EPTZest, the Meta Changer
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aringadingding
480 Posts
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atchosvk
55 Posts
On February 13 2021 18:35 BisuDagger wrote: I feel like Zest, along with the other top Protoss players, had the burden of playing a poorly balance LoTV. Zest, with his great mind as mentioned in the article, lead the pack in exploiting every possible gimmick to help the meta keep Protoss in fashion. However, he never got to take home a championship when he lead the meta shift and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say he would have won a few if the balance in PvZ was there the whole time. Sad but true. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26603 Posts
If not necessarily the outright best player, Zest surely must go down as one of the best if not the best originator of really tight and refined smart builds. | ||
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RealityTheGreat
China564 Posts
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Lambertus
South Africa979 Posts
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feardragon
United States973 Posts
On February 13 2021 08:34 TL.net ESPORTS wrote: Maybe feardragon was right all along. While Zest's direct rush to DT's and Shadow Stride never became a real meta build, since this kind of rush obviously relies on the element of surprise. However, the concept of mass Blink-DT run-by's in the late-game lived on. Not as a meme, but as a common, reliable technique to destroy the Planetary Fortress expansions of Terran that are otherwise extremely difficult to break. Every top player in the world started using this harassment option in longer PvT games, thanks to Zest’s creative approach. 👀👀👀 | ||
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IndyO
392 Posts
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Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2217 Posts
On February 14 2021 11:00 WombaT wrote: Great write up, as ever from you TL writing folk. seconded | ||
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Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2217 Posts
On February 15 2021 07:24 IndyO wrote: What's the origin of the 'Kingslayer' nickname? I think it goes back to his 2014 all kill vs SKT and then subsequent GLS Royal road, where he beat/eliminated a lot of better known and more favoured players, prior to this Zest was not an A list player | ||
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ZugzwangSC
87 Posts
Zest rocks! | ||
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seemsgood
5527 Posts
On February 13 2021 13:17 RKC wrote: All hail the Clown Prince Ziesta! HERESY!!!!!! | ||
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InvXXVII
Canada242 Posts
On February 13 2021 18:26 ExpatRights wrote: his victory over cure is super flawed. TL won't let me say anything, but watch the match, watch how cure micros and his decision making, and think about if he "was just tired" or what.. User was warned for this post. Why was this user warned? | ||
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Obamarauder
697 Posts
this guy has been accusing cure of matchfixing since that game, he spams every twitch chat with that as well | ||
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pzlama333
United States282 Posts
Who would know his next game is king or dead? | ||
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sneakyfox
8216 Posts
On March 01 2021 13:53 pzlama333 wrote: In Chinese sc2 community we call him "王者归来“, literally translated as "the return of the king" which describes Zest's return to unstoppable performance after a period of poor play. However, a lot of times when he played too fancy and appeared to did a lot of damage in early time then lost the game to the opponent's first attack, his nickname changed to ”亡者归来", translated as "the return of the dead", which the character "王" and "亡" have the same pronunciation. Who would know his next game is king or dead? This is excellent stuff, perfectly captures Zest. Thanks for posting. | ||
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phodacbiet
United States1740 Posts
On March 01 2021 13:53 pzlama333 wrote: In Chinese sc2 community we call him "王者归来“, literally translated as "the return of the king" which describes Zest's return to unstoppable performance after a period of poor play. However, a lot of times when he played too fancy and appeared to did a lot of damage in early time then lost the game to the opponent's first attack, his nickname changed to ”亡者归来", translated as "the return of the dead", which the character "王" and "亡" have the same pronunciation. Who would know his next game is king or dead? When you play the game of clowns you win or you die. There is no middle ground. | ||
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filewi2233
3 Posts
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clutchstarc
1 Post
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FataLe
New Zealand4532 Posts
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MJG
United Kingdom1451 Posts
On April 13 2025 15:23 FataLe wrote: Weirdly, I'm grateful for these bots because I get to enjoy posts again that I've totally forgotten about. Same. It's nice re-reading some of these retrospectives. | ||
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