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johanes
Czech Republic2229 Posts
On December 29 2012 13:06 Meggiroth wrote: Ask yourself this. What if he wins it all? Where will your god be in that moment? Ah you mean Flash? Waiting for him in the finals of course. | ||
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MichaelDonovan
United States1453 Posts
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SwizzY
United States1549 Posts
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Fischbacher
Canada666 Posts
On December 29 2012 17:28 SwizzY wrote: Hope he does extremely well to stir up the GSL scene a bit. Getting a bit stale for me Considering that the two most recent champions (Life and Sniper) where not really on the radars 6 months ago... I can't say I agree  | ||
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Emzeeshady
Canada4203 Posts
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Madars
Latvia166 Posts
On December 29 2012 15:18 RagequitBM wrote: He was joking. It's fun to hype up your favorite player with hyperbole. I don't think Stephano will do well. EG curse first of all, second of all he doesnt prepare for players. He's stated it in interviews, he likes to just practice on ladder. Which is fine and dandy, and maybe will get him through groups, since thats different. But as soon as he plays a best of 5, he will most likely get knocked out. Who knows though, he's surprised me before. I think it depends on the group he lands in, and I am more skeptical about him going to GSL, I smell a troll. | ||
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Emzeeshady
Canada4203 Posts
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
On December 29 2012 18:05 Emzeeshady wrote: If you follow GSTL then they would be. Come to think of it look at all the team league superstars that went on to be Code S champs DRG MMA Life Sniper Your turn next Tear What about Leenock or Gumiho? | ||
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prOxi.FighT
Australia114 Posts
On December 29 2012 14:48 Kiyo. wrote: lol. No, because it won't happen and No because he wouldn't be the first. Grrr was the first and only foreigner royal roader. I don't think Grrr counts as a royal roader since it was the first ever OSL that he won. | ||
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fireforce7
United States334 Posts
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Zeon0
Austria2995 Posts
There was only one back to back finals appearance as well (ofc Mvp), variance is just that huge. Despite that, people will call Stephano a noob if he loses for example in ro8... | ||
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shid0x
Korea (South)5014 Posts
Last time it was him who went to korea for boxer head. | ||
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Earawen
France51 Posts
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Thurken
961 Posts
People are gonna say he is the best in the world or just another embarrassing foreigner. There is an incomprehension about GSL. It may be Artosis' fault or someone else but people think it is a tournament won by the best player. I can understand the confusion, GSL is the most known tournament, it is really exciting and hyped, there are nearly the best players here, it is held in korea... But guess what, GSL is the most versatile tournament ever. I'm not making claim without facts: look at the five seasons of 2012. There were 9 different people (out of ten) going top 2. Only MVP was able to do it twice in one year. There were 18 people (out of 20) going top 4. Only DRG (besides mvp) was able to do it twice in a year. You can say the top4 world in starcraft change every two month or you can maybe see that GSL is not about who is the best but who (between the best in the world) has the best strategies in a specific metagame, who has bracket luck etc... because because so many things such as no loser bracket, long preparation time, team houses and coach are out of your control as a progammer. | ||
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m0ck
4194 Posts
On December 29 2012 22:04 Thurken wrote: I'm afraid of the comment here about Stephano's run, whether it is good or bad. There is an incomprehension about GSL. It may be Artosis' fault or someone else but people think it is a tournament won by the best player. Guess what, GSL is the most versatile tournament ever. I'm not making claim without facts: look at the five seasons of 2012. There were 9 people (out of ten) going top 2. Only MVP was able to do it twice in one year. There were 18 people (out of 20) going top 4. Only DRG (besides mvp) was able to do it twice in a year. You can say the top4 world in starcraft change every two month or you can maybe see that GSL is not about who is the best but who (between the best in the world) has the best strategies in a specific metagame, who has bracket luck etc... because because so many things such as no loser bracket, long preparation time, team houses and coach are out of your control as a progammer. No one likes to think of probabilities when considering sports. GSL is pretty random. Match-ups, build-orders and a lot of players very close in skill. Whichever way it goes, I think we can be sure that the significance of the result will be overestimated ^^ | ||
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Kyselin
France35 Posts
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oxyg3n
Netherlands18 Posts
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Cattlecruiser
United States340 Posts
On December 29 2012 18:03 Emzeeshady wrote: Flash has won nothing in the only game that matters right now Idra has been around since the beta and had his major "peak" during the early 2011 stage. 1. Game has evolved 2. Flash has been playing this game for a bit over a year 3. Top 4 finish at the MvP invitational isn't "nothing", not much because of competition like Idra 4. His current OSL record is the best in the league Currently Stephano would ruin Idra in a ZvZ and probably beat FLash in a ZvT. Pointing towards at least ro16 finish for him. Unless his group is full of the best non-mirror match ups. I predict GOM would stack his group with a zerg, terran and protoss Maybe Ryung, Life, Squirtle? Parting? Nxt round hit him with Bogus, Leenock, and the other ST protoss. GOM really likes to keep foreigners in the lower rounds if possible. Plz use Stephano less in the Proleague, like one appearance per week or less. No more streaming, until he gets out of Korea. Have him practice like he has never before because GSL format is different than foreign tournaments. I would hate to give foreigner fans an excuse for his early drop, but if Naniwa made it to ro4 Stephano should do just fine. | ||
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LighT.
Canada4501 Posts
On December 29 2012 18:03 Emzeeshady wrote: Flash has won nothing in the only game that matters right now because Flash winning MLG invitational Top 4 in MLG MVP Tournament (knocked out by Soo on pre-patch, who's looking like one of the top Zergs right now) and Top 3 in MLG Dallas (knocked out by then GSL Champion, Life) and the top 5 Proleague record is nothing worth denoting progress, and a strong track record thus far. The only tournament where he was underwhelming was his GSL performance where his weak TvT is/was exposed and WCS where he was knocked out by Sniper (Who is the runner up in the GSL Finals) Idra maybe needs one cabinet full of medals/trophies for his accomplishments, Flash probably needs like 12 | ||
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Linwelin
Ireland7554 Posts
On December 29 2012 18:03 Emzeeshady wrote: Flash has won nothing in the only game that matters right now You don't have to be so aggressive | ||
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