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[WL] Days of Reckoning
January 21st, 2009 23:28 GMT
Days of Reckoning - Have the Dragons gone missing?
By Fzero
The Winners League has finally begun. Rosters have been set. Matches have started. The first week is in the books. The fan base here at TeamLiquid have been more than excited about the prospect of an all-kill format being presented night after night. Over 3/4ths of the members of this site have voted in favor of the Winner's League format when compared to the Traditional Proleague. What nobody told you, the fans, was that that games would be nothing like what you expected. Flash and Jaedong? Pssshhhh. How about Anytime and iloveoov! Hell yeah, it's about time. KTF have won seven games with Flash having only one victory.
Let's have a look at how things are shaping up thus far. Most people had high expectations for the proleague powerhouses like Samsung Khan, Lecaf Oz, STX Soul, and SK Telecom T1. Players like Jaedong, Flash, Bisu, and Leta had dominated the Shinhan Bank Proleague 08-09 season up till now. With a hearty ten matches already having been played, the standings have shaken out in a vastly different way. CJ Entus has had a wonderful showing from their irregular performers Movie and Iris thus far. KTF hasn't been a one man show like predicted since Luxury has showed up in a big way. Air Force Ace's Anytime has played magnificently, racking up five wins in two matches which catapulted them to just outside of a playoff spot so far. What surprises does next week entail? I'm sure most of you will continue to tune in and hope for an even more exciting week.
When we think about Progaming, we think about fiery victories where our progaming heroes are showered in confetti from the ceiling while they hoist a shiny new trophy high above their head. We also think about narrow defeats wherein our most beloved idol barely missed glory as it was snatched from his/her eyes by our newest mortal enemy. And yes, a girl will win something in gaming one day. Not in Korea, but somewhere, someday... Maybe. I don't have an answer to the reason that Winners League has started so bizarrely, and frankly.. I don't want one. I could not be more excited for my fantasy team to have been so very wrong. It has made this league much more exciting than I could have ever imagined to not have any idea who will win any given match. Hopefully this trend continues and captain Korea here can lead his team to the playoffs!
Now, you would imagine with all the hustle and bustle produced by such an enigmatic beginning we would arrive at some glaring imbalance with the maps. Perhaps Tau Cross isn't so perfect as KESPA imagined? And Medusa? Deary me, Bisu taught Protoss so well how to destroy that map. Surely something was not thought through with all the crazy victories happening night after night. Well... glancing up at our statistics here, there simply isn't evidence to that at all. I'd hardly be able to make a case for ANY map imbalances looking at the data so far, much less to suggest that Anytime and Yarnc are destroying people like Stork and Sea based on some ridiculous map feature. Perhaps in the coming weeks we'll be able to single out a reason for the insanity, but for now we'll just have to let the Joker rule for a while.
Players of the Week
Damn. Samsung Khan in a race for last, Air Force Ace fighting for top six, and CJ Entus leading the pack. I'd say I saw it all coming, but only Intrigue can see into the future. The excitement and anticipation for the rest of the Winners League is going to be at an all time high, I predict. I hope everyone appreciates just how much better being involved with e-sports has become because of TeamLiquid. Take a little time and give back to the wonderful community we all love. Well, that's all I have for you this week. Hopefully you enjoyed catching up on anything you missed. Please let me know if anything can be improved in the coming weeks. If there is a feature you are dying to have added, I'll do my best to accommodate. Don't be afraid to speak up. Games start again in a few days, and I hope you guys are ready!
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Nice writeup! I'll keep enjoying the action WL is bringing even if my fantasy team is doomed as well. 
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Baa?21247 Posts
Good shit. Luxury and Yarnc FTW
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Great write up, I also never expected these results. Especially players like Movie and Guemchi pulling out several wins. Makes WL so much more exciting.
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Wow, it seems so obvious to pick the 2nd best player of each team now for Fantasy PL. 20/20 hindsight, I guess.
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i dunno man, why do you think there have been no tvz games on destination and only 2 tvp games on medusa? (which is 2-0 for protoss)
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go CJ! come on KTF, DO IT!!!!!!
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WINNERS LEAGUE IS FUCKING AWESOME, WHEN I WATCH IT I AM LIKE A YOUNG BOY BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND OH BOY, SANTA CLAUS DELIVERED.
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Really anxious to see next games. Hope the streams dont fail us again
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Nice writeup
"KTF hasn't been a one man show like predicted since YellOw[ArnC] has showed up in a big way"
I think you mean his brother
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gogo CJ/KTF!
its also amazing to see anytime rolling people
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Nice write up man very good, i like the games of the week part, 815 vs best could be put up there i really liked that game,
You could add 1v1 rankings aswell
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Does anyone know when the next matches are on?
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All kill brothers FTW!
Luxury is vindicated, Yarnc is a star.
They have been the biggest ballers in WL so far. I wish my brother and I were that good of zerg players.
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Germany / USA16648 Posts
really nice write-up, F0 <3
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On January 23 2009 11:22 IPS.ZeRo wrote:Nice writeup "KTF hasn't been a one man show like predicted since YellOw[ArnC] has showed up in a big way" I think you mean his brother
Thanks for the catch.
On January 23 2009 11:15 benjammin wrote:
i dunno man, why do you think there have been no tvz games on destination and only 2 tvp games on medusa? (which is 2-0 for protoss)
These statistics are only for Winner's League, which are accurate as far as I know.
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wow
i think i picked anytime for fantasy league
AWESOMESAUCE!!!
btw
nice writeup
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Frozean is gonna come outta nowhere and all kill every team in the league! Just in spite of all the hate for him!
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This new format is sooo refreshing...
Unfortunately it'll stabilize once teams discover who plays better under these circumstances, and lineups get a shakedown. ):
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United States3824 Posts
Cool setup for the writeup
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I'm a stars fan, and I enjoyed every game Leta played...and I HATE seeing my players lose. That game versus guemchi...how do you describe it to someone? You can't just say, "He came back to win it." It's more like, "Leta lost that game. Completely and utterly. And then he obliterated him."
Leta is terrifying. I have never seen a gamer that wanted to win so badly.
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The writeup was very good. However, you failed to include Leta's game against free which came in the same series as leta vs geumchi. His probe kills time after time were simply amazing. Free even sent 6 goons and 2 probes at the same time and Leta managed to snipe the probes anyway.
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I really made a choice. I picked the top 5 performers of the week and chose a game.. a few of them played two or even three particularly interesting games, but I didn't want to flood the post. It's just a simple recap really. I'll be doing one a week.
Thanks CRDude for the update about Games 3-4, they are now on the post.
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United States37500 Posts
Nice update F0. Hope you're doing a lot more WL coverage.
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are there any games next week? i dont see anything scheduled on the calendar
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waiting for anytime allkill
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On January 23 2009 12:09 Sprite wrote:
Frozean is gonna come outta nowhere and all kill every team in the league! Just in spite of all the hate for him!
you mean, cute angel, or the black magician.
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CJ on top! Booya! Moar confidence for Ma Jae Yoon plz!
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Winner's League is more unpredictable, which kinda makes it more fun. Teams have to become better at improvisation.
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Nice writeup!
I feel that Fantasy PL is cursed against me. The last change I made to my team was Yarnc -> forGG 
On January 23 2009 15:10 jodogohoo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 23 2009 12:09 Sprite wrote:
Frozean is gonna come outta nowhere and all kill every team in the league! Just in spite of all the hate for him! you mean, cute angel, or the black magician.
It's going to happen. CuteAngel is certainly capable of doing it.
But MVP has a much higher chance of getting multiple allkills, because he is THE MVP.
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is awesome32282 Posts
Excellent write-up F0!!
I agree with the games you picked, such good games. CJ first? Fuck yeah, even if it costs me a good spot on fantasy PL!
So excited to see the upcoming matches!
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Luxury and Yarnc are impressive, this new format of PL is very entertaining, gogo Zergs twins !
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lecaf is 4-2 great write-up nonetheless!
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please keep the winners league..
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Nice write-up, winners league is so much more fun than ordinary proleague.
How is the reception in Korea to this 'new' format so far?
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MrHoon
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On January 23 2009 20:57 Lenwe wrote:
Nice write-up, winners league is so much more fun than ordinary proleague.
How is the reception in Korea to this 'new' format so far?
teamleague was always much more favored over Proleague everywhere. Its just that OGN holds much more power over MBCgame.
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That Leta guy won again. Amazing.
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On January 23 2009 19:26 Jaeden wrote:lecaf is 4-2 great write-up nonetheless!
Fixed, and thanks.
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Nice write-up. And gooooooo CJ. ^^ So happy to see Iris and Movie pull through. This format is so much more exciting.
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Due to some confusion I remade the second graphic in the opening post to be a little more clear. I hope its easily understandable now. My apologies.
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United States17042 Posts
Awesome writeup. No mention of fantasy proleague? (yes, I do know that it's a news post, but still >.>
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Not this week, I didn't have a chance to speak to Hot_Bid about possibly including fantasy statistics in my news post every week -- didn't want to do anything without permission. Maybe in the future.
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Nice write-up. Lecaf ftw ^^
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nice write up, I just check yesterday's night the game between Leta and Guemchi and I was like O_O. Oh God, Leta is fucked now... he lost his natural, protoss has his natural up and will make his third right now, he is going to get outmacroed soon... but then he came back with vulture harass all over the place, his natural, his third, even his main have vultures most of the time.. just sick, though Guemchi has none luck on his side, if his scarab hit as they were supossed I think Leta wouldnt make it.. too bad for him.. great for the Terran ^_^
Great summarize of the WL so far, I hope you keep making them weekly as you offer, I dont have time to watch all the games and I understand you just pick some but can you add a complete list of the best games in a spoiler at the end of the article please? I think there is a lot of people like me that doesnt have the time to check all the VODs. I hope you will. Great reading.
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where can i watch these matches?
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Click on the vods link up the top and download the torrents for whichever match you want to see.
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where can i find vid for all matches?
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is awesome32282 Posts
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United States12607 Posts
Thanks for this recap Fzero!
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FUCK YEA ANYTIME + OOV !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I FOLLOWED MY HEART IN CHOOSING MY FPL TEAM AND I AM NOT DISAPPOINTED
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iloveoov with a 3 game win streak in WL before he lost to Anytime?? Nice.
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SKT(iloveoov and bisu) will kill all. WL is so awesome :DDD
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Anyone know where u can watch games live?
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