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vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
July 20 2014 14:54 GMT
#81
Well done by Taeja, and a great finals indeed.

Will be good to see them both at IEM Worlds.
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
fmod
Profile Blog Joined November 2013
Cayman Islands330 Posts
July 20 2014 15:00 GMT
#82
Grats to Taeja, it was a good final, Solar played good as well.
I don't particularly like you.
Green_25
Profile Joined June 2013
Great Britain696 Posts
July 20 2014 15:10 GMT
#83
On July 20 2014 22:09 gneGne wrote:
I think there are way more Terran players that do just that Mojito99. TaeJa just does it ALL. In particular I would admire his crisis management which is just stellar... What is his weakness? I sincerely can't think of anything. He doesn't do 11/11 maybe...? He barely won against Solar though, which shows just how good that kid Solar is as well.

This is the secret. He doesn't make mistakes.
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
July 20 2014 15:11 GMT
#84
On July 20 2014 23:40 Mojito99 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 20 2014 23:14 Dingodile wrote:
On July 20 2014 22:18 phil.ipp wrote:
why should he retire?

if i would have pain when playing AND i dont win money at all -> retire

if i have pain when playing AND i win thousands of dollars with it -> go take some painkillers

And what if the game makes no fun to play? Look on "Pro Opinions", someone said that wm buff killed most fun protoss strat "zealot/templar" and force more the most boring protoss strat with many collossi.

You should notice that Blizzard like to kill interesting strategies and force more in most boring strat by all 3 races, preferably that all 3 races only use one strat until lategame.



asking for both perfect balance and diversity does not work in an RTS

perfect balance is useless if it makes no fun <- biggest problem in sc2 imo. RTS Design of sc2 is so terrible. If the game is fun to play and balance is great/ok then balance has not a high value.
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
CCa1ss1e
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada3231 Posts
July 20 2014 15:17 GMT
#85
Haven't been watching too many tournaments lately.. so many other games on the go. Great job to Taeja though, well done.
~ The Ultimate Weapon
Tenda
Profile Joined October 2009
United States146 Posts
July 20 2014 15:21 GMT
#86
When are we allowed to call taeja the fist sc2 bonjwa?
ReachTheSky
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3294 Posts
July 20 2014 15:24 GMT
#87
Taeja is a bonjwa. I'm fairly certain he has won the most premier events out of any player. Liquid fighting!!!
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Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24604 Posts
July 20 2014 15:25 GMT
#88
VODs?
Varroth
Profile Joined April 2014
Sweden471 Posts
July 20 2014 15:29 GMT
#89
Fk i hate the people that say koreans outside of KR couldnt possibly take a game of any of the people in Code S that they couldnt possibly even get Code A that their Code B level all of them MC JD Taeja Polt Bomber etc..
annoying
Top10 favorite players: 1. Jaedong 2. Naniwa 3. Maru 4. ThorZaIN 5. Taeja 6. HerO 7. MC 8. Hyun 9. Soulkey 10. herO
SLCMemento
Profile Joined February 2013
13 Posts
July 20 2014 15:42 GMT
#90
On July 21 2014 00:29 Varroth wrote:
Fk i hate the people that say koreans outside of KR couldnt possibly take a game of any of the people in Code S that they couldnt possibly even get Code A that their Code B level all of them MC JD Taeja Polt Bomber etc..
annoying


I agree, I really hope this silences the critics of not only TaeJa, but all the other players like that(jaedong, polt, etc.). Its getting really hard to argue that TaeJa is not the best player in the world.

I think the GSL, like all tournaments local to a specific area, of course will benefit players that live/work in the local scene, but if a truly great player wins tournaments against those very same GSL players, who the hell cares if its not on Korean soil. As long as the conditions are fair, it means nothing.

Go look at the players TaeJa has beat at this tournament and Dreamhack Bucharest last year as well for example. The best of the best, including GSL players.
"My life for hire"
Vaftrudner
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden1185 Posts
July 20 2014 15:45 GMT
#91
On July 21 2014 00:21 Tenda wrote:
When are we allowed to call taeja the fist sc2 bonjwa?

If he wins a couple of Korean tournaments. Some people will always doubt him while he doesn't have GSL or OSL pins. And I don't even know if he's the best player right now, there are other candidates. Taeja is just very visible, he goes to more tournaments than most players.

But in the end, who gives a fuck. It's pure joy to watch him play. Does it need labels? Taeja is Taeja and I feel like a kitten with its mommy when watching him.
"Starcraft 2 was designed to have a best race. You play the worst one." - Day9
gneGne
Profile Joined June 2007
Netherlands697 Posts
July 20 2014 15:54 GMT
#92
Of course, Solar is not really the most successful player in ProLeague and he showed TaeJa a good fight. But it also works the other way around, Solar beat Maru (the player with the highest amount of wins ProLeague) in the qualifiers, and we can see why! I think this result shows that TaeJa certainly can play with the best of them, and there certainly is no mentionable skill gap between some of the players that are not competing in Korea. The competition is just deadly and I think a most players can take maps from each other.
Faust852
Profile Joined February 2012
Luxembourg4004 Posts
July 20 2014 15:55 GMT
#93
Who said Taeja can't compete again Kespa and GSSL players again ? hahahha, I'm really happy for him. Another 10k to the bank.
Airplaneman
Profile Joined May 2011
United States9 Posts
July 20 2014 16:08 GMT
#94
On July 20 2014 15:33 Kitai wrote:
Solar seemed to crack mentally after coming so close to clenching the tournament in game 6 and then getting shut down. When the break ended after that game and TaeJa gave a thumbs up going into game 7, I was sure he had it.

Truth be told though, as much as I like TaeJa, Solar was the better player in the long, intense macro games.


That's because zerg is favored in the late game.
Constasius
Profile Joined July 2014
Canada4 Posts
July 20 2014 16:16 GMT
#95
On July 21 2014 00:25 Heartland wrote:
VODs?

VOD:

I am
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6335 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 16:22:41
July 20 2014 16:21 GMT
#96
On July 21 2014 00:24 ReachTheSky wrote:
Taeja is a bonjwa. I'm fairly certain he has won the most premier events out of any player. Liquid fighting!!!


And like 9 in the last year? That is as good as we are going to see with the way SC2 works. As far as I'm concerned, Teaja is an absolute legend.
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
July 20 2014 16:31 GMT
#97
nobody can be a bonjiwa. it means wins tournaments >80% of the year and pure dominant at playing. So far we have seen in sc2, Mvp 2011 is closer to bonjiwa than taeja's best year. I am not sure about Nestea. These 3 are in top3 if we talk a potential bonjiwa.
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24604 Posts
July 20 2014 16:43 GMT
#98
On July 21 2014 01:16 Constasius wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 21 2014 00:25 Heartland wrote:
VODs?

VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBQVlPci0VU


Thankies
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37114 Posts
July 20 2014 16:46 GMT
#99
TAEJA TOO GOOD!!!
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3548 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-20 16:48:26
July 20 2014 16:47 GMT
#100
Taeja has won 8 primier tournaments in HotS, the second most primier winning player in HotS is Polt with 3 titles.
Taeja is an absolute legend and it's sad if we only realize this, when he's already gone. No player comes close and all this with the supposedly "weak race."
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
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