If soO is back to his 2014 form now, holy hell he might rack up alot of championships before the end of the year. He was on an insane run in 2014 but went full Kong, if he does that run now but with that mental block of finishing 2nd now removed. Oh my! Would love to see him do it as well, one of the very few Zergs i liked to watch play due to his fabulous mechanics.

l13902733261

5 Posts

July 13 2015 09:26 GMT

#46

The best defense in the world. soO

Ragnarork

France9034 Posts

July 13 2015 09:41 GMT

#47

Tears were shed when he finally beat Dark. I mean, I've never been a true fan, but that was disheartening to see him fail countless times in the finals.

Glad he could finally make it

Cricketer12

United States13974 Posts

July 13 2015 11:37 GMT

#48

I remember how broken he was after DH and then a week later after inno. Poor guy, good to see he finally made it.

Advantageous

China1350 Posts

July 13 2015 11:51 GMT

#49

On July 13 2015 04:22 neptunusfisk wrote:
I'm so glad for this guy!

I remember at DH stockholm where he lost to solar. After the ceremonies and stuff he just stood in the empty space next to the stage with his huge check under his arm and looked into the empty air. I approached him and praised his play a bit and asked for his autograph, and it seemed to cheer him up a bit. Finally I wished him good luck at the upcoming GSL finals. Needless to say, he lost the GSL finals... but now he won kespa cup and gosh, that smile is sure heartwarming to watch!

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The two aren't really correlated... when he lost to Solar at DH, he just came off of a couple of 2nd places, he wasn't looking for another second place at a foreign tournament. At that moment, the devastation of another 2nd place was drastic to him. He's made it to the finals enough time for his psyche to know he had what it takes, but just couldn't reach what he wanted.

This win is quiet different because of the time lapse between all those 2nd places and this 1st place, not to mention he did win Leifeng monthly #3 (over Dream), I'm sure that gave him a definite boaster in his confidence and play.
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WCS KR 2nd place, GSL 2014 S1 2nd place, GSL Global 3-4

Ciryandor

United States3735 Posts

July 13 2015 12:34 GMT

#50

SKT still best KT. Finally the Zerg line produces a champion.

Jampackedeon

United States2053 Posts

July 13 2015 17:51 GMT

#51

It was a fantastic series, and the previous one with Dark vs. Dream game two was definitely the best "parade push" TvZ I've ever seen. Dream should have been dead a dozen times over but kept making it work (thanks to a few overly aggressive muta pushes from Dark as well). Finally, though, he fell and then it was all over.

Great matches, can't wait to see more.

Dragoonstorm7

United States599 Posts

July 13 2015 20:28 GMT

#52

On July 13 2015 05:12 AWalker9 wrote:
So happy for soO

Hopefully he can win GSL this season, based on his performance this weekend I can't see anyone stopping him

Let's not get ahead of ourselves now. Flash and San are barely Code S level and herO has been playing miserably as of late.
soO has been dominant on zvz, but we outside of vFlash we havent seen his zvt at all recently.
Dont get me wrong, he's looking really good right now, but claiming he's the undisputed favorite at this point is naive.

dazed25

3566 Posts

July 13 2015 21:00 GMT

#53

On July 14 2015 05:28 Dragoonstorm7 wrote:

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Let's not get ahead of ourselves now. Flash and San are barely Code S level and herO has been playing miserably as of late.
soO has been dominant on zvz, but we outside of vFlash we havent seen his zvt at all recently.
Dont get me wrong, he's looking really good right now, but claiming he's the undisputed favorite at this point is naive.

he absolutely crushed Dream (twice) in Leifing. as you just said he's been dominant in zvz and is surviving in zvp where it's protoss favored matchup.

Elentos

55550 Posts

July 13 2015 21:06 GMT

#54

On July 14 2015 05:28 Dragoonstorm7 wrote:

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Dude Flash beat Curious in KeSPA Cup, he is as Code S as one can be.

DSK

England1110 Posts

July 13 2015 21:25 GMT

#55

Great article, looking forward to catching up on the Kespa cup.

Congrats to soO for finally getting a taste of the sweet wine of champions. You deserve it, sir. Commiserations to Dark.

mishimaBeef

Canada2259 Posts

July 13 2015 21:47 GMT

#56

i loved that shot after game 4 when he reached for the pocari sweat, then decided nah, quickly adjusted his mousepad and furiously clicked his mouse with lightning speed -> let's go!

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Cluster__

United States328 Posts

July 14 2015 04:53 GMT

#57

even if you aren't a big soO fan, its hard not to be totally pumped by this. The guy has deserved a big tournament title for a long time now and its great the has finally earned it. Hopefully he keeps the rally going and comes up on top in one of the big korean leagues this year.