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Stephano vs. MC is going to be earth shaterring.
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On May 20 2012 04:41 L3g3nd_ wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2012 04:40 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:38 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:37 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:36 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:35 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:34 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:32 L3g3nd_ wrote:
Bly vs HuK game 3 on TDA, bly went for an early pool (8 or 10?) huk has a cannon up and a full wall in with a nexus 50% done, bly has a natural on the way, but with i think a smaller drone count (its only POV no observer) 8:00 a fast lair from bly, huk on 2gas pushing out with a zealot/stalker. no more gates or tech from him, still on 2 gas.bly now going up to 4gas. 9:00 huk now on 4gates 4 gas and a robo, bly with a macro hatch but no third yet, positions are huk top right bly bottom right (TDA) so hard third for bly to take 11:00 huk getting blink and hallu scouting, walling off his natural ramp with gates to take his third and turtle up it looks like. bly has teched to infestors and is finally taking a third 12:00 bly doing well with creep spread, has infestors out, huk taking his third i cant tell if collosus tech yet, dont think so, bly has scouted huks third and is moving out to attack it it seems 13:00 bly tries to burrow his infestors into the third, but huk has an observer and blinks onto them and kills 6 infestors for free ! with similar timed thirds huk has a HUGE lead in this deciding game 3 15:00 huk adding on a lot of gates, and he does have collouss tech, and i assume +3 attack on the way, huk with a 10 supply lead (130-120) moves out to clear some creep while taking a 4th, bly still on 3 base (might have hive tech, didnt get a good look) 17:00 okay yup hive is done, and broodlords will be here soon a burrowed ling denies huks fourth, but huk has map control, not sure if he has seen the BL tech yet, no sign of a stargate.
19:00 huk sees the broods ! he has a fleat beacon on the way, and +3 is done. also his fourth is up and he denies blys fourth mothership is started and more gates added on.
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I'm glad Socke won! I like Thorzain as well however, and a rematch against DRG would be cool, but I'm hoping Socke can pull off the upset against DRG now.
Edit: And Grubby beat Goody? :D Great stuff.
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On May 20 2012 04:39 Azarkon wrote:
Huk playing a macro game vs. Bly.
Ugh, these games, I'm getting really sick of Tal'darim in tournaments, I just don't want to see it anymore.
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On May 20 2012 04:39 Dosey wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2012 04:37 xrapture wrote:On May 20 2012 04:32 Jaegeru wrote:
According to the community as soon as a newly signed EG player doesn't have a 100% record it's the EG curse or is slumping :p Jyp was almost immediately knocked into Code B upon signing. Puma has not matched his aura that he had when he won NASL S1. Idra has a 30% winrate this year, incontrol and machine aren't very good frankly (no knock on them, just compared to other foreigners, and since Thorzain's acquistion from EG he has gotten 4-0ed by Lucifron and now had a poor showing for someone considered (king of the north, best foreigner in the world). Idk if it's a curse or what, but EG is in a free fall. Or how about an extremely skilled EU protoss on a hot streak was simply the better player today?
Thorzain has only won two major tournaments - Dreamhack and TSL3. It really isn't that surprising to me that he didn't get that far here. He's an excellent player, but not a consistent tournament winner.
As for the "EG curse", maybe it applies to other members, but a lot of their pickups just aren't that phenomenal. Both JYP and PuMa aren't that well rounded compared to other Korean players. IdrA and HuK thrived when the scene and metagame were still developing. I don't see it so much as a curse, but more of that they just don't have a very strong roster compared to other teams. Other teams certainly lack EG's depth, but they also have players that consistently make the finals or semi-finals - look at SK and MC.
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On May 20 2012 04:43 L3g3nd_ wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2012 04:41 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:40 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:38 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:37 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:36 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:35 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:34 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:32 L3g3nd_ wrote:
Bly vs HuK game 3 on TDA, bly went for an early pool (8 or 10?) huk has a cannon up and a full wall in with a nexus 50% done, bly has a natural on the way, but with i think a smaller drone count (its only POV no observer) 8:00 a fast lair from bly, huk on 2gas pushing out with a zealot/stalker. no more gates or tech from him, still on 2 gas.bly now going up to 4gas. 9:00 huk now on 4gates 4 gas and a robo, bly with a macro hatch but no third yet, positions are huk top right bly bottom right (TDA) so hard third for bly to take 11:00 huk getting blink and hallu scouting, walling off his natural ramp with gates to take his third and turtle up it looks like. bly has teched to infestors and is finally taking a third 12:00 bly doing well with creep spread, has infestors out, huk taking his third i cant tell if collosus tech yet, dont think so, bly has scouted huks third and is moving out to attack it it seems 13:00 bly tries to burrow his infestors into the third, but huk has an observer and blinks onto them and kills 6 infestors for free ! with similar timed thirds huk has a HUGE lead in this deciding game 3 15:00 huk adding on a lot of gates, and he does have collouss tech, and i assume +3 attack on the way, huk with a 10 supply lead (130-120) moves out to clear some creep while taking a 4th, bly still on 3 base (might have hive tech, didnt get a good look) 17:00 okay yup hive is done, and broodlords will be here soon a burrowed ling denies huks fourth, but huk has map control, not sure if he has seen the BL tech yet, no sign of a stargate. 19:00 huk sees the broods ! he has a fleat beacon on the way, and +3 is done. also his fourth is up and he denies blys fourth mothership is started and more gates added on.
22:00 archons and a mothership out for huk, bly takes a hidden fourth but huk scouts it and zealots are on the way and will surely kill it. bly starting a spine crawler/creep march towards huks side of the map.
*Stehano and MC are setting up
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On May 20 2012 04:39 VeNoM HaZ Skill wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2012 04:37 xrapture wrote:On May 20 2012 04:32 Jaegeru wrote:
According to the community as soon as a newly signed EG player doesn't have a 100% record it's the EG curse or is slumping :p Jyp was almost immediately knocked into Code B upon signing. Puma has not matched his aura that he had when he won NASL S1. Idra has a 30% winrate this year, incontrol and machine aren't very good frankly (no knock on them, just compared to other foreigners, and since Thorzain's acquistion from EG he has gotten 4-0ed by Lucifron and now had a poor showing for someone considered (king of the north, best foreigner in the world). Idk if it's a curse or what, but EG is in a free fall. Puma hasn't been as good since the 1-1-1 lost it's heat and I be;ieve Naniwa and Stephano are probably better contenders for best foreigner than Thorzain.
Puma is one of the most consistent sc2 players in the scene right now...>_> He basically always does well at every international event he goes into.
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On May 20 2012 04:44 L3g3nd_ wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2012 04:43 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:41 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:40 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:38 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:37 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:36 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:35 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:34 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:32 L3g3nd_ wrote:
Bly vs HuK game 3 on TDA, bly went for an early pool (8 or 10?) huk has a cannon up and a full wall in with a nexus 50% done, bly has a natural on the way, but with i think a smaller drone count (its only POV no observer) 8:00 a fast lair from bly, huk on 2gas pushing out with a zealot/stalker. no more gates or tech from him, still on 2 gas.bly now going up to 4gas. 9:00 huk now on 4gates 4 gas and a robo, bly with a macro hatch but no third yet, positions are huk top right bly bottom right (TDA) so hard third for bly to take 11:00 huk getting blink and hallu scouting, walling off his natural ramp with gates to take his third and turtle up it looks like. bly has teched to infestors and is finally taking a third 12:00 bly doing well with creep spread, has infestors out, huk taking his third i cant tell if collosus tech yet, dont think so, bly has scouted huks third and is moving out to attack it it seems 13:00 bly tries to burrow his infestors into the third, but huk has an observer and blinks onto them and kills 6 infestors for free ! with similar timed thirds huk has a HUGE lead in this deciding game 3 15:00 huk adding on a lot of gates, and he does have collouss tech, and i assume +3 attack on the way, huk with a 10 supply lead (130-120) moves out to clear some creep while taking a 4th, bly still on 3 base (might have hive tech, didnt get a good look) 17:00 okay yup hive is done, and broodlords will be here soon a burrowed ling denies huks fourth, but huk has map control, not sure if he has seen the BL tech yet, no sign of a stargate. 19:00 huk sees the broods ! he has a fleat beacon on the way, and +3 is done. also his fourth is up and he denies blys fourth mothership is started and more gates added on. 22:00 archons and a mothership out for huk, bly takes a hidden fourth but huk scouts it and zealots are on the way and will surely kill it. bly starting a spine crawler/creep march towards huks side of the map. *Stehano and MC are setting up
23:00 mothership is out, bly still has no fourth, looks like he has a oneshot army that is a lot weaker than his opponents, even if he kills huks army somehow huk has a lot more econ to reinforce with.
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On May 20 2012 04:32 Malinor wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2012 04:31 Logros wrote:
What a shame, Thorzain has a lot more potential to take down Koreans. Honestly, I don't think it makes much of a difference if Thorzain or Socke has to play DRG now. Both would be 1:20 underdogs there. Though both have slayed a lot of koreans lately, but DRG is not just another level of player.
That's my only complaint about the entire event. I'm fine with the PPV concept its just spring arena 1 player at spring arena 2. Consider this, those who were seeded into this event via spring arena 1 were seeded because theyre REALLY FUCKING GOOD. To get to spring arena 1 in the first place a player needed to be in top 8 at the winter championship, and to be seeded from 1 to 2 a player needed to be top 4 of those players. That would be fine if those players weren't ALSO granted pool play into spring championship. This means that this tournament is irrelevent to DRG/Heart/Ganzi because should they lose outside top 12, they still have pool spots for the championship. However, as mentioned earlier these players are REALLY fucking good, meaning they should still most likely place very highly in this arena (at this point Ganzi is out, Heart would have qualified for pool play, and DRG is a socke away). Now it is nice and all that should DRG/Heart/Ganzi fall within "pool play" qualifications at this tournament the spots would go to the next placed person (assuming for the sake of an example they came 1-3rd then 4th-15th would get the seeds instead of 1-12), but this is (in my opinion) unfair to the players they face along the way. Take Bling and Socke for examples. They both met/meeting DRG in the tournament, Bling in winners, Socke in losers. Do I believe either are at DRGs level everyday? No not at all, however I do believe either COULD pull off the upset. DRG beating both of them drastically changes their respective runs (Bling falls to losers, Socke exits the tournament) AND it potentially keeps them out of pool play that they may have been able to earn without spring arena 1 players there.
My solution (sorry for the wall of text) is to either have only spring arena 1 qualifiy a player for spring arena 2 and have the top 16 of spring arena 2 be the pool play players, or have top 4 spring arena 1 players qualify for pools but not have them participate in spring arena 2
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Stephanos last matches vs. MC always looked like he was taking too much damage from the stargate shenanigans and then always lost. If he manages to not take too much damage he's in pretty good shape i hope 
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On May 20 2012 04:45 L3g3nd_ wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2012 04:44 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:43 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:41 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:40 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:38 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:37 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:36 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:35 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:34 L3g3nd_ wrote:
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8:00 a fast lair from bly, huk on 2gas pushing out with a zealot/stalker. no more gates or tech from him, still on 2 gas.bly now going up to 4gas. 9:00 huk now on 4gates 4 gas and a robo, bly with a macro hatch but no third yet, positions are huk top right bly bottom right (TDA) so hard third for bly to take 11:00 huk getting blink and hallu scouting, walling off his natural ramp with gates to take his third and turtle up it looks like. bly has teched to infestors and is finally taking a third 12:00 bly doing well with creep spread, has infestors out, huk taking his third i cant tell if collosus tech yet, dont think so, bly has scouted huks third and is moving out to attack it it seems 13:00 bly tries to burrow his infestors into the third, but huk has an observer and blinks onto them and kills 6 infestors for free ! with similar timed thirds huk has a HUGE lead in this deciding game 3 15:00 huk adding on a lot of gates, and he does have collouss tech, and i assume +3 attack on the way, huk with a 10 supply lead (130-120) moves out to clear some creep while taking a 4th, bly still on 3 base (might have hive tech, didnt get a good look) 17:00 okay yup hive is done, and broodlords will be here soon a burrowed ling denies huks fourth, but huk has map control, not sure if he has seen the BL tech yet, no sign of a stargate. 19:00 huk sees the broods ! he has a fleat beacon on the way, and +3 is done. also his fourth is up and he denies blys fourth mothership is started and more gates added on. 22:00 archons and a mothership out for huk, bly takes a hidden fourth but huk scouts it and zealots are on the way and will surely kill it. bly starting a spine crawler/creep march towards huks side of the map. *Stehano and MC are setting up 23:00 mothership is out, bly still has no fourth, looks like he has a oneshot army that is a lot weaker than his opponents, even if he kills huks army somehow huk has a lot more econ to reinforce with.
25:00 bly NP's the mothership and vortex's huks army !
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TIME FOR THE BEST GAME OF THE NIGHT GET HYPHY
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Camera staying on Stephano's face the whole time. He's a bit nervous.
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It's gonna be really hard for Stephano... but why not?
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On May 20 2012 04:46 L3g3nd_ wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2012 04:45 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:44 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:43 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:41 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:40 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:38 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:37 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:36 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:35 L3g3nd_ wrote:
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9:00 huk now on 4gates 4 gas and a robo, bly with a macro hatch but no third yet, positions are huk top right bly bottom right (TDA) so hard third for bly to take 11:00 huk getting blink and hallu scouting, walling off his natural ramp with gates to take his third and turtle up it looks like. bly has teched to infestors and is finally taking a third 12:00 bly doing well with creep spread, has infestors out, huk taking his third i cant tell if collosus tech yet, dont think so, bly has scouted huks third and is moving out to attack it it seems 13:00 bly tries to burrow his infestors into the third, but huk has an observer and blinks onto them and kills 6 infestors for free ! with similar timed thirds huk has a HUGE lead in this deciding game 3 15:00 huk adding on a lot of gates, and he does have collouss tech, and i assume +3 attack on the way, huk with a 10 supply lead (130-120) moves out to clear some creep while taking a 4th, bly still on 3 base (might have hive tech, didnt get a good look) 17:00 okay yup hive is done, and broodlords will be here soon a burrowed ling denies huks fourth, but huk has map control, not sure if he has seen the BL tech yet, no sign of a stargate. 19:00 huk sees the broods ! he has a fleat beacon on the way, and +3 is done. also his fourth is up and he denies blys fourth mothership is started and more gates added on. 22:00 archons and a mothership out for huk, bly takes a hidden fourth but huk scouts it and zealots are on the way and will surely kill it. bly starting a spine crawler/creep march towards huks side of the map. *Stehano and MC are setting up 23:00 mothership is out, bly still has no fourth, looks like he has a oneshot army that is a lot weaker than his opponents, even if he kills huks army somehow huk has a lot more econ to reinforce with. 25:00 bly NP's the mothership and vortex's huks army !
26:00 after the vortex huk throws down some storms and picks of some BL with blink before both players retreat. it seems bly finally has a fourth, b
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On May 20 2012 04:46 L3g3nd_ wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2012 04:45 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:44 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:43 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:41 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:40 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:38 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:37 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:36 L3g3nd_ wrote:On May 20 2012 04:35 L3g3nd_ wrote:
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9:00 huk now on 4gates 4 gas and a robo, bly with a macro hatch but no third yet, positions are huk top right bly bottom right (TDA) so hard third for bly to take 11:00 huk getting blink and hallu scouting, walling off his natural ramp with gates to take his third and turtle up it looks like. bly has teched to infestors and is finally taking a third 12:00 bly doing well with creep spread, has infestors out, huk taking his third i cant tell if collosus tech yet, dont think so, bly has scouted huks third and is moving out to attack it it seems 13:00 bly tries to burrow his infestors into the third, but huk has an observer and blinks onto them and kills 6 infestors for free ! with similar timed thirds huk has a HUGE lead in this deciding game 3 15:00 huk adding on a lot of gates, and he does have collouss tech, and i assume +3 attack on the way, huk with a 10 supply lead (130-120) moves out to clear some creep while taking a 4th, bly still on 3 base (might have hive tech, didnt get a good look) 17:00 okay yup hive is done, and broodlords will be here soon a burrowed ling denies huks fourth, but huk has map control, not sure if he has seen the BL tech yet, no sign of a stargate. 19:00 huk sees the broods ! he has a fleat beacon on the way, and +3 is done. also his fourth is up and he denies blys fourth mothership is started and more gates added on. 22:00 archons and a mothership out for huk, bly takes a hidden fourth but huk scouts it and zealots are on the way and will surely kill it. bly starting a spine crawler/creep march towards huks side of the map. *Stehano and MC are setting up 23:00 mothership is out, bly still has no fourth, looks like he has a oneshot army that is a lot weaker than his opponents, even if he kills huks army somehow huk has a lot more econ to reinforce with. 25:00 bly NP's the mothership and vortex's huks army !
rofl!
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Lets just do this already
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it must be so awe inspiring to play there, with that background.
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EPT
