Here we go again. This weekend is about good games and good fun. Don't rain on that parade. Play nice guys. Here's the very standard and friendly:

- NO Balance Whine.
- NO Player Bashing.
- NO Caster Bashing.
- NO BM whatsoever.

Breaking these rules (from pg 166 forward) will be met with severe punishment.

Swagtoss

Norway3 Posts

November 21 2011 02:19 GMT

#16981

Are people forgetting that this is about $50 000? Even if it was not the most entertaining games, Leenock played to win. He saw Naniwa doing the same opening every game and punished it. Cheese or not he made the right decisions to take the win and get ALOT richer!
Was cheering for Naniwa, but after seeing Leenock go from the open bracket and playing so many good games, i think he deserves to not get bashed on.. Grats to Leenock! Great tournament!

ellirc

Sweden3286 Posts

November 21 2011 02:19 GMT

#16982

On November 21 2011 11:17 SMD wrote:

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if other loses are to be considered nani gets really upset after a loss, eg. TSL3.

I know that, but shouldn't at least the top three get mentioned at the ceremony? Maybe I'm just bitter.

mango_destroyer

Canada3914 Posts

November 21 2011 02:19 GMT

#16983

what a freaking miracle! well deserved. Played amazing games all tournament long..he dropped very few games.

StOiX

Romania14 Posts

November 21 2011 02:19 GMT

#16984

Lame crowd leaving before the award ceremony was completely lame

On a better note, congratulations to MLG for a fantastic tournament!

Al Bundy

7257 Posts

November 21 2011 02:19 GMT

#16985

As usual, great MLG event, worst LR thread. See you next year and thanks to Drazerk

-_-

United States7081 Posts

November 21 2011 02:19 GMT

#16986

awwwww. but to tell you the truth, i'm pretty happy a zerg won. if toss had won two in a row, toss imba would've been the flavor of the week. no nerfs for us yet ;p. CONGRATS LEENOCK GLHF IN THE GSL.

Canucklehead

Canada5074 Posts

November 21 2011 02:19 GMT

#16987

So damn happy leenock won!! What a great win for him coming from the open bracket and beasting it up!

Chrobbus

Iceland195 Posts

November 21 2011 02:19 GMT

#16988

I don't like it when the crowd leaves after the finals, i.e. they do not wait until the award ceremony is over, because that's when all the REAL cheers should be! I remember one event this year, MLG Raleigh I believe (not 100%) but at the event, the cheering during the award ceremony was so loud and magnificent it gave me chills all over my body! That's what I have felt is primarily lacking in recent MLG events, but hey what can you do!

MrBrunk

Canada428 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16989

Man, these ceremonies/celebrations at the end of these tournaments are kinda emotionless. Doesnt quite feel like someone has just won 50k. Nevertheless though, awesome MLG, lots of great matches and stories throughout. Can't wait for MLG 2012

SkimGuy

Canada709 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16990

The games were not the greatest, but Leenock played to win the game. He did the best strategy given what he saw Naniwa do in the whole tournament (on-the-fly reactive play), and used a strategy that would give him the highest chance of winning. No one can doubt that he is a smart player and he definitely deserved to win this MLG. Congrats to Leenock

HowardRoark

1146 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16991

So JP actually put down his guard and let that slip. He is an Eternal, bending time to suit his needs. The clues were all there from the beginning.

infey

Canada64 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16992

On November 21 2011 11:18 Krallman wrote:

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Leenock the cheeser ^^

Leenock the "expose obvious flaw in opponents play" zerg. To the bank.

epicanthic

Hong Kong295 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16993

Can't wait for the GSL grudge match with Nestea against Naniwa (if Nestea rises up to code S or Nani drops to code A, that is).

Alabasern

United States4005 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16994

Thanks MLG!

spatz

Germany153 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16995

leenock <3

Witten

United States2094 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16996

On November 21 2011 11:13 tomatriedes wrote:

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Taking a fast third also works very well against FFE- we've seen plenty of zergs win like that.

FFE in PvZ is as standard as hatch first in ZvT. I don't know why people are suddenly up in arms and complaining that it's insanely greedy.

Boxer beats yellOw with 3 bunker rushes, fans react with max applause and talk about it for years to come. Leenock does ZvP equivalent, gets labelled a cheeser.

Bengui

Canada775 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16997

On November 21 2011 11:17 Bengui wrote:
I don't know if I'm alone, but this made me want to watch the Nestea vs Inca finals again

... but then it just makes me remeber how much I hate the GOMTV player. Like half the time, I cant watch anything right now.
Well... I'll play some Skyrim.

Eufouria

United Kingdom4425 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16998

On November 21 2011 11:18 Andypk wrote:

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I feel really bad for Nani, with TSL3, Homestory 3 and now this, he just can't seem to catch a break

He's the foreign kong.

mjnbowlgod

198 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#16999

yea this format really shows whos the best player in the world.........you have to be able to play insane macro games, defend the crazy cheese builds, adjust to everything in between, and show that you have the stamina to play through a grueling tourny. Leenock actually did it. amazing

pdd

Australia9933 Posts

November 21 2011 02:20 GMT

#17000

People forget that Nani actually won the Code S seed which is available to Koreans as well (DongRaeGu, Huk, Bomber, at a lot of the Koreans playing could have got it). If he won a foreigner seed then yeah, very well, there could be grounds for saying he's already had ample opportunity (and even then he obtained it in a fair manner set out by MLG and GSL's agreement).

But this is the Code S seed, which he thoroughly deserves due to his performance this whole week. Nestea ordeal doesn't delegitimize this.