In the din of MLG Dallas 2012, the crowd roared with euphoria. Here were the titans of Brood War. Finally unleashed into the world of SC2. The greatest of the old game had come like a tidal wave crashing down onto the shores of the SC2 world. Their names reverberated through the entire hall, names like Fantasy, Stork, Bisu, Flash, Jaedong, and Leta had captured the imaginations of the fans and audiences. These were giants of Brood War. They had carried with them all of their experience, skills and legacies for all to see. They were to be the future of SC2 as the champions of Brood War fought the new champions of SC2 in a battle for supremacy.
It was a false prophecy. None of the old champions of Brood War beyond Jaedong and Flash have ever challenged for a title. Even with the Tyrant's modest success, he has yet to be considered among the best Zergs and his legacy in SC2 has reads more like a Kong's than a champion's. Flash's lone appearance in a final was at an MLG when HoTS was still in its infancy. Rather, it would be the 2013 Proleague Finals where many of the future Champions of SC2 arose. It was a desperate battle between STX_Soul and Woongjin Stars. Neither team had been to a final in ten years. Neither had ever won a Proleague title. Both teams were on the verge of disbanding. But both got to that finals on the strength of their skills alone. Those Kespa players that were invited to MLG were invited on their name value alone. But the players here earned their place in the finals by right of conquest. And after their climactic battle they dispersed.
And many of them went on to dominate the scene. Soulkey won WCS KR 1 and became the best Zerg of 2013. Innovation won WCS Season 1 Finals and was one of the most feared players of 2013. sOs became the Million Dollar Man. Dear walked back-to-back Royal Roads. Trap just won MLG Anaheim. And now it is Classic’s turn.
Classic. The heir to two legacies with the soul of STX and the training of an SKT player. He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL. Before this season he was an invaluable member of the SKT lineup; a solid Proleague player that has earned his spot ahead of old timers like ParalyzE and FanTaSy. But that was all he was. Just one solid player amidst champions. On STX, it used to be Innovation before his other teammates started to come to the fore, like Dear and Trap. And all he could do was watch from afar as his ex-teammates took championship after championship after championship.
And his new team, SKT wasn’t any different. Rain to his left. Parting to his right. Soulkey behind him. For a player so often in the company of Champions, did Classic ever wonder when it would be his turn to rise, his turn to challenge for the title? For Classic, he has waited 6 years. He made his debut in Brood War as a Terran in Proleague. 4 years later he switched to SC2 before realizing that with his career on the line, switching races was the right thing to do. 1 year after that he went on to challenge for the PL Finals with STX. And now, here on SKT T1 he will finally have his chance to fight for the most prestigious title in SC2, the title of the strongest. And all he has to do is defeat soO one more time.
The Silver Lining
At this point in soO’s career, the question is no longer whether he is the best Zerg player in the world. The question is if any Zerg is within the same stratosphere of skill as he is right now. RorO is dead in Code A. Jaedong was gone in Ro32. Life went down in the ro16. Soulkey failed in the ro8. And soO? Back-to-back-to-back GSL Finals. There has never been a player in the history of SC2 to make it to three consecutive Code S finals, the hardest tournament in the world.
And in many ways, soO’s path to this finals was once again against all expectations and beliefs. On the other hand, Classic came from a team of Champions and then went on to join a team of Champions. Both teams were famed for their Protoss line-ups. He was a valuable member in Proleague and was consistently doing better and better and better in individual leagues. While many weren’t expecting him to reach a title challenge so soon, very few were surprised when he did.
When soO made his first ever finals, it was against everything every SKT fan had ever believed in. He was the heir to the line of the T1 Zerg, a line that was known for its mediocrity and disappointment. soO was supposed to fail. He was supposed to disappoint. Instead he was SKT’s last hope for a championship that season. So when he lost, his run was quickly forgotten as many jumped on the Dear bandwagon.
And then the season after that soO once again made it to the GSL finals. If making it to the GSL Finals once wasn’t enough to convince people he was one of the best zergs in the world, making it to the GSL finals twice forced them to pay attention. He was the second ever to make it to consecutive GSL finals (after Mvp) and had defeated the hardest the world had to field against him twice to make it this far.
And again, soO lost. And once again, soO clawed his way back to another GSL Finals. If reaching the pinnacle of the sport twice in succession still wasn't enough to convince us all that he was the best Zerg in the world, his third finals in a row should have banished all his doubters. soO has broken records and written a story of his own. He was no longer just a “T1 Zerg”. He was SKT1_soO. The best Zerg in the world. The first to ever reach three finals in a row. In a time when SC2 is at its most competitive, when players can go from top 2 at Blizzcon to out in the ro32 to 6 pylons, soO is making consistency look easy.
But with all stories, comes conflict, and now soO must fight the legacy he has inadvertently joined. The legacy that plagued MKP his entire career. The legacy that Yellow could never escape. The legacy of the Kong. If soO loses here, this will be the third time he will have lost a GSL finals. The third time he will have lost to a Protoss. And the fans are clamoring for it, demanding it, almost salivating for it. A gold after two silvers makes a nice story about hard work. But three silvers and you are MKP reborn. The Yellow of SC2. The man to inherit the silver stool of MKP. soO must fight with all his might to escape this destiny that seems almost inevitable in the eyes of his disbelievers.
Overall thoughts and predictions
PvZ has been one of Classic’s better matchups so far this year. He likes to play classic Collosus Void Ray macro styles and generally takes it to the late game. Or he likes to end it early with his cannon rushes. While many credit sOs as the king of the cannons in Korea, Classic has been just as prolific and possibly even more successful in cannon rushes than his Jin_Air counterpart.
As for soO, it should be noted that beyond Zest, he barely ever loses ZvPs. He made the muta-corruptor style famous and the only alternative to Swarm Hosts for late game macro ZvPs. The most notable thing about his run is that he beat Trap, herO and Parting fairly convincingly, but ended up losing his group stage games to Classic.
And to further complicate matters is how TRUE beat Zest. He used a completely new style of ZvP with mass queens, lings and corruptors. And soO has proven himself to be an adept learner of new styles before and can very well adopt TRUE’s style to beat any pre-emptive mass Stargate builds Classic might use to hard counter soO’s typical Muta-Corruptor style.
Another important factor to consider is the fact that they are both teammates and have probably seen everything that the other has to offer, making this finals an extremely mind-game intensive one. Because of that, I favor Classic slightly. He may be the more inexperienced player, but he doesn’t have to deal with the pressure of becoming MKP reborn if he loses. On top of that, soO’s openers are generally hatch first or 15 pool leaving Classic the choice to cannon rush or nexus first with impunity.
it's about time soO takes home something other than 2nd place, but at the same time Classic is reaching his first finals after 6 years of progaming... dunno who to root for
Not the final i was hoping for at the start of the season. High tier players but not the best, this match should have been quarters at best. I Think Classic wins this 4-3.
There has never been a player in the history of SC2 to make it to three consecutive finals
Do TaeJa's 3 consecutive HSCs count?
Good catch! But there's no arguing which of the two is the more impressive feat...
I'm not saying it is but this fact is said in the 2nd part of the sentence:
much less three consecutive finals in the hardest tournament in the world.
. Obviously GSL finals are way more impressive. Actually 3 GSL silvers are more impressive than 3 HSC golds.
How does everyone forget so fast? MC is two games away from his fourth consecutive WCS finals, he already did what soO has just done two months ago
I'm pretty sure Mvp was in 3 consecutive finals of GSL at one point, but the facct is MC and Mvp are all more accomplished players than soO, also MC has 3 consecutive finals in WCS EU, not GSL, WCS EU is much easier than GSL, even if MC is the numberr one player in terms of rankings now, he is not better than soO, but he did appear in 3 GSL finals before, the two he won and the one with Seed
If soO wins there won't be a back-to-back-to-back-to-back GSL finals as he will find satisfaction to finally breath and relax. That's why I want Classic to win. It will also make soO's story more dramatic than ever, hohoho.
Acting like flash and JD are good at SC2 is such a waste of time... one gets mailed to more tourneys than any other korean and the other actually has 0 results
On June 27 2014 19:40 Nripesh wrote: SoO diserves to win. Classic = Protoss = Diserves nuthin at all.
Hey, if you really feel that way about Protoss...
[Morpheus voice] You have a choice to make. If you pick soO, the cycle of imba is broken, the game remains the same and you can believe whatever you want to. If you take Classic, the imba is revealed, and I show you what nerfs might be coming... [/Morpheus voice]
Isn't it like first time from 3 when soO is predicted to lose? TIME TO GET THIS GOLD. <3
On June 27 2014 18:16 KappaKingPrime wrote: Last season Zest had a hard time beating soO, Classic has pretty low chance here. Aligulac has different opinion though. + Show Spoiler +
There has never been a player in the history of SC2 to make it to three consecutive finals
Do TaeJa's 3 consecutive HSCs count?
Good catch! But there's no arguing which of the two is the more impressive feat...
I'm not saying it is but this fact is said in the 2nd part of the sentence:
much less three consecutive finals in the hardest tournament in the world.
. Obviously GSL finals are way more impressive. Actually 3 GSL silvers are more impressive than 3 HSC golds.
How does everyone forget so fast? MC is two games away from his fourth consecutive WCS finals, he already did what soO has just done two months ago
I'm pretty sure Mvp was in 3 consecutive finals of GSL at one point, but the facct is MC and Mvp are all more accomplished players than soO, also MC has 3 consecutive finals in WCS EU, not GSL, WCS EU is much easier than GSL, even if MC is the numberr one player in terms of rankings now, he is not better than soO, but he did appear in 3 GSL finals before, the two he won and the one with Seed
MC - Right. Mvp - He wasn't. He won the first non open season, then MC won a season, then he won GSL WC, then NesTea won, then Polt won SuperTournament, then NesTea won, then Mvp won, then Mvp lost to MMA and then it was jjakji vs Leenock.
Wow people are really unaware of the skillgap between soo and classic. Unless soo does not prepare at all he will win 4-0. Skillwise Classic should have made it to the ro8 at best... we will see though.
On June 27 2014 23:22 duckk wrote: Wow people are really unaware of the skillgap between soo and classic. Unless soo does not prepare at all he will win 4-0. Skillwise Classic should have made it to the ro8 at best... we will see though.
Rofl, please. If it was Classic who made 3 finals in a row and soO was best Zerg in Proleague for a year, you would have said that it's soO who doesn't deserve shit.
There are too many top Protosses right now, can you say top-3? Without a single doubt? Or at least top-5? Yes, we know that soO is best Zerg, yes, we know that Maru is best Terran.
On June 27 2014 23:00 Heartland wrote: The map wins and losses felt a bit odd. SoO winning Alterzim and Habitation? Hrm.
Funnily enough, those were 2 maps which soO threw. Well, as well as Yeonsu, in last finals.
He was the second ever to make it to consecutive GSL finals (after Mvp) and had defeated the hardest the world had to field against him twice to make it this far.
Eh, the wording on that is technically correct, but Nestea also won two consecutive code S finals.
It's still hard to see soO as a favorite even with 3 GSL finals appearances in a row. He went Ro4/Ro8 in the last two BW OSLs and was coming up as an important player in SKT's PL lineup but his SC2 run still caught people by surprise. Many lesser BW players were hyped up more than him during the transition to SC2.
On June 27 2014 16:47 Fus wrote: Not the final i was hoping for at the start of the season. High tier players but not the best, this match should have been quarters at best. I Think Classic wins this 4-3.
On June 27 2014 23:22 duckk wrote: Wow people are really unaware of the skillgap between soo and classic. Unless soo does not prepare at all he will win 4-0. Skillwise Classic should have made it to the ro8 at best... we will see though.
Rofl, please. If it was Classic who made 3 finals in a row and soO was best Zerg in Proleague for a year, you would have said that it's soO who doesn't deserve shit.
There are too many top Protosses right now, can you say top-3? Without a single doubt? Or at least top-5? Yes, we know that soO is best Zerg, yes, we know that Maru is best Terran.
On June 27 2014 23:00 Heartland wrote: The map wins and losses felt a bit odd. SoO winning Alterzim and Habitation? Hrm.
Funnily enough, those were 2 maps which soO threw. Well, as well as Yeonsu, in last finals.
? or maybe it is because I frequently play both soo and classic on ladder and notice a clear skill difference is both strategy and micro/macro. Maru is very skilled and arguably one of the best terrans, but he is not the very best... silly boy lol.
"He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
On June 27 2014 23:22 duckk wrote: Wow people are really unaware of the skillgap between soo and classic. Unless soo does not prepare at all he will win 4-0. Skillwise Classic should have made it to the ro8 at best... we will see though.
What will your excuse be after the finals when nothing like this happens, and why is Classic in the finals if he is Ro8 material at best?
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
I'm so happy to have a SKT1 finals, since it's my favorite team. I'm gonna give a slight edge to Classic on this one, but I think it'll be close. Both have a shot at winning.
I don't see Classic winning this at all, even though soO is close to becoming the next MKP he still is close to becoming the first sc2 bonjwa. Even though I have soO winning this will most definitely be a 4-3 or a 4-2 for soO.
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
Yes 2 polt's on the same PL team would be quite awesome.
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
Note though that this is the terran Rain, not SKT1Rain
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
Note though that this is the terran Rain, not SKT1Rain
Rain vs Boxer on Metalopolis at MLG, never forget T > T
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
TSLLife?
everyone knows Zenex is the best dead team.
Life Byun Genius Hack Puzzle Coca Avenge Pet Suhoshin
And of course LegalMind
EDIT: Though yea Zombie TSL would be a monster to deal with, that list doesn't even include Center (also ex Azubu), Tester, aLive, or Heart
Good read but I don't know how you can say JD "has yet to be considered among the best Zergs" after last year. Maybe not all-time best yet (Nestea, DRG, Life, etc. easily hold that) but he was definitely one of the best of 2013...
Anyways, speaking of best zergs, hoping soO finally gets his long deserved GSL title!
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
Note though that this is the terran Rain, not SKT1Rain
Rain vs Boxer on Metalopolis at MLG, never forget T > T
oh baby thats some sweet stuff
edit: soO hwaiting! although it would be so funny yet sad if he got a 3rd 2nd place...
also whats up with his PL record? its so mediocre for a player who is currently the definition of consistency.
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
TSLLife?
everyone knows Zenex is the best dead team.
Life Byun Genius Hack Puzzle Coca Avenge Pet Suhoshin
And of course LegalMind
EDIT: Though yea Zombie TSL would be a monster to deal with, that list doesn't even include Center (also ex Azubu), Tester, aLive, or Heart
San and TaeJa were also on Zenex as well as Cutter who spared everyone his wrath
On June 27 2014 16:47 Fus wrote: Not the final i was hoping for at the start of the season. High tier players but not the best, this match should have been quarters at best. I Think Classic wins this 4-3.
You just sound salty that your likely favorite player is out. Do not take away from these players and say they don't deserve it, if they didn't they wouldn't be here. SoO wins 4-2 or 4-3.
sOo should just be responsive all games like he did on Alterzim.Thrice the 2nd place is no fun and a humiliating scenario on his side. SoO is a fucking beast at ro16, ro8 to ro4 but then he transforms completely like a scrub in the finals.soO the best zerg at the moment? Well, his zvz and zvt's at best but is not comparable to Solar's or Byul's ZvP or RoRo's.
SoO's ZvP is so beastly around ro32, ro16 and was only wrecked by Classic in r08, notalble protosses he killed were sOs and cj hero both have good pvz.Classic's wreckage to soO continues in the finals. I just don't understand sOo. LOL. WOuld have been better if this was sOo vs Maru finals.
the last 4 Gsl winner was toss why you guys surprised? The last patches change nothing on toss so it was sure a toss wins. We look to other Tournaments why Teaja wins? Becouse in the Tournaments was no realy good Tossplayer at his skilllevel.
On June 29 2014 01:38 JokerAi wrote: the last 4 Gsl winner was toss why you guys surprised? The last patches change nothing on toss so it was sure a toss wins. We look to other Tournaments why Teaja wins? Becouse in the Tournaments was no realy good Tossplayer at his skilllevel.
Poor SoO. His three second place finishes combined don't pay as much as one first place finish in WCS KR. I really don't like that. WCS EU has a better prize distribution, IMO. MC got $25,000 for first place and MMA got $15,000 for second.
On June 27 2014 23:22 duckk wrote: Wow people are really unaware of the skillgap between soo and classic. Unless soo does not prepare at all he will win 4-0. Skillwise Classic should have made it to the ro8 at best... we will see though.
gotta feel a little silly with that confidence now.
would have loved to have seen soO win... he was so due and deserved it. unfortunate. are there VODs up?
Disappointing finals. Classic didn't even seem to play extremely well, his macro was very off which the commentators picked up on. He had nearly 2k mins and gas for so long with lots of available supply and still managed to win.
On June 27 2014 23:22 duckk wrote: Wow people are really unaware of the skillgap between soo and classic. Unless soo does not prepare at all he will win 4-0. Skillwise Classic should have made it to the ro8 at best... we will see though.
gotta feel a little silly with that confidence now.
would have loved to have seen soO win... he was so due and deserved it. unfortunate. are there VODs up?
It was evident soo practiced zvp and not zvclassic. Ask anybody else who has recently played both soo and classic and they will say soo is far far better. However preparation is the most important thing for this format as we saw with nestea for a long while. Better luck next season soo.
On June 29 2014 03:12 Salient wrote: Poor SoO. His three second place finishes combined don't pay as much as one first place finish in WCS KR. I really don't like that. WCS EU has a better prize distribution, IMO. MC got $25,000 for first place and MMA got $15,000 for second.
Pretty sure the Korean players asked for a more top heavy prize distribution.
On June 28 2014 01:11 Die4Ever wrote: "He will now be the 4th player from the old STX line to challenge for a title, and the third to challenge for the hardest title in the world, the GSL." holy shit lol, best ded team since oGs
IDK, slayers is a pretty good dead team.
PLS bring back STXSouL
STX is a top heavy punch and Slayers is more a huge pool of talent that never came to fruition.
This cannot be argued. It is impressive the number of talented players in slayers though regardless.
TSL went through a lot of talent too. Imagine this team in PL today: TSLFruitdealer TSLPolt TSLRain TSLSymbol TSLRagnaroK TSLPuMa TSLLife TSLKiller TSLJYP TSLHyuN TSLRevival TSLPolt
ZeNEX.Life Polt.Prime aka Optimus.Prime
Polt was the captain of TSL after leaving Prime though.
On June 27 2014 20:23 MysterySC wrote: Acting like flash and JD are good at SC2 is such a waste of time... one gets mailed to more tourneys than any other korean and the other actually has 0 results
dont compare Flash with JD, JD sucks, Flash was better than him in BW and he is still better than JD, at least he rocks in Proleague, JD sucks everywhere, in ATC, in WCS AM
Classic has had some nice builds this season, would be nice for him to win. Honestly just hoping for a good match- dont care too much about either of these players.
EPT
Classic’s turn.
soO’s career, the question is no longer whether he is the best Zerg player in the world. The question is if any Zerg is within the same stratosphere of skill as he is right now. RorO is dead in Code A. Jaedong was gone in Ro32. Life went down in the ro16. Soulkey failed in the ro8. And soO? Back-to-back-to-back GSL Finals. There has never been a player in the history of SC2 to make it to three consecutive Code S finals, the hardest tournament in the world.
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