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NovemberstOrm
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Canada16217 Posts
March 03 2012 10:59 GMT
#5381
Drg going into Geniuses booth isn't illegal under any rules, it's not bm at all. If it was an issue they're would be a rule about it and Drg wouldn't have done it. This is for anyone saying it "affected" Geniuses play.
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bittman
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia8759 Posts
March 03 2012 10:59 GMT
#5382
On March 03 2012 19:58 klops wrote:
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On March 03 2012 19:56 Destructicon wrote:
Ah DRG's story is like the ending of a movie, he gets the trophy, the cash and the girl.

Looking forward to the next season!


let's hope the sequel delivers.


This could be the sequel, with MMA v DRG being the opening movie.

I look forward to the next in the series of course though =D
Mvp - Leenock - Dongraegu - MC - Gumiho - Keen - Polt - Squirtle - Jjakji - Genius - Seed - Life - sC - Dream || LG-IM - MVP - FXO
Tommylew
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Wales2717 Posts
March 03 2012 11:00 GMT
#5383
On March 03 2012 19:55 holy_war wrote:
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On March 03 2012 19:53 iamke55 wrote:
So sad that someone had to lose this... while DRG is the more accomplished player, it's incredible that you can beat DRG, sC, MKP, Nestea, MC, and Alive in the same tournament and still leave with the 2nd place trophy.


Yeah, you can only blame the system, but the system is already pretty good.



cant really blame the sytem though!! happens in everything football icnluded, how amny times does one team knock out the best and lose in the finals of tournaments!!! Sucks but always got to have a loser!!! Shame that second place is a great acheivement but Genius must be so gutted still!!!
Live and Let Die!
SeaSwift
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Scotland4486 Posts
March 03 2012 11:00 GMT
#5384
On March 03 2012 19:59 Asha` wrote:
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On March 03 2012 19:57 SeaSwift wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:56 setzer wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:53 SeaSwift wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:51 Dodgin wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:49 bokchoi wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:48 crawlingchaos wrote:
So is MKP back to resident kong of SC2?


MLG is considered a major championship and as long as you have one major championship you're no longer really a kong. On top of that MKP took out DRG who is snow a GSL champion which further legitimizes his championship IMO


Winter Arena = not a korean starleague


SC2 =|= BW

Winter Arena is a big enough event to disqualify MKP from the Kong Line, IMO.

There just aren't any Kongs in SC2 any more.


One does not simply "leave" the Kong line. Once you join you are forever solidified as a Kong. That applies to Fantasy, Jangbi, Stork and for SC2 MKP. MKP is the only player to make it to multiple (3) GSL finals and not win one.

And no, Winter Arena does not count when half the representation aren't even Korean players.


It's actually only 2 unless you count Code A. And if we count Code A then Puzzle is a GSL champion...


GSL WC's are counted as an official GSL by Gom.


Ok then.
Shewklad
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden482 Posts
March 03 2012 11:00 GMT
#5385
I am pretty sure both DRG and Genius agreed before the game that they could go in eacothers booths, I really doubt they would do it otherwise, considering they are good friends and teammates.
Bomber || Thorzain || Startale >< No gods, no masters.
Megabuster123
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada1837 Posts
March 03 2012 11:00 GMT
#5386
On March 03 2012 19:57 Xax wrote:
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On March 03 2012 19:53 -Archangel- wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:50 Xax wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:49 Logo2010 wrote:
Look at it this way, Genius totally outplays DRG in first 3 games, yeah I know he lost game 2, it was a joke build tbh.
Loses game 4, gets BMed by DRG in the booth. Makes mistakes in game 5, gets BMed again. Genius makes more mistakes than ever. The rest is history.

Mind games victory goes to DRG, and you can hear in Genius' speech what he thinks about that. Maybe building carriers is a bit BM but doesn't warrant mid game booth BMing. Considering how tight rules are ingame about chatting only reserved to pp and gg. In between game unspoken rules were broken by DRG imo. Going into another player's booth during a finals no less should not be considered acceptable. The gap at the top is so small and anything can affect you at the highest level. It really takes the shine of DRG's victory and first GSL. Now I look at him in a different light.



Felt really bad about that. Lost a lot of respect for DRG.

You could see how Genius was shaken by that

Lol. You seriously are going to use this as excuse Genius lost?
And not that DRG played better?


Not really an excuse for the loss, but rather disappointed that DRG somehow took this over the top, disrespected his friend quite a bit in my opinion. A thumbs down in his own booth is something else than going into someone elses and dragging his arms up.

...



Really?
babysimba
Profile Joined November 2010
10466 Posts
March 03 2012 11:00 GMT
#5387
This loss will make or break Genius. Either he fades into obscurity or he will convert this loss into motivation to tear every shit up in future.
Eufouria
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom4425 Posts
March 03 2012 11:01 GMT
#5388
On March 03 2012 19:53 iamke55 wrote:
So sad that someone had to lose this... while DRG is the more accomplished player, it's incredible that you can beat DRG, sC, MKP, Nestea, MC, and Alive in the same tournament and still leave with the 2nd place trophy.

What a transformation though. From being a fairly mediocre player, with a slightly above average PvT, clinging to code S through is use of the same old builds *cough 3 gate void ray* he gets deserving sent down to code A, and from the up/down matches the dragon got awoken and it turned out he was a beast in all matchups all along.
mint_julep
Profile Joined October 2009
United States254 Posts
March 03 2012 11:01 GMT
#5389
On March 03 2012 19:56 snotboogie wrote:
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On March 03 2012 19:51 mint_julep wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:49 how2TL wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:48 mint_julep wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:47 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:46 DirtyCash wrote:
the archon trying to sell us everything as "the best ever" is getting old fast


That's exactly what they should be doing.


I prefer honesty in community.


The honest truth is they'll get fucking fired if they don't apply some spin.


NFL Casters don't get fired for saying "What an epic superbowl! Amazing!" instead of "This is already the greatest finals ever" after three games.


I don't even think they're lying. They acknowledge when finals aren't good, but do you expect them to say "damn that was a crappy finals", no they're just going to talk about something else. Tonight's series WAS excellent.


What is with everyone's strawman argument crap? Did I say they should say "This was crappy?" I said I compared it to "epic!" and "Amazing!"

The finals were good. Sure. The complaint was about everything being "The best ever", not "they should say this is crappy".

Read and respond to what is actually said if you want to make an arugment, please. Not what you wanted to hear.
I hope Plexa's sig is right.
GreyKnight
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4720 Posts
March 03 2012 11:01 GMT
#5390
On March 03 2012 20:00 Shewklad wrote:
I am pretty sure both DRG and Genius agreed before the game that they could go in eacothers booths, I really doubt they would do it otherwise, considering they are good friends and teammates.


yes they rehearsed it. i saw.
SeaSwift
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Scotland4486 Posts
March 03 2012 11:01 GMT
#5391
On March 03 2012 20:00 Shewklad wrote:
I am pretty sure both DRG and Genius agreed before the game that they could go in eacothers booths, I really doubt they would do it otherwise, considering they are good friends and teammates.


I would suspect so too.

Anyway, can we leave the pitchforks to Reddit please?
quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
March 03 2012 11:01 GMT
#5392
On March 03 2012 19:53 deathzz wrote:
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On March 03 2012 19:51 mcmartini wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:50 deathzz wrote:
What was the song played at the end?

do a lyrics in " " google search and should find it

hmm i didn't even catch the lyrics. the ending song was dis


but what was the song played when DRG was kissing the trophy


Don't know what song you mean, but one of the songs that was played is this:


Freedom Call - Back Into The Land Of Light

All candles lit within him, and there was purity. | First auto-promoted BW LP editor.
DirtyCash
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada189 Posts
March 03 2012 11:01 GMT
#5393
On March 03 2012 19:56 snotboogie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 03 2012 19:51 mint_julep wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:49 how2TL wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:48 mint_julep wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:47 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:46 DirtyCash wrote:
the archon trying to sell us everything as "the best ever" is getting old fast


That's exactly what they should be doing.


I prefer honesty in community.


The honest truth is they'll get fucking fired if they don't apply some spin.


NFL Casters don't get fired for saying "What an epic superbowl! Amazing!" instead of "This is already the greatest finals ever" after three games.


I don't even think they're lying. They acknowledge when finals aren't good, but do you expect them to say "damn that was a crappy finals", no they're just going to talk about something else. Tonight's series WAS excellent.


Nobody asks them to say the finals were shit. They werent, it was fairly entertaining but certainly not "the best finals ever". Sports commentators can spin storylines and plays a little but they dont make obvious lies to hype a product.
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AnYvia
Profile Joined November 2010
Bulgaria474 Posts
March 03 2012 11:02 GMT
#5394
I LOVE U DRG!
Flash / MVP / Seed / Leenock / DRG / Life
soverRR
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden348 Posts
March 03 2012 11:02 GMT
#5395
On March 03 2012 19:53 fant0m wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 03 2012 19:49 bokchoi wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:48 crawlingchaos wrote:
So is MKP back to resident kong of SC2?


MLG is considered a major championship and as long as you have one major championship you're no longer really a kong. On top of that MKP took out DRG who is snow a GSL champion which further legitimizes his championship IMO


Wow you do not know what kong means.

1) This was not a regular MLG. Do you consider Arena of Legends to be GSL? Cause MKP already won that too.

2) Beating a champion in a special event doesn't make it a major championship.

MKP definitely still the King of Kongs.


Also don't forget that DRG at the time he was facing MKP knew that he was up for a GSL grand final match in the near future and was probably heavily focusing on his ZvP at that time. Whether MLG is a major championship or not is up for discussion, but that no "major championship" weighs closely as much as a GSL one is not.
XinAn
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
129 Posts
March 03 2012 11:02 GMT
#5396
I really like the ending sequence with the music and the listing of this season's Code S roster. =) It really recaps this season by pulling us along on the whole journey.
zeehar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Korea (South)3804 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-03 11:02:50
March 03 2012 11:02 GMT
#5397
i'd think most of the established community would agree that a three-day tournament that can't even get its champion to defend his title can be considered just as prestigious as the gsl, which is undoubtedly a major tournament
I AM THE UNIVERSAL CONSTANT
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22258 Posts
March 03 2012 11:02 GMT
#5398
On March 03 2012 20:00 Megabuster123 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 03 2012 19:57 Xax wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:53 -Archangel- wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:50 Xax wrote:
On March 03 2012 19:49 Logo2010 wrote:
Look at it this way, Genius totally outplays DRG in first 3 games, yeah I know he lost game 2, it was a joke build tbh.
Loses game 4, gets BMed by DRG in the booth. Makes mistakes in game 5, gets BMed again. Genius makes more mistakes than ever. The rest is history.

Mind games victory goes to DRG, and you can hear in Genius' speech what he thinks about that. Maybe building carriers is a bit BM but doesn't warrant mid game booth BMing. Considering how tight rules are ingame about chatting only reserved to pp and gg. In between game unspoken rules were broken by DRG imo. Going into another player's booth during a finals no less should not be considered acceptable. The gap at the top is so small and anything can affect you at the highest level. It really takes the shine of DRG's victory and first GSL. Now I look at him in a different light.



Felt really bad about that. Lost a lot of respect for DRG.

You could see how Genius was shaken by that

Lol. You seriously are going to use this as excuse Genius lost?
And not that DRG played better?


Not really an excuse for the loss, but rather disappointed that DRG somehow took this over the top, disrespected his friend quite a bit in my opinion. A thumbs down in his own booth is something else than going into someone elses and dragging his arms up.

...



Really?


I agree with Xax actually. Friends or not, if I'm one of the sponsors I wouldn't want to see the final competitors trivializing the moment by these sort of antics. If I'm GOM, I wouldn't want them doing it either. Not a HUGE deal either way, but I can see why it would turn some people off.
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Notfragile
Profile Joined April 2011
Greece713 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-03 11:03:17
March 03 2012 11:03 GMT
#5399
On March 03 2012 20:00 babysimba wrote:
This loss will make or break Genius. Either he fades into obscurity or he will convert this loss into motivation to tear every shit up in future.


Yes... You can clearly see that Genius has the talent to go up there. It's his blink micro, imperfect forcefields and lack of solid decision making that cost him the finals. I argue that Genius practicing more could be a really strong contender for both the protoss and the GSL throne.

Best of luck to both of them
"The art of war is of vital importance to the state" || MVP.Keen fan since the day he stole my heart with a double 2rax. http://i.imgur.com/A82cl.gif
Doublemint
Profile Joined July 2011
Austria8683 Posts
March 03 2012 11:03 GMT
#5400
On March 03 2012 19:59 NovemberstOrm wrote:
Drg going into Geniuses booth isn't illegal under any rules, it's not bm at all. If it was an issue they're would be a rule about it and Drg wouldn't have done it. This is for anyone saying it "affected" Geniuses play.


Well under any other circumstances I would say that´s a bullshit move, but they are teammates and obviously friends so whatever. Whether it affected him, no idea. But his decisions or rather undecisiveness was really, really a huge factor...
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before the fall.
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