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Thorakh
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands1788 Posts
September 14 2011 12:59 GMT
#221
My god, was it really necessary to put her all over the text.

Anyway, it's good stuff!
Diks
Profile Joined January 2010
Belgium1880 Posts
September 14 2011 13:03 GMT
#222
Awesome write up + awesome pictures = <3
CaptainCrush
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States785 Posts
September 14 2011 13:07 GMT
#223
Honestly, she is attractive but is by no means a goddess... and she really doesnt have much influence or involvement in SC2. Cmon guys, I know it was probably meant to be funny but it was over the top and came across as annoying to me anyways....

Great writeup about all the participants though. I'm all about the free HD on week 1 so I guess I'll have to tune in tonight!
n00b3rt
Profile Joined May 2010
Bulgaria890 Posts
September 14 2011 13:28 GMT
#224
Judging from the pics, esports has surely gotten big in teh USA
Yeah, whatever
Pippi
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden540 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 13:31:30
September 14 2011 13:30 GMT
#225
So much hate xD But I guess it's good for the elites to whine about something!

P.S. it's only a good looking girl in the back of the text (pretty faded), how does that bother anyone?
Toast and coffe
Madera
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden2672 Posts
September 14 2011 13:43 GMT
#226
Awesome write-up as always!
R3N
Profile Joined March 2011
740 Posts
September 14 2011 14:02 GMT
#227
On September 14 2011 22:28 n00b3rt wrote:
Judging from the pics, esports has surely gotten big in teh USA


Not so much SC2. Americans still going on with their laughable console FPS rather than SC2 that actually requires thinking.
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
September 14 2011 14:05 GMT
#228
This article has 4.0 GPA. And gl Strelok!
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
Xoronius
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany6362 Posts
September 14 2011 14:09 GMT
#229
On September 14 2011 21:16 Sphaero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 20:31 Xoronius wrote:

Sure Germany is one of the Top-Nations in Europe, no one doubts that, but altgough we have many good players, there is no real wrecking machine. Look at Poland for example, they have 1/4 of our population and they have two beasts with MaNa and Nerchio. Or Sweden, which has 1/9 of our population and has ThorZain, Naniwa, Sjow, Morrow, Jinro, Sase, Lalush, Haypro, Jimpo, Bischu, Merz, Seiplo(...).


First of all, there is no doubt, that Sweden is the number one country outside Korea. Their player pool is ridiculous and that goes beyond SCII. I think the acceptance of esport is greater there than in Germany. Maybe its the long winters, I dunno.

Second, define "real wrecking machine", because the ones you named from Poland are very similar to the best germans. Nerchio is by all the hype around him an extreme strong and active online player, who needs to back up his results in major lans. His showing at IEM Cologne was good, but thats not enough to put him above players like Socke or Hasu. Actually Goody fits Nerchios description pretty well.

Mana is on fire lately, no doubt about it, but he is overall not better than Socke. Going by both results and skill, they are on the same level (although Socke earned a good chunk more price money, because he is more consistent over a longer time). Right now, Mana has the edge in TvP, while Socke is a little bit better against Zerg. Their Mirror is dead even, which was the reason for their extreme close bronze match in Cologne. Hasu is not far behind both of them.

Poland is very strong and with Tarson and Diestar on the same level as Germany, which is amazing going by their population size. They build together with Ukraine and Germany the second line behind Sweden, which as said above stands at the top.


Surely I am just a single person, who has just a subjective view, but I would rate MaNa over Socke at this time, because he had major achievments more recently. In one month, he finshed Top 3 in 3 Premier Tournaments, beating players like Idra,ThorZain, HuK, NaDa, Puma. Socke is more consistent in raching top finishes for over one year, but in their current form I would give MaNa the advantage.

Also Nerchio just looks unbeatable at times. He 6-0´d his group at IEM and was only stoped by the winner of the Tournament.He made it through the IPL-Losers brackes, winnig 8 Bo3/5 in a row.

When I see those two performing, I just have the feeling, they could beat anyone at anytime (maybe except MvP/Netstea or Bomber). When I see top Germans plying I just think: "Well, there good".

Don´t get me wrong, I know that there are many good players in Germany, but I see Poland on the same level and given the fact, that Poland has just 1/4 of Germanys poulation, I had to defend the opinion, that population and amount of talent in SC2 are not (Don´t know the english word, "proportional" in german.)
Myrddraal
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia937 Posts
September 14 2011 14:12 GMT
#230
On September 14 2011 22:30 Pippi wrote:
So much hate xD But I guess it's good for the elites to whine about something!

P.S. it's only a good looking girl in the back of the text (pretty faded), how does that bother anyone?


Probably too hard for them to concentrate on the text .

Haha really I don't get it either, if anything it made me way more excited to watch more of NASL this time.
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sVnteen
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2238 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 14:17:23
September 14 2011 14:13 GMT
#231
so guys

i understand its the NORTH AMERICAN starleague and the elite of NA has to be a part of that but world elite is something different and certainly not Vibe cruncher TT1(not anymore) inka tyler incontrol or axlav in my opinion

most of them will just get horribly annihilated while players like nerchio goody happy adelscott tarson are just sitting around at home waiting to destroy all of them

idk ....



On September 14 2011 08:41 Sandro wrote:
So many pretty pictures of Lindsay
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 08:40 The Void wrote:
usa overastimate themself like evertime...

korean will take it... and germany - at least will go well...

edit: excellent ^^


imo it will be:

Korea #1
Ukraine #2
Sweden #3


sweden?
who should take it for sweden ?

haypro - o wait did he have a single top10 finish yet
jinro - maybe but i think hes not i good shape atm (maybe because of the metagame atm)
sjow - yeah he has the potential but he never quite seems to be able to beat everyone who will stand in his way
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DailYLeet
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany827 Posts
September 14 2011 14:22 GMT
#232
Germany has been the European example of how population and GDP don't seem to have any relation to Starcraft skill


kidding? that sentence and after that names like: Socke, TLO, HasuObs and Darkforce?
"King Goody spoke - you have to treat his words like gold , he is the wisest man , who ever crossed the EU server" - Cloud
claash
Profile Joined August 2011
Poland472 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 14:34:24
September 14 2011 14:34 GMT
#233
"For the most part, Germany has been the European example of how population and GDP don't seem to have any relation to Starcraft skill. You know, like America! "

the guy who wrote this got no clue and should get another job.comparing a strong sc-nation like germany with the USA...

1.its not about a GDP or the population.its all about the amount of players who do it fulltime.its not a provocation but the truth:the ukraine is one of the poorest countries in europe.all players can do it fulltime and 90 percent of all german players still go to college.if all of them would do it full time they would be better than the ukraine immediately because germany got the highest amount of players in europe.
2.germany took a LOT of bo3s against the ukraine recently and germany was the country with the highest amount of players in the NASL and won the european nation war.
3.a country like the UK would rock at sc2 as well but they are more into console-games.the brits dont have less skill in their blood you know? its not about the general population its all about the population who plays intensively
4.im so pissed about toplists where people only compare the top 3 of each country.you gotta compare 5 or 10 at least.so poland isnt there anymore...although i hate to say it because im half polish.
Brasso
Profile Joined April 2010
United States17 Posts
September 14 2011 14:40 GMT
#234
I clicked for Lindsay, stayed for the article.
grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
September 14 2011 14:41 GMT
#235
On September 14 2011 23:13 sVnteen wrote:
so guys

i understand its the NORTH AMERICAN starleague and the elite of NA has to be a part of that but world elite is something different and certainly not Vibe cruncher TT1(not anymore) inka tyler incontrol or axlav in my opinion

most of them will just get horribly annihilated while players like nerchio goody happy adelscott tarson are just sitting around at home waiting to destroy all of them

idk ....



Show nested quote +
On September 14 2011 08:41 Sandro wrote:
So many pretty pictures of Lindsay
On September 14 2011 08:40 The Void wrote:
usa overastimate themself like evertime...

korean will take it... and germany - at least will go well...

edit: excellent ^^


imo it will be:

Korea #1
Ukraine #2
Sweden #3


sweden?
who should take it for sweden ?

haypro - o wait did he have a single top10 finish yet
jinro - maybe but i think hes not i good shape atm (maybe because of the metagame atm)
sjow - yeah he has the potential but he never quite seems to be able to beat everyone who will stand in his way


Ever heard of Morrow? easily the best swede out of the ones participating.
We make signature, then defense it.
SixSongs
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Poland1455 Posts
September 14 2011 14:45 GMT
#236
Great read. I really hope foreigners can do well this time. It would rather make me sad seeing top3 all korean.
The Prince of DroneS
brendaaan
Profile Joined February 2011
New Zealand77 Posts
September 14 2011 14:47 GMT
#237
woooo!!! new zealand got a mention!!!!
Rubrix cube record: 36 seconds :D
kukuu
Profile Joined September 2011
Bulgaria2 Posts
September 14 2011 14:55 GMT
#238
does anyone know if they're gonna be rebroadcasting it for european viewers again?
mbrownp1
Profile Joined August 2011
United States7 Posts
September 14 2011 15:01 GMT
#239
On September 14 2011 23:55 kukuu wrote:
does anyone know if they're gonna be rebroadcasting it for european viewers again?


Yes we will.
@mbrownp1
Radook
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden326 Posts
September 14 2011 15:17 GMT
#240
Looking forward to this. Hoping for some good SC2!
Woop Woop!
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