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[LP] IEM and Winner Biography
August 23rd, 2010 07:23 GMT
Liquipedia Weekly #2
Bringing you top quality strategy advice, one article at a time
MorroW deep in thought after going 1-0 up against Idra
Liquipedia is more than just a strategy resource, it also houses information for many tournaments both community and professional as well as biographies for top level players in the scene. Perhaps you don't feel like you can contribute sound strategy advice, well maybe you can contribute something factual in this area instead? In this post we're going to show you what a good player profile and a good tournament page looks like. Since the massively successful IEM has just concluded, it only seemed appropriate to feature the Biography of MorroW and the tournament page of the IEM.
Keep in mind that the IEM page was being constantly updated as the tournament progressed. Thus if you want to see how a tournament is progressing without the hassle of clicking through the forums, you can always check the relevant Liquipedia page.
IEM Gamescon Colonge
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_V_-_Global_Challenge_Cologne
As with any good Liquipedia page, you will be greeted by a simple overview of the page at the top. Here you can see that the IEM page gives a quick outline of what the tournament was about, how significant it was, and who was casting it. There is also a quick outline of the final results. The final results can also be found in...
The ever so useful information box! Which is located immediately to the right of the page. This box gives you a quick summary of all the details about the tournament - such as who won (that's immediately below where I cut the picture!), what maps were used, where the event was held, who was organizing it, what the race distribution was etc. It's very quick way to get up to speed with the basic facts of the tournament.
As you continue reading the page will go over all the necessary pieces of information. This includes the qualification structure, how players got to where they are, the format of the tournament, the prize distribution, the final player list etc. Pictured above is just the player table for the tournament, one of the many pieces of information you will find as you read on.
Reading further will bring you to the results for the tournament. Picture above is the results from Groups A and B in a nice pretty table. Liquipedia is an easy way to format many pieces of tournament data, as this shows, since you are able to pack in a lot of stuff into those tables.
Not satisfied with just raw results? Neither is Liquipedia! Each Group has a brief summary of what went down. This way you can stay up to date with the event without having to dedicate the time to watching the games, although we know you will probably end up watching them anyway! (Of course, Liquipedia has the links for the VODs listed in the references section of the article)
No page would be complete without a nice pretty bracket to summarize the happenings of the elimination stage of the tournament. There are tutorials on Liquipedia for creating these bad boys, so if you see a tournament without one - feel free to add it!
So be sure to check out the IEM Page in full since there is a lot more information on the page than what we've screenshotted above. Give it a go, you might be surprised at how in depth Liquipedia really is!
Stefan "MorroW" Andersson
 MorroW
Of course, if we are writing about tournaments then we're going to have articles on the players in those tournaments as well! Here is an example of a good players page.
As before, you have your overview paragraph outlining why you should care about this player. And to the right of this we have...
The information box! This time containing a picture of MorroW (above what I've cropped in the picture) and plenty of background information on him. Such as, his brithday, race and team history.
If you continue to read, you come up to MorroW's biography. This gives a pretty concise summary of his career to date. Pictured is the brief paragraph about his SC:BW career, below that are the details about his SC2 career (you'll have to visit the page to see that!). Underneath the biography comes more detailed accounts of his career during the Beta and since the retail version was released.
This is an excerpt from his Wings of Liberty biography.
MorroW has been a really successful player so far, and thus has racked up quite a few achievements so far. Liquipedia provides you with a complete list of major accomplishments for every player in a convenient table format, as displayed above.
And last but not least, the article caps off with enough interesting links about MorroW to bring you fully up to date with the player. Such links include interviews, vods and replays. Below that is a list of all the references made in the article, which provide even more background to MorroW.
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i wonder how many man hours go into this stuff; seems like a lot of work
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nice read im glad morrow is doing well in sc2 i was a fan of his in the tsl
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Very good write-up. Thanks for this, especially the interviews!
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On August 23 2010 16:25 Crunchums wrote:
i wonder how many man hours go into this stuff; seems like a lot of work
Prob like 1 hour, LP is really easy to get in to so go contribute! :D
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Awesome job by TL-Wiki ... AGAIN ! :D
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I'm a really big MorroW fan  . Loved his play in bw and that's making his play in sc2 very fun for me to watch too. I've been in one of his old team for... nearly a year now (not cause I'm following him loler, [MB] is probably the most stable clan around) but I was a fan of his long before I jjoined [MB].
So tired I'm finding it hard to express myself adequately right now, whatever, keep raping MorroW.
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Cool stuff, I'll definitely contribute whenever I can
-> just corrected a spelling mistake on LP! Hurray!
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Nice write up. Gj TL Wiki
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Netherlands6142 Posts
Nice work tournamentsectionguys :D
Uploaded a new pic to the MorroW page and will try to add some battlereports later.
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On August 23 2010 17:02 Pholon wrote:
Nice work tournamentsectionguys :D
Uploaded a new pic to the MorroW page and will try to add some battlereports later.
Indeed nice work! And nice work to all of the LP people, it's so good already!
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Wonder why Tarson vs Madfrog hasn't been added to TLPD?
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Nice work and great to see the wiki expand more each time.
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Well least TLO can say he lost to the winner!
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"In the qualifiers he faced off against german Zerg Kolll who turned out to be too much for MorroW to handle"
Anyone know what happened to Kolll? Is he playing Starcraft 2?
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Hungary11291 Posts
On August 23 2010 18:23 deotrip wrote:
"In the qualifiers he faced off against german Zerg Kolll who turned out to be too much for MorroW to handle"
Anyone know what happened to Kolll? Is he playing Starcraft 2?
He's still part of the mouz SC2 roster and I think he took part in EPS qualifiers. Apart from that I don't know much.
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Thanks for everyone's hardwork putting this stuff together. It's going to be an amazing resource.
This is article is quite timely , after reading some grossly uninformed bashings in the LR thread. Much respect to Morrow. I never seen his BW games, but he stood out to me in the Beta. There was a point terran was considered weak(esp tvp immortal timing), and a lot of people just complained but he was pretty productive trying to test/ spread strats like 1raxFe->4 rax iirc. He played really well in IEM as well, and I love his aggressive style built ontop of solid fundamentals.
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![[image loading]](http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/7704/1re.png)
5rax reaper spam was just painful to watch for me.
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you really really really really really deserved to win that morrow....
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Holy crap. I've done stat and information reporting on probably around 100 different gaming tournaments and I can say that this is a phenomenally awesome accomplishment.
The scouring for score results, getting in contact with tournament officials, verifying schedule and match adjustments, and then putting all of that data together into an aesthetically appealing format like this is just way cool to see. Not to mention thats before all the extra goodies like match/group recaps and individual player profiles.
Hats off TL, excellent work
I'll be in Raleigh on the tournament floor coordinating all of our online updating for results and content, if whoever is doing the wiki needs a direct contact, PM me.
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Yeah morrow deserve it remenber anyone ? http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/29443-Terran_weak_or_just_unlucky yeah OP immortal rush and stupid op roaches good times Hun ? during that time morrow and few others Terran were having sucess despite T being in the same situation zerg are right now pretty funny , i hope that blizzard will balance things so that everytime a Terran win a tournament people stop taking the credit off the player. Anyway good job Morrow !
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I remember his face turn red when he apoligized to Tarson for "abusing mass reapers" and saying it "wasnt balanced at all."
i also lol'd at the picture of his face:
"MorroW deep in thought after going 1-0 up against Idra"
"SHIT, what am i gonna do next game?????!!???" i think he is just hiding his face in shame...
but srsy guys, anyone would have done it for the money!
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Anyone saw the post-final interview with Idra? It was hilarious!
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I think Idra was intent on losing. The prize for 1st place was pretty insignificant compared to second and he didn't really care. The game on Blistering Sands shows that he missed out on at least 4 spawn larvae injections at his natural and possibly a lot more. No diamond/platinum player would even stockpile that much energy and miss out on larvae. He built his baneling nest at the worst possible place as well as his ultralisk cavern out in the open for free kill.
It is so unlike idra to do this, even when's he's laddering on the korean server he doesn't play like this, he plays far superb.
People should examine replay for more evidence.
I believe he intentionally lost because he wanted to show the world how overpowered terran/reaper is. Extremely bad sportsmanship, because when he's on live GOMTV he plays serious mode.(respect koreans and boost popularity in korea and too much bad image in western world)
The last game on Steppes of War is good proof that he's trying to tell the audience he had been affected by the mind games morrow played on him, while simultaneously telling the world that he needed to build every single tech structure (baneling nest way too early when he saw a hellion -uncharacteristic of high level play) or he would lose to the numerous 1234 strategies terran had.
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On August 23 2010 19:52 tournamentnow wrote:
I think Idra was intent on losing. The prize for 1st place was pretty insignificant compared to second and he didn't really care. The game on Blistering Sands shows that he missed out on at least 4 spawn larvae injections at his natural and possibly a lot more. No diamond/platinum player would even stockpile that much energy and miss out on larvae. He built his baneling nest at the worst possible place as well as his ultralisk cavern out in the open for free kill.
It is so unlike idra to do this, even when's he's laddering on the korean server he doesn't play like this, he plays far superb.
People should examine replay for more evidence.
I believe he intentionally lost because he wanted to show the world how overpowered terran/reaper is. Extremely bad sportsmanship, because when he's on live GOMTV he plays serious mode.(respect koreans and boost popularity in korea and too much bad image in western world)
The last game on Steppes of War is good proof that he's trying to tell the audience he had been affected by the mind games morrow played on him, while simultaneously telling the world that he needed to build every single tech structure (baneling nest way too early when he saw a hellion -uncharacteristic of high level play) or he would lose to the numerous 1234 strategies terran had.
User was temp banned for this post.
Yes, Idra, one of the most competitive, determined and dedicated players from BW, and even more so in SC2, threw the games to send a message to the world. No?
edit: sorry, I shouldn't respond to posts already banned for :X
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With such a liquipedia page he definitely won't let the razer girls go next time, right?
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Trinidad/Tobago1177 Posts
so sweet to win after you got in from and invite. Morrow probably feels like $5000. Congrats!
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the tournament summary on liquipedia is excellent!
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Congratulations Morrow, well deserved. btw anybody knows what happened to our new german BW superstar Koll ?Is he going to Korea? Is he switching to SC2 ?
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Idra messed up game 3 and Morrow played excellent in that macro game. He deserved the win because he simply played better in this deciding game. Morrow would have been in big trouble had Idra played at his usual level. Queens with full energy and 1000 resources in the bank are not acceptable if you want that title. Congrats to Morrow!
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Morrow has won so much stuff and still seem to be so anonym to people. Hopefully now he will be considered a top player among normal fans too.
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I can honestly say that I cheered for him from the start.
He has that "new kiid on the block" look but seemed so determined to prove his worth and still being quite humble.
And... uh... what's wrong with mass reapers?
It's a strategy...
You guys whine about everything...
I prefer to see mass reapers action that a baneling bust. It is just way more intensive and fun.
Reapers are one of my favorite units of the game, even tho I'm P! ^^
Go go MorroW!!!
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Well deserved win by Morrow. The only way to beat a top macro zerg (tvz and pvz) is by constant non stop pressure. Sure he used reapers and they may be a tad strong mainly because of their structure damage but I see it as one of the few solutions to stoping idra.
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Sweden! ^^
Too bad about the poster girls on stage though, It's sad that they still go for that kind of scheisse
during these tournaments, doesn't feel very serious tbh.
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The only criticism I have is that reapers get a bit boring after being seen in every game of the tournament. But I love reapers in general. Was hoping for more heavy mech play from the terrans.
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No Protoss players even made it to the quarterfinals (in a tournament with 16 people).
This makes me sad.
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Wow awesome job guys
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Awesome play by MorroW! Swedish power!
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This was another really nice article from the Liquipedia staff! Since it was sort of meant to serve as a template for others to create Liquipedia pages, I think it did a great job breaking down how each of the sections should be structured and what they should contain. It really does a lot to show the TeamLiquid community how to make a Liquipedia page, and hopefully it will be really effective. I personally don't have a very intimate knowledge of any professionals or tournaments, but I'd be happy to contribute in any way that I possibly can. Liquidpedia is an amazing idea, but it will only ever be as strong as the TeamLiquid community is committed to making it now that StarCraft 2 is blowing up and there is too much for a small staff to adequately keep up with.
Also, please stop bashing on MorroW (this is only at a couple of the posters on this thread). He played extremely well throughout the entire IEM tournament, was very humble, and did nothing wrong. Terran may be slightly overpowered at this moment in time, but he has been playing as them since the Beta started, so he's certainly not a band-wagoner. Also, frankly, there was literally 2-1 odds that a Terran was going to win the tournament over having a Protoss or Zerg winner, simply because of the number of Terrans that were invited to IEM, relative to the rest of the races.
Finally, in my honest opinion, there is no way that IdrA threw that tournament. Don't get me wrong, IdrA is an amazing player who could very well be the best in the world (? - certainly one of the best without a doubt), but for the finals, he simply got outplayed. He was dominant throughout the rest of the tournament, and he's too competitive to make himself a martyr of Terran imbalance in an attempt to sway Blizzard (which simply wouldn't have made any difference, frankly). MorroW played fantastically, with few mistakes, and IdrA made some silly ones that are below his usual skill level. If I had to guess, I would suspect that his rage got to him and he started tilting, but I obviously don't know. To recap, get off MorroW's back - he played wonderfully and truly deserved to win that tournament.
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Edit: nevermind!
(you shud be able to delete posts)
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Fantastic play from Morrow actually defeating all the three big names I was expecting to win this tournament (TLO -> Dimaga -> Idra)..hope to see more of him in the near future!
Also keep a lookout for Sarens, his games against Idra were phenomenal, he could easily have gotten the win there!
Better luck next time for the protoss players
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Nice write up and congrats to Morrow for his performance in the entire tourney. I'm still wondering what was up with IdrA making very uncharacteristic mistakes in that Blistering Sands game.
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Awesome write up. LoL at the complaining about 5 racks. I'm just glad IdrA got beat. Is it just me or is he a really sore loser sometimes?
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I like this guy, he seems nice. Congratulations
I've had so many people try to use early Reapers on me now...
Not as easy as it looks, apparently. Usually they either lose a ton of their units to lings/roaches or they micro properly and don't macro. I haven't found it to be too much trouble yet.
They always say, the good ones make it look easy.
Looking forward to watching more of his matches. Great openings and usually has a good follow-through.
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So proud somebody quoted my article from liquipedia.
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United Kingdom16710 Posts
the most impressive thing was the mind game he played with idra in game 4. idra was so sure morrow was going the 3 rax reaper opening again but morrow hid his aces and by the time idra found out, it was too late. sign of a great player.
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GG Morrow, you played well and WON the games, everyone flaming you are just upset cuz thier "golden boy" lost. I appreciate the fact that you weren't even supposed to be in this tournament and still won it
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It's clear that Idra lost because he was outplayed, in both mind games and macro (game three oh my god what an epic epic game) Morrow had such excellent control, and Idra just seemed to tilt after the start of game 3. Started dropping macro and it just let Morrow walk all over that game. I don't think it shows any imbalance whatsoever. Just a better player on the day.
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Artosis
United States2140 Posts
actually, i got 3rd in my group. who beat who is the first tie breaker.
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Hungary11291 Posts
On August 24 2010 05:15 Artosis wrote:
actually, i got 3rd in my group. who beat who is the first tie breaker.
Fixed that. It's actually significant, since it means $100 more!
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HAHAHA, I love this!
I just read through the biography, the thing that makes me most happy about him winning the tournament is that he was a stand in! Those games were really magnificent and just really well executed. I love that the "17th" invitation won the tournament, certainly my favorite story of pro Starcraft 2 tournaments thus far. Such an awesome tournament and a fantastic finish, Morrow has a new fan.
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no protoss players advanced! makes me sad. what's the explanation?
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Netherlands6142 Posts
Only 3 were invited and I think HuK and WhiteRa were quite off their game. They'll do better next time =)
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Congrats but for me it was possibly the worst series I've watched in a long time
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Pretty great tourney. Grats to Morrow. I imagine either some metagame changes or balancing is gonna be done on reapers? I'm not one to cry wolf, but there were a lot of reapers in this tournament. Seeing so much of one opening that has such a big effect on the mid-game transition is disconcerting. Maybe not imbalanced...just could see it getting a little boring.
Reduce building damage some. flame-on.
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Amazing write up! Good details and it seems you already impressed a member of MLG. Congrats TL and Big ups to MorroW!
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Excellent, apart from the extremly unprofessional interviews and that "Dennis" guy I believe, these people were horrible to watch because they just seemed so cluesless... "ahm ye ah ye so how do you feel eh?" jesus...
But BIG BIG GG to Morrow
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Just watched Morrow vs Idra final, and well all I can say is that I was hoping for entertaining and exciting games. Unfortunately, that "5-rax reaper build every game" was far from enjoyable. All in all, good tournament, GG Morrow but in my opinion it was a very disappointing final.
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i like the way morrow studies the game. i can see that he puts a lot of effort into the game...
lot of ppl used to hate him back in 2008, but now everybody loves him and he really deserves that
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Morrow played excellant in the series. Game 4 was really good. I love that fake reapers into the helion push.
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Why did people hate Morrow back in 2008?
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United States12607 Posts
Thanks for the breakdown Aesop. <3 Liquipedia
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