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On November 19 2011 06:18 HappyChris wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2011 15:24 Spaceneil8 wrote:On November 18 2011 14:58 snafoo wrote:On November 18 2011 14:12 Spaceneil8 wrote:On November 18 2011 13:53 how2TL wrote:
I will bet my account that MMA wins. Open Bracket is a joke and MMA will take out MVP and Nestea if they make it out anyway due to fatigue alone. Fatigue is honestly bs. The open bracket matches are spaced out decently due to the sheer number of players there, and MVP and Nestea play at least that many games in practice. Most of their opponents will be easier than the Korean ladder or practice partners. They shouldn't be worried about the open bracket at all. MMA will just beat them based on pure skill alone lol (yes, I'm an MMA fan lol). Edit: If anything MVP and Nestea will have tons of momentum going in. If you think fatigue is BS then I don't know what to say. Practice isn't the same thing as playing games that matter, specially when jetlagged, MMA will have an entire day where he can rest and recuperate from jetlag whilst they have to be awake and ready to play their open bracket games on the first day. Fatigue is always thrown around by fans as excuses, but no player has ever complained about fatigue publicly. Jetlag is one thing that's perfectly justified. Idra went to the final game with Boxer, then played hongun, bomber, and MC back to back in fairly long games, and when he was asked about fatigue he said that was not a problem because any pro should be able to play that amount of games (iirc, it was on sotg). Tyler made it out of the open at anaheim and said it wasn't bad (also on sotg). Whitera beat Drewbie after an incredibly long session of playing at Anaheim. You only really have to play back to back series when the tournament narrows down and the rounds go by a lot quicker. The open bracket is tough but the matches are spaced out well enough for the earlier stages, and it won't be challenging for MVP or Nestea until at least WBR3 or 4. Practice isn't the same as playing games, but MVP and Nestea are on a completely different tier. You can argue that the people coming from the lower bracket will have momentum, be warmed up, and be in the mindset to play. I'm not saying MMA wouldn't be warmed up. But coming off a win against a high foreigner does much more to warm you up than the NA ladder during MLG weekend. Koreans especially should be used to playing constantly and be better suited for these types of events then foriegners, and foreigners have said that they don't have a big issue with fatigue. (Although Stephano and I think Thorzain have said they had issues with fatigue iirc). I do see jetlag being a factor but some players are just better at dealing with that. No open bracket player since Naniwa has won MLG and that was before all the koreans and all he did was 4 gate so very quick games. Nahh MMA wont win he should be lucky to get top 5 fatigue will play a big impact play that many matches will take its toll.
He actually didn't 4 gate, he did a cool 2 Gate FE that hit at a very strong timing around 5 minutes, but he had an expansion behind it.
In any case, the quality of the Open Bracket in those days was pretty suspect compared to now, so can hardly blame a pro for wanting to whizz through it with a build incorporating early aggro.
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Anyone know how i can get the quad view and 1 other view open?
I like to putt quad view on 1 monitor, and then watch the most important one my other monitor.
the 4th window of quad view is always blocked. anyone know how i can choose wich one he blocks?
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Coverage on youtube as well!
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omg you're right, thats so sick!!
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The top half of bracket 1 is so bad. Incontrol may be playing Oz/Leenock/Violet/Ganzi for the right to go to the main bracket.
Bottom half of two isn't too much better. TLO versus Nestea?
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On November 19 2011 07:47 MCMXVI wrote:Coverage on youtube as well!
Which stream color are they doing?
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OMG that were some EPIIIIC games right there between Idra/Nestea and Naniwa/MVP! EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hero, tyler and jinro in same bracket >_<
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Can we get links to the live report threads in the OP? Yes, I'm lazy, but it would be really nice.
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Added many stuff again. The TL-Coverage is not added in this thread, because it has it´s own huge thread.
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Again added some awesome interviews with Naniwa, LosirA, Gretorp and KellyMilkies!
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Have a look to all the stuff i added. We have now nearly 50 interviews and more than 200 photos!
Enjoy all the stuff after this awesome event 
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EPT
