EPTONOG 3K Online Invitational Jan. 28th & Jan. 29th - Page 16
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ranjutan
United States636 Posts
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MildSeven
Canada311 Posts
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FreudianTrip
Switzerland1983 Posts
On January 27 2012 01:52 MildSeven wrote: This is pretty sad and says a lot about how we think about SOTG's favourite hosts in terms of actual playing skills, Incontrol and Tyler that we would vote nearly full time commentator Rotterdam over Tyler and inexperienced Flo over incontrol. Rotterdams a bit of a PvP beast (if he does say so himself) and in this group it's going to be the deciding match-up, either one could win or lose to CatZ which puts more focus on it. With inControl I think it's more that haters gonna hate. | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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Prixm
Sweden145 Posts
On January 27 2012 03:40 Bagration wrote: Illusion looked so good last night in IPL, he might even win this tournament. Go Illusion! Agreed on the part where he looked good. But winning this tournament is abit optimistic. Loved his play, but it was pretty clear he can get abit anxious and tries to hard when he is already winning and ends up loosing the game as we did see in the last game. He did some very weird decisions, but he is young. I hope he does very well though. | ||
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HappyChris
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mojo_ca
Canada38 Posts
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Gjorg
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anyway im not watching cuz MrBitter is casting | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
On January 27 2012 03:46 Prixm wrote: Agreed on the part where he looked good. But winning this tournament is abit optimistic. Loved his play, but it was pretty clear he can get abit anxious and tries to hard when he is already winning and ends up loosing the game as we did see in the last game. He did some very weird decisions, but he is young. I hope he does very well though. Perhaps, but he was holding his own against Choya, Lucky and asd, who were all former Code S players. I definitely do not want to jinx him, nor do I want to overhype him, but he did beat Lucky pretty convincingly, and also took out Ret 2-0 in the IEM Sao Paulo US qualifers (beat Demuslim 3-0 as well). He might not be the favorite to win it all, but he is definitely a contender for that title. | ||
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-_-
United States7081 Posts
On January 27 2012 01:06 ranjutan wrote: I feel like this is the problem with some invitational tournaments (ShoutCraft Invitational 3 comes to mind) - there seems to be a much larger than usual gap between several top players (Kas, Sheth, Stephano, SaSe and viOLet) and the rest of the field. I hope some of the underdogs can prove me wrong, but I think some of the group stage matchups could produce a lot of massively one-sided games. Great point. Frankly, there are quite a few ladder superstars who are quite a bit better than some of the names being invited to different tournaments (I don't mean to insult anyone participating in this tourney, I'm speaking about invitationals in general). Those players might be able to give some of the top tier a run for their money. But some of the different personalities who end up getting invited pose no threat to actually win the entire tournament. However, as already mentioned by the tournament organizers, running invitationals is a little easier to admin (though running an online bracket isn't too difficult), and it also gives the tournament more of an appeal. | ||
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omnomMuffins
United States255 Posts
On January 27 2012 06:22 -_- wrote: Great point. Frankly, there are quite a few ladder superstars who are quite a bit better than some of the names being invited to different tournaments (I don't mean to insult anyone participating in this tourney, I'm speaking about invitationals in general). Those players might be able to give some of the top tier a run for their money. But some of the different personalities who end up getting invited pose no threat to actually win the entire tournament. However, as already mentioned by the tournament organizers, running invitationals is a little easier to admin (though running an online bracket isn't too difficult), and it also gives the tournament more of an appeal. It is more that 16 players that are known for consistency and showing up on time makes it easier to run our first tournament. In the future we will branch out, but please remember this is the first thing we have done other than get all of you to drink and hang out together. The difference in skill sets needed is large. | ||
Corsica
Ukraine1854 Posts
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GodOfWar
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Corsica
Ukraine1854 Posts
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Elem
Sweden4717 Posts
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alphafuzard
United States1610 Posts
Also gogo all terrans! This is exciting :3 | ||
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Primadog
United States4411 Posts
shit just got real | ||
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Drogith
United States1350 Posts
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holydevil
United States145 Posts
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KinQuh
Finland810 Posts
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