On May 02 2014 11:00 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: Stephano back from the dead to take up the position of foreigner king!
Koreans still win this season again. >_>
Must be heartbreaking for other foreign players (those who play 10+ games day) to see a retired guy, out of nowhere, just grabbing a premier spot like that
Or maybe they aren't putting much effort to improve and take a premier's spot ? I know, it's easier said than done, especially compared to korean's gaming houses and the likes, but I know a lot of semi pros who are simply lazy.
On May 02 2014 07:12 Kitai wrote: Stephano such a baller. Who else could go from retirement to premier league?
when retirement means spamming ladder games, quite a few people.
I don't think Stephano's preparation was anywhere near what we would expect from a pro player. Pros don't really consider streaming as a proper preparation. They have to study their opponent, prepare with their team mates, prepare some custom strats for their opponent (which do need to be kept off stream), etc... Stephano was pretty much playing for fun and only on stream.
On May 02 2014 07:12 Kitai wrote: Stephano such a baller. Who else could go from retirement to premier league?
Stardust went from the army to premier league. Nestea went from a B-teamer/Coach to 3 time GSL Champion.
How can these be comparable ? Nestea, as much as I love him, was part of a Starcraft team and had no other occupation after SC2 was released. Also the time spam was much bigger and SC2 was a new game, so being coach at the end of BW era did not really hurt him, more likely it helped him transition more easily.
Edit: That said, after watching some of his stream, I don't think he really can be in the top of the top in Premier league (provided he still has time). But you got to give credits where they are due.
On May 02 2014 07:12 Amiralsims wrote: Where is the EG Curse ? :D
Watch til the end :D
God, so much nostalgia... Best year of foreign StarCraft 2 that we had. All the shenanigan videos from EG, Stephano having the best time of his life and most importantly we still had foreign players to win tournaments. Good ol' times!
On topic: GOGO STEPHANO! Winning a WCS title while studying would be pretty epic! :D
This is not going to happen, but wouldn't it be awesome if Stephano could make it all the way to the final using only SH? He would be both killing and rejuvenating the game at the same time thanks to his presence.
It's great Stephano made it, but i don't get it. Is he still on EG? According to the EG HP he isn't (klick me). According to Liquipedia he isn't either. I'm confused. It doesn't matter all that much anyway, I guess I'd just like to know
On May 02 2014 18:44 looken wrote: It's great Stephano made it, but i don't get it. Is he still on EG? According to the EG HP he isn't (klick me). According to Liquipedia he isn't either. I'm confused. It doesn't matter all that much anyway, I guess I'd just like to know
Wai, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... Stephano is back? He really is back? Really? Shieeeeeeet, I gotta come back into the scene too now *__*
On May 02 2014 19:26 Fleshcut wrote: Wai, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... Stephano is back? He really is back? Really? Shieeeeeeet, I gotta come back into the scene too now *__*
nah, he just plays a bit retired for fun and rapes progamers 3-0 cause he is fucking imba ^^ (and also his enemy refuses to use sh^^)
On May 02 2014 07:12 Kitai wrote: Stephano such a baller. Who else could go from retirement to premier league?
when retirement means spamming ladder games, quite a few people.
He only streams on break, and he pretty much only plays when he streams, So we may see a week of streams then 2 weeks of none, then off and on after-university streams Like others said before me, there was no preparation specifically for the match, he did not study Starbuck, he just reacted perfectly.
On May 02 2014 18:44 looken wrote: It's great Stephano made it, but i don't get it. Is he still on EG? According to the EG HP he isn't (klick me). According to Liquipedia he isn't either. I'm confused. It doesn't matter all that much anyway, I guess I'd just like to know
He still Streams for EG, since he has hours left on his contract (I don't know how many more) but since he is/was retired, he really wouldn't be on any team. :D
EPT
god i miss him... 
