EPTGreatest Rivalries of SC2: NaNiwa vs ThorZain - Page 3
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Nerchio
Poland2633 Posts
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Parser
Italy87 Posts
On December 16 2015 18:23 Nerchio wrote: Is it 2015 or I somehow travelled back into the past? That would be a great time to be in. I really miss ThorZaiN, loved him from that incredible TSL3 run. | ||
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Weavel
Finland9221 Posts
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Clbull
United Kingdom1439 Posts
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CptMarvel
France236 Posts
I don't know what it is about him that makes me cringe. I usually love bad manners and verbally abusive players, but when it comes to him... bah... | ||
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Kaizor
Singapore909 Posts
2012 WCS Sweden Champion. Might not seem like much now but back then Sweden was considered the strongest country besides Korea, so its WCS was considered the hardest in Europe. Not to mention, Naniwa was not even in the top 3. ( He was 4th ) Becoming the 1st Foreigner to win in Proleague in ( i think? ) 7 years when he was part of EG-TL. His overall performance in Proleague was nothing spectacular, but it was a longgggg time since any foreigner won in Proleague. Not to mention it was quite a good game from him against Classic, who was still on Stx and was still playing terran. For those who are wondering what thorzain is up to recently. He last updated his facebook last year, when i remembered he still took part in some WCS Europe qualifiers in his spare time but most likely he has become way too busy with medical school. Yes, the last we heard, he was in medical school. Very fitting for the spoon terran. haha I know Naniwa probably has reached greater heights in terms of skill. But in mind and heart, the only person worthy of being the TRUE King in the North, will always be... THORZAIN !!! * and winning Dreamhack Stockholm was way more significant that the article gave him credit for. Ya sure he won it in his homeland but he also won it by beating Polt !! And that was the last time a foreigner terran won a premier tournament before bunny won another one in two or three years? | ||
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Wrath
3174 Posts
On December 16 2015 13:19 SC2BF3Love wrote: what is thorzain playing this days? LOL? hearthstone? He is not playing, he is studying medicine. | ||
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ejozl
Denmark3399 Posts
It's a little sad we always look back on this and cement the retired player as stronger in such a way that the non-retired player almost can't catch up. It's the same with Life and MVP, people are like when has Life caught up? but since we've earlier acknowledged MVP as the GOAT it seems like Life will never exceed him, even though in my opinion he already has. | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
Was it a tvp vs MC ? | ||
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SplattedOne
155 Posts
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37027 Posts
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Kaizor
Singapore909 Posts
On December 16 2015 23:12 travis wrote: I can't remember which game it was, but there was some game in the TSL that Thorzain played that was a tvp that was just like one of the most epic sc2 games of all time. It was so long ago, I can't even remember what happened. All I remember is that it was really really exciting. Was it a tvp vs MC ? you have to give a bit more detail than that but if it was the series against MC, then it probably should have been game 5 where he used thors' strike cannon ability to completely annihilate MC's immortal/zealot army. I believed that game single-handedly caused Blizzard to nerf Thors. If it was the finals against naniwa, it was probably the sixth game when Thorzain was down 2-3 and Naniwa was preparing a stalker/sentry all in against Thorzain and when everybody thought Naniwa was going to win TSL 3, Thorzain somehow held the all-in and went on to mount his famous comeback. | ||
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sagi
Finland346 Posts
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Parser
Italy87 Posts
On December 16 2015 23:34 Kaizor wrote: you have to give a bit more detail than that but if it was the series against MC, then it probably should have been game 5 where he used thors' strike cannon ability to completely annihilate MC's immortal/zealot army. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw518RCm4AA I believed that game single-handedly caused Blizzard to nerf Thors. If it was the finals against naniwa, it was probably the sixth game when Thorzain was down 2-3 and Naniwa was preparing a stalker/sentry all in against Thorzain and when everybody thought Naniwa was going to win TSL 3, Thorzain somehow held the all-in and went on to mount his famous comeback. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_wzyMxWMNI It could also be game 4 of the series vs MC. Back then, probably the most intense tvp ever played: | ||
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smOOthMayDie
United States997 Posts
On December 16 2015 15:41 afreecaTV.Char wrote: I'll be honest, this video still gives me the chills and feels: Damn, I miss green grass maps. BRING THEM BACK! | ||
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Muffloe
Sweden6061 Posts
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RewardedFool
17 Posts
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MK4512
Canada938 Posts
On December 16 2015 13:11 DonDomingo wrote: Show me a sane man who has the slightest clue about StarCraft who thinks the suicide toss at his prime would not be vastly inferior to Zest, herO, Rain, PartinG etc in their primes, and I'll happily stand corrected. MC did well for himself result-wise when competition was weak, but he was never at any point a good player. MC REINVENTED protoss play. His timing attacks were un-matched and shaped all protoss MU's until the release of LotV and the death of the forcefield as the be all end all. At their primes, the players you're talking about had the meta that MC created. Looking back you can poke holes in anything, I bet you think Fruitdealer's play is cheesy/gimmicky. | ||
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Daralii
United States16991 Posts
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ejozl
Denmark3399 Posts
didn't rewatch, but i think thorzain also did zeppelin micro with the medivacs. | ||
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