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On December 28 2012 23:47 neozxa wrote: Foreigners are taking over the GSL apparently. Looking forward to seeing Stephano, HuK and Grubby play, hope all of them reach RO8 at least :D Yea those foreigners that so far never ever qualified through code A and most the time get stomped out of GSL in the same season. Clearly they are taking over.
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On December 28 2012 23:49 tili wrote: tremendously exciting, I may just buy a GSL sub if me makes it past the first round. Also, I hope this means he'll be streaming from korea! I miss his streams very much. Edit: I'm pretty sure this means he'll be practicing ZvZ very hardcore. Excellent.
*sigh* and this is why GOM gives out seeds unfair to everyone else in Korea working very hard to even qualify for GSL.
Not rooting for any of them to fail like some people, but I certainly don't think they deserve to be there unless they actually qualify. Look at Nestea..no seed, fell out of GSL and got right back in through qualifiers. If you are good enough you will get there. Free seeds are a joke.
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Naniwa will come too. So maybe Naniwa,Huk,Grubby and Stephano in GSL? Would be awesome! Imagine the group:
Naniwa Stephano Grubby Huk
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Stephano bad ZvZ? Yes, maybe. But maybe consider he have lost to snute in two of the tournaments, and maybe it's just Snute who have sick ZvZ?
Oh, wait... that's probably not the case. Must be Stephanos bad ZvZ...
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On December 29 2012 00:06 Irre wrote:Show nested quote +On December 28 2012 23:49 tili wrote: tremendously exciting, I may just buy a GSL sub if me makes it past the first round. Also, I hope this means he'll be streaming from korea! I miss his streams very much. Edit: I'm pretty sure this means he'll be practicing ZvZ very hardcore. Excellent. *sigh* and this is why GOM gives out seeds unfair to everyone else in Korea working very hard to even qualify for GSL. Not rooting for any of them to fail like some people, but I certainly don't think they deserve to be there unless they actually qualify. Look at Nestea..no seed, fell out of GSL and got right back in through qualifiers. If you are good enough you will get there. Free seeds are a joke. Nestea lives in Seoul, he can just drive to Code B. It's much more costly to book a flight to Korea to attend to Code B.
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I'm looking forward to see how his skill actually shapes up so his fanboys can't keep saying: "If he were to go to GSL he would kill everybody ezpz!"
tbh though GSL isn't really the sort of thing I would have expected from him, I thought he was in it for the money, foreign tournaments would make more sense. It could be that EG are paying him to go to make it worth his while?
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On December 28 2012 19:57 X3GoldDot wrote: yeah honestly with his form recently thinking he will go out in ro32 unless he gets a really easy group or he just gets out of his slump again
What slump? He almost won Homestory..
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On December 29 2012 00:13 Targe wrote: I'm looking forward to see how his skill actually shapes up so his fanboys can't keep saying: "If he were to go to GSL he would kill everybody ezpz!"
tbh though GSL isn't really the sort of thing I would have expected from him, I thought he was in it for the money, foreign tournaments would make more sense. It could be that EG are paying him to go to make it worth his while?
Since he accepted salary from EG, that is all that would be required for them to ask him to go. He is now an employee of EG and has to do what they ask or risk violating his contract. So in short yes, he is being paid to go in form of his salary.
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On December 29 2012 00:10 Kinerah wrote: Stephano bad ZvZ? Yes, maybe. But maybe consider he have lost to snute in two of the tournaments, and maybe it's just Snute who have sick ZvZ?
Oh, wait... that's probably not the case. Must be Stephanos bad ZvZ...
I mean, Snute did 4-0 Symbol, so yeah, Steph might not be so bad afterall (I think I remember 2-3 vs Snute? not so bad then :D)
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On December 28 2012 20:05 Solarsail wrote:Show nested quote +On December 28 2012 20:02 Looms wrote:Stephano in Code S! (and Proleague too?) The time has finally come. Hopefully he will take this extremely seriously, otherwise he will just get rolled over, sadly  Hope the Koreans take HIM seriously or they'll get rolled worse than GSL WC.
You mean when he didn't advance from the group stage?
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_GSL_Blizzard_Cup
It must be that I'm confused on what tournament we're talking about, because in this one, Stephano didn't do well. He got second to last in his group. I wouldn't be surprised to see more of the same in Code S, but we'll see.
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I believe it when he plays his first match.
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On December 29 2012 00:20 Nuclease wrote:Show nested quote +On December 28 2012 20:05 Solarsail wrote:On December 28 2012 20:02 Looms wrote:Stephano in Code S! (and Proleague too?) The time has finally come. Hopefully he will take this extremely seriously, otherwise he will just get rolled over, sadly  Hope the Koreans take HIM seriously or they'll get rolled worse than GSL WC. You mean when he didn't advance from the group stage? http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_GSL_Blizzard_CupIt must be that I'm confused on what tournament we're talking about, because in this one, Stephano didn't do well. He got second to last in his group. I wouldn't be surprised to see more of the same in Code S, but we'll see. I think he means when Stephano beat 4 GSL champions in a row (2 ZvZs also)
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2012_GSL_World_Championship#Round_2
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On December 29 2012 00:20 Nuclease wrote:Show nested quote +On December 28 2012 20:05 Solarsail wrote:On December 28 2012 20:02 Looms wrote:Stephano in Code S! (and Proleague too?) The time has finally come. Hopefully he will take this extremely seriously, otherwise he will just get rolled over, sadly  Hope the Koreans take HIM seriously or they'll get rolled worse than GSL WC. You mean when he didn't advance from the group stage? http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_GSL_Blizzard_CupIt must be that I'm confused on what tournament we're talking about, because in this one, Stephano didn't do well. He got second to last in his group. I wouldn't be surprised to see more of the same in Code S, but we'll see. This one : 2012 GSL World Championship
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With a bit of luck maybe he can qualify to code A first.
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oh yeah! i hope he can get to at least ro4
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Although I watch GSL all of the time, I always forget how group selection works. How are groups determined? Will Sniper get the first pick? I'm hoping for Stephano's sake that he can avoid getting picked by a zerg but I highly doubt any Protosses or Terrans want to face him.
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Of course we're going to see him in the GSL while he's there.
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On December 29 2012 00:13 Targe wrote: I'm looking forward to see how his skill actually shapes up so his fanboys can't keep saying: "If he were to go to GSL he would kill everybody ezpz!"
tbh though GSL isn't really the sort of thing I would have expected from him, I thought he was in it for the money, foreign tournaments would make more sense. It could be that EG are paying him to go to make it worth his while?
I'm pretty sure no one said that and we've of course seen him play a bunch of Code S caliber players over the past year so we know he's on their level (except his zvz is still generally shit). If he can avoid a group with Taeja, Life, Leenock, Hyun or Sniper in it I like his chances to advance. Also when Stephano focuses he's definitely one of the best zergs in the world.
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