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Why I Think Stephano is a Really Good SC2 Player - Page 5

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poorcloud
Profile Joined April 2011
Singapore2748 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 17:31:41
December 10 2011 17:31 GMT
#81
wtf is wrong with you? Why the overhype? I know stephano is a pretty special player but why call him the best player? At least say potential.

On one hand, you have MVP who has made it to almost every finals of all the tourneys hes taken part in over the past few months.
On the other, you saw stephano won IPL3 and 1/2 other tourneys and saw him beat some good players on stream and you say he has the most talent in the world?

He will probably get #1 rank in ladder, but players like Alive, Sc, Polt and many other mediocre ones have gotten #1 rank on korean GM before. It dosen't mean anything.
Olinimm
Profile Joined November 2011
1471 Posts
December 10 2011 17:31 GMT
#82
On December 11 2011 02:30 anastacia wrote:
even though its well written, I think saying that Stephano is the BEST player in the WORLD is a completely stupid and uninformed statement.

Fixed.
QTIP.
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2113 Posts
December 10 2011 17:32 GMT
#83
Haha. What is this thread. It makes me sad.
"Trash Micro but Win. Its Marin." - Min Chul
NuclearJudas
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
6546 Posts
December 10 2011 17:32 GMT
#84
What the fuck? He's definitely got potential to be one of the best, I'll give you that, but he is absolutely not even close to being the best player in the world right now.
Life is like Tetris. Your errors pile up but your accomplishments disappear. - Robert Ohlén | http://railroaddiary.wordpress.com/ - My words about stuff.
canikizu
Profile Joined September 2010
4860 Posts
December 10 2011 17:32 GMT
#85
On December 11 2011 02:27 Jackle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2011 01:56 LiquidFahq wrote:
At the end of it call Stephano decisively eliminated the following Koreans from his path:
FXO_Lucky (4-0 in the finals)
Ogs_TheSTC
FXO_Inori
MVP_Violet
Slayers_Boxer
Slayers_MMA


Huh?

Stephano beat KiwiKaki, Violet (Code A), Inori (Code B), TheSTC(Code B) and Lucky (Code A).

And didn't theStC 2-0 Stephano back in MLG one week or couple after?

Lord_J
Profile Joined April 2011
Kenya1085 Posts
December 10 2011 17:33 GMT
#86
On December 11 2011 02:32 QTIP. wrote:
What is this thread.


A pretty obvious troll job.
No relation to Monsieur J.
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
December 10 2011 17:33 GMT
#87
This thread makes me sad.
Loki57
Profile Joined February 2011
United States292 Posts
December 10 2011 17:34 GMT
#88
On December 11 2011 02:27 Warcloud wrote:
This was a terrible post, not just because I entirely disagree, but because there is not a single piece of evidence supporting the outrageous claim with the exception of him beating a bunch of b-level koreans in IPL. You just kind of vaguely say that he has a ton of talent.

Honestly, not to flame, but if anybody thinks that Stephano is the best player in the world then you obviously don't even know what you're watching for when you're making that determination. Not only does he not have the results to prove it, but in my opinion from watching his games it seems like he's miles behind a lot of other top players in terms of multitasking, drone/aggression timings, and decision-making. I'm not even going to list examples of people better than him and why because the list would be like 70 players long.

This, a million times over. He's probably not even the best foreign zerg out there. Both Sen and IdrA have shown much better results against better players, and players like Ret or DIMAGA look much better when they're on their game. Stephano has pretty much dodged all the good players at all the tournaments that he has won, and this is further highlighted by his lackluster MLG where the competition is obviously much better.
"Dedication without talent is a daydream. Talent without dedication is a nightmare."
JinDesu
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3990 Posts
December 10 2011 17:34 GMT
#89
Should this thread even be allowed to keep going? I mean, I'd rather not see threads for MVP, Nestea, MC, MKP, Huk, etc etc etc pop up like this - there is a fanclub thread for this stuff.
Yargh
Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
December 10 2011 17:35 GMT
#90
MVPTails is the best player in the world cause he beat MVP and Nestea back-to-back in a 30 minute span.

I think that statement holds more weight than Stephano being the best player.
Writerhttps://twitter.com/FionnOnFire
arfyron
Profile Joined July 2011
518 Posts
December 10 2011 17:35 GMT
#91
On December 11 2011 02:32 canikizu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2011 02:27 Jackle wrote:
On December 11 2011 01:56 LiquidFahq wrote:
At the end of it call Stephano decisively eliminated the following Koreans from his path:
FXO_Lucky (4-0 in the finals)
Ogs_TheSTC
FXO_Inori
MVP_Violet
Slayers_Boxer
Slayers_MMA


Huh?

Stephano beat KiwiKaki, Violet (Code A), Inori (Code B), TheSTC(Code B) and Lucky (Code A).

And didn't theStC 2-0 Stephano back in MLG one week or couple after?



Yes and then boxer beat him in macro games.
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
December 10 2011 17:36 GMT
#92
On December 11 2011 02:27 jj33 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2011 02:24 GreEny K wrote:
On December 11 2011 02:22 jj33 wrote:
korean pros don't take ladder seriously.

they use it to practice random stuff.

Stephano is talented yes, but so are many other pros, he's not the best player in the world.

Nobody is a super clear best in the world in sc2. that's reserved truly dominant players like flash/jd.


MVP and Nestea... Best in the world, I think anyone will agree.



they are among the best.

but they aren't super dominant lke JD/flash.

do you follow bw?

they are nowhere near the dominance that flash has shown.


rofl, the arrogance..
this has nothing to do with flash, it is fucking irrelevant. MVP is the best SC2 player in the world, he doesnt have to be as dominant as flash for that.
beep boop
motionSIGN
Profile Joined December 2011
Andorra45 Posts
December 10 2011 17:36 GMT
#93
fan post, not that convinced :/ i hope he'll do great in Blizzard cup ^^
Meeeow
WaSa
Profile Joined October 2011
Sweden749 Posts
December 10 2011 17:36 GMT
#94
lol way to fuel the hate against him OP. Maybe not that surprising we see an entire thread to bait hate posts, after all there are have been troll posts to bait hate aswell
LeKiNGG
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada110 Posts
December 10 2011 17:36 GMT
#95
This should have been a blog or a great post for the Stephano fan club... I mean I like stephano and all be he still have things to proove to be the best player in the world... Isnt he going back to school in like 8-12 months anyway and kinda quitting on sc2? Dont think he'll ever be the absolute best within that time range....
IdrA and Stephano fighting!
JohnMatrix
Profile Joined April 2011
France1358 Posts
December 10 2011 17:36 GMT
#96
Am I the only one who think the OP is a troll and hes in fact not really a so called "stephano fan". Nobody who like stephano ever states this before -_-

"LiquidFahq" really ? cmon lol ?
Empirimancer
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada1024 Posts
December 10 2011 17:36 GMT
#97
Most naturally talented, maybe, if the tales about his practice time are true. Best? Not yet.
SC2ShoWTimE
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany722 Posts
December 10 2011 17:36 GMT
#98
seriously... what big tournaments did he win so far? ipl and thats it?
compared to the achievements of mvp or other good koreans thats nothing.

i like stephano and he is good indeed, but this constant overhype is ridiculous and probably makes more people dislike him than anything else.
Progamer
arQ
Profile Joined October 2010
1033 Posts
December 10 2011 17:37 GMT
#99
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"The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition." -Carl Sagan || Flash || Mvp || Naniwa ||
Maenander
Profile Joined November 2002
Germany4926 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 17:40:56
December 10 2011 17:37 GMT
#100
On December 11 2011 02:33 Dodgin wrote:
This thread makes me sad.

Seconded. Both sides, fanboys and haters, come up with absurd arguments.
On December 11 2011 02:36 JohnMatrix wrote:
Am I the only one who think the OP is a troll and hes in fact not really a so called "stephano fan". Nobody who like stephano ever states this before -_-

"LiquidFahq" really ? cmon lol ?

You are not the only one. I guess this is mostly about trolls fighting each other.
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