As much as I want him to do well in GSL he clearly doesn't have what it takes to succeed in that format. It will be interesting to see how he does in HotS now though.

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

March 01 2013 07:17 GMT

#544

So does anyone know if he's still going to play Code A or is this one of those wait and see things?

ShotgunMike

Sweden241 Posts

March 01 2013 07:18 GMT

#545

Well, he has never tried to hide the fact that he only cares about the $$$. It is the fans that makes him out to be the "foreigner hope".

Do we know for sure that he will get to keep his Code A spot? No grumpiness from GOM? They could just decide that there is someone else more worthy...

papaz

Sweden4149 Posts

March 01 2013 07:24 GMT

#546

Good decision!

He should focus on tournaments he feels he can succeed well in.

He is a great talent but GSL is on a whole different level and if you don't prepare for each and every match you won't stand a chance which has been proven over and over again.

ETisME

12683 Posts

March 01 2013 07:26 GMT

#547

He did reasonably well in Korea, worse than I expected but definitly wasn't as bad as most other foreigners.
The main disappointment was his SPL performance, but I think something is off when the whole EGTL is doing crap there.

Soda-88

Croatia476 Posts

March 01 2013 07:27 GMT

#548

On March 01 2013 16:08 MichaelDonovan wrote:

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Dang bro that's harsh.

Truth is harsh sometimes.

Soda-88

Croatia476 Posts

March 01 2013 07:32 GMT

#549

On March 01 2013 16:26 ETisME wrote:
He did reasonably well in Korea, worse than I expected but definitly wasn't as bad as most other foreigners.
The main disappointment was his SPL performance, but I think something is off when the whole EGTL is doing crap there.

What? He performed better than Grubby only. IdrA did better, Jinro did better, Naniwa did better and MaNa did better if you take into consideration the fact that he actually qualified for Code S through Up&Downs.

will216

United States185 Posts

March 01 2013 07:41 GMT

#550

On March 01 2013 16:24 papaz wrote:
Good decision!

He should focus on tournaments he feels he can succeed well in.

He is a great talent but GSL is on a whole different level and if you don't prepare for each and every match you won't stand a chance which has been proven over and over again.

It's not like he has any real chance of winning IEM anyway . Did you look at the list of Koreans here?

DusTerr

2520 Posts

March 01 2013 07:43 GMT

#551

Only curiosity I have is if he'll be back in KR (pl / code a qualifiers) or back to hunting foreign tournaments.

Kergy

Peru2011 Posts

March 01 2013 07:51 GMT

#552

On March 01 2013 15:32 mambar wrote:

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lol god these posts are dumb

too scared of the big boys

iSunrise

3302 Posts

March 01 2013 07:55 GMT

#553

Although that surely is dissappoiting for the majority of viewers, I support his decision. Stephano does very well in EU tournaments and that´s also the reason why he got popular in the first place. I was never sure if the GSL was the right place for him (not because of the skill level, but GSL is very restricted and boring in a sense and Stephano likes to be less restricted and shines with huge crowds that are cheering for him). Also, since he joined EG and the GSL decision, we haven´t had the chance seeing him in Europe too much, which I am sure about he misses a lot.

He should listen to his heart and where he feels comfortable. It´s his life, after all, he has to learn and respect his inner voice and not follow what other people want from him.

tshi

United States2495 Posts

March 01 2013 07:55 GMT

#554

On March 01 2013 16:51 Kergy wrote:

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too scared of the big boys

Most likely doesn't even lift. I'm not surprised. *french joke*

Sheesh.

Terranist

United States2496 Posts

March 01 2013 07:55 GMT

#555

On March 01 2013 16:43 DusTerr wrote:
Only curiosity I have is if he'll be back in KR (pl / code a qualifiers) or back to hunting foreign tournaments.

or more realistically he will fall off the map entirely in hots like the rest of the patch zergs. stephano is the most overhyped foreigner to ever go to korea and it really exposed how flawed of a player he actually is.

DidYuhim

Ukraine1905 Posts

March 01 2013 07:56 GMT

#556

He didn't do that bad, compared to the other EG-TLs.

ETisME

12683 Posts

March 01 2013 07:57 GMT

#557

On March 01 2013 16:32 Soda-88 wrote:

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I wasn't really talking about results, I was more on his performance in terms of game play.
IdrA and Jinro accomplishment were ages ago, so I wasn't comparing him to them. The game is too different back then.

MaNa, well, let's just say his Code S performance really turned me down.
Naniwa has done better than stephano, this one i agree.

Stephano did play really well for EGTL in SPL (not just result, but also his play was at least as solid as most other top zerg), he brought roach hydra against a terran.
Came back from a game that basically should have lost due to DTs.
Pretty good ZvZ performance for a few times.

that's why I think he did reasonably well. It's just I was expecting him to perform a bit better overall.

iamthedave

England2814 Posts

March 01 2013 08:02 GMT

#558

On March 01 2013 16:56 DidYuhim wrote:

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He didn't do that bad, compared to the other EG-TLs.

Huk's actually done very well in GSL on a couple of occasions, he just dropped off eventually. So did Idra. They have vastly better GSL pedigree than Stephano. His foreign successes eclipse theirs, though.