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The King: IM_Mvp - Road to Blizzcon #1 - Page 16

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capiston
Profile Joined February 2011
France372 Posts
November 03 2013 21:38 GMT
#301
Very nice write-up. Thanks!
TaeJa | Maru | DRG | MKP
astray71
Profile Joined February 2012
United States325 Posts
November 03 2013 22:39 GMT
#302
On October 31 2013 13:44 Radicalness wrote:
Good read.

Mvp will always be the King of WoL and he's obviously had a little bit left in the tank making it to the 2013 Grand Finals. He's the only player who has legitimately dominated the sc2 scene for a significant period of time.

We've had too many INnoVations who look invincible for a few months and then fall out of the picture.


I really have to agree. Mvp was the only one that was dominate throughout the game. MC might be able to match him, but he was never dominant for an extended period in Korea. Nestea was to Jaedong as Mvp is to Flash.

I can't count how many Innovations we've had: Seed, Sniper, jjakji, etc.
There is no victory without the blessing of god, and there is no god but Madlife.
Gorilla23
Profile Joined March 2012
United States339 Posts
November 04 2013 03:05 GMT
#303
On November 04 2013 07:39 astray71 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 31 2013 13:44 Radicalness wrote:
Good read.

Mvp will always be the King of WoL and he's obviously had a little bit left in the tank making it to the 2013 Grand Finals. He's the only player who has legitimately dominated the sc2 scene for a significant period of time.

We've had too many INnoVations who look invincible for a few months and then fall out of the picture.


I really have to agree. Mvp was the only one that was dominate throughout the game. MC might be able to match him, but he was never dominant for an extended period in Korea. Nestea was to Jaedong as Mvp is to Flash.

I can't count how many Innovations we've had: Seed, Sniper, jjakji, etc.


Neither Seed, Sniper, nor Jjakji, were "INnoVations". INnoVation was incredibly consistent for maybe 10 months. Then he did poorly in WCS Season 2 Finals and WCS KR Season 3. That's when he switched teams as well. Maybe leaving SouL was his downfall, but maybe he just had a rough transition. After Blizzcon, we will know.
youngkrazz
Profile Joined October 2013
United States14 Posts
November 04 2013 17:08 GMT
#304
1 more time MVP. Do it because you can.
Becuse he could. He did it because he could.Go Mvp
ZergX
Profile Joined October 2010
France436 Posts
November 05 2013 18:10 GMT
#305
Gogogogog Mvp! You can do it! < 3
Nestea fightingg ! DRG fightingggg !! Sen fightinggg ! July fighting ! SoO fighting !
emanresU
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany393 Posts
November 05 2013 23:08 GMT
#306
Holy shit these are well written!
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SC2Toastie
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
Netherlands5725 Posts
November 05 2013 23:17 GMT
#307
Don't know who to root for, every new story makes it harder qq
Mura Ma Man, Dark Da Dude, Super Shot Sos!
oranjito
Profile Joined November 2013
Mexico1 Post
November 06 2013 04:18 GMT
#308
Amen stuchiu
.: The fate of creation hangs in the balance :.
fenrysk
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States364 Posts
November 06 2013 11:53 GMT
#309
HYPE! so excited for blizzcon
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VArsovskiSC
Profile Joined July 2010
Macedonia563 Posts
November 06 2013 12:21 GMT
#310
Very good write-up..
Also - read one post saying that MVP seems to have become the opposite of Bomber.. well --> WP sir, WP..

Bad that he has to play against JD in the first round, so excited, but so sad as well.. :/
I really think that the tourney should start with a 4x4 group-play..

MVP was never the "favourite type of players" for me, it's more like respect rather than fandom to him.. Partially cause of me being fan to JD, and partially cause the style of MVP is pretty gimmicky.. The guy's like playing some sort of Protoss, only that he's doing it with Terran units..

Still --> very good writeup indeed..
Another world, another place, another universe, won the race.. :) ;) :P
Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24422 Posts
November 06 2013 12:28 GMT
#311
When Mvp dominated everybody it was on the back of being the best macro player in the world. He was the safest player on the planet because he knew the longer a game went on, the more opportunities there were for his opponents to make mistakes while he simply didn't make any, ever. But wrists force mistakes so eventually he had to rely on his insane ability to break down players strategically and come up with the perfect plans to abuse them. Mentally, strategically, physically. Winning a GSL and making another finals (which he should have won) with nothing but that is the most insane feat anyone in sc2 ever achieved.
Administrator"Declaring anything a disaster because aLive popped up out of nowhere is just downright silly."
Koshi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Belgium38799 Posts
November 06 2013 16:59 GMT
#312
MVP is the King!
I had a good night of sleep.
Applesmack
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada680 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-06 18:31:46
November 06 2013 18:31 GMT
#313
Nice writeup, but I'm afraid I have to take the side of the doubters on this one. I can't see MVP making it past any of the players at blizzcon. If I had to bet on who is most likely to lose this match at blizzcon, I would bet on MVP.
LimitSEA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia9580 Posts
November 06 2013 19:01 GMT
#314
On November 04 2013 12:05 Gorilla23 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2013 07:39 astray71 wrote:
On October 31 2013 13:44 Radicalness wrote:
Good read.

Mvp will always be the King of WoL and he's obviously had a little bit left in the tank making it to the 2013 Grand Finals. He's the only player who has legitimately dominated the sc2 scene for a significant period of time.

We've had too many INnoVations who look invincible for a few months and then fall out of the picture.


I really have to agree. Mvp was the only one that was dominate throughout the game. MC might be able to match him, but he was never dominant for an extended period in Korea. Nestea was to Jaedong as Mvp is to Flash.

I can't count how many Innovations we've had: Seed, Sniper, jjakji, etc.


Neither Seed, Sniper, nor Jjakji, were "INnoVations". INnoVation was incredibly consistent for maybe 10 months. Then he did poorly in WCS Season 2 Finals and WCS KR Season 3. That's when he switched teams as well. Maybe leaving SouL was his downfall, but maybe he just had a rough transition. After Blizzcon, we will know.

He was consistent for all of Season 1 and maybe for a very short period before that. That's not 10 months. I agree with most of what you said, though, at least about those players not being "INnoVations". The only other players to be consistent for 3-4 months would be Life, Taeja (sort of) and maybe DRG/MKP in early 2012.

Mvp was consistently inbeatable for a period of time at the end of 2011 on top of remaining a Championship contender for periods in both 2012 and 2013, the only player to manage such a feat.
Long live the King of Wings
lolfail9001
Profile Joined August 2013
Russian Federation40190 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-06 20:06:31
November 06 2013 20:06 GMT
#315
On November 07 2013 04:01 LimitSEA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2013 12:05 Gorilla23 wrote:
On November 04 2013 07:39 astray71 wrote:
On October 31 2013 13:44 Radicalness wrote:
Good read.

Mvp will always be the King of WoL and he's obviously had a little bit left in the tank making it to the 2013 Grand Finals. He's the only player who has legitimately dominated the sc2 scene for a significant period of time.

We've had too many INnoVations who look invincible for a few months and then fall out of the picture.


I really have to agree. Mvp was the only one that was dominate throughout the game. MC might be able to match him, but he was never dominant for an extended period in Korea. Nestea was to Jaedong as Mvp is to Flash.

I can't count how many Innovations we've had: Seed, Sniper, jjakji, etc.


Neither Seed, Sniper, nor Jjakji, were "INnoVations". INnoVation was incredibly consistent for maybe 10 months. Then he did poorly in WCS Season 2 Finals and WCS KR Season 3. That's when he switched teams as well. Maybe leaving SouL was his downfall, but maybe he just had a rough transition. After Blizzcon, we will know.

He was consistent for all of Season 1 and maybe for a very short period before that. That's not 10 months. I agree with most of what you said, though, at least about those players not being "INnoVations". The only other players to be consistent for 3-4 months would be Life, Taeja (sort of) and maybe DRG/MKP in early 2012.

Mvp was consistently inbeatable for a period of time at the end of 2011 on top of remaining a Championship contender for periods in both 2012 and 2013, the only player to manage such a feat.

Inno's consistency starts from very GSL Season 4 of 2012. When he destroyed Code A, and proceeded all the way to semis of GSL 2012 S5. After that, aside from IPL5, WCS S2 and WCS KR S3 he got at least Ro8 in every tournament he was in. Soulkey is about as consistent, but has much worse perfomances in large brackets.
Mvp is the king though, noone has a right to deny that in SC2's case.
DeMoN pulls off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
lailaiwd
Profile Joined October 2012
United States65 Posts
November 07 2013 19:30 GMT
#316
Talking about unbeatable, I remember Mvp was Bonjwa in Jan 2011 both online and offline. Even the Korean casters mentioned that nobody wanted to face him because they knew they would lose as they did on ladder.
In Mvp I trust.
lolfail9001
Profile Joined August 2013
Russian Federation40190 Posts
November 07 2013 20:25 GMT
#317
On November 08 2013 04:30 lailaiwd wrote:
Talking about unbeatable, I remember Mvp was Bonjwa in Jan 2011 both online and offline. Even the Korean casters mentioned that nobody wanted to face him because they knew they would lose as they did on ladder.

Yeah, Mvp in Jan 2011 was more dominatingly epic than Inno ever was.
DeMoN pulls off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
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