EPTStephano invited to Code S - Page 7
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Jampackedeon
United States2053 Posts
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l3AK3D
United States40 Posts
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Kusuri
Austria29 Posts
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Arkani
Austria60 Posts
On April 26 2012 05:17 l3AK3D wrote: He won't do well at all. He should stick to the foreign tourneys. im a stephano "fanboy" but somehow i feel the same way anyways good luck stephano and please prove me wrong  | ||
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yoigen
Germany369 Posts
On April 26 2012 05:17 l3AK3D wrote: He won't do well at all. He should stick to the foreign tourneys. How do you know? + Show Spoiler + you can't | ||
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FlukyS
Ireland485 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33659 Posts
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hugman
Sweden4644 Posts
On April 26 2012 05:04 Lordanubis wrote: Not really a Stephano fanboy, just realistic. If you look at their records over the past several months, Stepahno's is far better than Naniwa's. The ELO alone shows that much, and if you watch the two play I'd say it's hard to deny that Stephano is the better player. I play Protoss myself, but I don't mind admitting that. I'll back any foreigner that gets to Code S at the end of the day. Right now though, Stephano is the one I'd say realistically has the best chance to get the farthest. Naniwa has done very well to get so far this season, and I'm happy for him. Could you really say realistically he's one of the top 8 players in the world though? I'm not sure. Not sure I could completely say that about Stephano either, mind you. But Stephano would certainly be higher up on that list than Naniwa for me. I think that Stephano is better just based on results, but I think Naniwa's play is more impressive when he plays his best because he often does these super technical builds and executes them perfectly. I mean, both of them have really good decision making and crisis management which is fun to watch. Maybe Protoss just lends itself more to more technical stuff. | ||
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Cokefreak
Finland8096 Posts
On April 26 2012 05:29 Waxangel wrote: bah, now we're out of a free article Just make an article and delete this real quick so nobody will notice  | ||
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PopcornColonel
United States769 Posts
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Koshi
Belgium38799 Posts
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Galetmonster
Sweden151 Posts
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
On April 26 2012 05:11 Azarkon wrote: Running a live stage international tournament without invites is difficult, running a live stage international league without invites is nigh impossible. OGN was able to get away with it because everyone who played in the OSL lived in Korea. It doesn't matter. OGN's ratings would still be better with Bisu being constantly involved in everything than without him, so they're not getting away with anything (quite the opposite). If they wanted to, they could have invented some sort of a direct-qualifier wildcard or have fans vote a player in or come up with some other fancy PR scheme to justify it like "giving the fans what they want". GSL isn't really global or international and it's never been that. Just looking at the format it's clearly not structured to be that. There is no legitimate qualifier tournament for foreigners (other than taking part in the actual qualifiers in Korea), there's no GSL EU or GSL NA, there's no fixed rules that apply to international players. They can call it whatever they like, but it's a Korean league based around Korean competitive scene. If I remember correctly they even said at some point that Code S seeds are "sponsor invites" for popular players - so they ended up inviting Sen. | ||
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gillon
Sweden1578 Posts
On April 26 2012 03:02 aintz wrote: good stuff he deserves a seed even though i dont rly like him How does he deserve a seed? How does anyone deserve this kind of seed? | ||
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Grend
1600 Posts
But he is smart, the chance of making money in the GSL seems small compared to playing some tournament. More time spent in harder competition for slightly more money compared to foreigner tournaments. | ||
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gruff
Sweden2276 Posts
On April 26 2012 05:35 Galetmonster wrote: I thought they stopped doing this shit? Stephano has not prooved himself just by playing polt in finals, if anything he should get code a What made you think they have stop doing this? The invite of Idra, Sen or Naniwa? | ||
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Taug
United States146 Posts
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
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mememolly
4765 Posts
On April 26 2012 05:17 l3AK3D wrote: He won't do well at all. He should stick to the foreign tourneys. those foreign tourneys filled with all those koreans you mean? k | ||
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Galetmonster
Sweden151 Posts
On April 26 2012 05:39 gruff wrote: + Show Spoiler + On April 26 2012 05:35 Galetmonster wrote: I thought they stopped doing this shit? Stephano has not prooved himself just by playing polt in finals, if anything he should get code a What made you think they have stop doing this? The invite of Idra, Sen or Naniwa? Because everyone including players think that its stupid and unfair to get seeded right into code s, a shame really. | ||
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