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Russian Federation139 Posts
did rain quit sc to play LOL?
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Rain is not playing in the next ASL.. wtf, why???
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horrible news..
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rip no p in wildcard and gg rain
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rain not playing thats just really sad...
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Hahaha yes, everyone I anti-fan gives up on the game. This power is delicious!
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Rain? I thought it was Flash' spot. Didn't Flash retire from big tournaments?
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United Kingdom12010 Posts
On January 21 2020 16:01 tanngard wrote: Rain? I thought it was Flash' spot. Didn't Flash retire from big tournaments?
I don't think FlaSh played in the last ASL.
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On January 21 2020 16:17 Qikz wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2020 16:01 tanngard wrote: Rain? I thought it was Flash' spot. Didn't Flash retire from big tournaments? I don't think FlaSh played in the last ASL.
??? You are joking right? Flash won most recent ASL. I quess this wildcard also confirms that Last is not going to play...
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The wildcard players were determined from last season's ASL quarter-finalists. Last probably declined to play due to his wrist issues.
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why tf are they playing FS too btw..
such a weird wild card qualifier..
does anybody have any more news from korea about this?
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I'm not a big Rain fan because I think he might be overhyped but it is undeniable that he's good and has crushed many good players and I am sad he isn't participating. There is glory in winning a championship won by defeating such a formidable opponent, like Light had done.
is he injured or something? or is it about interest?
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For Rain's Spot? Wait does that mean Flash is playing next Season?
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ALLEYCAT BLUES48984 Posts
On January 21 2020 16:17 Qikz wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2020 16:01 tanngard wrote: Rain? I thought it was Flash' spot. Didn't Flash retire from big tournaments? I don't think FlaSh played in the last ASL.
please use liquipedia before making statements like this.
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Thanks for the link, couldn't find it
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United Kingdom12010 Posts
On January 21 2020 19:13 BLinD-RawR wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2020 16:17 Qikz wrote:On January 21 2020 16:01 tanngard wrote: Rain? I thought it was Flash' spot. Didn't Flash retire from big tournaments? I don't think FlaSh played in the last ASL. please use liquipedia before making statements like this.
My apologies it was the ASL before this one that he didn't play in. I thought it was the last one he skipped.
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South Korea2103 Posts
hmm, Light's tvt is better than i thought itd be
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ALLEYCAT BLUES48984 Posts
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Just tuned in, can someone spoiler tab the first game's results for me?
Edit: Cheers!
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first game between sharp and light was epic. great tvt
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+ Show Spoiler + light - sacri 2-0 ///// sharp - light 1-0 (ongoing)
On January 21 2020 20:25 ShloobeR wrote:Just tuned in, can someone spoiler tab the first game's results for me?
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I mean this is the LR thread but I'm spoilering just in case + Show Spoiler +Sharp's divine ability to get way behind in TvT and still win is so legendary, hahaha
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Would be fitting if Light won this after defeating Rain in the KSL finals.
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Oof. A matter of literally one or two seconds.
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I've not been watching properly because I'm also trying to work but these seem like they've been some nice dynamic games. Missed the first series though.
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Sharp is such an entertaining player to watch <3
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51132 Posts
what the fuck is this game lmao
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On January 21 2020 21:22 GTR wrote: what the fuck is this game lmao ahh yes, the classic 7 marine 1 SCV drop
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can somebody tell me the complete results, please?
oh and also - a link to a VOD would be great, thanks!
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On January 21 2020 22:43 M3t4PhYzX wrote: can somebody tell me the complete results, please?
oh and also - a link to a VOD would be great, thanks! Results: + Show Spoiler +Light 2:0 Sacsri Sharp 2:0 Light Sharp 2:1 Sacsri
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On January 21 2020 13:04 Turbovolver wrote: Hahaha yes, everyone I anti-fan gives up on the game. This power is delicious!
A pro leaving BW for you is delicious? ... nice. When this game will be dead, is that going to be delicious again for you?
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Sharp playing well? Rain not playing? I'm so excited for this season of ASL.
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+ Show Spoiler +Congratz Sharp, looking forward to his performance this season! As sad as I am to see Rain drop out, he has been competing pretty much non stop for what, a decade? Give the man a break. He has brought us some unreal pvp and really became the top protoss. It sucks that we won't get to see Bisu vs Rain pvp in asl 9, though. However, looking at liquipedia it seems that flash might actually play in this afterall, which is super awesome! Let's see if he can make it 5 ASLs!
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Sharp is over rated. A lot.
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United Kingdom12010 Posts
Light vs Sharp game 1 was incredible.
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On January 22 2020 03:44 Xeln4g4 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2020 13:04 Turbovolver wrote: Hahaha yes, everyone I anti-fan gives up on the game. This power is delicious! A pro leaving BW for you is delicious? ... nice. When this game will be dead, is that going to be delicious again for you? There are plenty of pros failing to make it into the tournaments, not to mention amateurs struggling through qualifiers. Players like Flash or Rain that just dominate everyone on the grounds of amazing macro make Brood War boring, their absence is hardly killing the game. Especially Rain, whose PvT is just pathetic to watch ー many of the games in the KSL finals weren't amazing... but it was an amazing finals. Why? Because the boring but super-successful player got trashed, the "underdog" won.
On January 22 2020 04:38 TornadoSteve wrote: Sharp is over rated. A lot. His macro is pretty bad compared to most of the other pros, but he does so much with the units that he does build. Whether you call that overrated or not depends on what you prioritise, his results are very good but not amazing, but he's generally a treat to watch regardless.
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Burned Toast
Canada2040 Posts
For those who experiences problems/lag with the afreeca player, I've reuploaded the VODs on YT and put the spoiler-free urls in the Small VOD Thread.
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On January 22 2020 06:39 Turbovolver wrote:His macro is pretty bad compared to most of the other pros, but he does so much with the units that he does build. Whether you call that overrated or not depends on what you prioritise, his results are very good but not amazing, but he's generally a treat to watch regardless. Yeah I enjoy watching Sharp do weird shit :D
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Rain is not boring :[. His PvT might be formulatic, but his PvZ is really dynamic and PvP otherwordly.
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On January 22 2020 04:36 Lorch wrote:+ Show Spoiler +Congratz Sharp, looking forward to his performance this season! As sad as I am to see Rain drop out, he has been competing pretty much non stop for what, a decade? Give the man a break. He has brought us some unreal pvp and really became the top protoss. It sucks that we won't get to see Bisu vs Rain pvp in asl 9, though. However, looking at liquipedia it seems that flash might actually play in this afterall, which is super awesome! Let's see if he can make it 5 ASLs!
I like Rain, but he managed to win both ASL and KSL and he was too dominant in PvP. Good luck to him in his next adventures!
So, is Flash really playing this after all the drama?
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Shouldnt there be another one? Or do we assume flash is playing
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On January 22 2020 11:31 Burned Toast wrote:For those who experiences problems/lag with the afreeca player, I've reuploaded the VODs on YT and put the spoiler-free urls in the Small VOD Thread.
Thank you!
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On January 21 2020 18:13 JieXian wrote:I'm not a big Rain fan because I think he might be overhyped but it is undeniable that he's good and has crushed many good players and I am sad he isn't participating. There is glory in winning a championship won by defeating such a formidable opponent, like Light had done. is he injured or something? or is it about interest?
guy who made top 4 in 5 consecutives starleagues and ro8, ro4, 1st place, ro8 before that is definitely overhyped... idk how people even come up with sentiments like this^^
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On January 22 2020 05:16 Qikz wrote: Light vs Sharp game 1 was incredible. Yep, the ending was great
+ Show Spoiler +Btw Sharp was super happy to qualify after beating Sacsri, I've never seen a pro express so much joy after winning
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On January 21 2020 18:13 JieXian wrote:I'm not a big Rain fan because I think he might be overhyped but it is undeniable that he's good and has crushed many good players and I am sad he isn't participating. There is glory in winning a championship won by defeating such a formidable opponent, like Light had done. is he injured or something? or is it about interest?
how the fuck is he overrated
hes literally the 2nd most accomplished person in this era aside Flash
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On January 24 2020 09:50 ShowTheLights wrote: how the fuck is he overrated
hes literally the 2nd most accomplished person in this era aside Flash I mean, did you see his recalls in those games vs Light? He has laughably large holes in his PvT, and so few people seem to acknowledge that that yes I feel comfortable calling him overhyped.
I mean hell, Bisu was the same. Strong player, weak PvT but his good fundamentals often got him through games in that matchup anyway (this is long before the sexy double shuttle stuff). But I feel like people were more willing to acknowledge those flaws in Bisu's play than they are with Rain's. Or maybe it just feels like that because the Rain stuff is more recent.
If I had the time I would go look up all his vT record in ASL/KSL and see just how impressive/unimpressive it is, but from what I recall he hasn't collected any big scalps there. Well, I do recall one series over Last he won, in mostly non-macro games/BO wins.
I feel like we see a larger sample size of tournaments with him and he starts looking quite a bit less impressive because PvT emerges as a thorn in his side. But I guess that also depends on the results of the research I hint at above.
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OK, I'm doing it:
ASL ----------- Rain 0 - 1 Sea Rain 0 - 1 sSak Rain 0 - 1 Mong Rain 0 - 1 Sharp Rain 1 - 0 Sea Rain 1 - 0 Mind Rain 1 - 0 JyJ Rain 2 - 3 Last Rain 0 - 3 Flash
KSL ------------ Rain 3 - 1 Light Rain 3 - 0 Leta Rain 3 - 4 Sharp Rain 3 - 1 Last Rain 3 - 1 Sharp Rain 2 - 4 Light
So, nope. That's just not an impressive pedigree even before you take into account how skill-indicative the matches were (for example the 3-1 over Last showed he's good at picking builds more than anything else). He's at best 50% against decent Terrans.
Tried to look up his sponmatch record and he seems to be removed from the website.
Face it, ya boi got good vP and vZ game and coasted on it.
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On January 24 2020 13:35 Turbovolver wrote: That's just not an impressive pedigree even before you take into account how skill-indicative the matches were (for example the 3-1 over Last showed he's good at picking builds more than anything else) Which as we know, is not a "skill".
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On January 24 2020 03:10 Executer08 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2020 18:13 JieXian wrote:I'm not a big Rain fan because I think he might be overhyped but it is undeniable that he's good and has crushed many good players and I am sad he isn't participating. There is glory in winning a championship won by defeating such a formidable opponent, like Light had done. is he injured or something? or is it about interest? guy who made top 4 in 5 consecutives starleagues and ro8, ro4, 1st place, ro8 before that is definitely overhyped... idk how people even come up with sentiments like this^^
THANK YOUUUU
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Rain is definitely the most talented player of the current era after flash IMO. He just seems to be lacking passion lately. He said himself he barely even practiced for the last KSL (and still made it to the finals). Maybe he needs a break for a bit or maybe he's ready to move on to something else. He's got nothing else to prove in BW.
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On January 24 2020 03:10 Executer08 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2020 18:13 JieXian wrote:I'm not a big Rain fan because I think he might be overhyped but it is undeniable that he's good and has crushed many good players and I am sad he isn't participating. There is glory in winning a championship won by defeating such a formidable opponent, like Light had done. is he injured or something? or is it about interest? guy who made top 4 in 5 consecutives starleagues and ro8, ro4, 1st place, ro8 before that is definitely overhyped... idk how people even come up with sentiments like this^^
To clarify, I used "overhyped" in context of how I hear Tastosis talk like he's some superhuman GOD. He's not on the level of Flash (or maybe even Bisu) imo. He's definitely the next best thing. Perhaps a demigod
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Any comments on why he chose not to participate?
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On February 08 2020 18:38 Barneyk wrote: Any comments on why he chose not to participate?
I would also like to know this.
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