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Greatest Rivalries of SC2: Life vs Dream - Page 2

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Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
June 08 2015 16:52 GMT
#21
Sick writeup. Dream vs Life is amaaaaaazing.
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Hier
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
2391 Posts
June 08 2015 16:53 GMT
#22
On June 09 2015 00:31 _Nova_ wrote:
Dream looks like he has a black eye in the banner. rofl

He is Zuko.
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
June 08 2015 16:54 GMT
#23
On June 09 2015 01:12 Gwavajuice wrote:
Nice article, although I like the INnoVation vs Life more, because it has more games and lasted much longer...

There is also Taeja vs Life even if they've never been at their top at the same time, sadly (except maybe on blizzcon 2014)

We'd need another epic clash in SSL, GSL or Proleague finals to have this Dream vs Life getting more interesting imho...

those are good. Another fun opponent for Life and for a while maybe the best rivalry for him was with Leenock imo. I know lots of people like to complain about ZvZ sucking but they played some great series vs each other although not that recently.
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royalroadweed
Profile Joined April 2013
United States8301 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-08 17:00:14
June 08 2015 16:57 GMT
#24
On June 09 2015 01:11 noobPride wrote:
But Dream was already someone with a lot of potential back in mvp right? I mean every time he was fielded commentators would say all the time that he had the brightest of futures ahead of him. It's no surprise then that he's performing very well lately, since the potential was there and those who knew the Korean scene had their eyes on him for a long time...

Not really. Even in 2015 when Dream was the runner up of SSL and one of the top terran players, other players and the majority of the sc2 scene was dismissive of him. Treating him as a flash in the pan, a bubble just about to burst.
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muLe
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany30 Posts
June 08 2015 17:33 GMT
#25
thank you for the article. Haven't followed any games lately, it was fun to watch the Dream vs Life games.
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MoosyDoosy
Profile Joined November 2014
United States4519 Posts
June 08 2015 17:46 GMT
#26
Sigh Life needs to find a way again. Dreams are unsubstantial and will disappear soon enough...
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Textual
Profile Joined June 2014
Saudi Arabia57 Posts
June 08 2015 17:59 GMT
#27
Halfway through I realize... this is free? This is amazing content... Well worth re-reading and digesting. Huge thanks to all involved.
Sacrilege
Profile Joined December 2011
United States199 Posts
June 08 2015 18:17 GMT
#28
Loved the article. Should have titled it "Living the Life vs Living the Dream." Would have been epic!
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KtJ
Profile Joined October 2014
United States3514 Posts
June 08 2015 18:26 GMT
#29
Great writing as always Stuchiu especially on the Dreamjwa
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Gwavajuice
Profile Joined June 2014
France1810 Posts
June 08 2015 18:35 GMT
#30
On June 09 2015 01:18 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 09 2015 01:12 Gwavajuice wrote:
Nice article, although I like the INnoVation vs Life more, because it has more games and lasted much longer...

There is also Taeja vs Life even if they've never been at their top at the same time, sadly (except maybe on blizzcon 2014)

We'd need another epic clash in SSL, GSL or Proleague finals to have this Dream vs Life getting more interesting imho...

Well stuchiu did say he wanted to focus on the rivalry that developed the most recently. And this is the one. Two friends, one being Life who always finds a way, the other a man who follows his Dreams. One ended up on KT Rolster, the other on SK Telecom T1. Both the very best at the matchup of TvZ/ZvT. Two of the youngest players to ever make GSL. 2 of their 3 series produced at least one game of the "Epic" category.

It's a pretty great rivalry.


Yeah I understood that, as I understoodthat 3 monthes is the equivalent of History in esport. It was not an attack, just personnal expression.

You need to chill out.
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sc2chronic
Profile Joined May 2012
United States777 Posts
June 08 2015 18:56 GMT
#31
maru vs life had the prerequisites to turn into an awesome rivalry. as much as this is the better rivalry though, life is the overall better player. dream doesnt have the same results against maru and didnt win a single match in the current gsl.

i honestly feel the style dream plays with that was mentioned in this article is what beats life. like innovations dominant run with hellbats. eventually life will adapt.
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royalroadweed
Profile Joined April 2013
United States8301 Posts
June 08 2015 19:08 GMT
#32
On June 09 2015 03:35 Gwavajuice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 09 2015 01:18 Elentos wrote:
On June 09 2015 01:12 Gwavajuice wrote:
Nice article, although I like the INnoVation vs Life more, because it has more games and lasted much longer...

There is also Taeja vs Life even if they've never been at their top at the same time, sadly (except maybe on blizzcon 2014)

We'd need another epic clash in SSL, GSL or Proleague finals to have this Dream vs Life getting more interesting imho...

Well stuchiu did say he wanted to focus on the rivalry that developed the most recently. And this is the one. Two friends, one being Life who always finds a way, the other a man who follows his Dreams. One ended up on KT Rolster, the other on SK Telecom T1. Both the very best at the matchup of TvZ/ZvT. Two of the youngest players to ever make GSL. 2 of their 3 series produced at least one game of the "Epic" category.

It's a pretty great rivalry.


Yeah I understood that, as I understoodthat 3 monthes is the equivalent of History in esport. It was not an attack, just personnal expression.

You need to chill out.

You have the thinnest e-skin ever if you think that guy needs to chill out.
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Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
June 08 2015 19:19 GMT
#33
Life and Dream have a rivalry? News to me lol. Dream miles away from Life in terms of what he has achieved in this game and they have played eachother twice in series past bo1 and its pretty close if you ask me? Dream 3-2 and Dream 4-3, Life's rivals on Aligulac are Taeja Leenock Innovation PartinG Symbol xD
Guessing that sample size might be as small as this one though
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Silvana
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
3713 Posts
June 08 2015 19:37 GMT
#34
What a great read stuchiu, thanks!
Pyloss
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany1515 Posts
June 08 2015 19:46 GMT
#35
Their latest and greatest encounter was in g5 of the S2SL quarter-finals.


They did met in the ace match between KT and SKT just a week ago.

Great article!
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Thrillz
Profile Joined May 2012
4313 Posts
June 08 2015 19:57 GMT
#36
My first fond memory of Dream was went he booted Rain out of the GSL heh.
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8304 Posts
June 08 2015 20:01 GMT
#37
Fantastic article. I really need to follow the scene more since before reading this article and watching those games if you had given me a multiple choice question asking who Life's greatest rival was and had Dream, Leenock, MVP, and Parting I almost certainly would have gotten it wrong (I would have picked parting, but in any case Dream would have been my last choice there). You're right tho, those games demonstrate something truly spectacular.

Can't wait to see more of these, especially some that include foreigners. Plus I feel like Stephano has long been due a pretty massive article, I doubt we'll ever see another foreigner of his calibre, and the way it always came out vs Polt was great. (On that note, Scarlett and Bomber too). MMA and DEG might be the greatest rivalry of all time (in my opinion), but there's a lot of good ones too. Hell, there's honestly something to be said for Idra vs Protoss. I don't mean that as a joke, the dude had some serious issues with the protoss race, and it came out in his matches vs HuK, MC and Naniwa.
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ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3399 Posts
June 08 2015 20:01 GMT
#38
On June 09 2015 01:32 Elentos wrote:
But seriously do Maru vs PartinG pls

Isn't it too one sided? I think there's a better chance for something like Polt vs Stephano.
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Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
June 08 2015 20:03 GMT
#39
My SC2 god is sOs, but now I found a second one. It is you stuchiu, because all your recent articles are absolutely amazing! Your analysis of the best players of SC2 is great and shows an incredible amount of work and this article is awesome as well! Congratulations!
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voltz_sc2
Profile Blog Joined April 2015
22 Posts
June 08 2015 20:04 GMT
#40
On June 09 2015 00:24 oGoZenob wrote:
Funny how dream went from decent player to absolute beast in such short span of time


Same thing with life.... guy was a GSL royal roader.
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