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woob
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom1322 Posts
April 12 2011 21:38 GMT
#11821
On April 13 2011 06:37 Zzoram wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 06:32 DyEnasTy wrote:
So bummed MC won. I want nothing more than for a foreigner to take him down. Hopefully this will happen:

+ Show Spoiler +
Thorzain 3 - 0 MC
in the TSL


If a foreigner takes down MC, I want it them to outplay him. Thorzain might be able to do it. White-Ra can't.


Whitera is one of the few foreigners that has the skill to beat MC convincingly..
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ez
shaman6ix
Profile Joined January 2011
Greece212 Posts
April 12 2011 21:39 GMT
#11822
On April 13 2011 06:04 -orb- wrote:
Why is it that Boxer is the most famous starcraft player in the world and is essentially loved by everyone, while so many people are hating on MC?

Why is it okay for Boxer to bunker rush yellow 3 games in a row in a bo5 to win a tournament final, yet MC doing one cheese strat in game 5 (which is extremely risky and ballsy by the way) all of a sudden makes him a villain?

You people need to wake up


THIS. plus the reason is simple theyre not hating on the cheese, they hating on MC's baller personality and they wont admit it. I suppose Boxer was more like TLO in terms of personality but they get intimitated by MC's total ballerness.
when evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve
cheesemaster
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada1975 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 21:43:13
April 12 2011 21:40 GMT
#11823
Seems like alot of people hating on MC, lol hes one of the best players in the world your going to have to get used to him winning

Yea this mc hate is pretty wack actually, he outplayed everyone in that tournament, some of the games were close but he is a small level above everyone there, i think his performance was even slightly dissapointing, he should have just 3-0'd whitera instead of losing the first 2 games and then 3-0 , im sure thats what he expected out of himself and its what i expected out of him also. He is a much better player then whitera wich he has proved 2 times now since whitera won against him in the WC teamleague
Slayers_MMA The terran who beats terrans
Nethermind
Profile Joined April 2011
New Zealand445 Posts
April 12 2011 21:40 GMT
#11824
MC really is in Boss-mode right now. Such top form, he should be given more credit for it than the foreigner scene gives him. WR played well but really, MC as a whole, is playing to his class' strengths so well when it matters.
Sgany
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United Kingdom790 Posts
April 12 2011 21:40 GMT
#11825
Will there be any replays avaliable?
I hope to learn from Sjow vs Huk
Sorry if this has been asked and answered before.
NaDa <3, MMA <3, Bisu <3,
oZii
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1198 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 21:43:40
April 12 2011 21:41 GMT
#11826
On April 13 2011 06:34 woob wrote:
Meh, i dont understand how you guys can honestly say PvZ is truely balanced


You didn't say anything to imply it wasn't either. You just said that these games show that PvZ is imbalanced and said you havent seen one win a tournament in ages that a Z won. Someone posted 2 examples of tournaments that Z won that were recent. You can't just pop in a thread on TL with "My guy lost and the matchup is imbalanced". Not going on elitist status as I don't have alot of post compared to many but in time you'll see that on TL you can't just make a statement like that and it go unchallenged (or a warning depending on the thread)

Not trying to sound like a jerk or anything really. Just letting you know. I still respect your opinion but don't agree with it.
Zzoram
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada7115 Posts
April 12 2011 21:42 GMT
#11827
On April 13 2011 06:38 woob wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 06:37 Zzoram wrote:
On April 13 2011 06:32 DyEnasTy wrote:
So bummed MC won. I want nothing more than for a foreigner to take him down. Hopefully this will happen:

+ Show Spoiler +
Thorzain 3 - 0 MC
in the TSL


If a foreigner takes down MC, I want it them to outplay him. Thorzain might be able to do it. White-Ra can't.


Whitera is one of the few foreigners that has the skill to beat MC convincingly..


By losing a Bo3 then a Bo5 to MC? He's not convincingly able to beat MC. He can eek out wins since MC isn't perfect, but MC is clearly a better player. MC's control is just too good, and as we know from Broodwar JvZ, the player with the best control will dominate his mirror match up.
Fenrisulf
Profile Joined August 2010
United States325 Posts
April 12 2011 21:43 GMT
#11828
On April 13 2011 06:01 Zzoram wrote:
In this tournament MC played:

long macro games and won
aggressive all-ins and won
reactive play and won

What more does a player have to do? People calling him cheesy are just flat out wrong. He does whatever he best suits the situation, based on the map, his opponent's style, and what he scouts. He's good at every style of play and wins with every style of play.

Do people honestly think a no rush 15 final game would've been better? That's ridiculous. The most exciting match of their while series was how $15,000 rested on White-Ra's probe just barely missing MC's probe. That's edge of your seat excitement much more than 10 vs 10 colossus.


What more does a player have to do? Be a foreigner and play zerg, then you are all set :D
hugman
Profile Joined June 2009
Sweden4644 Posts
April 12 2011 21:43 GMT
#11829
On April 13 2011 06:39 shaman6ix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 06:04 -orb- wrote:
Why is it that Boxer is the most famous starcraft player in the world and is essentially loved by everyone, while so many people are hating on MC?

Why is it okay for Boxer to bunker rush yellow 3 games in a row in a bo5 to win a tournament final, yet MC doing one cheese strat in game 5 (which is extremely risky and ballsy by the way) all of a sudden makes him a villain?

You people need to wake up


THIS. plus the reason is simple theyre not hating on the cheese, they hating on MC's baller personality and they wont admit it. I suppose Boxer was more like TLO in terms of personality but they get intimitated by MC's total ballerness.

No, they're hating on a super anti-climactic deciding game.
If MC had cheesed in G3 people wouldn't have complained as much, even if he took the series, I promise you.
ZZangDreamjOy
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada959 Posts
April 12 2011 21:43 GMT
#11830
On April 13 2011 06:37 Zzoram wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 06:32 DyEnasTy wrote:
So bummed MC won. I want nothing more than for a foreigner to take him down. Hopefully this will happen:

+ Show Spoiler +
Thorzain 3 - 0 MC
in the TSL


If a foreigner takes down MC, I want it them to outplay him. Thorzain might be able to do it. White-Ra can't.

Until MC slumps, he's the good brain brotoss.

White-Ra outplayed MC in two games, MC outplayed White-Ra in two games, and a coinflip won the last game. It's pretty obvious that White-Ra can at least fight at the same level as MC.
HitEmUp
Yts
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden79 Posts
April 12 2011 21:43 GMT
#11831
Got back from this tournament live a few minutes ago, this was so fucking sick live. Probably the best money I have ever spent.
teekesselchen
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany886 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 21:46:47
April 12 2011 21:44 GMT
#11832
This was one of the few -or even the only?- really well organised tournaments that ever existed for SC2 outside Korea/GOM.

Amazing quality free stream, tight and perfectly working schedule -even though bnet/technics didn't work fine for 15 minutes, next game was just 3 minutes behind schedule!-, no unncessary delays, great audience and commentating.

When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed extremely hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone, staring straight ahead, with the very same twist to their faces.
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
April 12 2011 21:44 GMT
#11833
Only thing i dislike about the cheese was that it was game 5 and a real anti climax, i wouldnt mind at all if he did it game 1 or 2 for an easy win and a mind game but on game 5 it just feels shitty and like a desperation move.

But a great tournament really enjoyed it.
TheDWorm
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany69 Posts
April 12 2011 21:44 GMT
#11834
i feel also a bit dissapointed course of the finals but its unfair to blame one of the players (especially MC) for that.
its more a feeling that the last game where not what u expected as a fan (of SC2).
Overall i am not a fan of pvps but its not the fault of the players and both showed in the hole tournament that they deserved to be in the finals. (Both showed really good games against the other competitors and also in the first games of that series).

Also this is to apply for idra but i think he has some problems with his mindsets in the pvz match up which he needs to work on. In my Opinion he focuses to much on the "imba" toss QQing (sry if i sound rude, have no idea how to say it better) and should focuses more on the game instead of given up early

and at least it was an awesome event nice work Dreamhack
PITN
Profile Joined October 2010
New Zealand158 Posts
April 12 2011 21:44 GMT
#11835
Haven't seen any mention of vods, are there going to be any? Tournament was from after midnight onwards for me :S
http://www.last.fm/user/Laethetten
ParasitJonte
Profile Joined September 2004
Sweden1768 Posts
April 12 2011 21:46 GMT
#11836
Lol, this was the perfect birthday present for me and I missed it.

Also interested in VODs :o!
Hello=)
Marooned
Profile Joined January 2011
Norway161 Posts
April 12 2011 21:46 GMT
#11837
On April 13 2011 05:35 Novalisk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 05:24 Marooned wrote:
On April 13 2011 05:13 Teacher74 wrote:
The whole game was about:

Whitera didn't know there were only 2 spawn positions.


Pretty much. He must have known, but I guess its easy to forget in such a high stakes game. Having played the same map tons of times before without fixed spawn positions problably doesnt help in these tense situations either.
I've seen so many tournaments and cups lately were players is seemingly unaware of fixed positions on these customized standard ladder maps, but this is the first game I've seen where it seemingly directly effected the outcome.


In this case it didn't matter that much. MC almost had this game wrapped up even before White-Ra's probe reached the 9 o'clock base. It turned a 90% victory into a 100% victory, and White-Ra knew it as he GG'd out.


Hm.. I rewatched the vod of that game, and I agree. When white-ra gets to the top left position his own gateway is just finished. MC gets his first zealot out right after, with his second good on the way. If MC saw that he got scouted there and then he would most likely walk his zealot in right away (not waiting for 3). He might have had a theoretical chance of making it with some insane worker/zealot micro, but yeah..slim if any
Also, I noticed that white-ra didnt 9 scout on xel'naga either, so it had no relevance what so ever. Great read by MC. Adapting to white-ra's build and punish it.
Jiddra
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden2685 Posts
April 12 2011 21:47 GMT
#11838
On April 13 2011 06:44 PITN wrote:
Haven't seen any mention of vods, are there going to be any? Tournament was from after midnight onwards for me :S

They are already up, on justin.tv/dreamhacktv
I am not young enough to know everything.
Frankon
Profile Joined May 2010
3054 Posts
April 12 2011 21:47 GMT
#11839
On April 13 2011 06:44 PITN wrote:
Haven't seen any mention of vods, are there going to be any? Tournament was from after midnight onwards for me :S

http://sv.justin.tv/dreamhacktv/b/283533911
teekesselchen
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany886 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-12 21:50:12
April 12 2011 21:47 GMT
#11840
On April 13 2011 06:39 shaman6ix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2011 06:04 -orb- wrote:
Why is it that Boxer is the most famous starcraft player in the world and is essentially loved by everyone, while so many people are hating on MC?

Why is it okay for Boxer to bunker rush yellow 3 games in a row in a bo5 to win a tournament final, yet MC doing one cheese strat in game 5 (which is extremely risky and ballsy by the way) all of a sudden makes him a villain?

You people need to wake up


THIS. plus the reason is simple theyre not hating on the cheese, they hating on MC's baller personality and they wont admit it. I suppose Boxer was more like TLO in terms of personality but they get intimitated by MC's total ballerness.


I don't judge MCs playstyle because he's doing what's good (it's not his fault that PvP is like this) while still beeing creative from time to time (3 gate blink observer 5 gate into expo) and still beeing good with that.

Still, yes, I do like Boxers and White-Ra's and Dimaga's and HasuObs' and TLO's personality better than MC's or Idra's. Is it really that outdated to say that a sense of decency and friendlyness make good character traits that make a person more likeable?
Sure, it's funny when Idra and HuK bash each other in public, but that won't make me their fan since it makes them persons I probably wouldn't personally like. There are so many better mannered players out there who are so likeable and deserve it much more to be cheered for.
When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed extremely hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone, staring straight ahead, with the very same twist to their faces.
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