EPTGSL Season 2 Code S players (Polt & NaNiwa seeded) - Page 19
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aintz
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love4every1
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plogamer
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Lorch
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On March 12 2012 18:22 Zzoram wrote: Naniwa is the most deserving foreigner for Code S seed other than Stephano. Glad that there is no bad blood between GOM and Naniwa. Seems like time to leave that drama behind. So what has stephano done since IPL 3 besides owning foreigners? I don't get why we still hype the shit out of stephano, yes he is by far the best european zerg, but in recent times he has not showed that he is actually able to compete with code s players. After his run at MLG Nani more than deserves this, especially after he was already supposed to get one last season for his great run at the mlg nationals, and I think his reaction after he probe rushed is fine and he has had his punishment. I just hope he is actually able to improve his terrible GSL record, please don't put him in a group with lucky. Pretty much the same goes for polt, winning in a field of players like that is really impressive, plus code s wouldn't be the same without polt :D | ||
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gedatsu
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On March 13 2012 01:49 Lorch wrote: So what has stephano done since IPL 3 besides owning foreigners? I don't get why we still hype the shit out of stephano, yes he is by far the best european zerg, but in recent times he has not showed that he is actually able to compete with code s players. Second place Assembly, 2-2 in Blizzard cup group including win against DRG who finished second there and won this GSL. And I need to ask, what has anyone not already in code S done since IPL besides owning foreigners? There hasn't been that many tournaments except for Assembly and MLG - Polt from Assembly as well as Huk and Naniwa from MLG are seeded already. Only thing remaining is IEM World Cup, which was heavily dominated by people who are already code S (and played very recently so they probably made the decisions for seeds before it was played). There's not a lot of people to choose from. | ||
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trinxified
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On March 13 2012 01:50 clwzim wrote: id rather see feast in code s seed .... but... One good run doesn't deserve a Code S seed, maybe not even Code B... | ||
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TheBanana
Norway2183 Posts
On March 13 2012 01:36 hunts wrote: But naniwa didn't get an MLG seed. He got a foreigner seed that was given to foreigners. And I highly doubt he'll do better than Idra and sen did. I highly doubt he'll do worse. Actually he can't possibly do worse since they lost both their code S matches. | ||
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Taiki
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Zzoram
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On March 12 2012 21:46 Seraphone wrote: And yet he's 1-12 in Korea and for all his hype he's never actually won a major LAN with Koreans. His closest thing is coming second in Providence which had a joke format. Naniwa is a good player, but he's not Code S level and doesn't deserve a free seed based on finishing 8th. MLG Global had a LAN portion at Providence, and he beat Nestea and MVP to win it, then beat Nestea again the next day. | ||
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
On March 12 2012 21:55 Wegandi wrote: I would have liked to see ThorZain try his hand at Code S. Let's see how Naniwa does this time. He has been showing some good games recently. Honestly, this foreigner mindset that Koreans have some intrinsic advantage is beyond ridiculous. They are any other flesh and blood human being like any other. Stop psyching yourselves out before you even play. If/when foreigners fix their mindset then we'll start to see a lot better results. (Also helps to have a good practice routine...and more folks should draw inspiration from Oov / Savior / Flash) Learn from the best, and take what they did and incorporate it. There is no shame in standing on the shoulders of giants. That's how we progress. As long as the infrastructure exists in the west, we'll stay competitive, but I would really love to see a dominant Westerner emerge to challenge the Koreans. So many great storylines would be written. Where is the Sc2 Grrr.....? Is he among us right now? Thorzain's style of TvZ doesn't work against top Koreans. He doesn't multitask very well and he's not aggressive since he never attacks. He needs to up his APM and drop aggression if he wants to win in GSL. | ||
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Zzoram
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On March 12 2012 22:00 JustPassingBy wrote: Thought on hindsight, regarding tournament results of non-Code S players, I do see both Huk and viOlet before Naniwa. You could argue that Naniwa beat the better players at MLG winter, but if you go that deep (in the analysis of the tournament) you might as well go one step further and say that his series against the zergs where more display of successful mindgames than display of skills. Even so, mind games are a huge part of GSL and part of why foriegners struggle in GSL. | ||
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tuho12345
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Cove
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Seraphone
United Kingdom1219 Posts
On March 13 2012 01:55 gedatsu wrote: Second place Assembly, 2-2 in Blizzard cup group including win against DRG who finished second there and won this GSL. And I need to ask, what has anyone not already in code S done since IPL besides owning foreigners? There hasn't been that many tournaments except for Assembly and MLG - Polt from Assembly as well as Huk and Naniwa from MLG are seeded already. Only thing remaining is IEM World Cup, which was heavily dominated by people who are already code S (and played very recently so they probably made the decisions for seeds before it was played). There's not a lot of people to choose from. Puma's won NASL Season 2, finished second at Dreamhack Winter and IEM World Championships and finished 3rd at Assembly and IEM China in that time. | ||
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Seraphone
United Kingdom1219 Posts
On March 13 2012 01:57 Zzoram wrote: MLG Global had a LAN portion at Providence, and he beat Nestea and MVP to win it, then beat Nestea again the next day. It wasn't really a proper LAN. More a special event. | ||
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