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On March 09 2012 04:01 BadBinky wrote: I'm watching Stephano's stream right now and wow his play reminds me of Flash and Jaedong. I think he's the best player at the moment. -_- stephano is really good, but flash?...
best foreigner zerg, probs... best player in world? probs not. flash. defs not.
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Reminds me of =/= is as good as.
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EU didn't have a lot of good people on at that time (IEM going on), but its ladder's still strong. Look at Sheth, for example - he has like a 50% winrate even playing in easier conditions.
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On March 09 2012 01:04 latan wrote: why would anyone plant down a forge if not for a nexus later on?
Because Stephano blindly assumes it's there and has all his defensive timings based on it. If you don't build the Nexus but do some kind of delayed 4/5gate push (possibly with +1 as the forge is already there) he would just die to it instantly.
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Just shows how much better KR ladder is than any other ladder region... I don't get why we should care about this run any top 30 korean would probably have a similar run considering how dominant they are showing in recent tourneys at EU like Assembly and IEM
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he's smart, he always knows what to put focus to.
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o.O .................. o.O *heart attack in astonishment* Go Stephano! Hope you become even more of a beast!
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On March 09 2012 06:09 Raid wrote: Just shows how much better KR ladder is than any other ladder region... I don't get why we should care about this run any top 30 korean would probably have a similar run considering how dominant they are showing in recent tourneys at EU like Assembly and IEM
Stephano is just as good as the koreans. He got to the finals in Assembly to face polt, gsl world champion, only to get beat but showed he can fight and face the koreans. Its a impressive ladder run no matter how you look at it
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On March 09 2012 05:43 CeriseCherries wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 04:01 BadBinky wrote: I'm watching Stephano's stream right now and wow his play reminds me of Flash and Jaedong. I think he's the best player at the moment. -_- stephano is really good, but flash?... best foreigner zerg, probs... best player in world? probs not. flash. defs not.
You can have 2 players with similar play styles and be completely different in skill. In what world does remind mean exact same?
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has stephano ever played in an mlg?
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On March 09 2012 06:02 magha wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 01:04 latan wrote: why would anyone plant down a forge if not for a nexus later on? Because Stephano blindly assumes it's there and has all his defensive timings based on it. If you don't build the Nexus but do some kind of delayed 4/5gate push (possibly with +1 as the forge is already there) he would just die to it instantly.
http://www.twitch.tv/setttv/b/309928219
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On March 09 2012 06:48 SovSov wrote: has stephano ever played in an mlg? Yeah, he won like 20 matches through the open bracket to the championship bracket and then eventually lost to Boxer.
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On March 09 2012 06:50 smash1 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 06:02 magha wrote:On March 09 2012 01:04 latan wrote: why would anyone plant down a forge if not for a nexus later on? Because Stephano blindly assumes it's there and has all his defensive timings based on it. If you don't build the Nexus but do some kind of delayed 4/5gate push (possibly with +1 as the forge is already there) he would just die to it instantly. http://www.twitch.tv/setttv/b/309928219 To be fair it was dumb of mana to leave his base open with no walls.
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On March 09 2012 06:19 juked wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 06:09 Raid wrote: Just shows how much better KR ladder is than any other ladder region... I don't get why we should care about this run any top 30 korean would probably have a similar run considering how dominant they are showing in recent tourneys at EU like Assembly and IEM Stephano is just as good as the koreans. He got to the finals in Assembly to face polt, gsl world champion, only to get beat but showed he can fight and face the koreans. Its a impressive ladder run no matter how you look at it
He's not as good as 'the koreans' (as if they were all equally skilled?). He might be the best foreigner but he isn't in the top 25 players in the world IMO. That might even be generous of me.
Plus his Assembly run wasn't exactly impressive.. Polt had by far the harder opposition.
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On March 09 2012 06:37 GreEny K wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 05:43 CeriseCherries wrote:On March 09 2012 04:01 BadBinky wrote: I'm watching Stephano's stream right now and wow his play reminds me of Flash and Jaedong. I think he's the best player at the moment. -_- stephano is really good, but flash?... best foreigner zerg, probs... best player in world? probs not. flash. defs not. You can have 2 players with similar play styles and be completely different in skill. In what world does remind mean exact same? Probably because the first quoted post referenced both Flash and Jaedong. To say that those two players are similar because of their playstyles would just be incorrect. Plus the second sentence clearly states the opinion that he's the "best player at the moment". Which is arguable even without considering the Korean players.
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I've been a anti-stephano person for a while but he is truly fantastic. As much as I don't want to say it he's the best foreign zerg for sure and almost certainly the best foreigner. But he is in no way the best player in the world. That cannot be argued at all.
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On March 09 2012 07:16 zefreak wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 06:19 juked wrote:On March 09 2012 06:09 Raid wrote: Just shows how much better KR ladder is than any other ladder region... I don't get why we should care about this run any top 30 korean would probably have a similar run considering how dominant they are showing in recent tourneys at EU like Assembly and IEM Stephano is just as good as the koreans. He got to the finals in Assembly to face polt, gsl world champion, only to get beat but showed he can fight and face the koreans. Its a impressive ladder run no matter how you look at it He's not as good as 'the koreans' (as if they were all equally skilled?). He might be the best foreigner but he isn't in the top 25 players in the world IMO. That might even be generous of me. Plus his Assembly run wasn't exactly impressive.. Polt had by far the harder opposition. I'll put him in Top25 Sc2 players any time. Don't even have to think about it too long.
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Someone should make an Unimpressed Stephano Meme.
He's so chill and unfazed.
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On March 09 2012 09:13 Swiv wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 07:16 zefreak wrote:On March 09 2012 06:19 juked wrote:On March 09 2012 06:09 Raid wrote: Just shows how much better KR ladder is than any other ladder region... I don't get why we should care about this run any top 30 korean would probably have a similar run considering how dominant they are showing in recent tourneys at EU like Assembly and IEM Stephano is just as good as the koreans. He got to the finals in Assembly to face polt, gsl world champion, only to get beat but showed he can fight and face the koreans. Its a impressive ladder run no matter how you look at it He's not as good as 'the koreans' (as if they were all equally skilled?). He might be the best foreigner but he isn't in the top 25 players in the world IMO. That might even be generous of me. Plus his Assembly run wasn't exactly impressive.. Polt had by far the harder opposition. I'll put him in Top25 Sc2 players any time. Don't even have to think about it too long. I would probably give him the benefit of the doubt, but he would have to compete and do well in GSL to prove it. And it's EU server...definitely a level above others, but not as competitive as the Korean server. Seriously, even Happy and Nerchio have around 85% win rates, and they get rolled by Koreans.
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