On November 21 2011 07:21 Maesy wrote: Ugh... so much gross zerg bias. If MVP won you wouldn't hear a cheer that loud and chants for his name, and he's so accomplished and deserves it. Leenock is an -amazing- player, don't get me wrong but it's kind of disgusting. Those cheers will never happen for Terran. (I'm a random player, don't bash me )
On November 21 2011 07:24 HotShizz wrote: yeah... Leenock has been playing quite well, I just can't get the least bit excited for his games or wins... I really feel like MVP shot himself in the foot rather than Leenock doing anything exceptional... ling baneling muta... soo BOOOOORING. I just don't feel like he has the same innovation in his play as Nestea, Hero, Naniwa, or TLO... He does what he does well but doesn't do anything new...
Did you even watch the first game? You don't see Nestea going Broodlord Corruptor Queen vs Mech do you?
Now that MVP out, I'm rooting for Leenock, both open bracket people. The seeding system is just crazy, these guys play non-stop for three days while others play like 5 matches. Best of luck to the hard workers!
On November 21 2011 07:23 SigmaoctanusIV wrote: I don't think Naniwa can beat DRG his ZVP is just to good. The nestea games were just weird games imo.
I have more confidence in Naniwa's ZvP than in HuK's. It's just a feeling--but I was rooting for Naniwa over the other toss. While Hero has my favorite style and, imo, has the highest potential ceiling of the late-round tosses, I think Naniwa has the right mindset at this point. Of course, I wouldn't have said that before this tournament. I'm no prophet.
On November 21 2011 07:21 Yaki wrote: naniwa : wins 2 bo3, gets top3 leenock : wins 14 bo3 (roughly), gets top3 Time to change your system MLG.
You don't watch MLG very often do you? This is the finals. Naniwa was seeded there for is performance throughout the year. People who play MLG often are rewarded for that.
Rewarded too well, imo.
I rather them reward for consistency than a one hit wonder (even though their points do allow for 1 hit wonders getting into good seeds if they win the tournament). Naniwa being so consistent the whole year allowed him to take the last MLG off and practice his heart out for the finals.
On November 21 2011 07:21 Yaki wrote: naniwa : wins 2 bo3, gets top3 leenock : wins 14 bo3 (roughly), gets top3 Time to change your system MLG.
You don't watch MLG very often do you? This is the finals. Naniwa was seeded there for is performance throughout the year. People who play MLG often are rewarded for that.
Rewarded too well, imo.
And yet most European pros still do not attend on a regular basis.
And MLG has already said that they're changing the way seeding works so that it doesn't impact tourneys as much.
I'm such a hipster, have been a Leenock fan since his amazing game vs Clide on Jungle Basin. Think it was one of the GSL open seasons. That game blew my mind back then
actually they should have just spaced out the lower and upper bracket games so one player does not have to play like 10 series in a row while the upper bracket waits for eternity to play.
seems like half of TL doesn't follow the GSL. Leenock has been an absolute beast for the past 2 months. He was already in code s back in the early seasons of GSL then kinda fell off and now he's back. (ro8 currently will play against aLive).
- He's the underdog - He's not a multi-time champion who has already won everything - He made a huge comeback in game one - He is a sixteen-year-old kid
On November 21 2011 07:21 Yaki wrote: naniwa : wins 2 bo3, gets top3 leenock : wins 14 bo3 (roughly), gets top3 Time to change your system MLG.
You don't watch MLG very often do you? This is the finals. Naniwa was seeded there for is performance throughout the year. People who play MLG often are rewarded for that.
Rewarded too well, imo.
We all know why he got rewarded in this way, but the criticism is about the tournament format, not about who Naniwa is. It's just an overwhelmingly biased format. The MLG regular season has it right. It will also lead to not having an almost completely wasted first day as well. (I guess they at least threw up the Global as filler)
On November 21 2011 07:27 Yaki wrote: seems like half of TL doesn't follow the GSL. Leenock has been an absolute beast for the past 2 months. He was already in code s back in the early seasons of GSL then kinda fell off and now he's back. (ro8 currently will play against aLive).
I would bet it's much more than half that doesn't follow GSL.
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just not as much.
