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chambertin
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1704 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8441
hum... this is really gutting...

i feel like it's so funny (strange) how Taeja's buoyancy when he wins is mirrored by HerO's devastation when he loses... lol

.................. i guess... T_T

"I know one thing, that I know nothing" - Socrates?
SigmaoctanusIV
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States3313 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8442
I don't understand why hero kept expanding he should have just destroyed with 1 base T_T Hero
I am Godzilla You are Japan
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8443
atleast taejas gonna get mvp for sure!
Typho0n
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada276 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8444
On August 12 2012 11:13 Fionn wrote:
Seed unit dancing into preemptive winner card into Seed randomly screaming a victory cry into random ads into another preemptive winner card into Seed celebrating.


standard
oneill12
Profile Joined February 2012
Romania1222 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8445
Seed has no class
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8446
QIM won IPL TAC 1
Prime won IPL TAC 2
TaeJa almost won IPL TAC 3
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8447
On August 12 2012 11:01 Plexa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 11:00 below66 wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:58 Shiori wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:57 below66 wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:54 Scrandom wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:53 below66 wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:51 blacksheepwall wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:50 Looms wrote:
On August 12 2012 10:50 below66 wrote:
Why does TL have to win 2 BO9's and IM only one BO9?


Loser's bracket

To elaborate slightly, it's because Liquid was the loser's bracket winner in a Double Elimination tournament, and IM hasn't lost a match yet, whereas, Liquid had, therefore, Liquid needed to win 1 Bo9 to reset it for the Grand Finals. Stupid format, imho.



Ummm... yes, that's a pretty dumb format.


Why is that dumb? Liquid has already lost a series, IM hadn't


Past series should have no relevance in the next upcoming series or the finals. In major sports, all that happens is you get 1 extra home court game or something that really doesn't make much of a difference, what if every sport had 2 grand finals because one team had a near undefeated run and the other didn't? it wouldnt be accepted.

Most sports don't have a double elimination bracket. Your analogy fails. This has been the standard in essentially every double elim. tournament ever. It's either this or extended series. Guess which one is better.


Ah I see.
Worth pointing out that the only double elim tournament that I know of that didn't have two bo5s (or some kind of advantage for the WB player) was the MSL in BW.


wcs?
Havik_
Profile Joined November 2011
United States5585 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8448
nestea!!!!!
"An opinion is only as good as the evidence that backs it up."- William O'Malley, S.J.
bokchoi
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Korea (South)9498 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8449
Just like TAC1... IM gets AKed in the first set, comes back and wins the 2nd set.
whirlpool
Profile Joined June 2011
2788 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8450
lol they're in the rush clean the stage for lol, fcukin BM
Phobbers
Profile Joined May 2011
773 Posts
August 12 2012 02:14 GMT
#8451
On August 12 2012 11:13 zEnVy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 11:12 BigBossX wrote:
It was obvious once Taeja died IM would win lol. Taeja is the only good player on the team tbh ...


You're right, GSL Code S Ro4 Hero is not a good player.

That's like saying Jinro is a top player because of his RO4 finishes. Hero got RO4 Season 1, we're on our way to Season 4. Old result is old.
EG/C9/ALL/TSM
bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
August 12 2012 02:15 GMT
#8452
On August 12 2012 11:13 Fionn wrote:
Seed unit dancing into preemptive winner card into Seed randomly screaming a victory cry into random ads into another preemptive winner card into Seed celebrating.

while the game is still going haha, for a sec i felt like they want to make it as quick as possible
Stork[gm]
pt
Profile Joined November 2010
United States813 Posts
August 12 2012 02:15 GMT
#8453
On August 12 2012 11:14 oneill12 wrote:
Seed has no class

what?
EG-TL!
Eufouria
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom4425 Posts
August 12 2012 02:15 GMT
#8454
On August 12 2012 11:13 Fionn wrote:
Seed unit dancing into preemptive winner card into Seed randomly screaming a victory cry into random ads into another preemptive winner card into Seed celebrating.

Seed's PvP, powered by AMD.
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
August 12 2012 02:15 GMT
#8455
On August 12 2012 11:14 Boucot wrote:
QIM won IPL TAC 1
Prime won IPL TAC 2
TaeJa almost won IPL TAC 3

Urm what? IM won IPL TAC 3 why are you saying taeja almost won.
Glorious SEA doto
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9221 Posts
August 12 2012 02:15 GMT
#8456
Horrible production is really taking the edge out of this victory. It was great tournament overall, but damn the production during the finals sucked.
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
TemplarCo.
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Mexico2870 Posts
August 12 2012 02:15 GMT
#8457
Hero losing the first Nexus put him really behind, doesn't matter the damage he killed a lot of probes, he lost too much.
With an average game length of 7m36s over his 6 games in GSL3, this is a no-brainer. BitByBit pulls more SCVs than yo momma at a club on Mar Sara. ♞
BigBossX
Profile Joined September 2008
United Kingdom357 Posts
August 12 2012 02:15 GMT
#8458
On August 12 2012 11:13 zEnVy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 11:12 BigBossX wrote:
It was obvious once Taeja died IM would win lol. Taeja is the only good player on the team tbh ...


You're right, GSL Code S Ro4 Hero is not a good player.


I'm glad you agree with me
neurosx
Profile Joined August 2011
Luxembourg1096 Posts
August 12 2012 02:15 GMT
#8459
GG IM :D

Sad for Hero though poor guy
You'll wish I'd never stooped to notice you.
Apollo_Shards
Profile Joined February 2011
1210 Posts
August 12 2012 02:15 GMT
#8460
Fucked it up all the way till the end.
What a fucking horrible tournament, I hope to god you guys learn some serious lessons about how not to fuck up almost every aspect of running one.
The only saving grace was Taeja and his amazing run.
As for IPL go fix your fucking shit.
Jaedong, sOs, avilo, MaSa, Oprah
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