[IEM] European Championship Finals - Kiev, Ukraine - Page 9

On January 20 2011 06:50 dignitasNewmaN wrote:


merz qualifying results:
vs Demuslim 2-0
vs Dimaga 2-1
vs KroLu 2-0

Just saying.

On January 20 2011 07:04 resilve wrote:



Ths is exactly why Carmac posted what he did.

If you say 'player X is bad, player Y is soooo much better - he should be there instead' you have to explain to us all why they didnt win the qualifying tournaments?

As far as I know, everyone of them had the chance to enter - yet the either didnt, or lost.

So who is better really?

Many players are carried by their profile, there is never any doubt that the best way to audition for an important offline LAN is not to go through the fanmail, but to get the guys to play some damn sc2 matches to determine who has the 'right' to go.

Otherwise, we would never have any new players breaking through into the pro scene, if every tournament was invite only and only the same people got invited.

On January 20 2011 00:53 Geo.Rion wrote:

That's funny, let me present you something you say there are more players and you draw a 7-3-2 ratio.
So let's double that number, because it woudl be too small, so 4-6-14 (let's exclude those in korea)

Zergs: let's see who's top 4 out of the top of my head wihtout giving it too much thinking, Dimaga, Morrow, Nerchio and Darkforce
Protoss: White-ra, Socke, Hasu, Naniwa, Mana and ohm, maybe Nightend
and Terrans: Demuslim, Kas, Tarson, Sjow, Strelok, Naama, Goody, Cloud, Bratok ohmmm Sarens, merz,and predy?

Do you think all these players (you can change some of the names to personal preference) are in one leauge, say S, and the others in a code A or below? let's try to make a code A.
Z: Madfrog, Stephano, Naugrim, Lalush
P: pf, im in a problem now, Bischu, ommm, Elfi? guys sorry i cant even name 6 code A Protosses from europe
T: well, Thorzain i guess, Satiini, Jimpo, inuh maybe, pff, who else, Fury maybe? sorry guys im out once again.

So please, put this question to yourself? Are players like merz and predy on the same level as Dimaga and Morrow? Are they above the skill level of Madfrog or Lalush? And speaking of them, are they in the same leauge as those couple enumarated, and the others who shoud be there, but i just cant name them, becuase they re simply too insignificant (could have missed 1 or 2 big names, sorry for that)?
I for one could name a number of other Zergs who are really skilled such as Mondragon, Deathangel, Bly, Syz, Ciara, Osho, who unfortunately would have to get something like code B.

So think this trhough and answer me, is the reason for lack of Zerg players the lack of talented gamers playing that race? I certainly dont want to start a flame-war or a race-fight, things like this could happen in a 100% balanced situation (though it would be a statisctical anomaly) just food for thought, and let me know if you really think this is the sitation