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Stephano most probably going to Code S - Page 14

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MountainDewJunkie
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States10341 Posts
December 28 2012 15:59 GMT
#261
Probably certainly? Wiggle room just in case
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Random_Guy09
Profile Joined April 2012
Canada1010 Posts
December 28 2012 16:06 GMT
#262
On December 28 2012 21:25 DarkLordOlli wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 28 2012 21:22 Zeon0 wrote:
On December 28 2012 20:13 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:
Stephano will just get owned. Just check his achievements. What have he done for while? Nothing! Just got owned by mid/low tier pros. Stephano is far away from what he used to be. He will just get owned, that's hard reality.

yeah, beating Mvp, MKP and MMA with a totally new strategy is nothing special...


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.
Thurken
Profile Joined September 2011
961 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-28 16:28:12
December 28 2012 16:09 GMT
#263
This is really cool !!
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
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FeUerFlieGe
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1193 Posts
December 28 2012 16:11 GMT
#264
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Meadowlark
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States349 Posts
December 28 2012 16:13 GMT
#265
I feel like Stephano's not actually slumping as badly as people think he is. He's only been losing to zergs; his zvp and zvt are still unbelievably good. So as long as there aren't two other zergs in his group I think he'll be able to make it out.
''Three bottles of Monster in a day; I'm pumped as fuck." -Stephano
NeutralDepot
Profile Joined December 2012
80 Posts
December 28 2012 16:13 GMT
#266
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.
NoGasfOu
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1117 Posts
December 28 2012 16:20 GMT
#267
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.
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zul
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany5427 Posts
December 28 2012 16:24 GMT
#268
I better watch that round.
keep it deep! @zulison
Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
December 28 2012 16:24 GMT
#269
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Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
December 28 2012 16:24 GMT
#270
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may0nnaise
Profile Joined May 2011
United States40 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-28 16:31:32
December 28 2012 16:31 GMT
#271
Wishing Stephano the best. The GSL is just...different, players spend days/weeks preparing for upcoming known matches. Totally different than a tournament weekend. Hope he does great (and perfects his ZvZ)!
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Provok
Profile Joined March 2012
France159 Posts
December 28 2012 16:31 GMT
#272
Yeah !! Finally he deserves it so much, gl hf Ilyes
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Archen
Profile Joined April 2012
United States79 Posts
December 28 2012 16:34 GMT
#273
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
Profile Joined April 2012
Canada1152 Posts
December 28 2012 16:34 GMT
#274
On December 29 2012 01:13 NeutralDepot wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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.
Kilby
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland1069 Posts
December 28 2012 16:37 GMT
#275
This is really good news. Looking forward to seeing him play and hopefully he will be able to perform on his level. At least with Stephano, stress should not be an issue.
MetalPanda
Profile Joined April 2012
Canada1152 Posts
December 28 2012 16:40 GMT
#276
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.
Kergy
Profile Joined December 2010
Peru2011 Posts
December 28 2012 16:42 GMT
#277
On December 29 2012 01:34 Archen wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


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
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1160 Posts
December 28 2012 16:42 GMT
#278
I think he will get far im hoping at least top 8 finish for his first try he has beaten alot of the players right now in the Code S its up to him to practice and refine his builds to beat them again
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Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
December 28 2012 16:43 GMT
#279
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Benjamin99
Profile Joined April 2012
4176 Posts
December 28 2012 16:47 GMT
#280
No ZvZ and he could win it all
Stephano & Jaedong <-- The Pain Train. Polt and Innovation to EG plz
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