• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 00:12
CEST 06:12
KST 13:12
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Code S Season 2 (2026) - RO12 Preview0herO wins GSL Code S Season 1 (2026)0Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO4 & Finals Preview5[ASL21] Ro4 Preview: On Course12Code S Season 1 - RO8 Preview7
Community News
Weekly Cups (May 11-17): Classic wins double0Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO8 Results2Weekly Cups (May 4-10): Clem, MaxPax, herO win1Maestros of The Game 2 announcement and schedule !18Weekly Cups (April 27-May 4): Clem takes triple0
StarCraft 2
General
Code S Season 2 (2026) - RO12 Preview herO wins GSL Code S Season 1 (2026) Weekly Cups (May 11-17): Classic wins double Code S Season 1 (2026) - RO4 & Finals Preview Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - The Finalists
Tourneys
GSL Code S Season 1 (2026) GSL Code S Season 2 (2026) Maestros of The Game 2 announcement and schedule ! $1,400 SEL Season 3 Ladder Invitational $5,000 WardiTV Spring Championship 2026
Strategy
Custom Maps
[D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3 [A] Nemrods 1/4 players
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 526 Rubber and Glue Mutation # 525 Wheel of Misfortune Mutation # 524 Death and Taxes
Brood War
General
Lights Ro.8 Review (asl s21) 25 Years Since Brood War Patch 1.08 vespene.gg — BW replays in browser BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL21] Semifinals B [BSL22] RO8 Bracket Stage + Another TieBreaker [ASL21] Ro8 Day 4
Strategy
Muta micro map competition Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Hydra ZvZ: An Introduction Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne ZeroSpace Megathread War of Dots, 2026 minimalst RTS Nintendo Switch Thread
Dota 2
The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread YouTube Thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread UK Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread McBoner: A hockey love story Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
streaming software Strange computer issues (software)
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Why RTS gamers make better f…
gosubay
How EEG Data Can Predict Gam…
TrAiDoS
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1739 users

Polt leaves Prime - Page 9

Forum Index > SC2 General
556 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 7 8 9 10 11 28 Next All
Emporio
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3069 Posts
September 14 2011 06:07 GMT
#161
On September 14 2011 15:06 babylon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 15:03 kochujang wrote:
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.

Were they both playing on NA server from Korea? Because otherwise, if they're both on KR server, it's essentially the same connection as GSL "LAN".
How does it feel knowing you wasted another 3 seconds of your life reading this again?
GameTime
Profile Joined May 2010
United States222 Posts
September 14 2011 06:08 GMT
#162
Sounds like he's going to be taking a minor break from SC2 so he can focus on his studies. I'm doubtful he'll ever return to prime.
Only the winner deserves to win.
Existential
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia2107 Posts
September 14 2011 06:10 GMT
#163
This is surprising. Well, best of luck to both parties.
Jaedong <3 | BW - The first game I ever loved
Russano
Profile Joined November 2010
United States434 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 06:11:06
September 14 2011 06:10 GMT
#164
Polt has a top 3 if not the best TvP in the world, what are you talking about? and hero beat him 2-0 because hero is insanely good and has one of the top and most innovative pvts out there.

This was surprising, bummer for prime, hopefully polt will join a godo team once he's done with university
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
September 14 2011 06:11 GMT
#165
On September 14 2011 15:07 Emporio wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 15:06 babylon wrote:
On September 14 2011 15:03 kochujang wrote:
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.

Were they both playing on NA server from Korea? Because otherwise, if they're both on KR server, it's essentially the same connection as GSL "LAN".

Same connection, yes, but online results != offline results. This would be like saying that beating players in the Korean Weekly means the same as beating them in the GSL, and that's completely untrue. (Though yes, the Korean Weekly is often a good indicator of skill.)
MiraKul
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Malaysia498 Posts
September 14 2011 06:12 GMT
#166
Liquid`Polt!! Should be an awesome replacement for Huk ;D
ovrpwrd
LolitsPing
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States285 Posts
September 14 2011 06:12 GMT
#167
I think he wants to focus on his studies. Idk, uni is intense and him going back and forth is pretty intense.

Whatever path you pick, Polt will always be Optimus in my eyes.
Citius, Altius, Fortius
Meteora.GB
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2479 Posts
September 14 2011 06:14 GMT
#168
This was... entirely unexpected. I'm saddened that he left Prime, but if he has one semester left for university I can understand where he is coming from. The future of Polt is uncertain and a little bit startling... I hope he will stay around in the scene longer before he pursues his other goals after post-secondary.

Sounded as whatever change he wanted may involve joining a foreigner team or a team that has some capability of sending their players overseas. To be honest Prime hasn't really sent anyone overseas. They've done it multiple of times for MarineKing but he's always had to cancel them and they never send Polt (though not like he has the schedule to be sent).
hai2u
Profile Joined September 2011
688 Posts
September 14 2011 06:17 GMT
#169
woah Prime just lost their best Player, wonder what his plans are, perhaps a foreign team?
Okiesmokie
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada379 Posts
September 14 2011 06:18 GMT
#170
On September 14 2011 14:16 Whitewing wrote:
EG.Polt

You heard it here first.

Actually, like 20 people in this thread said it before you.
Torpedo.Vegas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1890 Posts
September 14 2011 06:18 GMT
#171
MarineKing is better then Polt.....
Ecliptium
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada147 Posts
September 14 2011 06:18 GMT
#172
Some bad news for Prime :[
tuho12345
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
4482 Posts
September 14 2011 06:18 GMT
#173
Thanks John for the translation.
supdubdup
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States916 Posts
September 14 2011 06:19 GMT
#174
On September 14 2011 15:12 MiraKul wrote:
Liquid`Polt!! Should be an awesome replacement for Huk ;D

Liquid`Hero. . .
Turn it Up
Meteora.GB
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2479 Posts
September 14 2011 06:20 GMT
#175
On September 14 2011 15:18 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
MarineKing is better then Polt.....


Unfortunately until MarineKing can actually win a gold... I don't think so.

Speaking by results, anyways.
ineq
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden376 Posts
September 14 2011 06:21 GMT
#176
EGPolt would be pretty hilarious! Make it rain scoots!
HerO - iNcontroL - DeMusliM - TaeJa - JaeDong
JMDj
Profile Joined September 2010
United States454 Posts
September 14 2011 06:21 GMT
#177
Polt teams up with John the translator and moletrap to form new Korean pro team. GG
Arterial
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1039 Posts
September 14 2011 06:22 GMT
#178
wow very surprising news.
savior & jaedong
DisaFear
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia4074 Posts
September 14 2011 06:23 GMT
#179
Well, what interesting news
How devious | http://anartisticanswer.blogspot.com.au/
noddy
Profile Joined July 2011
United Kingdom927 Posts
September 14 2011 06:23 GMT
#180
On September 14 2011 15:20 Meteora.GB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 15:18 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:
MarineKing is better then Polt.....


Unfortunately until MarineKing can actually win a gold... I don't think so.

Speaking by results, anyways.


if you go by results MarineKing has been a lot more consistent. I don't think MarineKing is better than Polt(not recently), but he was in the finals 3 times against two players who are to this day the by far best players in world.

Anyway a bit sad Polt left Prime, I always thought the members were pretty loyal to their team especially since the interview about MarineKing being able to join IM when he was at his best. I just hope he doesn't join SlayerS and gets a good overall team.
Prev 1 7 8 9 10 11 28 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
PiGosaur Cup
00:00
#82
PiGStarcraft672
EnkiAlexander 66
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
PiGStarcraft672
RuFF_SC2 142
Nina 104
StarCraft: Brood War
GuemChi 5966
Noble 21
Bale 11
Icarus 6
Counter-Strike
FalleN 2370
Coldzera 1786
m0e_tv462
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox1806
C9.Mang0692
ChuDatz15
Other Games
summit1g13469
WinterStarcraft316
ViBE185
Maynarde112
Sick91
Trikslyr23
CosmosSc2 14
Organizations
Counter-Strike
PGL7546
Other Games
gamesdonequick946
BasetradeTV61
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 66
• intothetv
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• Azhi_Dahaki109
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Rush1025
• Lourlo809
Other Games
• Scarra1055
Upcoming Events
GSL
5h 18m
Cure vs sOs
SHIN vs ByuN
Replay Cast
19h 48m
GSL
1d 5h
Classic vs Solar
GuMiho vs Zoun
WardiTV Spring Champion…
1d 6h
Replay Cast
1d 19h
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
WardiTV Spring Champion…
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
RSL Revival
3 days
Classic vs SHIN
Rogue vs Bunny
BSL
3 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
3 days
Afreeca Starleague
4 days
Flash vs Soma
RSL Revival
4 days
BSL
4 days
Patches Events
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Universe Titan Cup
5 days
Rogue vs Percival
Wardi Open
5 days
Monday Night Weeklies
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Kung Fu Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-05-19
2026 GSL S1
Nations Cup 2026

Ongoing

BSL Season 22
ASL Season 21
IPSL Spring 2026
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 2
Acropolis #4
KK 2v2 League Season 1
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
YSL S3
SCTL 2026 Spring
2026 GSL S2
RSL Revival: Season 5
Heroes Pulsing #1
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S2: W8
CSCL: Masked Kings S4
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Maestros of the Game 2
WardiTV Spring 2026
Bounty Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.