Test of Faith - Reynor - Road to BlizzCon 2019
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Waxangel
United States32419 Posts
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12115 Posts
On October 21 2019 12:15 ThunderJunk wrote: HerO is extremely good. He's the only player with timing sharp enough to use an oracle's stasis ward against nydus. Reynor's gonna need to give it his all to come out over HerO. HerO retired | ||
BerserkSword
United States2123 Posts
Two timing-oriented protoss players. In fact Korean protoss' whose timings are legendarily sharp And a robust well-rounded terran player in heromarine. No zerg players for reynor to bust out his killer zvz | ||
deacon.frost
Czech Republic12115 Posts
On October 21 2019 16:15 BerserkSword wrote: This might almost be the worst possible kind of group for Reynor. Two timing-oriented protoss players. In fact Korean protoss' whose timings are legendarily sharp And a robust well-rounded terran player in heromarine. No zerg players for reynor to bust out his killer zvz At least he has a chance to prove he's not just ZvZ player | ||
RealityTheGreat
China564 Posts
On October 21 2019 16:15 BerserkSword wrote: This might almost be the worst possible kind of group for Reynor. Two timing-oriented protoss players. In fact Korean protoss' whose timings are legendarily sharp And a robust well-rounded terran player in heromarine. No zerg players for reynor to bust out his killer zvz Only one strong Terran and he may be somked in his group, Protoss is nerfed, and Reynor's ZvZ is almost like Serral. Best chance. | ||
DSh1
292 Posts
Actually quite nice, that WCS has a rising champion each year. Keep coming :D | ||
General_Winter
United States719 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland20426 Posts
On October 21 2019 15:52 Dave4 wrote: Great article thanks guys. One constructive criticism, it'd be cool if these articles had like a table of each player's major results/aligulac stats from the year. Then it could really be like reading the year to date for each one. Can't argue with the fact that he has done poorly vs Korean competition this year, but the way he has dismantled the circuit has been tantalising. We know the gap is closer than ever after GSLvWorld, though granted some of Koreans have looked absurd in the last couple of months. He has dodged most of the scary ones and there's no reason Reynor can't make semi finals or better. Yeah it’d be nice information to have to hand, especially as the writers appear to have used the information to inform their articles. Still, minor quibble these are great writeups nonetheless. Reynor is the most interesting participants for me, I can’t really think of another player where neither bombing out in groups or having a really deep run would surprise me. | ||
ZugzwangSC
87 Posts
Go get em Reynor! | ||
Nakajin
Canada8738 Posts
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Poaktree
165 Posts
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tigon_ridge
482 Posts
On October 21 2019 22:18 Poaktree wrote: For me, Reynor is the wild card of the tournament. I'll say it bluntly: I think Reynor's problem is mentality and with enough exposure and practice, it will go away. And once it goes away, we might have a Serral 2.0 phenomenon. He can tear up the global finals. He can reach the finals, he can win the whole thing. Wishful thinking. There will be no Serral 2.0 for a very, very long time. Reynor has had years to develop, whereas Serral went from low-6000s MMR, playing while in school, to >7200 in literally within one year of going full-time. This goes to show that players generally hit their plateau very quickly. | ||
Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On October 21 2019 22:54 tigon_ridge wrote: Wishful thinking. There will be no Serral 2.0 for a very, very long time. Reynor has had years to develop, whereas Serral went from low-6000s MMR, playing while in school, to >7200 in literally within one year of going full-time. This goes to show that players generally hit their plateau very quickly. Reynor is still going to school, too; that he will become Serral 2.0 is a bold statement but he is not playing full time at the moment, we can't really say he won't. | ||
Nakajin
Canada8738 Posts
On October 21 2019 23:40 Xain0n wrote: Reynor is still going to school, too; that he will become Serral 2.0 is a bold statement but he is not playing full time at the moment, we can't really say he won't. Isn't Reynor in Korea right now? I'm assuming he is no longer in school? | ||
Waxangel
United States32419 Posts
On October 21 2019 23:40 Xain0n wrote: Reynor is still going to school, too; that he will become Serral 2.0 is a bold statement but he is not playing full time at the moment, we can't really say he won't. it's also totally fine to be a TY or Trap 2.0 where you debut very early but only realize your full potential years later | ||
RDO
Italy60 Posts
On October 21 2019 23:51 Nakajin wrote: Isn't Reynor in Korea right now? I'm assuming he is no longer in school? Yeah, he's in Korea now, but he still going to an online school, so as not to have any issues with absences due to tournaments and stuff. Edit: grammar. | ||
Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On October 21 2019 23:51 Waxangel wrote: it's also totally fine to be a TY or Trap 2.0 where you debut very early but only realize your full potential years later I agree with you. However, Reynor to me is already closer to his full potential than TY or Trap were back in the days; obviously, the perspective is different since he is not korean. | ||
Jj_82
Swaziland419 Posts
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fgonzo
108 Posts
On October 21 2019 23:40 Xain0n wrote: Reynor is still going to school, too; that he will become Serral 2.0 is a bold statement but he is not playing full time at the moment, we can't really say he won't. I actually think that Serral is Stephano 2.0. I remember back in the day when Stephano was slaying Koreans. And he didn't even have to practice, which was the crazy thing. | ||
Drfilip
Sweden590 Posts
On October 22 2019 10:59 fgonzo wrote: I actually think that Serral is Stephano 2.0. I remember back in the day when Stephano was slaying Koreans. And he didn't even have to practice, which was the crazy thing. Stephano practiced. He just said he didn't. It was part of his character to downplay his own practice. I don't know if he strait up lied to mind game his opponents, or if he thought that the other players practiced with higher quality or just more time. | ||
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