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Stephano most probably going to Code S - Page 8
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Philozovic
France1677 Posts
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sixfour
England11062 Posts
On December 28 2012 21:52 Xpace wrote: I agree with this reaction to the previous comment; but at the same time I think several people in this thread are underestimating both Code S and Stephano. i just hope he plays his best. i just cannot understand the line of thinking re: preparation. if stephano can roll koreans because they're not preparing for foreign events WHEN HE'S NOT PREPARING HIMSELF, surely (any weak zerg imba arguments aside) that just indicates he has mechanics on par or superior to koreans, and implying that he has no ability to gameplan is really quite absurd. edit - in fact it's even more absurd considering preparation mostly comes down to having the intelligence to interpret opponent's tendencies, an intelligence that stephano clearly has given everything that he's demonstrated for the past 2 years (intentions to keep on with study, recognising he can make more money outside of korea rather than gambooling into a place with 1 tournament with hugely top-heavy prize money and a much higher level of opponent until he's secured financially, both with tournament win$ and now with a monster-powered team to pay him surely more than what millenium did) | ||
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Gimmeurladderpoints
Germany372 Posts
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
On December 28 2012 21:57 sixfour wrote: i just hope he plays his best. i just cannot understand the line of thinking re: preparation. if stephano can roll koreans because they're not preparing for foreign events WHEN HE'S NOT PREPARING HIMSELF, surely (any weak zerg imba arguments aside) that just indicates he has mechanics on par or superior to koreans, and implying that he has no ability to gameplan is really quite absurd. Yeah, of course. I did say he'd have great chances if GSL wasn't preparation based. His mechanics and understanding of the game are really fucking good, nobody can argue against that. It's just not something that means he'll do well in Code S. Mvp keeps winning Code S because of preparation, not because his mechanics are superior. About Stephano not preparing much, I'm just repeating what he said himself. But, as I also said, I'd be very happy to be proven wrong! | ||
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FakePseudo
Belgium716 Posts
Best Of Luck! | ||
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konqueror
Poland9 Posts
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
On December 28 2012 22:06 konqueror wrote: I wonder if Stephano would acheve so much if he didn'd play zerg. Yeah, winning infestorless ZvT and also not using GGlords against Koreans is so easy. Stephano has shown he can do well without using infestors or broodlords, and he was also doing well before zerg "became OP". He's not a patchzerg, he was good with zerg when it wasn't the strongest race. So while he might not have achieved quite as much, the same applies to any top zerg, they may also not have achieved as much. It doesn't stop him being a top zerg though... He's good AND he plays zerg, he's not good BECAUSE he plays zerg. | ||
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Shinespark
Chile843 Posts
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NuclearJudas
6546 Posts
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Nirel
Israel1526 Posts
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Chr15t
Denmark1103 Posts
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Freibier
Germany3 Posts
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Philozovic
France1677 Posts
On December 28 2012 22:06 konqueror wrote: I wonder if Stephano would acheve so much if he didn'd play zerg. Would mvp had 4 gsl if he wasn't playing terran in 2011 ? People tend to forget that Stephano was awesome way before Zerg was good. Late 2011 Early 2012 there was 4 zergs in the world : Stephano, Leenock, DRG, Nestea and Violet came in the early days of 2012 and that was it. The other zerg (Curious, Revival,Golden, Lucky) were all tier 2 players. No Hyun, No life, No Sniper, no foreigner patch zerg at that time. Stephano is everything but a Infestor abuser, you can't call him a patch zerg ! | ||
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Cokefreak
Finland8095 Posts
On December 28 2012 22:15 Freibier wrote: Ok, we had a very good foreign Protoss in code S, now a zerg. Now we just need a good foreign Terran in code S. Oh wait... Jinro was there already and we've had 2 Protoss with deep runs in the GSL, HuK and Naniwa, time for Zerg! | ||
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Mahanaim
Korea (South)1002 Posts
Wish PL and GSL won't burn him out though... | ||
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sPSalai
Sweden16 Posts
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On December 28 2012 22:18 Cokefreak wrote: Jinro was there already and we've had 2 Protoss with deep runs in the GSL, HuK and Naniwa, time for Zerg! You forgot iDra. At that time he was quite good. (now he's just... weird. Sometime he rolls over everyone and the next time he look like a bad player). Damn i miss that leather jacket in the booth :-( | ||
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Philozovic
France1677 Posts
On December 28 2012 22:18 Cokefreak wrote: Jinro was there already and we've had 2 Protoss with deep runs in the GSL, HuK and Naniwa, time for Zerg! Idra made Ro8 when only 3 zergs (Him, Nestea and Zenio) were in Ro16 no small feat ! | ||
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Cokefreak
Finland8095 Posts
On December 28 2012 22:22 FFW_Rude wrote: You forgot iDra. At that time he was quite good. (now he's just... weird. Sometime he rolls over everyone and the next time he look like a bad player). Damn i miss that leather jacket in the booth :-( Oh damn, you're correct, how could I forget him, well then I guess it's time for another Terran as well. | ||
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RaelSan
Belgium223 Posts
On December 28 2012 21:53 mileu wrote: My hope: Stephano wins the GSL as the first foreigner!!! Go for it dude!!! My prediction: Stephano will get hard stompted and he'll end streaming HotS like Lz, Machine and Idra... Well that's a bit extreme... | ||
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