Today we are happy to announce that MouZ.Morrow will be the 2nd foreigner invite to the ESV TV/Twitch TV Grand Prix #1!
MorroW has been a long staple of the foreign BW scene, going as far back as Brood War and has now been living in Korea in the NsHS teamhouse to refine his skills!
MorroW is widely considered the best player that has switched races during SC2, going from originally Terran to Zerg, and in the process proving himself to be a strong front runner at any tournament.
His most notable tournament win was of course the IEM Gamescon 2010 tournament, in which he won the first ever major LAN event held in SC2 history! Wowing the world then with his 5 rac reaper rush, he is now impressing with Zerg taking 2nd in Shoutcraft Invitational #1, and 1st for the WCG Sweden Qualifiers!
We are very happy to have such a strong and great player representing the foreign scene int his tournament, and now have a full lineup for this event starting soon!
On February 13 2012 09:38 bennyaus wrote: Best player who switched races in the foreign community maybe... I'd say Gumiho probably holds that prize overall (Random->Terran)
Awesome! Sweet tournament with great prize :D (MorroW actually also placed 2nd at Assembly winter 11 in a ZvZ final vs Ret - if he were to win the GP I wonder if ASUS ROG would have different rules and allow him to TvZ).
On February 13 2012 09:42 Hulavuta wrote: Gumiho didn't really "switch" though, he played all 3 and then just decided on one. MorroW switched to a race he didn't even play.
What about Byun or MarineKing (both P -> T)?
This is kind of a silly argument to have though, fortunately Morrow will have a chance to prove his own worth.
On February 13 2012 09:42 Hulavuta wrote: Gumiho didn't really "switch" though, he played all 3 and then just decided on one. MorroW switched to a race he didn't even play.
What about Byun or MarineKing (both P -> T)?
This is kind of a silly argument to have though, fortunately Morrow will have a chance to prove his own worth.
Did MKP ever play Protoss in sc2? I know he did in BW but that doesnt seem fair to include.
On February 13 2012 09:42 Hulavuta wrote: Gumiho didn't really "switch" though, he played all 3 and then just decided on one. MorroW switched to a race he didn't even play.
What about Byun or MarineKing (both P -> T)?
This is kind of a silly argument to have though, fortunately Morrow will have a chance to prove his own worth.
MKP didn't play Protoss in SC2, only BW. But yeah people seem to always forget that ByuN was Protoss
On February 13 2012 10:33 Joedaddy wrote: Is morrow officially back to playing as Terran full time? I saw where he went Terran in a showmatch (?) vs a zerg not long ago.
On February 13 2012 09:58 Noocta wrote: Is morroW still in Korea ? I thought he said it was for a few month, and he's there since November i think.
MorroW said he's stay is initially planned for arround 3 months, but that he will definateley stay longer if he feels that it helped him/or if it goes well for him in GSL.
On February 13 2012 09:44 Diamond wrote: Random into X race imo is just narrowing down your R, it's not really switching races wholesale like T > Z.
To be fair, MorroW only switched from Terran to Zerg for 2/3's of the game.
No, MorroW played pure Zerg for 6 months before starting to play Terran vs Zerg instead of playing mirrow. So basically MorroW went from Terran (Beta-Early sc2) to Zerg (Late 2010-WCG Sweden Finals in June) to Racepicking (ZvT, ZvP, TvZ).
On February 13 2012 10:58 Caphe wrote: Please tell me, does he still switch to Terran whenever it is vZ? I admire the man for his skill but hate him for race switching vZ opponent.
As a terran I especially can't wait to see his TvZ. He just takes an approach to that matchup I haven't really seen anybody else do. Good luck Morrow. Sincerely yours Scandinavian brother rofl.
For anyone that hasn't seen it they should definitely check out the game Morrow played on Metropolis. 7 base v 6 base, Nydus Island Expansion. Game had everything.
On February 13 2012 23:48 KAmaKAsa wrote: tbh... morrow is one of the best foreigners.. and he barely gets any attention at all
Agreed. He is one of the best players in the world in terms of looking at all the capabilites of a race and trying to find the best way of dealin with every situation. He uses drops as Z like nobody else in the world and his nuke tactics in TvZ are so sick.
On February 13 2012 23:48 KAmaKAsa wrote: tbh... morrow is one of the best foreigners.. and he barely gets any attention at all
Because he sets such a high standard for himself and doesn't want to go to tournaments until he feels he's completely ready.
I know HasuObs talked a bit about that, mousesports wants to send MorroW to many more tournaments, but he always wants to practice more. ^^
It's just that in the current state of the scene, people or at least the viewers forget about you or think you've become worse if you don't go to tournaments and are in fact simply practicing.
Nice announcement! I'm looking forward to see him kill some nerds
@ Diamond, you might want to fix the OP, as this sentence
On February 13 2012 09:25 Diamond wrote: MorroW has been a long staple of the foreign BW scene, going as far back as Brood War and has now been living in Korea in the NsHS teamhouse to refine his skills!
doesn't make sense. I assume the first "BW" is supposed to be "SC".
I think it would be more appropriate to mention that he got 2nd last Assembly Winter rather than mentioning his Shoutcraft run, especially since theres assembly seed in this tournament.
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