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[TSL] Grand Final Preview

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[TSL] Grand Final Preview

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May 14th, 2011 21:46 GMT
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Naniwa
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TSL Victories: 2-1 Ret [image loading] 3-1 Goody [image loading] 3-2 Cruncher [image loading] 4-1 HasuObs
Liquibet: 4768 (49.25%)
Pre-Final Interview: Transformation
PvT Record: 148 wins - 67 losses (68.84%)
Best Streak: 18 wins
Worst Streak: 5 losses
Current Streak: 3 wins
Best TSL Map: Shakuras Plateau (71.42%)

Thorzain
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TSL Victories: 2-0 FruitDealer [image loading] 3-0 Tyler [image loading] 3-2 MC [image loading] 4-1 Kas
Liquibet: 4912 (50.75%)
Pre-Final Interview: Trailblazing
TvP Record: 22 wins - 9 losses (70.97%)
Best Streak: 8 wins
Worst Streak: 2 losses
Current Streak: 2 losses
Best TSL Map: Shakuras Plateau (80.00%)


1st Place Prize: $15,000 and TSL4 Seed
2nd Place Prize: $7,000 and TSL4 Seed

When the TSL began, competitive StarCraft 2 was in a whole different world. The IEM World Championship had just ended with Koreans taking home first, second and third. Idra had withdrawn from the March GSL, leaving Jinro as the only foreigner in Code S. Of the four foreigners in Code A, only Huk had made it past the round of 32. Foreign players were being tossed around like leaves on a windy day. MC 4-1'd July in the GSL finals to take his second GSL championship and was being proclaimed by the masses as the undisputed best player in the world.
      A month prior, a Swedish Terran named Marcus Eklof had won his second tournament ever, the 2011 TeamSpeak TeamLiquid Open #12. Outside of the Nordic scene no one knew who he was. And what did it matter? In the TSL he was matched up against one of the most beloved players, FruitDealer, who had battered and beat (T)Virus to a pulp in the GSL Up/Down S2 four days before Thorzain's debut. FruitDealer was in form with two very impressive ZvT wins and a spot in GSL Code S S3. Meanwhile, the former Brood War superstar and Assembly Winter champ, Ret, was prepping for a repeat of his 2-0 sweep of Naniwa at Assembly. The Dignitas Protoss had yet to make his insane run and victory at MLG Dallas and was still cooling in the shadow of his removal from the ESL Pro Series, and exit from MyM. Infamous for bad manner and an unprofessional demeanor, he was not hoped or favoured to advance.
      As the weeks passed Naniwa and Thorzain cut a path to the finals. Ignoring pontificating fanboys and all manner of precedent, they toppled players like trees to an axe. Five different countries were knocked down and out of the TSL as the compatriots clutched through round after round with no-nonsense, extremely prepared play. Thorzain became the people's champion by dethroning MC and debunking the myth that Koreans could not be beat. For Naniwa, each advancement was a hammer blow that reforged his image into the awe-inspiring and utterly terrifying one that it is today.
      The TSL started on March 19th. Since then, Naniwa, at an 68.84% all-time PvT win percentage, has won 28 PvTs and lost three. Thorzain, at 70.97% in the matchup, has gone 6-4. Even still, Liquibetters are split on who will win. When it comes to Thorzain, what you see on paper is irrespective of what you see on screen. His ability to defeat a variety of grizzled, experienced players, in just as many scenarios, shows that he is impossible to predict. Thorzain carries his momentum with him from one game to the next, like a hammer that defies Newton's third law. Naniwa is the opposite. He looks good on paper, and he plays like you expect him to. Everything about his play is polished to a shine; like a seamless, gilded armour that bore him to the finals. There are no two players more deserving or talented. On Sunday we will be watching the best, playing at the dawn of a new era.


Cheerfuls !
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HawaiianPig
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada5149 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-14 21:50:25
May 14 2011 21:47 GMT
#2
Hypppppppe

This was Pholon's idea:

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Vandeam
Profile Joined March 2011
Norway28 Posts
May 14 2011 21:48 GMT
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nice
SilentShout
Profile Joined March 2011
652 Posts
May 14 2011 21:48 GMT
#4
Super excited, tomorrow can't come fast enough. Go Thorzain!!
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice22524 Posts
May 14 2011 21:48 GMT
#5
SO EXCITED
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Zim23
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1650 Posts
May 14 2011 21:48 GMT
#6
Haha that Naniwa cheerful cracks me up every time. HYYYYYYYYPE!!!!
Do an arranged marriage if she's not completely minging, and don't worry about dancing, get a go-kart, cheers.
Callobono
Profile Joined March 2011
Norway57 Posts
May 14 2011 21:49 GMT
#7
Cant wait for this really hopeing it will finaly be a epic showdown in a big tournamnet finals :D
Volband
Profile Joined March 2011
Hungary3570 Posts
May 14 2011 21:51 GMT
#8
gogogog Thorzain!
BoldMan
Profile Joined September 2010
United States168 Posts
May 14 2011 21:51 GMT
#9
should change the title from

[TSL] Grand Final

to

[TSL3] Grand Final
[b] Bold men make bold statements [/b]
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice22524 Posts
May 14 2011 21:53 GMT
#10
[TSL] is our standard news tag I'm keeping it.


On May 15 2011 06:47 HawaiianPig wrote:
Hypppppppe

This was Pholon's idea:

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LOLOL
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8184 Posts
May 14 2011 21:53 GMT
#11
ThorZain FIGHTING!!!
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
Kevan
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden2302 Posts
May 14 2011 21:54 GMT
#12
Naniwa fighting!
SC2, rip in pepperinos
TOCHMY
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Sweden1462 Posts
May 14 2011 21:54 GMT
#13
WOOH! Go ThorZaiN! Go NaNiwa! Go both! I don't know who I'm cheering for but the matches will most definately be the best yet!
Yoona <3 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Look! It's Totoro! ☉.☉☂
Malgrif
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1093 Posts
May 14 2011 21:55 GMT
#14
Naniwa has this in the bag!!
for there to be pro there has to be noob.
Backpack
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1760 Posts
May 14 2011 21:56 GMT
#15
Best TSL map for both is Shakuras. Who will take it? :o
"You people need to just generally care a lot less about everything." -Zatic
Corr
Profile Joined January 2009
Denmark564 Posts
May 14 2011 21:58 GMT
#16
On May 15 2011 06:47 HawaiianPig wrote:
Hypppppppe

This was Pholon's idea:

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5/5 :D :D :D

I think Naniwa is losing his momentum :x
On the other hand, Thorzain on LAN?

I have no idea.

STOKED!
Bamm
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden279 Posts
May 14 2011 21:59 GMT
#17
THORZAIN LOVE U AND I BELIVE IN U <3 fighting!
Bamm and the dirt is gone!
overshard
Profile Joined November 2010
United States45 Posts
May 14 2011 21:59 GMT
#18
Guaranteed to be better than the GSL finals!
Frostmister
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden77 Posts
May 14 2011 22:02 GMT
#19
You can do it Naniwa!!!

NaNiwa hwaiting !!! ~~
"This matchup makes me wanna commit suicide" - Naniwa
Immer[Forever]
Profile Joined May 2003
Sweden255 Posts
May 14 2011 22:02 GMT
#20
I don't like that american psycho gif disturbing
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