I'm curious if anyone else besides me is absolutely baffled by what looks like Stephano's second impeccable ladder run. This guy is 113 and 12 with a win percentage of 90.40%. He seems to be one of the only players in the world right now taking any region ladder in such dominating fashion. I understand that tourney results are the real testament of skill in Starcraft 2 (and that EU ladder isn't as tough as KR), but I mean... DAMN.

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I should note the above rankings are from EU ladder alone. ^

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I want to know your guys' opinions. Why is this kid dominating so hard?

Mrvoodoochild1

United States1439 Posts

March 07 2012 09:36 GMT

Stephano is a great player, the EU ladder is not the worst ladder but is no where near as good as Korea so these type of streaks are possible.

arew

Lithuania1861 Posts

March 07 2012 09:36 GMT

That's really impressive. I like him a lot as a player and his attitude. He doesn't follow the scene itself too much and cares more about the game and playing. Stephano is really an amazing player!

edit: I've always been interested to know who's Kingler! O_O

zefreak

United States2731 Posts

March 07 2012 09:37 GMT

Considering that people like Nerchio, Bratok and Bly have reasonably similar winrates, I would have to conclude that EU ladder is really not that tough? I don't actually know, and I don't mean to downplay any of their accomplishments, but it doesn't look like Stephano's run is much more impressive than any of the guys I mentioned, and while they are top EU players they aren't really top in the world.

ThatGuy89

United Kingdom1968 Posts

March 07 2012 09:37 GMT

our opinion is to stop threads like this being made -_-
when the last one was made, it was made clear that it wasnt worth a thread.

yea the guys an absolute beast, but if MMA or MVP or someone laddered on EU they'd probably do the same.
This can be posted in his fan club or something, or even the old stephano ladder run thread

Benjamin80

581 Posts

March 07 2012 09:37 GMT

On March 07 2012 18:36 Mrvoodoochild1 wrote:
Stephano is a great player, the EU ladder is not the worst ladder but is no where near as good as Korea so these type of streaks are possible.

Exactly Stephano is a world class zerg this really means nothing anymore. EU to easy for him

Arco

United States2090 Posts

March 07 2012 09:37 GMT

Talented former Warcraft 3 player with lots of dedication and skill and time to practice. His practice methods work, foreigners should use him as an example to improve.

Also, EU>NA not necessarily true, especially at the very top level that Stephano plays at. Many Koreans fill the high GM League on NA. So once you get to that level (where Stephano plays at) than NA is probably harder. Obviously below that is much more European favored.

Dark.Carnival

United States5095 Posts

March 07 2012 09:37 GMT

i find happys record more impressive, 473-97 o_o thats a lot of games.

DreamOen

Spain1400 Posts

March 07 2012 09:37 GMT

Such a crazy record, but I think the same could happen if Nestea/Mvp/mc, or even when huk play on EU ladder, they get records like that.I'm curious about what stephano could achieve in the korean ladder with all that beasts around.

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

March 07 2012 09:38 GMT

#10

This can happen since Blizzard capped MMR. Obviously random low-mid GM scrubs are not going to touch Stephano ;D

BUT HE LOST A FUCKING MONOBATTLE, WHAT A NAB

mememolly

4765 Posts

March 07 2012 09:40 GMT

#11

On March 07 2012 18:37 DreamOen wrote:
Such a crazy record, but I think the same could happen if Nestea/Mvp/mc, or even when huk play on EU ladder, they get records like that.I'm curious about what stephano could achieve in the korean ladder with all that beasts around.

he got like 70% win rate and was top 10 GM inside a few days

drbrown

Sweden442 Posts

March 07 2012 09:42 GMT

#12

While it is an impressive ratio, please remember that Blizzard capped the MMR, meaning he's not facing the best players all the time. At least half of the time he's plowing through high masters or low-mid GM players that are far from being pro players. That said, i am a big fan of Stephano and i'm happy to see him continue to dominate the EU server, a few glances at his stream most certainly confirms the fact that he's an insanely talented player.

Micro_Jackson

Germany2002 Posts

March 07 2012 09:43 GMT

#13

Losing a monobattle... he should really quit sc2 with such bad results.

113 to 12 is a impressive run no matter how bad or good EU ladder is. btw who is kingler? some korean protoss smurf?

Nelz

309 Posts

March 07 2012 09:46 GMT

#14

He's not even playing ladder seriously, he just make full ling most of the time versus terran and win without any problems.

He's really bored by the EU ladder, he's thinking to another trip in korea in April but he's not sure yet.

Mazaire

Australia217 Posts

March 07 2012 09:48 GMT

#15

On March 07 2012 18:38 ZenithM wrote:

BUT HE LOST A FUCKING MONOBATTLE, WHAT A NAB

i know right, he should quit right now.

HellionDrop

281 Posts

March 07 2012 09:48 GMT

#16

its impressive, i really think stephano should try GSL, he is one of the few foreigners who might have a chance in code S, and i'm pretty sure GOM would just give him a code S seed no problem. too bad he's not interested.

EonuS

Slovenia186 Posts

March 07 2012 09:50 GMT

#17

prodigy is one way to describe this

PresenceSc2

Australia4032 Posts

March 07 2012 09:50 GMT

#18

He's non Koreans best shot at winning a GSL. Someone please offer him a fuck load of $$$ to get him over there.

DjRetro

Chile309 Posts

March 07 2012 09:50 GMT

#19

His record is quite impressive... i'd say that if Stephano was laddering on KR, he would achieve a similar win ratio. (70% or higher). He's a true ladder monster.

On March 07 2012 18:38 ZenithM wrote:

BUT HE LOST A FUCKING MONOBATTLE, WHAT A NAB

ROFL xD