在盘根错节的星际争霸II中，随着游戏的不断进化，一名职业选手的征程也随之涨落起伏。没有永远的常胜将军，加以足够的时间和练习，即使只是一场小组赛，挑战者往往也能杀出一条血路。种种迹象表明，萨莎·霍思婷（Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn）在上周带给我们的，是一系列极为惊艳的成绩。上次我们看到Scarlett大杀四方，还是在2016年的后期，她同时斩获北美列王战第三赛季冠军，世界电子竞技运动会（WESG）美洲赛区头名，以及世界电子竞技大赛（WCA）出线战的险夺亚军。在这一系列赛事中，她击败了很多如今依然风头正盛的强悍选手们——诸如亚历克斯·桑德哈福特（Alex “Neeb” Sunderhaft），胡安·卡洛斯·蒂纳·洛佩兹（Juan Carlos “SpeCial” Tena Lopez），迭戈·史威默（Diego “Kelazhur” Schwimer），以及帕布罗·布兰科（Pablo “Cham” Blanco）。
Being a professional player in a game as complex and evolving as StarCraft II comes with its ups and downs. The best don’t stay the best forever, and group-stage competitors can become champions with enough time and practice. All that said, what Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn has shown us this past week is something special. The last time we saw this kind of hot streak from Scarlett was in late 2016 when she won Kings of the North Season 3, the Americas qualifier for the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG), and place in a close second at the World Cyber Arena qualifier. In these events, she took down some of the same powerful players we still see dominate the scene today—players like Alex “Neeb” Sunderhaft, Juan Carlos “SpeCial” Tena Lopez, Diego “Kelazhur” Schwimer, and Pablo “Cham” Blanco.
Being a professional player in a game as complex and evolving as StarCraft II comes with its ups and downs. The best don’t stay the best forever, and group-stage competitors can become champions with enough time and practice. All that said, what Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn has shown us this past week is something special. The last time we saw this kind of hot streak from Scarlett was in late 2016 when she won Kings of the North Season 3, the Americas qualifier for the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG), and place in a close second at the World Cyber Arena qualifier. In these events, she took down some of the same powerful players we still see dominate the scene today—players like Alex “Neeb” Sunderhaft, Juan Carlos “SpeCial” Tena Lopez, Diego “Kelazhur” Schwimer, and Pablo “Cham” Blanco.
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