EPTHe was beating MKP but he threw the games away. He was ahead in both games by quite a bit but he was losing units for no reason in the middle of the map. If he would have pulled back and re-grouped after holding off those pushes he would have won. But he decided to chase units into the middle of the map and lose them to reinforcing units
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magnaflow
Canada1521 Posts
He was beating MKP but he threw the games away. He was ahead in both games by quite a bit but he was losing units for no reason in the middle of the map. If he would have pulled back and re-grouped after holding off those pushes he would have won. But he decided to chase units into the middle of the map and lose them to reinforcing units | ||
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plutonowy
Afghanistan287 Posts
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MONXY FIST
United States142 Posts
On April 07 2012 23:13 avc wrote: When will people do some research before making such statements? Whilst Stephano is within the group stage because of his IPL 3 victory, which is just about the most deserving reason to ever be seeded, he also won the IPL 4 UK Qualifiers which would have given him the same seed. However, since he was already going as the IPL 3 champion (again, is this really a problem for the previous champion to be seeded?!?), the IPL 4 UK Qualifier seed went to Tails. I really don't see why people have to continually go on about Stephano "only being there because of his IPL 3 win", like it was some fluke or useless trash tournament that donated him a seeding place above other more deserving players. If you want to complain about stupid seeding that harms competition, then look at MLG seeding system which puts repeat attendees so high up the bracket that they barely have to win more than one or two games to finish in the prize money (and therefore earn another high seed for the next tournament). The real shame of the tournament so far has been that WhiteRa is in trouble despite playing some truly excellent Starcraft yesterday. He made mistakes which were always going to cost him games against players of MKP and Stephano's calibre, but the result shouldn't take away from WhiteRa's excellent play. Not anymore all of the players in the pools have to qualify for their spots now. | ||
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mikedebo
Canada4341 Posts
On April 07 2012 22:43 BLinD-RawR wrote: something really important to note please people when you tweet your support please use #IGNProleague not #IPL you are not tweeting to support the Indian premier league Weren't the organizers hashtagging #IPL4 themselves yesterday? | ||
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Flanq
United Kingdom2694 Posts
On April 07 2012 23:38 mikedebo wrote: Weren't the organizers hashtagging #IPL4 themselves yesterday? #IPL4 =/= #IPL | ||
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HellionDrop
281 Posts
from most to least entertaining matchups are a Korean vs a foreigner > a Korean vs a Korean > a foreigner vs a foreigner | ||
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revel8
United Kingdom3022 Posts
On April 07 2012 23:31 Type|NarutO wrote: I think Illusion deserves a lot of credit for his run as well. Besides SaSe & HuK. Illusion 2-0 Zenio lllusion 2-1 KiWiKaKi Illusion 2-1 Ryung Illusion 2-1 Oz Before he got owned by Creator. I think that is a very good result. Yep, VileIllusion is one of the most promising up and coming American players. He was only 16 last month so should continue to improve too. | ||
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r3z3nd3
Brazil522 Posts
On April 07 2012 23:43 revel8 wrote: Yep, VileIllusion is one of the most promising up and coming American players. He was only 16 last month so should continue to improve too. Watched him in IEM Sao Paulo. He has potential | ||
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dangerjoe
Denmark1866 Posts
On April 07 2012 23:35 plutonowy wrote: any vods from day 1? Some VODS here: http://www.twitch.tv/ignproleague2 | ||
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Gorlin
United States2753 Posts
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KobraKay
Portugal4231 Posts
On April 07 2012 22:21 chroniX wrote: Thats not always the case. People want to see players/matches with personalities, rivalrys, history and in general players with whom they can identify themself and relate to. Koreans, because of their reserved culture, will not deliver those things to the western world. Koreans should teach foreigners the practice discipline and foreigners should show koreans how to present themself. On April 07 2012 22:38 johnnysokko wrote: Even though tournaments are about finding the best players or teams, people have a rooting interest in certain players or teams. For me, the list of Korean players who I'm rooting for is much smaller than the list of Foriegner players who I'm rooting for. Consequently, when there are very few foreigners left, there are less players who I'm rooting for. Even though the games may be great, it's a little less exciting when it doesn't involve a player I'm rooting for. I understand that and it is a completely valid statement. I know a lot of people like foreigners more and think they give a more entertaining or more "personal" experience but that wasn't the part I was replying to. The point of my post was to reply only to the part about daily foreign streams and that they have so many more viewers than korean ones. Almost as if implying that the majority of people don't like to watch koreans in tournaments because everyday streams of foreign personalities have more viewers. That's why I stated that I don't think those two situations can actually be compared. Many people (like me for example) rather watch the best in tournaments and don't care where they come from. On the other hand, when it comes to regular daily streams many of those same people (like me) rather watch a stream with a good host or a relatable host even if it is not the best player. That doesn't mean the exact opposite doesn't also happen or that I think people don't watch tournaments just to follow their favourites even if they aren't the best. No. What I mean is there are people who look for different things in tournaments and streams, thus helping the numbers referred by the poster I was replying to and, imho, that doesn't prove what he said. Because of this, I don't think it's reasonable to infer that most people dislike tournaments with koreans solely based on the everyday stream numbers because, at least in my opinion, those are different types of entertainment and some people want different things from each of those environments. I hope this clarifies my previous post. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45010 Posts
On April 07 2012 23:31 Type|NarutO wrote: I think Illusion deserves a lot of credit for his run as well. Besides SaSe & HuK. Illusion 2-0 Zenio lllusion 2-1 KiWiKaKi Illusion 2-1 Ryung Illusion 2-1 Oz Before he got owned by Creator. I think that is a very good result. That's insanely good o.o | ||
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ch33psh33p
7650 Posts
Korean Pro League 4. | ||
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TheResidentEvil
United States991 Posts
www.reddit.com/r/SpoilerFreeSC/comments/rwo2w/ongoing_even_ipl4_las_vegas_2012/ | ||
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lannisport
878 Posts
Most impressive showing from a foreigner this IPL, add to the fact that he just turned 17 and does this thing part time. The Hell. Sase and Huk were a knife's edge away from making it to groups as well so hats off to them. And of course there's Scarlett the teamless wonder. | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
Same reason I stopped watching BW once it was Flash vs. S-class every single time. I'm going to catch the finals, and that's it. | ||
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Veclada
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Ancient-Hunter
Korea (South)142 Posts
I guess I can understand why people dont like watching only Koreans play (no emotional attachment) but I certainly dont subscribe to it, I love good SC2 play & Koreans put on the best SC2 show on earth. | ||
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00Visor
4337 Posts
Illusion was one round behind in LR7, but he beat 3 Code S players. No other foreigner made it to LR6, and only Scarlett and Jinro to LR5. Thats 5 foreigners in the Top28 of the open bracket. | ||
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chosenkerrigan
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