It's impressive that he's playing at such a high level already.
It would be thrilling to see him play in ASL, ideally he would have time after Katowice!

Elentos

55456 Posts

November 20 2020 16:13 GMT

#2262

I'd rather him not needlessly derail his SC2 career at its highest point when the remaining lifespan of SC2 in Korea is limited (much like his time before military service) while BW will always be a thing.

jinjin5000

Korea (South)1357 Posts

November 20 2020 20:40 GMT

#2263

here's the vid

sneakyfox

8216 Posts

December 09 2020 12:46 GMT

#2264

Wasn't expecting this at all, and I bet TY wasn't either, but now he's in the semis and obviously has a decent shot at another championship. It's been an amazing year for TY.

Elentos

55456 Posts

December 12 2020 10:10 GMT

#2265

Well I knew he wasn't ever gonna beat Trap. His TvP didn't survive BW nearly as well as his other MUs did. Maybe he can advance a few rounds in TSL as well so the year ends on a good note.

yubo56

676 Posts

December 12 2020 17:26 GMT

#2266

On December 12 2020 19:10 Elentos wrote:
Well I knew he wasn't ever gonna beat Trap. His TvP didn't survive BW nearly as well as his other MUs did. Maybe he can advance a few rounds in TSL as well so the year ends on a good note.

Aaaaand TvP. Oh well. I guess we will have to see what he can bring to IEM, it was one of his big early wins in LotV so maybe he has some connection to it

Elentos

55456 Posts

December 12 2020 17:44 GMT

#2267

You'll also see him at the Dreamhack Last Chance event in January (qualified by beating Rogue).

And TY will definitely try his best for the world championship. Sadly the format isn't as great for him as GSL, he works better with time to prepare for individual people. He can still make a somewhat decent run at TSL if he avoids everything Protoss from here on out (so pray Zest beats Ragnarok).

sneakyfox

8216 Posts

January 12 2021 17:55 GMT

#2268

Nice to see him advance here. Hope he makes a deep run in a DH tournament for once. Would be nice to see him with a strong showing before the WC.

Elentos

55456 Posts

January 12 2021 19:02 GMT

#2269

I don't think he would beat any of the Protoss players in this tournament and it would be very in character if he somehow ended up playing Serral or Reynor in the Ro8

sneakyfox

8216 Posts

January 15 2021 17:50 GMT

#2270

Innovation into ByuN/Serral. Not bad at all. I like that if he is to play Serral he will at least know a day in advance. Should be doable.

Elentos

55456 Posts

January 15 2021 17:53 GMT

#2271

Inno is the only 2nd place finisher he's favored against. Might still lose (cause Inno is a decent player), I think Ro4 is probably the end of the road though. ByuN has always been a problem stylistically for TY and Serral is a pretty okay (ZvT) player I've heard.

He would have to randomly tap into GSL winning form to get through the whole thing.

sneakyfox

8216 Posts

January 15 2021 18:05 GMT

#2272

I guess it's good not to have too high hopes, also given it's an online (cross-server) tournament, but even though ByuN is not a good Terran for TY it's not like playing Dark in pre-2020. They've played only a few times since ByuN coming back and those have been close and I feel like if TY shows up he's still favoured. I may be wrong of course.

Not sure what to think about Serral's ZvT. Does it fluctuate with his other matchups or was TSL6 proof that it's one of the best again? Serral was not looking good today, if he carries on like that I think TY should take him, with his ST win against Dark in mind. TY has looked very good in TvZ tbh, when he shows up.

If TY doesn't show up he's just going to lose obviously.

sneakyfox

8216 Posts

January 16 2021 15:51 GMT

#2273

Well that was sloppy. He showed some nice moves but overall to easy to run over. I think ByuN will be very difficult if TY had that much trouble defending Inno's attacks.

sneakyfox

8216 Posts

January 16 2021 17:28 GMT

#2274

Yeah even though Serral makes some tactical blunders his execution looks superb. Difficult to see TY making it unless he has some really good stuff prepared, and that is obviously unlikely when only being able to prepare on the day of the match. In any case TY needs to be much more on point than he was against Inno.

yubo56

676 Posts

January 17 2021 15:14 GMT

#2275

TY without his bag of tricks makes for a sad fan

he showed some good moves, but I definitely don't feel like his textbook TvZ is at the level of most of the others out there. He has said the same before, right?

tresty

13 Posts

January 17 2021 15:29 GMT

#2276

TY couldn't even win the first map and showed terrible macro in the first two games. I doubt how much time he spent on starcraft recently.

Elentos

55456 Posts

January 17 2021 15:45 GMT

#2277

On January 18 2021 00:14 yubo56 wrote:
TY without his bag of tricks makes for a sad fan

he showed some good moves, but I definitely don't feel like his textbook TvZ is at the level of most of the others out there. He has said the same before, right?

His mechanics aren't as good as other Terrans' so he has to rely on strategy, tactics and mindgames/builds to keep up with the best players. It's obvious and it's always been that way.