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[MLG] Pro Circuit Orlando: Preview
October 14th, 2011 04:43 GMT
The Group of Death is a long celebrated tradition in Starcraft. Every event, a few top contenders end up in close proximity, far away from the championship stage. Sometimes it's something innocuous, like four of the top Protoss in the same group. Sometimes it's more serious, like the three best players together. MLG Orlando has brought it to a new level. In Orlando, the proverbial group of death is the entire tournament. The entry list features the likes of White-Ra, MarineKingPrime, TSL_Polt, SaSe, Stephano, TheStC, and that's merely the open bracket. Simultaneous-EU-NA-GM#1 DeMusliM will be there as well, and even TriMaster. The pool section is full of what are now the usual suspects. IdrA, HuK, Sheth, Ret, BoxeR, Bomber, PuMa, MC. The list goes on and on, any tournament is difficult to predict a winner but here even picking the favorites borders on the impossible. WaxAngel has been repeating for weeks that this is the hardest tournament to date. He could be right.
Pool Play Preview:
The Toughest of BossesBy: HeyokaAs this is the hardest tournament ever (™), there are challenges at every turn, inside every box and chest. Every part of the tournament is unrelenting, the smallest of missteps will cause an end to any run. It harkens back to my days with the trusty NES, when men were men and games didn't have second chances. When every new landscape was the hardest trek imaginable. Pool A is a dynamic mix. As with the first Mega Man, the challengers come in all shapes and sizes. The pool is a wide mix of people from around the world, and having all sorts of backgrounds. BoxeR, now one of the grandfathers of the game is on one end, with relative newcomers TLO and Drewbie on the other. Each player represents a different country, and the range of skill is impressively large. And just like Mega Man, any of them can kill you. It might be spikes or disappearing blocks, the slightest miscalculation will end in your death. Any rogue enemy shooting lasers, or a single blade aiming to cut you in half. It will probably be spikes though. Pool B is nice because it looks like a fun ramp in terms of difficulty (even though it isn't). On one side there is iNcontrol who, despite being a strong player, hasn't seen much success in MLG lately. On the other is Bomber, reigning MLG champion who has a definite chance of a repeat performance. Playing any of them is cause to break peripherals and throw the nearest object at a monitor. In between is Sheth, KiWiKaKi, and PuMa. Men who occasionally look beatable, if only one is familiar with the secret path that can bring them down. Many will try and few will succeed. And, even if you are able to luck your way into some progress, a bat will swoop down and end your life. That unbeatable bat. Like Top Gun, this is a list of names that is deceiving. At first glance it seems to be comparatively weaker than the other groups, HongUn is the only one with recent Code-S play! In Top Gun all you need to do is fly around, you're simply avoiding death for long portions, not even engaging enemy targets. It seems easy enough, surely any player can learn that skill. And then you hit it. The aircraft carrier. The boss of bosses. It could be HongUn, it could be Rain or maybe Ret, but there will be a wall. A wall that is impenetrable to even the most hardened, the most experienced of gamers. With four Protosses in the group, this looks akin to a 1985 platformer. Graveyard after graveyard, the landscape seems similar if the difficulties that arise are somewhat transformed. Even if you are able to defeat North American staples HuK and Tyler, the later stages involve a reinvigorated MC and new blood HerO. Your reward for merely surviving the beating from them is to also face July, the God of War himself and owner of a gold mouse. Oh, also you can only get hit twice before you're dead. Good luck.
Open Bracket highlightBy: NJBoboMLG isn’t just one of the most entertaining events to watch for Starcraft fans; it’s also one of the most difficult. We all love to see the world going all-out against some of the best Korean players, and within this already insanely high level competition is an even harder one: the open bracket. MLG is like a private club and players will have to give it their all to gain access to the coveted VIP lounge. Remember NaNiwa's 22-0 run to reach the finals at MLG Dallas? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we’re talking about that hellish place, a place where even one mistake, the slightest slip, could cost you everything. MLG’s nightmare of an open bracket takes everything that makes a player who they are, strips it down and tests it. If any of their component parts are lacking, they won’t make the cut. After all that, you can start building a real story, because legends aren’t born; they’re made, they’re built, they’re constructed. MarineKing MarineKingPrime represents what could well be the coolest story of this event; MarineKing is here thanks to his fans on Reddit. With their collective hopes settled squarely on his shoulders, he will arrive in Orlando with that extra-pressure on his back. He ought to perform, if not for himself, then for all the supporters that wanted to give him a chance to shine on American soil. "Oh shit," must have been the reaction of the other players seeing such a beast entering the competition. "Sorry guys!" could be MKP's. More bad news for the other players, 'Fauxer' has finally beaten the curse and is no longer mired in eternal second-place. If you were to summarise MKP, you could do a lot worse than saying he’s a fusion of raw skill and class. Who else could wear that pink sweatshirt and get away with it? We all want to see this Cinderella story get its happy ending. I personally think that after this MLG some players might have to be hospitalized after being traumatized by marines. Stephano My oh my. I have spent so much time trying to convince people that Stephano is the real deal. He was getting better so fast I couldn't follow, let alone believe, what I was seeing. It's not only that he developed insane macro and micro, but that he has developed a unique playstyle. One thing can no longer be questioned – this man can deliver. Grubby's disciple is now flying solo. At IPL he showed us not only that he could beat Koreans, but that he could go further; he can crush them. Today, I can finally say it without being criticized for being biased; Stephano is one of the best Zerg players in the world, and this is just the beginning. Let it be known, a new era is about to begin, and it will be Stephano's. Some might retort that the MLG open bracket is a marathon few can withstand, and that Stephano is known for not being able to play several hours straight. Could this be the MLG at which the pink power ranger will prove, once and for all, that you don’t have to be exiled to Korea to become the best. Alive, ThesTc, Polt Ok, it’s not really fair to do a pack with these three different players as each clearly deserves his own intro, but this open bracket being so packed with skill, I would just end up writing a preview so long it would top the group stage preview. "Thin consistency and tremendous skill" would perfectly describe this trio. Any of these three could bring it home. It might be true that TheStc is still a little below the level of Alive and Polt as far as results are concerned, but I really think he’s a player who has yet to show us what he’s capable of. With these three elite Terrans, it feels like Korea decided to take a plane after IPL to set the record straight. Let’s face it, they didn’t come into town to play tourists. Don't act surprised if you see at least two of them in the final stages. SaSe, White-Ra SaSe and White-Ra are two sides of the same coin. On one side you have the unpredictable and creative White-Ra, the grandfather of ESPORTS. With him every game is a surprise; he will drop colossus in your mineral line or hit you at an unheard-of timing, you never know until it’s too late. White-Ra always has a card up his sleeve and underestimating him tends to lead to a swift evisceration. These are the, by now infamous, special tactics. SaSe then represents the tails to White-Ra’s heads. No fancy special tactics, just insane unit control and builds drilled to perfection over long hours of training (familiar?). Word on the street is that the Swede is the most improved foreigner at the moment. He will arrive at MLG under the Quantic Gaming tag for the first time, trying to prove that he is now a player evolving to a totally different level. If their personalities and styles represent something of a diametric opposition, the two have one thing in common – unadulterated skill. In that respect, it’s hard not to consider SaSe and White-Ra in terms of their representing foreign protoss players in the open bracket. In the face of the Korean threat, the rest of the world has sent two protoss players that stand above the rest; one high templar and one dark… Last but not Least It might seem unfair not to write something especially for Demuslim or even for Trimaster but choices had to be made. That's how crazy this open bracket is. Trimaster and Demuslim are two trump cards, while the former is a relative newcomer and is showing promising games, Demuslim has been around a long time waiting for his time to come. Some might say he is cursed. Blessed with massive skills, he always had trouble getting to where many believe he’s always belonged. It's time for him to step up his game and show us that all of his hard training with EG during the last months was not for nothing. If his last MLG was "acceptable", this one has to be great. He owes it to himself, but foremost he owes it to his numerous fans. Be sure to also check players like Hwangsin, Artist or ViBe. They can easily create an upset in an early round. The open bracket is, as they say, “a tough nut to crack.”
The Brothers of BionicBy: FionnOne is the king of marines.One is the master of marauders.On October 14th, 2011, Polt and MarineKing, fourth and fifth respectively in the current GSL rankings, only behind MVP, Nestea and MC, will be making their American debuts at MLG Orlando. You can already hear the footsteps of bio units marching their way from Korea to America, ready to torment everyone in the sunny state of Florida with decisive timing attacks and powerful pushes. The two most prolific bionic players in Starcraft 2 were teammates for the past year until recently, when Polt, wanting a new star to his career and not seeing eye-to-eye with the coach, left Prime and switched over to TSL, leaving MarineKing to be the sole ace player on the team. At the beginning of their careers, MarineKing was the one with more success. While Polt did decently in the first season of GSL (beating MC in the first round), he never got very far in the next few tournaments and was looked at as just another mediocre Terran in the grand scheme of things. MarineKing, at the time known as Boxer (and known as Foxer by the community), took the scene by storm, getting to the finals in his first ever GSL tournament and gaining thousands of fans along the way with his exciting marine-oriented style. He would go on to lose in the only GSL finals to ever go seven games against Nestea, but he had done enough to already become one of the most popular players in the world. With his never before seen splitting of marines, aggressive style, and outgoing personality, MarineKing was on his way to becoming the fastest rising star in e-sports. His impressive run continued, getting to the finals of both the January season of Code S and the World Championship, facing MVP in both. Sadly for MarineKing, the ending to both of those tournaments ended up with him getting the silver medal for the second and third time, earning himself the reputation of a player who would always get second place when getting to a GSL final. On the other side of this bionic coin, Polt continued his way in the GSL, not doing as well as his Prime counterpart, but doing well enough to get into the first season of Code S. Unlike MarineKing, who got to the finals, Polt struggled in his first Code S, losing to Nestea and then TheBest, knocking him into the Up-and-Down matches. When it looked like it couldn't get any worse, he got beat by Lyn and TheWind back-to-back to get knocked into Code A without winning a single game in the two series. Everything looked lost for the Prime Terran. While MarineKing was gaining a new fan by the second, Polt had bombed out of Code S and was heading towards Code A where he likely could have been knocked out from the GSL forever. Luckily, in a weird turn of events, LiveForever announced his entry to fulfill his military service and left a spot open in Code S for the taking. After a wild card tournament to decide which player knocked from Code S to Code A would have another shot, Polt emerged victorious, saving himself from the depths of hell. With a new lease on life, Polt, who was studying and going to one of the top universities in Korea, Seoul University, took a year off from his schooling to put full effort into being a progamer. With his full attention now on Starcraft 2, it was the first time Polt went from a Terran at the bottom of the pack to being someone you had to keep your eye on. Everything came to ahead at the GSL Super Tournament, the biggest competition GSL or any other company has put on so far in the year history of Starcraft 2. With a staggering prize pool that gave away almost $100,000 to the winner of the tournament, everyone was giving it their best shot to end up on the final stage. MarineKing and Polt were on a crash course to meet in the finals as they both ended up on opposite sides of the semifinals. Polt went against TOP, where in the end, after making a massive comeback in game four to save himself from being eliminated, Polt came out victorious and gained his first entry to the GSL finals. In the other semifinal, MarineKing went up against the MLG Columbus champion MMA. After taking the first two sets in decisive fashion, it looked like he would be making his fourth trip to a GSL final. Then, well, everything apart; MarineKing lost the next game, started to tilt, and MMA continued his momentum to take the next two games, eliminating MarineKing from the Super Tournament. For the first time in their careers, Polt was the one in the spotlight. When it came to the Super Tournament finals, Polt demolished MMA with a clean sweep and took home Prime's first GSL championship, after MarineKing had failed to do so three times before. With the championship passed to his teammate and the celebratory confetti falling from the ceiling, did MarineKing resent the fact that after so long, he wasn't the person to win the GSL championship from his team? Was he upset that the title of OptimusPrime, the ID given to the Prime player with the most recent GSL title win, wasn't going to be passed to him, but to Polt? Well, that might have been the case, but he didn't show it, as he was the first person to jump on stage and hug Polt for his victory.Polt and MarineKing weren't just teammates, they were best friends. When asked at a group selection, Polt said he wished he could be more like MarineKing. MarineKing responded by saying he wished he could be more like Polt. The two of them have massive respect for one another and thrive to be like the other when it comes to their play. In the more recent months, MarineKing had a falling out into Code A while Polt continued to do well in Code S, even getting to another semifinal before losing to TOP, but they continued to have similar overall winning percentages, both slightly under 60%. Together, they were the two stars of Prime, having the most success by getting to four GSL finals between them and both being used as aces in their team's GSTL matches. That is why it was such a shock when Polt left Prime a month ago. Polt and MarineKing were Prime. As the two aces, they were the faces of the team. He was their first ever GSL champion and the holder of the OptimusPrime title. Polt wasn't out a team for long, joining TSL two weeks later and becoming a rival to his former teammates and friends. Now Orlando is upon us. MarineKing is coming through the power of his fans that raised enough money for him to come to MLG. Polt is coming through the power of his new team, TSL, who have enough money to send their top players to foreign events. They will be both in the open bracket, trying to get into pool play and work their way into another final. In the end, all I have is a warning: the footsteps are coming for you, open bracket player who thought it would be a good idea to sign-up for fun. Can you hear them? They will come wave after wave and not stop until you're dead. You don't if they'll come from the ground or from the air, but they're coming for you, Orlando. The two kings of bio are coming for you.
Six MLG Stories Unrelated to the GamesBy: zarepathOffline events are more than just tournaments -- they're practically conventions for the thriving Starcraft 2 community, replete with culture, drama, and spectacle. Here are six things to pay attention to other than just the games.1. MLG will have four streams! They'll have the red and blue streams up, along with two more streams dedicated to the Open bracket and covering other non-featured games. IPL3 copied MLG's two-stream strategy and added some behind-the-scenes streaming as well, and MLG was forced to up their ante to four. It's like razor blades. At this rate, I fully expect MLG Providence to have eight streams – the two main streams, the open and non-featured games, then a fan-mingling stream, a backstage-with-the-players stream, another that simply streams all the camera guys recording the other six streams, and an eighth stream that shows the production team running all the other streams. Crayola won't have enough colors for them all. 2. JP will be hosting a live State of the Game at the end of Friday's games. These live shows feature more fan interaction, microphone juggling, and boring monologues from event staff, but they always produce some real gems. Live On Three did their own live show a couple times at IPL3, and it looks like this kind of thing is becoming standard. It's great to see these two powerhouse shows finding more ways for their audience to connect to them. 3. Reddit is completely sponsoring MarineKingPrime's participation in MLG Orlando. They pooled their money, recruited Milkis, and made it happen. They're paying for food, lodging, travel, spending money, and a trip to Disney World, so that when MKP gets interviewed after losing in the finals and they ask him what he's gonna do next, he has an answer ready. It's pretty spectacular that fans are dumping their own cash into the scene for specific players. The idea of MKP at Disney World makes my heart soar. Nobody needs that place more than MKP. Something tells me that the lines at Disney World have nothing on the Kong Line, amirite? After earning the second-highest score on the Buzz Lightyear ride despite perfect stutter-step micro 4. Can't make it to Orlando? That doesn't mean that you can't have a social Starcraft experience. Check out the BarCraft movement on reddit to find a BarCraft taking place nearby. Watch the games with other SC2 fans, and have some drinks while you're at it. As Alex Ting says, beer can only help eSports. If you're underage, or not much of a drinker, there's another option. Check out the BarneyCraft movement for family-friendly eSports. 5. A local news channel is putting together a TV spot on MLG Orlando. Hopefully they can score good interviews with some of the community's most well-spoken representatives, such as Day[9] and djWHEAT. And not that y'all need the encouragement, but make sure you're at your esportiest when the cameras are rolling. Speaking of eSports... 6. The era of the eSports handshake has begun. At IPL3, when the internet was completely destroyed by a rogue trucker, a man named Buddy with some kind of modem hanging off his back went around streaming this spunky girl named Lani. Their team single-handedly kept thousands of people watching the stream without one game being played. She introduced us to the eSports handshake, and while it's basically just a rip-off of the Ninja Turtle handshake, I asked Splinter and he said it's cool for us to use. If this handshake is really going to take off, it's got to happen now. Greet everyone with this handshake – fellow spectators, Koreans, Halo players, your cab driver – we want eSports to spread like a communicable disease. And thanks to this handshake, the two may be inseparable.
Get ready. It's coming. They're coming.
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"Stephanos era" ? sounds nice but it will only last for a few months until his school starts, then its bye bye stephano...
but really awesome article though....gets me hyped as usual!
the megaman group really made me laugh....
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Haha awesome write up!  Ty TL that was a fun read up. Cant wait for this to go down! :D
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Awesome. This event is going to be sick! I hope the internetz don't fail like in other recent events (also awesome ones, however). But maybe it would finally convince Blizzard to stop fucking around and implement LAN.
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This is the most excited for any MLG I have been, and I get quite hyped for each one.
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Can't wait! MKP Fighting! I especially liked the write-up on the "Bionic Brothers".
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Extremely exciting, nice writeup. The open bracket... I can't even comprehend it. What a minefield.
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Good read cant wait to see the matches !!!
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Oh my god, this has got me so hyped for MLG Orlando!
My top storylines:
1) MKP to Disney World.
2) ESPORTS Handshake
.... However I hope there is an abundance of "VISINE FIGHTING" signs as well..
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Oh yeah! Hype! Let's go Protoss, for Aiur.
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Great read! cant wait to spend the whole weekend watching this!
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Pumped!
It's gonna be awesome, as always! :D
And cause MLG improves every time, its gonna be more awesome than last time.
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HYYYPE!!!
GO MKP AND POLT.!!!
this was a great write up.
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I love the Brothers Bionic segment.
Go Marineking!!!!
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OMG I lol'ed so hard at the Buzz lightyear thing
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Should be the best open bracket yet
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Awesome stuff, thanks for taking the time to do this. Made my morning!
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Nice preview, once again
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No mention of MouzHasuObs makes me a sad panda. Great write-up nontheless.
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Great writeup!
Can't wait to watch MKP with the finals while in a barcraft <3
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Sick write up, love the 6 game-unrelated stories lol!
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Anyone have a vid of the esports handshake?
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tyler and geoff gonna get 0-10ed and still gonna talk shit at sotg, funny
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United Arab Emirates874 Posts
This MLG is so stacked wow. Hope MKP wins it!! Im so excited! :D :D
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damn, this is easily the most stacked MLG yet, Im almost afraid of what MLG Providence is going to look like.
I can it now, Entire plane of korean pro-gamers flies in to compete.... heh....
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Please god give us a MC vs IdrA series pleaseeeee
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This is going to be ill. Thanks for the great writeup, I wish I could be there!
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MKP and Polt will crash everybody in the open bracket!
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I picked up already my spectator pass :D
Can't wait for this thing to begin!!!!
If anyone wants to meet me, I am the skinniest dude that will be there (literally)
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i like the stories. the allusions and analogies are very well done!
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Can't wait to see SaSe get some tournament action. His PvT is amazing.
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pool D will be very very interesting
question tho....why add so many protoss into one single group in so they eliminate each other...aren't we at least trying to balance it out to make it not so TvT or TvZ?
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Good write up as always! I wish I had been gaming long enough to understand the retro game references 
Hoping to see some foreigners put up some big results against the koreans!
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Katowice25012 Posts
On October 14 2011 15:09 Fides wrote:
pool D will be very very interesting
question tho....why add so many protoss into one single group in so they eliminate each other...aren't we at least trying to balance it out to make it not so TvT or TvZ?
Groups aren't subjective, its decided based on point rankings. It wasn't some kind of choice they made, thats how things fell.
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Hype this shit ! its gonna be sooo sick
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On October 14 2011 15:14 heyoka wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2011 15:09 Fides wrote:
pool D will be very very interesting
question tho....why add so many protoss into one single group in so they eliminate each other...aren't we at least trying to balance it out to make it not so TvT or TvZ?
Groups aren't subjective, its decided based on point rankings. It wasn't some kind of choice they made, thats how things fell.
Protoss seem to get jewed alot lol
oh well
HUK FIGHTING FOR AIUR!
User was warned for this post
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Don't feel bad Marineking. Everyone comes in 2nd to me on the Buzz Lightyear ride because I am godlike on that ride. PROTIP: Shoot the Volcano!
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Lani Hwaiting! Esports handshake!
Feel mixed about the event.
Still there are some nice story lines pointed out. I'll be excited if Steffano can show a decent championship run. I used to not be that well taken up by another good euro macro zerg, but his game against Lucky was incredible (and he might be more than a macro zerg).
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MarineKingPRIME FIGHTING!!!!
MC for top 3!!! PLZZZZZZ I WANT YOU IN CODE S !!!! so many damn koreans gonna hold MC back from glorious code S! =[
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I loved Lani's filler, but the 'eSports handshake' makes me smash my face against the wall.
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Amazing write-up ! Poor poor foreigners Korea is coming full force this time ....
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The Open Bracket is really stacked this time and it seems to be much more interesting than the Pool Play (except for group D) because there are many players that cannot keep up with the skill level.
They should work on the system so that players who keep going 0-10 in MLGs for monthsget thrown back into the Open Bracket
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Holy cow awesome write-up. I loved group stage preview especially. This tournament is going to be bonkers.
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Great preview write. I agree with most of the open bracket comments about the players but I think DeMusliM deserves more credit than say SaSe or TheStC. Regardless, there are some great open bracket newcomers that may make this MLG even more exciting than the last one.
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Are you kidding me???!! Protoss is doing this bad and now you want them to pretty much kill themselves.. ;_; why are the blizz gods so unjust with toss!
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Yey! Rooting for SaSe
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On October 14 2011 15:50 MapleLeafSirup wrote:
They should work on the system so that players who keep going 0-10 in MLGs for monthsget thrown back into the Open Bracket
I agree. The fact some players are able to constantly lose(I feel as though the point system MLG uses should have some deterioration due to bad results over and over) but yet are able to basically get a free pass by still having group play and not have to play in Open Brackets is a little iffy.
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great preview cant wait for mlg to start
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When it comes to MLG there is only one thing you can predict - Incontrol going 0-5 in groups.
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I hope one day I can make a trip all the way to America to see an e-sports event as awesome as this.
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I believe we will be seeing this again
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Waxangel/MLG/raleigh/bomberlightning.jpeg)
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On October 14 2011 13:50 gwaihir wrote:
"Stephanos era" ? sounds nice but it will only last for a few months until his school starts, then its bye bye stephano...
In the latest Live on Three Stephano states that he hasnt decided yet about when he begins hes school. He said that if he can win a lot and be 1 of the top players in the world, he might continue progaming. Hes off to a damned good start.
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Awesome writeup, can't wait to see who comes out on top! I'm hoping for a magical KawaiiRice victory to come one day..., but with all this talent, he'll have an uphill battle, the open bracket is lookin' scary :O.
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T_T Pool D... where my brotoss will fight and die amongst each other
THanks for the great write up!
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I love all TL previews! Hilarious write up as always and the super razor was the icing on the cake
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To be honest I was underwhelmed by this particular preview. The pool play section in particular was just a bunch of analogies to old school video games, but the analogies didn't make much sense to me.
Maybe it's just because I didn't play those games, but I wasn't sure what the point was or what you guys were going for by making those analogies.
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Holy mother of all that is good! Read through this, SO HYPED! Stephano!!! MKP!! Looking more forward to the open bracket then the pool play tbh!
LANI :D♥
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any information when the open bracket will be filled ?
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Great writeup guys. I think you're trying to oversell the difficulty of the groups though. If you look at the actual skill of the players rather than just their popularity/notoriety, group D is the only one that could be called a group of death.
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Great write up :D. Lol Group D is going to be fun to watch...
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Excellent read, thank you! I hope Stephano, White-ra and Demuslim do good. Will hopefully be hanging at BarCraft Stockholm . REALLY don't want another Korean top 100 again.
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I don't think that handshake is for me...
Nice writeup though. I will be watching Sunday from Barcraft NYC!
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Hey guys,
Can anyone tell me what time the stream starts? I live in Brisbane, Australia.
cheers!
Oh and thumbs up for the write up! GO IDRA!
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lets go tlo hes a brony now
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nice preview, as usual.
+ Show Spoiler +i need a mind blowing preview next tournament
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United States22883 Posts
Ok, this preview is fucking awesome. :D
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I'm not familiar with this esports handshake!!!!! Someone post a link please!
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As always great job TL, <3 heyoka
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i cried when i watched mkp enter the stage of ST to hug polt
also marines are not bionic
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On October 14 2011 13:50 gwaihir wrote:
"Stephanos era" ? sounds nice but it will only last for a few months until his school starts, then its bye bye stephano...
but really awesome article though....gets me hyped as usual!
the megaman group really made me laugh....
School ruins everything, all the time D=
Gogo MKP, Stephano, Idra and WhitRa!! ( 1 for each race + 1 cause I play zerg) Too bad I'll miss most of the tournament for studying...and going to barcraft!!
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my predictions (before the open bracket players come in)
group A:
idra
boxer
TLO
drewbie
haypro
group B:
bomber
puma
kiwi
sheth
incontrol
group C:
ret
hongun
rain
slush
machine
group D :
hero
huk
july
mc
tyler
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Laughed so hard at top gun and megaman. Top notch article i must say.
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Hope MKP does well! Seeding for the open bracket better be spread out!
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Finally an easy group for idra
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The Pool D write up is oh so true.
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If Bomber was in grup A he would be Bombman.
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It harkens back to my days with the trusty NES, when men were men and games didn't have second chances. When every new landscape was the hardest trek imaginable.
Excellent, excellent analogy. I'm a little dissapointed that there wasn't any mention of the return of the Gracken. Idra is coming off some big wins, just took IEM and also beat Kiwi in NASL week 3. I think there is a real potential for Idra to make some waves in Pool A.
So stoked for this weekend though!
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On October 14 2011 23:07 Perchloric wrote:
If Bomber was in grup A he would be Bombman.
If Tyler was in Group A, he'd be Tyler, Man.
Also he'd have less of a chance of being 0-5'd damn Group D is hard.
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When does Open bracket start?
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SAD PROTOSS!
If i liked PvP i would be so stoked to see mc vs huk vs hero vs tyler but you know..
I would much rather see them all do well... why does this happen.
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I always look forward to these write ups before/after events, so good!
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On October 14 2011 17:27 Tamz wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2011 15:50 MapleLeafSirup wrote:
They should work on the system so that players who keep going 0-10 in MLGs for monthsget thrown back into the Open Bracket I agree. The fact some players are able to constantly lose(I feel as though the point system MLG uses should have some deterioration due to bad results over and over) but yet are able to basically get a free pass by still having group play and not have to play in Open Brackets is a little iffy.
Well you have to understand, the MLG system is based on people coming to each event. Say all these invites who only come once actually come every time then you dont have that problem.
Basically, it's the Koreans fault.
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One of the best write-ups ever lol.
The MegaMan / NES theme is stroke of brilliance
Also:
"They're paying for food, lodging, travel, spending money, and a trip to Disney World, so that when MKP gets interviewed after losing in the finals and they ask him what he's gonna do next, he has an answer ready."
Oh my god man. Ouch
I love MKP but ..... LOL!
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On October 15 2011 00:26 Von wrote:One of the best write-ups ever lol. The MegaMan / NES theme is stroke of brilliance Also: Show nested quote +"They're paying for food, lodging, travel, spending money, and a trip to Disney World, so that when MKP gets interviewed after losing in the finals and they ask him what he's gonna do next, he has an answer ready." Oh my god man. Ouch I love MKP but ..... LOL!
Please tell me you did that Referance diliberatly! XD Balls of Fury is such a good film
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Is there a way to buy MLG HQ stream access without buying the membership deal? As in just for this event?
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I'll be watching at a Barcraft. To any swedes that are uninformed, The Crib is hosting on saturday/sunday and I think Retro might as well.
MKP will not lose.
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On October 15 2011 00:45 Bleak wrote:
Is there a way to buy MLG HQ stream access without buying the membership deal? As in just for this event?
Nope. The HQ stream is for the members only.
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maaaaan
why does TL not realize that hasu is in the open bracket as well?
also on the other open bracket thread he hasnt been mentioned
great writeup nonetheless
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Amazing writeup, wow.
The MKPolt story is so sad TT
And if I was guaranteed to play MKP in the open bracket, I would register and book a ticket and flight to Orlando <3 I envy the lucky one who'll get stomped in the first room by him.
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I still think Idra is going to destroy his group. Only real threat in there is Boxer maybe.
Could be wrong but I don't think so.
Edit: MKP might take the entire thing though and if gets into group A then he might be a threat to idra. ^^
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On October 15 2011 01:39 Incognoto wrote:
I still think Idra is going to destroy his group. Only real threat in there is Boxer maybe.
Could be wrong but I don't think so.
Edit: MKP might take the entire thing though and if gets into group A then he might be a threat to idra. ^^
Boxer is MAYBE a threat?
Boxer has only managed to beat Idra at MLG Anaheim, and during the NASL Season 1. Or were those just flukes?
The Emperor might not be up to the same level as some of the other Koreans invited but he's a match up none of the foreign players can take lightly.
I can see him 5-0ing his group again.
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Idra v stephano grand final lets go!!
Sick write up
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On October 15 2011 01:50 Vindicare605 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 15 2011 01:39 Incognoto wrote:
I still think Idra is going to destroy his group. Only real threat in there is Boxer maybe.
Could be wrong but I don't think so.
Edit: MKP might take the entire thing though and if gets into group A then he might be a threat to idra. ^^ Boxer is MAYBE a threat? Boxer has only managed to beat Idra at MLG Anaheim, and during the NASL Season 1. Or were those just flukes? The Emperor might not be up to the same level as some of the other Koreans invited but he's a match up none of the foreign players can take lightly. I can see him 5-0ing his group again.
Well since he got 0-6'd at IPL...
EDIT : messed up with the scores
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I laughed so hard at Marineking's picture caption!!
Great preview, I'm all hyped up!
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Awesome pool play review!
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the mkp caption is the best thing ever.
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Tweet from MKP = MLG is delicious.
Great support from Reddit. Can't wait to see that mean open bracket.
Wheat said this morning that DeMusliM will not be there. Any word as to why? Surely he didn't injure himself on the way to the airport!!!
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On October 15 2011 02:03 loginn wrote:Show nested quote +On October 15 2011 01:50 Vindicare605 wrote:On October 15 2011 01:39 Incognoto wrote:
I still think Idra is going to destroy his group. Only real threat in there is Boxer maybe.
Could be wrong but I don't think so.
Edit: MKP might take the entire thing though and if gets into group A then he might be a threat to idra. ^^ Boxer is MAYBE a threat? Boxer has only managed to beat Idra at MLG Anaheim, and during the NASL Season 1. Or were those just flukes? The Emperor might not be up to the same level as some of the other Koreans invited but he's a match up none of the foreign players can take lightly. I can see him 5-0ing his group again. Well since he got 0-6'd at IPL... EDIT : messed up with the scores
He lost to Stephano, Alive and Huk which isn't that bad
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MarineKing and Idra go to Disneyworld would be the best tv miniseries evar. Marineking 2 raxes Idra out of the tournament but then they're thrown together! Can Idra rage all the way through the Happiest Place on Earth? Can Marineking micro his way through ticket lines? Kingston HyperX marketing department, make it happen.
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On October 15 2011 02:28 tritonice wrote:
Tweet from MKP = MLG is delicious.
Great support from Reddit. Can't wait to see that mean open bracket.
Wheat said this morning that DeMusliM will not be there. Any word as to why? Surely he didn't injure himself on the way to the airport!!!
http://twitter.com/#!/AbbeG/status/124893870550040576
No DeMu? Christ...
I am really quite unhappy now, good thing you didn't write a paragraph about him though
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So many protoss in group D =( Would be better if they were more spread out to vary the match ups for the first two days. Oh well, at least July only needs to practice on MU. JULY HWAITING!!!
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Excellent write-up! This makes me REALLY pumped for MLG! I hope MKP loves Disney World; it's just amazing that he gets to go there and to MLG because of all the awesome people who donated.
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There's so many of my favourite players in this tournament I can't pick one I hope the four players coming from the open bracket that will go in the pools will be Polt, MKP, Sase and Stepahno (sorry alive )
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good article. cant wait for this delicious tournament to begin
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SO excited. Those open-bracket streams seem more and more necessary the more I think about what games will be there ^_^
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Its going to be an exciting weekend <3~
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Too bad I'll be sleeping through the first day. T_T
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yea, such good hype for this MLG MARINEKING HWAITING!
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ipl3 Blows this out of the water with Free HD streams an better commerical's GO IPL Death to MLG
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Just read this from Liqupedia:
Trivia
NaNiwa decided against attendance for MLG Orlando in favour of an extended practice session in Korea. Even without his attendance at this pro circuit event, he will automatically qualify for the MLG championship at Providence due to previous high ranking finishes during the 2011 season.
Wow, I guess he feels he isn't ready. More Koreans than last time, but he and HuK were still the last foreigners. Uhm, I don't know what to say. 
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On October 15 2011 09:12 eYeball wrote:Just read this from Liqupedia: Trivia NaNiwa decided against attendance for MLG Orlando in favour of an extended practice session in Korea. Even without his attendance at this pro circuit event, he will automatically qualify for the MLG championship at Providence due to previous high ranking finishes during the 2011 season. Wow, I guess he feels he isn't ready. More Koreans than last time, but he and HuK were still the last foreigners. Uhm, I don't know what to say.
Hmmm that actually sounds wise... Can't wait for a bossmode Naniwa~ maybe he can pull another "ok" and be undefeated at nationals
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ive got like 50 nerd chills already
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Feels weird saying this, but I really enjoy Day9 and Husky when they cast together. They just seem to compliment each other very well.
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Does it bother anyone else that they say bionic instead of biological? Just me? Ok.
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I am hyped up for this! GO MKP ^_^
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the megaman group is so true!
...any of them will kill you
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On October 15 2011 09:12 eYeball wrote:Just read this from Liqupedia: Trivia NaNiwa decided against attendance for MLG Orlando in favour of an extended practice session in Korea. Even without his attendance at this pro circuit event, he will automatically qualify for the MLG championship at Providence due to previous high ranking finishes during the 2011 season. Wow, I guess he feels he isn't ready. More Koreans than last time, but he and HuK were still the last foreigners. Uhm, I don't know what to say.
Can't say I blame him. The obvious priority for NaNiwa is the Blizzcon invitational which (I assume, comparing to last year + this years' qualifiers) has a prize pool which is a lot better then MLG's 5k.
There is no real big benefit for him coming to MLG as he already has enough points to get a very good seed at MLG Providence while at the same time he doesn't have to give away his new strategies that he practiced an extra week for in Korea.
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This mlg is haypros mlg :D
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MKP looks pretty scared from Polt's touch in that picture.
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has MLG like cell shaded their stream??
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Drewbie beat Marineking....o_o
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Hey does anyone know where you can find MLG orlando VODS?
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Hahaha I loved the megaman pic, great article
~~~
Awards Video MLG Orlando 2011
Also see my comments about our Hero in spoilers
+ Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwhL9vaA2Nw&feature=player_embedded
Isn't it amazing the shout-outs Huk gave to Hero and MC?
Truly he is the deserving champion for both his skill and his kindness.
Imagine if you were Hero, a fellow protoss, and a team liquid member, and you had lost the tournment but got this shout out from the champion and none other than Huk himself?
And imagine how happy MC must have been, to be called the Protoss President by his friend and the person who just proved he is basically the best Protoss in the world?
Truly, we have the qualities of a Hero in Huk.
I hope others follow his lead in kindness and skill and dedication
-Joytoyou
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On October 17 2011 15:04 Joytoyou wrote:Hahaha I loved the megaman pic, great article ~~~ Awards Video MLG Orlando 2011Also see my comments about our Hero in spoilers + Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwhL9vaA2Nw&feature=player_embedded
Isn't it amazing the shout-outs Huk gave to Hero and MC?
Truly he is the deserving champion for both his skill and his kindness.
Imagine if you were Hero, a fellow protoss, and a team liquid member, and you had lost the tournment but got this shout out from the champion and none other than Huk himself?
And imagine how happy MC must have been, to be called the Protoss President by his friend and the person who just proved he is basically the best Protoss in the world?
Truly, we have the qualities of a Hero in Huk.
I hope others follow his lead in kindness and skill and dedication -Joytoyou
I don't see how a shoutout from the champion would seem like a compliment, more like a mockery. :/
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Because its actually sincere, and they know it is.
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This was a sick article. Didn't read it until after the event, but I loved the NES comparisons.
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On October 17 2011 15:25 ThighMaster wrote:Show nested quote +On October 17 2011 15:04 Joytoyou wrote:Hahaha I loved the megaman pic, great article ~~~ Awards Video MLG Orlando 2011Also see my comments about our Hero in spoilers + Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwhL9vaA2Nw&feature=player_embedded
Isn't it amazing the shout-outs Huk gave to Hero and MC?
Truly he is the deserving champion for both his skill and his kindness.
Imagine if you were Hero, a fellow protoss, and a team liquid member, and you had lost the tournment but got this shout out from the champion and none other than Huk himself?
And imagine how happy MC must have been, to be called the Protoss President by his friend and the person who just proved he is basically the best Protoss in the world?
Truly, we have the qualities of a Hero in Huk.
I hope others follow his lead in kindness and skill and dedication -Joytoyou I don't see how a shoutout from the champion would seem like a compliment, more like a mockery. :/
Thats awfully pessimistic, I'm not sure how you could even really think that. Are you saying that any time someone compliments someone they've beaten, they're rubbing it in? HuK was showing respect to his competition, it is absurd to think he was trying to insult them.
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On October 18 2011 03:44 Nokarot wrote:Show nested quote +On October 17 2011 15:25 ThighMaster wrote:On October 17 2011 15:04 Joytoyou wrote:Hahaha I loved the megaman pic, great article ~~~ Awards Video MLG Orlando 2011Also see my comments about our Hero in spoilers + Show Spoiler +http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwhL9vaA2Nw&feature=player_embedded
Isn't it amazing the shout-outs Huk gave to Hero and MC?
Truly he is the deserving champion for both his skill and his kindness.
Imagine if you were Hero, a fellow protoss, and a team liquid member, and you had lost the tournment but got this shout out from the champion and none other than Huk himself?
And imagine how happy MC must have been, to be called the Protoss President by his friend and the person who just proved he is basically the best Protoss in the world?
Truly, we have the qualities of a Hero in Huk.
I hope others follow his lead in kindness and skill and dedication -Joytoyou I don't see how a shoutout from the champion would seem like a compliment, more like a mockery. :/ Thats awfully pessimistic, I'm not sure how you could even really think that. Are you saying that any time someone compliments someone they've beaten, they're rubbing it in? HuK was showing respect to his competition, it is absurd to think he was trying to insult them.
How is that pessimistic? Have you been in competition at the highest levels? It's called reality. There is a lot more that goes down in the real world than what you see on tv. I know I wouldn't feel great for being called the so and so president after I lost. No one ever feels good about losing, especially these pros who make their living through tournaments like these.
Anyways, I'm just stating an opinion. There is no need to call me out on that and tell me how I could think such thoughts. I also didn't say he was actually mocking him, I said it seemed like a mockery. Perhaps, it was truly sincere but it doesn't always come off like that coming from the champion.
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Its pessimistic or its ignorant, take your pick. Huk is friends with both the people he complimented.
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so amped for Otown. I live a hour away
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On October 20 2011 04:51 lizzard_warish wrote:
Its pessimistic or its ignorant, take your pick. Huk is friends with both the people he complimented.
Your comments are incredibly shallow. You talk as if you know Huk personally. Do you hang out with MC and Huk all the time or do you just watch GOMTV and hang on the community forums like the rest of us. I'm giving you an outside opinion. Take it or leave it. Until then, learn some manners and go live in the real world.
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