EPTThorin interviews stuchiu - Page 2
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TelecoM
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Boucot
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On August 28 2015 01:55 ZigguratOfUr wrote: I'm surprised about stuchiu's opinion about Stephano and BL/infestor. I always thought that the prominence of BL/infestor harmed him as he had to play more ZvZs than before. That's exactly my opinion too. | ||
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 Also Hopefully Titan meet Envyus this weekend [in CS:GO - editor's note] and prove that anger, spite and vengeance are the greatest motivators of all. Heh, would have been fun to watch that (but it'd been a stomp, EnVy would have mopped the floor with them). | ||
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tokinho
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---------------------------------------------- Parting underperforming .......In 2011 (MVP) was one of the least popular players despite winning so much...... Stephano good only because of broodlord infestor... Thorzain the most underrated foreigner.... Soo was considered not very good in korea... 2012 best matchup tvt..... | ||
Zealously
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On August 31 2015 20:09 tokinho wrote: OMG some of the comments here. ---------------------------------------------- Parting underperforming .......In 2011 (MVP) was one of the least popular players despite winning so much...... Stephano good only because of broodlord infestor... Thorzain the most underrated foreigner.... Soo was considered not very good in korea... 2012 best matchup tvt..... I'm not sure any of those could ever be construed as absurd (perhaps with the exception of Thorzain being underrated). How do you feel about them? | ||
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ZenithM
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RKC
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1. Rain > Parting 2. soO > Life (2014) 3. Soulkey's superb defensive skills 4. Life and Maru don't really bring anything new to the table - they just execute their hyper-aggressive styles effectively like no other 5. Speedvacs killed a lot of dynamism in TvT and TvZ (and arguably, I would add, TvP as well) Stuchiu has less good things to say about Protoss (except about Rain) - maybe he's just more familiar with Terran and Zerg playstyles. I was hoping to hear more about what he thinks about the Protoss resurgence for the last two years, and top players such as Zest, Classic and herO. | ||
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TelecoM
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Olli
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But even without bl/infestor, Stephano proved he was strong in muta ling/bling play and roach/hydra play. He had arguably the best decision making of any foreigner and the best mindset for a competitor. | ||
stuchiu
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I'd say he has fairly high mechanics, but his real skill comes from his decision making, positional games and refinement of his builds. Classic is probably the most diverse Protoss in the sense that he can and has played nearly every style in every matchup. He seems to play better against people he's had history with (either through multiple rematches or on his team). Because he uses so many styles and is very good in most aspects of the ame, in many ways he is very close to the ideal standard Protoss. He cant always out think you like Zest or out-micro you like Parting, but he has the largest toolkit to choose from among the top tier Protoss players. herO is the most one-dimensional of Protoss players. He mostly tries to stick to one build/style per matchup (with the exception being PvP because it's PvP). But because of that he has bad tendencies that have been exploited multiple times by both Protoss (2 gate) and Zerg players (early random slow ling attacks). He doesn't seem to pick up on new changes in the meta as fast as his peers and his series planning is generally terrible. The upsides though is that his micro is some of the best around (though too aggressive compared to say Parting) and if he gets to play his game he can beat most players. | ||
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stuchiu
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On September 01 2015 02:20 DarkLordOlli wrote: But that would require reading | ||
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sharkie
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On September 01 2015 02:22 stuchiu wrote: Oh thats easy. Zest is a Genius in PvP and proved it since he dominated in PvP in an year with Parting, Rain, sOs, Classic and herO at or close to the top of their games. I'd say he has fairly high mechanics, but his real skill comes from his decision making, positional games and refinement of his builds. Classic is probably the most diverse Protoss in the sense that he can and has played nearly every style in every matchup. He seems to play better against people he's had history with (either through multiple rematches or on his team). Because he uses so many styles and is very good in most aspects of the ame, in many ways he is very close to the ideal standard Protoss. He cant always out think you like Zest or out-micro you like Parting, but he has the largest toolkit to choose from among the top tier Protoss players. herO is the most one-dimensional of Protoss players. He mostly tries to stick to one build/style per matchup (with the exception being PvP because it's PvP). But because of that he has bad tendencies that have been exploited multiple times by both Protoss (2 gate) and Zerg players (early random slow ling attacks). He doesn't seem to pick up on new changes in the meta as fast as his peers and his series planning is generally terrible. The upsides though is that his micro is some of the best around (though too aggressive compared to say Parting) and if he gets to play his game he can beat most players. Don't you mean herO can beat all players if he gets to play his game? | ||
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RKC
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On September 01 2015 02:22 stuchiu wrote: Oh thats easy. Zest is a Genius in PvP and proved it since he dominated in PvP in an year with Parting, Rain, sOs, Classic and herO at or close to the top of their games. I'd say he has fairly high mechanics, but his real skill comes from his decision making, positional games and refinement of his builds. Classic is probably the most diverse Protoss in the sense that he can and has played nearly every style in every matchup. He seems to play better against people he's had history with (either through multiple rematches or on his team). Because he uses so many styles and is very good in most aspects of the ame, in many ways he is very close to the ideal standard Protoss. He cant always out think you like Zest or out-micro you like Parting, but he has the largest toolkit to choose from among the top tier Protoss players. herO is the most one-dimensional of Protoss players. He mostly tries to stick to one build/style per matchup (with the exception being PvP because it's PvP). But because of that he has bad tendencies that have been exploited multiple times by both Protoss (2 gate) and Zerg players (early random slow ling attacks). He doesn't seem to pick up on new changes in the meta as fast as his peers and his series planning is generally terrible. The upsides though is that his micro is some of the best around (though too aggressive compared to say Parting) and if he gets to play his game he can beat most players. Wow thanks for the quick answer! Yes, again I agree with your points. Zest is rather solid all round, Classic is really creative (second only to sOs) and herO has a indistinguishable and unremarkable playstyle (yet always gets more love than so-called boring Rain - probably due to his kpop looks). | ||
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Dingodile
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On September 01 2015 02:16 GGzerG wrote: What.........Stephano is a really good player despite BL / infestor...his decision making is phenomenal. A closer look will tell you that BL/infestor did hurt his dominance. I agree that his decision making and micro were superb. | ||
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