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mrRoflpwn
United States2618 Posts
But grats to him nonetheless | ||
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Aeroplaneoverthesea
United Kingdom1977 Posts
On April 26 2012 06:43 figq wrote: Probably so, but there's just no better option that I can find among the top finishers in premier international events. Which is the criterion for Code S invitation. The others are already Code S, except for Puma, but he got runner-up in IEM not champ. There will be another MLG Spring Arena, Iron Squid and the Red Bull Tournament before then so plenty of time for a better candidate to appear (or for Thorzain to prove himself more deserving). I really don't think the player pool Thorzain beat at Dreamhack is close to deserving a Code S seed. | ||
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figq
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On April 26 2012 06:45 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote: I just assumed they are sending the Code S invitations right now, because they asked Stephano already. Generally they have to invite people ahead of time, not sure how much ahead of time though. On the other hand, Stephano could be an exception to be invited earlier, because of his special circumstances.There will be another MLG Spring Arena, Iron Squid and the Red Bull Tournament before then so plenty of time for a better candidate to appear (or for Thorzain to prove himself more deserving). I really don't think the player pool Thorzain beat at Dreamhack is close to deserving a Code S seed. Currently, there doesn't seem to be a better second candidate than Thorzain, even with weak DH pool, as you say. | ||
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TangSC
Canada1866 Posts
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Diavlo
Belgium2915 Posts
On April 26 2012 06:36 figq wrote: could it be... t-t-t-t-thorzain ! sounds too good to be true, but it seems all other top-finishers in premier international events lately have Code S already GSL is in a weird situation again, their is no clear choice in foreigners or even among Koreans. I mean, last season they had Naniwa/Polt and Puma was a good contender. But his latest performances make him less legit now. Personnally i fear for Stephano, he is the antithesis of the good GSL format player (unlike Thorzain or Genius). He improvises a lot and doesn't study other players or even his own losses. | ||
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FataLe
New Zealand4516 Posts
On April 26 2012 06:39 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote: Thorzain is definitely not ready for Code S. It would be another Sen/Idra performance. Didn't we say this about NaNi? | ||
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0ne
Spain2464 Posts
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Fus
Sweden1112 Posts
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IskarSC
Bulgaria2 Posts
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HomeWorld
Romania903 Posts
On April 26 2012 06:51 Diavlo wrote: GSL is in a weird situation again, their is no clear choice in foreigners or even among Koreans. I mean, last season they had Naniwa/Polt and Puma was a good contender. But his latest performances make him less legit now. Personnally i fear for Stephano, he is the antithesis of the good GSL format player (unlike Thorzain or Genius). He improvises a lot and doesn't study other players or even his own losses. I don't know what were you trying to say but, if i got it right, neither Polt nor Puma are foreigners  As for Stephano, well, I don't see why he wouldn't have a good (or great) performance in GSL. | ||
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KimJongChill
United States6429 Posts
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figq
12519 Posts
On April 26 2012 06:58 HomeWorld wrote: They don't only invite foreigners, just top finishers in premier international events. For the current season they invited Naniwa and Polt (who is not a foreigner).I don't know what were you trying to say but, if i got it right, neither Polt nor Puma are foreigners As for Stephano, well, I don't see why he wouldn't have a good (or great) performance in GSL. | ||
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Aeroplaneoverthesea
United Kingdom1977 Posts
Naniwa had been posting good results at multiple MLG's before Code S despite his awful Code A showings. Thorzain hadn't done anything significant on LAN for a long time before this Dreamhack and even then the only game you wouldn't expect Thorzain to win was vs Polt. Naniwa is overall quite a lot better than Thorzain is right now. I feel like Naniwa had a very fortunate bracket as well which Thorzain won't neccessarily have. If Thorzain gets paired up against JYP, Zenio, Oz and Gumiho (on one of his bad TvT days) he could probably make Round of 8, but he could just as easily meet Parting, DRG, Ryung and Mvp. | ||
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Diavlo
Belgium2915 Posts
On April 26 2012 06:58 HomeWorld wrote: I don't know what were you trying to say but, if i got it right, neither Polt nor Puma are foreigners As for Stephano, well, I don't see why he wouldn't have a good (or great) performance in GSL. I mean that last season, GSL had an already limited number of players they could invite. They had Naniwa. And among Koreans, they had Polt or Puma. But now they don't have any legitimate player (except Stephano) since Puma hasn't performed well in the last two tournaments he entered. | ||
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pwnagraphy
United States24 Posts
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Random_Guy09
Canada1010 Posts
Not knowledgable on BW so excuse the lack of names But I remember Artosis bringing this up on STOG or something and he said that this completely unknown guy took out one of the best BW players ever in a teamleague match. And this unknown pretty much studied and played against this Pro's style for months before the game and managed to figure out a BO and timing to exploit against this Pro. And when they had their game the Pro ended up losing pretty badly because of this exploited timing because he played the standard builds. Samething might happen to Stephano if he doesnt come up with some weird timing or something completely new that no one has seen from him or the other Code S players might just rip him apart. Not saying I'm a Stephano hater or don't want him to win. It just looks like as of now that he'll have to change how he does things and prepares when he gets to Korea or things wont go so well for him because of how everyone else in Code S prepares themselves for who they face in GSL. | ||
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S_SienZ
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lorkac
United States2297 Posts
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RaiZ
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Except we're talking about a fucking foreigner... I don't like stephano, nor hate him, but not acknowledging his strength is just plain dumb. Did you really think he didn't deserve it just because he *doesn't* have the level or isn't that deep inside of you, you want him lose in a very shameless fashion ? I despise Stephano's fans to some extent, but i don't care. I just want to see how well he'll performs in GSL. Take it or leave it. For Chris sake... | ||
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
Exciting stuff. | ||
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