what an amazing final, i felt my heart beating and i was getting really tense and nervous as if i was playing... yes that's sad. but when it was 3-1 and naniwa was 4-gate stalker pushing for the win, it was so tense, and in the next match where thorzain pulled allllll his workers off the line and managed to hold on to his expo to keep him in it... wowowow was awesome.

TMmingus

Sweden13 Posts

May 16 2011 13:26 GMT

#44

I enjoyed Mondragons first match against that Protoss I can't remember the name of. He went mass roach against mass void/phoenix openings and won. :D

KingAce

United States471 Posts

May 16 2011 13:36 GMT

#45

Thorzain vs a Protoss...once again PVT is the more entertaining match-up in SC. Was in BW, is in SC2.

LarJarsE

United States1378 Posts

May 16 2011 13:49 GMT

#46

Seriously, in almost every game I didn't know who was going to win til' the last few minutes. I never before had such an emotional connection to a StarCraft final. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, cheering and exclaiming aloud like an idiot by myself. Even though I was previously unfamiliar with naniwa and thorzain, I think they deserved to be in the finals. Both players displayed extremely solid games.
TSL3 Grand Final spoiler below
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However, I don't quite agree with naniwa saying he gave the last game away. It kind of sounds like he discredited thorzain's play. Who the fuck would give away 15k?

QueueQueue

Canada1000 Posts

May 16 2011 13:58 GMT

#47

Easy. Finals were among the top 3 series I've seen in SC2.

QueueQueue

Canada1000 Posts

May 16 2011 14:00 GMT

#48

On May 16 2011 22:49 LarJarsE wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

However, I don't quite agree with naniwa saying he gave the last game away. It kind of sounds like he discredited thorzain's play. Who the fuck would give away 15k?

He *did* give it away. Unless you are misunderstanding the context of "giving the game away" it was kind of obvious. I could list a lot of factors that attributed to that, but I don't want to spoil.

zul

Germany5427 Posts

May 16 2011 14:21 GMT

#49

finals!

it had everything. great hype (hi @ videos), well played games and the comeback of a god.

Dartego

154 Posts

May 16 2011 14:24 GMT

#50

Finals really? Final was good, but not in top5 TSL3
1)Adel vs MVP
2)Thorzain vs Kas
3)Thorzain vs MC
4)QXC vs genius
5)Sen vs Boxer

CPTslut

Germany98 Posts

May 16 2011 14:25 GMT

#51

The first SC2 game where I really started shouting and was emotionally gripped haha. Greatest SC2 series so far for me, it seemed like both of them were all in most of the time which made it so incredibly tense.

Koshi

Belgium38799 Posts

May 16 2011 14:31 GMT

#52

How can it not be the finals?

How?

Acrofales

Spain17990 Posts

May 16 2011 14:36 GMT

#53

On May 16 2011 23:24 Dartego wrote:
Finals really? Final was good, but not in top5 TSL3
1)Adel vs MVP
2)Thorzain vs Kas
3)Thorzain vs MC
4)QXC vs genius
5)Sen vs Boxer

Each of those series had some epic games in them, but the series overall cannot, imho, stand up to the finals (although Thorzain vs. MC comes close). Asked about the most epic single game I would probably say Qxc vs. Genius: lategame reaper harrass! :D

RESTRiCT

Canada123 Posts

May 16 2011 14:47 GMT

#54

Cruncher vs Idra

This was my favorite part "

Jampackedeon

United States2053 Posts

May 16 2011 14:48 GMT

#55

Thorzain's TvP is just so sick.

TheBJ

Bulgaria906 Posts

May 16 2011 15:04 GMT

#56

Every game featuring thorzain was worth watching imho!

Vitozerm

Canada25 Posts

May 16 2011 15:08 GMT

#57

Even though it wasen't an option my favorite by miles was adel vs MVP those games were rediculous!

KazKamasa

Sweden186 Posts

May 16 2011 15:09 GMT

#58

Thorzain vs MC :D

KJSharp

United States84 Posts

May 16 2011 15:54 GMT

#59

I don't quite see how Thorzain vs. Naniwa was anywhere near as good of a series as Thorzain vs. MC or Boxer vs. Sen. The level of play in the latter two series was far superior to the level of play in Thorzain vs. Naniwa. In those two series, it felt like each player was playing perfectly and there was a steady tension the entire time. The players didn't make huge blunders, and the games were epic in and of themselves.

I think people are saying Thorzain vs. Naniwa just because of the external factor that it was the finals. If the games are removed from their context, I don't believe they were nearly as good as the other series aforementioned. Thorzain made a huge blunder in game 2 by pushing all the way toward Naniwa's main. Naniwa should not have busted up Thorzain's ramp after he realized that he was tricked into thinking that Thorzain 2-rax expanded. And, in game 7, Naniwa completely lost his composure, which resulted in an exciting game to be sure, but not an epic game.

Each game of the Boxer-Sen series was phenomenal. Game 2 of Kas vs. Thorzain was phenomenal. Many games in MC-Thorzain were phenomenal. In this series, only game 1 was really phenomenal to watch in its own right. The finals were based upon timing pushes, and it is very tough for timing pushes to have the same epic feel as Kas vs. Thorzain on Crevasse. I definitely enjoyed watching the finals and learned a lot from them (I watch SC2 primarily to learn, not for entertainment), but if I had to rank the series, the finals would not appear in the top 5.

Maliris

Northern Ireland2557 Posts

May 16 2011 16:01 GMT

#60

thorzain vs mc and thorzain vs naniwa were equally awesome :>