSL?


LOL.

Yeah but regardless, Polt is a TvPROTOSS monster, not nearly so much TvT or TvZ

Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:55 Milkis wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:50 renaissanceMAN wrote:
maybe he realized everybody hates him for inventing the 1/1/1?


marineking invented it afaik


You certain? It was called the polt timing attack even in Beta.


It was actually named Polt's Timing Attack after he had used it to kill MC in GSL Open 1. You can say that it is a subset of 1/1/1 build, since 1/1/1 is an extremely broad terminology for a build

After that it faded away for awhile before it got modified into today 1/1/1 builds.
Without love, we can't see anything. Without love, the truth can't be seen. - Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10668 Posts
September 14 2011 06:01 GMT
#152
Didn't take long for people to start saying EG.Polt LOL, GL Polt to whatever you may do !
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 06:02:26
September 14 2011 06:02 GMT
#153
On September 14 2011 14:55 Milkis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:50 renaissanceMAN wrote:
maybe he realized everybody hates him for inventing the 1/1/1?


marineking invented it afaik

Polt didn't strictly invent it in the form it's seen in today, but it's most definitely his bastardized grandchild. He's the one that threw the banshee/raven into the mix, IIRC.
LovE-
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1963 Posts
September 14 2011 06:02 GMT
#154
OMG I seriously thought this was joke on the side bar... REALLY?!?!?!
LovE.311 (NA) || @LovE_Sc2
zala2023
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
September 14 2011 06:02 GMT
#155
EGPolt lets go
relax bro we got this
kochujang
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany1226 Posts
September 14 2011 06:03 GMT
#156
On September 14 2011 15:00 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:58 GMonster wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:47 Fionn wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:42 GMonster wrote:
i'd leave Prime too, the only thing hes really good at is TvT, and thats because he has MKP as a practice partner. Kind of hard to excel at the game when the Z/P's your face


What? His TvP with Bomber is head and shoulders above everyone else.


I hit post by accident and couldn't finish. the rest.

His TvP isn't bad obviously. But when better Protoss players, such as Sage, HuK, Hero, YW. play him he usually loses pretty bad. Hes good against MC, but that is usually because MC cuts a lot of corners and polt is good at punishing for that.

Again im not saying his TvP is bad, obviously it could be a lot better, and given his daily practice partners its not a shock he left.

Check is a good Z, but a bad practice partner because he has his own style.

Im not hating on the Prime Team, it just makes a lot of sense why he would leave though. Thats all im saying. Smart decision on Polt's part.

Wait whaaat? When did polt ever lose to these guys?

He lost 0-2 against HerO in the IPL 3 qualifiers.
OrchidThief
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark2298 Posts
September 14 2011 06:04 GMT
#157
Going to venture a guess that it's probably a teamfinancial situation. Probably quite demotivating to see other korean teams send people to foreign events and look at your own team who is struggling for financial stability.

I see this happening more and more in the future, people want their cake and eat it too.
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 06:05:50
September 14 2011 06:04 GMT
#158
On September 14 2011 14:58 GMonster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 14:47 Fionn wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:42 GMonster wrote:
i'd leave Prime too, the only thing hes really good at is TvT, and thats because he has MKP as a practice partner. Kind of hard to excel at the game when the Z/P's your face


What? His TvP with Bomber is head and shoulders above everyone else.


I hit post by accident and couldn't finish. the rest.

His TvP isn't bad obviously. But when better Protoss players, such as Sage, HuK, Hero, YW. play him he usually loses pretty bad. Hes good against MC, but that is usually because MC cuts a lot of corners and polt is good at punishing for that.

Again im not saying his TvP is bad, obviously it could be a lot better, and given his daily practice partners its not a shock he left.

Check is a good Z, but a bad practice partner because he has his own style.

Im not hating on the Prime Team, it just makes a lot of sense why he would leave though. Thats all im saying. Smart decision on Polt's part.


Uh Polt is 19-5 TvP in Liquipedia . In fact he has only dropped 1 game on LAN ( GSL) and that's to SangHo. The other 4 losses came in online tournaments.

So unless you manage to spy on his custom game sessions or something , i have no idea how you can conclude that he "usually loses pretty bad" to those people you mentioned. Online is usually a different story from real GSL.

babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
September 14 2011 06:06 GMT
#159
On September 14 2011 15:03 kochujang wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 15:00 Itsmedudeman wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:58 GMonster wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:47 Fionn wrote:
On September 14 2011 14:42 GMonster wrote:
i'd leave Prime too, the only thing hes really good at is TvT, and thats because he has MKP as a practice partner. Kind of hard to excel at the game when the Z/P's your face


What? His TvP with Bomber is head and shoulders above everyone else.


I hit post by accident and couldn't finish. the rest.

His TvP isn't bad obviously. But when better Protoss players, such as Sage, HuK, Hero, YW. play him he usually loses pretty bad. Hes good against MC, but that is usually because MC cuts a lot of corners and polt is good at punishing for that.

Again im not saying his TvP is bad, obviously it could be a lot better, and given his daily practice partners its not a shock he left.

Check is a good Z, but a bad practice partner because he has his own style.

Im not hating on the Prime Team, it just makes a lot of sense why he would leave though. Thats all im saying. Smart decision on Polt's part.

Wait whaaat? When did polt ever lose to these guys?

He lost 0-2 against HerO in the IPL 3 qualifiers.

Hate to be one of those guys, but it's not LAN, and he probably wasn't practicing too much for it. (Especially if he was playing it while the GSL was still ongoing.) Everyone knows Polt plays far better with preparation.
JunkkaGom
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)855 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 06:08:44
September 14 2011 06:07 GMT
#160
Here's full translation of TIG article(I'll leave Korean names untranslated, as it's pain in the ass to write them in English) :

The Super Tournament Champion 최성훈 will leave OptimusPrime behind and return to Polt.

Prime coach, 박외식(GerradPrime) announed on 14th that 최성훈 is leaving Prime and will act as an indepedant player.

최성훈 has been consistently participating GSL since Open Season 1, and won first chapionship for Prime in LG Cinema 3D Super Tournament and was presented the name OptimusPrime.

최성훈 who's been in Prime for about a year, left the team expressing he wants changes and will act as an independant player.

Prime coach 박외식 said "I am thankful to 최성훈 who has been with Prime since Open Seasons, and as he's a player who is dilligent in everything, I have faith that he will continue to be competitive even after he leaves the team" and added “For now I have made this decision believing that respecting 최성훈's opinion is more beneficial, but I hope to keep good relationship withi him and have him back in Prime in the future"


As result 최성훈 will not be part of Prime in upcoming 2011 GSL Season 6 Code S which will hold group nomination on 15th.
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