great tournament, looking forward to the next one.

I'm glad that White-Ra won and TLO managed to get 100 additional points, so we will probably see both in the TSL

Char711

United States862 Posts

January 29 2011 23:18 GMT

#1305

Has there been a compilation thread with all of the SC2 songs yet? If someone has them all or someone just wants to start one that could be pretty awesome. Because I'm loving this TiK ToK remake. Fucking awesome.

Shockk

Germany2269 Posts

January 29 2011 23:19 GMT

#1306

On January 30 2011 08:12 Vimsey wrote:

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You cant enter a qualifier after winning one IIRC because you are through already.

Alright, good to know.

I just read through some older threads and noticed several players, among them Dimaga (whom I was missing from the TSL qualifiers), are banned from the TSL3 for abusing in an earlier TSL. Didn't know that, but I salute TL for having such an all-out stance on cheating and abuse, no matter the e-fame of the involved.

Cripp

Germany165 Posts

January 29 2011 23:20 GMT

#1307

I hope IdrA, HuK and Jinro get an invite

Dakmaniac

212 Posts

January 29 2011 23:20 GMT

#1308

On January 30 2011 08:17 vilg wrote:

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he's not allowed to as he is based in Korea. He will receieve an invite though.

nais =) hopefully they invite lots of zergs :D

i'm really thrilled for this tournament !

greatest sc2 tourney next to GSL imo !

Char711

United States862 Posts

January 29 2011 23:21 GMT

#1309

On January 30 2011 08:19 Shockk wrote:

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Alright, good to know.

I just read through some older threads and noticed several players, among them Dimaga (whom I was missing from the TSL qualifiers), are banned from the TSL3 for abusing in an earlier TSL. Didn't know that, but I salute TL for having such an all-out stace on cheating and abuse, no matter the e-fame of the involved.

Yeah, agreed. I know there has been a lot of controversy about Spades and others, but it seems to be like, at least, continuity is good for the TSLs. I can certainly see the argument about people changing, but showing a real hardline is good to prevent people from trying it in the first place.

mordk

Chile8385 Posts

January 29 2011 23:22 GMT

#1310

On January 30 2011 08:16 Dakmaniac wrote:
congratulation to the RA !

and we need zergs now =)

will IdrA participate in any Qualifier or is it not possible due to delay or GSL ?

cheers

Ciara seems on a good position to qualify, and if logic stands, morrow will eventually make it. Since dimaga can't play I dunno what other zerg player would make a nice appearance. On US maybe we can see machine grab a spot.

Archvil3

Denmark989 Posts

January 29 2011 23:28 GMT

#1311

My feedback overall on the tournament:

The stream kept freezing for the first 10 minutes of semifinals cast, then it stopped and there was no lag for the rest of the finals. Stream quality okay as well, only in big battles it became blurry making it hard to figure what the hell went on.

Cast was great as well, Iccup always nice and that german guy that I didnt understand a word off was surprisingly comfortable to listen to. There was only 2 streams to follow most of the time as the mouz-dude had some computer issues so there wasnt a lot going on, compared to last weeks 7 or so streams. Could be that most of those streamers are US only?

On the finals cast Wheat is always awesome and that Wolf guy that I didnt really hear of before was surprisingly good as well. I dont know where he comes from but you can hire him any day and I dont think anyone would complain. If I had to point out anything it would be obs'ing in the semifinals and finals were missing a few things every now and then, was a bit annoying at times.

And who could have wished for more then a close 3-2 finals between White-ra and TLO? To those who thinks the games are too short, I dont think the players are to blame. It's how SC2 is currently. On the highest level so many games are won in timing windows and expanding is a huge risk to take as you leave yourself open untill the expansion kicks in. The games are normally just shorter then in BW, because this is SC2, a different game with different timings where currently it's a better strategy to push/all-in in a timing window then to play it safe. I'm guessing Blizzard will adjust the game over time to make it more profitable to win in longer games, but right now the best players are those who pushes out or counter attacks at the right timings, which often is early in a game. Anyways short or long games aside I enjoyed the whole tournament and grandpa toss is a worthy winner(once again!)

DarkRise

1644 Posts

January 29 2011 23:31 GMT

#1312

WTF White-Ra is freaking dominating tournaments left and right
Can someone stop grandpa Toss???!!

Nick_54

United States2230 Posts

January 29 2011 23:32 GMT

#1313

On January 30 2011 08:20 Cripp wrote:
I hope IdrA, HuK and Jinro get an invite

You can pretty much count on it man

Ghad

Norway2551 Posts

January 29 2011 23:32 GMT

#1314

On January 30 2011 08:12 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
great finals
great tournament
great field
great casting
great live reporting thread
great viewing numbers

white-ra qualifying and tlo being in a good spot to do the same. just <3 guys

and sorry for the people who experienced lag!

I love the low qual stream option, thanks for putting that up!