On November 27 2011 01:52 Pugsly wrote: TB and Tejb are the worst additions to Dreamhack. Why do people who work within the community keep getting people who have no experience or knowledge about the game continue to pop up as commentators?
Nobody would be complaining about TB if it was 2GD next to him. It was awesome with them both at the DH Summer Invitational. Pretty obvious that TB isn't comfortable around this guy - probably because he doesn't know him!?
On November 27 2011 01:52 Pugsly wrote: TB and Tejb are the worst additions to Dreamhack. Why do people who work within the community keep getting people who have no experience or knowledge about the game continue to pop up as commentators?
TB is an awesome color commentators, probably the best at wat he's doing - pure hype. Paired with a great analytical caster, like Apollo, he adds a ton of excitment to pepole who don't care much about high level understanding.
Pretty sure TB would rather be casting games than be introducing players with someone he has never spoken to before in his life. Blame Dreamhack not TB or Tjebz.
On November 26 2011 23:53 Taktik wrote: Nerchio got better record in ZvZ than Ret so NA guys just bealieve us this is a SMALL upset k? Ret might attend MLGs and get hyped by casters every time but Im pretty sure that if they would play like BO11 Nerchio would win the series.
Stephano thinks Ret is better than Nerchio in ZvZ. Nerchio won in Berlin though.
I think Nerchio is better than Ret. Given the elo difference 2265 vs 2084 Ret's chances of winning was under 20%, thats a pretty large upset.
Nerchios elo is mainly from online matches which is very different from a big "offline" tournament
True, but thats mostly from a preassure/nervousness standpoint. I find online players being generally underestimated, especially from established players and their fans. Remember players like Sjow, Thorzain and Naama who were very accomplished online well before people thoughtof them as a major threat in the LAN tourneys.
Even a player like Seiplo isn't much of a suprise if you compare his ELO with the players he's beaten at dreamhack. Imo Seiplo was less of an underdog vs Huk than Ret was vs Nerchio and that's despite Nerchio's apparent struggles in offline events.