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On February 15 2013 10:19 Misacampo wrote: Did the TL writers even watch the last game between losira and gumiho? The writeup didn't even come close to what actually happened. It was somewhat accurate, how would you go about writing a summary for 156 minutes of action?
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United States97274 Posts
PizzaZerg fighting! Go BBoongBBoong!
On February 15 2013 10:35 bo1b wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 10:19 Misacampo wrote: Did the TL writers even watch the last game between losira and gumiho? The writeup didn't even come close to what actually happened. It was somewhat accurate, how would you go about writing a summary for 156 minutes of action? 126 minute of action. 30 minutes of gumiho mining with 2 scvs and Legend following corruptors around with the camera*
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zvp has always been LosirA's weakest matchup? he used to be a zvp specialist...
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On February 15 2013 10:49 Shellshock1122 wrote:PizzaZerg fighting! Go BBoongBBoong! Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 10:35 bo1b wrote:On February 15 2013 10:19 Misacampo wrote: Did the TL writers even watch the last game between losira and gumiho? The writeup didn't even come close to what actually happened. It was somewhat accurate, how would you go about writing a summary for 156 minutes of action? 126 minute of action. 30 minutes of gumiho mining with 2 scvs and Legend following corruptors around with the camera* My bad ;p
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On February 15 2013 10:35 bo1b wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 10:19 Misacampo wrote: Did the TL writers even watch the last game between losira and gumiho? The writeup didn't even come close to what actually happened. It was somewhat accurate, how would you go about writing a summary for 156 minutes of action?
While relatively accurate, it really doesn't tell the tale of what actually happened in the ultra late game.
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The write-up managed to make MC sound like the worst player in the group t.t. Every race in the round of 8 Woop Woop!
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Obviously Parting and Life are the favorites and most likely they gonna advance to playoffs and that means MC has 0% chance to be 3rd time GSL champion. Both Life and Parting will destroy this very inconsistent (lately) player to nullity.
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On February 15 2013 09:12 Pangpootata wrote: I certainly must praise the effort and research put into this writeup. However, I cannot agree with some of the points made. A niggling suspicion remains in my mind - does the author even follow Proleague? I believe most would hesitate to call the ace of Samsung Khan, and player with the second best Proleague record an underdog.
Let's simply put it like this: Watching Life's plays purifies my eyes.
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On February 15 2013 11:39 GolemMadness wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 10:35 bo1b wrote:On February 15 2013 10:19 Misacampo wrote: Did the TL writers even watch the last game between losira and gumiho? The writeup didn't even come close to what actually happened. It was somewhat accurate, how would you go about writing a summary for 156 minutes of action? While relatively accurate, it really doesn't tell the tale of what actually happened in the ultra late game. The problem is that that sort of series would require a final edit length battle report, and that he did as well as possible in one paragraph.
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SSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOULLLLLLLLLLLLLL TTTTTRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNN
ALLL ABOARD!!!!!!!!!!
CHOOO CHOOOO
Is there any way only Parting comes out of the group? The other 3 are caught cheating or something? That would be awesome.
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Parting and life... altho i can buy an upset from Roro
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either Roro is gonna surprise us with a 4-0 or he drops out with a 0-4. there is no in between
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On February 15 2013 11:39 GolemMadness wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 10:35 bo1b wrote:On February 15 2013 10:19 Misacampo wrote: Did the TL writers even watch the last game between losira and gumiho? The writeup didn't even come close to what actually happened. It was somewhat accurate, how would you go about writing a summary for 156 minutes of action? While relatively accurate, it really doesn't tell the tale of what actually happened in the ultra late game. Well obviously, because they want people to watch the VoD.
Post game write ups are supposed to be brief, enticing summaries that get you to want to watch the game, not detailed analysis that tell you every single detail.
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Let's go Life. You cannot be stopped. Allow us to beat witness to your greatness.
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Luckily, I am not Fionn and thus, this prediction should be fine.
Well this ruined it.
Anyways, glad to see MC advance, but Gumiho so deserved it
It's nice for racial parity though I guess XD. Was really hoping for Gumiho and MC, but congratulations to Curious!
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France9034 Posts
On February 15 2013 13:46 mhael wrote: Is there any way only Parting comes out of the group? The other 3 are caught cheating or something? That would be awesome.
Why the hell would you want that ... ?
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In theory this group is putty in the hands of Life and Parting. In reality, Life and Parting have been hyped up beyond belief, while RorO and BBoongBBoong represent a serious danger. Let's not forget Life and Parting both failed to make it out of the ro16 last code S; Parting has failed to advance beyond this stage in his last three attempts.
We haven't seen much from BBoongBBoong so far in his career, but taking down Squirtle and Hyun, two top protoss and zerg, in the last round was a strong statement. Can he repeat the trick? Odds are not but he created the upset last time, and he can no doubt do it again.
RorO on the other hand would be a favourite to emerge from almost any group except this one. Right now he is red hot, winning 12 of his last 15 games. His ZvZ is outstanding but his ZvP has stood out as a weak spot.
Parting is vulnerable. Ever since Life exposed the fatal weakness in his soul, the aura of invincibility has fell away. He could no longer be called the best player in the world. Now we remember he's never been a GSL champion or even finalist. He failed to impress in his last 2 tournaments, falling short of his lofty standards at Iron Squid II and IEM Katowice.
But Life is perhaps even more vulnerable. We will soon see if choosing Parting to be his first opponent was confidence or arrogance. Has he fatally overreached? He might feel confident because of his decisive victory in the Blizzard Cup finals, but this time Parting will be desperate for revenge. He won't rely on the old, broken down soul train this time. He'll have new builds ready, and since their last meeting, the terrain has also shifted in his favour. The infestor nerfs have thrown the zerg-dominated metagame into disarray, and there are new protoss-favoured maps as well.
It's impossible to say, but I have the feeling that Parting will continue the theme of revenge in this GSL's ro16. Innovation shutdown DRG in their ro16 rematch after getting shutout the previous round. Curious did the same to MC. Symbol managed to exact his revenge against Squirtle by the end of the same night.
And if Life takes the L in his first match, he'll have no more margin for error. It could come down to him and RorO in the last match of the night for the last spot in the quarterfinals. RorO's zvz is world class. So is Life's but he has also shown dangerous vulnerabilities. In a match at Iron Squid II last month against Goswser, an unheralded zerg from North America (which says a lot right there), Goswser managed to take the first two games against Life before Life came back with three in a row. In the finals against DRG, Life had thrown it away after going down 0-3 in a bo7 with some sloppy play and questionable decisionmaking before storming back in the next 4 with, frankly, more than a little help from DRG. In a bo3 with everything on the line, if he makes two slipups in a row again, this time he'll be going home empty-handed.
I still think Life and Parting are favoured to make it through, but it wouldn't be a big surprise to see one of them joining pre-tournament favourites Mvp, Nestea, DRG, Leenock, and Sniper in the practice queue for HotS games.
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PartinG 3-0 Life in MLG Tournament of Champions Life 4-2 PartinG GSL Blizzard Cup These 2 are EXTREMELY evenly matched. I'd say it's a 50-50 chance for both. And I agree, BBongBBong and RorO are really good, but they really aren't on the same level with the first 2. However, crazy stuff have happened before...
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