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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
October 05 2014 16:55 GMT
#21
On October 06 2014 01:00 AFSpeeDy wrote:
In the last game on Deadwing, soO didn't went for an roach ling bane attack, he went for the 1-1 Roach build but never commited to it.

Yeah if he went full Courage he would have won that game.
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ZiNKO
Profile Blog Joined October 2014
23 Posts
October 05 2014 17:02 GMT
#22
Fun thing to note: Inovation is the first player to place secend in a GSL and then win a GSL later
gratz to him!
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
October 05 2014 17:14 GMT
#23
On October 06 2014 02:02 ZiNKO wrote:
Fun thing to note: Inovation is the first player to place secend in a GSL and then win a GSL later
gratz to him!


MMA did it too, if you count the super tournament as a GSL.
Yakikorosu
Profile Joined March 2013
1203 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-05 17:35:37
October 05 2014 17:31 GMT
#24
On October 06 2014 02:02 ZiNKO wrote:
Fun thing to note: Inovation is the first player to place secend in a GSL and then win a GSL later
gratz to him!



I guess you're also only counting players where that win was their first win? Because Mvp finished second in a GSL (to MMA) and later won (against Squirtle) but he'd already won before he finished second.

Edit: Also while we're on the subject of history, soO now has the record for most second-place finishes in GSL tournaments (previously he was tied with MarineKing who finished second in GSL Open Season 2, GSL Code S 2011 January and GSL World Championship 2011).
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
October 05 2014 17:48 GMT
#25
On October 06 2014 02:31 Yakikorosu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 06 2014 02:02 ZiNKO wrote:
Fun thing to note: Inovation is the first player to place secend in a GSL and then win a GSL later
gratz to him!



I guess you're also only counting players where that win was their first win? Because Mvp finished second in a GSL (to MMA) and later won (against Squirtle) but he'd already won before he finished second.

Edit: Also while we're on the subject of history, soO now has the record for most second-place finishes in GSL tournaments (previously he was tied with MarineKing who finished second in GSL Open Season 2, GSL Code S 2011 January and GSL World Championship 2011).

What happens if SoO gets second at Blizzcon?
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Yiome
Profile Joined February 2014
China1687 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-05 18:19:55
October 05 2014 18:19 GMT
#26
Great writing
make me wonder if destructicon and I watched the same games ><
and soO... just... pls win another silver at blizzcon
hfsrj
Profile Joined October 2012
Germany166 Posts
October 05 2014 18:36 GMT
#27


This is not true. soO went for a 1-1 roach build. Lair (to get out a fast roach speed) into double ranged upgrades and a roach warren. Additionally he cut zergling speed completely in the early game. There were no banelings or speedlings involved.
This would have been a mass roach build, no zerglings or banelings involved.


Indeed. The lair first (before warren !) is a... hint.
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
October 05 2014 18:50 GMT
#28
When I saw the topic I hoped ther would have been a "like a bus reference" Don't know why, Finals felt like that too me.
Redrot
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
United States446 Posts
October 05 2014 19:06 GMT
#29
On October 06 2014 00:40 Trasko wrote:


This tweet is so heartbreaking. Perhaps one day he'll get a first place finish.

Global finals... and then he will lose to the least expected person to win, say jjakji or san
I root for CJ because their fb posts are hilarious
Yakikorosu
Profile Joined March 2013
1203 Posts
October 05 2014 21:14 GMT
#30
On October 06 2014 04:06 Redrot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 06 2014 00:40 Trasko wrote:
https://twitter.com/SKT1soO/status/516027292636946432

This tweet is so heartbreaking. Perhaps one day he'll get a first place finish.

Global finals... and then he will lose to the least expected person to win, say jjakji or san


This just in: GSL's decision at the start of this year to decrease the runner-up prize pool and increase the champion prize pool was made by Mvp as the ultimate revenge against soO.
fezvez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
France3021 Posts
October 05 2014 21:16 GMT
#31
Honestly, the recap makes me remember how weak the games were overall. Only game 6 was decent. I don't mind some cheese here and there, I even welcome it (hello Mvp vs Squirtle game 7) but 5 allins in a row is a pretty dumb sight.

Well, at least I can pretend that the players metagaming each other was "soooooo smart"
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
October 05 2014 22:04 GMT
#32
On October 06 2014 00:25 ChriS-X wrote:
tis destiny for soo to lose to a team mate in the finals


Zest and Dear to SKT1 confirmed.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
Scoobers
Profile Joined May 2013
48 Posts
October 05 2014 22:10 GMT
#33
I told you guys long time ago that this GSL was Innovation's for obvious reasons

Jokes aside, I really wanted Soo to win, I like that guy so much and 4 consecutive GSL finals and all 4 being 2nd places... I wouldn't be able to live with it if I were him. Hope he doesn't give up nor go into a slump.
Gogogo the Silver Surfer!
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24238 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-05 22:13:47
October 05 2014 22:13 GMT
#34
I actually hope soO can begin to build himself around that unprecedented amount of silvers. If he manages to build a character or a public image as "the silver surfer", maybe in the end he'll get some recognition and will overcome that mentally crippling loss. But as it is, it's really disheartening to see him never managing to climb that last step. Imagine he loses in finals in Blizzcon to boot...
HopLight
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden999 Posts
October 05 2014 22:39 GMT
#35
God, I don't even like soo but this is hearbreaking. 4 times in a row Code S finals is unprecedented and the only thing he will be remembered for is failing in the finals .
Yhamm
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
France7248 Posts
October 05 2014 22:43 GMT
#36
I like this picture of INnoVation in a STX uniform
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Hadi2289
Profile Joined December 2013
Germany27 Posts
October 05 2014 22:52 GMT
#37
Isn't this story of soO kinda the same as the story of Jaedong last year? JD also had multiple 2nd places and even finished Blizzcon in 2nd :/ I hope soO gets 1st if Jaedong gets knocked out of Blizzcon by Scarlett/Pigbaby/HerO (due to winning WCS AM). If JD stays in, I'm going to smash my Keyboard just to support him to get 1st!
iGX
Profile Joined June 2010
Australia414 Posts
October 05 2014 23:11 GMT
#38
On October 06 2014 07:52 Hadi2289 wrote:
Isn't this story of soO kinda the same as the story of Jaedong last year? JD also had multiple 2nd places and even finished Blizzcon in 2nd :/ I hope soO gets 1st if Jaedong gets knocked out of Blizzcon by Scarlett/Pigbaby/HerO (due to winning WCS AM). If JD stays in, I'm going to smash my Keyboard just to support him to get 1st!


What you're saying is right but the big difference between JD and soO was 4 consecutive runner ups (6 if you count dreamhack and proleague) in the year. JD was second place across several tournaments in a span of about 5 months.
When your bases are ashes...then you have my permission to "GG".
Yakikorosu
Profile Joined March 2013
1203 Posts
October 05 2014 23:20 GMT
#39
On October 06 2014 08:11 iGX wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 06 2014 07:52 Hadi2289 wrote:
Isn't this story of soO kinda the same as the story of Jaedong last year? JD also had multiple 2nd places and even finished Blizzcon in 2nd :/ I hope soO gets 1st if Jaedong gets knocked out of Blizzcon by Scarlett/Pigbaby/HerO (due to winning WCS AM). If JD stays in, I'm going to smash my Keyboard just to support him to get 1st!


What you're saying is right but the big difference between JD and soO was 4 consecutive runner ups (6 if you count dreamhack and proleague) in the year. JD was second place across several tournaments in a span of about 5 months.


I agree they're similar, but soO's story is much more amazing than Jaedong because he's playing in Code S. Making it to the finals of assorted foreign tournaments multiple times is impressive, making it to four Code S finals four times in a row is insane. Jaedong was a huge fan favorite but no one thought he was the best Zerg in the world in 2013. soO almost certainly IS the best Zerg in the world in 2014, which makes his streak all the more amazing.
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
October 05 2014 23:47 GMT
#40
On October 06 2014 08:20 Yakikorosu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 06 2014 08:11 iGX wrote:
On October 06 2014 07:52 Hadi2289 wrote:
Isn't this story of soO kinda the same as the story of Jaedong last year? JD also had multiple 2nd places and even finished Blizzcon in 2nd :/ I hope soO gets 1st if Jaedong gets knocked out of Blizzcon by Scarlett/Pigbaby/HerO (due to winning WCS AM). If JD stays in, I'm going to smash my Keyboard just to support him to get 1st!


What you're saying is right but the big difference between JD and soO was 4 consecutive runner ups (6 if you count dreamhack and proleague) in the year. JD was second place across several tournaments in a span of about 5 months.


I agree they're similar, but soO's story is much more amazing than Jaedong because he's playing in Code S. Making it to the finals of assorted foreign tournaments multiple times is impressive, making it to four Code S finals four times in a row is insane. Jaedong was a huge fan favorite but no one thought he was the best Zerg in the world in 2013. soO almost certainly IS the best Zerg in the world in 2014, which makes his streak all the more amazing.

Talk about revisionist history, plenty of people thought he was the best zerg, and coming second in that wcs finals thing they did after every tournament is arguably more impressive then coming second in gsl.
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