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. He is the show man, gotta do something worthy watching hahaWorldwide Invitational 2006 - Page 8
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Raidern
Brazil3811 Posts
. He is the show man, gotta do something worthy watching haha | ||
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Person514cs
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littlechava
United States7220 Posts
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2006forReal
Canada29 Posts
Androide (2nd WCG, how can you not pick this guy??) Fisheye(Already there.. rather see this German than boring as shit Mondragon) Blackman(Fun to watch) PJ/Sen/Drone (Flip a three sided coin.. :D) Koreans it doesn't matter but they really should try to get Boxer! | ||
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AngryLlama
United States1227 Posts
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Zymurgy
United States370 Posts
On January 19 2006 20:07 2006forReal wrote: I think they should have picked... Androide (2nd WCG, how can you not pick this guy??) Fisheye(Already there.. rather see this German than boring as shit Mondragon) Blackman(Fun to watch) PJ/Sen/Drone (Flip a three sided coin.. :D) Koreans it doesn't matter but they really should try to get Boxer! Blackman is far too busy with school and isn't really an option. Personally I think sen over androide (not even due to androide being retired). Not much to argue with about the list except Fisheye is fairly inactive and I think Drone is too? But if they both get active it will be a nice event. Drone is a cool player though and it we know he will be the fan favorite so I hope he does not disappoint us  | ||
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Lomin
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On January 19 2006 17:41 Guybrush wrote: Can someone tell me what Mondragon(HE BEAT REACH DOH!, Legendary beat BOTH Kingdom(imo it wasnt a draw) AND Boxer offline) has done other than being invited to Blizzcon, and winning some German-only LAN-events ? He performed very well in the Blizzard continental tournament and won the SAMSUNG European Championship with a 2:0 win vs. Androide. | ||
Bockit
Sydney2287 Posts
On January 19 2006 11:20 Liquid`Drone wrote: and I don't want the spot I was given to be a complete waste. It's not a waste in the first place, 'complete waste' doesn't enter it. I think this post needs a Quote For Emphasis. On January 19 2006 09:44 maareek wrote: About the contestants chosen: yeah they may not be the absolute best skill-wise, but I, personally, think that's great. I may be alone here, but when I think of a showmatch I don't think of getting the aboslute best and having them go at it like a championship, I think of it as a chance for all the people involved to show-off their abilities. And the best way to do that is to take the most dynamic, innovative people(at a high level of skill) and pit them against each other. We have tons of leagues and ladders that give us games and vods and reps of the greatest players in the world going at it toe to toe playing the game as it's been refined to be played. I mean, personally, I get somewhat tired of seeing mondi v x zvp where both players play flawless zvp/pvz. I want to see two players go at it where there is no way to know what's coming, no standard play, long-ingrained counters, and bo's to execute. I want to see eri do his muta+queen infest rush, I want to see scvs ensnared and lurk dropped, I want to see fisheye pull off any number of totally retarded builds that work. For my money, the foreigner line-up is a good one, though for my own dreams I would love to see satanik there because of his playstyle. Fisheye, satanik, eri, pj; that'd be a great lineup, don't you think? Not the greatest foreign bw has to offer, no. Arguably none of them would be there in that case. But for a showmatch, can you think of a different group that has more to offer in the way of sexy strats pulled off to perfection against the best of the best? I can't. Also the way I see it, amongst the high levels of any sport/game, there is little difference in skill, a lot of it comes down to confidence and how much the sportsperson/player WANTS to win. So gl to all who got invited and GO ERI!!!! TL.net Represent! | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
go eri go! i have faith! | ||
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tomson
Poland641 Posts
MMI, Blizzcon, now this. | ||
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Braavos36379 Posts
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PhilGood2DaY
Germany7424 Posts
On January 20 2006 05:11 tomson wrote: I find it sad that Poland gets disregarded yet again. MMI, Blizzcon, now this. Who from poland would u take right now ? Okey you could take many instead of eriador. But what exactly did Blackman do all in all ? Spawn, Draco, ect.. are all gosus indeed, but i would not like to see them if mondi , fisheye , sen ect.. can be sended.. + Most polish arent as famous and as known as fisheye / mondi or others.. !? | ||
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tomson
Poland641 Posts
, but he's not an active part of the community right now (he only practices hardcore before important events). I guess it's about acknowledgement. Poland has been top3 non-korean country for almost 4 years now. 3 prestigious events hosted by Blizzard, a couple of controversial picks and no Polish player. I never had much recognition and am pretty inactive, but come on, who wouldn't like to see Blackman there? Draco's been doing very good for the past 2 years also. | ||
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KorvspaD
Sweden468 Posts
MidiaN A2 LX PJ | ||
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MarKoNiO
Peru888 Posts
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IdrA
United States11541 Posts
On January 20 2006 11:38 tomson wrote: I know you're in love with FisheYe , but he's not an active part of the community right now (he only practices hardcore before important events). I guess it's about acknowledgement. Poland has been top3 non-korean country for almost 4 years now. 3 prestigious events hosted by Blizzard, a couple of controversial picks and no Polish player. I never had much recognition and am pretty inactive, but come on, who wouldn't like to see Blackman there? Draco's been doing very good for the past 2 years also. if you want to go on a country deserving acknowledgement you dont have a leg to stand on except maybe sen, who deserves to go just because of his skill. norway has had some of the best players and as has been said many times everyone loves eri, germany goes without saying as does fisheye on his own, china is probably the best outside of korea(again if your going by country) and pj is a progamer, so kinda hard to argue with him. blackman is inactive, draco hasnt really done anything recently and hasnt seemed as good as he had in the past, spawn hasnt done anything either, most of the rest are inactive/0 achievements/not on sen/pj/fisheye skill lvl at all. | ||
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nomadique
Latvia21 Posts
But the main reason for sure is that sponsors are not interested in Poland or Russia. They don't need to advertise in underdeveloped poor markets. They look for gamers from germany or US etc The people who decide, dont read comunity sites and don't know and don't care about Polish achievements. U can 5 times beat Korea in nation wars and won't get more players | ||
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tomson
Poland641 Posts
On January 20 2006 11:55 HungZerg wrote: norway has had some of the best players and as has been said many times everyone loves eri So it's about love? blackman is inactive, draco hasnt really done anything recently So you're saying FisheYe and Eriador are more active and have done much more recently? PJ switched to pro some months ago, but failed miserably in WCG and what has he done since then? I don't want to argue this way saying "this person should go instead of this one", I just want to display my dissatisfaction that there are no Poles and that it isn't that obvious that we shouldn't be there. But it's really useless discussing this right now, I said everything I needed in my first post in this topic. You cry so much about Poland Whaaaa'? But the main reason for sure is that sponsors are not interested in Poland or Russia. They don't need to advertise in underdeveloped poor markets. They look for gamers from germany or US etc. Uhmm... no. Blizzard picked these people due to some opinions on TL.net from what I understood. | ||
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nomadique
Latvia21 Posts
It's understandable that u didn't know about it, but what people asked for - they got it 2-nd I can guess that in this thread were more than four people mentioned, and then from the big list of suggested players the ones that correspond to what i said above where chosen. It's like not just people from some countryes are taken no matter what, it's more like players from countries that interest sponsors have significant advantage to go, sometimes despite difference in skill/achievemnts. i think it is even easier and cheapier to send people from Norway/Germany than from Russia. The flight tickets etc. And 2 gamers are from asia 'cause it is even more cheap | ||
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