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trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8481
Oh wow you can still be MVP without winning
achew
Profile Joined February 2012
France86 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8482
Taeja is a boss
danteafk
Profile Joined May 2011
307 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8483
poor teamtaeja :/
Venien
Profile Joined June 2012
United Kingdom161 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8484
"This is what happens when you have one player on your team."

This is what happens when IM do nothing but throw 2 base collussus at TaeJa, alas. HerO almost had it, just needed some sentries to hold that. Oh well, I guess that's Seed's 15 minutes of fame out the window, Liquid were carried pretty hard by TaeJa but I expect they'll come back bigger & better. HerO just needs to regain his confidence, TLO should've been thrown out instead of Ret given his current form, Zenio... I dunno, he seems like the weak link for Liquid right now.

Still, been a fun albeit dreary at times day.
RoyaleBrainSlug
Profile Joined December 2010
United States295 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8485
On August 12 2012 11:15 Herry wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 11:15 Wombat_NI wrote:
On August 12 2012 11:14 PH wrote:
This is what happens when you have only one player on your team.

Hero, Ro4 GSL before last, won Dreamhack Winter, runner up last NASL season.


played one game tonight and lost


must be a fucking aweful player, amirite?
Zileas is my Homeboy
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8486
On August 12 2012 11:16 Plexa wrote:
zero surprises at Taeja winning MVP

Indeed. WP!
o choro é livre
nanaoei
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
3358 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8487
nazgul helping hero pack up his mouse and keyboard ;_;...
*@boesthius' FF7 nostalgia stream bomb* "we should work on a 'Final Progamer' fangame»whitera can be a protagonist---lastlie: "we save world and then defense it"
Eufouria
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom4425 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8488
Oh look they gave Taeja the trophy anyway.
FidoDido
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1292 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8489
On August 12 2012 11:15 bgx wrote:
Show nested quote +
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


don't forget transition into telling everyone to get off stage for LoL time.
LGIMSeed FantasyToss~~ Hipster Seed fan before he made Code A
glzElectromaster
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Japan2474 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8490
IdrA is no longer the BM champ. IGN takes it!

gratz to IM. although I'm a TaeJa fanboy, I'm happy that Seed got to show his skills as I really felt bad for him when he was getting bashed after GSL finals
RIP Kt. Violet | In solitude, where we are least alone
bokchoi
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Korea (South)9498 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8491
On August 12 2012 11:14 turdburgler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 11:01 Plexa wrote:
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?


MSL did give an advantage to their winner bracket player when they used double-elim. The advantage differed from season to season, but I wanna say the winner bracket player got to "pick maps" or pick the 1st and final set map.
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8492
On August 12 2012 11:15 Plexa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 11:14 turdburgler wrote:
On August 12 2012 11:01 Plexa wrote:
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:
[quote]

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?

WCS definitely has two bo3s for the LB player


i know theres one in sc2, because i remember flipping my shit when i heard about it
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27111 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8493
On August 12 2012 11:15 Herry wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2012 11:15 Wombat_NI wrote:
On August 12 2012 11:14 PH wrote:
This is what happens when you have only one player on your team.

Hero, Ro4 GSL before last, won Dreamhack Winter, runner up last NASL season.


played one game tonight and lost

Your point being? He lost one game, that is regarded as the single most volatile matchup in SC2. He's still a good player
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
blacksheepwall
Profile Joined June 2011
China1530 Posts
August 12 2012 02:16 GMT
#8494
Despite IM winning this, it was definitely Taeja's day.

Continuing to prove that he is the best in the world.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ // </3 Taeja
trashman
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States113 Posts
August 12 2012 02:17 GMT
#8495
Thank you Seed.
Kick at the rock, Sam Johnson, break your bones: / But cloudy, cloudy is the stuff of stones.
MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
August 12 2012 02:17 GMT
#8496
Taeja walks away with a trophy at least, so it wasn't all for nothing.
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
INNI
Profile Joined April 2012
Sweden249 Posts
August 12 2012 02:17 GMT
#8497
Kitties and titties is pretty great.
Corrupted
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1255 Posts
August 12 2012 02:17 GMT
#8498
On August 12 2012 11:16 megid wrote:
Man, serious, this was the worst transmission i have seem in my entire life. But good games =)


They were incredibly fortunate for the games and in particular, Taeja. Otherwise this would have been an unmitigated disaster.
"MarineKing rolling double sevens there" -Artosis
Phaint
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada211 Posts
August 12 2012 02:17 GMT
#8499
IM wins and they spend all the time talking about TL wtf...
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32749 Posts
August 12 2012 02:17 GMT
#8500
Pretty awkward awards ceremony, no pomp or power really.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
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