On October 17 2014 11:19 Lemonayd wrote:
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.

Now we can look forward to a more interesting one tomorrow!

Whitewing

United States7483 Posts

October 17 2014 03:04 GMT

#82

I'm actually very interested to see how well Classic does. His path to blizzcon has been an interesting one, and his play has shown some absolutely inspiring thought in it.

Lemonayd

United States745 Posts

October 17 2014 03:10 GMT

#83

Just noticed that, only four players (two teams) have more than one person qualified for Blizzcon. The spread on teams is pretty nice!

MiniFotToss

China2430 Posts

October 17 2014 03:40 GMT

#84

On October 17 2014 12:10 Lemonayd wrote:
Just noticed that, only four players (two teams) have more than one person qualified for Blizzcon. The spread on teams is pretty nice!

Dude, there are 5 players from two teams, not 4, Innovation, soO and Classic for SKT, Jjakji and Stardust for MyInsanity.
Or you meant something else and i just misunderstood

Superbanana

2369 Posts

October 17 2014 03:50 GMT

#85

That was a lot of crying in the article...
Justice is the true goal of Classic here. Its not about winning or losing the throphy, its about proving that he is worthy of the tittle of GSL champion. Of course he won with his own hands, but he was not aknowledged for it.
Classic will either make justice with his hands with a good run at Blizzcon, or lose on the first round to be judged as a patchtoss forever.
In Starcraft 2, the losing side becomes justice, for the gods of blizzard will descend upon imbalance and the nerf hammer will strike down upon the koprulu sector. Champions will lose their favour, and either fall or ascend to the eternal glory.

kuan888

Canada305 Posts

October 17 2014 04:47 GMT

#86

just wow !

MirGStarlight

Korea (South)10 Posts

October 17 2014 04:48 GMT

#87

this is awesome!

tomastaz

United States976 Posts

October 17 2014 04:56 GMT

#88

Jaedong needs a better picture!

The_Darkness

United States910 Posts

October 17 2014 05:15 GMT

#89

Damn, this author took a steaming dump on Classic,a player who IMO has shown some really brilliant late game play against zerg and Terran. What will the write ups be like for the players who don't belong at a tournament like this like MC and Polt?

Yakikorosu

1203 Posts

October 17 2014 05:20 GMT

#90

People will always hate on Protoss unless they do something to become a fan favorite but I don't agree that Classic is at any risk of being a flash in the pan like Sniper or Seed. He almost made it to the RO8 in Season 1 this year, losing to his teammates Rain and PartinG in the RO16, did great in the KeSPA Cup, etc. He's just not a fan favorite--people have fallen in love with herO so they sneer at Classic losing in the RO32 in S3 when herO didn't even make it INTO Code S that season.

The only Protoss in the world you can say is clearly stronger than Classic is Zest. Who else? All you've got left is talented Korea-based players that didn't achieve much this year like Rain, herO (whose main accomplishments are losing in the finals of two big tournaments and winning the weakest IEM in memory where he beat nothing but foreigners and MC), PartinG and sOs (okay, sOs accomplished ONE thing this year but that was a long time ago), and players who've made their names beating up Europeans like MC, San and StarDust.

Polt is my favorite player and I am VERY worried for him going up against Classic.

Whitewing

United States7483 Posts

October 17 2014 05:37 GMT

#91

On October 17 2014 14:20 Yakikorosu wrote:
People will always hate on Protoss unless they do something to become a fan favorite but I don't agree that Classic is at any risk of being a flash in the pan like Sniper or Seed. He almost made it to the RO8 in Season 1 this year, losing to his teammates Rain and PartinG in the RO16, did great in the KeSPA Cup, etc. He's just not a fan favorite--people have fallen in love with herO so they sneer at Classic losing in the RO32 in S3 when herO didn't even make it INTO Code S that season.

The only Protoss in the world you can say is clearly stronger than Classic is Zest. Who else? All you've got left is talented Korea-based players that didn't achieve much this year like Rain, herO (whose main accomplishments are losing in the finals of two big tournaments and winning the weakest IEM in memory where he beat nothing but foreigners and MC), PartinG and sOs (okay, sOs accomplished ONE thing this year but that was a long time ago), and players who've made their names beating up Europeans like MC, San and StarDust.

Polt is my favorite player and I am VERY worried for him going up against Classic.

I agree with you, Classic is the type of player to study his opponents carefully and often incorporates aggressive early builds, something polt struggles with at times.

LockeTazeline

2390 Posts

October 17 2014 06:00 GMT

#92

Is it possible to lose respect for winning a GSL? Prior to his championship, Classic was acknowledge as a really good player in hipster circles, sporting one of the best records in all of Proleague since his race switch to Protoss. And yet...GSL's aren't supposed to be won by really good players; they're supposed to be won by the Greats... The Code S trophy truly is a heavy weight. The way it played out seems just a bit tragic for then-rising Classic.

stefan16

103 Posts

October 17 2014 06:08 GMT

#93

Blizzcon in 14 days and you (author) still owe 15 articles to go

Next!!

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

October 17 2014 06:09 GMT

#94

On October 17 2014 14:15 The_Darkness wrote:
Damn, this author took a steaming dump on Classic,a player who IMO has shown some really brilliant late game play against zerg and Terran. What will the write ups be like for the players who don't belong at a tournament like this like MC and Polt?

Here's a good followup article about Classic
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/469298-classic-virtually-anything-can-happen-at-blizzcon

Zealously

East Gorteau22261 Posts

October 17 2014 06:14 GMT

#95

On October 17 2014 15:08 stefan16 wrote:
Blizzcon in 14 days and you (author) still owe 15 articles to go

Next!!

Lol are we doing this already

tar

Germany991 Posts

October 17 2014 06:30 GMT

#96

With regard to the major acrana theme:
I recommend adding a link to each card's wiki page to the articles, so that one can easily get an overview of what this card stands for. Otherwise the whole theme thing is only for those already familiar with the matter.

Wolf

Korea (South)3290 Posts

October 17 2014 06:52 GMT

#97

This article series is badass as fuck.

Veluvian

Bulgaria256 Posts

October 17 2014 07:16 GMT

#98

Classic is not the first champion who fell on the next Ro32 season, IM_Mvp did it too, so it's not a big deal. His group was not so easy to win. I knew somehow that Classic could become a champ, watching his play in Proleague and Code S, I liked his army construction. Let's not forget that he defeaded players like soO twice in Season 2, so it's pretty well deserved title. For Blizzcon I try to be realist - his chances are not good. But always there's a big surprice on such final tounaments every year, nice surprices, just like sOs nobody expected last year. May be it's Classic's turn to be one of the finalists at least, who knows? Wish him luck!