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VegaNZ
Profile Joined August 2011
New Zealand317 Posts
October 22 2011 14:07 GMT
#2861
6:24 - Mana expanding, with a Robo, MC already has a robo, and adding 2 gates
Jehct
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
New Zealand9115 Posts
October 22 2011 14:07 GMT
#2862
On October 22 2011 23:07 CryMeAReaper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 23:02 Jehct wrote:
On October 22 2011 23:00 Baituri wrote:
On October 22 2011 22:58 xCenasfu wrote:
On October 22 2011 22:56 Jehct wrote:
What a crazy tournament. Idra, Nerchio & Thorzain out while Livezerg, Grubby & Cloud in - it's like the European B-teamers strike back O_o


I think its more like Incontrol was right.. European B teamers > NA A teamers!

I don't want to say Grubby and Cloud are B-teamers. Don't know enough of LiveZerg to tell him what he is.

Grubby one of the best WC3 pro's ever. Has been to Korea and plays really good the past couple of weeks.

Cloud had his arm broken, getting back in there, one of the best Terrans in Europe.

Cloud and Grubby are absolutely European B teamers. Throughout SC2 they have never been considered even top3 for their respective races in Europe; no one expects these guys to win a tournament.


Well depends on how you define an A teamer or an B teamer. If you define an "A" player as in top 3 in their region, then yes, ClouD is prolly not A teamer but a high lvl B teamer. However, imo an A teamer is around top 10 or so in their region, the guys you expect to do well (not neccesarily win it), while guys like Thorzain, Nerchio are A+/S team.

But generally I think you shouldnt label players like that, as almost everyone at the top level can beat each other if the conditions are there.

You're saying top 10 of their respective race... that's a 30 player team?
"You seem to think about this game a lot"
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
October 22 2011 14:07 GMT
#2863
On October 22 2011 23:06 Jehct wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 23:04 o)_Saurus wrote:
On October 22 2011 23:02 Jehct wrote:
On October 22 2011 23:00 Baituri wrote:
On October 22 2011 22:58 xCenasfu wrote:
On October 22 2011 22:56 Jehct wrote:
What a crazy tournament. Idra, Nerchio & Thorzain out while Livezerg, Grubby & Cloud in - it's like the European B-teamers strike back O_o


I think its more like Incontrol was right.. European B teamers > NA A teamers!

I don't want to say Grubby and Cloud are B-teamers. Don't know enough of LiveZerg to tell him what he is.

Grubby one of the best WC3 pro's ever. Has been to Korea and plays really good the past couple of weeks.

Cloud had his arm broken, getting back in there, one of the best Terrans in Europe.

Cloud and Grubby are absolutely European B teamers. Throughout SC2 they have never been considered even top3 for their respective races in Europe; no one expects these guys to win a tournament.


Only people that are not involved in European Scene dont.
Grubby for example won a bo7 against nerchio even before he went to Korea. It's just that he doesn't play that many tournaments and is a bit shaky sometimes but he is definitly one of the better Europeans.

So he's better than Sase/Naniwa/Mana? And Cloud > Strelok/Thorzain/Bratok/Demuslim/Kas/Beasty.... It never ends.


ClouDs TvT is one of the best, yes. He recently beat Kas. He beat ThorZaIN here... all of the players you named are very good and it would be a discredit to them if you just call out a player better as you really cannot proof it easily. For me ClouD is one of the best TvTers and has proofed it a lot of times...
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
VegaNZ
Profile Joined August 2011
New Zealand317 Posts
October 22 2011 14:07 GMT
#2864
7:00 MC expands, has immortal and observer on the way. Mana adding 2 gates
VegaNZ
Profile Joined August 2011
New Zealand317 Posts
October 22 2011 14:08 GMT
#2865
On October 22 2011 23:07 VegaNZ wrote:
7:00 MC expands, has immortal and observer on the way. Mana adding 2 gates


(LR virgin)

8:00 Mana on 5 gates, MC with a 3 probe advantage. Both players adding Immortals
sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11062 Posts
October 22 2011 14:08 GMT
#2866
On October 22 2011 23:07 Mouzone wrote:
Why are all streams casting the same game?


people asked for the korean games continually, so they all said ok then

+ Show Spoiler +
there's probably not another game on right now ldo
p: stats, horang2, free, jangbi z: soulkey, zero, shine, hydra t: leta, hiya, sea
FinnGamer
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany2426 Posts
October 22 2011 14:08 GMT
#2867
On October 22 2011 23:06 Jehct wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 23:04 o)_Saurus wrote:
On October 22 2011 23:02 Jehct wrote:
On October 22 2011 23:00 Baituri wrote:
On October 22 2011 22:58 xCenasfu wrote:
On October 22 2011 22:56 Jehct wrote:
What a crazy tournament. Idra, Nerchio & Thorzain out while Livezerg, Grubby & Cloud in - it's like the European B-teamers strike back O_o


I think its more like Incontrol was right.. European B teamers > NA A teamers!

I don't want to say Grubby and Cloud are B-teamers. Don't know enough of LiveZerg to tell him what he is.

Grubby one of the best WC3 pro's ever. Has been to Korea and plays really good the past couple of weeks.

Cloud had his arm broken, getting back in there, one of the best Terrans in Europe.

Cloud and Grubby are absolutely European B teamers. Throughout SC2 they have never been considered even top3 for their respective races in Europe; no one expects these guys to win a tournament.


Only people that are not involved in European Scene dont.
Grubby for example won a bo7 against nerchio even before he went to Korea. It's just that he doesn't play that many tournaments and is a bit shaky sometimes but he is definitly one of the better Europeans.

So he's better than Sase/Naniwa/Mana? And Cloud > Strelok/Thorzain/Bratok/Demuslim/Kas/Beasty.... It never ends.

I think your missing the definition of A-Teamer, you don't have to be considered Top3 to be one
"hopefully swing the favor in your advantage." - Day[9]
Otori
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden164 Posts
October 22 2011 14:09 GMT
#2868
Is there a loser bracket in this tournament or is thorzain out?
VegaNZ
Profile Joined August 2011
New Zealand317 Posts
October 22 2011 14:09 GMT
#2869
On October 22 2011 23:08 VegaNZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 23:07 VegaNZ wrote:
7:00 MC expands, has immortal and observer on the way. Mana adding 2 gates


(LR virgin)

8:00 Mana on 5 gates, MC with a 3 probe advantage. Both players adding Immortals


9:00 TC finishes for MC - starts blink. TC on the way for Mana who's still building immortals
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
October 22 2011 14:09 GMT
#2870
On October 22 2011 23:09 Otori wrote:
Is there a loser bracket in this tournament or is thorzain out?


He's out.
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11062 Posts
October 22 2011 14:09 GMT
#2871
On October 22 2011 23:09 Otori wrote:
Is there a loser bracket in this tournament or is thorzain out?


thorzain out, such is the hilarity of bo3 single elim
p: stats, horang2, free, jangbi z: soulkey, zero, shine, hydra t: leta, hiya, sea
poorcloud
Profile Joined April 2011
Singapore2748 Posts
October 22 2011 14:09 GMT
#2872
On October 22 2011 23:04 mTw|NarutO wrote:
I think people fail to realize that ThorZaIN could not push very fast. Yes he had tanks and a 'better' composition but only if he moves slowly and leapfrogs. We all know Marines do insane DPS and with superior upgrades ClouD had 3-2 vs 2-1 he would have walked right through marine/tank...

Its really not that amazing and hard if you have better upgrades + a decent split with medivacs. Yet ClouD decided to do a massive drop because ThorZaIN KNEW he probably can get caught offguard if he starts moving so he was playing defensive in the middle. If TZ had a sensor tower or turrets, things would look completely different but he did not.

Thats what I talked about earlier, you can really really easily just lose a game of Starcraft 2. That game did not really show that TZ is worse, nor did it show the opposite.

GGs.. I'd wish to see TZ play Stephano but ClouD won and people should get over it.


Thorzain was being totally inactive with his tank line for like 5 minutes or so. If he leapfrogged them MKP style, he could have zoned the area between clouds natural and his 3rd and he could harass clouds 3rd pretty easily.
Lukeeze[zR]
Profile Joined February 2006
Switzerland6838 Posts
October 22 2011 14:09 GMT
#2873
There will be a game on stage, can't say which one though.
Terran & Potato Salad.
VegaNZ
Profile Joined August 2011
New Zealand317 Posts
October 22 2011 14:10 GMT
#2874
On October 22 2011 23:09 VegaNZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 23:08 VegaNZ wrote:
On October 22 2011 23:07 VegaNZ wrote:
7:00 MC expands, has immortal and observer on the way. Mana adding 2 gates


(LR virgin)

8:00 Mana on 5 gates, MC with a 3 probe advantage. Both players adding Immortals


9:00 TC finishes for MC - starts blink. TC on the way for Mana who's still building immortals


10:00 MC trying to snipe Mana's observer, but Mana is wise to it. MC's blink finishing up, supply count 76 for both players.
AxionSteel
Profile Joined January 2011
United States7754 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-22 14:11:39
October 22 2011 14:11 GMT
#2875
On October 22 2011 23:07 Jehct wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 23:05 AxionSteel wrote:
It depends what you mean by A-Team, Grubby might not be top 3 protoss in EU, but he's still a top european player. Europe has a lot more depth than NA.

A-team would be the top10 in any particular region, no? I mean, how big are your teams O_o


So when you look at Europe, you have Mana, nerchio, stephano, thorzain, naniwa, jinro, sjow, sase, hasuobs, socke, dimaga, morrow, Kas, White Ra, Strelok etc etc, that's far more than 10, and there's many more, I don't think you can say there's only ten A team players in Europe. I'd rather rank by tiers, all of them are top European players, and I'd put Grubby and Cloud as a top tier European player as well. 2nd Tier would probably include LiveZerg, though.

VegaNZ
Profile Joined August 2011
New Zealand317 Posts
October 22 2011 14:11 GMT
#2876
On October 22 2011 23:10 VegaNZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 23:09 VegaNZ wrote:
On October 22 2011 23:08 VegaNZ wrote:
On October 22 2011 23:07 VegaNZ wrote:
7:00 MC expands, has immortal and observer on the way. Mana adding 2 gates


(LR virgin)

8:00 Mana on 5 gates, MC with a 3 probe advantage. Both players adding Immortals


9:00 TC finishes for MC - starts blink. TC on the way for Mana who's still building immortals


10:00 MC trying to snipe Mana's observer, but Mana is wise to it. MC's blink finishing up, supply count 76 for both players.


11:00 Robo bay on the way for MC, shortly followed by a robo bay for Mana. First engagment about to happen
zYwi3c
Profile Joined November 2010
Poland1811 Posts
October 22 2011 14:11 GMT
#2877
So, quarterfinals today yep ? What about semis ?
I'm getting the derection.
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
October 22 2011 14:11 GMT
#2878
On October 22 2011 23:09 poorcloud wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 23:04 mTw|NarutO wrote:
I think people fail to realize that ThorZaIN could not push very fast. Yes he had tanks and a 'better' composition but only if he moves slowly and leapfrogs. We all know Marines do insane DPS and with superior upgrades ClouD had 3-2 vs 2-1 he would have walked right through marine/tank...

Its really not that amazing and hard if you have better upgrades + a decent split with medivacs. Yet ClouD decided to do a massive drop because ThorZaIN KNEW he probably can get caught offguard if he starts moving so he was playing defensive in the middle. If TZ had a sensor tower or turrets, things would look completely different but he did not.

Thats what I talked about earlier, you can really really easily just lose a game of Starcraft 2. That game did not really show that TZ is worse, nor did it show the opposite.

GGs.. I'd wish to see TZ play Stephano but ClouD won and people should get over it.


Thorzain was being totally inactive with his tank line for like 5 minutes or so. If he leapfrogged them MKP style, he could have zoned the area between clouds natural and his 3rd and he could harass clouds 3rd pretty easily.


As said, inferior upgrades and not a high count of marine/tank leapfrogging is a huge risk. Probably the reason why he either did not push or wanted to reinforce before he pushed.
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
CryMeAReaper
Profile Joined November 2010
Denmark1135 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-22 14:12:19
October 22 2011 14:11 GMT
#2879
On October 22 2011 23:07 Jehct wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 22 2011 23:07 CryMeAReaper wrote:
On October 22 2011 23:02 Jehct wrote:
On October 22 2011 23:00 Baituri wrote:
On October 22 2011 22:58 xCenasfu wrote:
On October 22 2011 22:56 Jehct wrote:
What a crazy tournament. Idra, Nerchio & Thorzain out while Livezerg, Grubby & Cloud in - it's like the European B-teamers strike back O_o


I think its more like Incontrol was right.. European B teamers > NA A teamers!

I don't want to say Grubby and Cloud are B-teamers. Don't know enough of LiveZerg to tell him what he is.

Grubby one of the best WC3 pro's ever. Has been to Korea and plays really good the past couple of weeks.

Cloud had his arm broken, getting back in there, one of the best Terrans in Europe.

Cloud and Grubby are absolutely European B teamers. Throughout SC2 they have never been considered even top3 for their respective races in Europe; no one expects these guys to win a tournament.


Well depends on how you define an A teamer or an B teamer. If you define an "A" player as in top 3 in their region, then yes, ClouD is prolly not A teamer but a high lvl B teamer. However, imo an A teamer is around top 10 or so in their region, the guys you expect to do well (not neccesarily win it), while guys like Thorzain, Nerchio are A+/S team.

But generally I think you shouldnt label players like that, as almost everyone at the top level can beat each other if the conditions are there.

You're saying top 10 of their respective race... that's a 30 player team?


Top 10 in EUROPE, not team lol, think you misunderstood me

Edit: but generally you shouldt label players like that, as i feel the scene in sc2 is to volatile to accurately be able to rank players like that.
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sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11062 Posts
October 22 2011 14:11 GMT
#2880
oh dear buffer into mc 20 supply lead
p: stats, horang2, free, jangbi z: soulkey, zero, shine, hydra t: leta, hiya, sea
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