On August 05 2011 19:59 Crying wrote: Man when i see how good europeans i wonder why people like MaNa stephano and other shiny stars dont go to MLG,would be really interesting to see how they are going versus the MLG koreans and to smash them,cos EU>NA ? (
Cause its not profitable to go to MLG for EU guys that arent in the pools.
The same reason why there are no NA guys in DH BYOC's
Nada played almost only TvPs and looked quite uncomfortable in all of his series. I think either he's really not good at TvP at the moment or he's jet-lagged. Go stephano !
On August 05 2011 20:05 BjC wrote: Koreans go to american MLG - finish top 6. Koreans (and HuK) go to european tourament and get owned! excellent! gogo europe. Huk really the top foreigner??
Some say it isn't an excuse, but HuK had the jet lag from korea to california, then from california to europe in less than 2 weeks. Afaic, I would not expect him to bring his A game with his over 9000 hours late in sleep.
But I do think he's the best P foreigner, even if he failed this tournament.
On August 05 2011 20:05 BjC wrote: Koreans go to american MLG - finish top 6. Koreans (and HuK) go to european tourament and get owned! excellent! gogo europe. Huk really the top foreigner??
Like Tyler said, even if you're the best player at an event, you will need some amount of luck to actually win it. Considering Huk won 2 tournaments in Europe (and he played against koreans in both), he is still a very strong player. Just like it takes more than one tournament to say someone is the best, it'll take more than one tournament to say he's done for.
On August 05 2011 20:05 BjC wrote: Koreans go to american MLG - finish top 6. Koreans (and HuK) go to european tourament and get owned! excellent! gogo europe. Huk really the top foreigner??
yes, he is. everyone has bad days, huk just played MLG. he basically flies around the world within 1 week, playing 2 tours.
And yes, MLG is stupid for europeans, since they have to attend open bracket - unlike koreans. cannot expect them to attend every MLG to once get a lucky bracket / a shot at a pool play slot. pretty dumb system. And still: Koreans would pwn anyway^^
On August 05 2011 19:59 Crying wrote: Man when i see how good europeans i wonder why people like MaNa stephano and other shiny stars dont go to MLG,would be really interesting to see how they are going versus the MLG koreans and to smash them,cos EU>NA ? (
Because the MLG tourney system is pretty stupid for EU players. You can't expect them too fly to America every single MLG for only a small chance to win, + you can't even win that much money. Not saying MLG should change their system cuz it's fine, but they don't have to expect a lot of EU players showing up.
yup a specially most top EU players dont care about gsl, and GSL S seed was the main magnet bringing all the koreans tbh
Yeah, the open bracket system doesn't work very well for Europeans. I think IPL and NASL are better targets for top European players, though I can see why NASL's times are not ideal.
On August 05 2011 20:05 BjC wrote: Koreans go to american MLG - finish top 6. Koreans (and HuK) go to european tourament and get owned! excellent! gogo europe. Huk really the top foreigner??
It was one Korean and Huk. Good showing by Europeans, but it really doesn't change anything in terms of how far Korea is ahead of the pack.
Let's just wait and see how ThorzaiN & Naniwa will perform in Korea before we make any new statements. It's kinda iffy but i think if MVP, MMA & DRG were at Assembly there would be some Koreans in the ro8 represented.
I do think that the top tier players in Europe is more competitive than that of the US tho.
On August 05 2011 20:09 Tommylew wrote: Elfi vs Dimaga Stephano vs Seiplo Mana vs Sjow Brat_ok vs Morrow
My guess, Would love to see eithier a Protoss or Zerg winnder in P > Z order!!!
Mana playing so well though, helped knock HuK out and then Nada too!!!
I agree that Elfi doesn't seem to be so strong against Zerg and Stephano is kicking ass. But I am not so sure about Mana vs Sjow. I'd say it is a close one and give it to Sjow. Also, Morrow is going to eat BratOK alive.
On August 05 2011 20:05 BjC wrote: Koreans go to american MLG - finish top 6. Koreans (and HuK) go to european tourament and get owned! excellent! gogo europe. Huk really the top foreigner??
Where was this European power at DH? All I saw was EU falling like flies to Bomber, MC, Moon and July.
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