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AWalker9
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
United Kingdom7229 Posts
August 27 2015 17:49 GMT
#21
Great words from probably the best SC2 writer around
soOjwa has returned to smite all that stand in his way
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32747 Posts
August 27 2015 17:51 GMT
#22
stuchiu is always a treat to read either in an article or an interview.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
August 27 2015 17:52 GMT
#23
goldper10 ? 10 ? what is this meta ?
#1 KT Rolster fanboy. KT BEST KT ! Hail to KT playoffs Zergs ! Unofficial french translator for SlayerS_`Boxer` biography "Crazy as me".
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10716 Posts
August 27 2015 21:53 GMT
#24
Nice, this will be interesting :D
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
August 27 2015 21:55 GMT
#25
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.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
August 28 2015 12:07 GMT
#26
Stuchiu not having drg/has as his favorite players, stuchiu confirmed for worst waifu
Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
August 28 2015 12:21 GMT
#27
Nice interview Stuchiu.

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
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States792 Posts
August 31 2015 11:09 GMT
#28
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.....
Smile
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
August 31 2015 11:20 GMT
#29
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
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
August 31 2015 11:24 GMT
#30
That MKP quote. Sadly, I can't say he's wrong .
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
August 31 2015 17:11 GMT
#31
Great interview. Agreed on most points, especially:
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.
gg no re thx
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10716 Posts
August 31 2015 17:16 GMT
#32
What.........Stephano is a really good player despite BL / infestor...his decision making is phenomenal.
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Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24422 Posts
August 31 2015 17:20 GMT
#33
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.
Administrator"Declaring anything a disaster because aLive popped up out of nowhere is just downright silly."
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
August 31 2015 17:22 GMT
#34
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.
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stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
August 31 2015 17:23 GMT
#35
On September 01 2015 02:20 DarkLordOlli wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


But that would require reading
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sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18635 Posts
August 31 2015 17:42 GMT
#36
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?
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-31 18:18:28
August 31 2015 18:16 GMT
#37
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).
gg no re thx
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
August 31 2015 18:33 GMT
#38
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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