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I'm so happy for Thorzain :D
He sounded confident before the tourney and came through in a big way
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On April 23 2012 07:16 c0ldfusion wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez 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. 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?
Exactly, it is as dumb as it sounds.
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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 National Television. Its 3 (or 4 ?) tv channels that recieve funding from the government. The channels have no commercials and are available for free to anyone with a tv in Sweden aswell as most of the nordic.
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On April 23 2012 07:17 yawnoC wrote:
I am no longer rooting for ThorZaIN. That way he will continue to win events.
hehe
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Thorzain won? Very nice. This is only his second big win right? I don't really remember him winning anything major after TSL 3. It was certainly long overdue. Congrats and enjoy the win! I hope your next one comes much sooner. 
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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?
SVerige's Television (Sweden's Television)
It's kinda like the BCC if you're familiar with it, just a lot smaller =P. Back when TV was brand new all we had was SVT and it was all news and sporting events.
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On April 23 2012 07:15 Dodgin wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:14 DannyJ wrote: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.
Loved Incontrols interviews and with Apollo and Wolf casting(apart from the 5-6community streams) what more do you really need? :p
Now we at least know what casters actually go for the money instead of the fanglory.
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On April 23 2012 07:16 c0ldfusion wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez 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. 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?
Exactly.
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On April 23 2012 07:16 decerto wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:10 Jaegeru wrote: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?
I'm sorry but those are not even close to being major events.
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On April 23 2012 07:16 LittLeD wrote:Show nested quote +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.
tbh i prefer Wolf and Apollo over Tastosis, artosis is just too biased lately (see nestea matches)
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On April 23 2012 07:18 Intact wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:15 c0ldfusion wrote: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 National Television. Its 3 (or 4 ?) tv channels that recieve funding from the government. The channels have no commercials and are available for free to anyone with a tv in Sweden aswell as most of the nordic.
?
It's two, but they are renting out space in the TV-house to other channels.
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On April 23 2012 07:16 c0ldfusion wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez 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. 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?
Ask the communists (Left-wingers) in Sweden.
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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.
Strongly agree with this, eSports tournaments seem to care more about the ease of fapping to the interviewer rather than the actual level of the interview.
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On April 23 2012 07:16 c0ldfusion wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:15 eqez 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. 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?
Right wing extremists have taken ownership of nationalism / patriotism so it's very stigmatized. It's a result of WWII.
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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.
Yeah, Kas was the next closest person for the title of best foreigner Terran, but he didn't win any major events. He was and still is a beast online for smaller events though.
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MIRACLE!
Stephano has been dethroned by Thorzain on the TLPD foreign ranking after what? 7 months in a row of 1st place?
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On April 23 2012 07:18 drbrown wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 07:18 Intact wrote:On April 23 2012 07:15 c0ldfusion wrote: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 National Television. Its 3 (or 4 ?) tv channels that recieve funding from the government. The channels have no commercials and are available for free to anyone with a tv in Sweden aswell as most of the nordic. ? It's two, but they are renting out space in the TV-house to other channels.
SVT1,SVT2,SVT24,Barnkanalen/Kunskapskanalen = 4
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On April 23 2012 07:13 Dodgin wrote:Show nested quote +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.
Yeah, I didn't even think about the casters, they were great.
I remember the first Dreamhack I watched, dApollo was torn to shreds on the forum even though he did pretty good.
Now he has developed into such a great caster that he rivals anyone, IMO.
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Congratulations to Thorzain! What a baller :D
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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~
There is a lot truth in this. There's a lot of anti-nationalistic sentiment in Sweden. I share them too and try hard to suppress such feelings (though I'm not always able, I believe it's a very natural thing for humans to sympathize with "their own").
Buuuut... when it comes to swedish Starcraft 2-players, especially against Koreans, I go bat-shit-crazy. I go bat-shit-crazy for Stephano against Koreans as well - they're just so dominant. Add the "swedish factor" into that and I act like such a crazy fan-boy.
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