EPT[OSL] The Last Chapter - Page 17
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Wildwind
United States22 Posts
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soujiro_
Uruguay5195 Posts
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Gladiator6
Sweden7024 Posts
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ShivaN
United States933 Posts
Congrats to Jangbi, and fitting that the least represented race in OSL wins, won the last one, rather convincingly at that! Rounds out what no one can dispute is the greatest and most balanced RTS of all-time. | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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IshinShishi
Japan6156 Posts
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HawaiianPig
Canada5155 Posts
Brood war is a game played on the razor's edge. Even the most skilled players can misread the other and lose outright. To claim that some over aggressive or cheesey builds are illegitimate and not worthy of a finals is to miss the point of competitive gaming; you bring everything you have to the table. I didn't cry foul when JulyZerg 5pooled BeSt 3 times in a row, and I won't cry foul now that Jangbi used carriers, proxy reavers and DTs to win. Jangbi has always played a unique and abusive style that's unlike other Protosses. It fits him, and it's fitting that his back to back OSL wins are on the backs of this kind of play. I'm a Fantasy fan too. I wanted a Fantasy 3-0 to happen so that he could claim a perfect OSL run. I didn't get that, but I got some solid Brood War, the likes of which we haven't seen for a while (thanks, Proleague), and the likes of which we won't see for a long time. | ||
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Kittan
Poland3999 Posts
To people suprised about the BO in the final game, here's a gem from the final LR thread. Play it to the tune of The Beatles, 'Let it be'. On August 04 2012 21:32 figq wrote: in times of trouble january comes to me speaking words of wisdom go DTs It really needs more love <3 Damn you fiqq for making me laugh while I was crying. And you know what is the third.... fourth.... worst part about Fantasy losing? We don't get to see HawaiianPig spam TL with his epic html Terror. See page 112 of SemiB LR thread for reference =P An era has ended, but we can hear a cry of a newborn beyond the wall in the East. And the prophesy speaks of the return of the king in 2052. So be patient, my friends, and remember to teach your young about what once transpired in a country far far away... So you will be able to enjoy it once more, together. BW FOREVER! | ||
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Bareleon
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Bareleon
371 Posts
On August 04 2012 23:00 Kittan wrote: Ah, I've been waiting for the Semifinal B writeup for some time. You did not disappoint, bITt.mAN :D Going through the LR thread was a pleasure! Naturally, the rest of the writeup was splendid as usual. To people suprised about the BO in the final game, here's a gem from the final LR thread. Play it to the tune of The Beatles, 'Let it be'. It really needs more love <3 Damn you fiqq for making me laugh while I was crying. And you know what is the third.... fourth.... worst part about Fantasy losing? We don't get to see HawaiianPig spam TL with his epic html Terror. See page 112 of SemiB LR thread for reference =P An era has ended, but we can hear a cry of a newborn beyond the wall in the East. And the prophesy speaks of the return of the king in 2052. So be patient, my friends, and remember to teach your young about what once transpired in a country far far away... So you will be able to enjoy it once more, together. BW FOREVER! But now, it gets to be SC2!! <3 I just hope all the pros will switch over to Hots. | ||
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IshinShishi
Japan6156 Posts
On August 04 2012 23:00 HawaiianPig wrote: I'll say it with a straight face. Fantasy got outplayed, and in a completely straight up manner. Brood war is a game played on the razor's edge. Even the most skilled players can misread the other and lose outright. To claim that some over aggressive or cheesey builds are illegitimate and not worthy of a finals is to miss the point of competitive gaming; you bring everything you have to the table. I didn't cry foul when JulyZerg 5pooled BeSt 3 times in a row, and I won't cry foul now that Jangbi used carriers, proxy reavers and DTs to win. Jangbi has always played a unique and abusive style that's unlike other Protosses. It fits him, and it's fitting that his back to back OSL wins are on the backs of this kind of play. I'm a Fantasy fan too. I wanted a Fantasy 3-0 to happen so that he could claim a perfect OSL run. I didn't get that, but I got some solid Brood War, the likes of which we haven't seen for a while (thanks, Proleague), and the likes of which we won't see for a long time. I don't question the fact that fantasy got outplayed, but only how it happened and the value of the games, I'm not saying that players shouldn't cheese, by all means, do what you have to do to win, that won't stop me from fiercely believing that these games have less value, because they truly do in many ways, and that if it came down to it, jangbi would very quickly run out of cards to play in a longer series, this to me was disservice to how much better fantasy has been playing for a long time. Mind me, this has nothing to do with me loving macro games only or anything of the sort, I just happen to like good strategical moves in a row, not fishing poles in the fog of war into gg. | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
On August 04 2012 23:29 Bareleon wrote: But now, it gets to be SC2!! <3 I just hope all the pros will switch over to Hots. Get this out of here. | ||
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Bareleon
371 Posts
Nothing in the rules that I cannot state my love for a game You BW guys need to be fair, you all had your time, now it gets to be our time with sc2 for Kespa. | ||
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TRAP[yoo]
Hungary6026 Posts
On August 04 2012 23:45 Bareleon wrote: Nothing in the rules that I cannot state my love for a game You BW guys need to be fair, you all had your time, now it gets to be our time with sc2 for Kespa. i wish you guys alot of fun. altough i dont think it will last nearly as long as bw did. im out of here. cheers! | ||
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entocheets
Australia367 Posts
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FraCuS
United States1072 Posts
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iiGreetings
Canada563 Posts
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Squeegy
Finland1166 Posts
On August 04 2012 23:45 Bareleon wrote: Nothing in the rules that I cannot state my love for a game You BW guys need to be fair, you all had your time, now it gets to be our time with sc2 for Kespa. I'm sorry if you think you're going to have anything like we did with BW. You guys will be playing the next big game in ten years and that won't be SC2. BW left too big of a pair of shoes to fill, but maybe some game in the future will manage to fill them. | ||
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Bareleon
371 Posts
On August 05 2012 00:33 Squeegy wrote: I'm sorry if you think you're going to have anything like we did with BW. You guys will be playing the next big game in ten years and that won't be SC2. BW left too big of a pair of shoes to fill, but maybe some game in the future will manage to fill them. SC2: HoTS and then SC2: LotV. Loooong ways to go for SC2 esports ;p | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
On August 05 2012 00:46 Bareleon wrote: SC2: HoTS and then SC2: LotV. Loooong ways to go for SC2 esports ;p those two pretty much reset the scene so everytime an expo gets released, you will be starting right back at square one. | ||
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