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neocron
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom505 Posts
January 04 2012 19:40 GMT
#141
On January 05 2012 04:11 Tuete wrote:


:D


Awesome trailer :D
wihlborg
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden54 Posts
January 04 2012 19:51 GMT
#142
On January 04 2012 22:32 iYiYi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 04 2012 21:56 Roggay wrote:
On January 04 2012 21:54 s.a.y wrote:
How did Banjo get his nickname?

Looking forward to my new favorite time waster.

Bonjwa -> Banjo, other than that I don't really know.

Its from Reddit. I don't know why teamliquid stole it though.


But it's not from Reddit. I don't know why Reddit stole it though.
I LIEK CHOCOLATE MILK
Eufouria
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom4425 Posts
January 04 2012 19:54 GMT
#143
Thanks for the writeup, but it does seem very biased. Sure MC, JYP and HerO are all beatable, but there's no way that they aren't favourites for top 3. I don't think they will be top 3, because there's at least 1 top foreigner that I'd give at least a 50/50 chance of knocking them out but they're still the most likely top 3.

My predictions for the group stages:

Group A

ThorZaIN
Socke
Nerchio
iNcontroL


Group B


MarineKing

HasuObs
viOLet
Delphi

I don't know how much viOLet is actually practicing, HasuObs could definitely make it out of this group.


Group C

DIMAGA
Attero
Adelscott
ReaL

I don't know much about ReaL, except that he's Korean and lost to Elfi in a PvP (which doesn't mean much).

Group D

MC
ClouD
White-Ra (Replacement will be announced soon)
Aures

Depends if the replacement is better than ClouD or not.

Group E

JYP
DarkHydra (Replacement for DeMusliM)
DarKFoRcE
BlinG
DarKFoRcE will be way too distracted to win a game.




Group F


HerO

Naama
KawaiiRice
Haypr0

Banjo I believe!

Group G

Stephano
Sound
MoMaN
NightEnD


Group H


Ret
Grubby
GoOdy
Destiny
mordek
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States12705 Posts
January 04 2012 20:11 GMT
#144
Pretty pumped for this, can't wait for the next installment of my favorite tournament. Thanks for the write-up.
It is vanity to love what passes quickly and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides. Tiberius77 | Mordek #1881 "I took a mint!"
Chewie
Profile Joined May 2010
Denmark708 Posts
January 04 2012 20:25 GMT
#145
So pumped for this tourney!

I hope all the participants will have a great time playing and socializing.

Nice preview video! Is the footage from the the current preperations?
NEXUS6
Profile Joined July 2011
United States413 Posts
January 04 2012 20:59 GMT
#146
yay a good tourney for the beginning of the new year
Finrod1
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany3997 Posts
January 04 2012 21:01 GMT
#147
On January 05 2012 04:40 neocron wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2012 04:11 Tuete wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnn57BnId7E&feature=player_embedded

:D


Awesome trailer :D


really cool trailer <3
hsc gonna be sooo cool.
boese
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany5 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 21:20:19
January 04 2012 21:20 GMT
#148
really nice - thx ! an amazing event. .... ! :-)
GreeN__
Profile Joined June 2011
Romania67 Posts
January 04 2012 21:28 GMT
#149
Looking forward for NightEnD`s casting... ^^.. I think MC will win..
Mess With the Best? Die like the rest.
JohnnyBanana
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada493 Posts
January 04 2012 21:53 GMT
#150
On January 05 2012 04:51 wihlborg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 04 2012 22:32 iYiYi wrote:
On January 04 2012 21:56 Roggay wrote:
On January 04 2012 21:54 s.a.y wrote:
How did Banjo get his nickname?

Looking forward to my new favorite time waster.

Bonjwa -> Banjo, other than that I don't really know.

Its from Reddit. I don't know why teamliquid stole it though.


But it's not from Reddit. I don't know why Reddit stole it though.

It's not from Reddit or Teamliquid.

Like all original things on the internet, it's from 4chan. Banjo is a frequent visitor/poster in /v/, and his nickname came to be Banjo... because he kinda sucked for a long time, and there were rumors of him losing to medium AI (lol). Anyway it's a play on bonjovi.

Now Banjo is like the biggest name on /v/ and pretty much all of 4chan cheers him at every event. Kinda like Sheth or Hero for TL.
MrPuff
Profile Joined November 2011
Poland15 Posts
January 04 2012 21:57 GMT
#151
I listen to the interview and I just wonder why there were so many questions about alcohol, drinking and any "after party" scandal situations. And the "dating idea" ... Lets convince Take to make a room were they can "do it" and stream this with commentary. Yea that's what community want. Someone watched to much MTv or something... I really hope that Im not the only one who doesnt like that idea.

Even though Take himself agreed that HSC is something like "Big Brother" this show should not be about how wasted was some player next day or something like that. I really do not like the hype about how much alcohol the players will drink there, I dont care how much bear and vodka will be bought for HSC when 15k viewers will be reached as mention by Mr.Bitter or Rotti on US qualifiers for HSC played on esl.tv . A really do not like the alcohol and sex issues connected to esport as a whole, like for example the "lap dance" stream by Take some long time ago or even the SotG 60 with inControl drinking quite a lot wine at once and open another bottle. Sorry but that was impressive to whom ... some 14-years old maybe (I know there a lot of you, 14-years old sc2 fans out there, and I know that you did much worse things than this, but still ... ).

But back to topic. I have three levels of spending time with friends: hanging with friends (little to nothing alcohol), party (sure amounts of alcohol) and party hard (no comments on that one). I consider the HSC as a tournament right between level 1 and 2, all thought it may be a little bit more for some, but it would be wrong if such information spread. And so in my opinion every question about who was drunk, who puke, etc. are dropping the TL staff member who do that to a "News of the World" tabloid journalist level looking for something "interesting", while TL as a whole is as Times/Forbes of sc2 scene (and esport in general).
BBT: "That's right! You saw what you saw! That's how we roll in the Shire!"
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
January 04 2012 22:00 GMT
#152
HSC yeahhhh!
neocron
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom505 Posts
January 04 2012 22:06 GMT
#153
On January 05 2012 06:57 MrPuff wrote:
I listen to the interview and I just wonder why there were so many questions about alcohol, drinking and any "after party" scandal situations. And the "dating idea" ... Lets convince Take to make a room were they can "do it" and stream this with commentary. Yea that's what community want. Someone watched to much MTv or something... I really hope that Im not the only one who doesnt like that idea.

Even though Take himself agreed that HSC is something like "Big Brother" this show should not be about how wasted was some player next day or something like that. I really do not like the hype about how much alcohol the players will drink there, I dont care how much bear and vodka will be bought for HSC when 15k viewers will be reached as mention by Mr.Bitter or Rotti on US qualifiers for HSC played on esl.tv . A really do not like the alcohol and sex issues connected to esport as a whole, like for example the "lap dance" stream by Take some long time ago or even the SotG 60 with inControl drinking quite a lot wine at once and open another bottle. Sorry but that was impressive to whom ... some 14-years old maybe (I know there a lot of you, 14-years old sc2 fans out there, and I know that you did much worse things than this, but still ... ).

But back to topic. I have three levels of spending time with friends: hanging with friends (little to nothing alcohol), party (sure amounts of alcohol) and party hard (no comments on that one). I consider the HSC as a tournament right between level 1 and 2, all thought it may be a little bit more for some, but it would be wrong if such information spread. And so in my opinion every question about who was drunk, who puke, etc. are dropping the TL staff member who do that to a "News of the World" tabloid journalist level looking for something "interesting", while TL as a whole is as Times/Forbes of sc2 scene (and esport in general).


Player are humans like everyone else is. I like the idea that they can have fun at the HSC even if they get kicked out in the group stage. Why shouldnt they drink? I enjoy this event more than any other, because there the players, behave like normal people and enjoy themselves!
Thurken
Profile Joined September 2011
961 Posts
January 04 2012 22:12 GMT
#154
Does anybody where we can find a schedule of the event?
At what time does the tournament start? Which groups will be played tomorrow?
thx!
JohnnyBanana
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada493 Posts
January 04 2012 22:17 GMT
#155
On January 05 2012 06:57 MrPuff wrote:
I listen to the interview and I just wonder why there were so many questions about alcohol, drinking and any "after party" scandal situations. And the "dating idea" ... Lets convince Take to make a room were they can "do it" and stream this with commentary. Yea that's what community want. Someone watched to much MTv or something... I really hope that Im not the only one who doesnt like that idea.

Even though Take himself agreed that HSC is something like "Big Brother" this show should not be about how wasted was some player next day or something like that. I really do not like the hype about how much alcohol the players will drink there, I dont care how much bear and vodka will be bought for HSC when 15k viewers will be reached as mention by Mr.Bitter or Rotti on US qualifiers for HSC played on esl.tv . A really do not like the alcohol and sex issues connected to esport as a whole, like for example the "lap dance" stream by Take some long time ago or even the SotG 60 with inControl drinking quite a lot wine at once and open another bottle. Sorry but that was impressive to whom ... some 14-years old maybe (I know there a lot of you, 14-years old sc2 fans out there, and I know that you did much worse things than this, but still ... ).

But back to topic. I have three levels of spending time with friends: hanging with friends (little to nothing alcohol), party (sure amounts of alcohol) and party hard (no comments on that one). I consider the HSC as a tournament right between level 1 and 2, all thought it may be a little bit more for some, but it would be wrong if such information spread. And so in my opinion every question about who was drunk, who puke, etc. are dropping the TL staff member who do that to a "News of the World" tabloid journalist level looking for something "interesting", while TL as a whole is as Times/Forbes of sc2 scene (and esport in general).

I'm pretty sure you're the only one who doesn't like it.

Good luck unique snowflake!
MrPuff
Profile Joined November 2011
Poland15 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 22:25:09
January 04 2012 22:19 GMT
#156
On January 05 2012 07:06 neocron wrote:
...
Player are humans like everyone else is. I like the idea that they can have fun at the HSC even if they get kicked out in the group stage. Why shouldnt they drink? I enjoy this event more than any other, because there the players, behave like normal people and enjoy themselves!


Of course they are. Im not saying that they should not drink. I was young too, but that was long time ago :-). Im just saying it should not be presented as main information connected with HSC. I prefer to think about this tournament as a meeting of friends and not as alcohol marathon with wasted players. And looking for such "interesting" information is in my opinion wrong.
BBT: "That's right! You saw what you saw! That's how we roll in the Shire!"
ZerguufOu
Profile Joined December 2011
United States107 Posts
January 04 2012 22:41 GMT
#157
LOL the koreans in mlg video...lol so true
Semtext
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany287 Posts
January 04 2012 22:44 GMT
#158
shit, the due date on my BA thesis is 12th of january and i still need to write 25 pages. lets see how i get this "must watch" and the "must write" combined/controlled/sorted out.
http://de.twitch.tv/semtext | FBH, Socke, WhiteRa, GoOdy, TLO
Venerac
Profile Joined December 2010
United States201 Posts
January 04 2012 23:03 GMT
#159
Missed a lot of HSC3, not letting it happen again! Can't waittttttt~
Proud listener of "Starcast: The Starcraft Podcast". SlayerS_BoxeR//White-Ra//djWHEAT <3<3
Nazeron
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1046 Posts
January 04 2012 23:04 GMT
#160
OMG, cant wait for this, going to be so fun to watch, love the players casting eachothers games
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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