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ProxyKnoxy
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2576 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-02 11:17:05
June 02 2012 11:16 GMT
#201
Socke gonna surprise everyone again I bet.

But by now it shouldn't really be a surprise.
"Zealot try give mariners high five. Mariners not like high five and try hide and shoot zealot"
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
June 02 2012 13:56 GMT
#202
On June 02 2012 20:00 TeeTS wrote:
Socke, Grubby and Stephano as the only non koreans in the pools. I think NA has definately fallen off now as it seems. There are just no results from NA players anymore. Europe has still a huge pool of strong players who can beat GSL calibre players on a good day. NA needs to step it up!


I don't think it's going to happen until HoTS. People are all playing D3 in NA these days.
warcralft
Profile Joined October 2010
Singapore609 Posts
June 02 2012 16:56 GMT
#203
MLG? NUU ITS KLG(KOREAN LEAGUE GAMING~)
SealOverseer
Profile Joined May 2012
Netherlands159 Posts
June 02 2012 18:16 GMT
#204
On June 03 2012 01:56 warcralft wrote:
MLG? NUU ITS KLG(KOREAN LEAGUE GAMING~)


Major, as in the Major scene in SC2 is Korean.
Shiori
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
3815 Posts
June 02 2012 18:33 GMT
#205
On June 02 2012 20:16 ProxyKnoxy wrote:
Socke gonna surprise everyone again I bet.

But by now it shouldn't really be a surprise.

Depends who he plays. From watching, he seems to rely on all-ins a lot. Works against some players, not against others.
reyder
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States71 Posts
June 02 2012 19:11 GMT
#206
Holy korean!
NGUNS!
Sankanyo
Profile Joined August 2011
United States140 Posts
June 02 2012 21:12 GMT
#207
SOOOOOOOO many KOREANS!!!!
I like I LIKE!!!!
Champi
Profile Joined March 2010
1422 Posts
June 02 2012 21:17 GMT
#208
haha another polt vs stephano. these 2 should get married theyre together so often
bropedo
Profile Joined April 2012
United States89 Posts
June 02 2012 21:52 GMT
#209
polt/stephano kickoff would be sick...
no parting?
Gogo Terran: MKP ByuN || Toss: Parting Rain || Zerg: Life HyuN
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45175 Posts
June 02 2012 22:05 GMT
#210
I think this is the first time I've really looked at a major tournament where I expected to see a decent split between foreigners and Koreans (just because it's kind of been that way at MLGs) and I see that the Koreans have officially taken over. Just my personal expectation though.

Kinda makes me a little sad, but obviously it's justified.

Pool C has all 4 players closest in ability level, but Pool D has three absolute terrors (and Socke). So if Group of Death = closest games/ hardest to predict, then C. If GoD = highest level of play, then D.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Meki
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands97 Posts
June 02 2012 22:29 GMT
#211
SlayerS fighting!
Proud fan of team SlayerS! <3 BoxeR, MMA, GanZi, Ryung, TaeJa, Dragon, Artist, Polt and Trump <3 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sphaero
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany1697 Posts
June 02 2012 22:45 GMT
#212
On June 03 2012 03:33 Shiori wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2012 20:16 ProxyKnoxy wrote:
Socke gonna surprise everyone again I bet.

But by now it shouldn't really be a surprise.

Depends who he plays. From watching, he seems to rely on all-ins a lot. Works against some players, not against others.


Then you didn´t have seen enough games from him. One of Sockes greatest strengths are the plethora of builds he can execute, which gives him a good versatility and make him hard to predict. He is for example definitely capable of playing macro games. I would say that in a played out Bo3 at least one of his matches is normally macro orientated.

He does have a lot of timing attacks in his repertoire. The most of them are not real All-Ins, though, because they have mostly a transition out of it.
Shiori
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
3815 Posts
June 02 2012 22:47 GMT
#213
On June 03 2012 07:45 Sphaero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2012 03:33 Shiori wrote:
On June 02 2012 20:16 ProxyKnoxy wrote:
Socke gonna surprise everyone again I bet.

But by now it shouldn't really be a surprise.

Depends who he plays. From watching, he seems to rely on all-ins a lot. Works against some players, not against others.


Then you didn´t have seen enough games from him. One of Sockes greatest strengths are the plethora of builds he can execute, which gives him a good versatility and make him hard to predict. He is for example definitely capable of playing macro games. I would say that in a played out Bo3 at least one of his matches is normally macro orientated.

He does have a lot of timing attacks in his repertoire. The most of them are not real All-Ins, though, because they have mostly a transition out of it.

I'm not sure why people think "he relies on all-ins" = "he's bad." Socke is obviously good enough to take games off of good players. I have yet to see him prove himself in a macro game against a top tier S-class Korean. Hopefully he does well at MLG.
jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
June 02 2012 22:57 GMT
#214
On June 03 2012 07:47 Shiori wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2012 07:45 Sphaero wrote:
On June 03 2012 03:33 Shiori wrote:
On June 02 2012 20:16 ProxyKnoxy wrote:
Socke gonna surprise everyone again I bet.

But by now it shouldn't really be a surprise.

Depends who he plays. From watching, he seems to rely on all-ins a lot. Works against some players, not against others.


Then you didn´t have seen enough games from him. One of Sockes greatest strengths are the plethora of builds he can execute, which gives him a good versatility and make him hard to predict. He is for example definitely capable of playing macro games. I would say that in a played out Bo3 at least one of his matches is normally macro orientated.

He does have a lot of timing attacks in his repertoire. The most of them are not real All-Ins, though, because they have mostly a transition out of it.

I'm not sure why people think "he relies on all-ins" = "he's bad." Socke is obviously good enough to take games off of good players. I have yet to see him prove himself in a macro game against a top tier S-class Korean. Hopefully he does well at MLG.

where did he say "he relies on all-ins" = "he's bad."? All he said is you haven't seen enough of Socke if what you believe he relies on all-ins a lot. And I agree with him.
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Jelleyicious
Profile Joined September 2011
Australia16 Posts
June 03 2012 01:05 GMT
#215
Why is Marineking seed 16? Makes it really hard for grubby T-T
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
June 03 2012 01:05 GMT
#216
On June 03 2012 10:05 Jelleyicious wrote:
Why is Marineking seed 16? Makes it really hard for grubby T-T

he skipped arena 2
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Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
June 03 2012 01:07 GMT
#217
On June 02 2012 22:56 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 02 2012 20:00 TeeTS wrote:
Socke, Grubby and Stephano as the only non koreans in the pools. I think NA has definately fallen off now as it seems. There are just no results from NA players anymore. Europe has still a huge pool of strong players who can beat GSL calibre players on a good day. NA needs to step it up!


I don't think it's going to happen until HoTS. People are all playing D3 in NA these days.


NA qualifiers are flooded with koreans which are better than EU players whereas EU qualifier is almost COMPLETELY absent of koreans.

NA has great players but they have harder qualifiers.
TommyP
Profile Joined December 2011
United States6231 Posts
June 03 2012 02:11 GMT
#218
On June 02 2012 19:52 Aeceus wrote:
I quite like the idea of Symbol vs DRG finals


Ewwwww.. not another ZvZ MLG finals. I hope for another DRG MKP finals =]
#TheOneTrueDong
Siliticx
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada206 Posts
June 03 2012 04:10 GMT
#219
Stephano and Grubby. I want you both on screen on championship sunday at BarCraft Montreal. got it?
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KingRajesh
Profile Joined July 2010
United States927 Posts
June 03 2012 04:30 GMT
#220
No USA in pool play?

Guess I'm not watching Day 1.
"Zerg are the absolute worst thing that can happen to your day" - Dustin Browder
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