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KiNGxXx
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
7928 Posts
January 29 2011 11:23 GMT
#21
On January 29 2011 20:08 Golden Ghost wrote:

Why is the top 4 of Kiev going there (and the top 5 from Asia) but only the top 2 from America?

The slots are distributed considering the results and appearance during the recent Intel Extreme Masters events and seasons.
Example. If the two Americans will be placed first and second in Hannover America would have more slots for future events.
MKP|Maru|TaeJa|Mvp|Polt|INnoVation|GuMiho|Bomber|GoOdy|TeamTerran
ChickenLips
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
2912 Posts
January 29 2011 11:32 GMT
#22
i think whitera really gave 3 games away

everyone knows he never makes phoenixes so hes open to drop harass for the _entire_ game, he never managed to stabilize 2 bases against sjows drop play which is a bit laughable imo

3rd game is xelnaga, almost undroppable that map

4th game he 4gates....

well it was late into the night but i was extremely underwhelmed by ra's performance in the final game
❤Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ✿
ShatterZer0
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1843 Posts
January 29 2011 11:59 GMT
#23
On January 29 2011 19:51 DisaFear wrote:
Poor White-Ra
On the other hand, wow replays available for dl? Yay


"Poor Whitera"? Dude, it's okay if you're just not badass enough to not take FOUR tournaments in like 2 weeks. Even Whitera needs to deepen his medal repertoire! (with silvers!)
A time to live.
FlashIsHigh
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States474 Posts
January 29 2011 12:21 GMT
#24
This isnt a thread to talk about how OP terran is, its to talk about about Gosu sjow is. Ggs SJow I hope you make it into Korea and dominate to prove all your haters wrong
KT Flash// WhiteRa/Scarlett/Naniwa/MC/Huk/Nony
resilve
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom678 Posts
January 29 2011 12:22 GMT
#25
On January 29 2011 20:32 ChickenLips wrote:


well it was late into the night but i was extremely underwhelmed by ra's performance in the final game



I kinda agree, it felt like he was trying to force something special against an extremely safe player.


Really really nice write-up btw
Socke Fighting!!!!
SkyDiDeLY
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands51 Posts
January 29 2011 12:26 GMT
#26
True.. he seemed really tired tough.. especially the three forcefields in his 4gate attempt in sjows base.. they seemed.. random.
Carmac
Profile Joined August 2007
Poland375 Posts
January 29 2011 12:29 GMT
#27
On January 29 2011 20:08 Golden Ghost wrote:
Was a good tournament to watch.

One question about the IEM World Championship.
Why is the top 4 of Kiev going there (and the top 5 from Asia) but only the top 2 from America?


We don't have an even distribution of slots between continents. Normally we look at prior results in ESL competitions (and others if we believe it would give us a better idea of the region's strength) and assign a slot number arbitrarily.

For this season the Americas received 2 slots (remember IdrA is counted as an Asian since he lives there), Europe 4 and Asia 5. The last, or rather first, slot was to be won in the Global Challenge in Cologne.
www.intelextrememasters.com
Loljke
Profile Joined January 2011
Ukraine246 Posts
January 29 2011 12:56 GMT
#28
They should do something with terrans cuz 90% of all tournaments - terran players =\
We want to see more tosses and zerg :D
o.o
Golden Ghost
Profile Joined February 2003
Netherlands1041 Posts
January 29 2011 12:57 GMT
#29
Thanks for your clear answer Carmac & KiNGxXx. Looking forward to the finals. Also I didn't know that foreigners currently living in Korea would be counted as Asians. Good to know.
Life is to give and take. You take a vacation and you give to the poor.
misirlou
Profile Joined June 2010
Portugal3290 Posts
January 29 2011 13:16 GMT
#30
On January 29 2011 19:47 Armada Vega wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 29 2011 17:17 Silverymoon wrote:
There wasn't even a single zerg player TT

- Rawr


Yeah, but if Idra was there I think he could have had a really big chance of winning.



Idra changed nationality? Last time I checked, USA was far from Europe.
Copymizer
Profile Joined November 2010
Denmark2107 Posts
January 29 2011 14:39 GMT
#31
Good to see White-Ra is still in pretty good shape ! But i gotta say grats to Sjow it was his day
~~Yo man ! MBCGame HERO Fighting !! Holy check !
SYNC_qx
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany197 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-29 16:55:09
January 29 2011 16:53 GMT
#32
there is a replaypack of (almost) all matches released on the esl site:

edit: sorry i was thinking of another cup :/
Nimic
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway1360 Posts
January 29 2011 17:42 GMT
#33
On January 29 2011 19:49 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Sjow so good!


LiquidSjow, make it happen, go go go :D
pHelix Equilibria
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1134 Posts
January 29 2011 19:08 GMT
#34
Sjow was so deserving. Did anyone see him vs. Socke? Quite the game!
Reasonable
Profile Joined September 2010
Ukraine1432 Posts
January 29 2011 20:44 GMT
#35
Fuck I was in Kiev the last two weeks and I didn't even know about it!!!
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
January 29 2011 21:31 GMT
#36
GG's, I really hope he gets his money x_x
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
arctics86
Profile Joined December 2008
Germany797 Posts
January 29 2011 22:49 GMT
#37
On January 29 2011 21:29 Carmac wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 29 2011 20:08 Golden Ghost wrote:
Was a good tournament to watch.

One question about the IEM World Championship.
Why is the top 4 of Kiev going there (and the top 5 from Asia) but only the top 2 from America?


We don't have an even distribution of slots between continents. Normally we look at prior results in ESL competitions (and others if we believe it would give us a better idea of the region's strength) and assign a slot number arbitrarily.

For this season the Americas received 2 slots (remember IdrA is counted as an Asian since he lives there), Europe 4 and Asia 5. The last, or rather first, slot was to be won in the Global Challenge in Cologne.



But Idra played the American Qualifier, why is he counted as korean now? Isn't that competitive distortion?
Influ
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany780 Posts
January 30 2011 00:58 GMT
#38
On January 30 2011 07:49 arctics86 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 29 2011 21:29 Carmac wrote:
On January 29 2011 20:08 Golden Ghost wrote:
Was a good tournament to watch.

One question about the IEM World Championship.
Why is the top 4 of Kiev going there (and the top 5 from Asia) but only the top 2 from America?


We don't have an even distribution of slots between continents. Normally we look at prior results in ESL competitions (and others if we believe it would give us a better idea of the region's strength) and assign a slot number arbitrarily.

For this season the Americas received 2 slots (remember IdrA is counted as an Asian since he lives there), Europe 4 and Asia 5. The last, or rather first, slot was to be won in the Global Challenge in Cologne.



But Idra played the American Qualifier, why is he counted as korean now? Isn't that competitive distortion?

Are you sure he played the qualifier? He was not in the online group stage http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season5/america_sc2/ , i don't know how the amaricans qualified for the online group stage but sounds strange that Idra didn't manage to qualifie there.
Azuricate
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden35 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-30 01:33:05
January 30 2011 01:32 GMT
#39
Incredibly impressive performance by Sjow, keep up the good work!
hitman133
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1425 Posts
January 30 2011 02:31 GMT
#40
On January 30 2011 02:42 Nimic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 29 2011 19:49 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
Sjow so good!


LiquidSjow, make it happen, go go go :D

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