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On August 01 2009 01:55 Avidkeystamper wrote:+ Show Spoiler +" Despite EffOrt's recent weakness to Calm in the MSL, expect him to handle July with ease." Uh..spoiler?
The result isn't revealed. Just said EffOrt showed weakness in his MSL games vs Calm. If that's a spoiler, you guys are too sensitive. Or I'm too insensitive. I never did understand squeamishness over spoilers... especially in news articles. If someone tells you there was an excellent game, knowing the result, for me, rarely ruins a fresh viewing of the game... and if someone tells you the game was crap, you can avoid wasting 5 to 60 minutes watching it. That's how I feel about spoilers, anyway. I know I'm in the vocal minority so I try to respect TL's spoiler tradition but in this case, unless a mod thinks I'm stepping over the line, I'm leaving it in the open.
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 July > EffOrt I really want to see July go to Blizzcon but I doubt that will happen. 
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July is really motivated to go to Blizzcon, and Effort still has to prove we can stand the spot light to win a medal.
No honestly the smart money is effort. I Love both these guys but I do hope July can prove himself and prevail.
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Both the finals and 3rd place series are going to be one-sided rapes worse than the semis.
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i want iris to win 
he could use a gold
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IRIS FOR THE ****ING WIN! BERSERKER TERRAN!
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CJ FIGHTING!
Lets go Iris and EffOrt!
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If Flash wins this, then the three GOM titleholders would be bisu, Jaedong, and flash...
Interesting, at least for me :l
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[edited] nvm I didnt read the article completely
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On August 01 2009 05:26 ototoxicity wrote:
is there going to be a 3rd place match?
It say in the article that there will be so yeah.
Check out also upcoming event in the right top corner on TL. It clearly stands there that the 3rd place match will take place on 2nd of August.
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Iris v Flash was actually probably the final I most wanted out of the possible ones. They have such opposite approaches to TvT that it makes for great games.
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On August 01 2009 00:23 Garnet wrote:
The lack of so many teams allowed Iris to go this far. But this is it. Flash will get his 2nd gold.
Yes the lack of 1 team(SKT1) allowed him to go so far, bullshit. MBC. OGN, and eStro havent played since the GSI, so thats a very moot point. Only real threats on SKT are fantasy and Bisu(whom Iris is currently 1-0 vs in their MSL series) and I guess Best..
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On August 01 2009 01:04 Jawa~ wrote:
I know it's whiny of me, but that's a pretty big spoiler on the front page ><
The matches were five days ago, if you haven't watched yet you're either not worried about spoilers or don't really care enough.
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Finally Flash will win something, about time.
If not, that will be truly sad after that epic TvT against FBH.
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On August 01 2009 08:07 Pokebunny wrote:Show nested quote +On August 01 2009 01:04 Jawa~ wrote:
I know it's whiny of me, but that's a pretty big spoiler on the front page >< The matches were five days ago, if you haven't watched yet you're either not worried about spoilers or don't really care enough.
I wasn't "spoiled" because I had already seen the matches, but there are plenty of times where I don't get a chance to watch games for a week or so, and avoid the threads like plague until I get up to date on the games I care about. Like I said, it was a minor whine but apparently 5 days is a long time to TL
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On August 01 2009 09:20 Jawa~ wrote:Show nested quote +On August 01 2009 08:07 Pokebunny wrote:On August 01 2009 01:04 Jawa~ wrote:
I know it's whiny of me, but that's a pretty big spoiler on the front page >< The matches were five days ago, if you haven't watched yet you're either not worried about spoilers or don't really care enough. I wasn't "spoiled" because I had already seen the matches, but there are plenty of times where I don't get a chance to watch games for a week or so, and avoid the threads like plague until I get up to date on the games I care about. Like I said, it was a minor whine but apparently 5 days is a long time to TL
TL's spoiler policy is incredibly generous. The busy are pampered here, but in typical sports news 5 hours is an eternity. 5 days is so late it's retarded. If SC2 e-sports gets big in the west I predict the spoiler policy to go out the window simply so we can compete with other websites. As a news writer that hypes upcoming events and wants to justify his opinions, it's annoying to accommodate the spoiler-sensitive (more than half my articles tends to be in spoilers already, and people still complain about spoilers often).
Spoilers made a lot of sense back when there were no streams for western viewers and everyone had to wait for youtube vods or battle reports to find out what happened. These days, when livestreams abound and vods are available to anyone very quickly, it's something of a relic policy that serves little purpose, imo, except to satisfy traditional expectations. The majority of staff still supports TL's spoiler policy, which is why people still get banned for particularly egregious violations, but personally it's very stifling thorn in my side, especially when the policy isn't explicitly outlined. People use personal opinion to decide what is and isn't a spoiler and that generates tons more complaining.
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Effort vs July won't be that favourable for Effort. In fact, I think there's a high chance he'll lose. + Show Spoiler +I thought he was joking when he implied he was practising only for PL, but he really seems to be just turning up for his individual leagues, losing ASAP and then going back to practice for PL.
As for Iris's win, I didn't watch the games, but form the write up it seems that Iris's experience really helped him. Hoepfully he'll help CJ formulate more of those brilliant builds for PL.
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Finally a CJ player in the final, and Berserker of all ppl! <3 Iris
I believe!
sorry im a little drunk, just fucking excited about this, im just depressed and at least this cheers me up
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On August 01 2009 02:07 Tadzio wrote:
[...] If someone tells you there was an excellent game, knowing the result, for me, rarely ruins a fresh viewing of the game... and if someone tells you the game was crap, you can avoid wasting 5 to 60 minutes watching it. That's how I feel about spoilers, anyway. I know I'm in the vocal minority so I try to respect TL's spoiler tradition but in this case, unless a mod thinks I'm stepping over the line, I'm leaving it in the open.
As in a good tragedy, the interesting stuff is not as much the outcome of a game, as the string of events that eventually led to it. I would go even further and say that knowing the end in advance can actually enhance the experience. But anyway.
I would usually root for CJ, but I'm kind of pissed after what Effort said about Iris before their series, so I'll be a dick and hope he'll get denied a title again and grow even more frustrated than he obviously is right now. Flash is more talented than him in my book and and still needs a confidence boost so let's go LYH!
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