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00Visor
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
4337 Posts
April 25 2012 22:12 GMT
#201
On April 26 2012 06:39 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2012 06:36 figq wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:27 BrauL wrote:
Wonder who the other seed will be given to
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


Thorzain is definitely not ready for Code S. It would be another Sen/Idra performance.


How is Idra more ready than Thorzain? And haven't seen much of Sen lately.
I think the preparation format really suits Thorzain as shown in TSL3.
Aeroplaneoverthesea
Profile Joined April 2012
United Kingdom1977 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-25 22:14:10
April 25 2012 22:13 GMT
#202
On April 26 2012 07:07 RaiZ wrote:
The plain ignorance that shows in this forum is just astounding... If Stephano doesn't deserve it, then please, let me know who has the best spot for this. To say that Stephano isn't code A or even code S material is just denying the fact that he could take at least a bo3 to anyone, much like any code A/B koreans.

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...


The people who deserve Code S are the players who make it through the Code A qualifiers and win enough Code A games to get into Code S.

No one thinks Stephano isn't good enough for Code A, people think he (or anyone else) shouldn't get a free pass by doing well (but not winning) in tournaments with inferior player pools and/or formats which makes finishing well pretty easy.
Aeroplaneoverthesea
Profile Joined April 2012
United Kingdom1977 Posts
April 25 2012 22:13 GMT
#203
On April 26 2012 07:12 00Visor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2012 06:39 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:36 figq wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:27 BrauL wrote:
Wonder who the other seed will be given to
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


Thorzain is definitely not ready for Code S. It would be another Sen/Idra performance.


How is Idra more ready than Thorzain? And haven't seen much of Sen lately.
I think the preparation format really suits Thorzain as shown in TSL3.


That isn't what I said.
JitnikoVi
Profile Joined May 2010
Russian Federation396 Posts
April 25 2012 22:13 GMT
#204
i stopped playing sc2 for 8months during my school term and come back and stephano went from some relative unknown player to a zerg revolutionary god

because everybody uses his roach tactics and i always use the same strategy to counter it i adore him

gogostephano fighting!
In theory yes, but theoretically, no.
Kaesebrot
Profile Joined April 2012
Germany128 Posts
April 25 2012 22:15 GMT
#205
Stephano and NaNi are by far the only foreigners who would deserve a GSL seed. All other foreigners are just not consistent enough.
And Steph > NaNi. NaNi only was really lucky this season that he only had to play Terran and Toss Opponents.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
April 25 2012 22:16 GMT
#206
Stephano and MKP can have their rivalry come back in GSL :D
User was warned for too many mimes.
Dac
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada538 Posts
April 25 2012 22:17 GMT
#207
On April 26 2012 07:13 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2012 07:12 00Visor wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:39 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:36 figq wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:27 BrauL wrote:
Wonder who the other seed will be given to
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


Thorzain is definitely not ready for Code S. It would be another Sen/Idra performance.


How is Idra more ready than Thorzain? And haven't seen much of Sen lately.
I think the preparation format really suits Thorzain as shown in TSL3.


That isn't what I said.


I think thorzain would do better than Sen or Idra did....

I'm not sure how stephano would do his style has been figured out a bit....
Paladia
Profile Joined August 2003
802 Posts
April 25 2012 22:19 GMT
#208
Stephano and Naniwa are the only foreigners who deserve a shot at Code S currently.

Giving the seed to a player like Idra just turned it into a joke for a while, but hopefully GSL has learnt their lesson.
I can no longer rest under the tree of wisdom, since you have axed down the roots feeding it.
Spekulatius
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2413 Posts
April 25 2012 22:20 GMT
#209
On April 26 2012 07:17 Dac wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2012 07:13 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
On April 26 2012 07:12 00Visor wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:39 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:36 figq wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:27 BrauL wrote:
Wonder who the other seed will be given to
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


Thorzain is definitely not ready for Code S. It would be another Sen/Idra performance.


How is Idra more ready than Thorzain? And haven't seen much of Sen lately.
I think the preparation format really suits Thorzain as shown in TSL3.


That isn't what I said.


I think thorzain would do better than Sen or Idra did....

I'm not sure how stephano would do his style has been figured out a bit....

A style that's given him success for a couple of months now seems hard to "figure out".

Your post represents what people were saying when he started getting known. It should be called viable by now.
Always smile~
K-Na
Profile Joined February 2012
Canada86 Posts
April 25 2012 22:20 GMT
#210
the only true foreigner to deserve a direct seed into code S
Aeroplaneoverthesea
Profile Joined April 2012
United Kingdom1977 Posts
April 25 2012 22:21 GMT
#211
On April 26 2012 07:17 Dac wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2012 07:13 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
On April 26 2012 07:12 00Visor wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:39 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:36 figq wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:27 BrauL wrote:
Wonder who the other seed will be given to
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


Thorzain is definitely not ready for Code S. It would be another Sen/Idra performance.


How is Idra more ready than Thorzain? And haven't seen much of Sen lately.
I think the preparation format really suits Thorzain as shown in TSL3.


That isn't what I said.


I think thorzain would do better than Sen or Idra did....

I'm not sure how stephano would do his style has been figured out a bit....


I think Thorzain would go 0-2 in Code S (unless he drew someone who is really bad vs Terran like JYP) just like Idra and Sen did. He's probably better than those two but he'd have the same results.
Paladia
Profile Joined August 2003
802 Posts
April 25 2012 22:21 GMT
#212
On April 26 2012 07:12 00Visor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2012 06:39 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:36 figq wrote:
On April 26 2012 06:27 BrauL wrote:
Wonder who the other seed will be given to
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


Thorzain is definitely not ready for Code S. It would be another Sen/Idra performance.


How is Idra more ready than Thorzain? And haven't seen much of Sen lately.
I think the preparation format really suits Thorzain as shown in TSL3.

Thorzain left Korea because he didn't like it there. It is very unlikely he'd accept a Code S seed. Especially considering he is scaling down his gaming as he is starting university after the summer.
I can no longer rest under the tree of wisdom, since you have axed down the roots feeding it.
price
Profile Joined December 2010
United States297 Posts
April 25 2012 22:22 GMT
#213
of course with both naniwa and stephano in next GSL, luck will have them face one another in the Ro32 or Ro16 or something unfortunate :| (i'm remembering the GSL with Idra and Jinro facing off in the Ro8 or so)
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5282 Posts
April 25 2012 22:22 GMT
#214
Once GSL stops the seeds bullshit, they'll become more respected as a league.

MBC and OGN never did that shit, nor did they try so hard to please people. Just make the hardest motherfucking league on the planet and everybody will love you.

I like seeing Naniwa, and next season Stephano too, but deep inside, I don't respect Gom too much...
Zirob13
Profile Joined November 2011
Costa Rica44 Posts
April 25 2012 22:23 GMT
#215
Take it bro, take it!!
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
April 25 2012 22:24 GMT
#216
i wonder what the korean reaction is for this
SkimGuy
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada709 Posts
April 25 2012 22:26 GMT
#217
On April 26 2012 07:22 niteReloaded wrote:
Once GSL stops the seeds bullshit, they'll become more respected as a league.

MBC and OGN never did that shit, nor did they try so hard to please people. Just make the hardest motherfucking league on the planet and everybody will love you.

I like seeing Naniwa, and next season Stephano too, but deep inside, I don't respect Gom too much...

Yeah, they did that and realized their mistake as soon as Brood war was relegated to only being popular in South Korea

Gom is trying to make SC2 global -> Everybody wins. Of course we want to see the best players play but it doesn't mean we don't have to segregate the two different Starcraft communities.
gruff
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden2276 Posts
April 25 2012 22:28 GMT
#218
On April 26 2012 07:24 JiYan wrote:
i wonder what the korean reaction is for this

A shrug? Why would this cause any more reaction than Naniwa's re-invite this season (very little).
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5282 Posts
April 25 2012 22:30 GMT
#219
On April 26 2012 07:26 SkimGuy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2012 07:22 niteReloaded wrote:
Once GSL stops the seeds bullshit, they'll become more respected as a league.

MBC and OGN never did that shit, nor did they try so hard to please people. Just make the hardest motherfucking league on the planet and everybody will love you.

I like seeing Naniwa, and next season Stephano too, but deep inside, I don't respect Gom too much...

Yeah, they did that and realized their mistake as soon as Brood war was relegated to only being popular in South Korea

Gom is trying to make SC2 global -> Everybody wins. Of course we want to see the best players play but it doesn't mean we don't have to segregate the two different Starcraft communities.

I guarantee once OGN or MBC start their SC2 league, it will become the main league within 3-4 seasons. You'll see...
pms
Profile Joined April 2008
Poland611 Posts
April 25 2012 22:31 GMT
#220
On April 26 2012 07:30 niteReloaded wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 26 2012 07:26 SkimGuy wrote:
On April 26 2012 07:22 niteReloaded wrote:
Once GSL stops the seeds bullshit, they'll become more respected as a league.

MBC and OGN never did that shit, nor did they try so hard to please people. Just make the hardest motherfucking league on the planet and everybody will love you.

I like seeing Naniwa, and next season Stephano too, but deep inside, I don't respect Gom too much...

Yeah, they did that and realized their mistake as soon as Brood war was relegated to only being popular in South Korea

Gom is trying to make SC2 global -> Everybody wins. Of course we want to see the best players play but it doesn't mean we don't have to segregate the two different Starcraft communities.

I guarantee once OGN or MBC start their SC2 league, it will become the main league within 3-4 seasons. You'll see...


How you guarantee? Wanna bet?
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