only three of the invited(so the better players in the tournament), were zergs.. considering that.. the results are pretty expected for toss/terran to dominate..

Vokasak

United States388 Posts

August 31 2010 02:29 GMT

#62

On August 31 2010 09:51 RodrigoX wrote:
Great stuff, glad to see SOME protoss representation after the TvZ fiasco IEM was.

Some? Top 3 all-Protoss is a bit more than "some" representation...

Noxie

United States2227 Posts

August 31 2010 02:36 GMT

#63

Was an amazing event. Had a great time, Glad i got to meet all of the players as well. They are all really nice guys, TTOne, HuK, Last Shadow and qxc were especially nice and talked to fans and myself all throughout the tournament.

Also wanted to say that SelecT's hand speed is the fastest I have ever seen.

KezseN

Singapore1450 Posts

August 31 2010 02:38 GMT

#64

GAH~~~ got stabbed in the Heart~~~~ either the lings got roasted by the hellions or cut to pieces by the chargelots~

anywayz,, WP by the others

Empyrean

17047 Posts

August 31 2010 02:47 GMT

#65

On August 31 2010 11:02 Telcontar wrote:

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6'3 in his own words.

Yeah, it really struck me when I first saw him. I suppose I've only ever seen his face so I've never really known about that XD

On August 31 2010 11:05 Cofo wrote:
I may or may not have just developed a mancrush on HuK.

It's ReSpOnSe and ThisIsJimmy here for me

PaprikaSpice

United States41 Posts

August 31 2010 02:50 GMT

#66

Man, did anyone else used to play NS, the FPS/RTS HL mod? It's been so weird for me picking up SC2 and seeing some of the names from the highest levels of competitive NS play showing up in SC2 tourneys. I was only ever a mid-level competitive NS player, and man it was rough playing against the clan Nadagast/PainUser were in.

Endbringer

United States111 Posts

August 31 2010 02:58 GMT

#67

I really liked the descriptions of how the players acted when they play. Thats something thats really interesting and its not something you can see on vods or streams.

Empyrean

17047 Posts

August 31 2010 02:58 GMT

#68

Yeah I loved NS. It was a fun game to LAN with your friends. The rhino/elephant/ultralisk things were epic :D

Alou

United States3748 Posts

August 31 2010 03:02 GMT

#69

Protoss on top. Where they should be :D Grats HuK, KiWiKaKi, and Socke.

Ownos

United States2147 Posts

August 31 2010 03:02 GMT

#70

On August 31 2010 11:50 PaprikaSpice wrote:
Man, did anyone else used to play NS, the FPS/RTS HL mod? It's been so weird for me picking up SC2 and seeing some of the names from the highest levels of competitive NS play showing up in SC2 tourneys. I was only ever a mid-level competitive NS player, and man it was rough playing against the clan Nadagast/PainUser were in.

Yeah, when HD was interviewing PainUser on his channel, I was like "I've heard that name from somewhere... just WHERE!?"

Then PainUser mentions he played NS and it all came back. "Oh yeah..."

ThisIsJimmy

United States546 Posts

August 31 2010 03:26 GMT

#71

On August 31 2010 11:47 Empyrean wrote:

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Yeah, it really struck me when I first saw him. I suppose I've only ever seen his face so I've never really known about that XD

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It's ReSpOnSe and ThisIsJimmy here for me

lol! Nice writeup and pics. It was really fun hanging out with you at the tourny Empyrean.

Also, I didn't realize so many players had pillows... maybe that is the secret to success!

Hav0k

United States7 Posts

August 31 2010 03:28 GMT

#72

On August 31 2010 09:38 Felby wrote:
sweet, HuK wins for root gaming, AMIRITE DAY9?!

thanks for the writeup maybe hottest member of TL Hot_Bid!

HuK is not part of Root Gaming, so you are not right. He's in Millenium.

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

August 31 2010 03:28 GMT

#73

I only caught parts of MLG, thanks for the recap.

GeorgeForeman

United States1746 Posts

August 31 2010 03:40 GMT

#74

I became a Huk fan watching him live at MLG. What impressed me the most was his colossus positioning. Game 2 of the Winners Bracket Finals where he just maimed Kiwi by keeping his units spread so brilliants was fantastic, but he had a similar match on day 1 against Suggy that wasn't up on the big screen. Again, great positioning, great patience baiting his opponent into a battle where Huk's colossi were spread out in a great concave while Suggy's were clumped up together.

Only PvP's I saw him lose in the tourney were to rush-type plays. Once it got mid/late, it was as good as over. Thanks for a great show, man!