EPTFun fact. Out of 4 BlizzCon/WCS championships, 3 were won by protosses.
DONG officially cursed.
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nimdil
Poland3775 Posts
Fun fact. Out of 4 BlizzCon/WCS championships, 3 were won by protosses. DONG officially cursed. | ||
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AxiomBlurr
786 Posts
Beating Hero, Polt, Bomber and Jaedong with none of them being able to take more than one map off him in three b05 and one bo7 speaks volumes of his ability. I really think all his opponents underestimated his ability to surprise and confuse them. Tricks aside - he poooned this tournement and I doubt any but soulkey could have stopped him. Congrats sOs - you carpe diemed the shit out of blizzcon!!~~ | ||
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gingerfluffmuff
Austria4570 Posts
On November 10 2013 17:20 nimdil wrote: And I thought that after beating Dear no protoss can touch him. Also if Dear won it would be much more interesting storyline. Fun fact. Out of 4 BlizzCon/WCS championships, 3 were won by protosses. DONG officially cursed. Artosis also did his part :D | ||
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StanMarsh
United States7 Posts
Great tourney overall though, well done and congrats to sOs as well as all the players who were there!! | ||
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Zerg.Zilla
Hungary5029 Posts
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theRayeGun
Singapore12 Posts
On November 10 2013 17:20 nimdil wrote: And I thought that after beating Dear no protoss can touch him. Also if Dear won it would be much more interesting storyline. Fun fact. Out of 4 BlizzCon/WCS championships, 3 were won by protosses. DONG officially cursed. I don't seem to remember Innovation or Bomber playing toss.. hmmm I guess my memories are failing me. | ||
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SSVnormandy
France392 Posts
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BerryCruncH
13 Posts
On November 10 2013 17:43 theRayeGun wrote: I don't seem to remember Innovation or Bomber playing toss.. hmmm I guess my memories are failing me. He's talking about the championships not the season finals. Championship winners have been Genius in 2010, Mvp in 2011, Parting in 2012, and sOs now in 2013. | ||
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12592 Posts
On November 10 2013 17:43 theRayeGun wrote: I don't seem to remember Innovation or Bomber playing toss.. hmmm I guess my memories are failing me. He meant blizzcons as in con 2010 (genius), 2011 (mma or mvp I don't even remember), 2012 (parting) (2 posts and already sniped me, I hate you) | ||
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
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ChApFoU
France2986 Posts
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Nezgar
Germany535 Posts
He, as a player and practice partner for other pros, worked his heart out throughout the year in order to come up with new and strong styles in all matchups. Heck, even look at the way he played during the tournament or bother reading the hype-thread to understand that he creates new build orders ALL THE TIME. I find that much more enjoyable than watching the same style over and over and over again like it happens with basically every other player in that tournament. You'd rather watch someone win with the same build order every single time like parting did with his soultrain last year? And then complain that the game has become stale and that you see the same build orders all the time, yet you flame and curse and talk down the guy who does the exact opposite? That hardly makes any sense, right? Jaedong lost because he faced builds that he never even expected. He didn't throw those games or choked hardcore or whatever, he just didn't see any of that coming and that is due to how well sOs understands the game and the matchup. He controlled most of those games from start to finish and game 2 is a prime example of that. He beat the other 3 opponents rather convincingly aswell and it did look like he was just a step ahead of everyone else. You don't win 4 Bo5+ series in all matchups against the likes of HerO, Polt, Bomber and Jaedong by sheer luck but by simply being the better player. Well deserved win for sOs who was the most important player for the protoss race this year. Such a pity that everyone was so biased for Jaedong, the LR thread and the audience was sooo disgusting and unfair... | ||
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KivTM
Australia90 Posts
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fx9
117 Posts
After that, it's just fantastic micro from the Prime Terran that keep him in the game, with JD slowly choking life out of Maru with his collosal amount of bases. | ||
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TheBloodyDwarf
Finland7524 Posts
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Incomplet
United Kingdom1419 Posts
While I admit that JD winning would have caused a huge uproar from the crowd and fan boys, it would be naive to downplay SoS' intelligent game play. | ||
Noam
Israel2209 Posts
On November 10 2013 12:43 ZigguratOfUr wrote: Great article! sOs' mind games really destroyed Jaedong's play. I'm also surprised that Plexa found a picture of sOs kissing the trophy that wasn't completely destroyed by confetti. sOs spent a long time frenching that trophy. | ||
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VArsovskiSC
Macedonia563 Posts
=========================================================== As for the series itself: --> TBH would've been much better series if JD took game 1.. But he seemed to lack determination in that one I mean - he made like 15 Ultras that were "cruising" outside of the 3 sOs's bases on Akilon.. Now - I know that we knew that sOs had nothing good vs Ultras --> no Voidrays and no Immortals, and JD didn't.. But JD was just "taking a stroll" at sOs's front gate without even trying to bust the wall-off of the natural.. Even if JD lost all the Ultras there (which sure he wouldn't), JD had like 3k/3k bank behind to remax and seal the deal.. Instead what happened is - we just saw Warp-prism harass at the back that JD couldn't deal with cause he had 15 Ultras at the front, thus no supply to defend (unless saccing some of the Ultras, which he did - he sent like 5-6 Ultras to take out the 3rd in order to have free supply to defend back home).. But after that at that point - sOs had some Archons - like 5-6 of them already to defend.. And even then JD could've fought - he would've lost his Ultras but so would all sOs's army (except the Air units) die.. But NO - JD waited even longer till we saw JD lose a "base-trade" to a perfect Protoss army which he was afraid to face and lose with 3k/3k in the bank due to not having larva cause sOs smartly didn't just kill the Hatches, but the Larva as well.. =========================================================== And YES - JD was far too greedy most of the time to stop those attacks - like for example - in G2 - I was all the time like - please JD 1 Spine costs 100 min and 1 Drone.. Please make 2, or at least 1 of those.. AND HE DIDN'T DO ANY.. What was even more is that HE SCOUTED THOSE GATES.. Not a single spine in main after 2 pylon 2 Cannon in natural for 10 minutes and 5-6 Gates in production scouted.. Not a single one.. Directly going for the Mutas instead, which isn't a bad thing if you skip Roaches, but if he made like 2 Spines he wouldnt've lost drones and wouldn't have to make tons of Lings to defend vs +1 Zealots, Or at least those could've bought the time for Mutalisks to come out to defend.. =========================================================== So - overall games 2 & 4 went bad.. The other games in the series were good to watch as well as good to remember.. Though JD could've done much better in game 1 IMO.. I also think that that G1 must've shaken (or at least part of) JD's confidence.. Overall good "series", but kinda lasted short-ish (at least for me).. Would've liked a closer series, but JD not taking game 1 is the direct reason for that though.. | ||
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xAdra
Singapore1858 Posts
On November 10 2013 17:03 Qwyn wrote: Read my profile if you want to understand how I feel. I could argue about it all day but I'll refrain from doing so. I'll just say this: It should be very, VERY clear here that I am not objective NOR AM I TRYING TO BE. I am not, NOT going to be objective. I wouldn't be such a fan if I considered the position or logic of the enemy and neither am I about to compare the series play of the two. I'm not going to be objective either. Jaedong added to my hitlist for beating Dear and ruining the tournament for me. He used cheese to kill Maru as well- ruining it for many terrans and prime fans. Man, JD is such a bastard | ||
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ClueClueClue
Sweden1203 Posts
What differentiates sOs from Dear is that he doesn't rely on reaching that huge army and beating down enemies through sheer strength and army control, rather than getting them uncomfortable and forcing them to make mistakes. Personally, I love watching this style because it's as far as you can get from the deathball style of protoss. I really hope this tournament means that sOs has reinvented the protoss race once more, because this was a brilliant display of awesomeness! | ||
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