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IEM Global Challenge New York - Day 0 Coverage - Page 2

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VTArlock
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1763 Posts
October 13 2011 08:22 GMT
#21
I miss you too poke
Why?
IMRandom
Profile Joined October 2011
Korea (South)34 Posts
October 13 2011 08:25 GMT
#22
On October 13 2011 17:19 Art_of_Kill wrote:
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On October 13 2011 17:11 KiNGxXx wrote:
Thanks. Nice read!

BUT I don't like that:
I'm not ignoring IEM Guangzhou or IPL3, but we have to be objective about the situation here. Foreigners* still haven't won a tournament against top class Korean professionals.

There are two top koreans: MVP and NesTea. All of the others are around the same level (Ryung, DRG, MMA ...). It's not Stephano's fault that MVP and NesTea weren't at IPL. Don't talk this victory down. There were a lot of awesome players from korea who didn't manage do win this tournament. I don't know why in almost every TL article the writer has to say something like "yeah, nice win BUT we all know it wasn't that hard..."

I would like to see more: "Yeah, after the great success of the foreign world in IPL we will maybe have another tournament without a korean winner because Mana (or other players) is a boss and had already shown his skills vs korean!"

Don't get me wrong, great article but I would love to see more positive vibe.


and the joke is, that both mvp and nestea got beaten by dimaga
its funny so many people live in their fantasy broodwar world, this is sc2 and here the absolut top none koreans can beat the top koreans, even if their chances are small to win they still can


Doesn't mean Dimaga > MVP/Nestea.
SC2 and bw aren't games u can win 100% just because ur good. One victory isn't enough to judge foreign/korean scene. Give it some time and we'll see how things pan out.
Spitmode
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany1510 Posts
October 13 2011 08:25 GMT
#23
why are neitiher mlg or iem listed in the upcoming events tab on the front page of teamliquid?!
"Make house -> Robots come out of house -> Robots shoot lazers -> Someone wins"
weaknurse
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia320 Posts
October 13 2011 08:27 GMT
#24
On October 13 2011 17:25 Spitmode wrote:
why are neitiher mlg or iem listed in the upcoming events tab on the front page of teamliquid?!

It is weird how the major events are usually only listed until a few hours before but all the weekly cups or whatever are up there days in advance.
Ciryandor
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3735 Posts
October 13 2011 08:29 GMT
#25
On October 13 2011 17:19 Art_of_Kill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2011 17:11 KiNGxXx wrote:
Thanks. Nice read!

BUT I don't like that:
I'm not ignoring IEM Guangzhou or IPL3, but we have to be objective about the situation here. Foreigners* still haven't won a tournament against top class Korean professionals.

There are two top koreans: MVP and NesTea. All of the others are around the same level (Ryung, DRG, MMA ...). It's not Stephano's fault that MVP and NesTea weren't at IPL. Don't talk this victory down. There were a lot of awesome players from korea who didn't manage do win this tournament. I don't know why in almost every TL article the writer has to say something like "yeah, nice win BUT we all know it wasn't that hard..."

I would like to see more: "Yeah, after the great success of the foreign world in IPL we will maybe have another tournament without a korean winner because Mana (or other players) is a boss and had already shown his skills vs korean!"

Don't get me wrong, great article but I would love to see more positive vibe.


and the joke is, that both mvp and nestea got beaten by dimaga
its funny so many people live in their fantasy broodwar world, this is sc2 and here the absolut top none koreans can beat the top koreans, even if their chances are small to win they still can

They can win, at any given Sunday yes, but will they be able to do it consistently in a tournament environment? Right now, the statistics say no; that was the point the article was making.

Don't turn it into a BW bashing thing, that has no place in an SC2 news article.

Also, Pokebunny so QT :3 but if you want to be a total baller you gotta pull a Rekrul once you're deciding between gaming and college.
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Spitmode
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany1510 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-13 08:31:05
October 13 2011 08:30 GMT
#26
On October 13 2011 17:27 weaknurse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2011 17:25 Spitmode wrote:
why are neitiher mlg or iem listed in the upcoming events tab on the front page of teamliquid?!

It is weird how the major events are usually only listed until a few hours before but all the weekly cups or whatever are up there days in advance.


IPL3 day4 wasnt even listed at all until it started. TL really needs to step it up...

when does IEM start? in how many hours?
"Make house -> Robots come out of house -> Robots shoot lazers -> Someone wins"
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-13 08:35:52
October 13 2011 08:35 GMT
#27
But two players on the top ten list were at IPL: Ryung and MMA. Which makes this article just plain wrong. The sense of inferiority, and the need for it to stay that way, is strong in the ex-bw followers..
t1mid
Profile Joined May 2010
United States143 Posts
October 13 2011 08:35 GMT
#28
While it's nice to win 75% of the local LANs including the ones I couldn't go to, the money is just an added benefit - it's a great community here.



What??
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42383 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-13 08:39:37
October 13 2011 08:36 GMT
#29
On October 13 2011 17:21 FireS wrote:
isnt it Carnac not Carmac ? rofl


Carnac and Carmac are different persons.


On October 13 2011 17:30 Spitmode wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2011 17:27 weaknurse wrote:
On October 13 2011 17:25 Spitmode wrote:
why are neitiher mlg or iem listed in the upcoming events tab on the front page of teamliquid?!

It is weird how the major events are usually only listed until a few hours before but all the weekly cups or whatever are up there days in advance.


IPL3 day4 wasnt even listed at all until it started. TL really needs to step it up...

when does IEM start? in how many hours?


You know guys, even _YOU_ can keep the calendar updated and add tournaments. It's not just TL crew's job.

"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Vansetsu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1454 Posts
October 13 2011 08:39 GMT
#30
If Nyomu ever gets to play as much SC2 as he would like, I think you will have a serious contender for your "LAN allowance" Pokebunny :p

Seriously, I cry when I watch that guy play knowing he can't put time into it.
Only by overcoming many obstacles does a river become - デイヴィ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ド
weaknurse
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia320 Posts
October 13 2011 08:51 GMT
#31
On October 13 2011 17:36 Grettin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2011 17:21 FireS wrote:
isnt it Carnac not Carmac ? rofl


Carnac and Carmac are different persons.


Show nested quote +
On October 13 2011 17:30 Spitmode wrote:
On October 13 2011 17:27 weaknurse wrote:
On October 13 2011 17:25 Spitmode wrote:
why are neitiher mlg or iem listed in the upcoming events tab on the front page of teamliquid?!

It is weird how the major events are usually only listed until a few hours before but all the weekly cups or whatever are up there days in advance.


IPL3 day4 wasnt even listed at all until it started. TL really needs to step it up...

when does IEM start? in how many hours?


You know guys, even _YOU_ can keep the calendar updated and add tournaments. It's not just TL crew's job.


I have no affiliation with IEM.
BigKahunaBurger
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia334 Posts
October 13 2011 08:53 GMT
#32
On October 13 2011 17:35 m0ck wrote:
But two players on the top ten list were at IPL: Ryung and MMA. Which makes this article just plain wrong. The sense of inferiority, and the need for it to stay that way, is strong in the ex-bw followers..


No, it doesn't make it plain wrong at all.

Both Ryung and MMA were at IPL3 yes. And they were beaten by another Korean. This is the problem that many people had with Stephano's win, that people claim he crushed a tournament with Top 10 Koreans. That may be, but he certainly wasn't on their side of the bracket.
tOTOM
Profile Joined September 2011
3 Posts
October 13 2011 08:53 GMT
#33
On October 13 2011 17:14 Grettin wrote:
"Foreigners* still haven't won a tournament against top class Korean professionals."


I suppose MC, MMA, Alive, Ryung are not top class Korean professional but I am wondering what is code S, the top Korean professional no ?
Probably a 2 times champion MC and a 2 times finalist MMA (and probably 3 times with the gsl october) are just garbage...

This is the first win of a "foreigners" against good korean players, be proud of it !

Top class korean player play at IPL, MLG and GSL only, top european players don't play at this kind of event (or in the open bracket and with a long way to see the light...).

Apart for MVP and Nestea, I don't think top european players as Stephano, Nerchio, Dimaga or Mana, are not as good as the korean. But I hope a tournament will show it
Spitmode
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany1510 Posts
October 13 2011 08:54 GMT
#34
so when will it start? in european time
"Make house -> Robots come out of house -> Robots shoot lazers -> Someone wins"
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-13 08:57:03
October 13 2011 08:56 GMT
#35
On October 13 2011 17:53 BigKahunaBurger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2011 17:35 m0ck wrote:
But two players on the top ten list were at IPL: Ryung and MMA. Which makes this article just plain wrong. The sense of inferiority, and the need for it to stay that way, is strong in the ex-bw followers..


No, it doesn't make it plain wrong at all.

Both Ryung and MMA were at IPL3 yes. And they were beaten by another Korean. This is the problem that many people had with Stephano's win, that people claim he crushed a tournament with Top 10 Koreans. That may be, but he certainly wasn't on their side of the bracket.


It seems what you want is a league, not a bracket system..

MMA lost to White-Ra, he dropped a map against Sheth, he lost 3-0 to the guy Stephano destroyed 4-0. There's a reason MMA didn't meet Stephano: it's that he wasn't good enough.
Nunger
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia76 Posts
October 13 2011 08:57 GMT
#36
On October 13 2011 17:35 t1mid wrote:
Show nested quote +
While it's nice to win 75% of the local LANs including the ones I couldn't go to, the money is just an added benefit - it's a great community here.



What??


I assume he means that the ones he couldn't attend were part of the 25% he lost in that statistic, giving him a greater than 75% win rate at the LANs that he attended.
Syth
Profile Joined October 2011
36 Posts
October 13 2011 09:06 GMT
#37
On October 13 2011 17:54 Spitmode wrote:
so when will it start? in european time


I'd like to know this too
BigLighthouse
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom424 Posts
October 13 2011 09:07 GMT
#38
That interview with carmac was satisfying like always. He has a very well thought out opinion of the way competative gaming needs to progress and how tournaments should conduct themselves
MoooN1
Profile Joined December 2007
Germany128 Posts
October 13 2011 09:18 GMT
#39
(Though if Stephano had run into MMA on his path, then that would have been quite interesting...)

if i remember correctly stephanio did beat mma in the qualifier

Malaz
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany1257 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-13 09:31:40
October 13 2011 09:29 GMT
#40
Foreigners* still haven't won a tournament against top class Korean professionals. The best foreigners have been able to beat Koreans for quite a while; it's just that the very best Koreans form a nigh impenetrable wall in front of the medal podium. The guys at Guangzhou and Atlantic City were pretty good, but they weren't exactly top ten players. (Though if Stephano had run into MMA on his path, then that would have been quite interesting...)


So MMA was defeated by a Korean player that later got defeated by Stephano... For me that makes him the winner of an tournament with one of the best Korean player around. Also Alive, Ryung, Puma... Even if he didn't face all of this players, there is a reason for this. Other players were simply better on that given day and he won vs all those better players.

Other than that great article.
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