Who doesn't practice as much only because he's facing the best zerg? I mean seriously, that position is untenable.
Power Rank 08/04/2009 - Page 33
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Avidkeystamper
United States8551 Posts
Who doesn't practice as much only because he's facing the best zerg? I mean seriously, that position is untenable. | ||
ghostWriter
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TwoToneTerran
United States8841 Posts
It seems that everytime Fantasy thinks he's got a sure win, he gets taken down. 0-2 lead against Jaedong in a finals? Blow it. Comeback against Stork in the finals? Get rolled over in the final match. Beat Jaedong in PL finals handily, so surely he won't be a threat in the upcoming Bo5? 3-1'd like a habit. Fantasy's undoubtedly a monster, but the guy seems to have ego and choking problems when it comes to (most) important matches. To be fair, though, Jaedong is also arrogant, but he is almost never dismissive of his opponent's skill, which is nice. Spartan training regiment, woo. | ||
Geo.Rion
7375 Posts
On August 28 2009 14:13 Avidkeystamper wrote: "He just said he didn't practice as much (as he should have) since it's Jaedong." Who doesn't practice as much only because he's facing the best zerg? I mean seriously, that position is untenable. on top of that he already spoke about WCG semifinals as if it was he vs Jaedong. Like a noob PvTer like Stork wouldnt even count as an opponent | ||
Ver
United States2186 Posts
iloveoov frequently got psychological advantages in important matches by making very arrogant and cocky interviews. Look at the recent proleague finals if you want evidence. And who is Fantasy's coach? His losses in those series have nothing to do with whatever he says in the interview. He simply isn't a complete player. | ||
Nylan
United States795 Posts
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TwoToneTerran
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Nylan
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Geo.Rion
7375 Posts
On August 29 2009 00:05 TwoToneTerran wrote: Not 100%, but it is kind of a safe assumption. It's also backed up by every top player having a sort of ego. Fantasy just seems to imply his ego gets in the way of his common sense on preparation. you seriously think Fanta did not take JD seriously? I guess he was overconfident and that you could see even in his play (the 4pool set for ex), but the "excuse" that he did not practice too much because he was able to defeat JD in the PL is just made up bullshit to maintain the imgage that he's actually better anyways (imo) | ||
AzureEye
United States1360 Posts
On August 28 2009 22:26 Nylan wrote: You're all fumbling around in the dark. What you're assuming is an implication of arrogance can only be implied from certain phrasings when said in English. You can't imply word choice like that from a translation, much less know the tone. No I'm not reading off of the translations. I'm looking directly at the source of interview written in Korean. When asked about his loss verse Jaedong, Fantasy replies: 그래서 스타리그 4강을 많이 연습하지 않아서 진 것 같다 He directly states that he lost because he didn't practice a lot There's not much room for error there. An epic reply from random Korean netizen: 얜 이제동이 지보다 못하는데 방심해서 진줄안다. 넌 병구도 못넘어 색기야 !!! Which translates to, "He thinks that Jaedong is worse than him so he thinks his loss is from underestimating him. You can't even beat Stork you son of a bitch!!!" | ||
Nylan
United States795 Posts
You seem to suggest that he should be of the opinion that no matter how hard he works, he should never believe he can beat Jaedong. That's just dumb. | ||
ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
But in any case, what does fantasy's supposed arrogance have to do with the power rank? He lost his games to stork and didn't get a chance to rematch Jaedong and maybe might be pushed down a rank or two for next month. That's the issue, not his tone or his intentions from an interview. | ||
TwoToneTerran
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
Flash finally got stopped 2-1 by Bisu (no shame in that) after his monster run (including a completely one-sided series against Effort) this month, I hope he did enough to shut the people who actually believe things like "I'm tired of hearing people say 'Flash is really good, he just loses all of his games'". Bisu is awesome too, even if people are saying he's becoming 'cheesy', really he's just doing whatever it takes to keep the Protoss race in the game, props to him for that. I'm still in a state of shock that Kwanro is in the finals. I just don't WANT to believe that he's that good. Deep down I'm hoping Calm crushes him 3-0 in a series as one-sided as Jaedong vs Yarnc, because Kwanro as an MSL winner just feels WRONG. | ||
ghostWriter
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Scorn
United States14 Posts
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ghostWriter
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l10f
United States3241 Posts
When translating it's hard to keep the tone of the interview exactly the way it is (as I don't a formal training on translating) but what I felt when I read the sentence was that fantasy is confident in his TvP. Not arrogant. | ||
Dice
Korea (South)926 Posts
On August 29 2009 02:46 TwoToneTerran wrote: Oh it has nothing to do with the Power Rank, only other than if JWD wants to point out that Fantasy might want to get his head on a little more straight. Silver Crown Prince makes it sound like he's entitled to more than he is, and his overall well performance does seem to go to his head too soon. He should pull out the cocky remarks when he wins, because then you can't really challenge it. Fixed by adding one word. ^^ | ||
Musoeun
United States4324 Posts
Well at least in Western societies the Crown Prince was the guy who wasn't king yet because the old king was still around... Considering that JD has basically singlehandedly kept fantasy from 2 OSL titles (although maybe Yarnc would have beat him, but I'M IGNORING THAT), I think just "Crown Prince" is accurate enough. | ||
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