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[MLG] Pro Circuit: Anaheim - Giant Steps - Page 2

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mnck
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark1518 Posts
July 29 2011 09:32 GMT
#21
Nice! Your best SC2 hype article yet I must say!

Oh, and I <3 Elly the ESPORTS Elephant!
@Munck
thepeonwhocould
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia334 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-29 09:36:14
July 29 2011 09:32 GMT
#22
I think this article understates just how badly the koreans+huk are going to stomp this tournament.

Idra and Naniwa will probably be somewhere around 8 and 9th, after all the good koreans/huk.

My favorites to win it
1.DRG
2. MVP
3. Huk

I have no doubt that Huk vs DRG will produce the best games of the tournament. DRG is the king of muta/ling counter attacks. Huk is the king of defending against muta/ling counter attacks.

Huk vs DRG on Taldarim Altar will produce the greatest game of Starcraft 2 ever witnessed.

DRG vs MMA will also be epic. 4 marine drops occuring simultaneously vs insane zergling/muta counter attacks...
sVnteen
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2238 Posts
July 29 2011 09:33 GMT
#23
this algorythm is quite great

i aggree with everything except TLO losing to haypro (lol wut? never goint to happen) and incontrol losing to boxer (quite sure that incontrol is going to win this one at least)

great to read and soooo much infromation included
thx
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ComusLoM
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Norway3547 Posts
July 29 2011 09:33 GMT
#24
Liquid` is the team to watch this tournament, going to own it up.
"The White Woman Speaks in Tongues That Are All Lies" - Incontrol; Member #37 of the Chill Fanclub
Paladia
Profile Joined August 2003
802 Posts
July 29 2011 09:33 GMT
#25
The extreme advantage the seeded players get must go. It makes the tournament uninteresting as the best players are not seeded, which even defeats the entire purpose of having seeds. Instead, the seeds are passed out for long term service in the MLG. Drewbie and Incontrol over Thorzain and Alica, for example.

I really hope they scrapped the entirely awful "extended series" thingy. It randomly gives you a double disadvantage if you lose a game once in the group stage and randomly get to play the same player again. Despite you already having lost points to him once, you even get to start with a penalty the next time as well.
I can no longer rest under the tree of wisdom, since you have axed down the roots feeding it.
SenorChang
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia4730 Posts
July 29 2011 09:33 GMT
#26
On July 29 2011 18:07 Roggay wrote:
The first day is really european unfriendly :/ I won't be able to see it.

First day good for us Aussies, 10am till like 4pm.
Then 2nd and third day is like midnight to 10am!

I'll watch it all anyway >>
ლ(╹◡╹ლ)
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
July 29 2011 09:36 GMT
#27
T___T Lets be halfway around the world while this is happening...
at least I can catch GSL at a decent time!
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Micket
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2163 Posts
July 29 2011 09:40 GMT
#28
Everyone is ragging on Boxer like he is a complete push over. OK, he went 8-1 in NASL in laggy conditions at 2am. He lost to Zenio, a Korean in a close 2-1 series. He beat Sen (most consider the best foreigner and best zerg), IdrA (top 3 foreigner easy), and Cloud, Tyler, Mana, Painuser, Drewbie and Socke.

Unless you think Sheth is better than Sen, Incontrol is better than Mana and Socke, Sjow is better than Cloud, and IdrA is better than IdrA of then, then don't write Boxer off completely. It is true that he prepared more than most for the NASL (he got 2nd to Ret btw), and that his TvZ always had a proxy 2 barracks in it, but he is not some scrub who is falling on his legend status. Give the guy some credit. I was annoyed by Sotg when they didn't even mention Boxer as a contender for taking his group. If Boxer beats Idra in the first match, then i can definitely see him taking the group, even though he is not a strong favourite.
Wedberg
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden169 Posts
July 29 2011 09:41 GMT
#29
Col.DongRaeGu ? Says so above the last paragraph. :p
Trolle
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Sweden227 Posts
July 29 2011 09:41 GMT
#30
On July 29 2011 18:10 Comogury wrote:
I think the open bracket and pool play at MLG should end. There are way too many great players that end up getting knocked out in the open bracket because another great player is in it as well. The competition at every stage of the tournament is just way too fierce for the current system to actually make any sense.


Or open up a 7th slot so 2 qualify to each group from the open bracket. The top players should of course be given privileges
meep meep
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33637 Posts
July 29 2011 09:44 GMT
#31
On July 29 2011 18:41 Wedberg wrote:
Col.DongRaeGu ? Says so above the last paragraph. :p


coL.MVP_DongRaeGu was too long...

might as well give col the credit for wanting to sponsor some korean players abroad ^^
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
FryktSkyene
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1327 Posts
July 29 2011 09:50 GMT
#32
On July 29 2011 18:01 JustPassingBy wrote:
Sigh... anaheim and conference falling onto the same weekend...
let's hope I can watch the finals at least... :-/
and this incredibly awesome hype article only makes it worse for me... thanks!



I have work friday and i'll miss almost every single match (i may catch the last one)

And I REALLY wanted to see Huk vs DRG

qq.
Snitches get stiches
Eyx
Profile Joined December 2010
England165 Posts
July 29 2011 09:50 GMT
#33
I think OP has underestimated DRG, most people's pick to win the whole thing and is predicted not to make it out of the group stages
Jamial
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark1289 Posts
July 29 2011 09:51 GMT
#34
Reading this was a pleasure. Very, very nice write-up, and - if possible - you made me more anxious for this to get started already!
Flaf?
Kentakky
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden1272 Posts
July 29 2011 09:57 GMT
#35
"Well, MVP has two GSL championships, which is a better resume than everyone who has ever competed in MLG combined."

this is false since MC has competed in MLG with the same achievments and then some..
My immune system is so strong that I have to get AIDS just to be normal.
Nausea
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden807 Posts
July 29 2011 09:57 GMT
#36
Great article. Will be some epic games at MLG for sure. Hype hype!
Set it ablaze!
SxYSpAz
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1451 Posts
July 29 2011 09:57 GMT
#37
I have to agree with waxangel. MvP is not over rated. I don't think anyone is too impressed with him right now, but he also has the potential to be top dog terran, his lategame (if he gets there) is still just one of the best out there, if not the best.

Also, this MLG is so stacked with so many players with huge potential improvements, that the only things i feel comfortable predicting is

1)there will be upsets (this is the obvious predcition, but i also think it'll be more than usual)
2)FXO and EG will make better overall appearances than previous MLGs
3)Tyler will do well in open bracket. i just got this feeling that he's got some good builds and better than his normal practice
4)DRG will not make 1st in pool play. He's got a complete death group and his interview showed that he didn't pay attention to his opponents (when zvp is IMO his worst MU) and he doesn't think anyone but a korean could take a game off of him. So hate me if you want, but i'll be right.
5)Sheth will show up to MLG as LiquidSheth (sorry just happy )
zoN-
Profile Joined April 2007
Sweden46 Posts
July 29 2011 10:00 GMT
#38
How the hell can that guy on the right be in every single group... he's gonna have to play so many games.
IndridCold
Profile Joined August 2010
United States385 Posts
July 29 2011 10:00 GMT
#39
cant wait. Anaheim and evo today... so excited for both... MK9 and sc2 will be my whole day lol
Evil Geniuses needs a LoL team.... Pobelter/Altec fan
Paladia
Profile Joined August 2003
802 Posts
July 29 2011 10:01 GMT
#40
On July 29 2011 18:40 Micket wrote:
IdrA (top 3 foreigner easy),

Not sure how anyone who has been watching the scene can say that Idra is amongst the top 3 nowadays.

He has not won or even placed in the top 3 in any major international tournament for the entire year. I'd say that there are several foreign players ahead of him. Including Huk, Naniwa and Thorzain. Idra is possibly top 3 in the American scene, however. I'd actually even hold SaSe as a stronger player than Idra right now, as I believe him to be the most underestimated western player currently, but that is more a matter of opinion and nothing I expect people to agree with.
I can no longer rest under the tree of wisdom, since you have axed down the roots feeding it.
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