EPTPlus I don't see Nerchio lose against Cure, maybe Maru but he'll have troubles qualifying if he doesn't perform this season.
ESL interview with Nerchio post Valencia - Page 2
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Poopi
France12911 Posts
Plus I don't see Nerchio lose against Cure, maybe Maru but he'll have troubles qualifying if he doesn't perform this season. | ||
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Elentos
55566 Posts
On July 20 2016 21:20 Poopi wrote: TY did pretty bad at the first Dreamhack of LotV and decently bad online against foreigners. Plus I don't see Nerchio lose against Cure, maybe Maru but he'll have troubles qualifying if he doesn't perform this season. Online & the first DH of LotV don't really say much at this point, do they? I mean when the first DH in LotV happened Zerg was the dominant race in Korea and adepts were in their pre-patch state. And by online results Neeb and ByuN are the best players in the world. Not so sure about Cure, I think he can beat any Zerg on a good day and lose to any Zerg on a bad day. By which I mean literally any pro Zerg. That said, anyone expecting foreigners to get shut out at Blizzcon is likely in for a huge disappointment. | ||
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JensWalker
Canada20 Posts
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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
But I can see foreigners taking a spot or two for sure. It'll be interesting, and I do think foreigners are doing great right now. The "foreign" Koreans are even having a real hard time getting results. Also great replies by Nerchio. Glad to see him do well, he's deserved it for a while. | ||
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Poopi
France12911 Posts
ByuN is very good and he hasn't disappointed vs foreigners afaik so if he qualifies for Blizzcon, I'll bet on him having the best results vs foreigners. Neeb seems like Nerchio, you always expect him to crush a tourney but then he surprinsingly doesn't, he might have some luck in the next DH. He can do well against 5-8 seeds from Korea I guess. Edit: as for TY what I meant is that some koreans don't export well/play well outside of Korea, and I'm pretty sure TY is one of these koreans, so he could very well crush the opposition or be upset. | ||
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SlammerIV
United States526 Posts
(I wouldn't say polt and hydra are even in that large of a slump, hydra can't seem to beat neeb right now but is still dangerous and polt vs showtime was razor close). | ||
Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On July 20 2016 21:15 [PkF] Wire wrote: aligulac overestimates foreign skill a lot though. In your examples, Nerchio over Cure and Neeb over TY seem pretty ambitious to me. It was hard enough to compare cross region before with aligulac and it is even less accurate now with the region lock. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16060 Posts
On July 20 2016 21:20 Poopi wrote: Plus I don't see Nerchio lose against Cure lol. | ||
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Jett.Jack.Alvir
Canada2250 Posts
Regardless of the change though, ZvT in LotV was definitely a paradigm shift that few zergs adapted too. I can't wait to see Nerchio run through a few Koreans Terrans! edit: On July 20 2016 17:37 Creager wrote: Hey, I'm not upset. No need to apologize. I'm sure you haven't broken any TL rules. Its just out of courtesy to great content and creators.Link to original source is provided and I included the author, although I can see the problem with this. Sorry, didn't want to upset people  Not to derail the thread...... Go Nerchio kick some terran butt!! Watch out for any sneaky Protoss with their adept shenanigans along the way! And lastly, if you have to eliminate another zerg, I truly hope we see some next level ling/bling chase. second edit: Oh and I hope you face only Koreans in the Global Playoffs. | ||
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RKC
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(a) It's a weekend tournament, which foreigners are more accustomed to playing than KeSPA Koreans (more so after the region lock, shutting Koreans out from DH, IEM, etc.) (b) There's arguably a different skillset for weekend tournaments and preparation-based tournaments. - Intuitive players like Taeja, sOs and Maru excel well in the former (Maru - as evidenced by his Proleague all-kill form), whilst more methodical players like Inno, Dark and Stats excel in the latter, and then there's those who can excel in both like Zest and Life. (c) Also, arguably, the real edge of Koreans come from the preparation format (that's where the intensive team-house training and support system kicks in) That said, I predict the Koreans kicking the ass of most of the foreigners due to their superior mechanical skills, save for perhaps Nerchio, Neeb, Polt and Hydra putting on some credible resistance. But I think if foreigners get pass the first hurdle of Koreans, they stand a good chance to proceed further (the deeper they go, the less time Koreans have to prepare, recover and adapt). | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
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ShoCkeyy
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Jett.Jack.Alvir
Canada2250 Posts
Not sure if there are any other foreign contenders at the moment, so I'm going to agree with 3. | ||
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Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2217 Posts
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