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[TSL] Ro4 Day 1
February 20th, 2010 18:36 GMT
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Round of 4 Day 1
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  mouz.IefNaij vs.  Liquid`NonY
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![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Pholon/vod.gif) Game 1: Fighting Spirit
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Game 2: Destination
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Game 3: Outsider SE
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Game 4: New Tornado
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Game 5: Andromeda
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Broadcast: 11:00 PST / 14:00 EST / 20:00 CET / 04:00 TL Time (next day)
Casted Matchups:
mouz.IefNaij vs. Liquid`NonY
Set 1: <Fighting Spirit>
Set 2: <Destination>
Set 3: <Outsider>
Set 4: <New Tornado>
Set 5: <Andromeda>
Casters:
Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski and Nick "Tasteless" Plott
+ Show Spoiler [Show Caster Bios] +Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski was a top American Terran player before beginning his casting career by covering mainly non-Korean online tournaments like Ascension. After casting the Razer TSL in 2008, Artosis moved to Korea and now does interviews and coverage for IEG, the media giant that sponsors the eSTRO professional gaming team. Artosis joined Tasteless to cast Blizzcon 2008 and 2009, as well as the WCG Grand Final this year. Artosis is known as "The Wikipedia of StarCraft" for his comprehensive knowledge of the game.
Nick "Tasteless" Plott is regarded by many as the top English professional StarCraft commentator. Tasteless began his career with WCG USA Finals in 2005, and casted several other live events throughout the United States. In 2008, he became the first English-only caster to move to Korea, covering all seasons of GomTV's TG-Intel Classic and the WCG Grand Finals from 2005 to this year. Tasteless also casted many events for Blizzard, including their World Wide Invitational (since 2006) and Blizzcon (since 2007). Tasteless's nickname is the "Storm Observer" for his energy, humor, and enthusiasm.
How to Watch?
Stream will be provided at match time.
What is at Stake?
Winners advance to the TSL Finals. Losers play the 3rd/4th place match.
Winners earn at least $5000 and the opportunity to earn more.
Results:
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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JF fightin! :D
I <3 you Nony, but I like JF more 
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Pulling for NonY here since I think it'd make the finals more interesting.
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United States42250 Posts
Sucks that I have to go out now. If anyone spoils this for me there will be blood. Hopefully there are no technical errors and this can go on nevake asap.
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NonY has made me into a believer! NonY Fighting!
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GO JF !!
let's hope the streaming ll work ..
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I'm so excited!!!! 2 great players.
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Wheeee! Hoping for good games here.
Prediction: NonY has played too much SC2 and forgets he can't chrono boost...
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JF Fighting!! I love both but gotta go for CANADAAAAA
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yay - stream is dead!
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Good thing I foreseen this and brought my DS with me.
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Stream...down...not again...I fear the worst...
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Lol neustadt just came to post the same thing =P
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On February 21 2010 04:11 neustadt wrote:yay - stream is dead!
not again
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JFJFJFJFJFJFJFJF
two in a row!
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Foreshadow about the feed?
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Hungary11269 Posts
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FFFuuuu i ordered pizza for this and now its gunna be gone before the games =(
oh ok 3 minutes
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Like i said last weekend.....terrible streams...terrible vent
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Whats the issue this time? Thought you'd get it right by now :C
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i hope nony hasnt been playing too much sc2
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
lol the introduccion are pretty cool
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On February 21 2010 04:18 xfi wrote:
Like i said last weekend.....terrible streams...terrible vent
you can do better?
who cares the streams will be there, the casters will be there, if you dont think they're that great wait for the vods?
plus we all know the starcraft we get to see is going to be amazing, so that makes it worth whatever wait there is
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Man, I don't know who I want to win... just hope for great games.
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On February 21 2010 04:18 xfi wrote:
Like i said last weekend.....terrible streams...terrible vent
Do you really believe that such capable people would be having difficulty with the stream if it were easy? You should be confident that everyone running the show wants this to run just as smoothly as you do, if not more so. `
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Great game
Stream been perfect for me too :D
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Ohohoho JF 3 gate goons ^^ going on 2nd game.
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JF build too brilliant for Artosis!
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Are there brackets anywhere?
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Lol WOAH wth reaver play by Nony!! Haha he definitely didn't take JF's reaver crown
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I want to hear Nony's explanation of game 2's micro lol
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oh wow, nony with several big big blunders, didnt expect that.
JF not really doing any mistake at all, nice play
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God, horrible game by Nony. I'm a little nervous for him now, that last game was just painful.
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Hungary11269 Posts
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nony, idra is looking over your shoulder! don't let him down with sloppy play like that!
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
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JF down one game :-(
Nony is so much more in shape, that's gonna be really hard for him....
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go nony!! i want to see nony vs mondragon in finals !
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Nice 3rd game, incredible reaver/shuttle by nony
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NonY makes JF look like a noob - he's that good.
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
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i hate to say it but i think nny gunna win this 3-1 dannng hes making Jf look like is bitch
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
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God, Nony really is going to win this TSL.
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GG NONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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gg
hm that was kinda bad though, nony shouldnt have attacked in such a bad angle but JF didnt bother microing his reaver/shuttle
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nony has no time for interview, he must play sc2 xD
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Is NonY giving the interview or no?
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Oh stream stopped, I thought there would be a nony interview
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Is the Nony interview coming?
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Those were amazing games! JF put up a good fight but Nony just had such good reaver control / placement.
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Hungary11269 Posts
On February 21 2010 05:42 L_Master wrote:
Is the Nony interview coming?
Written interview will come.
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The suspense! I want to hear Nony speak about his play and especially what was going on in Game 2. That was some ugly shuttle control.
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I just feel like JF got completely stomped. Nony proved his superior skill, but the games were far from epic. Fucking mirror matches
Now Mondi needs to stomp on that Sen guy and the finals will be fantastic, guaranteed!
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Mirror matches, yes but we got to witness true unit mastery. Given the same builds, same units, and relative mirror starting locations as well, Nony is just more highly skilled with the tools at hand than JF.
I have a feeling that Sen is going to take out Mondragon. Sen's play has been so good this entire series that I think he will continue the rolling force to the finals against Nony.
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I definitely hope that Sen will win, but it's going to be very close. Nony vs Sen PvZ finals should be an epic macro match though. Both of them really comfortable with huge armies and both their respective best match ups.
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Sanya12364 Posts
Nony's already the TSL2 Champion haha.
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Well one thing's for sure, tomorrow's matches are probably gonna be really short ;(
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Canada780 Posts
Congratulations to Nony. Taking down JianFei and securing a spot in the finals.
Good Luck next weekend Nony!
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On February 21 2010 05:32 Nal_rAwr wrote:
yes nony is bonjwa!
do you ever post anything else besides that sentence? It's getting really annoying.
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We want the written interview!
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IMO, analyzing the games, you can't really blame JF for losing. He played solid all four games (not amazing, but solid), in fact more solidly than last week vs. WhiteRa when he made two huge blunders the first and second games. The one game where he deviated from the reaver build he's known for, he took, so it's not like his strategies were bad.
The games where he lost, he simply lost on mechanics: Nony had tighter macro, better tactics, and stronger understanding of timing attacks. It's not so much a testament to how unprepared JF was as it is a testament to how strong and practiced Nony is. I know I called it already, but Nony has superior mechanics and he played to his advantages by not cheesing and just going toe-to-toe with JF on dragoon-reaver pushes, where he won the critical battles, all three games.
JF played well enough, and there was never a point where you could say, "man JF is so behind" or "damn JF made such a huge mistake" until the deciding battles of the match, when Nony showed his better understanding of reaver-dragoon combat tactics. I get the feeling that maybe JF didn't perform the reaver miracles he's so well-known for this series, but frankly that's only because Artosis and Tasteless hyped it up to such legendary status. In perfect honesty, Nony was the stronger player and probably just prevented those from happening.
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
tyler <3
rich man making history here folks
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In fairness to tasteless, he did warn
"Avoid goon reaver battles vs NonY" and it was right on the money, it seemed to suprise artosis who was still riding the "JF+Reavers = Win" train.
I love how tasteless views SC in the artistic way with Day[9] being a more scientific commentator.
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Getting into TSL finals then going straight into SC2 Beta is such perfect timing for him. I hope to see him do well in SC2 too!
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Does anyone else think it's kinda unfair how Nony is married but still earns thousands of dollars at starcraft? well, whatever. GO NONY!!!
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On February 21 2010 14:44 Wings wrote:
Does anyone else think it's kinda unfair how Nony is married but still earns thousands of dollars at starcraft? well, whatever. GO NONY!!!
Gotta start saving to support those kids in the making.
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grats to nony, it really doesnt matter who will advance out of mondi/sen now, both will give him a good run for his money in the finals and we get a kickass final guaranteed! Of course I would still be much more happy and emotionally involved with the finals if mondi makes it!
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On February 21 2010 14:44 Wings wrote:
Does anyone else think it's kinda unfair how Nony is married but still earns thousands of dollars at starcraft? well, whatever. GO NONY!!!
Damn right it's not fair. How can you have a life and be a baller at Starcraft at the same time? Nony too imba.
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On February 21 2010 15:35 Slow Motion wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2010 14:44 Wings wrote:
Does anyone else think it's kinda unfair how Nony is married but still earns thousands of dollars at starcraft? well, whatever. GO NONY!!! Damn right it's not fair. How can you have a life and be a baller at Starcraft at the same time? Nony too imba.
Well, some of us wouldn't consider being married as "win". But at least 5000$, hell yeah!
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NonY is very creative player, i'm happy of PvZ final - I would like to see Sen there (after watching Sen vs Draco)
That's gonna be epic final!
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When mondragon wins, TSL2 is complete.
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JF
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update OP with youtube video links please!
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On February 22 2010 07:36 TheNessman wrote:
update OP with youtube video links please!
they are in the nevake youtube channel if you havent seen them yet.
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Really good work guys! Great commentary who made the matches even more exciting!
Love that the BW-scene gets "bigger" outside KOR.
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