WCS Global Finals Photos - Day 2

On November 11 2013 06:36 DRTnOOber wrote:
It was a fantastic event... It lived up to the hype. I lived every win and loss with Jaedong and I'm crushed that he didn't take the title... I feel like he was the better player but he got caught up in the mind-games.

On November 11 2013 07:18 Pontius Pirate wrote:

In most senses you're right, but SoS' series planning was pretty amazing. As frustrating as it was for Jaedong fans, and probably viewers in general, to see those first two cheeses, SoS demonstrated that he was perfectly capable of playing other styles. He actually did very well in the game on Whirlwind, it's just that Jaedong is absolutely world class at late-game tech switches and at denying a third. Polar Night was one of the most phoenix-heavy strats I've ever seen pulled off. And that attack on Frost was pretty brutal. It was Parting or Dear quality for the first and third parts of it, and probably would've run the Dong over much quicker if not for that small spot of mismicro during the middle part of the attack.

In a more straight-up mid-to-late game scenario, I agree that Jaedong has a huge advantage, but the much-beloved MVP didn't exactly win his championships through overpowering mechanics. I guess SoS has kind of rekindled a bit of fanship I had for him from early on in the year when every game he played was as wonky as during this tournament.

On November 11 2013 09:44 DRTnOOber wrote:


I hear you, don't want to take anything away from sOs - he played masterfully. I wrote him off in my head before the tournament started as a player who fumbles under pressure, but he held it together exceptionally.

On November 11 2013 09:47 StarStruck wrote:


This is actually untrue as I just stated in the recap thread. JangBi and sHy had the best winrate when all the marbles were on the line in the regular season of PL. They only lost once in the six times they were sent out.