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[GSL@IPL5] Grand Finals Recap (S5) - Page 2

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Scholera
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
United States166 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-02 14:57:46
December 02 2012 14:56 GMT
#21
What? A zerg won?

wtf didnt see that coming

oh the finals was ZvZ? Wow im shocked. This is the most shocking thing to happen since the only time a terran got top 8 in any tournament since queen patch (mvp in gsl)
Cinquedea
Profile Joined July 2012
Canada144 Posts
December 02 2012 15:15 GMT
#22
Okay this was a brilliant, close series but i can only take so much ZvZ..
Too strange to live, too rare to die.
EvilLiBraRian
Profile Joined April 2012
South Africa43 Posts
December 02 2012 15:16 GMT
#23
On December 02 2012 21:29 Naphal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2012 18:46 RaiKageRyu wrote:
It's like the shortest Finals recap ever.


i think it has to do with:

a) the finals are part of a bigger event
b) the semis were yesterday
c) its a ZvZ

there is only so much work you can do at one weekend, and with all the stuff going on in vegas this seems appropriate, considering ZvZ is not exactly the rarest or most popular matchup right now.


*penny drops*
^_^
ZwuckeL
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany563 Posts
December 02 2012 15:37 GMT
#24
Wasn't there a huge head line about Hyun winning GSL a few hours ago? O_o
Superfluous
Profile Joined December 2011
United States70 Posts
December 02 2012 15:50 GMT
#25
I was rooting for Hyun, he really would've won if he hadn't gotten too overconfident after killing sniper's fourth. Like in the finals between MC and Seed I thought the player who was weaker won due to the volatility of a mirror matchup. That's just my opinion, and Sniper did have some great infestor harass. But ZvZ shouldn't be determined by who makes the most infestors, which is what most of the games felt like to me. Gratz to Sniper ofc though, you could see how much it meant to him when he won.
"Popularity Leads to Intimacy"
Facimo
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany14 Posts
December 02 2012 16:04 GMT
#26
Gratz to sniper, but not sure if he is able to deliver more good results in the future
Der Ball ist rund
Scisyhp
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States200 Posts
December 02 2012 16:09 GMT
#27
On December 02 2012 23:56 Scholera wrote:
What? A zerg won?

wtf didnt see that coming

oh the finals was ZvZ? Wow im shocked. This is the most shocking thing to happen since the only time a terran got top 8 in any tournament since queen patch (mvp in gsl)


Like how there were 2 terrans in this season's ro4?
Vorgrim
Profile Joined September 2010
Korea (North)1601 Posts
December 02 2012 16:11 GMT
#28
On December 02 2012 23:56 Scholera wrote:
What? A zerg won?

wtf didnt see that coming

oh the finals was ZvZ? Wow im shocked. This is the most shocking thing to happen since the only time a terran got top 8 in any tournament since queen patch (mvp in gsl)

Hark! The saltiest Terran tears were spilt here, on this day.
jackslater
Profile Joined November 2012
Russian Federation604 Posts
December 02 2012 16:23 GMT
#29
Congratz TO SNIPER!
k1p3r
Profile Joined September 2011
Russian Federation51 Posts
December 02 2012 16:26 GMT
#30
ZvZ finals. What do you now think about Zergs imba? :D
May the Force be with you!
Garoodah
Profile Joined January 2012
United States56 Posts
December 02 2012 17:05 GMT
#31
Game 7 was such a nail-biter if you ask me. it was really back and forth, and there was a point where Hyun couldve won if he had just pushed but he didnt. Congrats to sniper.
"Oh man we've got GG-lords"
mothergoose729
Profile Joined December 2010
United States666 Posts
December 02 2012 17:42 GMT
#32
On December 03 2012 00:50 Superfluous wrote:
I was rooting for Hyun, he really would've won if he hadn't gotten too overconfident after killing sniper's fourth. Like in the finals between MC and Seed I thought the player who was weaker won due to the volatility of a mirror matchup. That's just my opinion, and Sniper did have some great infestor harass. But ZvZ shouldn't be determined by who makes the most infestors, which is what most of the games felt like to me. Gratz to Sniper ofc though, you could see how much it meant to him when he won.


ZvZ is rather volatile in the early game. When both players are on roach infestor tech its very positional. Sniper out played Hyun in that series in a variety of ways.
cLAN.Anax
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States2847 Posts
December 02 2012 17:56 GMT
#33
Gah, darn it, HyuN. X-o That's two of my favorite players losing 3-4 in the Finals this year.
┬─┬___(ツ)_/¯ 彡┻━┻ I am the 4%. "I cant believe i saw ANAL backwards before i saw the word LAN." - Capped
MatiaasS !
Profile Joined October 2011
Chile167 Posts
December 03 2012 01:43 GMT
#34
Not so HyuNstoppable, gratz to Sniper ! :D
Team EG, TL and IM ! || Tennis For Life ♥ RF ♥
wUndertUnge
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1125 Posts
December 03 2012 17:08 GMT
#35
On December 03 2012 00:50 Superfluous wrote:
I was rooting for Hyun, he really would've won if he hadn't gotten too overconfident after killing sniper's fourth. Like in the finals between MC and Seed I thought the player who was weaker won due to the volatility of a mirror matchup. That's just my opinion, and Sniper did have some great infestor harass. But ZvZ shouldn't be determined by who makes the most infestors, which is what most of the games felt like to me. Gratz to Sniper ofc though, you could see how much it meant to him when he won.


If you're talking about the Cloud Kingdom game, as soon as he took out the fourth, I said out loud, "don't go up the ramp." It lost him the game.

personally, this was one of the most boring ZvZ sets I've ever seen. They just amassed and deathballed into each other. Violet and Leenock ZvZ is the way it's meant to be seen and played.
Clan: QQGC - wundertunge#1850
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dingnz
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany15 Posts
December 03 2012 17:16 GMT
#36
Nice writeup, thanks a lot for this
Dario "TLO" Wünsch ~ best person in eSports!
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