EPTStephano most probably going to Code S - Page 14
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10346 Posts
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Random_Guy09
Canada1010 Posts
On December 28 2012 21:25 DarkLordOlli wrote: Well... GSL is different. They'll have time to analyze him and pick him apart. Also note that none of the above mentioned were performing very well when Stephano beat them. MKP is notoriously weak vs zerg atm, MMA sadly is notoriously bad in general atm and Mvp was never known to be an online beast. Mvp is the kind of player who will beat Stephano the hardest in the GSL. Exactly this. When koreans prep for GSL they take the players usual known builds and get their practice partner run that build for a lot of games until they find every possible timing they can exploit with what build and with Stephano its just even easier.. 1 style player just makes it so much easier than other GSL players that can pop out multiple styles of play if they get figured out during a game. Which is why people are saying Stephano will get rolled. He plays the same style every game and the koreans are going to rip that style completely apart and what will Stephano be left with? It's why people (including myself) are so sceptical when people say "Stephano best zerg in the world" when he has no business having that title when he hasn't stepped into GSL for a full season to prove it. Different preparation is needed when playing in GSL from a normal foreign tournament. Beating a Code S player means really nothing until you step into their playground and go head to head with them and having a completely fair playing field of each player getting time to set up a plan instead of foreign tournaments where your just punching through wall after wall and being able to win with 1 style. Bye bye Stephano I hope you get a group of death to really see if you belong as a "best player" of any region. | ||
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Thurken
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The problem is his ZvZ and the fact that many zergs are in code S. If he went there 6 month ago i'd say he had good chances, now it's gonna depend on bracket luck. Nevermind, even if it's too late, it's about time our foreign hero enters the GSL arena  I'm buying a ticket this season | ||
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FeUerFlieGe
United States1193 Posts
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Meadowlark
United States349 Posts
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NeutralDepot
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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... Yes, sure. His ZvZ is outstanding. That's why he has lost multiple ZvZs to Idra, Scarlett, Dimaga, Vortix, Hyun and Xlord. | ||
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NoGasfOu
United States1117 Posts
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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Emzeeshady
Canada4203 Posts
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Emzeeshady
Canada4203 Posts
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may0nnaise
United States40 Posts
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Provok
France159 Posts
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Archen
United States79 Posts
On December 29 2012 01:20 NoGasfOu wrote: That sucks. I thought GSL is the one of the only true competition leagues. If they keep inviting players to increase subscription, I'm going to go the opposite and not subscribing from now on. From Stephano's tournament runs and all, he is definitely one of the best players in the world. And you're complaining about how GSL is inviting only top tier players to compete in Code S? Huh. Stephano 2-0s MMA and MKP in recent tournament. He almost reverse all killed in the foreigners vs korean tournament of champions during IPL5. Oh ya hes also won a ton of major tournaments. | ||
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MetalPanda
Canada1152 Posts
On December 29 2012 01:13 NeutralDepot wrote: Yes, sure. His ZvZ is outstanding. That's why he has lost multiple ZvZs to Idra, Scarlett, Dimaga, Vortix, Hyun and Xlord. That's not exactly fair, those are the world's top ZvZ players right now outside of Korea (okay, Dimaga was a weak loss), and they are good against Koreans as well. Stephano had great ZvZ at WCS Europe and at GSL World Championships. It's much less good these days, but it's just a slight slump. Stephano did manage to take 2 games off of Snute, and they were the only games Snute lost. Snute crushed Symbol 6-0 total in the tournament and Symbol crushed Xlord 3-0. Xlord also beat Bly 4-0 and Stephano 5-2. Result, I think Snute has really sick ZvZ and Stephano just has up & downs, maybe relying on the randomness of ZvZ too much, I'm not so sure. | ||
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Kilby
Finland1069 Posts
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MetalPanda
Canada1152 Posts
On December 29 2012 01:20 NoGasfOu wrote: That sucks. I thought GSL is the one of the only true competition leagues. If they keep inviting players to increase subscription, I'm going to go the opposite and not subscribing from now on. Lol, Stephano has the skill, more than any foreigner, to win GSL. He's one of the best zergs in the world, definitely, only behind a few Korean zergs (Leenock, Life, DRG, Hyun, maybe Curious and Sniper (don't know much about the KeSPA zergs though) ). It'll just depend on how well he adapts to the format, the brackets and his ZvZ. | ||
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Kergy
Peru2011 Posts
On December 29 2012 01:34 Archen wrote: From Stephano's tournament runs and all, he is definitely one of the best players in the world. And you're complaining about how GSL is inviting only top tier players to compete in Code S? Huh. Stephano 2-0s MMA and MKP in recent tournament. He almost reverse all killed in the foreigners vs korean tournament of champions during IPL5. Oh ya hes also won a ton of major tournaments. But he didn't actually qualify for Code S the way it should be done, he got there through a marketing plot. It'll be fun to see him in GSL nevertheless and I'll root HARD for whoever plays against him | ||
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Laneir
United States1160 Posts
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Emzeeshady
Canada4203 Posts
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Benjamin99
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