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Bareleon
371 Posts
On August 05 2012 00:50 Xiphos wrote: those two pretty much reset the scene so everytime an expo gets released, you will be starting right back at square one. But its up to the individual tournaments and Kespa if they are going to switch over. We can hope they will, they probably will, but we dont know till hots is released. | ||
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Nathris
16 Posts
On August 05 2012 00:56 Bareleon wrote: But its up to the individual tournaments and Kespa if they are going to switch over. We can hope they will, they probably will, but we dont know till hots is released. It's my understanding that Blizzard helps fund a lot of the tournaments. Blizzard wants them to switch to promote their new product. Also, not switching would be a terrible idea. Not only would it split the community, but viewership would be way way down on WoL because most of the viewers would be playing HotS, and would want to see HotS. It's very sad that it's all over, but it was amazing for the very long time that it lasted. | ||
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Bareleon
371 Posts
On August 05 2012 01:01 Nathris wrote: It's my understanding that Blizzard helps fund a lot of the tournaments. Blizzard wants them to switch to promote their new product. Also, not switching would be a terrible idea. Not only would it split the community, but viewership would be way way down on WoL because most of the viewers would be playing HotS, and would want to see HotS. It's very sad that it's all over, but it was amazing for the very long time that it lasted. Hmm you made some very good points there. I am still a little concerned but not as much now. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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ChApFoU
France2983 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 think it was more of a psychological edge rather than a gaming/skill edge. Jangbi was the underdog and had less to loose imho. That's why he went for those risky builds, because he knew he'd be at a disadvantage in textbook macro games. Theses games were very poker-like, a lot of mind games involved, a bit like Effort vs Flash. But anyway it has always been part of the game, I'm not discrediting Jangbi's win. | ||
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zachMEISTER
United States625 Posts
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crbox
Canada1180 Posts
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L3gendary
Canada1470 Posts
On August 05 2012 02:29 zachMEISTER wrote: Is there a way to watch a restream? I found something, http://ko.twitch.tv/ogn_star2hd/b/327376352, but there is no audio. That video works. The sound is only messed up till the 34minute mark but that's before any of the matches. | ||
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leviathan400
United Kingdom393 Posts
http://www.youtube.com/user/ESportsTV?feature=watch | ||
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Toasterbaked
United States160 Posts
On August 04 2012 21:19 BroOd wrote: BW was always going to end on a DT rush. Those who didn't know just haven't been paying attention. Born with cheese, gone with cheese Still disappointed in how it ended though.. I was hoping for a final game on 2-2 with some stormuuu and an epic game in general :/ | ||
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Sgany
United Kingdom790 Posts
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darkest44
United States1009 Posts
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snakeeyez
United States1231 Posts
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darkest44
United States1009 Posts
On August 05 2012 06:22 snakeeyez wrote: Since I am not awake during the hours they play these in korea and sadly do not know korean is someone going to keep vods of these casted in english somewhere to watch? http://www.twitch.tv/ogn_star2hd/b/327376352 | ||
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snakeeyez
United States1231 Posts
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firehand101
Australia3152 Posts
I think that's every tournament in the world -_- | ||
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Gruntt
United States175 Posts
On August 04 2012 22:54 IshinShishi wrote: The event was beautiful and grand, the games weren't, jangbi's win didn't feel convincing at all, elevator into gg, dtrush into gg, not exactly what you expect to see in epic games in a finals, and even though I am biased towards fantasy, I don't see how someone that actually knows enough about the game and played it to a decent level can tell me with a straight face that jangbi is quite clearly the better player and the one that deserved to win the last OSL, oh well, poor fantasy came so far only to die at the beach again. "The better player" Let's think about what that means. Some players may think playing for long games means someone has more skill, and some find high skill in finding well timed rushes or strategies to exploit map terrain. Many people have many ways to describe who's the best player. Me? I define the better player as the one who wins. He who wins under pressure. It is these players' jobs to find the best possible method to win. How well someone micros mutas, vultures, high templars, or m&m are fun concepts to talk about. Discussing who does what and how well is really exciting to talk about too. Well, the facts are that he who wins is the greatest, because winning or losing = the only results EVER in the history of this game. Great players in this game were only defined by their ability to win. Did players ever get the "vulture micro of the year" award and paid cash for it (if so, then I guess I lack sc knowledge)? You could have the most incredible micro, builds, and strategy all along with incredible innovation.... but guess what... if you don't win, it doesn't mean shit. Jangbi won the last BW OSL finals ever. For me, I was laughing when I watched those DTs do their thing, because when I first switched over to BW after original sc, I remember the one reason I didn't play terran against protoss was because of that one unit... haha. | ||
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Riasnebolt
United States2 Posts
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JuiceBoxHero
117 Posts
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hacklebeast
United States5090 Posts
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