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Zerevorr
Profile Joined February 2011
Austria23 Posts
March 11 2012 20:46 GMT
#581
Awesome :D Naniwa is actually a real opponent for stephano, not like Whitera yesterday, that was just free money for steph.
holycrapitsTony
Profile Joined October 2010
United States330 Posts
March 11 2012 20:49 GMT
#582
I think Stephano would take this.
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HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-11 20:51:57
March 11 2012 20:50 GMT
#583
5k each is pretty serious lol, but I'd love to see this if it were to actually happen
Think Stephano would take it given how his ZvP has been lately, then again Nani has been proving himself against the best of the best lately, so I guess it's about even in the end.
MichaelDonovan
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1453 Posts
March 11 2012 20:54 GMT
#584
On March 12 2012 01:51 johnny123 wrote:
stephano will still rape naniwa despite naniwa having some recent zerg victories.

and my logic is simple.

-Leenock vs protoss in the gsl is below 50% winrate= leenock in gsl off the record said its his worst matchup.

-Nestea vs protoss goes 2 ways, either he really rapes hard, or looks like a damn fool (melt downs) , for instance i will reference his lost against huk in the gsl. I do not believe nestea has ever really been good against protoss in general, hence all his complaints about protoss op. Nestea shined alot more in the gsl when there were more terrans.


now lets talk about naniwa run at mlg providence, I already explained nestea situation , hes either really on or really off.
And about DRG, i dunno about you guys, but the DRG playing against protoss in those days is not the same DRG playing today, He has worked on his vs P ALOT.

Both wins at mlg for naniwa while may seem impressive,is not indicative for the current shape of the players today.


If you look at gsl, naniwa has been knocked out of the tournament 2 times by FXO lucky. This is a guy stephano already raped really badly at IPL 3 finals.


My conclusion, in a best of 3, naniwa might stand a chance of beating stephano by catching him offguard a few times, but there is no way in hell naniwa could beat stephano with a BO9 or BO7 and im a big naniwa fan


That's not logic.
MaV_gGSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada1345 Posts
March 11 2012 20:55 GMT
#585
that is A LOT of money. Damnnn
Life's good :D
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
March 11 2012 21:00 GMT
#586
Holy shit, this will really happen :D They should do it at Columbus imo!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
edwahn
Profile Joined March 2011
New Zealand121 Posts
March 11 2012 21:08 GMT
#587
On March 12 2012 05:54 MichaelDonovan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2012 01:51 johnny123 wrote:
stephano will still rape naniwa despite naniwa having some recent zerg victories.

and my logic is simple.

-Leenock vs protoss in the gsl is below 50% winrate= leenock in gsl off the record said its his worst matchup.

-Nestea vs protoss goes 2 ways, either he really rapes hard, or looks like a damn fool (melt downs) , for instance i will reference his lost against huk in the gsl. I do not believe nestea has ever really been good against protoss in general, hence all his complaints about protoss op. Nestea shined alot more in the gsl when there were more terrans.


now lets talk about naniwa run at mlg providence, I already explained nestea situation , hes either really on or really off.
And about DRG, i dunno about you guys, but the DRG playing against protoss in those days is not the same DRG playing today, He has worked on his vs P ALOT.

Both wins at mlg for naniwa while may seem impressive,is not indicative for the current shape of the players today.


If you look at gsl, naniwa has been knocked out of the tournament 2 times by FXO lucky. This is a guy stephano already raped really badly at IPL 3 finals.


My conclusion, in a best of 3, naniwa might stand a chance of beating stephano by catching him offguard a few times, but there is no way in hell naniwa could beat stephano with a BO9 or BO7 and im a big naniwa fan


That's not logic.


LOL I agree, and you put it so elegantly simple. My money is on Naniwa (not cross server!)
MajorityofOne
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada2506 Posts
March 11 2012 21:13 GMT
#588
In my opinion Stephano is the best foreigner, so I'd say he's the favorite if it happens. But Naniwa is certainly among the best of the best non-Koreans as well. This would draw a TON of views if it goes down so I'm hoping they both go for it, 5k is quite a bit of money though so I'd understand if either of them decided to swallow their pride and back out
kubiks
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
France1328 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-11 21:18:24
March 11 2012 21:15 GMT
#589
On March 12 2012 05:29 Lunares wrote:
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On March 12 2012 04:46 Disposition1989 wrote:
why on earth are you giving so much weight to weekend tournaments compared to the gsl? what is it, 0-10 in gsl (mostly zerg) where opponents arent jetlagged out of their minds and get to prepare properly? wouldnt that be a more accurate way to decide how good someone is?


I think weekend tournaments are a much better indicator of someone's raw skill. For a Bo7 like the GSL finals you have a had a week to prepare and practice. Unless one of the players is just plain better than the other it will come down to the mind games between the players and who can outwit the other. A lot of times with help from coaching staff. This is very entertaining, and of course the play is high level but it isn't necessarily representative of their raw sc2 skill.

After playing for 2 solid days in a weekend tournament, something like their 30th game and without any strategizing? Now they are completely on their own, forced to think on their feet and just play awesome every game or they will lose. Much more of an indicator of pure SC2 skill imo.


The problem with week-end tournament is that it shows skills AND the build they are mainly doing.
You don't let your opponent figure out what "counter" your build, and you take free win because of that (and "counter" can be more complex that just a timing that kills him, it can be greedier play, but not too much and so....).
While week-end tournament are great, the adavntage with leagues like GSL is that someone can't win more than one round by doing an abusive non-figured out build. The problem is that most of the time both players are doing wierd build so it become build order vs build order, but with a lot of random
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kubiks
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
France1328 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-11 21:19:10
March 11 2012 21:17 GMT
#590
Juanald you're my hero I miss you -> best troll ever on TL <3
Silvertine
Profile Joined February 2012
United States509 Posts
March 11 2012 21:20 GMT
#591
On March 12 2012 01:50 ceaRshaf wrote:
I just realised. Stephano knows naniwas style, right? So this showmatch will be just like the last MLG: can naniwa get a FE. If so gg. So stephano will all in every game .

You have no idea what you're talking about.
Seraphone
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom1219 Posts
March 11 2012 21:23 GMT
#592
On March 12 2012 01:36 ceaRshaf wrote:
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On March 12 2012 01:34 TeH_CaRnAg3 wrote:
I think stephano has really solid zvp. I agree he hasn't proven himself completely against top koreans, but every time he has played koreans he has either won, or put up one hell of a fight. Its really hard to judge because imo this is both there best match ups. Nani's pvz is incredible in a straight up game. The main reason stephano's zvp is so good against everyone on ladder and your average EU toss player is that his opening counters forge FE really well. He knows the timings. Now ofc most zerg nowadays open 3 base against forge FE, but if you execute the same opening he does crisply and start pumping roach/ling at the right time, it's reallllllllly hard for any average toss who went forge FE into some timing to deal with. Because there so ingrained into their builds and timings after forge FE and this opening just craps all over a number of them. But the difference is I don't think naniwa will just not adapt to this, the same as if he were playing MC or high level toss player.

It's the same type of thing as his zvt going fast 2x upgrades and infestors.. For a while even the koreans didn't really know 100% how to deal with this fast 2x upgrade mass ling into infestors and fast ultras. But now they do(look at polt vs stephano). I think he just has a really solid grasp of the 3 base opening into roach/ling pressure that makes it really hard for normal toss players to beat him.

Now all that being said, I don't think naniwa is the same type of protoss that he beats on a regular basis. Naniwa has proven himself against the top tier zergs in korea.. Maybe not as pretty of a win rate, but regardless if you are able to beat nestea consistantly, have beaten leenock among other zergs, there is something to be said there. Now who knows if we'd see a meta series with both players trying to counter the others playstyle, we can't really know that. But in a straight up game, both playing there usually styles, it's really hard to tell who would win. Naniwa has incredible battle micro and is near the best timing attacker in the world imo. So it's really hard to judge weather or not stephano could just play his usual style to the same effect he does against anyone else.

IMO this would be a gem of a pvz series. Something like a competitive Bo9 would be amazing. And I would study the crap out of every single game.


Remember that he did beat DRG also at Providence. He just couldn't beat him in the same day he beat Sheth, Leenock and Nestea.

I think he is one hell of a protoss.


DRG was violently ill that day I've heard. Naniwa has plenty other wins vs great Zergs but that one is a bit dubious.

On March 12 2012 01:51 johnny123 wrote:
stephano will still rape naniwa despite naniwa having some recent zerg victories.

and my logic is simple.

-Leenock vs protoss in the gsl is below 50% winrate= leenock in gsl off the record said its his worst matchup.

-Nestea vs protoss goes 2 ways, either he really rapes hard, or looks like a damn fool (melt downs) , for instance i will reference his lost against huk in the gsl. I do not believe nestea has ever really been good against protoss in general, hence all his complaints about protoss op. Nestea shined alot more in the gsl when there were more terrans.


now lets talk about naniwa run at mlg providence, I already explained nestea situation , hes either really on or really off.
And about DRG, i dunno about you guys, but the DRG playing against protoss in those days is not the same DRG playing today, He has worked on his vs P ALOT.

Both wins at mlg for naniwa while may seem impressive,is not indicative for the current shape of the players today.


If you look at gsl, naniwa has been knocked out of the tournament 2 times by FXO lucky. This is a guy stephano already raped really badly at IPL 3 finals.


My conclusion, in a best of 3, naniwa might stand a chance of beating stephano by catching him offguard a few times, but there is no way in hell naniwa could beat stephano with a BO9 or BO7 and im a big naniwa fan


You can do this for anyone who wins anything except for that GSL MVP won were he beat basically anyone who matters.

Mvp, Nestea, Leenock, MC, Oz, Jjakji!
ceaRshaf
Profile Joined August 2009
Romania4926 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-11 21:24:57
March 11 2012 21:24 GMT
#593
On March 12 2012 06:20 Silvertine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2012 01:50 ceaRshaf wrote:
I just realised. Stephano knows naniwas style, right? So this showmatch will be just like the last MLG: can naniwa get a FE. If so gg. So stephano will all in every game .

You have no idea what you're talking about.


Elaborate or don't waste posts. This is what the koreans did so the logic has ground.
Mess with the best, die like the rest.
raiZo
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany60 Posts
March 11 2012 21:27 GMT
#594

Naniwa plays like MC. He comes out of his base and crushes you.

And again, Stephanos zvp seems special because it's not versus high level protoss (aka korean). And Titan beat him recently also.


i dont think naniwa can play like MC, never ever.
titan wins 1 time against stephano, stephano trolls in these games, going 8 pool on shakuras etc...

he met titan maybe 15 times in the ladder and titan wasnt able to win a single game against him.

stephano isnt only the best foreigner zerg, this guy can read protossplayers allmost perfectly.

just 5000 $ more on his bank after this matches
KicKDoG
Profile Joined December 2003
Sweden765 Posts
March 11 2012 21:39 GMT
#595
I don't think it will happen at all sadly! would be fun tho
http://www.twitter.com/KicKDoG_LoL baylife plox?
Titan999
Profile Joined February 2011
Denmark67 Posts
March 11 2012 21:40 GMT
#596
Honestly would it realy matter about the money... It would be the two best foreigners against each other, it has the potential to be some of the best matches of Sc2. They are both extremly good at their respective races, this would be the matchs to watch the comercial value for Stephano and Naniwa both dictates that this has to happen. Weather there is money on the line does not really matter. This will be for the title of best outside Korea. There are more value in this title than 10k. This match should give code S status

Please please please let this happen while both of them are on top of their game, while Stephano looks indestructiable against Protos and Naniwa look undefeatable against Zerg.

what happens when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force?

I realy whant to know...
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how2TL
Profile Joined August 2010
1197 Posts
March 11 2012 21:41 GMT
#597
On March 12 2012 01:18 KalWarkov wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2012 01:13 how2TL wrote:
On March 12 2012 01:07 Benjamin80 wrote:
On March 12 2012 01:03 FiNTer wrote:
On March 11 2012 18:04 ceaRshaf wrote:
In the last 30 games Stephano is 27-3 winning games over:

Feast,elfi,TypeReal,Mana,NightEnd, Grubbu, Seiplo, Bling, HEADHUNTER, Rotterdam,monchi.

In the last 30 games Naniwa is 14-16 winning games over:

Leenock, Nestea, Sheth, Zenio, DRG, Ciara.

Kinda different type of players don't you think?

thats what im thinking imo stephano hasnt prove himself against top koreans


Ok, he just destroyed Puma less then 3 weeks ago and Puma just took 2nd place at IEM beating MMA. And im not evne gonna go into the long list of other koreans he beat at IPL 3 ESWC, IPL 4 qualifier and NASL qualifier. Do you even watch sc2?

Btw IPL should make this showmatch hapend at IPL 4 would be cool


So name them. We'll pick out all the Code S level Protosses that he has beaten.



pick out all the code S level protosses he has PLAYED in the last 3 months.

on another note: pick out ANY ZERG who has PLAYED vs code s level protosses in the last 3 months. you will find 1, and he lost everything: IdrA.

whoever denies that stephano is the best foreign zerg, best foreigner or best ZvP (sheth is good, but cmon, stephano is still another level...) is simply a huge hater, doesnt look at results, doesnt understand anything about SC2.

Ask any progamer who the best foreigner is atm - even IDRA himself would say that its stephano.


I'm saying Naniwa has beaten Code S Zergs and Stephano hasn't beaten any Code S Protosses. I'm not sure where Idra came into the picture.
zanga
Profile Joined September 2011
659 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-11 21:51:38
March 11 2012 21:48 GMT
#598
This is Naniwa... and Stephano represents the ingredients in this video (it's a cooking show, perhaps more enjoyable to scandinavians than others, I dont know):

^^!

(:
Seraphone
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom1219 Posts
March 11 2012 21:51 GMT
#599
On March 12 2012 06:40 Titan999 wrote:
Honestly would it realy matter about the money... It would be the two best foreigners against each other, it has the potential to be some of the best matches of Sc2. They are both extremly good at their respective races, this would be the matchs to watch the comercial value for Stephano and Naniwa both dictates that this has to happen. Weather there is money on the line does not really matter. This will be for the title of best outside Korea. There are more value in this title than 10k. This match should give code S status

Please please please let this happen while both of them are on top of their game, while Stephano looks indestructiable against Protos and Naniwa look undefeatable against Zerg.

what happens when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force?

I realy whant to know...


Naniwa's hardly undefeatable against Zerg. He's been knocked out of MLG Providence, MLG Winter, Blizzcon, Code A (3 times) and Dreamhack Winter by Zerg players.

Stephano clearly destroys foreign Protoss, but he's yet to prove himself vs Korean Protoss players who don't just let him do whatever he wants.
Mvp, Nestea, Leenock, MC, Oz, Jjakji!
Cel.erity
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States4890 Posts
March 11 2012 23:09 GMT
#600
On March 12 2012 05:26 sVnteen wrote:
our favourite players throwing money at each other and a little bit of funny bm ? AND WE GET A SHOWMATCH?

sounds great haha (as long as 5k is not too much for either of them but it really shouldn't be since stephano make ~70k and nani~50k with sc2 so...)


Not to be a downer here, but 10% of your annual salary is quite a large sum to bet on a few games of Starcraft. Especially as a pro gamer, where your income is far, far, far from secure.

I'm a poker player and I've bet up to ~10% of my income on stuff like this, but I'm a degenerate. Suffice to say though, if you are putting up that kind of money, it is NOT just "for fun".
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