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Together with ESL-TV i am organizing 4 Cups with a pricemoney of 100 Euro each and the winner of each tournament get an invite for the Finale on the cebit and thier you play for a Notebook which costs around 2000 Euro.
I hope you guys are up to play it and make it a good tournament and i can organize something like this again in future 
You can sign up on this page and the system is the same like in the GO4SC2 Cups.
http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/xmg_series/
The whole tournament will be played on the European Server !
Already signed up players like Sjow, Satiini, Socke, DarKFoRcE, Naama, INsoleNCE, Tarson and some more and just for you .... Haypro and TLO will be at my place at this time and i think they will probably also play this cup if i ask them.
Hope you like that and i will cast this in german but i will ask someone to cast this in english too so that all of you are satisfied
//Dennis
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sounds good
if tlo and haypro don't play convince them to cast some games!
thanks for your effort; you enlarge eu esports scene quite well with your torunaments/cups
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Take you get awesome prizes all the time. Thats huge!
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This on the EU server? All the prices are in Euro but i haven't seen any mention of what server it's on. I'm assuming EU though.
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This on the EU server? All the prices are in Euro but i haven't seen any mention of what server it's on. I'm assuming EU though.
Sherlock appreciates! 
Thx Take looking forward to it
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Just under 1hour until we start this Some amazing names signed up!
TLO + haypro confirmed as playing :D
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we (ragequit.tv) will start coverage in about 1 hour when i am home from work see you then.
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Take just talked about the players in this cup.
Really some great players, basically the majority of the known players in europe.
Including TLO and Haypro.
This will be worth watching!
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So cool to see TLO playing tournaments again
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On January 12 2011 02:12 Leviance wrote:
So cool to see TLO playing tournaments again
yeah definitely <3
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nice tourney
also this should be moved to tourneys
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now TLO is co-casting - this should be more promoted because I think a lot of people might not click on a topic like "Starcraft II XMG Series organized by TaKeSeN", but if they knew TLO would both play and cast in this they would tune in immediately.
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On January 12 2011 02:19 Leviance wrote:
now TLO is co-casting - this should be more promoted because I think a lot of people might not click on a topic like "Starcraft II XMG Series organized by TaKeSeN", but if they knew TLO would both play and cast in this they would tune in immediately.
he won't play because he forgot to check in T___T
they only add streams that are embedded on TL i think.
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TLO is such a noob
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yes. it's depressing. i wanted to cast his stuff but now we have to be content with socke, mana darkforce, kas, nani, haypro and the likes. q_q
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there wouldn't be any VLC/SMplayer links =)?
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On January 12 2011 02:06 drooL wrote:we (ragequit.tv) will start coverage in about 1 hour when i am home from work see you then.
thanks, was trying to figure out why there wasn't a stream up for english - guess i'll try to learn german on the fly
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TLO and TakeSen are on cam. You can also see haypro's hair. They are playing an MC Hammer's U Can't Touch This.
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yes i am, hopefully with some games soon
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On January 12 2011 03:18 drooL wrote:yes i am, hopefully with some games soon
yipeeeeee =)!!!!!!!!
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TLO casting, how awesome is that
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On January 12 2011 03:44 trancey_ wrote:
TLO casting, how awesome is that
Yeah... who knew that learning german in school would one day pay off ;-)
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haha Haypr0 checking TL <3
beautiful play against that Terran, it even made him bm ^^
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When did HayprO leave korea? He have any plans to go back?
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I think he's just here for the homestorycup.. not sure though.
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On January 12 2011 04:01 eNtitY~ wrote:
When did HayprO leave korea? He have any plans to go back?
He has no games now in Korea. So he has time for playing a couple of tournaments in Europe (the pokeridol lan, Homestory Cup).
It's so great to have TLO as a caster because he knows everything in all matchups! :D
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Take and TLO just pointed this out on the German stream, very smart play from Haypro's Protoss opponent there, going for 3 gate DTs and when the overlord scouts the Twilight Council (and not the Dark Shrine), he chrono-boosted it even though it wasn't doing anything. I have not yet seen a lot of this kind of deception in Starcraft II, TLO says that's what the game needs more of, 100% agreed.
Awesome stream/games as always. Can NOT wait for Homestory Cup II to begin.
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On January 12 2011 04:12 dkh wrote:
Take and TLO just pointed this out on the German stream, very smart play from Haypro's Protoss opponent there, going for 3 gate DTs and when the overlord scouts the Twilight Council (and not the Dark Shrine), he chrono-boosted it even though it wasn't doing anything. I have not yet seen a lot of this kind of deception in Starcraft II, TLO says that's what the game needs more of, 100% agreed.
Awesome stream/games as always. Can NOT wait for Homestory Cup II to begin.
Cool, thanks for sharing that.
TLO and Take should fire up the english ^_^
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On January 12 2011 04:12 dkh wrote:
Take and TLO just pointed this out on the German stream, very smart play from Haypro's Protoss opponent there, going for 3 gate DTs and when the overlord scouts the Twilight Council (and not the Dark Shrine), he chrono-boosted it even though it wasn't doing anything. I have not yet seen a lot of this kind of deception in Starcraft II, TLO says that's what the game needs more of, 100% agreed.
Awesome stream/games as always. Can NOT wait for Homestory Cup II to begin.
isn't there a upgrade animation?
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Yeah there is, but it's not as noticeable as the chrono.
Tricks like this don't work if they are used too often, although they are still nice.
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LiquidHapr0 vs MDiestar, awesome =D
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On January 12 2011 05:51 SmoKim wrote:
LiquidHapr0 vs MDiestar, awesome =D
Yes, nice series. Going now into an ace match!
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I would like to go eat a döner with you guys too. Guten Appetit!
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On January 12 2011 04:26 vdale wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2011 04:12 dkh wrote:
Take and TLO just pointed this out on the German stream, very smart play from Haypro's Protoss opponent there, going for 3 gate DTs and when the overlord scouts the Twilight Council (and not the Dark Shrine), he chrono-boosted it even though it wasn't doing anything. I have not yet seen a lot of this kind of deception in Starcraft II, TLO says that's what the game needs more of, 100% agreed.
Awesome stream/games as always. Can NOT wait for Homestory Cup II to begin. isn't there a upgrade animation?
Yes I think the Twilight Council has this uprising glow animation. Also this isn't really anything "superhighlevel". It's a simple mind trick, good but as a good player you should be suspect of everything
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OMG how the fuck did Haypr0 not only manage to survive sick contain in close positions on LT, loosing his whole fucking base, just to end up 4 base vs 1 and Zerg roll
Haypr0 FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!!
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oh - my - god
who hasn't watched Haypro vs Diestar on LT, seriously needs to get the replay - HIGHLY recommended replay
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great game 
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pretty good LT game for Hapro. Thats what you do as macrozerg.
"We are close position? I dont think so!" lol
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Haypro
He's so pro, he can even outmacro the mapposition.
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Well played by Haypro! Very exciting game.
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wow, awesome game by haypro. He has gotten so much better. His stay in Korea must be helping.
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i love haypro, nice guy, of cource my idol is TLO, because im german, too.
Can someone pls post the results, because : Hell, it's about time to sleep, because of school.
I HOPE HayprO wins, it will motivate him.
btw : when is the homestory cup? i think friday?
nice to see na_dann_ma_gogo in tl forums as well as sc2source
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Homestory Cup is on the 15. & 16.
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Seems like the units lost tab is a bit bugged. 250 lost resources for a canceled factory.
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actually , haypro making alot of mistakes.. but still good^^
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On January 12 2011 07:22 REDBLUEGREEN wrote:
Seems like the units lost tab is a bit bugged. 250 lost resources for a canceled factory.
Edit: Nvm I'm dumb. Maybe he canceled more buildings but the observers didn't see?
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the emphasis lies on CANCELED
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Hayprooooooo fighting! Showing these ungodly foreigners how you do it in the big leagues!
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FUCK YES HAYPRO IS IN THE FINALS :D
Haypr0 vs HasuObs, epic ZvP comming up!
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Australia8532 Posts
Finally Haypro buries him with baneling drops!
Haypro vs MouzHasu (HasuObs) is coming up!! Going to be epic!!
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On January 12 2011 07:36 unfo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2011 07:22 REDBLUEGREEN wrote:
Seems like the units lost tab is a bit bugged. 250 lost resources for a canceled factory. Edit: Nvm I'm dumb. Maybe he canceled more buildings but the observers didn't see?
nah I just tested it. It really is bugged it show the total price in units lost tab.
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This final will indeed be fun to watch.
Haypro always goes for the macro. And Hasu normally doesnt do early agression either. His macro is not that good, but he has great unit control.
I see epic big army clashes incoming.
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Russian Federation132 Posts
Nice play by Haypro, is he going back to korea after the homestory cup?
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haypro shoud watch out for early agression.
this will be a fun series to watch.
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I'm hoping for long and nice games. Seen some really nice late games by Hasu in the past.
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On January 12 2011 07:36 unfo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2011 07:22 REDBLUEGREEN wrote:
Seems like the units lost tab is a bit bugged. 250 lost resources for a canceled factory. Edit: Nvm I'm dumb. Maybe he canceled more buildings but the observers didn't see?
Nah, that's just the way it is ( might be a bug). You can see this pretty often if you watch a ZvT replay where T blocks the Z natural with an Ebay and cancels it, the unit lost tab will still show 125 ressources.
I hope HayPro wins, he seems to have underachieved in Korea a little, and I feel like winning some European tournaments might be the boost in confidence he needs.
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Netherlands4511 Posts
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Maps for the final are - 1) metal 2) DQ 3) LT ) 4) Shak 5) blistering
On January 12 2011 06:35 n0ise wrote:
oh - my - god
who hasn't watched Haypro vs Diestar on LT, seriously needs to get the replay - HIGHLY recommended replay
I'll upload them replays + all other replays as soon as the final ends to the brackets page (will post links afterwards)
Hoping for an epic bo5 final! Haypros played amazing all night, not saw any of hasu's games unfortunately 
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Netherlands4511 Posts
just lol
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Haypro will take this.
Liquid hwaiting!
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On January 12 2011 08:05 Liquid`Ret wrote:
aww close positions
On January 12 2011 08:14 Liquid`Ret wrote:just lol
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Too easy, the europeans got alot of catching up on the ones that are in korea and practising there.
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On January 12 2011 08:15 Deekin[ wrote:
Too easy, the europeans got alot of catching up on the ones that are in korea and practising there.
Stop generalizing, hasu isn't really winning anything in Europe.
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Haypros ZvP seems really nice. He is super greedy while being careful. It's strange yet cool. I loved how he saw stargate and phoenixes then just went "cool let me drone harder". That was epic
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Australia8532 Posts
On January 12 2011 08:05 Liquid`Ret wrote:
aww close positions
Doesn't matter when you're haypro
haypro's semi final was much more entertaining than this Hasu roflstomping
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Haypro playing really solid. His droning timing skills feels even better then Idras. Up 2-0 now
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On January 12 2011 08:15 Deekin[ wrote:
Too easy, the europeans got alot of catching up on the ones that are in korea and practising there.
hope this was a joke
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Netherlands4511 Posts
it isnt actually a joke but yeah
only reason why haypro wouldnt win everything in europe is cuz hes zerg
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Australia8532 Posts
On January 12 2011 08:41 Liquid`Ret wrote:it isnt actually a joke but yeah only reason why haypro wouldnt win everything in europe is cuz hes zerg
Oh the zerg tears :/
But yeh Ret + 3 Koreans destroyed the kaspersky invitational as well
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On January 12 2011 08:41 Liquid`Ret wrote:it isnt actually a joke but yeah only reason why haypro wouldnt win everything in europe is cuz hes zerg
You have been hanging around with IdrA to much
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And what a epic FAIL final, Hasuobs is so much behind in both micro and macro... so bad
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HAYPRO fighting! 3-0 sweep victory
Gratz on winning the tournament :D i'm so happy for you <3
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Man Haypro is just in another class when compared to Hasu that series.
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Gratz Haypro! And nice pants!
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haypro ez win kekeke
take another great event . just the best
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Australia8532 Posts
Whoa - i have never heard Haypro speak before; but was not expecting that voice
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On January 12 2011 08:51 bkrow wrote:Whoa - i have never heard Haypro speak before; but was not expecting that voice
i wanna hug him irl :3
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On January 12 2011 08:42 bkrow wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2011 08:41 Liquid`Ret wrote:it isnt actually a joke but yeah only reason why haypro wouldnt win everything in europe is cuz hes zerg Oh the zerg tears :/ But yeh Ret + 3 Koreans destroyed the kaspersky invitational as well
Inca, Top, Huk and TLO (shortly after he returned from Korea) were doing bad in Dreamhack.
Kaspersky had an group phase before the Matches vs Korea and the player advanced mostly because of their vT matchup (because there were 2 terrans in each group).
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nice haypro!
good games
/e: oh and nice pants xD
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HayprO won the tournament! Gj
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Haypro has impressed me in this tournament. Congrats!
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most of the replays are now available here - http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/xmg_series/cup1/rankings/
Click the "vs" between the matches to view the match page then click the replay you want.
I've asked a few players to upload the missing ones, but if you want to request any just post and I'll do my best to get it uploaded for you.
Links to haypros replays -
http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/xmg_series/cup1/match/21160773 Haypro v Hasu - Final ZvP
http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/xmg_series/cup1/match/21160772 Haypro v Beasty - SemiFinal ZvT
ttp://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/xmg_series/cup1/match/21160770 Haypro v Diestar - Quarterfinal ZvT
Edit: Big thanks to all the players today, this has been one of the most stressfree ESL events i've been part of yet, not one player caused any issues or any delays. Big thanks to the casters, and TLO co-casting was awesome (even if it was in german ) And thanks for drool to jumping in last minute so we had english coverage of this tournament :D
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Almisael
Austria235 Posts
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I've requested them to be uploaded, I wasn't in the match so don't have them on my PC. We definitely have them on an admins PC though, and will get them up before noon tomorrow <3
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thanks take and the ESL guys for putting up a sweet tourney GZ HAYPRO!!! LIQUID FIGHTIIING! and thanks to everyone watching, fun times
see you around. now off to bed. :z
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To the organizers,
Thanks for putting on such a smooth and well run tournament. The tour had good casters and awesome players. Thanks again.
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On January 12 2011 08:54 vdale wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2011 08:42 bkrow wrote:On January 12 2011 08:41 Liquid`Ret wrote:it isnt actually a joke but yeah only reason why haypro wouldnt win everything in europe is cuz hes zerg Oh the zerg tears :/ But yeh Ret + 3 Koreans destroyed the kaspersky invitational as well Inca, Top, Huk and TLO (shortly after he returned from Korea) were doing bad in Dreamhack. Kaspersky had an group phase before the Matches vs Korea and the player advanced mostly because of their vT matchup (because there were 2 terrans in each group).
Huk had barely even been in Korea when he went to Dreamhack. TLO switched to zerg recently and landed in a group with zergs more experienced at ZvZ than him, and Mana, the second place finisher. Inca went out to Top and Top went out to the winner of the tournament, Naama. We can also factor in jetlag and the fact that both Top wasn't in the best of form (not even qualifying for GSL 2 & 3).
TLDR: Practicing seriously in a team environment and having your builds dismantled by crazy aggressive Koreans makes a huge difference.
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On January 12 2011 09:27 vrok wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2011 08:54 vdale wrote:On January 12 2011 08:42 bkrow wrote:On January 12 2011 08:41 Liquid`Ret wrote:it isnt actually a joke but yeah only reason why haypro wouldnt win everything in europe is cuz hes zerg Oh the zerg tears :/ But yeh Ret + 3 Koreans destroyed the kaspersky invitational as well Inca, Top, Huk and TLO (shortly after he returned from Korea) were doing bad in Dreamhack. Kaspersky had an group phase before the Matches vs Korea and the player advanced mostly because of their vT matchup (because there were 2 terrans in each group). Huk had barely even been in Korea when he went to Dreamhack. TLO switched to zerg recently and landed in a group with zergs more experienced at ZvZ than him, and Mana, the second place finisher. Inca went out to Top and Top went out to the winner of the tournament, Naama. We can also factor in jetlag and the fact that both Top wasn't in the best of form (not even qualifying for GSL 2 & 3). TLDR: Practicing seriously in a team environment and having your builds dismantled by crazy aggressive Koreans makes a huge difference.
That's only an example. People shouldn't base everything on one or two tournaments, that's what I'm saying.
I'm sure you will learn to stop cheese and all-ins better on Korean server, but that's it. Select is now a little bit longer in Korea and when he stayed in Europe for the Pokeridol tournament, he lost to Satinii, Kas, Sjow, TLO and Naniwa in different tournaments. The only TOP player he defeated was Haypro (except if you count elfi as a top player).
And before Korea he was one of the best Terrans in America.
And I remember a Interview where Jinro said that ret was doing pretty well in the first in-house placement matches.
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Almisael
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On January 12 2011 09:07 ste0731 wrote:I've requested them to be uploaded, I wasn't in the match so don't have them on my PC. We definitely have them on an admins PC though, and will get them up before noon tomorrow <3
sad thing that those replays are still not uploaded. .
need satiini replays .
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One guy who plays in Korea wins a minor tournament and we already have this stupid discussion again. 
But gratz to Haypro, nice to see him doing good.
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Hungary11284 Posts
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On January 13 2011 00:36 Almisael wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2011 09:07 ste0731 wrote:I've requested them to be uploaded, I wasn't in the match so don't have them on my PC. We definitely have them on an admins PC though, and will get them up before noon tomorrow <3 sad thing that those replays are still not uploaded. . need satiini replays .
Sorry, our admin disconnected midgames, so he didn't have the replays. However hasu has been very nice and done the deal of uploading them. They are now online :D
Any other missing replays feel free to ask!
Next tournament is on "monday" if I'm not mistaken, however don't quote me on that!
Hopefully cya all there and signed up!
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Yes, thats true
We just wanna remind the community to play this nice cup and watch TaKe one day after the HomeStory Cup II.
Sooooo, our question for today is........WHO IS IN?
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will be watching for sure, playing nope ^^
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On January 18 2011 23:43 Hens wrote:
will be watching for sure, playing nope ^^
Why not!
Check-in is open now, don't miss out!
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Stream is online:
Take (german) - Freestream: http://tv.esl.eu/de/esltv_stream/stream/55-flv-proxy
Take (german) - Premium: http://tv.esl.eu/de/55-flv-ptt/
+some more listed here on TL (edit, well, there was one. Now it's gone... )
Bracket:
http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/xmg_series/#/eu/sc2/xmg_series/cup2/rankings/
Notable players:
Dimaga, Morrow, White-Ra, Mana, Naama, Haypro, Demuslim, Darkforce, Bly, Satiini, Jimpo, Goody and many more!
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wtb english stream.
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http://www.own3d.tv/live/199 BigT will be streaming all matches including final there in ENGLISH :D
However he can't add it to TL due to his current (re-banning)
(own3d is currentld won as well, but shouldn't be more than 5mins)
NOW LIVE! Enjoy
naama first game
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Nice defense by MaNa. Similar allin MVP made vs. tester, but he had phoenixes
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I see you removed the weights for more computers Take, that's nerd-dedication
Dark Horse MYM.Xlord now playing, nice tournament!
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Is there an english IRC for this tourney?
EDIT: Thanks a lot.
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There is : #esl.XMGSeries
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LOL! Fuzer was so robbed. No way Xlord could have won the first game. If that wasn't clear advantage then nothing is..
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On January 19 2011 03:49 raynpelikoneet wrote:
LOL! Fuzer was so robbed. No way Xlord could have won the first game. If that wasn't clear advantage then nothing is..
Yeah, that's a poor decision. Fuzer was close to re-taking his expansion and Xlord had spent so much to pressure with zerglings, there was no way he would've held against three starports worth of queens. His spire had just started, and Fuzer already had four banshees out.
Tough break for Fuzer.
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On January 19 2011 03:58 tree.hugger wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2011 03:49 raynpelikoneet wrote:
LOL! Fuzer was so robbed. No way Xlord could have won the first game. If that wasn't clear advantage then nothing is.. Yeah, that's a poor decision. Fuzer was close to re-taking his expansion and Xlord had spent so much to pressure with zerglings, there was no way he would've held against three starports worth of queens. His spire had just started, and Fuzer already had four banshees out. Tough break for Fuzer.
Second that. In particular with the banshees out, Fuzer was far ahead. Poor decision.
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doesn't really matter who of them gets kicked out by white-ra^^
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what about haypro?, why envious is playin against goody , even when haypro havnt played against him?
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Funny thing is:
Xlord messaged TaKe when he was still in game that he dropped out and said "but it was a clear win for me anyway" lol..nu-uh
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On January 19 2011 04:17 Killmouse wrote:
what about haypro?, why envious is playin against goody , even when haypro havnt played against him?
what do you mean? Is goody and envious playing on stream?
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On January 19 2011 05:13 ste0731 wrote:Demuslim vs Cloud playing now - http://www.own3d.tv/live/199Bo3 metal/xelnaga/shakuras are maps PvZ offrace :D
Cloud is offracing too.
Its now zerg (cloud) vs Protoss (Demuslim). :D
I am already excited to see all the new TvT strats these guys have prepared for IEM.
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Reverese off-race now :D haha
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DEMU REVENGE FOR ESL FINALS GOGOGO
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Sick offrace between Cloud and DeMusliM! :D
But it makes sense considering they'll be playing in the upcoming IEM... They won't want to show their strategies.
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On January 19 2011 05:28 MahanS wrote:
Sick offrace between Cloud and DeMusliM! :D
But it makes sense considering they'll be playing in the upcoming IEM... They won't want to show their strategies.
Hallucination intead of warpgate tech! hahaha
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Hahahahahaha demuslim trolling by taking literally every expansion except cloud's natural.
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On January 19 2011 05:33 ste0731 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2011 05:28 MahanS wrote:
Sick offrace between Cloud and DeMusliM! :D
But it makes sense considering they'll be playing in the upcoming IEM... They won't want to show their strategies. Hallucination intead of warpgate tech! hahaha
Cloud had warpgate finished at minute 12. :D
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wasnt much of a game, demuslim was pretty much "oh, you nexus 1st? thanks for the win" after the ling/roach harass it was something like 72-36
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Are all the Zergs out already again?
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Blah, thats it for me. I don't want to cry or anything, but the fact is that i feel that it wasn't fair decision to take regame after this...
Here is the replay for the game:
http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/#/eu/sc2/xmg_series/cup2/match/21254738
But after all, I got first time in my life, apology from admin about bad decision. Still... Next time I Cry everywhere i can... Fuck the sportsmanship =(
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Yeah I saw the match. The other guy was even telling Take that he won anyway. But he said that if anything, he lost because the 4 banshees were on the way.
You should have won IMHO, but it wasn't a uber bad decision. Really bad manners from the other guy.
Too bad :/
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@Fuzer:
Having watched that game on the stream, I have to agree with you. After Xlord disced, my first thought was pretty much: "Meh, game was already over anyways, Fuzer had clearly won".
I guess I am not the only one who was suprised by the decision to have a regame.
Sucks for you, bro.
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On January 19 2011 06:12 Fuzer wrote:Blah, thats it for me. I don't want to cry or anything, but the fact is that i feel that it wasn't fair decision to take regame after this... Here is the replay for the game: http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/#/eu/sc2/xmg_series/cup2/match/21254738But after all, I got first time in my life, apology from admin about bad decision. Still... Next time I Cry everywhere i can... Fuck the sportsmanship =(
I stopped watching the stream to play ladder after XlorD dropped and I automatically assumed you'd receive an auto-win. The admins were probably biased. Shame.
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On January 19 2011 06:12 Fuzer wrote:Blah, thats it for me. I don't want to cry or anything, but the fact is that i feel that it wasn't fair decision. Here is the replay for the game: http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/#/eu/sc2/xmg_series/cup2/match/21254738But after all, I got first time in my life, apology from admin about bad decision. Still... Next time I Cry everywhere i can... Fuck the sportsmanship =(
Its all very well tournament organisers and admins talking about professional standards/behaviour from players, but that cuts both ways, IMO it was a unprofessional decision by the tournament admins.
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Fuzer got robbed imo. Bad decision.
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Oh my god, what a close defense by DeMuslim!
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Hellion drop into insta-gg.
wp by DeMusliM, his ZvP was pretty impressive
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Guys i'm not 100% certain on the conditions regarding the match, however the facts I do know is 1 admin made the decision without informing anyone else there had even been an issue. That admin has admitted his mistake, and furthermore gone out his way to apologize to fuzer. Mistakes can happen so please forgive us this time <3
Wp to demuslim, missed the games due to revision But caught his offracing games which were good fun to watch :D Another good tournament over, and only 2 spots remaining from the final 2 cups the next 2 tuesday.
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Damn keep this up kind sir, you are helping the SC community grow exponentionally
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Go TLO!
Why are the streams not on the calendar?
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On January 26 2011 02:06 Leviance wrote:
Go TLO!
Why are the streams not on the calendar?
well, it is live in the calender stream atleast
GOGO TLO !!!!!!!!
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I'm watching TLO's stream, he plays really entertaining zerg
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GosuGamers is streaming in english =D We're following TaKeSeN into his games.
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Brackets are down. Any updates on TLO?
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On January 26 2011 04:24 ptbl wrote:
Brackets are down. Any updates on TLO?
Playing PredY atm.
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On January 26 2011 04:25 Seronei wrote:Playing PredY atm.
Thanks! Has he been random or race picking?
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On January 26 2011 04:27 ptbl wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 04:25 Seronei wrote:On January 26 2011 04:24 ptbl wrote:
Brackets are down. Any updates on TLO? Playing PredY atm. Thanks! Has he been random or race picking?
No idea, think he played random up to this point at least since he was zerg against a terran earlier. He's streaming his own games btw, just look at the user streams
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TLO picked random in the tournament. In the game vs Predy (TvT) he dropped (while being ahead) and then choosed T in the regame which he lost. So he is out.
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On January 26 2011 04:31 Seronei wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 04:27 ptbl wrote:On January 26 2011 04:25 Seronei wrote:On January 26 2011 04:24 ptbl wrote:
Brackets are down. Any updates on TLO? Playing PredY atm. Thanks! Has he been random or race picking? No idea, think he played random up to this point at least since he was zerg against a terran earlier. He's streaming his own games btw, just look at the user streams
Thanks for the info! It seems his stream is off the air now.
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On January 26 2011 04:37 KiNGxXx wrote:
TLO picked random in the tournament. In the game vs Predy (TvT) he dropped (while being ahead) and then choosed T in the regame which he lost. So he is out.
It was a bo1? That sucks.
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On January 26 2011 04:38 ptbl wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 04:37 KiNGxXx wrote:
TLO picked random in the tournament. In the game vs Predy (TvT) he dropped (while being ahead) and then choosed T in the regame which he lost. So he is out. It was a bo1? That sucks.
Yes it was. Pretty normal for the smaller weekly cups in the first few rounds with such a huge grid. But Predy played really good in the regame!
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wow gj to rine for knocking out sjow, nani and mana looking strong too!
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Holy god kas is strong :S.
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On January 26 2011 05:37 norlock wrote:
Holy god kas is strong :S.
ye idd, him v mana(if he wins) and nani v naama will be awesome too!
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own3d doesn't work again :/
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Beautiful chat betweem Naniwa and Naama. XD
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Sick semifinal lineup really
Nani vs Naama
Mana vs Kas
Has been a good cup so far, the Kas vs Cloud games were fun =)
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On January 26 2011 06:20 Holgerius wrote:
Beautiful chat betweem Naniwa and Naama. XD
sounds juicy, what did they chat about ?
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Naama ragequitting against Naniwa?
change of roles?
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On January 26 2011 06:24 SmoKim wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 06:20 Holgerius wrote:
Beautiful chat betweem Naniwa and Naama. XD sounds juicy, what did they chat about ?
Wasn't really juicy, it was just some fun banter. Naniwa said like ''Gotta concentrate now, can't talk while you play when you play Protoss, unlike T'' and Naama responded with ''Terrans already know they're gonna lose anyway, so they chat''. Something like that.
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On January 26 2011 06:24 SmoKim wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 06:20 Holgerius wrote:
Beautiful chat betweem Naniwa and Naama. XD sounds juicy, what did they chat about ?
just friendly banter, but game was sick, insane comeback from nani
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Holy banana, how the hell did nani come back from this - that was really great, naama totally let it slip after he thought he had won.
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That was an awesome game, very fun back and forth. Naama's initial push looked really good, was so sure Nani was screwed (then Naama had no siege lolol)
Tanks late game just evaporate when they are getting smashed up by chargelots, seriously those tank lines just went *boom*
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I have no idea how Nani won that. I was thinking ''He should just gg'' at one point of the game. Awesome play.
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On January 26 2011 06:40 Asha` wrote:
That was an awesome game, very fun back and forth. Naama's initial push looked really good, was so sure Nani was screwed (then Naama had no siege lolol)
Tanks late game just evaporate when they are getting smashed up by chargelots, seriously those tank lines just went *boom*
Still, what won nani the game was the lack of vikings - I mean, why not just mass-produce vikings from 2 port reactor? Even after the first comeback-push there were exactly 2 colossi remaining. Everything else had evaporated. Just stack up on vikings and win? This was definitely naama's game to lose.
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On January 26 2011 06:41 Holgerius wrote:I have no idea how Nani won that. I was thinking ''He should just gg'' at one point of the game. Awesome play.
i think we all had a Tasteless moment there
"well exspect GG any second now"
-10 min later
"oh i guess he won"
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On January 26 2011 06:42 sleepingdog wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 06:40 Asha` wrote:
That was an awesome game, very fun back and forth. Naama's initial push looked really good, was so sure Nani was screwed (then Naama had no siege lolol)
Tanks late game just evaporate when they are getting smashed up by chargelots, seriously those tank lines just went *boom* Still, what won nani the game was the lack of vikings - I mean, why not just mass-produce vikings from 2 port reactor? Even after the first comeback-push there were exactly 2 colossi remaining. Everything else had evaporated. Just stack up on vikings and win? This was definitely naama's game to lose.
This. Having like 4 vikings at best is really quite a waste of resources, they just dont destroy the colossi fast enough.
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Great play from nani, pushing from 3 gate robo and build a nexus behind the attack, not having to all-in.
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On January 26 2011 06:42 sleepingdog wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 06:40 Asha` wrote:
That was an awesome game, very fun back and forth. Naama's initial push looked really good, was so sure Nani was screwed (then Naama had no siege lolol)
Tanks late game just evaporate when they are getting smashed up by chargelots, seriously those tank lines just went *boom* Just stack up on vikings and win? This was definitely naama's game to lose.
That is certainly true ^^
Rather more one sided second game, have to hope for a Kas win vs Mana now because I don't really want a PvP final ><
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Quite nice harass from Naama but man, he just got demolished when he tried to push at Nanis nat. Those tanks really don't seem that efficient in TvP, Naama had to retreat behind them instantly and they didn't get any chance to do real damage.
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On January 26 2011 06:51 Asha` wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 06:42 sleepingdog wrote:On January 26 2011 06:40 Asha` wrote:
That was an awesome game, very fun back and forth. Naama's initial push looked really good, was so sure Nani was screwed (then Naama had no siege lolol)
Tanks late game just evaporate when they are getting smashed up by chargelots, seriously those tank lines just went *boom* Just stack up on vikings and win? This was definitely naama's game to lose. That is certainly true ^^ Rather more one sided second game, have to hope for a Kas win vs Mana now because I don't really want a PvP final ><
and Nani and Kas are former team mates in Empire should be good stuff
but MaNa is .... well MaNa, he might have something to say about it
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Nani is ridic good at pvp
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''lol'' instead of ''gg''. XD
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That kind of PvP is the definition of lol xD
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Take making fun of Naniwa on the german stream was hilarious. :D
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On January 26 2011 08:05 Redox wrote:
Take making fun of Naniwa on the german stream was hilarious. :D
What did he say?
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Damn, I was looking away. What did nani say at the end?
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On January 26 2011 08:12 teumas wrote:
Damn, I was looking away. What did nani say at the end?
"I dunno why i keep cheesing in the last game, even though i am much better than anyone else in macro games"
"gg"
something along these lines
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On January 26 2011 08:12 teumas wrote:
Damn, I was looking away. What did nani say at the end?
He was basicly saying "why do I always cheese when I'm better at macro than everyone".
Which is incredibly hilarious.
EDIT: damn the ninjas are out fast tonight
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On January 26 2011 08:12 teumas wrote:
Damn, I was looking away. What did nani say at the end?
"I don't know why I always cheese in the final games when I'm better than everyone else at macro games"
or something along those lines.
Clearly not particularly happy with the way the series went, but hey that's PvP =)
EDIT: goddamn I'm like the fat ninja lagging along at the back
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he got totally outplayed, the only thing he can do is just crying
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Nani said that he was a better macro player than Mana.
In conclusion we can say that Nani is still a kid.
I hope Dignitas didn't do a mistake...
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On January 26 2011 08:16 MrSpider wrote:
Nani said that he was a better macro player than Mana, and its sad that mana cheesed in the last game.
Nani was saying he was being cheesy himself, not that Mana was.
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Really classy to say stuff like that.
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good old nani is back! : )
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On January 26 2011 08:08 Holgerius wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 08:05 Redox wrote:
Take making fun of Naniwa on the german stream was hilarious. :D What did he say?
"He is such a pussy" and that he is always crying and stuff. And hes right. Naniwa has cut back on the bm, but hes still very whiny.
Anyway grats to Mana. But tbh PvP on this level seems to be just build order coin flip.
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On January 26 2011 08:16 Asha` wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 08:16 MrSpider wrote:
Nani said that he was a better macro player than Mana, and its sad that mana cheesed in the last game. Nani was saying he was being cheesy himself, not that Mana was.
Even funnier is, that technicly I'd consider Mana's build more cheese-like - a build that gives you the win in PvP when unscouted and loses hard when scouted. While nani played as conservative and standard as it gets. Mana even went only 3 gate and immediately dropped the robo, knowing that he's dead against 4 gate anyways. Which is even more "cheesier", aka risky.
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On January 26 2011 08:14 sleepingdog wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2011 08:12 teumas wrote:
Damn, I was looking away. What did nani say at the end? He was basicly saying "why do I always cheese when I'm better at macro than everyone". Which is incredibly hilarious. EDIT: damn the ninjas are out fast tonight
In pvp, nani does win 9/10 games when it isnt a 1base fest
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Just noticed that they are playing the ICCup maps already (Round 2 and 3) ! Surely interesting to watch.
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Artanis and myself will be covering the English once again this week! (We're both from GosuGamers, we're just having issues atm >.>). So tune in via Artanis[xp]
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Is there an English restream for this? The Artanis one stops every few seconds for me.
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ICCup maps looked nice. And nice games were played on Testbug.. But Artanis glitched on some of them.
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i agreed 100% with MaxwellE. Get European english stream with 0 lag....is it so hard?
Why german stream on own3d tv with Take or someone alse is alwasy pure just always. Good to be German these days
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On February 02 2011 05:23 duckland wrote:
i agreed 100% with MaxwellE. Get European english stream with 0 lag....is it so hard?
Why german stream on own3d tv with Take or someone alse is alwasy pure just always. Good to be German these days
The english stream (Artanis) seems to be working fine now.
And you should not always be complaining, be thankful that there are people who sacrifice their freetime to commentate games for you.
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Testbug is such a cool map
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The english stream (Artanis) seems to be working fine now.
It doesnt for me so plz dude let me speak what i want ok?
Ohh and its not only me as well.
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final: goody-naama
Please not goody im currently planing to go to bed in 4 hours.
dont destroy my plans
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Goody winning the tank chess as always, too funny. :D
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would love to see demuslim's old mass banshee / air control play against goody, i remember an epic TvT with bratok on kulas ravine ^^
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On February 02 2011 07:38 Toxi78 wrote:
would love to see demuslim's old mass banshee / air control play against goody, i remember an epic TvT with bratok on kulas ravine ^^
you can't play mass banshees against goody. He has upgraded Thors and many factories to build more Thors.
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are there any english vods by artanis of XMG cup4?
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On February 02 2011 17:46 vdale wrote:Show nested quote +On February 02 2011 07:38 Toxi78 wrote:
would love to see demuslim's old mass banshee / air control play against goody, i remember an epic TvT with bratok on kulas ravine ^^ you can't play mass banshees against goody. He has upgraded Thors and many factories to build more Thors.
MASS BC
^_^
wp by Naama in the final though (:
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On February 02 2011 17:46 vdale wrote:Show nested quote +On February 02 2011 07:38 Toxi78 wrote:
would love to see demuslim's old mass banshee / air control play against goody, i remember an epic TvT with bratok on kulas ravine ^^ you can't play mass banshees against goody. He has upgraded Thors and many factories to build more Thors.
Don't forget the turrets....turrets everywhere....
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Who are the 4 that have qualified then?
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Haypro, Demuslim, Mana and Naama.
But Take said Hasu takes Haypros spot at cebit, because he's in Korea.
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On February 03 2011 19:35 xkare wrote:
Haypro, Demuslim, Mana and Naama.
But Take said Hasu takes Haypros spot at cebit, because he's in Korea.
Thank you
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Pretty sick line up: Strelok, Sjow, Brat_ok, Idra, Sase, Tod, Happy etc....
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how is idra playing in this?
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On July 13 2011 01:15 shell wrote:
how is idra playing in this?
Top 2 from each cup qualify for the offline final. It's in the same place as the ASUS Summer tournament, so why not?
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On July 13 2011 01:18 cyclone25 wrote:Top 2 from each cup qualify for the offline final. It's in the same place as the ASUS Summer tournament, so why not?
I think you are confusing Assembley Summer with gamescom. ASUS ROG Tournament is at Assembley Summer in Finland. Gamescom is in Cologne where IEM Global Challange and the XMG Series Finals will take place.
Since Idra is in the American finals to qualify for IEM it's likley that he will be at gamescom anyway.
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Idra against Goody will probably be streamed soon btw.
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On July 13 2011 01:59 CosmoK wrote:
Idra against Goody will probably be streamed soon btw.
by whom`?
Why isnt this featured? There are soooo many good players right now
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Take(sen) is the host of the event and he is also streaming it.
"Invincible" is playing right now
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On July 13 2011 02:08 CosmoK wrote:Take(sen) is the host of the event and he is also streaming it. "Invincible" is playing right now
Yeah Im watching his stream but I think he said he will show another game
edit: kk IdrA vs GoOdy. right effing now ^.^
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Well the game is running right now!
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typical Goody mech play vs IdrA, come watch!
Also if you're German, you'll enjoy TaKe making fun of Goody's apm :D
LR edit:
Goody walks into IdrA's base with some thors and tanks, gg. Greg is out T_T
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wow IdrA....
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Bye Idra. Goody found another victim burried under the steal of his panzers.
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Idra looking less and less impressive.
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Haha Goody taking out Idra, funny as hell :D
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haha gg goody defeated idra.funny
such weird characters.made my day
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Build Tanks, build Hellions, Crush Idra, regular day for goody
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Is there a english stream available, or is it just Take's german stream? =)
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white-ra redefines 4 gate ^_^
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Holy shit White Ra.
Damn, he 7 pooled me? Ah whatever, cannon in my mineral line, I'm fine. While I'm at it, I'll build 4 gateways in his base and only make zealots.
This man is a mad scientist.
Edit: Ooo and the bracket says Goody beat Idra.
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goody vs whitera. goody won the first game o_O
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I am baffled how people are still losing to Goody lol, He must be doing a lot more harass with hellions / drops than he used to
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White Ra with the Warp Prism special tactics again.
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no turrets protecting the siegetanks =(
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Goody <3 Now no Protoss left, Goody has good chances
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After 2-3 bad months, Goody is really back at the top. Makes me happy
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Goody's next opponent will be tough though (either Kas or Nerchio). The last times I saw him play againt them he always lost.
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Hopefully Nerchio, GoOdy vs Kas TvT would probably be like 50 minutes per game.
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Come on Nerchio! Love his Zerg style. Kas on the other hand would be terrible - 3 hour Bo3 TvT incoming.
By the way the upper part of the bracket is waaaay worse skillwise compared to the lower one lol.
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What the hell Goody. Beating Idra, then White-Ra, impressive.
Strelok Sjow Goody Nerchio Kas - some great players left in this tournament.
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On July 13 2011 03:46 CosmoK wrote:
Goody's next opponent will be tough though (either Kas or Nerchio). The last times I saw him play againt them he always lost.
white-ra and idra are not tough
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Go goody! Loved watching him roll over IdrA.
nerchio vs kas. Last time they played nerchio cried like a little baby over non existent imbalance, was so damn childish. Gogo kas!
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@DiaBoLuS: Sure but afterall it was a BO1 against Idra and White-Ra is not the most consistent player but Nerchio and Kas have shown very good performances over the last couple of weeks (or months) and they both beat Goody recently (in finals).
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I don't really get terrans, Kas sees hive and spire and build and continues to pump 3 tanks at a time instead of vikings and then gets outnumbered by corrupter/broodlord. BL/infestor is though but thats exactly how he lost to nerchio at sunday...
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vikings are terrible against brood lord/corruptor/infestor. Would like to see more terrans try and get ghosts up in time for the brood lords though, ghosts are the only thing that give me hope vs that composition, still, only a select few seem to get a lot of them.
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idra started NP too late it seems
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Nerchio, ragequits )
He is definetely the Euro-Idra)
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On July 13 2011 04:10 AxionSteel wrote:
vikings are terrible against brood lord/corruptor/infestor. Would like to see more terrans try and get ghosts up in time for the brood lords though, ghosts are the only thing that give me hope vs that composition, still, only a select few seem to get a lot of them.
Well, I think vikings are at least better against broodlords then tanks are.
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Kas, such a solid player.
Too bad for Nerchio.
I feel whoever wins the game between Strelok and Sjow has a spot in the finals safe - Druzdil and Deathangel are not of the same calibre.
Too bad Goody and Kas can't both qualify. :/
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On July 13 2011 04:16 Influ wrote:Show nested quote +On July 13 2011 04:10 AxionSteel wrote:
vikings are terrible against brood lord/corruptor/infestor. Would like to see more terrans try and get ghosts up in time for the brood lords though, ghosts are the only thing that give me hope vs that composition, still, only a select few seem to get a lot of them. Well, I think vikings are at least better against broodlords then tanks are.
:D
Especially because tanks are not only useless, but there's even a good chance that they kill all your marines while aiming for broodlings.
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Vikings are pretty much useless as well Paper thin and die instantly to fungal + corruptor.
I don't like how terrans never seem to be prepared for brood lords and have a strategy in place to combat it, just seems like a panic mode dash to try and get a few vikings out but it's already too late by then. But what do I know
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Kas playing too agressive. Sure he had an advantage but he should know that you cannot attack Goody^^
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COME ON Goody:
Idra
White-Ra
1-0 vs Kas
Love those days
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come on goody, time to be the top dog again!
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If Kas had placed the tanks at his gold better, so that goody would not have been in range to shoot at the planetary than this map would've probably gone on for 40-50 mins :D
But he had to give up his gold or take a bad fight (running into goody siege) only because his tanks weren't placed perfectly.
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I think poor Kas is not clear in his mind or something, because he has to play vs GoOdy so often :D
And now let the Panzers roll!
Damn 1:1, GoOdy had no Panzers, so it´s ok, he will win next game with the invincible song!
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Now that was a bad game.
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On July 13 2011 04:45 V1ctor wrote:
Who won?
It´s 1:1 now, Kas won second Game relatively early in an Hellion-Marine vs Hellion-Marine-Battle.
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On July 13 2011 04:49 TheOneAboveU wrote:It´s 1:1 now, Kas won second Game relatively early in an Hellion-Marine vs Hellion-Marine-Battle.
Great,Thanks!
Go Kas
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Well I don't see him winning this game (Goody that is), unless Kas makes some huge mistake (or a lot of small mistakes).
edit:
Why did you make that early push Goody?
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Noooo, GoOdy <3
Next time you get him^^
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Just missed it, did Goody win game 3 vs Kas?
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Ukraine vs Ukraine in the finals.... deja vu :D
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lol goody got outplayed so bad, kas hwaiting !!!
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On July 13 2011 05:08 Amestir wrote:
Just missed it, did Goody win game 3 vs Kas?
HE has lost, Kas 2:1 Goody
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So the finals will be Kas vs Strelok
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I actually think GoOdy held Kas´ attacks pretty good.
But his disadvantage was to strong.
Good Games by both of them.
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Kas vs Strelok - top5 European TvT
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Kas Strelok is a nice finals, good run by Goody though.
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Will the finals be streamed? Takesen went offline
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Back online! gogo finals, might be good
E: perhaps waiting for viewers to join again
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Take is live again but i have no clue whats goin on.
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Kas vs. Strelok (BO5) has just started.
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Casting very laid back today!
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I am live right now doing the english casting for the tour - www.endrey.com
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oh had no idea this was today, wasn't in the calendar
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the 1st attempt to get it in there was not succesful :§
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Omg Beastyqt vs Nerchio game1 was incredible :D
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EPT
