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Road to BlizzCon #1 - SKT1_Classic - WCS 2014 - Page 4

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Adept
Profile Joined December 2009
United States472 Posts
October 16 2014 23:00 GMT
#61
This was an awesome writeup, so excited to have these going again!!
"HSC casting is essentially an LR thread read aloud." -ThomasjServo
ZAiNs
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom6525 Posts
October 16 2014 23:05 GMT
#62
This doesn't look like Hyun at all o_o.

[image loading]
Shinespark
Profile Joined June 2011
Chile843 Posts
October 16 2014 23:11 GMT
#63
Am I the only one that doesn't care in the slightest about Classic?
"I, for one, welcome our new Korean overlords."
wrier
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada291 Posts
October 16 2014 23:14 GMT
#64
If Classic wins this years Blizzcon I will be sad.

I actually believe he has the skill to do it, he's actually pretty solid, but fuck man, that would just be so sad considering how many fan favorites we have to win this tournament.
Dreamer.T
Profile Joined December 2009
United States3584 Posts
October 16 2014 23:29 GMT
#65
Next one will be Life.
Forever the best, IMMvp <3
royalroadweed
Profile Joined April 2013
United States8301 Posts
October 16 2014 23:39 GMT
#66
On October 17 2014 08:11 Shinespark wrote:
Am I the only one that doesn't care in the slightest about Classic?

I not that interested in him either. The only player I'm less interested in is Jjakji. However, I'm looking forward to his games vs polt. The series they played at IEM earlier this year was very entertaining.
"Nerfing Toss can just make them stronger"
PinoKotsBeer
Profile Joined February 2014
Netherlands1385 Posts
October 16 2014 23:44 GMT
#67
Great writing, looking forward to the rest
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Josh_Video
Profile Joined August 2013
Canada798 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-17 00:06:44
October 17 2014 00:00 GMT
#68
On October 17 2014 08:11 Shinespark wrote:
Am I the only one that doesn't care in the slightest about Classic?


my level of interest for players is in three tiers
Very interested (MMA, Polt, INnoVation, Zest, TaeJa, soO)
Mildly interested (San, MC, herO, Bomber, HyuN)
Meh (Life, Classic, StarDust. jjakji, Jaedong)

EDIT; I also absolutely love the theme of this years blizzcon articles! Very creative.
MKP :D ~ MMA ~ Scarlett ~ Taeja ~ Mvp ~ InnoVation ~ Polt | Prime ( RIP :( ) ~ Acer ~ SK Telecom T1 | I enjoyed the locust war of May 3, 2014.
Pumaska
Profile Joined May 2010
Finland71 Posts
October 17 2014 00:03 GMT
#69
On October 17 2014 06:00 Zealously wrote:
Please note that the cards at the bottom do not represent the order in which the articles will be published. Let the "guess the next article"-game begin!


Jaedong! as he also has lot to prove more so than anyone else in this tournament.
KadaverBB
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany25657 Posts
October 17 2014 00:07 GMT
#70
On October 17 2014 09:03 Pumaska wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 17 2014 06:00 Zealously wrote:
Please note that the cards at the bottom do not represent the order in which the articles will be published. Let the "guess the next article"-game begin!


Jaedong! as he also has lot to prove more so than anyone else in this tournament.


And he always goes second? I donno^^
AdministratorLaws change depending on who's making them, but justice is justice
GumBa
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United Kingdom31935 Posts
October 17 2014 00:11 GMT
#71
So excited for each one! :D
To all the haters: you deserve to witness many, many more Serral victories, worthy of the godlike player he is.
movac
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada494 Posts
October 17 2014 01:17 GMT
#72
On October 17 2014 06:09 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 17 2014 06:07 Varroth wrote:
Everyone seems to say that Sniper won due to his race and that he's had no results since etc etc so how can you argue that Sniper was the best during his season?


If he wasn't the best, he was at the least top 3. People underrate him because he was Zerg at the height of BL/infestor's power and was a player that neither had much charisma nor an established fanbase, but he was easily one of the best in the world when he won. He didn't abuse BL/infestor as much as the time period would indicate, either, he simply won fair and square in a variety of ways.


I think I also remember listening to pros on a talk show on the subject of how the winners of major tournaments were also ranked very high on the grand master ladder. I think it was mentioned that sniper was like rank 1 on the KR GM ladder at the time of his GSL win.
Lumi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1616 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-17 01:28:42
October 17 2014 01:24 GMT
#73
I love the setup for linking to all of the other articles that you have at the bottom of this one. Really nice and should become a standard for similar series!

On October 17 2014 08:05 ZAiNs wrote:
This doesn't look like Hyun at all o_o.

[image loading]


Yeah, kind of a bad and seemingly really old (or so new I don't even know?) photo of him
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Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
October 17 2014 01:41 GMT
#74
Oh man, the hype is real.
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Silvana
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
3713 Posts
October 17 2014 01:53 GMT
#75
I think Classic deserves the credit for his results, winning Blizzcon or not. He was and still is a very good player, I can totally see him reaching the Ro4.

So gogo Classic! I hope you lose in the finals to Zest ^.^
Thyrym
Profile Joined December 2013
89 Posts
October 17 2014 01:53 GMT
#76
I guess classic has a decent show making ro.4, i know he can do it, he's a great player!!
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
October 17 2014 01:56 GMT
#77
Sick writeup. My doubt of Classic never really took the race's strength into account, altho that does make sense to think about it that way in context looking back. I just remember his Round of 32 games against Life and Hydra and thinking to myself, "If this guy makes it to the round of 16, or even the playoffs by some chance, I'll be damned". He looked so unimpressive and flawed that I was really surprised to see him win the GSL finals the day after I leave for camp. Seeing the results not too much later that EffOrt and Shine knocked him out felt real and gave me comfort, that maybe I was right that his win felt... off. Not because of race necessarily, but it just felt weird that he, of everybody in Code S that season, won.

He's also gonna lose to Polt pretty hard.
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
October 17 2014 01:57 GMT
#78
Great article.

I have never been convinced by Classic as a player. I couldn't believe that he won that GSL and was vindicated when he bombed out the season after. He did perform unexpectedly well though in the KeSPA Cup. So I don't quite know how I feel about his skill now. I guess we will see.
Lemonayd
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States745 Posts
October 17 2014 02:19 GMT
#79
I feel like this series of articles shouldn't have started out with Classic's story. Not that I disagree with anything said in the article, but it's just not a really interesting story.
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
October 17 2014 02:26 GMT
#80
polt gonna bop this toss
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