On June 18 2017 00:31 ThomasjServo wrote:
wtf is wrong with korea Black and L5 have both looked like they were just not at all on the same wave length as a team.

MVP Black can't draft/play Tomb.

Zambrah

United States7393 Posts

June 17 2017 16:08 GMT

#230

Finally caught up in time to miss most of this day to now catch up on! Hurray.

Go Dig!

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46559 Posts

June 17 2017 16:11 GMT

#231

The gap between NA/EU and Korea has been closing, whether it's more from NA/EU being more consistent and solid than in the past or just from Korea making more errors than usual.

Zambrah

United States7393 Posts

June 17 2017 16:33 GMT

#232

This new Korean Mortality thing makes HotS SO much more exciting to watch. This gives me so much hope and hype for HGC's future.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46559 Posts

June 17 2017 16:40 GMT

#233

On June 18 2017 01:33 Zambrah wrote:
This new Korean Mortality thing makes HotS SO much more exciting to watch. This gives me so much hope and hype for HGC's future.

Agreed. Dignitas up 2-1 right now!

Zambrah

United States7393 Posts

June 17 2017 16:43 GMT

#234

DigniGODS!

I'd be so happy if Roll20 or Dignitas won this.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46559 Posts

June 17 2017 17:12 GMT

#235

Dig 3-1 over MVP.Black, wow!

Thezzy

Netherlands2117 Posts

June 17 2017 17:13 GMT

#236

Triple assassin for the win?

karazax

United States3737 Posts

June 17 2017 17:53 GMT

#237

League play for Korea was a big advantage for them. NA and EU top teams used to qualify and then not play in any tourneys for several patches worth of meta changes, then come in to international tourneys trying to guess the correct meta based off scrims. Beyond that the Korean teams haven't looked nearly as mechanically superior as the past.

Zambrah

United States7393 Posts

June 17 2017 18:42 GMT

#238

One reason SC got stale for me was that the only games that ever appeared to matter were KR games, made for really anticlimactic tournaments when you just knew which two or three players were just gonna win. I LOVE that HotS is at the point where I can follow any regions games and feel like I'm watching a unique and valid ecosystem of play, which makes the meeting of regions extra great because Roll20 COULD make big plays and take games, Dignitas could win this whole tournament, L5 could show up and win too, every region feels like it has the ability to be at least semi competitive and it makes the matches so much more fun to watch and the tournaments more thrilling to keep up with

Ej_

47656 Posts

June 17 2017 20:01 GMT

#239

yada yada yada, MVP still has entire lower bracket to learn drafting and take the finals

Zambrah

United States7393 Posts

June 17 2017 20:26 GMT

#240

They sure do have a chance, but I'm pleased to be able to say they definitely don't have it on lock. :D

EU gonna make them REALLY fight for it! NA might make them fight for it, depending on which Tempo we see and whether continued exposure to EU scrims hurt or help Tempo, and how much they help Roll20.