WCG 2011 Grand Finals - Page 22

On December 07 2011 23:28 Xcobidoo wrote:
Someone answer me this: Is WCG still considered the "world cup" in any of the games they represent? In sc2 it's far from it. In counter-strike, with a very concentrated scene where the top 8 pretty much enter every tournament, it is not either. Is it the best of the best in wc3 because I don't follow that scene at all...

On December 08 2011 02:37 babylon wrote:

Situation is kind of the same as in CS since the top players get invited to most of the other tournaments too, but the WCG gold holds a lot of prestige in War3. Also, most of the best are there; by this I mean, they all have a decent chance at placing. The only two who are missing who I consider to be of a high enough skill to do well are Remind (lost out to Lyn in qualifiers) and Infi (I think he lost out to his teammate TH000 in qualifiers). Which is a shame, because Remind's a beast who had a bad day, and Infi ... is probably the most "in-shape HU" player right now, IMO. And of course, Grubby didn't try out ...

Overall, the top contenders for gold are:

- Moon and Sky: Do I need to even say anything? Moon looks like he's back in Fifth Race shape and Sky, though he's fallen off in these past years, is probably China's fan-favorite. I think a lot of people want to see a Moon vs. Sky final, because they're the two greats. Moon winning this WCG would be so poetic, too.
- Lyn: He can right-click well? Hahaha, joking. Lyn's always a beast, and he seems to be in pretty good shape.
- TH000: All around considered the best HU player (also race-switches during tourneys when he hits a mirror match-up and has a pretty strong NE). He was in baaaaaad shape when I saw him play this weekend though, and he historically does bad at tourneys outside of China.
- Fly: Has fallen off lately, but is still a strong Orc player to watch out for.
- Nicker: Russian who's been tearing it up lately. Got top in his group at G-League this past weekend over Infi, Fly, Focus, and TH000.

Nice to see GOM broadcasting War3.

On December 08 2011 02:37 babylon wrote:

Situation is kind of the same as in CS since the top players get invited to most of the other tournaments too, but the WCG gold holds a lot of prestige in War3. Also, most of the best are there; by this I mean, they all have a decent chance at placing. The only two who are missing who I consider to be of a high enough skill to do well are Remind (lost out to Lyn in qualifiers) and Infi (I think he lost out to his teammate TH000 in qualifiers). Which is a shame, because Remind's a beast who had a bad day, and Infi ... is probably the most "in-shape HU" player right now, IMO. And of course, Grubby didn't try out ...

Overall, the top contenders for gold are:

- Moon and Sky: Do I need to even say anything? Moon looks like he's back in Fifth Race shape and Sky, though he's fallen off in these past years, is probably China's fan-favorite. I think a lot of people want to see a Moon vs. Sky final, because they're the two greats. Moon winning this WCG would be so poetic, too.
- Lyn: He can right-click well? Hahaha, joking. Lyn's always a beast, and he seems to be in pretty good shape.
- TH000: All around considered the best HU player (also race-switches during tourneys when he hits a mirror match-up and has a pretty strong NE). He was in baaaaaad shape when I saw him play this weekend though, and he historically does bad at tourneys outside of China.
- Fly: Has fallen off lately, but is still a strong Orc player to watch out for.
- Nicker: Russian who's been tearing it up lately. Got top in his group at G-League this past weekend over Infi, Fly, Focus, and TH000.

Nice to see GOM broadcasting War3.

On December 08 2011 02:46 Thezzphai wrote:

Didn't Nicker decline his participation? Read it on a German site, I have no other source though. http://www.readmore.de/index.php?cont=headlines&id=56673

On December 08 2011 04:26 claash wrote:
wern easy going

On December 08 2011 05:39 Isaac wrote:
are there any english casters? i thought i heard artosis/tasteless mentioning they were going to busan lat night and i also thought they said they was casting but i cannot confirm