Stephano Retires, but not really - Page 27

On April 23 2014 14:03 TRaFFiC wrote:
Fact of the matter is he's playing less and changed his priorities to non-sc2 related stuff like school. I think his retirement was justified and now he's back part time. I'm not holding my breath to see any championships. The landscape of sc2 has changed (Koreans are even more dominant) and he's playing rusty. He retired at a most opportune time. But who knows, maybe this relaxed style suits him and we'll see a few flashes of his former glory. I do think his lack of practice was over-exaggerated during his full time pro days. Last season he had a shit tons of games played in EU gm in a short period of time. The guy is a machine when he sits down to it. One game after another.

On April 23 2014 14:41 Executor1 wrote:

Yea i always thought he had a bit of a douchey attitude when it came to the practicing thing. Most people are humble and say they worked hard and prepared in this way and that way. He just said "oh i dont know i didnt even practice much" or something to that extent a lot of the time. Which is a bunch of bull IMO. Glad to see he's back although i never expected him to stay away for that long hes been saying hes going to quit "next year" for years lol.

On April 23 2014 06:35 Yorbon wrote:
Yeah, we have been skirting around this topic ever since beta now, so I’ll just fucking say it: the competition in SC2 thus far has been a farce.

edit: Oh wow, thanks for TL+. Glad someone liked the post

On April 23 2014 14:41 Executor1 wrote:

Yea i always thought he had a bit of a douchey attitude when it came to the practicing thing. Most people are humble and say they worked hard and prepared in this way and that way. He just said "oh i dont know i didnt even practice much" or something to that extent a lot of the time. Which is a bunch of bull IMO. Glad to see he's back although i never expected him to stay away for that long hes been saying hes going to quit "next year" for years lol.

On April 23 2014 06:30 Zaphid wrote:
Schroedinger's retirement !

On May 04 2014 08:51 YuiHirasawa wrote:
I was one of the biggest Stephano fanboy even before he was known to the world (being french help).
But if he is able to secure even just a good tournament finish I will lose most of the hope I have left toward this scene.
An amateur player, by amateur I mean not playing the game full time, shouldn't be able to compete against dedicated and talented pro-players. A Stephano ro4 finish in any of the upcoming tournaments would either mean:

1/ Total lack of talent by the current foreign pro-scene
2/ If they are actually talented, they are not training enough to deserve their privileged "pro" life.

We know Stephano has a huge brain and he is the biggest talent the foreign rts scene had since elky/tod/grubby but come on..He is partying everyday, going to classes, playing the game sporadically AND just to abuse troll strategies. He shouldn't even be able to reach Challenger League.

On May 05 2014 03:58 YuiHirasawa wrote:
Now we have our answers, even jvz can't beat his sh meta