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On April 23 2012 07:13 Fionn wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:12 Azarkon wrote:With this win and the level of skill displayed, it's safe to say that Thorzain is the best foreigner Terran again. Terran: Thorzain Zerg: Stephano Protoss: Naniwa Two of the three are Swedes  I don't think he ever stopped being the best foreign Terran. It was just that no foreign Terrans had won anything.
There was a bit of rivalry between him and Kas, as well as the rookie ace Illusion, the breakout return of Demuslim, and the wild cards Lucifron, Happy, and BeastyQT. Thorzain was in a results slump for a while, but a DH victory breaks him out of that
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Dreamhack <3
Fking amazing. Even the CEO in his mid 40's was a boss :D
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On April 23 2012 07:14 DannyJ wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:13 Dodgin wrote:On April 23 2012 07:11 Shinobi1982 wrote:
It's a shame MLG is running a monopoly on the casters. But still Dreamhack's production blows MLG out of the water. Wolf and Apollo are arguably one of the best combos in the business after seeing them this weekend, I don't think the casting suffered at all. Incontrol did great too. Alot of times interviewers are pretty regrettable.
Yeah Incontrol did an amazing job, I hope he does more casting/hosting in the future.
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On April 23 2012 07:07 Seronei wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:06 Kira__ wrote:
swedes are probably the least patriotic people in the world, but then it comes to starcraft 2 nothing will stop us from cheering on our fellow vikings~ I call bullshit on that, swedes are really patriotic.
What? Havent you heard that school is preventing people from singing the national anthem cause its racist?
The only time we are allowed to be patriotic is during sports events.
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Fantastic event. The only thing I could think of to improve would be an updated summary of "which-game-on-which-stream" on their website. Other than that, I liked everything about it.
Technical difficulties were rare, the casters were entertaining and knowledgeable, we had a bunch of exciting games and nearly every match got shown, due to the high number of secondary streams. I'm looking forward to the next Dreamhack already! 
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On April 23 2012 07:15 tnud wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:13 Kira__ wrote:On April 23 2012 07:12 Denzil wrote:On April 23 2012 07:11 Tunkeg wrote:
Dreamhack delivered bigtime, and completely put MLG's event in the shadow this week. Dreamhack delivered an epic fight between foreigners and koreans for free, while MLG went for a PPV of matches we see on regular basis in GSL, where the win doesn't matter all that much tbh.
so glad dreamhack isn't ppv i dont think theres even a small chance of it going ppv not as long as they have a paying live crowd and government funding (none of which the arenas have) SVT is goverment founded but they are not giving any money to Dreamhack, they just offered their streaming services for them to use (which is a kind of support but the way you put it indicated money). SVT are picking up anything that is "in the public interests" which apparently eSPORTS is becoming more and more =)
What's SVT?
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Everytime I watch Dreamhack events I have that cozzy feeling eSports is globally and extremly big thing, their production and passion level is just huge, I love it and wouldn't miss it for anything.
I can just hope every other tournament/organization will one day, sooner then later, follow amount of awesomeness DH presents to spectators.
And at the end, big gratz to Thorzain even if I am almost Polt's fanboi and wanted so badly him to win this! :-)
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On April 23 2012 07:14 c0ldfusion wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:13 Kira__ wrote:On April 23 2012 07:12 Denzil wrote:On April 23 2012 07:11 Tunkeg wrote:
Dreamhack delivered bigtime, and completely put MLG's event in the shadow this week. Dreamhack delivered an epic fight between foreigners and koreans for free, while MLG went for a PPV of matches we see on regular basis in GSL, where the win doesn't matter all that much tbh.
so glad dreamhack isn't ppv i dont think theres even a small chance of it going ppv not as long as they have a paying live crowd and government funding (none of which the arenas have) What?! DH has government funding?!
Dreamhack is cultural festival... Gets a government grant.
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On April 23 2012 07:11 Tunkeg wrote:
Dreamhack delivered bigtime, and completely put MLG's event in the shadow this week. Dreamhack delivered an epic fight between foreigners and koreans for free, while MLG went for a PPV of matches we see on regular basis in GSL, where the win doesn't matter all that much tbh.
Live and learn.. I suspect we'll be seeing fewer Arenas from MLG than they planned. If your PPV event isn't close to as good as a free event like Dreamhack, the laws of common sense say that you're in trouble.
Also, thank God for no f-ing Extended Series. Best event I've seen in a long, long time.
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On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:07 Seronei wrote:On April 23 2012 07:06 Kira__ wrote:
swedes are probably the least patriotic people in the world, but then it comes to starcraft 2 nothing will stop us from cheering on our fellow vikings~ I call bullshit on that, swedes are really patriotic. What? Havent you heard that school is preventing people from singing the national anthem cause its racist? The only time we are allowed to be patriotic is during sports events.
How can a national anthem be racist?
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thorzain wins on home grass, nice :D
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On April 23 2012 07:15 c0ldfusion wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:15 tnud wrote:On April 23 2012 07:13 Kira__ wrote:On April 23 2012 07:12 Denzil wrote:On April 23 2012 07:11 Tunkeg wrote:
Dreamhack delivered bigtime, and completely put MLG's event in the shadow this week. Dreamhack delivered an epic fight between foreigners and koreans for free, while MLG went for a PPV of matches we see on regular basis in GSL, where the win doesn't matter all that much tbh.
so glad dreamhack isn't ppv i dont think theres even a small chance of it going ppv not as long as they have a paying live crowd and government funding (none of which the arenas have) SVT is goverment founded but they are not giving any money to Dreamhack, they just offered their streaming services for them to use (which is a kind of support but the way you put it indicated money). SVT are picking up anything that is "in the public interests" which apparently eSPORTS is becoming more and more =) What's SVT?
Swedish Television.
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On April 23 2012 07:11 Jongl0 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:08 pellejohnson wrote:On April 23 2012 07:07 Seronei wrote:On April 23 2012 07:06 Kira__ wrote:
swedes are probably the least patriotic people in the world, but then it comes to starcraft 2 nothing will stop us from cheering on our fellow vikings~ I call bullshit on that, swedes are really patriotic. In my experience I have to disagree, I have lived in Sweden for 5 years and haven't seen a single patriot and the ones that are seem to somehow being ashamed of it and called racists. This is actually fairly accurate, I guess it has to do where in Sweden you live as well. It seems like the more south you go, the higher are the possibility of having someone calling you a racist if you're wearing a Swedish flag. Only my experiences though.
1 - It's actualy degrading what real racism is.
2 - Is it "bad" for swedish people to love Sweden? that's just... dumb.
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On April 23 2012 07:10 Jaegeru wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:08 c0ldfusion wrote:On April 23 2012 07:07 Black Gun wrote:
was this the first time a foreign terran has won a major tournament since thorzain himself won tsl3 about a year ago?
anyway, fantastic event. Edit: nevermind A foreign terran, and I'm pretty sure it is the first time a foreign terran has won anything in about a year.
Kas won Copenhagen games and lucifron won the gathering?
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On April 23 2012 07:15 c0ldfusion wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:15 tnud wrote:On April 23 2012 07:13 Kira__ wrote:On April 23 2012 07:12 Denzil wrote:On April 23 2012 07:11 Tunkeg wrote:
Dreamhack delivered bigtime, and completely put MLG's event in the shadow this week. Dreamhack delivered an epic fight between foreigners and koreans for free, while MLG went for a PPV of matches we see on regular basis in GSL, where the win doesn't matter all that much tbh.
so glad dreamhack isn't ppv i dont think theres even a small chance of it going ppv not as long as they have a paying live crowd and government funding (none of which the arenas have) SVT is goverment founded but they are not giving any money to Dreamhack, they just offered their streaming services for them to use (which is a kind of support but the way you put it indicated money). SVT are picking up anything that is "in the public interests" which apparently eSPORTS is becoming more and more =) What's SVT?
The national swedish television company.
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On April 23 2012 07:11 Shinobi1982 wrote:
It's a shame MLG is running a monopoly on the casters. But still Dreamhack's production blows MLG out of the water.
Apollo and Wolf are, if not just as good casters as Tastosis then atleast just inches behind.
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Casters were great
Amazing production
Amazing finals and players
Great interviews (Except for the one who had always akward interviews, but i think he did his best though!)
Freee stream!
And now, a foreigner terran to top it up!!
Daayyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmm
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Omg Polt and Thorzain are such badasses. I usually always want the Korean to win and get disappointed when they don't, but this is the first time since HuK's DH win that I didn't care who won. Congrats Thorzain, very well done and very well deserved. ^^
Also great job Incontrol, so funny and amazing! :D
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I am no longer rooting for ThorZaIN. That way he will continue to win events.
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