really nice article! dark is still a few years younger than guys like inno, rain, stats and soO, so maybe with a little more maturity in his overall play and approach to tournaments / series' he can become the champion he aspires to be.
like inno said in his WCS signature series, he used to obsess about his career accomplishments in the past too, but now he has let go of that and just focuses on playing his best.
On January 24 2018 04:31 pvsnp wrote:
Dark even said himself in the pregame interview that Inno was strong but predictable, and Inno exploited Dark's perception of him.
i think youre taking those interviews too seriously, everyone says that about inno^^ that doesnt mean that they actually just play the series with that mindset, especially as dark deflected innos aggressive plays.
Inno and Dark are very evenly matched. Just watch their series at IEM Gyeonggi, or the one from IEM Katowice, or from SSL. As Tastosis said during the broadcast, Inno was just barely able to tip the balance in his favor at the critical moments.
yes and exactly that tiny tip of the balance is all that matters at that level. thats exactly what the article says; dark is an excellent lategame player, but inno was just the critical bit better (that day).
On January 25 2018 09:34 yubo56 wrote:
I wasn't around during the Mvp era, but he won them in a short span compared to inno right? Maybe it's not having witnessed his reign, but I'm left feeling a bit cheated since he played during a time when there were many more titles, so if you had a hot streak you would have many more titles
i mean yeah, there were alone 9 GSL tournaments in 2011 :D thats about the same number between innos first gsl win and his last.
Seems to be an unpopular opinion so I'm curious why I don't feel the same awe that veterans do of Mvp's play, do educate me please! Sincerely!
well, just because youre on a hot streak doesnt mean that your competition is any weaker and to be that dominant is still very impressive. especially in the BL infestor era where MVP was one of the few players who would actually beat that composition in the lategame with stunning ghost viking play. another thing is (as the article mentions) his intelligence and his reads of his opponents that allow him to for example proxy 2 rax a protoss in game 7 of a GSL finals and thus take the title.
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