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ASUS ROG - Assembly Summer 2011

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ASUS ROG - Assembly Summer 2011

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August 4th, 2011 05:20 GMT
In Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland 13 Terrans, 10 Zergs and 9 Protoss will battle it out for 15,000 Euros - the latest installment in a long tradition. Since 1994 Assembly has been host to a number of different competitions ranging from demos to robot combat to ESPORTS.
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[image loading]ASUS ROG Assembly Summer

Group Stage Prediction

Interview with Virus.Naama

Tourist's Guide to European Players

What's that you say? There are last minute cancellations? Oh, it’s in northern Europe. As a resident Swede, forgive me for not being so surprised.

Alongside defending champion Liquid`Ret, there are a quite a few unfortunate but understandable cancellations. Ret, Tarson, White-Ra, and Strelok are going to the EU Blizzard Invitational that is being held on the same weekend. SaSe is finally on the road to Korea (paved by rakaka). GoOdy has also reported that he will not be attending for reasons unknown. Fear not as these giants are to be replaced by top Nordic contenders Bischu, Protosser, Seiplo, Fuzer and Sein and the Swiss biGs. Perhaps these names are not as familiar as the ones they are replacing, but they are still tried and true veterans of the European scene. Perhaps a few upsets are in store?

There are three foreign invaders at this event, all of whom look to be extremely dangerous. The sole North American is HuK, coming off gold medals at his last two European majors (DH and HSC3) and eager to keep his Euro streak going.

From Taiwan hails Sen, who many consider to be the top foreign Zerg after a strong showing at the NASL grand finals. With just one Korean in the field, he should be considering this to be a great opportunity to win his first major SC II event.

That lone Korean competitor is none other than Lee Yun Yeol, NaDa, the Tornado Terran, and second Bonjwa - who is finally stepping on North European soil after a cancelled DreamHack summer appearance. By far the most decorated players in Brood War history, the six time champion has partnered with SK-Gaming to try and add foreign titles to his resume.

At the last Assembly we saw an all Euro final as Ret took down Morrow 3-1. Can Europe retain its pride this weekend in Finland, with a few of its key players off in Poland? Or will the ASUS ROG tournament suffer the fate of MLG, where the hometown heroes are disassembled by the outsiders?



Group Stage Preview

By: Antoine


Group A - (P)Bischu, (Z)DIMAGA, (Z)LoWeLy, (P)Sein

This group is a great kick-off for the event. It’s going to be incredibly exciting with one of the best European Zergs, mTwDIMAGA, leading this group forward as the favorite. For the second seed, I believe it will be Dignitas’ very own Bischu. Bischu has been an underdog in the European scene for a very long time, but there is no doubt about his skill and potential. He has a strong chance of making it out of this group.

Complicating the group is SeiN (who is, by the way, Naama’s older brother). SeiN had a very strong performance at the previous Assembly where he managed to knock SjoW out fairly early. However, his recent inactivity makes it hard to judge his skill level. Last but not least we have imba.FXOpen.LoWeLy, a Belarusian Zerg player, who has had a number of strong performances in the weekly tournaments such as ZOTAC and Go4SC2. He’s definitely a player that can take games from the very best in Europe.

Prediction: 1. DIMAGA, 2. Bischu
Upset Watch: SeiN
Must Watch: DIMAGA vs. Bischu


Group B: (T)Fuzer, (T)meRz, (Z)MorroW, (P)Seiplo

It should be obvious who's the favorite here. Who else but Morrow, one of Europe's most well-known, loved and skilled Zergs? Every tournament he enters you expect him to go all the way. Stomping over top players and lesser-knowns alike at Assembly winter, he went all the way to the finals before taking second place to Ret. Just behind MorroW, you will find one of the fastest and most furious Terrans of Sweden in dignitas.merz. He has yet to live up to his true potential as he has been really busy with his studies, but he has been practicing extremely hard since summer break. Expect him to make a breakthrough.

Like Group A, I don’t see an upset happening. That's not to take anything away from Fuzer and Ai.Seiplo, who are both strong players who have attended numerous international events. However, I think there's a clear gap between the top two and the bottom two in this group.

Prediction: 1. MorroW, 2. merz
Upset Watch: Seiplo
Must Watch: MorroW vs. merz


Group C: (T)Naama, (Z)Protosser, (T)SarenS, (Z)Sen

Fnatic.MSI Sen is going to be fighting on Finnish soil and it will be a huge upset if he doesn’t go deep into the tournament. He has had some strong international performances and not even in my wildest dreams is there a scenario in which he doesn't top this group. I’ve put VirusNaama at second. While he hasn’t really shown a strong performance since his run at DreamHack Winter where he came out as the champion, he still has enough talent that you should always expect good things from him. But he’s going to have a tough time taking second place since he’s going to face off against CyberNation.SarenS. These two should be pretty evenly matched, and if they decide to adopt the recent mech TvT trends, it will be a long, hard battle for second place. And at last I can introduce the player with the most contradicting name in the history of StarCraft pro-gaming: the Zerg player FL|Protosser (at least TossGirl was a girl, even though she played Terran). For those of you who don’t know Protosser, he’s another online gosu who's looking to make a name for himself at a big event.

Prediction: 1. Sen, 2. Naama
Upset Watch: Protosser
Must Watch: Sen vs. Naama


Group D: (P)Adelscott, (T)Happy, (T)SjoW, (T)TLO

If there’s a group that’s too close to call, it’s definitely this one. Still better known for his ridiculous Warcraft III skills, Happy has been absolutely dominating on Battle.net as of late. If those online skills translate at all to live events, he's going to win his group easily. Going down the list we see that Liquid`TLO is back from his hiatus and ready to compete, but he is probably not up to full speed yet. With his overall strategic brilliance he can definitely take second in this group, but he still needs more time to practice and work on the finer parts of his play. I'll play it safe and say dignitas.SjoW is going to take second place in this group, following a fairly good performance at MLG Anaheim. It really breaks my heart, but there's nowhere else to put M.Adelscott but at fourth and last place in this difficult group. Even though he finished 3rd place at last the Assembly, this group is just too even.

Prediction: 1. Happy, 2. SjoW
Upset Watch: Adelscott
Must Watch: TLO vs. SjoW


Group E: (P)Grubby, (T)Kas, (Z)LaLuSh, (P)Welmu

The legendary Orc Grubby will once again set foot in Helsinki to attend Assembly. Grubby’s first StarCraft 2 event was Assembly Winter 2011 back in February where he unfortunately got defeated in the group stages after some long, tense games late at night against SarenS. Grubby has been showing progress in each and every tournament he competes in, and I think that he's now at the level where he can get out of his group.

However, Empire.Kas is my favorite to top this group. Europe's strongest Terran has consistently shown outstanding performances both in tournaments and on the ladder. His best LAN performance was at Copenhagen Games where he took 2nd place, only thwarted by oGs.MC at the peak of his powers.

The match to really look out for in this group is M.LaLuSh against Grubby. LaLush has been performing increasingly well in the international scene, and just barely missed out on qualifying for WCG in South Korea. eXelon-Welmu is the Finnish hope in this group. I don’t see a way for him to qualify for the bracket, but he’s not a player to overlook.

Prediction: 1. Kas, 2. Grubby
Upset Watch: Welmu
Must Watch: LaLush vs. Grubby


Group F: (Z)biGs, (T)BRAT_OK, (T)Satiini, (Z)Stephano

Depending on what you've been watching, this prediction will be a little controversial. Everybody would think that BratOK will come out victorious in this group pretty easily. But no, he’s not. M.Stephano is going to surprise us all by taking first in this group. The fastest rising European player of the last two months wants his first big trophy, and no one is going to get in his way this early on.

FL|Satiini is also a player to look out for in this group. I doubt he’ll be able to do much, but he’s definitely capable of taking games off of anyone on his best days. Lastly a Zerg player from the French team Against All Authority, aAa.biGs, will compete for a spot in the brackets, though I don’t see him being able to do much.

Prediction: 1. Stephano, 2. Brat_OK
Upset Watch: biGs
Must Watch: Stephano vs. Brat_OK



Group G: (Z)DarKFoRcE, (P)HuK, (T)Jimpo, (P)MaNa,

Assembly is Liquid`HuK's second stop after leaving Korea to go on a lengthy foreign tournament lap. Overall, he’s probably the favorite to win the whole tournament. He won DreamHack and HomeStory Cup not long ago, and he was also the top foreigner at MLG Anaheim.

I believe MaNa - who is most famous for his incredible run through the BYOC tournament to finish 2nd overall at DreamHack Winter 2010 - will take second place in this group. His close competitor for this spot is aTn.DarKFoRcE. Both players have been a bit in the background the past few months, but I’m sure they’re both hungry for tournament wins as they fly to Helsinki.

The fourth player in this group is inf.Jimpo who's been having some decent tournament results and has the potential to get through this group with some luck.

Prediction: 1. HuK, 2. ???
Upset Watch: Jimpo
Must Watch: MaNa vs. DarKFoRcE



Group H: (P)elfi. (Z)HayprO, (T)NaDa, (P)NightEnD

The one and only Korean in this tournament, SK.NaDa's achievements and abilities need no introduction at all. That being said, this is a very hard group to call. We have VirusElfi who is known for his strong one-base play, while we have another Swedish top player in Liquid`HayprO who is very macro orientated and a heavy user of banelings. The last player in this tournament is Fnatic.MSI NightEnD who is not to be ignored. NightEnD is a confident player who believes he can and will be the best player in the world, and he can definitely back this up by on occasion. What he needs right now is consistency, or at least the luck to put together a strong run over the next few days. In any case, HayprO vs. NightEnd is the match to look out for in this group.

Prediction: 1. NaDa, 2. HayprO
Upset Watch: Elfi
Must Watch: HayprO vs. NightEnD


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Virus.Naama Interview

By: WaxAngel

With Assembly being held in Finland, we thought it would only be right to talk to one of the hometown favorites. Naama, Finnish Terran extraordinaire, stopped to chat with TeamLiquid.


[image loading]First, could you introduce yourself briefly to the fans?

Hello I am Santeri Lahtinen, a 18 year old guy from Finland. I go by the nickname "Naama" in Starcraft 2 and I play for the French team Virus Gaming.

You gained a lot of international fame when you won DreamHack Winter last year, but you haven't had so many good tourmanet performances since then. Could you explain what happened after DreamHack?

What happened was that my motivation decreased by alot and I didnt practice as much as I did before DH winter and I struggled to find the balance between SC2 and real life.

Do you think you are playing better now? Has your form recovered?

Yeah I'm definetly playing better now compared to 3-4 months ago but the overall level of play in the pro scene has increased as well.

On the note of finding balance betwene IRL and gaming, you're one of the younger pro-gamers in the European scene. While a lot of the other older guys with experience in BW or War3 have approached progaming as a full-time job for a large portion of their lives, how are you approaching pro-gaming considering the many opportunities that are open to you at this age?

I think Starcraft 2 has a really bright future ahead for at least the next 5 years so. I think it would be pretty wise to concentrate on pro-gaming but personally I'm not exactly sure if I want to play full time, continue studying little while playing, go to korea or whatever is a possibility. So anything is open for me at the moment. Time will tell.

So if you were succesful enough to make Code-A/S in Korea, you'd see moving there and playing as a realistic option?

Yes thats a realistic option and it would be a really fun and good experience anyways.

Let's talk about Assembly Summer. A lot of sports have significant homefield advantage for the home team. Playing in Finland, do you have a different mindset from other tournaments? Do you think there's such a thing as a homefield advantage in ESPORTS?

The homefield advantage is based on the support of the local fans and it does exist in Starcraft 2, but I don't think it's as huge as in real sports. Of course most of the live Finnish audience at the lan would prefer me to win over some foreign player in the final, but I wouldn't be a national hero (which would be the case if it was an atheletic sports tournament). But still it would be pretty cool to win in front of an audience from your own country, so maybe I will have more passion to do well in this tournament when compared to tournaments outside of Finland.

There's a lot of finnish players competing in this tournament. Do you think there's a good chance that you or one of your countrymen will win the whole tournament?

To be honest, I dont think theres a big chance that a Finnish player reaches the finals but I could do it with a bit of luck

You have a pretty tough group on paper, Sen, Sarens, and Protosser. What do you think of your opponents, and do you think you can make it out of the group stage?

Sen is pretty famous and a really good player so I would say that he's the strongest opponent in the group and that the match could go either way; small things in the game will decide the outcome of this match. Sarens is the 2nd best out of this group and I don't think it will be a huge problem as long as I don't make big mistakes and play my normal game. Protosser is a really young and talented Finnish player who practices alot and I know that he practiced alot for this event as well. So I think he has something prepared for his match with me but still I'm not too scared, I should win it.

All around, who would you pick as the strongest candidates to win the tournament?

Happy, Brat_OK, Stephano, Huk and Nada are the biggest favorites imo. All of them are pretty beastly

Moving on to some generic Starcraft II questions. Even Blizzard has admitted that Terran is a bit favored at the very highest level (korean GM) and that they have more versatility than the other races. As a Terran player, where do you think the race is at?

Well I think the game is pretty balanced outside of Korea and I dont think that Terran is imbalanced at all. Lets look at MLG, there were like 9 Loreans or so and 5 of them were Terrans. The toss players lost in PvPs and so the Korean terrans secured the first places since they are superior to foreign players. I think that Terran is strong in early midgame and weak in the lategame in all matchups.

How about TvT, where it's rapidly gone from a marine-tank game to a mech dominated game on some maps?

Yeah I really hate this new style and I wish they nerfed hellion so that we could end this silly madness. Normal tank marine based TvT is 10000 times more fun than mass hellion bulls***.

Alright, thanks for for your time. Any final shoutouts, comments, etc?

Thanks to my fans, supporters, Virus Gaming and the sponsors of my team ; Intel, Xtrem serveur and Kaspersky. I just started streaming so check it out, my nickname in Teamliquid is Naamis and the stream is on the featured list. You can also follow me in facebook www.facebook.com/NaamaSc2. Thanks for the interview.


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Tourist's Guide to European Players

by: Mikilatov and
WaxAngel

The World Famous
No need to talk about these guys at length. Without touching upon skill at all, we're pretty sure everyone knows who these players are because of fame, popularity, frequent tournament exposure, etc.

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(Z)DIMAGA
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(P)HuK
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(Z)MorroW
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(T)NaDa
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(P)Grubby
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(Z)HayprO
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(Z)Sen
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(T)TLO


The Should-Be World Famous
Enough people outside of Europe have heard of these guys, but not many recognize just how good they are. Saying these guys have "upset" potential is insulting, because they have pretty much the same chance of winning as everyone in the above group.

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(P)Adelscott: Hey, remember TSL3? And do you recall that MVP was eliminated in the first round? Yeah, that was Adelscott. Not like that's his only achievement, but considering that almost no one can take a series off a Code-A/S class Korean nowadays, I thought this would be the best example. In terms of big tournament results, he's the most accomplished French player.

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(T)BRAT_OK: Ah, our first victim of the East European passport. He's a top two Russian player, he's just had trouble getting out of the country. He should do quite well if he doesn't get turned back at customs.

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(Z)DarKFoRcE: After doing quite well in smaller online tournaments, he finally got a taste of international fame by defeating Alive in two EPIC games on the first day of the NASL grand final (unfortunately he was overshadowed by Sen and then Puma in the following days). Not terribly consistent, but fully capable of taking series off more well-known opponents.

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(T)Happy: Whatever. This guy is top ten in TLPD ELO if you exclude Koreans. You don't do that without taking a lot of names.

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(T)Kas: The original "awesome European you've never heard of." The greatest online tournament competitor in SC II history (seriously, look at this TLPD page). Top five ELO amongst foreigners. And still, every live tournament, we cross our fingers and hope that he can break his LAN jinx and take home the gold.

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(Z)LaLuSh: Tends to be a bit up and down, but still Sweden's #2 Zerg.

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(P)MaNa: Winning silver at DreamHack winter and bronze at HSC2 and Shoutcraft Invitational #2, Mana's definitely got an edge on the guys who've yet to back up their small tourney credentials on a bigger stage. With just one Korean in the competition, he has a clear shot at the gold.

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(P)NightEnD: Though he's became more famous recently at HSC3 for his voice (check the VODs), he's been well known in Europe for much longer as one of its best Protoss players.

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(T)SjoW: Some players build up such a reputation about being overrated that they become underrated in reality (Idra). In reverse, others have such a rep for being underrated they become overrated (Keen). Sjow is underrated - underrated. Look for him to correct that this tourney.

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(Z)Stephano: #1 ELO among foreigners. Considering the rate at which he is taking down tournaments, Kas's place as the online king looks to be in jeopardy. With strong performances against the very best European players as of late, Stephano should be considered one of the favorites to win it all.

Players for Hipsters / Cool Because They're Less Known
Hey, we liked these guys before you ever heard of them. For the most part, these guys have been proving their skills in online tournaments with stiff competition but poor exposure, like aspiring indie bands playing in some Glasgow pub (Naniwa is Mumford and Sons, we have determined. Just as good as he used to be, but gets no credit now that he's famous).

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(P)elfi: Elfi is a real threat to anyone. Very underrated Protoss who demolishes online cups. He may very well be the best player in Finland, but some may disagree. His big event results are very bad though, possibly due to nerves.

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(Z)LoWeLy: Very good online, always showing up in the top 3 of online cups. Seems to be falling off a LITTLE lately. Making his first major offline appearance at Assembly. He has a tough group, but he might be able to pull it off.

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(T)meRz: Crazy APM, probably the highest average in all of SC2 (or any) progaming? During Dreamhack he had 100 more average APM than the 2nd highest APM player with a blazingly fast 340 SC2 APM (470 real apm) AVERAGE. He rarely wins anything, but has had some promising games at big events. At worst, he's still ridiculously entertaining with his APM. Could definitely surprise a lot of people out of his group.

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(T)Naama: People seem to forget that this guy won Dreamhack winter 2010, taking out oGs.TOP along the way. Hasn't showed insanely good results since, but does win/runner-up in a fair share of moderately sized EU events and online cups. Tough call between him and Sarens in his group for #2 spot.

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(T)SarenS: If it weren't for Stephano, he'd probably win everything in France. He may be better than ToD and Adellscott, but that's still up for debate. Won Eosl Summer '11, and Eosl Winter '10: two huge French-only events which included the entire French bigshot lineup.

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(T)Satiini: Shows up quite often in a lot of online cups, and does quite well. Yet to really pop, but is always out there as a threat. Used to have aerophobia, but has supposedly gotten over it. Will be probably be battling with BratOK for 2nd spot in this group.

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(P)Seiplo: Another notable performer in online cups. Can take games off anyone in Europe. Tends to be inconsistent, so it's a tough call.


Longshots
I swear we're not hating on Finland here, it's just that too few of their players have gone out and proved themselves in tourneys with the rest of Europe's best players.

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(Z)biGs: Very unknown Zerg with Good ZvT. Was runner-up at the LDLC Summer Trophy. For notable wins, he smashed BRATOK in a couple of events. Considering the groups, he might have the best chance in this tier of causing an upset in the group stage.

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(P)Bischu: Started to rise a little lately, but is constantly overshadowed by other Sweden talent. Doesn't win much, but his name is always floating around. Probably the best player in this tier, but he's stuck in a group of death at Assembly.

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(T)Fuzer: Likes to place second in a lot of online cups, though he's not had much luck at taking gold. Like the rest of the hometown boys, he gonna have a rough time.

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(T)Jimpo: Does okay in online cups, seems to REALLY be falling off lately. His chances are doubtful.

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(Z)Protosser: There's not much information about this player who's stayed largely confined to Finland for now. Naama didn't seem overly concerned about him, though he respected his recent efforst to get better.

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(P)SeiN: After doing okay at Assembly Winter, we haven't heard much from Finnish Protoss. As a late replacement for Strelok, we have to wonder how prepared he is.

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(P)Welmu: The stats say he can take the odd game off top players, but it seems unlikely that he's gonna win a series of a round robin group.

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baoluvboa
Profile Joined December 2010
743 Posts
August 04 2011 05:23 GMT
#2
wow this is tonight.
This is amazing Gsl MLG and then this, so many things to watch
Go esport !
Go Nada!
Rareware
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada340 Posts
August 04 2011 05:24 GMT
#3
Grubby was put down twice for the world famous ^^, anyway should be fun to watch.
ROOT Fighting!!!
Waxangel
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August 04 2011 05:25 GMT
#4
On August 04 2011 14:24 Rareware wrote:
Grubby was put down twice for the world famous ^^, anyway should be fun to watch.


probably cuz he's twice as famous
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
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United States4158 Posts
August 04 2011 05:25 GMT
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ADELSCOTT FIGHTINGGGGGGGGGGG OMG I"M SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU PLAY YOU ARE MY HERO
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peekn
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States1152 Posts
August 04 2011 05:25 GMT
#6
Oh boy I'm diggin the line up, this has most of my favorite European players. Grubby!!!

Huk, Nada, and Sen, should be some really good games, maybe I'll get to catch a couple of the games before I have to go to bed.

Grubby FIGHTING!!
XiGua
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden3085 Posts
August 04 2011 05:25 GMT
#7
Hyped!

The group of death looks really scary.
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) APM, Why u make me spam?
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United States4005 Posts
August 04 2011 05:26 GMT
#8
HYPE HYPE HYPE

Legends unite!
Support your esport!
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Bulgaria53 Posts
August 04 2011 05:27 GMT
#9
this should be an epic tournament!
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United States547 Posts
August 04 2011 05:30 GMT
#10
BRAT_OK er bust.
Yeah i've got your zerg riiiight here! *gulps beer*
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United States85 Posts
August 04 2011 05:30 GMT
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Would love to see Haypro take this!
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August 04 2011 05:31 GMT
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I'm pretty sure Lowely is Belorussian not Bulgarian.
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August 04 2011 05:31 GMT
#13
I freaking love Asus ROG, tournament should be awesome. With they had sweepstakes or some promotion ;D
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Profile Joined September 2009
Canada142 Posts
August 04 2011 05:31 GMT
#14
DIMAGA, DIMAGA, DIMAGA... nuff said king zerg shall crush
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GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
August 04 2011 05:31 GMT
#15
sounds EPIC
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bkrow
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia8532 Posts
August 04 2011 05:32 GMT
#16
Whoa! Imagine this tournament without the cancellations - not to disrespect the replacements but the list of people who can't make is like headliner after headliner. Looking through the groups there are going to be some sick matches. I hope NaDa has a solid performance for his journey outside of Korea! Rooting for HuK as usual and praying for Hayder

TL Hwaiting!
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pAORc
Profile Joined October 2010
110 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 05:34:01
August 04 2011 05:33 GMT
#17
NaDa fighting (and HuK of course)
aNDRoM
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States637 Posts
August 04 2011 05:33 GMT
#18
On August 04 2011 14:25 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 14:24 Rareware wrote:
Grubby was put down twice for the world famous ^^, anyway should be fun to watch.


probably cuz he's twice as famous


And Sen wasn't originally on the famous list. I was like WTF, and then I noticed Grubby on twice, and then I refreshed.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33309 Posts
August 04 2011 05:34 GMT
#19
On August 04 2011 14:31 sickle wrote:
I'm pretty sure Lowely is Belorussian not Bulgarian.


aaaaaa missed quality control, we got his flag right but not his country o_o
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udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
August 04 2011 05:35 GMT
#20
well Huk is going to be dead tired by the time he gets back to Korea

goes from MLG Anaheim to playing at ASSEMBLY in Finland then has a Code S match on 8/10
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mirror1414
Profile Joined April 2011
United States4 Posts
August 04 2011 05:36 GMT
#21
DIMAGA HUK NADA Hwaiting! Top three all the way
mrRoflpwn
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States2618 Posts
August 04 2011 05:36 GMT
#22
I feel bad for Grubby- he was making bank it WC3 and he was absolutely AMAZING back then, his transition to sc2 has been rather terrible so i hope that he can redeem himself. I see top three as Sen Huk and Nada- no idea who is going to win though.
Long live the Boss Toss!
Skank
Profile Joined October 2010
United States329 Posts
August 04 2011 05:39 GMT
#23
You linked the Happy to the wrong TLPD!! When I click on Happy's TLPD in this thread it sends me to IMHappy, whose clearly not as baller as Empire.Happy.
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Sprouter
Profile Joined December 2009
United States1724 Posts
August 04 2011 05:42 GMT
#24
Grubby and Nada fightingggg
DarkRise
Profile Joined November 2010
1644 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 05:43:03
August 04 2011 05:42 GMT
#25
No Idra or White-Ra? I'm sad ...
guess Sen will represent :D
DisaFear
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia4074 Posts
August 04 2011 05:43 GMT
#26
Very good write-up, thank you
had no idea about this, such a stacked lineup of players!
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Pochtli
Profile Joined February 2011
Finland690 Posts
August 04 2011 05:43 GMT
#27
Good read, Naama's interview seemed kind of weird in the lack of a better word. Usually the answers are (much) longer than the questions, where as this time it was the other way around
ㅈㅈ
ChuCky.Ca
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada2497 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 05:46:45
August 04 2011 05:46 GMT
#28
On August 04 2011 14:35 udgnim wrote:
well Huk is going to be dead tired by the time he gets back to Korea

goes from MLG Anaheim to playing at ASSEMBLY in Finland then has a Code S match on 8/10

It's worse then that to plus he has to go to the blizzard invitational to lol busy man least hes gonna win em all
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Wolf
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)3290 Posts
August 04 2011 05:46 GMT
#29
"Refreshingly not-Korean" ? Wow.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33309 Posts
August 04 2011 05:49 GMT
#30
On August 04 2011 14:46 Wolf wrote:
"Refreshingly not-Korean" ? Wow.


but don't I deserve a change after watching every code-A game
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Z3kk
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4099 Posts
August 04 2011 05:52 GMT
#31
On August 04 2011 14:49 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 14:46 Wolf wrote:
"Refreshingly not-Korean" ? Wow.


but don't I deserve a change after watching every code-A game


Yes you do I feel your pain...I really do.

You should have a disclaimer or something with that mentioned~
Failure is not falling down over and over again. Failure is refusing to get back up.
PartyBiscuit
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada4525 Posts
August 04 2011 05:53 GMT
#32
Wow, completely didn't realize this was on...in 3 hours..

Go NaDa (don't be the first Korean to disappoint, this is a championship for the taking!)
the farm ends here
SoKHo
Profile Joined April 2011
Korea (South)1081 Posts
August 04 2011 05:55 GMT
#33
<3 sen and nada!
"If you don't understand my silence, you won't understand my words"|| Big Nal_rA fan boy!! Nal_rA, Bisu, Huk, MC, Hero fighting! SKT1---->
sunnata
Profile Joined February 2008
Russian Federation228 Posts
August 04 2011 06:00 GMT
#34
PAVEL & DARIO FIGHTING!!
Only way to know the future is to make it.
Yew
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States940 Posts
August 04 2011 06:01 GMT
#35
I want to see Happy do well.
Mykill
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada3402 Posts
August 04 2011 06:03 GMT
#36
looking forward to this.
Huk and Sen ftw!!!
good luck to all the new people to the scene!
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KiNGxXx
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
7928 Posts
August 04 2011 06:08 GMT
#37
Great to read, thanks.
I almost agree with all predictions but I think in group G Darkforce should advance because Mana's vZ is still bad compared to his other matchups.
And I believe Grubby will not make it out of his group. LaLush will kick him out.
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redFF
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3910 Posts
August 04 2011 06:09 GMT
#38
im sorry but just looking at the groups why is
Group D: (P)Adelscott, (T)Happy, (T)SjoW, (T)TLO

and
Group H: (P)elfi. (Z)HayprO, (T)NaDa, (P)NightEnD

so fucking stacked while
Group F: (Z)biGs, (T)BRAT_OK, (T)Satiini, (Z)Stephano

and some of the others are so :/
human_ko
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation676 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 06:15:25
August 04 2011 06:14 GMT
#39
is it so hard to write WHEN its gonna take place??
somebody fire that writer, why must ppl go search on liquipedia to figure out when its coming..

also, making preview 3 hours before its start is quite.. meaningless
WOrd, yo.
redFF
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3910 Posts
August 04 2011 06:14 GMT
#40
I've been saying Seiplo is the best toss in europe for like 4 years.

*sips on his pbr*


RedFF
Written on my Macbook Air
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33309 Posts
August 04 2011 06:16 GMT
#41
On August 04 2011 15:14 human_ko wrote:
is it so hard to write WHEN its gonna take place??
somebody fire that writer, why must ppl go search on liquipedia to figure out when its coming..

also, making preview 3 hours before its start is quite.. meaningless


part of our exclusive promotion agreement with liquipedia ^^
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KiNGxXx
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
7928 Posts
August 04 2011 06:19 GMT
#42
Wait? It's in ~3 hours? Woooooow!
MKP|Maru|TaeJa|Mvp|Polt|INnoVation|GuMiho|Bomber|GoOdy|TeamTerran
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 06:28:00
August 04 2011 06:20 GMT
#43
Oh snap how did I not know Sen was playing? Now I'm even more stoked for this tournament. But how am I supposed to choose between whether to root for him or Nada?

SjoW: Some players build up such a reputation about being overrated that they become underrated in reality (Idra). In reverse, others have such a rep for being underrated they become overrated (Keen). Sjow is underrated - underrated. Look for him to correct that this tourney.


I take issue with this statement. Us Keen fans love him because of his hilarious ceremonies, not because we think he's going to win code S any time soon (although that would be awesome if he did). Someone who fits the so underrated he became overrated category is sC or Leenock.

On August 04 2011 15:14 human_ko wrote:
is it so hard to write WHEN its gonna take place??
somebody fire that writer, why must ppl go search on liquipedia to figure out when its coming..

also, making preview 3 hours before its start is quite.. meaningless


The tournament was announced weeks ago. There's even a thread for it. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=245047
Not the writer's fault you didn't know about it beforehand.
ChuCky.Ca
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada2497 Posts
August 04 2011 06:21 GMT
#44
On August 04 2011 15:14 human_ko wrote:
is it so hard to write WHEN its gonna take place??
somebody fire that writer, why must ppl go search on liquipedia to figure out when its coming..

also, making preview 3 hours before its start is quite.. meaningless

How hard is it to go to the Assembly website?
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Telcontar
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom16710 Posts
August 04 2011 06:21 GMT
#45
NaDa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's time to take your first SC2 title baby!
Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta.
Trozz
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3454 Posts
August 04 2011 06:22 GMT
#46
Adelscott is sick.
Although HuK is like daigo,
Thanks for this news post.
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Shebuha
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada1335 Posts
August 04 2011 06:23 GMT
#47
"Normal tank marine based TvT is 10000 times more fun than mass hellion bulls***."
I lol'ed when I read that.

Thanks for the sick coverage, I'm hella looking forward to Naama, Stephano and Huk's performances. I'm not really a follower of Stephano, but I want him to prove to me that I should be, and I have missed seeing Naama around a lot. Huk is my Protoss hero!!

Players I expect so show their ultimate powers are Haypro and Happy. Haypro is very respected and very highly skilled, but he doesn't really do as well as I'd like in bigger events. I always feel like if Haypro had that extra bit of practice, or that extra tiny bit of in-game magic, he could take that one game he needed from that one super tough opponent, which would keep him in the tournament. Anyone else get that?
redFF
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3910 Posts
August 04 2011 06:25 GMT
#48
On August 04 2011 15:22 Trozz wrote:
Adelscott is sick.
Although HuK is like daigo,
Thanks for this news post.

How is huk like daigo?
bennyaus
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia1833 Posts
August 04 2011 06:28 GMT
#49
If someone besides HuK, Sen or Nada wins, I will eat my entire computer.
I play Random - HuK, DRG + Liquid fan
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
August 04 2011 06:29 GMT
#50
How about TvT, where it's rapidly gone from a marine-tank game to a mech dominated game on some maps?

Yeah I really hate this new style and I wish they nerfed hellion so that we could end this silly madness. Normal tank marine based TvT is 10000 times more fun than mass hellion bulls***.


Quoted for the fucking truth!

Fuck Sen, this guy now has my full 100% support.
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
Dub_doubt
Profile Joined June 2011
United States86 Posts
August 04 2011 06:30 GMT
#51
Huk is gonna take it EZ
ptbl
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6074 Posts
August 04 2011 06:34 GMT
#52
I really really want HayprO to win Assembly. He's due for a breakout performance and I think he can do it in Finland. HayprO fighting!
Don't mind me
bennyaus
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia1833 Posts
August 04 2011 06:35 GMT
#53
On August 04 2011 15:23 Shebuha wrote:
Haypro is very respected and very highly skilled, but he doesn't really do as well as I'd like in bigger events. I always feel like if Haypro had that extra bit of practice, or that extra tiny bit of in-game magic, he could take that one game he needed from that one super tough opponent, which would keep him in the tournament. Anyone else get that?


I see people say this about Haypro a lot but I think he actually has been doing pretty well at the MLG's this year. Took a game off HuK and 2-0ed TLO and Tyler in Anaheim, finished 2nd in his group at Columbus (to Losira)... He just does all of this under the radar, very solid player recently at tournaments.
I play Random - HuK, DRG + Liquid fan
human_ko
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation676 Posts
August 04 2011 06:35 GMT
#54
gogogo HUK!
I suppose he never came back to korea after MLG, he must have been partying with English-speaking people (not talking to koreans in broken english tt)
WOrd, yo.
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
August 04 2011 06:40 GMT
#55
Nice writeup, but I'll root for TLO and Nightend anyways. ^^"
ZergMaestro
Profile Joined January 2011
United States169 Posts
August 04 2011 06:40 GMT
#56
Nada. always bet on the sk terran.
Ma Jae Yoon #1. The ONLY Maestro. Effort.
zergtat
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Hong Kong853 Posts
August 04 2011 06:43 GMT
#57
Sen's contract with Fnatic.MSI has came to an end and Sen joint Taiwan SC2 Team Gamania (橘子) and gonna participate on TeSL. GamaniaSen fighting!
Z: SEn P: White-Ra T: Polt
human_ko
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation676 Posts
August 04 2011 06:43 GMT
#58
is there any info about the full schedule of the tournament? thanks
WOrd, yo.
WallieP
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands425 Posts
August 04 2011 06:44 GMT
#59
On August 04 2011 14:24 Rareware wrote:
Grubby was put down twice for the world famous ^^, anyway should be fun to watch.

This! Go grubby!!!
i came i saw i conquered
sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11061 Posts
August 04 2011 06:45 GMT
#60
Oh man, sucks that Goody isn't playing, his form is absurdly good right now and it'd have been great for him to translate that to a big LAN
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azr
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway144 Posts
August 04 2011 06:47 GMT
#61
On August 04 2011 15:25 redFF wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 15:22 Trozz wrote:
Adelscott is sick.
Although HuK is like daigo,
Thanks for this news post.

How is huk like daigo?


Good fucking question. HuK hasn't done nearly enough to be compared to daigo. We'll see in ten years.
keioh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France1099 Posts
August 04 2011 06:50 GMT
#62
Fuuuuuuuuuu I don't know who to cheer for.

Wait, actually I know : Stephano hwaiting !
GIMME ALL THE BELGIAN WAFFLES I CAN GET FOR THIS MONEY !!!!!! BELGIAN WAFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFLEEEEEEEEES
Alou
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States3748 Posts
August 04 2011 06:55 GMT
#63
Rooting for Sen and HuK probably.
Life is Good.
sVnteen
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2238 Posts
August 04 2011 06:56 GMT
#64
hey antoine youre american?

lowely is going to crush group A
happy is not goint to win vs tlo or sjow
and kas is not going to get first in his group (grubby or kas will fall out lalush will take it)
<3

great preview gogo assembly
finally darkforce gets to play in a big tournament (although he is like in the hardest or 2nd hardest group +playnig 2 very strong protossses sooo...)
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iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
August 04 2011 07:01 GMT
#65
awesome article as usual.. tl does a great job <3
Kaal
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Djibouti2514 Posts
August 04 2011 07:01 GMT
#66

That lone Korean competitor is none other than Lee Yun Yeol, NaDa, the Tornado Terran, and second Bonjwa - who is finally stepping on North European soil after a cancelled DreamHack summer appearance. By far the most decorated players in Brood War history, the six time champion has partnered with SK-Gaming to try and add foreign titles to his resume.


Flash is just as decorated, and jaedong almost as much. That statement kind of annoys me.
twndomn
Profile Joined September 2010
401 Posts
August 04 2011 07:03 GMT
#67
with only 1 Korean in the tourney, I don't see the difference between Assembly and Paralympic games.
"If MC wins this, his name would not be SK MC, it would be ST MC, ST for Saint, performing miracles." - Artosis.
mr_tolkien
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
France8631 Posts
August 04 2011 07:05 GMT
#68
Stéphano is not just beasting online, he performs very well in French LANs as well, and had a deep run at the homestory cup ^^
The legend of Darien lives on
Bloodash
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands1384 Posts
August 04 2011 07:15 GMT
#69
Rooting for Grubby, I hope he's been practicing ^^

who is casting this by the way?
I'll bite this hand that feeds me, and take it for my own!
Ruscour
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
5233 Posts
August 04 2011 07:19 GMT
#70
Keep in mind Lowely qualified for NASL 2 through the open tournament, a mean feat.
koolaid1990
Profile Joined September 2010
831 Posts
August 04 2011 07:24 GMT
#71
lol fnatic is gonna be shit without sen.. they only have rain as a top tier player now
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33309 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 07:38:01
August 04 2011 07:35 GMT
#72
On August 04 2011 16:01 Kaal wrote:
Show nested quote +

That lone Korean competitor is none other than Lee Yun Yeol, NaDa, the Tornado Terran, and second Bonjwa - who is finally stepping on North European soil after a cancelled DreamHack summer appearance. By far the most decorated players in Brood War history, the six time champion has partnered with SK-Gaming to try and add foreign titles to his resume.


Flash is just as decorated, and jaedong almost as much. That statement kind of annoys me.


Haha, no.

Maybe because of the eat or be eaten nature of the ESPORTS world, the fans of the present only remember the MSL and OSLs as the majors, and perhaps they deserve to be because of their perseverance and legacy.

But Nada won numerous other competitions that featured the best pro-gamers of the time and significant prize purses, which just didn't survive as long as the illustrious SL duo. The Premiere League, and GemTV tournaments come immediately to mind.
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DNOGaming
Profile Joined August 2011
Russian Federation1 Post
August 04 2011 07:42 GMT
#73
Empire.Happy is not IMHappy. Wrong link in "The Should-Be World Famous" thread
oldahe
Profile Joined May 2010
Austria534 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 08:29:33
August 04 2011 08:04 GMT
#74
So i thought about the groups and it seems there is an uneven distribution of skill among them. Lets have poll on that:

Edit: Here are the groups:

Group A - Bischu, DIMAGA, LoWeLy, Sein
Group B: Fuzer, meRz, MorroW, Seiplo
Group C: Naama, Protosser, SarenS, Sen
Group D: Adelscott, Happy, SjoW, TLO
Group E: Grubby, Kas, LaLuSh, Welmu
Group F: biGs, BRAT_OK, Satiini, Stephano
Group G: DarKFoRcE, HuK, Jimpo, MaNa,
Group H: elfi. HayprO, NaDa, NightEnD

Poll: Which group is the most difficult, has the highest overall skill?

Group G (9)
 
32%

Group D (8)
 
29%

Group F (5)
 
18%

Group H (3)
 
11%

Group E (2)
 
7%

Group A (1)
 
4%

Group B (0)
 
0%

Group C (0)
 
0%

28 total votes

Your vote: Which group is the most difficult, has the highest overall skill?

(Vote): Group A
(Vote): Group B
(Vote): Group C
(Vote): Group D
(Vote): Group E
(Vote): Group F
(Vote): Group G
(Vote): Group H


Day000
Profile Joined July 2010
Belgium58 Posts
August 04 2011 08:05 GMT
#75
Rooting for Stephano in the first place but i hope to see TLO doing well either
ThorZaiN |-| Grubby |-| Stephano
SnapCall
Profile Joined December 2010
94 Posts
August 04 2011 08:07 GMT
#76
mana took 3rd place in shoutcraft inv. 1 not 2, you got that wrong in the player rating thing
YoungNeil
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada328 Posts
August 04 2011 08:15 GMT
#77
On August 04 2011 16:01 Kaal wrote:
Show nested quote +

That lone Korean competitor is none other than Lee Yun Yeol, NaDa, the Tornado Terran, and second Bonjwa - who is finally stepping on North European soil after a cancelled DreamHack summer appearance. By far the most decorated players in Brood War history, the six time champion has partnered with SK-Gaming to try and add foreign titles to his resume.


Flash is just as decorated, and jaedong almost as much. That statement kind of annoys me.

We shouldn't only count OSL and MSL victories. In terms of medals alone, NaDa has two more MSL silvers than Flash (3 compared to 1). And if you look at their respective achievements, NaDa has won far more small events than Flash, because most of them no longer exist. It's completely fair to say that NaDa is still the most decorated Brood War player of all time, and I really think that Flash would have to win two more starleagues to completely overshadow NaDa's numerous smaller victories. Flash is obviously the better player, but NaDa's list of achievements on Liquipedia is still three times longer.
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
August 04 2011 08:15 GMT
#78
On August 04 2011 16:35 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 16:01 Kaal wrote:

That lone Korean competitor is none other than Lee Yun Yeol, NaDa, the Tornado Terran, and second Bonjwa - who is finally stepping on North European soil after a cancelled DreamHack summer appearance. By far the most decorated players in Brood War history, the six time champion has partnered with SK-Gaming to try and add foreign titles to his resume.


Flash is just as decorated, and jaedong almost as much. That statement kind of annoys me.


Haha, no.

Maybe because of the eat or be eaten nature of the ESPORTS world, the fans of the present only remember the MSL and OSLs as the majors, and perhaps they deserve to be because of their perseverance and legacy.

But Nada won numerous other competitions that featured the best pro-gamers of the time and significant prize purses, which just didn't survive as long as the illustrious SL duo. The Premiere League, and GemTV tournaments come immediately to mind.


Flash and Jaedong won lots of stuff outside of OSL/MSL too like WCG and the GOMTV classics. Maybe in raw numbers they haven't won as much as Nada but it's not their fault they didn't have as many tournaments to win. Is Usain Bolt less decorated then Michael Phelps because he only won 3 olympic gold medals in Beijing vs Phelps' 8?
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33309 Posts
August 04 2011 08:20 GMT
#79
On August 04 2011 17:15 red4ce wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 16:35 Waxangel wrote:
On August 04 2011 16:01 Kaal wrote:

That lone Korean competitor is none other than Lee Yun Yeol, NaDa, the Tornado Terran, and second Bonjwa - who is finally stepping on North European soil after a cancelled DreamHack summer appearance. By far the most decorated players in Brood War history, the six time champion has partnered with SK-Gaming to try and add foreign titles to his resume.


Flash is just as decorated, and jaedong almost as much. That statement kind of annoys me.


Haha, no.

Maybe because of the eat or be eaten nature of the ESPORTS world, the fans of the present only remember the MSL and OSLs as the majors, and perhaps they deserve to be because of their perseverance and legacy.

But Nada won numerous other competitions that featured the best pro-gamers of the time and significant prize purses, which just didn't survive as long as the illustrious SL duo. The Premiere League, and GemTV tournaments come immediately to mind.


Flash and Jaedong won lots of stuff outside of OSL/MSL too like WCG and the GOMTV classics. Maybe in raw numbers they haven't won as much as Nada but it's not their fault they didn't have as many tournaments to win. Is Usain Bolt less decorated then Michael Phelps because he only won 3 olympic gold medals in Beijing vs Phelps' 8?


yeah, by definition michael phelps is more decorated than bolt. I think that's what I'm going for here :o
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RouaF
Profile Joined October 2010
France4120 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 08:25:21
August 04 2011 08:24 GMT
#80
Gogogo Stephano !

( and also nada but he doesn't need cheers :-) )
YoungNeil
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada328 Posts
August 04 2011 08:25 GMT
#81
On August 04 2011 17:20 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 17:15 red4ce wrote:
On August 04 2011 16:35 Waxangel wrote:
On August 04 2011 16:01 Kaal wrote:

That lone Korean competitor is none other than Lee Yun Yeol, NaDa, the Tornado Terran, and second Bonjwa - who is finally stepping on North European soil after a cancelled DreamHack summer appearance. By far the most decorated players in Brood War history, the six time champion has partnered with SK-Gaming to try and add foreign titles to his resume.


Flash is just as decorated, and jaedong almost as much. That statement kind of annoys me.


Haha, no.

Maybe because of the eat or be eaten nature of the ESPORTS world, the fans of the present only remember the MSL and OSLs as the majors, and perhaps they deserve to be because of their perseverance and legacy.

But Nada won numerous other competitions that featured the best pro-gamers of the time and significant prize purses, which just didn't survive as long as the illustrious SL duo. The Premiere League, and GemTV tournaments come immediately to mind.


Flash and Jaedong won lots of stuff outside of OSL/MSL too like WCG and the GOMTV classics. Maybe in raw numbers they haven't won as much as Nada but it's not their fault they didn't have as many tournaments to win. Is Usain Bolt less decorated then Michael Phelps because he only won 3 olympic gold medals in Beijing vs Phelps' 8?


yeah, by definition michael phelps is more decorated than bolt. I think that's what I'm going for here :o

Exactly. "More decorated" has absolutely no correlation with "better," or anything else at all. NaDa has won more tournaments than Flash has. It may not be Flash's fault that he has fewer tournaments to win, but that changes nothing. NaDa is the more decorated player, which is all that was claimed.
Tommylew
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Wales2717 Posts
August 04 2011 08:25 GMT
#82
Group A - Bischu, DIMAGA, LoWeLy, Sein
Group B: Fuzer, meRz, MorroW, Seiplo
Group C: Naama, Protosser, SarenS, Sen
Group D: Adelscott, Happy, SjoW, TLO
Group E: Grubby, Kas, LaLuSh, Welmu
Group F: biGs, BRAT_OK, Satiini, Stephano
Group G: DarKFoRcE, HuK, Jimpo, MaNa,
Group H: elfi. HayprO, NaDa, NightEnD
Live and Let Die!
MoooN1
Profile Joined December 2007
Germany128 Posts
August 04 2011 08:29 GMT
#83
just one korean ?

this might be an interesting tournament again !
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
August 04 2011 08:39 GMT
#84
On August 04 2011 17:20 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 17:15 red4ce wrote:
On August 04 2011 16:35 Waxangel wrote:
On August 04 2011 16:01 Kaal wrote:

That lone Korean competitor is none other than Lee Yun Yeol, NaDa, the Tornado Terran, and second Bonjwa - who is finally stepping on North European soil after a cancelled DreamHack summer appearance. By far the most decorated players in Brood War history, the six time champion has partnered with SK-Gaming to try and add foreign titles to his resume.


Flash is just as decorated, and jaedong almost as much. That statement kind of annoys me.


Haha, no.

Maybe because of the eat or be eaten nature of the ESPORTS world, the fans of the present only remember the MSL and OSLs as the majors, and perhaps they deserve to be because of their perseverance and legacy.

But Nada won numerous other competitions that featured the best pro-gamers of the time and significant prize purses, which just didn't survive as long as the illustrious SL duo. The Premiere League, and GemTV tournaments come immediately to mind.


Flash and Jaedong won lots of stuff outside of OSL/MSL too like WCG and the GOMTV classics. Maybe in raw numbers they haven't won as much as Nada but it's not their fault they didn't have as many tournaments to win. Is Usain Bolt less decorated then Michael Phelps because he only won 3 olympic gold medals in Beijing vs Phelps' 8?


yeah, by definition michael phelps is more decorated than bolt. I think that's what I'm going for here :o


Well if that's the definition of the word 'decorated' then I guess I can't argue with that. It just sounds weird for me to say that MC is more decorated than Nestea or Goody is more decorated than MVP.
Battousai13
Profile Joined September 2010
United States638 Posts
August 04 2011 08:44 GMT
#85
Only one Korean in this tournament? That sounds like a lucky break for all the competitors, until they realize that it's NaDa. BoxeR showed why he earned and deserved the title of bonjwa at MLG Anahiem. Now is the time for NaDa to show why he belongs to the lineage of bonjwas.
Adventurekid
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden505 Posts
August 04 2011 08:44 GMT
#86
Really looking forward to this!
You should build a turtle fence!
GurZtly
Profile Joined June 2011
Austria148 Posts
August 04 2011 08:50 GMT
#87
My heart says NaDa... But somewhere deep in my brain I feel that he will disappoint and lose to someone you should not lose to...
PredY
Profile Joined September 2009
Czech Republic1731 Posts
August 04 2011 08:53 GMT
#88
poor merz all they talk about is his apm and never his great skills or solid play. merz fighting!
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dubRa
Profile Joined December 2008
2165 Posts
August 04 2011 09:00 GMT
#89
Wow really impressed by this preview. Well done everyone.
zazone
Profile Joined April 2011
Romania460 Posts
August 04 2011 09:03 GMT
#90
NightEnD fighting!!!
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alepov
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands1132 Posts
August 04 2011 09:04 GMT
#91
players for hipsters lmao, nice writeup
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
silly
Profile Joined November 2009
Sweden18 Posts
August 04 2011 09:06 GMT
#92
Typo? Lalush is sweden's #3 zerg after Morrow/Haypro.
Elasticity
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
3420 Posts
August 04 2011 09:07 GMT
#93
Hmm my predictions are easy wins by known players although there might be some upsets. NaDa is gonna get gold and HuK/Sen at 2nd or 3rd. Dimaga might pull something, but he hasn't been that kinda top notch to beat a NaDa
Baozer
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden159 Posts
August 04 2011 09:12 GMT
#94
This is going to be Awesome !

(T)Happy: Whatever. This guy is top ten in TLPD ELO if you exclude Koreans. You don't do that without taking a lot of names.


That Marine Split is sooooo insane! I'm smiling every time I see it! Gogo Happy!
Keype
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden455 Posts
August 04 2011 09:17 GMT
#95
Awesome preview! Btw Seiplo is from sweden not finland
Tornado Terran Fighting!
Kevan
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden2303 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 09:19:51
August 04 2011 09:17 GMT
#96
Huk, Nada, Sen and Dimaga are my favourites to win the tournament.
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Mikilatov
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States3897 Posts
August 04 2011 09:31 GMT
#97
Miki picks:
Group A - Bischu, DIMAGA, LoWeLy, Sein
Group B: Fuzer, meRz, MorroW, Seiplo
Group C: Naama, Protosser, SarenS, Sen
Group D: Adelscott, Happy, SjoW, TLO
Group E: Grubby, Kas, LaLuSh, Welmu
Group F: biGs, BRAT_OK, Satiini, Stephano
Group G: DarKFoRcE, HuK, Jimpo, MaNa,
Group H: elfi. HayprO, NaDa, NightEnD

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PiRate647
Profile Joined January 2011
Belgium187 Posts
August 04 2011 09:35 GMT
#98
It`s not assembly without Ret QQ !

Will watch nevertheless!!
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jimjimchoi
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)45 Posts
August 04 2011 09:40 GMT
#99
sooooooo how do i watch?
zeenix1
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden89 Posts
August 04 2011 09:41 GMT
#100
Are you allowed to say LaLush is swedens #2 zerg at a _team liquid_ forum? (which would put Hayder 3rd)
Psychout
Profile Joined March 2011
Finland16 Posts
August 04 2011 09:54 GMT
#101
FFS I was sooooo going but then whaddaya know I got a real bad fever((( The biggest tournament by far we have seen in Finland, Huk, Nada, Naama HWAITING!!
"Fear is an illusion."
Clearout
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway1060 Posts
August 04 2011 09:55 GMT
#102
Thanks for the writeup, looking forward to this!
really?
DerBeefman
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany226 Posts
August 04 2011 10:06 GMT
#103
Normal tank marine based TvT is 10000 times more fun than mass hellion bulls***.

I totally agree with Naama :D

Oh man I totally forgot about assembly and now I see it on TL with this huge lineup, gonna be an awesome weekend ^_^
extended thermal lances aka extended imbalances
icyF
Profile Joined June 2008
Finland305 Posts
August 04 2011 10:22 GMT
#104
hmh. perhaps i should go check it out:--)
p T r
Profile Joined November 2010
United States94 Posts
August 04 2011 10:43 GMT
#105
The groups look sick! Going to be awesome to see how this plays out.
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
August 04 2011 10:46 GMT
#106
Don't forget to check Liquipedia for latest Results and Standings

Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
Slagg
Profile Joined July 2011
Norway106 Posts
August 04 2011 11:04 GMT
#107
And here I was suppose to go to Finland to visit my brother, and had to cancel trip.

Curses!!!!
Tommylew
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Wales2717 Posts
August 04 2011 11:08 GMT
#108
On August 04 2011 19:46 Pholon wrote:
Don't forget to check Liquipedia for latest Results and Standings




Thanks for that I thought the wasnt much being talked about at least now I can see what is happening, in work so will be refreshing every few minutes!!!
Live and Let Die!
SayaSC
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway111 Posts
August 04 2011 11:12 GMT
#109
Sen <3
Alliance <3
SayaSC
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway111 Posts
August 04 2011 11:25 GMT
#110
Any streams available?
I looked around http://www.assembly.org/summer11 and found nothing.
Alliance <3
Atrimex
Profile Joined July 2011
193 Posts
August 04 2011 11:32 GMT
#111
Best EU Players in this tournament are Stephano, Happy and Kas.

My favorites:
Group A - Bischu, DIMAGA, LoWeLy, Sein
Group B: Fuzer, meRz, MorroW, Seiplo
Group C: Naama, Protosser, SarenS, Sen
Group D: Adelscott, Happy, SjoW, TLO
Group E: Grubby, Kas, LaLuSh, Welmu
Group F: biGs, BRAT_OK, Satiini, Stephano
Group G: DarKFoRcE, HuK, Jimpo, MaNa,
Group H:elfi. HayprO, NaDa, NightEnD

Too bad we can not see 100 APM (Goody) winning against 400 APM (merz).
antilyon
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Brazil2546 Posts
August 04 2011 11:52 GMT
#112
No Goody makes me so sad =(
Cenja
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden498 Posts
August 04 2011 11:52 GMT
#113
Expect LoWeLy to go far, he is quite good, I'd be suprised if he didn't get out of his group.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Coeus1
Profile Joined May 2010
Finland160 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 11:59:20
August 04 2011 11:58 GMT
#114
Hmm I live really close so maybe I should go there, don't want to kill eSports.
xxx
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
August 04 2011 12:10 GMT
#115
Why aren't you there already D:
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fAiryqt
Profile Joined April 2011
Russian Federation138 Posts
August 04 2011 12:13 GMT
#116
omg that sarens :O
gezus
Coeus1
Profile Joined May 2010
Finland160 Posts
August 04 2011 12:13 GMT
#117
On August 04 2011 21:10 Pholon wrote:
Why aren't you there already D:


Funny thing called work. -)
xxx
neoenigma
Profile Joined October 2010
United States243 Posts
August 04 2011 12:28 GMT
#118
Heeeeeey. That's the kind of motherboard I have.
darlhet
Profile Joined March 2011
Italy548 Posts
August 04 2011 12:33 GMT
#119
is there a good english stream coverage on this? im stuck watching khaldor's german stream
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SayaSC
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway111 Posts
August 04 2011 12:41 GMT
#120
On August 04 2011 21:33 darlhet wrote:
is there a good english stream coverage on this? im stuck watching khaldor's german stream

http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/SETT TV <--
Alliance <3
camconnor
Profile Joined April 2011
31 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 12:47:41
August 04 2011 12:44 GMT
#121
calling naniwa mumford and sons is like calling pulp fiction the worst movie of all time
marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
August 04 2011 12:54 GMT
#122
Theres no Goody here? Oh. Guess we'll have a short event then! (^_^)
memes are a dish best served dank
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
August 04 2011 13:07 GMT
#123
It's about time NaDa wins a tournament.
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
August 04 2011 13:28 GMT
#124
Assembly Groups A, B and C done! Results here: http://t.co/8jngWvh TLO soon in Group D. Hwaiting!
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Eufouria
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom4425 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 13:39:14
August 04 2011 13:36 GMT
#125
So Naniwa is Mumford & Sons. Now after the Storm takes on a whole new meaning.

Top European players who don't attend international events.
Lesser known players who have something to prove.
Nada, Huk and Sen.

This tournament has the makings of a really good event, I'm hyped!

My picks:
Group A - Bischu, DIMAGA, LoWeLy, Sein
Group B: Fuzer, meRz, MorroW, Seiplo
Group C: Naama, Protosser, SarenS, Sen
Group D: Adelscott, Happy, SjoW, TLO
Group E: Grubby, Kas, LaLuSh, Welmu
Group F: biGs, BRAT_OK, Satiini, Stephano
Group G: DarKFoRcE, HuK, Jimpo, MaNa,
Group H: elfi. HayprO, NaDa, NightEnD

edit:Haha why don't I just make my picks when the event is finished! >.<
NASAmoose
Profile Joined May 2011
United States231 Posts
August 04 2011 13:41 GMT
#126
Russians fighting!

русских боевых действий!

Brat_OK and Happy!
OdnoB
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada61 Posts
August 04 2011 13:51 GMT
#127
gogo nada grubby happy!
ReturnStroke
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States801 Posts
August 04 2011 13:52 GMT
#128
A lot of these players I wouldn't otherwise get to see play. Europe hwaiting!
Cold-Blood
Profile Joined March 2010
United States200 Posts
August 04 2011 13:53 GMT
#129
After the groups, this should be a fantastic tournament.

But for such a huge and well-known tournament, there are just too many unknowns whose spots could be filled with better players, it should still be great though!
Forever and Always #1 YellOw fan.
JoeAWESOME
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden1080 Posts
August 04 2011 14:15 GMT
#130
Sick tournament as always!
Simply Awesome! - Liquid'Ret - NSHoSeo_Seal - coLMVP_DRG - EG_Idra - Fnatic.NightEnd
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 14:45:49
August 04 2011 14:44 GMT
#131
On August 04 2011 15:09 redFF wrote:
im sorry but just looking at the groups why is
Group D: (P)Adelscott, (T)Happy, (T)SjoW, (T)TLO

and
Group H: (P)elfi. (Z)HayprO, (T)NaDa, (P)NightEnD

so fucking stacked while
Group F: (Z)biGs, (T)BRAT_OK, (T)Satiini, (Z)Stephano

and some of the others are so :/

I think it's maybe your perspective. Quite frankly, I think Group F is quite difficult. Group A and B look like the easiest to me. But some of the variation is due to cancellations.
ModeratorEffOrt, Snow, GuMiho, and Team Liquid
Necosarius
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Sweden4042 Posts
August 04 2011 15:00 GMT
#132
I thought SCBW progamers played many games but damn, some SC2 gamers have played way more games in just one year O.o
Erandorr
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
2283 Posts
August 04 2011 15:16 GMT
#133
On August 04 2011 21:13 Coeus1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 21:10 Pholon wrote:
Why aren't you there already D:


Funny thing called work. -)


stable income is so overrated :D
Vul
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States685 Posts
August 04 2011 15:25 GMT
#134
I'm gonna come off as a hater, but I think the problem with this is that international events have already begun integrating Koreans and now the ones that don't seem less serious or like they're a minor league. Only inviting 1 Korean is an interesting approach, I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

You would think that it would just make things too easy for Nada, but with Huk and Sen there, he's not guaranteed a win or anything. But with all the cancellations, why invite lesser known Europeans instead of more Koreans, if they will come?
Synwave
Profile Joined July 2009
United States2803 Posts
August 04 2011 15:30 GMT
#135
Nice write-up and I especially liked the Tourist guide because I admit I hadn't heard of some of these players. Good way to read up on them

Totalbisquit stream wooo!
*goes to cheer*
♞Nerdrage is the cause of global warming♞
MattRz
Profile Joined April 2011
Chile1680 Posts
August 04 2011 15:45 GMT
#136
Poor Adelscott 3 Terrans
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake ♞
Jayjay54
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany2296 Posts
August 04 2011 15:53 GMT
#137
great article! well done!

but....<germanbias>were are socke and hasu? isn't this an invitational?</germanbias>
Things are laid back in Unidenland. And may the road ahead be lid with dreams and tomorrows. Which are lid with dreams. Also.
Fade1
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Sweden143 Posts
August 04 2011 16:03 GMT
#138
Protosser>everyone, gogo protosser you can do this!
sjschmidt93
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2518 Posts
August 04 2011 16:15 GMT
#139
Nada, Sen and Huk will be top 3, as who wins it I don't know.
My grandpa could've proxied better, and not only does he have arthritis, he's also dead. -Sean "Day[9]" Plott
PPlol
Profile Joined July 2011
Brazil33 Posts
August 04 2011 16:36 GMT
#140
We will have stream for this?
Synwave
Profile Joined July 2009
United States2803 Posts
August 04 2011 16:39 GMT
#141
On August 05 2011 01:36 PPlol wrote:
We will have stream for this?

http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/SETT TV
as well as a number of other ones on the right of your screen listed under the calendar as "ON AIR: Assembly Summer
♞Nerdrage is the cause of global warming♞
Bleak
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Turkey3059 Posts
August 04 2011 17:15 GMT
#142
I'm confused...streams are running overlays/music etc...there is no matches. Has it not started yet, or it is still going on?
"I am a beacon of knowledge blazing out across a black sea of ignorance. "
TurbineBlade
Profile Joined July 2011
United States117 Posts
August 04 2011 17:17 GMT
#143
Group D is going to be the most competitive
Incredible Miracle :: LosirA :: NaDa :: YellOw
Lewan72
Profile Joined April 2011
United States381 Posts
August 04 2011 17:31 GMT
#144
Tbh Huk Nada and Sen are the only "top tier" player this tournement..oh well, will still watch it for them!
MC / Hero / MMA / Bomber / Coca / Suppy
Neverplay
Profile Joined May 2010
Austria532 Posts
August 04 2011 18:15 GMT
#145
gogo grubby
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
August 04 2011 18:34 GMT
#146
Seriously, the Happy marine micro vidéo will always leave me speechless.
I want him to start winning lan tournaments
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
FiLmBoT
Profile Joined June 2011
United States107 Posts
August 04 2011 19:04 GMT
#147
Huk is going crazy trying to play in ever tournament he can mlg, gsl and now assembly. I'm really curious how he gets over jet lag so easily? No matter Huk to take it all!
mrRoflpwn
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States2618 Posts
August 04 2011 19:10 GMT
#148
Is there a LR thread?
Long live the Boss Toss!
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland24861 Posts
August 04 2011 19:13 GMT
#149
Which stream is Grubby currently on guys?
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Laneir
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1160 Posts
August 04 2011 20:24 GMT
#150
Great write up hope Nada does amazing in this which im sure he will
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Otolia
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
France5805 Posts
August 04 2011 20:30 GMT
#151
Pretty good prediction so far except for Huk, Nada. Great job on summarizing the tournaments.
Rabbitmaster
Profile Joined August 2010
1357 Posts
August 04 2011 21:06 GMT
#152
Really nice writeup! Thanks alot.
God is dead.
razy
Profile Joined February 2010
Russian Federation899 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-04 21:51:40
August 04 2011 21:48 GMT
#153
ehm, bratok is top1 in russia btw. Happy is not even close and this is not is not just fanboism: make a match between two and Dima will hardly win a game :O
sjschmidt93
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2518 Posts
August 04 2011 23:12 GMT
#154
Holy shit HuK didn't even make it through. That's kind of crazy.
My grandpa could've proxied better, and not only does he have arthritis, he's also dead. -Sean "Day[9]" Plott
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
August 04 2011 23:12 GMT
#155
anything can happen in SC2 !!
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33309 Posts
August 05 2011 02:53 GMT
#156
'twas a pretty nifty first day, though I'd like to have seen a few more of the up and comers make it through.... So Stephano all the way :O
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
EnSky
Profile Joined June 2011
Philippines1003 Posts
August 05 2011 02:59 GMT
#157
I was staying up late just to watch NaDa but fell asleep an hour before NaDa played. At least, NaDa qualified so I have another chance.
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
August 05 2011 04:28 GMT
#158
omg no HUK AND HAYPRO BOTH LOST WHAT IS DIS
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
August 05 2011 04:30 GMT
#159
On August 05 2011 06:48 razy wrote:
ehm, bratok is top1 in russia btw. Happy is not even close and this is not is not just fanboism: make a match between two and Dima will hardly win a game :O


Oh, I'm sorry, because bratok totally beat Professor Tea handily in a tournament. Yeah, that guy who won what, 3 GSLS now? Hmmm, I recall Artosis that he was nearing Bonjwa status... no yeah I'm pretty sure that was only Dimaga :/
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
ItsMeDomLee
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2732 Posts
August 05 2011 05:08 GMT
#160
On August 05 2011 13:30 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2011 06:48 razy wrote:
ehm, bratok is top1 in russia btw. Happy is not even close and this is not is not just fanboism: make a match between two and Dima will hardly win a game :O


Oh, I'm sorry, because bratok totally beat Professor Tea handily in a tournament. Yeah, that guy who won what, 3 GSLS now? Hmmm, I recall Artosis that he was nearing Bonjwa status... no yeah I'm pretty sure that was only Dimaga :/


By your logic Dimaga is a bonjwa amongst bonjwas then.
Flwz
Profile Joined December 2010
Ireland19 Posts
August 05 2011 06:54 GMT
#161
I have actually already hosted some Happy vs Bratok games for Go4SC2 a couple months back and it was an extremely close series ( Breatok Won 2 1 if I recall correctly )

Still That Stephano vs Brat OK game was quality and was only due to the poor tournament format. Next time they will draw the.

Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
August 05 2011 07:27 GMT
#162
Nice sweet tourney, I will be interested in seeing Merz in action. I liked him in bw and I think he's a great player so gl Merz!
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
nuki
Profile Joined April 2011
Russian Federation118 Posts
August 05 2011 13:31 GMT
#163
GOOD JOB BRATOK
gogogogo


dimaga gogo
ukrain-russia finals gogo
once i die, now i'm alive
razy
Profile Joined February 2010
Russian Federation899 Posts
August 05 2011 14:41 GMT
#164
On August 05 2011 15:54 Flwz wrote:
I have actually already hosted some Happy vs Bratok games for Go4SC2 a couple months back and it was an extremely close series ( Breatok Won 2 1 if I recall correctly )

Still That Stephano vs Brat OK game was quality and was only due to the poor tournament format. Next time they will draw the.



Every recent series between them i've seen ended 2-0 or 3-0 in brat's favour including go4sc2/... It's pretty easy to check anyways.
No_eL
Profile Joined July 2007
Chile1438 Posts
August 05 2011 17:27 GMT
#165
On August 05 2011 02:31 Lewan72 wrote:
Tbh Huk Nada and Sen are the only "top tier" player this tournement..oh well, will still watch it for them!


and now what do you think about it??
Beat after beat i will become stronger.
Larryx
Profile Joined November 2010
Poland148 Posts
August 06 2011 06:33 GMT
#166
On August 05 2011 02:31 Lewan72 wrote:
Tbh Huk Nada and Sen are the only "top tier" player this tournement..oh well, will still watch it for them!


Lol

Dimaga with IdrA are the best foreigner Zergs with exception that Dimaga dont leave games when he still got a chance (game 1 of final)
Mana is God of PvT and worked on PvZ alot so i see him top tier
Kas is one of the best foreigner Terrans if not the best
Sjow, Haypro, Morrow, Darkforce and Stephano are top tier too

And the Event was awesome, moore money then MLG and all games casted!
MANA & NERCHIO HWAITING!
iNViCiOUZ
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany364 Posts
August 06 2011 09:30 GMT
#167
Are there any VODs of the final and the game for 3rd place?
KelvaroN
Profile Joined May 2003
Finland33 Posts
August 06 2011 12:08 GMT
#168
One of the best matches I've ever seen that Dimaga vs Mana finals. Oh, my, spagetty-monster-god!
DusTerr
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
2520 Posts
August 07 2011 10:11 GMT
#169
On August 06 2011 18:30 iNViCiOUZ wrote:
Are there any VODs of the final and the game for 3rd place?


VODs links on page 1 (sorry I wasn't able to check if they had the finals and bronze game)
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=251427
PennyShrimp
Profile Joined May 2011
Finland8 Posts
August 07 2011 13:44 GMT
#170
Does anybody know whether any pro gamer is still in Helsinki? I briefly met NightEnd and team diginitas, seen dimaga too, but completely missed team liquid. If any of the pros is still here even just some starcraft fans and you feel like grabbing a beer somewhere send me a PM.
Cheers!
Mairou
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland144 Posts
August 07 2011 15:31 GMT
#171
Heres couple of videos i recorded from the tournament if anyone missed it.

Dimaga's celebration after beating MaNa: http://www.youtube.com/user/MairouTV?feature=mhee#p/a/u/1/1kXGIRw96uk

Prize ceremony: http://www.youtube.com/user/MairouTV?feature=mhee#p/u/0/oPLiZYiWcIQ
eSports! www.youtube.com/MairouTV
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