On March 12 2015 13:53 Deathstar wrote:
rofl

natural selection says Life is on the ropes. His play is weak. He's a done man for IEM AND GSL. Better players will gladly eat him

Hilarious

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16955 Posts

March 12 2015 06:30 GMT

#24

Its really interesting how so many of these players are either declining or in a very uncertain state formwise. Right now it's hard to say which players are on top of the world. herO, Life or Maru have a chance to cement themselves there for a while, but more likely is that diverging results at the top level will result in an even more difficult to read situation.

Thrillz

4313 Posts

March 12 2015 06:33 GMT

#25

I don't know where Fantasy went wrong. His early transition looked promising and it looked like the game suit him well. He qualified for the individual leagues and even though he didn't get far had flashes of brilliance. I even remember when he was doing well in proleague and was called upon for a few ace matches. Then all of a sudden he disappeared and never made an appearance for SKT in proleague and here he is now...

argonautdice

Canada2719 Posts

March 12 2015 06:52 GMT

#26

Amazing preview. Life to take it all!

pure.Wasted

Canada4701 Posts

March 12 2015 06:55 GMT

#27

The Cure article was brilliant. I had no idea that he did that. Wow. I am compelled to go and track down those games!

The Maru and INno articles I can't agree with. Re: Maru, I don't think that he's vengeful, and I definitely don't think he's not a Champion - he's on the verge of being a two time GSL champion, and he was literally one laggy game away from defeating Life at IEM Taipei. But it's a fresh perspective, so I'll give it that!

The click-baity anti-hype in INnoVation's article is too melodramatic for my tastes. The dude has won two of the biggest premier events in Korea and was a finalist in a third (one game away from taking the title), and he's being compared to Marine King? Sorry, we have a pretty good idea of where INno ranks in the hierarchy of things, and it's right at the god damn top.

On March 12 2015 12:54 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:I like a lot of players here, but nobody do I hold deep investment in.

Flash, Life, Taeja, INnoVation, Maru, Rain, Zest, herO

How... do you... not hold... a deep investment... in any of them?

In ANY of them?

I don't know how you watch StarCraft, but I am sure, sir, that you do it wrongly.

rice_devOurer

United States773 Posts

March 12 2015 07:14 GMT

#28

On March 12 2015 15:55 pure.Wasted wrote:
The Cure article was brilliant. I had no idea that he did that. Wow. I am compelled to go and track down those games!

The Maru and INno articles I can't agree with. Re: Maru, I don't think that he's vengeful, and I definitely don't think he's not a Champion - he's on the verge of being a two time GSL champion, and he was literally one laggy game away from defeating Life at IEM Taipei. But it's a fresh perspective, so I'll give it that!

The click-baity anti-hype in INnoVation's article is too melodramatic for my tastes. The dude has won two of the biggest premier events in Korea and was a finalist in a third (one game away from taking the title), and he's being compared to Marine King? Sorry, we have a pretty good idea of where INno ranks in the hierarchy of things, and it's right at the god damn top.

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maybe he meant that the differences in the deep investments are negligible lol

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

March 12 2015 07:21 GMT

#29

On March 12 2015 15:55 pure.Wasted wrote:

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Don't get me wrong, I'm hyped. The games are going to be spectacular. There's just nobody here that fills me with strong emotion as to whether they win or lose.

Closest out of this bunch are Fantasy, Life, Taeja, Maru and Dark.

Life's won more than enough shit. If he wins, cool. Contribute to the developing bonjwa storyline and save Zerg again. If not, whatev, there's plenty of other stuff to see him in.

Fantasy and Dark are fun players that could use a premiere title. That's about it.

Taeja is basically Life to a lesser extent. Already enjoys a glorious career and though I like him, I don't like him THAT much. Though, a win from him would be fun to stir the everlasting controversy of Taeja's position among the greats.

Maru is just flat overdue for another big win. Didn't win anything in 2014 despite the great adversity he faced in Korea.

dyDrawer

Canada438 Posts

March 12 2015 07:24 GMT

#30

I am rooting for Rain, but alas, I fear his run could end very early here.

Heartland

Sweden24580 Posts

March 12 2015 07:40 GMT

#31

I came here for the disgusting liquid bias

sharkie

Austria18409 Posts

March 12 2015 07:51 GMT

#32

Awesome writeups! Also thanks for not forgetting hydra's half blindness

Shuffleblade

Sweden1903 Posts

March 12 2015 08:03 GMT

#33

This was an amazing article! Thanks for this. This tournament is so crazily stacked, my favorites are Maru and herO by far but many others are great players that I would also cheer for! The best example of this is Cure, such a great player and such an iron will.

TriZ

Belgium379 Posts

March 12 2015 08:07 GMT

#34

I haven't finished it all but great stuff to read. Thanks for the article.
I'm so sad I have to work today. I wanted to watch Dark vs Taeja.
Not missing Innovation vs Life rematch though, that's gonna be great. For once I'd like the Machine to pull through!

hitthat

Poland2267 Posts

March 12 2015 08:10 GMT

#35

If Flash was
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for Terrans in so called "Flash era", than Fantasy was
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Sorry Fanta, my job stops me to cheering you in person today. Wish you all the best.

karl1ok

Norway85 Posts

March 12 2015 08:52 GMT

#36

I want to watch SO bad, but Im going to a friends wedding outside my own country this weekend

I have faith on herO, but we will see how it pans out

ramon

Germany4842 Posts

March 12 2015 10:36 GMT

#37

actually found the hydra title a bit upsetting, but turned out fine in the end

re-nato

Slovenia4 Posts

March 12 2015 10:39 GMT

#38

i think i watched most if not all tournaments in last few years and i like this lineup the most...by far. Maybe i would add Jaedong and Parting but lets not be greedy. I want to watch each and every game of this tournament.

Btw, my heart says FanTasY but my mind says herO.

Elentos

55550 Posts

March 12 2015 10:42 GMT

#39

Whoever wrote the Flash part could have at least mentioned that it looks like he's (getting) out of his slump now.

Heartland

Sweden24580 Posts

March 12 2015 10:43 GMT

#40

On March 12 2015 19:42 Elentos wrote:
Whoever wrote the Flash part could have at least mentioned that it looks like he's (getting) out of his slump now.

*Looks at post, looks down at flare, looks back at post. Closes window*