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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.
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