Lol so mixed about group D. Leta's and Hyun's ceremonies were awesome, just watched the vods. Other than D, I like the chances my fav. players have in their respective groups. I think all the woongjin players have relatively good shots of advancing too ^^
On April 08 2011 01:26 Carefree wrote: Hydra will be responsible for the downfall of Broodwar. Maybe he can walk onto the streets and get run over by a truck.
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Nawwww, you're taking it way too seriously... unless you just come off as sounding like one.
Group D is epic!!!! Well.... it is a lot better than them not being to face each other (B/F/J) at all in the MSL.... and they're just gonna have their revenge by winning the next 5 MSLs in a row easily >___<
Can't really blame Hydra/Great, they did what anybody else would - win ^^
On April 08 2011 01:50 Ryo wrote: Yesterday Sea tweeted he was thinking about military service. After group selection he tweeted again that he's really thinking about it.
On April 07 2011 22:15 Aesop wrote: The easiest solution would just be to declare group D the semifinals and have everyone else play for the four remaining seeds. Seriously, wtf?
On April 08 2011 08:35 Ryo wrote: ^ Unless they've created a new map for this MSL, Dante's Peak SE will probably be in the map pool.
In the MST, three of the MSL maps were used: Circuit Breaker, Empire of the Sun, and Dante's Peak SE. The new MSL map will replace the much loved Triathlon, and should be announced soon.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Why?Triathlon is epic as fuck!
Best match of last season and highest number of hive tech ZvZ.
Poll: Your Reaction To Triathalon Being Removed
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! (6)
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I cannot able to believe (3)
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Your vote: Your Reaction To Triathalon Being Removed
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On April 08 2011 03:30 ffreakk wrote: Sigh, i still dont get people saying that "its great cos we ll get some TBLS games soon!"..
How is getting 1 game in the group stage preferable to having 3-5 games in the later rounds...
I get the necessity for the longer series as you near the championship, but I don't subscribe to the "more games = better games" theory.
Seriously? If nothing else, it's at least better in that you get to watch more games between the best players in the world.
Yeah... but.
I watch BW for entertainment. I've never made it past D- as a player (minus a lucky putting me at D+ until I... played another game) so I don't pretend to be good. I do like to think I understand the basics of the game a little bit, but right now BW is different from "real sports": very rarely are games between the very best entertaining - you need the not-quite-the-best to make things memorable. fantasy vs Jaedong. free vs HiyA. Leta vs Pure. The Bisu vs Iris series I mentioned before.
The problem is - as Bisu vs Jaedong from WL playoffs demonstrated - is that games between the very best are only rarely decided by actual fantastic play. Build orders and strategic decisions become paramount because there's no real micro disadvantage or advantage to be gained.
Simply put, I'd rather watch HiyA vs Kal in a Bo5 than Flash vs Stork, because we're more likely to get 2 or 3 memorable games out of 2 A class beating each other up than 2 S class with carefully prepared builds leading to (essentially) BO wins.
I do acknowledge that you don't get "ee han timing!" or the JD vs fantasy series without two S class... but at the same time I don't mind losing the possibility of those golden moments because the probability of "silver moments" is much higher with slightly worse players.
Like I said, this probably isn't a very popular view... but it's how I approach things.