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MBH
Profile Joined January 2011
Ireland796 Posts
January 12 2012 22:40 GMT
#21
Loved it.

But that pub seems as irish as a donut to me :D
Ragoo
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany2773 Posts
January 12 2012 22:41 GMT
#22
Very nice read. It's really surprising how little negative things I can find about Homestorycup... in fact, I can't think of anything. Just a really really good tournament!

The thought of going back to "normal" commentary makes me sad
Member of TPW mapmaking team/// twitter.com/Ragoo_ /// "goody represents border between explainable reason and supernatural" Cloud
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-12 22:43:22
January 12 2012 22:42 GMT
#23
very nice post
i didnt know you were gonna go pholon, moar communication!

HerO youre gonna win IEM Kiev, dont worry ♥♥

and yeah grubby was amazing as a caster
gonna listen to the podcast tomorrow, carlo's always entertaining
beep boop
xajukx
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada325 Posts
January 12 2012 22:43 GMT
#24
so mean to HerO
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-12 22:45:38
January 12 2012 22:44 GMT
#25
DI-MA-GA! DI-MA-GA!

On January 13 2012 07:42 7mk wrote:
very nice post
i didnt know you were gonna go pholon, moar communication!


moar you following me on twitter! were you there though, pretty sure I haven't seen you.
Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9103 Posts
January 12 2012 22:44 GMT
#26
Nice article, thanks.
Kige
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland17 Posts
January 12 2012 22:47 GMT
#27
Picture of Naama is so awesome :DD
TeeTS
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany2762 Posts
January 12 2012 22:47 GMT
#28
"North America: HSC4 affirmed the following SC Hierarchy: Koreans > Koreans living outside Korea > Everyone Else > … > … > … > North America. Nonetheless, NA is not a loser, because really, who didn't know that already?"

You got me with this one LOL! :D

To Hero's performance: It may be disappointing to those, who just did follow his way since dreamhack, but in my oppinion he got massively overhyped after his thin dreamhack win over Puma. He did perform well there, yes, but he was hyped up to be the best protoss in the world afterwards. And that was way too much. So it's also way too much to call him the only loser of HSC4. Yes he underperformed a little bit. But he took his Ro32 group convincingly and barely lost in a very strong Ro16 group. He might have the claim to reach Ro8 at least in this tournament, but that's not how SC2 works. This game has an affinity to upsets, and those things will happen all the time. (look at Supernova in his recent Code S group).
I would call him a clear loser if he had gone out 0-3 on the first day, but that did not happen. So don't be too harsch on the kid, He is talented, but still needs to improve. He is not on the highest level yet, so he can definately lose to one of the best Zergs in Europe Nerchio and the very very good ZvPer violet. No real shame on that!
MBH
Profile Joined January 2011
Ireland796 Posts
January 12 2012 22:48 GMT
#29
Can you possibly look more wasted than naama? :D
Frankon
Profile Joined May 2010
3054 Posts
January 12 2012 22:48 GMT
#30
Sadly there are some serious mistakes in the article.
1) The one trolling through the window was Dimaga not Moman.
2) Cloud isn't Goody's arch-nemesis. Its the other way around. For Goody Cloud is a free win (you don't call a arch-nemesis a free win). Thats why Goody is Cloud's arch-nemesis - cause he always wins against him.
tuho12345
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
4482 Posts
January 12 2012 22:48 GMT
#31
a bit too harsh on herO.
Tppz!
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany1449 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-12 22:52:05
January 12 2012 22:48 GMT
#32
I think most ppl didnt recognized this, but Incontrol is a huge winner of HSC4. In most german forums he was said to be one of the most entertaining and awesomest guy at the HSC. A lot of germans who didnt know him well (not watching sotg - dunno) didnt like his invite at first. But after the HSC he was one of the most beloved.
DropTester
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia608 Posts
January 12 2012 22:48 GMT
#33
lol really good recap

I found it quite amusing how destiny's image is linked to ret's
Pipeline
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1673 Posts
January 12 2012 22:49 GMT
#34
Awesome write up for a fantastic tournament. We as viewers get so fucking spoiled by Take, the players. and the production crew.

Stalkman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States17 Posts
January 12 2012 22:50 GMT
#35
Cloud interview was a pleasure to listen to. It's good to hear the players speak in real depth.
JayJay_90
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany1632 Posts
January 12 2012 22:50 GMT
#36
Really great write-up!!

There's one thing I'd have to disagree with though:

Twitch.TV: [...] On a less cynical note, they're also a gigantic winner for rescuing us from ESL.TV's terrible, terrible VOD page.

Why the ESL.TV hate?
1. The HSC VODs were up on the ESL.TV page before they were at Twitch, so they did a really good job of giving everyone fast access to the VODs.
2. I don't understand how you can call their page terrible. It certainly has its flaws (for example you could criticize that you can't watch just one specific match), but it's still much more clearly laid out and intuitive than Twitch, Own3d and even MLG. Once you figured it out, MLG may be better, but that's kinda personal taste I'd say. But I usually can't find any VOD I want on either Twitch or Own3d. And even if, that wouldn't make ESL.TV's page terrible.
This is not meant to hate on Twitch, their streams are really great and the extra 5k for HSC was an awesome move.
Grovbolle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark3805 Posts
January 12 2012 22:51 GMT
#37
Great write up.. CARMAGA
Lies, damned lies and statistics: http://aligulac.com
rolfe
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1266 Posts
January 12 2012 22:54 GMT
#38
i like the article but i think goody and bling are worthy of mentioning as specific winners too. bling got a huge amount of exposure and new popularity and goody got to new levels how the fuck can he keep doing this
life will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously but there it is. Life finds a way
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
January 12 2012 22:54 GMT
#39
Very nice write-up.

That picture of Stephano, man !

I would definitely say that alcohol is indeed a winner of HSCIV, isn't it Bling ? :p
SC2 is the best game to watch and was the best to play before I grew old and slow...
Weiman
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Netherlands91 Posts
January 12 2012 22:54 GMT
#40
Yay, thanks for using my pictures and mad kudo's! <3
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