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Dawg_Snow
Profile Joined September 2011
France425 Posts
December 09 2011 18:24 GMT
#1081
You forgot ESWC dude MKP,Mana..
Stephano, Sarens, Tarson, Mana, MMA, MVP -- Dawg EU Master Terran
striderxxx
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada443 Posts
December 09 2011 18:24 GMT
#1082
On December 10 2011 03:21 Maenander wrote:
Stephano reached the top25, rank 17 currently. Simply amazing.


why is this considered amazing?? every pro has done that on the KR ladder at one point.
Wawarox
Profile Joined July 2011
161 Posts
December 09 2011 18:26 GMT
#1083
On December 10 2011 03:24 striderxxx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 03:21 Maenander wrote:
Stephano reached the top25, rank 17 currently. Simply amazing.


why is this considered amazing?? every pro has done that on the KR ladder at one point.


no.
Sawofhackness
Profile Joined May 2011
Afghanistan183 Posts
December 09 2011 18:27 GMT
#1084


Its just hype vs actual wins really

When a player wins a big tourney or sits right at the top of a ladder or starts doing extremely well they get toted as the next big thing..

Its part of the reason why we love SC2. When this stops happening it means the game is receding, going stale. Next big things are the... next big thing!
trucane
Profile Joined January 2009
United States553 Posts
December 09 2011 18:28 GMT
#1085
On December 10 2011 03:24 striderxxx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 03:21 Maenander wrote:
Stephano reached the top25, rank 17 currently. Simply amazing.


why is this considered amazing?? every pro has done that on the KR ladder at one point.


Every foreigner who has went to korea has managed to grab top 25 GM after less than a week? And that with 70%+ win rate and only playing 4 hours a day? Thats news to me
SafeAsCheese
Profile Joined June 2011
United States4924 Posts
December 09 2011 18:29 GMT
#1086
On December 10 2011 03:19 KalWarkov wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 03:15 m0ck wrote:
On December 10 2011 03:12 Shiori wrote:
On December 10 2011 02:55 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Stephano is really good fundamentally, but I really wish he would take the time to practice some non ling infestor ultra builds. If people catch onto you it becomes much, much more difficult to win.



Pretty much this. I really feel like, and I don't mean this insultingly, Stephano is an "abusive" Zerg player. I don't think he's winning because of his mechanics or innovative strategies. He found something that's really, really hard for players to deal with (Toss especially) and he keeps doing.


You mean like an innovative strategy that is hard to deal with?


People that say Stephano has bad mechanics have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. abusive zerg player. hahahahaha. IdrA fanboy i assume?


You know you can actually make arguments without insulting other players, right?
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-09 18:32:09
December 09 2011 18:30 GMT
#1087
On December 10 2011 03:24 striderxxx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 03:21 Maenander wrote:
Stephano reached the top25, rank 17 currently. Simply amazing.


why is this considered amazing?? every pro has done that on the KR ladder at one point.


who exactly? no foreigner EVER got that high to my knowledge. no huk, no sase, no naniwa, no idra. not nearly as high. and he plays for 5 days.

its just 1 of tons of proove how good he is, but haters fight reasons to denie anything good he does


On December 10 2011 03:29 SafeAsCheese wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 03:19 KalWarkov wrote:
On December 10 2011 03:15 m0ck wrote:
On December 10 2011 03:12 Shiori wrote:
On December 10 2011 02:55 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Stephano is really good fundamentally, but I really wish he would take the time to practice some non ling infestor ultra builds. If people catch onto you it becomes much, much more difficult to win.



Pretty much this. I really feel like, and I don't mean this insultingly, Stephano is an "abusive" Zerg player. I don't think he's winning because of his mechanics or innovative strategies. He found something that's really, really hard for players to deal with (Toss especially) and he keeps doing.


You mean like an innovative strategy that is hard to deal with?


People that say Stephano has bad mechanics have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. abusive zerg player. hahahahaha. IdrA fanboy i assume?


You know you can actually make arguments without insulting other players, right?


Who did i insult? Im not insulting IdrA at all, but his fans often seem to see things kind of 1 sided. + you insult stephano in this thread all the time.
DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM | Dota2 - Offlane Immortal | Wc3 - Undead decent level | Diablo nerd | Chess / Magnus fanboy | BVB | Agnostic***
Simonius
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany98 Posts
December 09 2011 18:30 GMT
#1088
On December 10 2011 03:12 Shiori wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 02:55 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Stephano is really good fundamentally, but I really wish he would take the time to practice some non ling infestor ultra builds. If people catch onto you it becomes much, much more difficult to win.



Pretty much this. I really feel like, and I don't mean this insultingly, Stephano is an "abusive" Zerg player. I don't think he's winning because of his mechanics or innovative strategies. He found something that's really, really hard for players to deal with (Toss especially) and he keeps doing.

How is he playing abusively vs toss? He doesn't use ling infestor ultra with mass upgrades but roach infestor fast broodlord most of the time supported by heavy macro play. See nothing gimmicky about his zvp. His zvt on the other hand is quite abusive and he got some punishment from top korean terrans for it vs jakjil for example.
wklbishop
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1286 Posts
December 09 2011 18:31 GMT
#1089
Wow I must admit that Stephano is actually really good.

On December 10 2011 03:10 SafeAsCheese wrote:
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On December 10 2011 03:09 m0ck wrote:
On December 10 2011 03:08 SafeAsCheese wrote:
On December 10 2011 03:08 Myia wrote:
He just bashed sage as well... must be doing something right



Sage had him dead after killing the gold base, but never pushed again until 4 base brood lord were finished


So, Stephano is winning because Sage is bad? ^^


No, because sage didn't see his own lead

Zerg is the fastest comeback race if you let them do it


Plus when Sage took his third, Stephano retook the Gold and another base which is obviously terrible for the toss.

But anyways, I feel like these two have been playing each other so much that they're practically playing like teammates would sometimes with all this funky stuff and occasional personal metagaming.
Gameplay > Personality
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
December 09 2011 18:32 GMT
#1090
On December 10 2011 03:26 Wawarox wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 03:24 striderxxx wrote:
On December 10 2011 03:21 Maenander wrote:
Stephano reached the top25, rank 17 currently. Simply amazing.


why is this considered amazing?? every pro has done that on the KR ladder at one point.


no.


Here at TL we like to post with some character and factual information as backup. "No" doesn't really cut it.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
x6.Chouji
Profile Joined February 2011
United States84 Posts
December 09 2011 18:32 GMT
#1091
The statements he made after IPL made me an anti-fan. "Herpderp I only practice a lil and I beat everyone so...I'm da best?"

Noone can argue he is a great player but ladder is really just..ladder. He can prove himself @ the blizzard cup since he apparently doesn't believe he can win GSL.

And enough with 4 hours a day bullshit, he's been streaming for more than 4 hours already. Please. Shut up.

Haters & Lovers.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. - Chinese Proverb
Shiori
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
3815 Posts
December 09 2011 18:32 GMT
#1092
I don't like Idra, no. I think he's overrated and childish. You don't have to be gimmicky to abuse particularly difficult things in the metagame right now. BL/infestor play is considered by most Protoss players to be virtually uncounterable outside of the mothership. This says a lot about the strength of the strategy. Nothing against Stephano for using it; I just don't think it's very original or a terribly good representation of stunning mechanics.
bluQ
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Germany1724 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-09 18:35:38
December 09 2011 18:33 GMT
#1093
On December 10 2011 03:29 SafeAsCheese wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 03:19 KalWarkov wrote:
On December 10 2011 03:15 m0ck wrote:
On December 10 2011 03:12 Shiori wrote:
On December 10 2011 02:55 Itsmedudeman wrote:
Stephano is really good fundamentally, but I really wish he would take the time to practice some non ling infestor ultra builds. If people catch onto you it becomes much, much more difficult to win.



Pretty much this. I really feel like, and I don't mean this insultingly, Stephano is an "abusive" Zerg player. I don't think he's winning because of his mechanics or innovative strategies. He found something that's really, really hard for players to deal with (Toss especially) and he keeps doing.


You mean like an innovative strategy that is hard to deal with?


People that say Stephano has bad mechanics have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. abusive zerg player. hahahahaha. IdrA fanboy i assume?


You know you can actually make arguments without insulting other players, right?

He never insulted anyone ... just if you say "assume" means "are" and "fanboy" means something insulting.
Posts like yours are just irrelevant and senseless.

Haters gonna hate. Stephano has a lot of potential. SaSe was considered very good too but yet didn't show the biggest results(watchin him on IPL right now ... he IS good), at least Stephano showed us what he is capable of.
The first time Nani crushed MLG a lot of ppl said simliar things as the Stephano"haters". I will sit back, drink a cup of tea and will spit it all out when Stephano wins Code S

On December 10 2011 03:32 Shiori wrote:
I don't like Idra, no. I think he's overrated and childish. You don't have to be gimmicky to abuse particularly difficult things in the metagame right now. BL/infestor play is considered by most Protoss players to be virtually uncounterable outside of the mothership. This says a lot about the strength of the strategy. Nothing against Stephano for using it; I just don't think it's very original or a terribly good representation of stunning mechanics.

What?
First of all: virtually uncounterable? SO many games were won by toss vs that army mix. Not saying that the same amount was won by Z with that unit comp but really ... and "just" the mothership? We are talking about lategame unit mix...but i dont want to drift into strategy talk.
Sencond: I guess most Zergs use that build, so ... where is your argument? Zergs arent a good representation of stunning mechanics? And imo Stephano was one of the first with heavy ling styles who actually killed big names.
www.twitch.tv/bluquh (PoE, Starbow, HS)
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
December 09 2011 18:35 GMT
#1094
The ironic thing is SafeAsCheese is one of them. -_-

Some people really do stick out like sore thumbs.

Really enjoying watching Steph and FOrGG play at the same time with my split screen :D
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
December 09 2011 18:35 GMT
#1095
On December 10 2011 03:32 Shiori wrote:
I don't like Idra, no. I think he's overrated and childish. You don't have to be gimmicky to abuse particularly difficult things in the metagame right now. BL/infestor play is considered by most Protoss players to be virtually uncounterable outside of the mothership. This says a lot about the strength of the strategy. Nothing against Stephano for using it; I just don't think it's very original or a terribly good representation of stunning mechanics.



Well, i agree with this part
I just don't think it's very original or a terribly good representation of stunning mechanics.

but it doesnt mean he has bad mechanics.

+ he uses BL/infestor less then many others, he is more the ultra guy. What do you want zergs to do? play roach/hydra and lose? ur comment doesnt make too much sense tbh -,-
DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM | Dota2 - Offlane Immortal | Wc3 - Undead decent level | Diablo nerd | Chess / Magnus fanboy | BVB | Agnostic***
Shiori
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
3815 Posts
December 09 2011 18:38 GMT
#1096
I didn't say Stephano has bad mechanics.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
December 09 2011 18:41 GMT
#1097
On December 10 2011 03:32 x6.Chouji wrote:
The statements he made after IPL made me an anti-fan. "Herpderp I only practice a lil and I beat everyone so...I'm da best?"

Noone can argue he is a great player but ladder is really just..ladder. He can prove himself @ the blizzard cup since he apparently doesn't believe he can win GSL.

And enough with 4 hours a day bullshit, he's been streaming for more than 4 hours already. Please. Shut up.

Haters & Lovers.


._. Is your humor detector broken?

Some people.
FallDownMarigold
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3710 Posts
December 09 2011 18:42 GMT
#1098
On December 10 2011 03:30 KalWarkov wrote:


its just 1 of tons of proove how good he is, but haters fight reasons to denie anything good he does



Err... Just stop it. He's a pretty good foreign player, that's all there is to it. 'Nuff said. He's not the best, not the worst -- he's just pretty good and we'll leave it at that. I'm not sure how so many people are rationalizing so many big claims based off ladder performance over a short time frame. LOL
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20284 Posts
December 09 2011 18:44 GMT
#1099
On December 10 2011 03:28 trucane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 03:24 striderxxx wrote:
On December 10 2011 03:21 Maenander wrote:
Stephano reached the top25, rank 17 currently. Simply amazing.


why is this considered amazing?? every pro has done that on the KR ladder at one point.


Every foreigner who has went to korea has managed to grab top 25 GM after less than a week? And that with 70%+ win rate and only playing 4 hours a day? Thats news to me




He went to korea to train and plays 4 hours a day?
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
December 09 2011 18:44 GMT
#1100
On December 10 2011 03:42 FallDownMarigold wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 03:30 KalWarkov wrote:


its just 1 of tons of proove how good he is, but haters fight reasons to denie anything good he does



Err... Just stop it. He's a pretty good foreign player, that's all there is to it. 'Nuff said. He's not the best, not the worst -- he's just pretty good and we'll leave it at that. I'm not sure how so many people are rationalizing so many big claims based off ladder performance over a short time frame. LOL


Well, that's just opinion. And I believe he is the best. Who do you rank in that position?
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