G-1 Afterthoughts

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Azarkon

United States21060 Posts

May 27 2013 00:28 GMT

#61

Awesome post. Update after the grand finals?

ncsix

1370 Posts

May 27 2013 03:31 GMT

#62

GG Liquid! Always a big fan of team liquid. That game with Alliance was damn close!! I felt Liquid was the only team that came close to beating them.

Your games coming into the LAN finals were really good, think if you could play like those games + have additional hero pick versatility, I could really see you guys make it to the top 3 at TI3.

huckster

4 Posts

May 27 2013 04:41 GMT

#63

I have been a Team Liquid fan since the very beginning. Obviously, I hoped that you all could take G-1. But realistically, I felt that just qualifying for the LAN finals was a very big deal, and that since this would be your first LAN together on such a big foreign stage, the more honest hope was that you would show the world your potential win-or-lose and likewise, not get embarrassed by looking like a fish out of water.

I want Liquid to win everything they compete in, but I think you accomplished the more realistic goals with flying colors.

You might not have made the playoffs, but:

1. You absolutely pub-stomped the defending TI champions. Sure, IG apparently has some serious internal problems and did not live up to their usual standards this tournament. But this game still MEANT something. IG is stacked with talent, internal issues or not. On talent alone they will still beat an average to above-average team. And you guys WRECKED them.

2. Outside of the LGD game --and let's be honest, other than Alliance, LGD pretty much clowned on every other team in the tournament (and really Alliance too in group stage until they inexplicably left Phantom Lancer alone) -- you were VERY much in every game. Just a few minor changes of fate and you would have at least beaten Orange and DK. You showed the Chinese scene that you are VERY MUCH a team that is talented and capable of beating anybody in the world.

3. In the same vein, outside of maybe LGD in the group stage, you came MUCH closer to beating Alliance than any other team in the tournament. Is it partly because you have experience against them? Yes, but now you have experience against IG, LGD, Orange, and DK too!

I hope you all use this experience to grow as a team and feel more confident with a big LAN under your belt. The boys in blue are still very much a force to be reckoned with leading up to TI3. Until then, I'll be cheering you on in Dreamhack and elsewhere -- Liquid Fighting!