Waxangel i must say there is nothing better than sitting on a train to the venue with some good music on and reading your preview, the hipe just comes and comes

It will be a tough One for nestea considering how often he "underperformed" but ill look forward to him raping shit

Coolhwip

Sweden1381 Posts

August 16 2012 07:04 GMT

#42

A: Forgg, nericho, Sortof
B: Violet Feast MVP

BooksmartDevil

United States3 Posts

August 16 2012 07:14 GMT

#43

On August 16 2012 11:38 VictorJones wrote:
I have to disagree with a lot of what was written in this article.

Naniwa did not win in this situation. He came off as a whiner after losing to a no-name and a middling korean protoss

Nope. YongHwa is one of the best protosses in Korea, and one of the biggest public criticisms of the Code B qualification systems is that he hasn't been able to get through.

Hall0wed

United States8486 Posts

August 16 2012 07:19 GMT

#44

Loser: Stephano
His trash talking was par for the course, but mostly served to remind us of how he dodged playing a showmatch with NaNiwa months ago.

♥ this part.

Need some dodger justice one of these days.

Noam

Israel2209 Posts

August 16 2012 07:19 GMT

#45

This article was marvelous Waxangel ! Fun times

m0ck

4194 Posts

August 16 2012 07:37 GMT

#46

I'm not sure what the TL writers have against Stephano, but it leads to some pretty heavy (and hilarious) cognitive dissonance

Chr15t

Denmark1103 Posts

August 16 2012 07:50 GMT

#47

"No one can deny that at this point in their careers, Mvp and Nestea are living off their reputations to some degree. Their mechanics are definitely worse compared to their newer colleagues, and the games from their earlier championship runs have not aged very well when you wander back for a another viewing. "

Didnt we all agree that you cannot shit on mvp after winning a gsl with no wrists <.<

Wildmoon

Thailand4189 Posts

August 16 2012 09:25 GMT

#48

On August 16 2012 15:08 Kasaraki wrote:
Isn't it easier to just say MVP and NesTea are good players? Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Even this year, they have done more than most players will ever manage in their careers, when you think about it. I think this writeup is needlessly sensationalist, regarding both their ups and downs. Everyone can lose, it's actually very easy, but only few people can properly win.

And I seriously doubt LG would be worried about their sponsorship if they went out in a single tournament early, after winning GSL twice in a row.

People are so short on memory that Mvp just won GSL not so long ago. When most of the hyped players right now don't even come close to winning GSL.

cybstr

Germany52 Posts

August 16 2012 09:47 GMT

#49

OMG, MVP without wrist problems has very good mechanics and would crush every other terran easily and dont forget how many builds and experience this guy has

benKrO71

France65 Posts

August 16 2012 09:55 GMT

#50

stephano looser in this case ???? $

this case just proved that he is the best foreigner so far

Kasaraki

Denmark7115 Posts

August 16 2012 10:09 GMT

#51

On August 16 2012 18:25 Wildmoon wrote:

Show nested quote +

People are so short on memory that Mvp just won GSL not so long ago. When most of the hyped players right now don't even come close to winning GSL.

Yeah, isn't that the truth. And NesTea having a third place at IPL4 and Iron Squid, as well as staying in Code S every season. I think that might easily make him a top 10 player for this year alone? Something like that at least. Maybe top 15 if you want to be conservative.

zedrOne

France471 Posts

August 16 2012 10:47 GMT

#52

Winner: NaNiwa
Refrained from saying "Joke tournament," thus avoiding burning yet another bridge.

Loser: Stephano
His trash talking was par for the course, but mostly served to remind us of how he dodged playing a showmatch with NaNiwa months ago.

LOL .

looser : naniwa. just loose to player against whom he's expected to win.

golden Troll award : stephano.

month ago or now, a showmatch between stephano and naniwa is just a big joke, naniwa dodge as much as stephano, best MU for stephano, worste MU for naniwa. it was not even close !

monk

United States8477 Posts

August 16 2012 11:14 GMT

#53

, over me

Aunvilgod

2653 Posts

August 16 2012 12:56 GMT

#54

Are you seriously evaluating SortOf higher than Inori? Koreans are STILL dominating.

zedrOne

France471 Posts

August 16 2012 12:56 GMT

#55

group "favorite" IMO : (favorite don't always win, but it's how i feel they are from recent result / stream)
A : ForGG / Nerchio / SortOf
B : MVP / Violet / Feast
C : Bomber / Grubby / slivko
D : MC / Real / vortix

now ; I'm more than disapointed by lot of small thing in this event.

in no order at all :

- Tasteless seams "off", Like he seams off in lot of event recently. It looks like he doesnt enjoy what he 's doing anymore, it looks like he don't know the game anymore, or the player. Artosis do the job, pro as usual, but tired.

- Other game presentation inbetween matches... ok, it's gamescon... why not after all. (but at least hire people who know what to do in front of a crowd.)

- not enough set are casted.... even wihtout commentary, i'd like to see some match live... every other event have multiple stream why not here?