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Glorfindel!
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden1815 Posts
April 23 2014 07:01 GMT
#81
On April 23 2014 15:44 TAMinator wrote:
Stephano is just playing for fun. Wont stop people from overestimating him considering his past accomplishments though

Well he looked quite solid yesterday I must say.
Overestimating or not, he actually went through both Demu and DIMAGA.
http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/598681/1/Glorfindel/ladder/161337#current-rank
FreDMouL
Profile Joined April 2011
France59 Posts
April 23 2014 07:39 GMT
#82
No Terran...
Thank you David Kim.

User was warned for this post
My better is better than your better
Rollora
Profile Joined February 2012
2450 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-23 07:57:58
April 23 2014 07:54 GMT
#83
On April 23 2014 06:51 vult wrote:
Stephano is back! Crazy how he can just retire and come out of nowhere and qualify. Hopefully he will take Challenger seriously.

Also grats to Golden, First, and Elfi!

well he didn't come out of nowhere.
If you look up the viewer statistics of player streams, he was always most viewed. but he wasn't successfull at competing in some tournaments though he didn't take them serious.

However to me it is a bit out of nowhere, that he now wants to play real tournaments again. But I am looking forward to it, though not expecting much from him at first.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
April 23 2014 08:00 GMT
#84
OMG He beat DeMuslim rofl. God dammit xD
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Rollora
Profile Joined February 2012
2450 Posts
April 23 2014 08:16 GMT
#85
On April 23 2014 07:08 Tanzklaue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 23 2014 07:05 SC2Toastie wrote:
WCS EU going GSL style low Terran.. :-(?

nah.

it's worse. there are plenty of terrans in code A. there are almost none in WCS europe challengerleague.

there was never a good representation of foreigner terrans.
There is an obvious reason, but if you say that out loud, you get banned.
But I will say the other one, which is: with other races you have pretty good cheeses or early allins that require not that much skill but work with a high percentage and "even foreigner" can pull them of (like blink allin, baneling bust etc). This adds some randomness to the game, which is good, but also leads to some problems, like even though there could be THE best player on the planet, he can fall to cheese again and again in a best of 3 or 5 because of it being impossible to be scouted from time to time (hidden buildings or whatever).
Terrans ofc have cheeses (like bunkerrush) but they are harder to pull of or easier to defend against then a blink allin or so.
tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
April 23 2014 08:40 GMT
#86
Naniwa and Stephano? lol
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
qotsager
Profile Joined March 2012
Germany585 Posts
April 23 2014 08:43 GMT
#87
haha fucking stephano
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Overtime
Profile Joined March 2013
51 Posts
April 23 2014 09:13 GMT
#88
If Stephano would come back full time and get close to his past performances, he might resuscitate the entire foreign scene and a healthy boost to the dropping tournaments and streaming viewership. And thats something SC2 really needs right now.
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klup
Profile Joined May 2013
France612 Posts
April 23 2014 09:31 GMT
#89
I hope stephano to fulfil his destiny ! Burying excitement and SC2 esport under an infinite amount of locust!
AlternativeEgo
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden17309 Posts
April 23 2014 09:39 GMT
#90
On April 23 2014 18:13 Overtime wrote:
If Stephano would come back full time and get close to his past performances, he might resuscitate the entire foreign scene and a healthy boost to the dropping tournaments and streaming viewership. And thats something SC2 really needs right now.


I thought the tournament viewership was fine. Sure the player streams have gone down but who wants to watch epileptic ladder sessions when there are so many real competitions to watch nowadays.
Mark Munoz looks like Gretorp
phipsL
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany189 Posts
April 23 2014 10:36 GMT
#91
Oh. My. God. Stephano!!!! Maybe a good time to get back to the game myself, so I know whats going on :D
I'm a f*cking walking paradox.
Aridhol
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany59 Posts
April 23 2014 10:44 GMT
#92
Stephano do it!!!
-Archangel-
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia7457 Posts
April 23 2014 10:55 GMT
#93
On April 23 2014 18:13 Overtime wrote:
If Stephano would come back full time and get close to his past performances, he might resuscitate the entire foreign scene and a healthy boost to the dropping tournaments and streaming viewership. And thats something SC2 really needs right now.

I would watch a few games because of him, but since his games are (ab)using SH to the max I would get bored soon afterwards and quit again.
shid0x
Profile Joined July 2012
Korea (South)5014 Posts
April 23 2014 12:03 GMT
#94
Stephano vs dayshi wcs eu finals plos
RIP MKP
Otolia
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
France5805 Posts
April 23 2014 12:13 GMT
#95
On April 23 2014 07:09 Mistakes wrote:Stephano is still on EG. Like how Sheth was still on Liquid even though he wasn't playing for awhile. Certain players are more like family with their teams than just being a source of income and sponsorship.

And it's unlikely to be the case for Stephano and EG. :D
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3769 Posts
April 23 2014 12:39 GMT
#96
On April 23 2014 21:13 Otolia wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 23 2014 07:09 Mistakes wrote:Stephano is still on EG. Like how Sheth was still on Liquid even though he wasn't playing for awhile. Certain players are more like family with their teams than just being a source of income and sponsorship.

And it's unlikely to be the case for Stephano and EG. :D

I suspect that his contract let's him to retire (retire = no pay, no benefits etc) but makes him be a member of EG if he starts competing again. Plus Stephano is still no. 1 streamer.
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
April 23 2014 13:24 GMT
#97
On April 23 2014 17:16 Rollora wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 23 2014 07:08 Tanzklaue wrote:
On April 23 2014 07:05 SC2Toastie wrote:
WCS EU going GSL style low Terran.. :-(?

nah.

it's worse. there are plenty of terrans in code A. there are almost none in WCS europe challengerleague.

there was never a good representation of foreigner terrans.
There is an obvious reason, but if you say that out loud, you get banned.
But I will say the other one, which is: with other races you have pretty good cheeses or early allins that require not that much skill but work with a high percentage and "even foreigner" can pull them of (like blink allin, baneling bust etc). This adds some randomness to the game, which is good, but also leads to some problems, like even though there could be THE best player on the planet, he can fall to cheese again and again in a best of 3 or 5 because of it being impossible to be scouted from time to time (hidden buildings or whatever).
Terrans ofc have cheeses (like bunkerrush) but they are harder to pull of or easier to defend against then a blink allin or so.

Would you care to explain why there never was an abundance of Terrans even when the race was clearly OP?
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SatedSC2
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
England3012 Posts
April 23 2014 13:27 GMT
#98
--- Nuked ---
SC2Toastie
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
Netherlands5725 Posts
April 23 2014 13:28 GMT
#99
On April 23 2014 22:27 SatedSC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 23 2014 17:16 Rollora wrote:
Terrans ofc have cheeses (like bunkerrush) but they are harder to pull of or easier to defend against then a blink allin or so.

If you think that an 11/11 Bunker Rush is harder to pull off than a Blink all-in then you truly are lost...

You ever tried winning with 11/11?
It's pretty easy to hold of even if you scout it late.

Blink is not hard to pull of, and WAY harder to defend.
Mura Ma Man, Dark Da Dude, Super Shot Sos!
Kylo55
Profile Joined April 2012
Poland64 Posts
April 23 2014 13:33 GMT
#100
I dunno is Naniwa will play in challenger but if he is and he meets Stephano... Its gonna be like 50k watching challenger.
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