EPTMLG Providence Day 3 Live Report Thread - Page 851
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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. | ||
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Bart
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phyren
United States1067 Posts
On November 21 2011 11:15 iamthedave wrote: Actually I agree with the first poster. If Naniwa bounces a 4th time, it's not exactly something we can ignore. Seriously? You're just going to ignore players like MMA, DRG, Puma, etc. who have proven themselves to be code S caliber despite struggling with code A and B. Naniwa has done well in numerous tournament settings over the course of the year and only seems to be getting better. | ||
Falling
Canada11369 Posts
On November 21 2011 11:18 Andypk wrote: I feel really bad for Nani, with TSL3, Homestory 3 and now this, he just can't seem to catch a break On the bright side, how many more would it take him to join SC2's kong line? | ||
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duk3
United States807 Posts
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MrKn4rz
Germany2153 Posts
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freeshooter
United States477 Posts
On November 21 2011 11:15 playtetris wrote: 16 year old Zerg did this at MLG Providence... 12-0 - Open Bracket 2-0: Boxer 2-0: Haypro 2-0: Slush 2-1: MMA 2-0: Idra 2-0: Huk 2-0: MVP 4-3: DRG 4-1: Naniwa Honestly, how can you even say Naniwa deserved to win that? Just looking at this shit makes me an instant fanboy. Did Leenock go through Nestea? Did Leenock go through MVP (even though it was MLG Global Invitational)? And Naniwa went through Huk, and DRG as well, both beating them same as Leenock did. Are you seriously trying to discredit Naniwa from almost winning? Naniwa played very well too, and I think he would've deserved to win MLG if he beat Leenock. Leenock indeed deserves the win though, but don't discredit another good player like a fangirl. | ||
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Romitelli
Brunei Darussalam566 Posts
GG MLG | ||
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Andypk
Scotland512 Posts
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Qikz
United Kingdom12023 Posts
On November 21 2011 11:20 epicanthic wrote: 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). Forget that. GSL Code S Grudge Match against LEENOCK! O_O | ||
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SoKHo
Korea (South)1081 Posts
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quancer
Canada161 Posts
On November 21 2011 11:10 VirgilSC2 wrote: Well, Leenock wins MLG Providence 2011 after an epic run, congrats to him. As a spectator, I personally hated every single game Leenock played against NaNiWa. I understand "It's a tournament, he does what it takes to win" but watching a Roach Rushx3 +7pool series is NOT entertaining to me. I'm not a Leenock fan in the first place, and while I'm not a NaNiWa fan either, it sucks to see someone go down like this. I personally feel really bad for NaNiWa. He gets told by NesTea pre-game that he's going to crush him, after he already beat NesTea once, proceeds to pause for a confirmation on the map, and gets hated on. Wins the series, finally comes out of his shell a little on-stage, and gets vilified for it. I think this quote from Slasher says a lot: NaNiWa has had people rooting against him from Day 1 of this event, and it just kept compounding. You could see on stage after he became the villain of the weekend, he kept his words and emotion to a minimum, and to hear the crowd being against you every game can really hurt your mentality. Congratulations to Leenock for winning MLG Providence 2011, he came from the Open Bracket and did the seemingly impossible. I'm personally hugely disappointed in the MLG Providence audience as a whole, and the ESPORTS community for their NaNiWa hate this weekend. Leenock outplayed NaNiWa in the finals, that's a given, but the play was not inspiring or exciting for anyone who isn't a Leenock fan. NaNiWa accomplished something no foreigner has ever done, or was expected to do this weekend, and got nothing but vilified for it. Good luck in the Blizzard Cup to both players, best of luck to NaNiWa in Code S next season. aLive better crush Leenock this season. + Show Spoiler + 2000th Post Naniwa gained a ton of fans. What is this melodramatic bullshit all about? I agree with you mostly, but stop with the world against Naniwa rubbish. | ||
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Nemireck
Canada1875 Posts
On November 21 2011 11:18 CosmicSpiral wrote: And if Naniwa didn't go for the same build every game then the aggression would not have worked. Leenock abused Naniwa's inflexible playstyle, hence he is the better player. Hell, if Naniwa had used the same builds, but preserved his probe or hidden a second one on the map to scout, much of Leenock's aggression wouldn't have worked. | ||
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tranmillitary
210 Posts
Maybe if nani didn't Nexus or forge first every single game. People hate on Leenock, what is he supposed to do?? let Nani get 4 collos than attack?? Maybe everyone should let MVP go 3 CC before Barracks and play a long macro game. IT's a smart thing to do... | ||
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Swede
New Zealand853 Posts
On November 21 2011 11:15 FireSA wrote: lol his mindgames were terrible. He went the same build every game. Naniwa in the last game was attempting to adjust to the mindgames, assuming that Leenock would in fact mindgame and open hatch first (as somebody suggested he might do to super mindgame Naniwa) except Leenock did not. He didn't think that far ahead, it was in fact more of a case of "When in doubt, cheese, always get another shot anyway if it fails". Played to win, won, but was not the better player imo. Actually Leenock was going for a simple speedling open in that last game, and probably in other games too (his drones were removed from gas before scouting the nexus first). It's not a cheese if it has a 90% success rate vs a certain build. 6 pooling vs instant triple expanding isn't cheese, it's a hard counter. Leenock's build was similar in the sense that he knew he would always come out at least even and probably ahead if he executed correctly. | ||
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ffadicted
United States3545 Posts
Leenock 2 - 0 Infernozz Leenock 2 - 0 duckyr Leenock 2 - 0 Drewbie Leenock 2 - 0 Oz Leenock 2 - 0 Gatored Leenock 2 - 0 State Leenock 2 - 0 Haypro Leenock 2 - 0 Boxer Leenock 2 - 0 Slush Leenock 2 - 1 MMA Leenock 2 - 0 Idra Leenock 2 - 0 Huk Leenock 2 - 0 Mvp Leenock 4 - 3 Dongraegu Leenock 4 - 1 Naniwa Total Record: 34 - 5 (87.2%) Leenock is ok I guess | ||
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Baozi
United States1191 Posts
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mango_destroyer
Canada3914 Posts
On November 21 2011 11:20 Witten wrote: 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. And the funny thing is....Leenock has shown amazing long macro games this weekend as well. People just like to put labels on others. | ||
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multiversed
United States233 Posts
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
...he won a gold at another MLG. He is not a Kong -_- | ||
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Carush
United States356 Posts
why would you pick xelnaga then forge fast expand??? thats suicide especially when it hasn't been working on any other map wtf nani... | ||
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