The (Smaller) Elephant - Stephano to Korea - Page 9
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derpface
Sweden925 Posts
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Serelitz
Netherlands2895 Posts
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Velinath
United States694 Posts
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Larkin
United Kingdom7161 Posts
On January 01 2013 07:22 decado90 wrote: His a move roach hydra won't work vs a week + of preparation.. He's one of the only zergs, indeed players, to consistently utilise flanks rather than just a moving. And he will have similar levels of preparation, being coached in the Lab... | ||
00Visor
4337 Posts
The saddest thing is that Stephanos GSL matches will be immensily overjudged. Its just a few games which mean very little. We saw the best players drop out in Ro32, and we saw some lucky runs by others. | ||
KristofferAG
Norway25709 Posts
I kid, I believe Stephano will do decently in Korea. I don't see him performing amazingly though, it's a completely different tournament from what he's played in before. Besides, he is going to be playing some of the biggest names in the game. I still look forward to seeing him play, at least in the GSL. SPL Should be good too. | ||
Mohdoo
United States15082 Posts
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cutler
Germany609 Posts
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Zygno
Austria276 Posts
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decado90
United States480 Posts
On January 02 2013 03:46 Mohdoo wrote: A lot of people in this thread are forgetting that Stephano has a coach now. And Stephano is pretty much the front-lines of hype for EG, especially pertaining to proleague/GSL. The coach will likely be spending most of his time preparing Stephano for his matches. Taeja and Hero are both better than Stephano, but they aren't nearly the best players in Proleague. Taeja has done well, but Hero isn't even the best Hero. People tend to think he'll do well in the all kill rounds, but I disagree. His ZvZ is not up to par, he's unfamiliar with the maps, and the shear amount of talent he'll be going up against is unlike anything he's seen. Despite Fionn's "questionable" power ranking that listed EG-TL as the #1 team in PL, I think most rational people placed EG-TL in their proper place-- a mid tier team carried by a couple players. | ||
creepcolony
Germany362 Posts
1 season of gsl will show pretty much nothing. To make it really significant he would have to stay for at least 2-3 gsl seasons, and i dont know if this is going to happen. I really hope that he will be doing well, but i doubt it. I think its much easier for him to practice the way he likes it and farm foreigner tournaments for price money. On the other hand i cant really judge any foreigner skill level anymore. I stopped watching foreign sc2 completly a long time ago. But what i can say is that the current skillset needed to be in gsl not even in code s is ridiculously high compared to what it was like 12 months ago. And i cannnot see any person, no matter which race color or whatever being able to compete in the gsl without being as professional as the koreans are. Which means 100% dedication to sc2 in a professional team. It is a job you know. | ||
norterrible
United States618 Posts
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
On January 02 2013 04:22 norterrible wrote: I hope he fails. Having a player that is so passionless win is very poisonous for the community. Sort of like another Idra but in a different way. I don't know how you came to this conclusion. IdrA definitely has passion first of all, second of all not only did you not back up your claims, you deliberately made a baseless statement. Stephano has passion, he is just chiller about it. | ||
Tobblish
Sweden6404 Posts
What I do know is that Stephano actually practices for games, SPL with all-kill format might be a challenge for him but GSL?.. Never, he is the foreigner to make it to the finals. (I don't see a Terran or Zerg taking him out at least) | ||
Lunareste
United States3595 Posts
On January 02 2013 05:40 docvoc wrote: I don't know how you came to this conclusion. IdrA definitely has passion first of all, second of all not only did you not back up your claims, you deliberately made a baseless statement. Stephano has passion, he is just chiller about it. Yeah, that's why he hardly ever plays! And talks about how he's only in it for the money, and wants to quit to go back to school asap! Passion! He's going to get wrecked in Korea. He's going to be on THEIR home turf, in the style of tournament the best players specialize in. | ||
FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On January 02 2013 04:14 decado90 wrote: Taeja and Hero are both better than Stephano, but they aren't nearly the best players in Proleague. Taeja has done well, but Hero isn't even the best Hero. People tend to think he'll do well in the all kill rounds, but I disagree. His ZvZ is not up to par, he's unfamiliar with the maps, and the shear amount of talent he'll be going up against is unlike anything he's seen. Despite Fionn's "questionable" power ranking that listed EG-TL as the #1 team in PL, I think most rational people placed EG-TL in their proper place-- a mid tier team carried by a couple players. - Taeja is easily one of the best in the league. He's won every game he's played except his most recent against Rain. - Stephano has been going up against equal or better Koreans throughout his career and half the maps are familiar. - EG-TL might not deserve the #1 spot, but they're a bit better than mid-tier. | ||
docvoc
United States5491 Posts
On January 02 2013 06:26 Lunareste wrote: Yeah, that's why he hardly ever plays! And talks about how he's only in it for the money, and wants to quit to go back to school asap! Passion! He's going to get wrecked in Korea. He's going to be on THEIR home turf, in the style of tournament the best players specialize in. I'm sorry that being realistic about the world, understanding how professions work, and having a practice schedule that works for him denote no passion. Great logic. | ||
decado90
United States480 Posts
On January 02 2013 06:37 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: - Taeja is easily one of the best in the league. He's won every game he's played except his most recent against Rain. - Stephano has been going up against equal or better Koreans throughout his career and half the maps are familiar. - EG-TL might not deserve the #1 spot, but they're a bit better than mid-tier. - Nope, lost to Cj Hero. - No, he hasn't. - EG-TL is 3-4. What tier is that exactly? | ||
Wolfswood
United States349 Posts
On January 02 2013 06:42 docvoc wrote: lolI'm sorry that being realistic about the world, understanding how professions work, and having a practice schedule that works for him denote no passion. Great logic. All the things Lunareste said DO indicate a lack of passion/dedication, and all you did was phrase them in less negative ways. You should be a politician. | ||
DarkPlasmaBall
United States42211 Posts
I think he's a pretty polarizing figure. | ||
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