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Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10696 Posts
October 10 2011 13:58 GMT
#861
Agree.


BUT he does not have to start the school at a certain date/year? With 18 he has plenty of time...
Fruitme
Profile Joined August 2011
82 Posts
October 10 2011 14:40 GMT
#862
He started playing 6 months ago
He only play 3 hours a day
He only play ladder

That is freaking amazing
Perseverance
Profile Joined February 2010
Japan2800 Posts
October 10 2011 15:15 GMT
#863
wow this kid is phenominal
<3 Moonbattles
WightyCity
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada887 Posts
October 10 2011 15:18 GMT
#864
the best foreigner hands down
90% watching it 8% talking about it and 2% playing it - sc2
-Archangel-
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia7457 Posts
October 10 2011 15:35 GMT
#865
On October 11 2011 00:18 WightyCity wrote:
the best foreigner hands down

That has yet to be proven. But he has the potential.
Sabre
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom1086 Posts
October 10 2011 15:38 GMT
#866
On October 10 2011 20:55 TigerKarl wrote:
The thing is, that this guy is intelligent and has a superior understanding of the game. I think that this also helps him with practicing efficiently and zerg is a very different race from the other two races. I think zerg is the most difficult race to learn, but once you can defend against anything the sky is the limit. I don't think that Stephano would be as good with the other races, where he'd have to spend hours refining builds.
Almost everything he's doing is smart, his decisionmaking is reliable and he is aware of the dynamics of the game. I think it was HD who also said how smart Stephano is.


When he offraces once or twice as Terran he's GM level with it, he beats his teammate YoGo all the time with Terran, its scary. Obviously not as good as his Zerg but still a good level
UK TrackMania Champion | Former SC2 player | http://www.twitter.com/Sabre_CS
RoyAlex
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway420 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 15:41:49
October 10 2011 15:39 GMT
#867
On October 10 2011 23:40 Fruitme wrote:
He started playing 6 months ago
He only play 3 hours a day
He only play ladder

That is freaking amazing


Truly amazing...

I guess Huk will never win GSL ever, or any other decent Pro-gamer out there will neither win.
Only randomly lucky people with born skills like Jaedong, Flash, Bisu, MVP, Nestea etc. and maybe Bomber, DRG and now maybe Stephano would if he practiced in korea and did more hours.

Only very very rare cases will we see non-geniuses win events where genuine genuises attend. Like Polt, MMA maybe?

Sad, and annoying to see people like Huk, TLO, Sheth, Demuslim and other super hardworking players climbing an impossible mountain. And aslo many koreans Clide, TOP, MMA, Boxer etc..
MVP will just roll them because of a whim, like Stephano rolling foreigners, and even Code S koreans.

Stephano would prolly have a hard time beating korean genuises with his puny 3-4 hour practice time. He will still roll Huk though, even when Huk is said to be one of the more hard workings pro-gamers even for Korean standard.

:O ... or?
busbarn
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden984 Posts
October 10 2011 15:45 GMT
#868
On October 11 2011 00:39 RoyAlex wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2011 23:40 Fruitme wrote:
He started playing 6 months ago
He only play 3 hours a day
He only play ladder

That is freaking amazing


Truly amazing...

I guess Huk will never win GSL ever, or any other decent Pro-gamer out there will neither win.
Only randomly lucky people with born skills like Jaedong, Flash, Bisu, MVP, Nestea etc. and maybe Bomber, DRG and now maybe Stephano would if he practiced in korea and did more hours.

Only very very rare cases will we see non-geniuses win events where genuine genuises attend. Like Polt, MMA maybe?

Sad, and annoying to see people like Huk, TLO, Sheth, Demuslim and other super hardworking players climbing an impossible mountain. And aslo many koreans Clide, TOP, MMA, Boxer etc..
MVP will just roll them because of a whim, like Stephano rolling foreigners, and even Code S koreans.

Stephano would prolly have a hard time beating korean genuises with his puny 3-4 hour practice time. He will still roll Huk though, even when Huk is said to be one of the more hard workings pro-gamers even for Korean standard.

:O ... or?

lol you make it sound like everything is pointless. It's true though some people will always be better humans if you will, sucks to not be one of them
unit
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2621 Posts
October 10 2011 15:49 GMT
#869
On October 11 2011 00:39 RoyAlex wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2011 23:40 Fruitme wrote:
He started playing 6 months ago
He only play 3 hours a day
He only play ladder

That is freaking amazing


Truly amazing...

I guess Huk will never win GSL ever, or any other decent Pro-gamer out there will neither win.
Only randomly lucky people with born skills like Jaedong, Flash, Bisu, MVP, Nestea etc. and maybe Bomber, DRG and now maybe Stephano would if he practiced in korea and did more hours.

Only very very rare cases will we see non-geniuses win events where genuine genuises attend. Like Polt, MMA maybe?

Sad, and annoying to see people like Huk, TLO, Sheth, Demuslim and other super hardworking players climbing an impossible mountain. And aslo many koreans Clide, TOP, MMA, Boxer etc..
MVP will just roll them because of a whim, like Stephano rolling foreigners, and even Code S koreans.


Stephano would prolly have a hard time beating korean genuises with his puny 3-4 hour practice time. He will still roll Huk though, even when Huk is said to be one of the more hard workings pro-gamers even for Korean standard.

:O ... or?


...i dont even know what to say to this really...but everyone at the highest level, including HuK is a genius in the game, the difference is mostly how they approach the game in practice, stephano imo practices every game he plays, he is essentially kolll from bw where he needs less work/effort to reach his pinacle and thus can do it faster than others, at that level anyone can beat anyone imo since the game is much closer than bw so there is less difference between the pros and the people who play less than the pros...its not as much how much you put in, its what you get out of it, stephano seems to just get more out of his practice than others.
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 15:53:39
October 10 2011 15:52 GMT
#870
A dropout will beat a genius through hard work! and

I do not try to hide or disguise my moves. I do not have to. Even if you can read them, you cannot stop them. fits very well for some players :p!
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
October 10 2011 15:53 GMT
#871
he's a rare gifted player. it would be a shame for us if he quits in a year. I think with the proper training etc., he could be a world class contender in any tournament he played in, including GSL code S.
http://i.imgur.com/fAUOr2c.png | Fighting games are great
Ryndika
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1489 Posts
October 10 2011 15:56 GMT
#872
On October 10 2011 22:54 hugman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 10 2011 19:42 Girondelle wrote:
On October 10 2011 19:37 suejak wrote:
He's young, so obviously he thinks he's just going to spend a year on progaming "to pay for school." When the year is up, he will reconsider. Even if he does quit temporarily, it'll weigh heavily on him as long as the scene is still going strong.

Pretty sure he won't quit in a year. This is the guy who signed a contract with Complexity, then changed his mind the day of the announcement. He'll be around for a while.


I guess we all hope you're right :D


I hope he isn't.
He's much better off going to med school than playing SC2

You know him irl? If so can you update if he makes final decision?
as useful as teasalt
RoyAlex
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway420 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 16:04:13
October 10 2011 16:01 GMT
#873
On October 11 2011 00:45 busbarn wrote:

lol you make it sound like everything is pointless. It's true though some people will always be better humans if you will, sucks to not be one of them


Yea, sure i would imagine someone practicing like 14 hours vs a genuis who does 8 hours. But not someone that only does 3-4 hours vs 12 hours ++... T.T.
If stephano did practice 12 hours+ then it would maybe be truly pointless for Huk and the other guys to even try.... lets just hope he stays at 4 hours max (kekek) and leaves after 1 year. hm =/. Though we could use him to get a foreignerin top 3 at foreigners events, and try to get a shot at GSL.

The would should keep MVP and neastea's to a minumum, to give the other a break. O.o

On October 11 2011 00:52 mTw|NarutO wrote:
A dropout will beat a genius through hard work! and

I do not try to hide or disguise my moves. I do not have to. Even if you can read them, you cannot stop them. fits very well for some players :p!


kekekek! xD
CellTech
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada396 Posts
October 10 2011 16:05 GMT
#874
I dont want to belittle Stephano's accomllishments, he did amazing.
But his standard ling/infestor/ultra play seems like it just spooked Terrans because theyre not used to it. Think DRG's mass counter style. It feels like if you give SlayerS a month and stephanos replay pack theyll just come up with an answer.

Regardless, hes a beast
^ Probably a Troll Post
RoyAlex
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway420 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 16:13:39
October 10 2011 16:11 GMT
#875
On October 11 2011 01:05 CellTech wrote:
I dont want to belittle Stephano's accomllishments, he did amazing.
But his standard ling/infestor/ultra play seems like it just spooked Terrans because theyre not used to it. Think DRG's mass counter style. It feels like if you give SlayerS a month and stephanos replay pack theyll just come up with an answer.

Regardless, hes a beast


I am not belitteling Stephanos win. Obvously it was very very hard to execute and stay calm, and think and play out all those very hard matches. It's not like he was just chilling on the stage or those 4 hours he practiced everyday.

Also if you dont "belittle" Stephano, you are "belitteling" all the other players and saying wtf are they asleep when they practices those 12 hours? are they just actually chilling for 12 hours? I am sure it is actually very very hard practiced hours by the other players.

Otolia
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
France5805 Posts
October 10 2011 16:11 GMT
#876
On October 11 2011 01:05 CellTech wrote:
I dont want to belittle Stephano's accomllishments, he did amazing.
But his standard ling/infestor/ultra play seems like it just spooked Terrans because theyre not used to it. Think DRG's mass counter style. It feels like if you give SlayerS a month and stephanos replay pack theyll just come up with an answer.

Regardless, hes a beast

That's not his only style. He can play muta/baneling, baneling/ultra, ling/infestors, pure ling, roach/ling. You only saw what worked in the IPL but that's not the only style he had. Furthermore, SlayerS know his style because and considers him as a Top 5 foreigner.
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
October 10 2011 16:15 GMT
#877
Haha, I think the slayers terran-players should figure out how to deal with roach rushes before anything else.. =)
shell
Profile Joined October 2010
Portugal2722 Posts
October 10 2011 16:22 GMT
#878
On October 11 2011 00:52 mTw|NarutO wrote:
A dropout will beat a genius through hard work! and

I do not try to hide or disguise my moves. I do not have to. Even if you can read them, you cannot stop them. fits very well for some players :p!



Naruto are you quoting Naruto? OMG :D
BENFICA || Besties: idra, Stephano, Nestea, Jaedong, Serral, Jinro, Scarlett || Zerg <3
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
October 10 2011 16:22 GMT
#879
Haha, yes :-)
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
RoyAlex
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway420 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-10 16:27:51
October 10 2011 16:25 GMT
#880
On October 11 2011 01:15 m0ck wrote:
Haha, I think the slayers terran-players should figure out how to deal with roach rushes before anything else.. =)


Yea.
The Protoss player too. His lots of lings and very agressive, while also staying defensive and not expoing a lot seems very abusive. It looks very very hard to deal with. Seems like a very smart style to play.

But he also beat a Zerg in the final. Maybe lucky is not very good in ZvZ. Lucky seemed to get higher than anyone expected, even himself. But he is still a Korean Zerg and didn't even get a single win against Stephano.
Stephano did also beat Sen some while ago at assembly summer was it?

Nevermind his play style in ZvT, he is just very very good in all match ups. An insane skill level for just practecing 3-4 hours.
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