General Registration Requirements 1. You must have access to a Korean Battle.net StarCraft 2 account. 2. You must have chosen to participate in the KR Qualifiers to the exclusion of the NA/EU Qualifiers. 3. You must be a national or resident of Korea. 4. You must be be registered and logged into your TL account to register and play. 5. Fill in your account details in your TL profile. Make sure they are correct for the server (KR).
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man, lost to luvsic 0-2. He pretty much cheesed my first game. and my keyboard has been acting wonky in game 2 so I just failed and died. oh well. next time!
btw what happend to Tal'darim. I loved that map. now its nowhere to be seen.
On July 05 2012 19:49 Asha` wrote: I've got so much work to do today but there's GSL, so many awesome new TSL replays, HSC V day 1, and TSL cast this evening.
Damn it, I thought with no mens tennis at Wimbledon today I'd get a lot done =p
Can't wait for Maru vs Keen reps =D
Yeah, GSL, updating Liquipedia for this qualifier, HSC V Day 1 - I'm getting into a multitasking problem here...
edit: TOP reaches the Round of 32 at the expend of FXOSirius!
On July 05 2012 19:49 Asha` wrote: I've got so much work to do today but there's GSL, so many awesome new TSL replays, HSC V day 1, and TSL cast this evening.
Damn it, I thought with no mens tennis at Wimbledon today I'd get a lot done =p
Can't wait for Maru vs Keen reps =D
same here, I've to finish coding a software before tomorrow afternoon, I guess tonight will be a long night
On July 05 2012 20:41 Hall0wed wrote: Squirtle 2 - 0 TOP
Why couldn't that have been OSL T_T
Oh well, gogo TSL4!
Coca's 0 already bolded though? Bracket doesn't show him advancing but it shows his bolded zero against an unbolded zero. O_o
The 0s are randomly bolded sometimes. Don't know why. Maru's was bolded against Revival without showing him advancing for like 5 minutes but then it went back to normal
Too bad PartinG didn't sign up. Now when he moved in to the ST house he should smash even more faces. He's like the only toss I wouldn't mind in TSL4. (after HerO ofc)
On July 05 2012 20:41 Hall0wed wrote: Squirtle 2 - 0 TOP
Why couldn't that have been OSL T_T
Oh well, gogo TSL4!
Coca's 0 already bolded though? Bracket doesn't show him advancing but it shows his bolded zero against an unbolded zero. O_o
The 0s are randomly bolded sometimes. Don't know why. Maru's was bolded against Revival without showing him advancing for like 5 minutes but then it went back to normal
Ok thanks =D
Would suck to miss out on some Squirtle vs. Coca replays.
Someone should tell something to the Zeek.TV guys, it says squirtle vs rain is bo5 finals, when it's actually Ro128, confused the hell out of me for a moment there.
On July 05 2012 20:53 Noam wrote: Would love to hear you guys recommend some games, I can't really watch
you've got GSL and Homestory, don't worry 'bout it
Bumblebee 2-1 Losira btw
Is he still on Prime? It was reported he left, but his twitter is still teriousprime....
Ya he left/got kicked(not sure). He's not on Prime anymore, he should be able to get a new team soon to be honest. He's been doing well in qualifiers and online tourneys after he left.
On July 05 2012 20:45 Gosi wrote: MMA really suck in these qualifiers huh?
Too bad PartinG didn't sign up. Now when he moved in to the ST house he should smash even more faces. He's like the only toss I wouldn't mind in TSL4. (after HerO ofc)
Well, MMA is going through a rough patch, and these qualifers are very tough and I guess the online format and inability to prepare for specific opponents is not MMA's forte.
Why are casters saying it wasn't a successful attack for Revival? I tend to think any equal trade is good for zergs or is that not true when they have equal bases?
On July 05 2012 21:32 mikedebo wrote: OMG SangHo _when_ will you win something?! >
Hey he has been performing really well lately relative to what he was doing a few months ago. He looked absolutely awful a few months ago.
And he did win something, he carried Complexity to win the EG MCSL by going 10-2 in games and winning 2 ace matches, one of them being against aLive where the winner (that being SangHo of course) won the whole tournament for their team. SangHo is super manly lately.
On July 05 2012 21:32 mikedebo wrote: OMG SangHo _when_ will you win something?! >
Hey he has been performing really well lately relative to what he was doing a few months ago. He looked absolutely awful a few months ago.
And he did win something, he carried Complexity to win the EG MCSL by going 10-2 in games and winning 2 ace matches, one of them being against aLive where the winner (that being SangHo of course) won the whole tournament for their team. SangHo is super manly lately.
I agree, I was ready to write SangHo off a few months ago but he seems to have doubled down on his effort since joining coL and he's actually producing good performances again outside of the GSL.
[17:02:03] <Dauntless> Bumblebee, R1CH, what's up with ro8 of TSL4 qualifier 12? [17:02:09] <Dauntless> been hours since any update [17:02:21] <@Bumblebee> yea its gonna be casted later [17:02:23] <@Bumblebee> so its not being updated
Just watched maru go 2x proxy 11 11 rax in his Ro16 match against RevivaL, pretty funny :D, but was kinda hoping he'd found something else he could use, oh well.
On July 06 2012 01:03 AxionSteel wrote: Just watched maru go 2x proxy 11 11 rax in his Ro16 match against RevivaL, pretty funny :D, but was kinda hoping he'd found something else he could use, oh well.
He does this a lot vs Zerg these days. That's his way to approach the new metagame xD
I think the best possible scenario for TL would be HerO taking it over TaeJa in the finals if they both make it that far. That would give HerO a spot and TaeJa 121 points. With only 1 week remaining, 121 points should be in a pretty good position for a top 5 finish in points. If it's the other way around, Taeja qualifies and HerO gets 100 points, then HerO would still need to get to Ro16 minimum next week to qualify by points.
On July 06 2012 01:45 JBright wrote: I think the best possible scenario for TL would be HerO taking it over TaeJa in the finals if they both make it that far. That would give HerO a spot and TaeJa 121 points. With only 1 week remaining, 121 points should be in a pretty good position for a top 5 finish in points. If it's the other way around, Taeja qualifies and HerO gets 100 points, then HerO would still need to get to Ro16 minimum next week to qualify by points.
We can hope! I would love to see Taeja win too, or really, any Terran since it looks like the EU/NA will be very ZP. But Taeja and Hero in the final would be awesome, I'm cheering for them both!
On July 06 2012 03:37 Arceus wrote: TZL zergs sure like drops :p
I see what you did there....
But yeah, TSL Zergs really seem to use drops well at least, which makes their style quite unique compared to other Zergs.
I dont think those drops were good, he just dropped tbh.
True, Shine did end up suiciding a lot of Roaches when he should not have (e.g. Dropping the Roaches in front of the Tanks rather than on the tanks), but it did not matter when he was so ahead I suppose.
On July 06 2012 04:15 Pocky52 wrote: lol @ Apollo, TSL has had such good casters so far... such a well run tournament, and this is only the qualfiers
Yeah, Especially Ret and Idra surprised me by being awesome, Day9 and Husky of course always great together and well.. I could list everyone I'm really looking forward to the main event!
HerO is playing magnificent so far. Delayed his extra gates and got an early robo for obs. Thought for a sec he was gonna go WP sentry in the main, but it's a terrible map for it, but he's just cutting corners. Easy map to defend 3rd, so he can be greedy like that.
Great VR/Phoenix control. Really paying off.
Edit: That drop play is so strong, when P tries to get greedy on Entombed, but HerO's advantage from earlier in the game enables him to survive.
hero managed to delay the drop by almost a minute with his voidrays and phoenixes killing many queens when coca thought he stabilized already, really nice stargate play by hero
Reading Protoss is pretty hard, definitely a skill CoCa needs to brush up on. He scouts really well, but often loses after fending off initial allin builds.
On July 06 2012 05:25 Tsubbi wrote: and thats probably why coca doesnt even manage to get into code a again, you cannot lose a game like this from the position he was in
nice comeback by hero
So which one is it, CoCa being bad or HerO having a nice comeback?
On July 06 2012 05:25 Tsubbi wrote: and thats probably why coca doesnt even manage to get into code a again, you cannot lose a game like this from the position he was in
nice comeback by hero
So which one is it, CoCa being bad or HerO having a nice comeback?
just a little sad coca's still in code b without discrediting hero's pvz !
sick game by taeja, shine defended the 2 rax very well at first than at the end he made a pretty bad micro move trying to surround the last marines and didnt manage to kill them, thats when taeja took a huge lead imo
This qualifier has been pretty sick so far. Clearly TL's Korean players decided to start stepping up their games after Plexa's comments in the Week 3 Point Ranking Update. Great casting this qualifier, can't wait to see the real tournament!
On July 06 2012 05:47 Gheizen64 wrote: This TvZ is amazing, seems like this matchup is good again
What's going on? I'm at work so can't watch but yeah for the last two months I've been pretty bored with TvZ, since the queen buff it's seemed more like PvZ for the first ten minutes. I miss hellion pokes
I've come around from thinking of 2 RAX as cheesy bullshit to just a nice simple way to equalize the early game in TvZ when executed well. It's not elegant, but it's effective.
On July 06 2012 05:52 mDuo13 wrote: This qualifier has been pretty sick so far. Clearly TL's Korean players decided to start stepping up their games after Plexa's comments in the Week 3 Point Ranking Update. Great casting this qualifier, can't wait to see the real tournament!
Frankly, it was just because time constraints made playing the first two qualifiers very difficult.
On July 06 2012 06:04 eieio wrote: Taeja's ability to stay in this game is reminding me of marineking. Sick games so far, thrilled to see Taeja and Hero so deep in the bracket :D
I'm at work and can't watch it but it's funny, I get that feeling from Taeja pretty often. A lot of what he does reminds me of MKP. (Unlike say a lot of what MMA does which reminds me of Boxer).
On July 06 2012 06:04 eieio wrote: Taeja's ability to stay in this game is reminding me of marineking. Sick games so far, thrilled to see Taeja and Hero so deep in the bracket :D
I wanted to say exactly that. He is just very hard to kill and knows how to use his units to full effect.
If taeja loses game 3 i'm going to be quite mad, taeja's play was incredible this game I just dont know how he managed to stay in the game this long :<
On July 06 2012 06:33 Asha` wrote: This is one hell of a series.
For the love of god man tell us what's going on!
Lol, but seriously, could someone give a quick recap?
Started off 3cc vs 3hatch. Shine went for the gasless queens so he couldn't attack (like a certain someone suggested before ). Taeja went for Cloaked banshees but it was scouted and countered immediately. Shine went for Mutas but was scouted and countered immediately. Taeja had a huge advantage 3 base vs 3 base until he unseiged in the middle and his entire army was wiped out. Taeja fought back and got control of the middle in a series of scrappy battles vs BL/Corruptor/Ling/Infestor. Taeja sniped Shines 4th in the middle bottom left and gained control of the middle sniping the middle expansion as well. Right now its mass ultras going up and shine has 6 bases up.
Taeja now has the 200 death push composition and is slowly moving towards Shines 3 mining bases.
Very good game, in just one game we saw Mutas, Infestors, Broodlords, Ultralisks, Banshees, Thors... Taeja is such a beast, I almost counted him out but Teaja shows why he is in the Ro8.
On July 06 2012 06:44 Asha` wrote: Crazy deciding game, the map architecture saved Taeja in the end.
Both played amazing though.
yeah but shine shouldnt have switched to ultras once he was in the center with broodlord infestor, anyways will be interesting to see taejas tvp in the finals before next weeks ro8 match vs mc!
On July 06 2012 06:44 Asha` wrote: Crazy deciding game, the map architecture saved Taeja in the end.
Both played amazing though.
yeah but shine shouldnt have switched to ultras once he was in the center with broodlord infestor, anyways will be interesting to see taejas tvp in the finals before next weeks ro8 match vs mc!
The ultra switch wasn't bad... The fact that he spent wayyy too many resources on unsupported Ultras was bad.
I wonder what it does psychologically to your opponent when in game 2 you should have been dead 10 minutes ago but you keep slugging it out? I mean, there was no way Taeja could have won that game, but his tenacity must have scared Shine.
Nice play by HerO, basically a BO win, but I'll take it,, hopefully HerO doesn't give this up, and he'll have a good start! :D
awww, HerO had such a nice little lead... too aggressive :D jk was thinking that was in Genius's hands, but HerO played it out nicely, and I read that totally wrong... whatever, let's go HerO!
Must be Hotbid in Sweden outside Apollo's residence at this very moment pulling the plug when Apollo started talking about things possibly being rigged, haha.
On July 06 2012 07:28 Kamate wrote: As much as I like Hero, I didnt get what the F*** he was doing ...
It was a build relying on having more stalkers in the first fight, which he did. Genius pulled his Stalker back at the LAST second, if HerO got it, the game is pretty much over for Genius. I think the decision to use that all-in was smart, he just dropped the ball pretty heavily.
god, i hope genius can make it. yes, i also want to see taeja but with a second place finish, he is more or less qualified anyways (with his current points).
Wow, Taeja's aggressive, never-give-up, both-sides-low-economy play today reminds me of BoxeR. I can really see the SlayerS influence or something in him.
On July 06 2012 07:48 Bashion wrote: Holy shit, Apollo.
You scare me.
I think he sees in the FUTURE!
I'm reminded of "4rax, he's going mech" from MLG.
Not even Artosis can touch Apollo in game analysis.
While he is good, lets not overhype him too too much
Artosis is at least equally as good as Apollo
No, I really think Apollo has surpassed all other casters in the last year or so.
If anyone is overhyped its Tastosis.
Several pro players have commented on how Artosis analysis is the best. And when it comes down to it, they are the best to judge that So in terms of in game analysis, I dont think you can ever make the argument that Artosis cant touch Apollo.
On July 06 2012 07:48 Bashion wrote: Holy shit, Apollo.
You scare me.
I think he sees in the FUTURE!
I'm reminded of "4rax, he's going mech" from MLG.
Not even Artosis can touch Apollo in game analysis.
While he is good, lets not overhype him too too much
Artosis is at least equally as good as Apollo
No, I really think Apollo has surpassed all other casters in the last year or so.
If anyone is overhyped its Tastosis.
Several pro players have commented on how Artosis analysis is the best. And when it comes down to it, they are the best to judge that So in terms of in game analysis, I dont think you can ever make the argument that Artosis cant touch Apollo.
But obviously Apollo can still be your favorite
Artosis still edges out a bit for me right now but lately he hasn"t been dropping knowledge in the GSL like Apollo did in the 5 games I have seen him cast today
On July 06 2012 07:48 Bashion wrote: Holy shit, Apollo.
You scare me.
I think he sees in the FUTURE!
I'm reminded of "4rax, he's going mech" from MLG.
Not even Artosis can touch Apollo in game analysis.
While he is good, lets not overhype him too too much
Artosis is at least equally as good as Apollo
No, I really think Apollo has surpassed all other casters in the last year or so.
If anyone is overhyped its Tastosis.
Several pro players have commented on how Artosis analysis is the best. And when it comes down to it, they are the best to judge that So in terms of in game analysis, I dont think you can ever make the argument that Artosis cant touch Apollo.
But obviously Apollo can still be your favorite
I agree that Artosis has a lot of very good analysis but it is quite sad that we see that most often when he is actually not partnered with Tasteless. I feel that while they have amazing chemistry it appears to me that they have becoming sort of their own show instead of being the supporting cast of the games that they are casting.
I know it's worded a bit weird but it's not my native language.
I'm not huge Taeja fan, but it would be good for the TSL if he gets, I hope he wins. More Terrans, a TL player, and a general online monster, great all round.
On July 06 2012 07:48 Bashion wrote: Holy shit, Apollo.
You scare me.
I think he sees in the FUTURE!
I'm reminded of "4rax, he's going mech" from MLG.
Not even Artosis can touch Apollo in game analysis.
While he is good, lets not overhype him too too much
Artosis is at least equally as good as Apollo
No, I really think Apollo has surpassed all other casters in the last year or so.
If anyone is overhyped its Tastosis.
Several pro players have commented on how Artosis analysis is the best. And when it comes down to it, they are the best to judge that So in terms of in game analysis, I dont think you can ever make the argument that Artosis cant touch Apollo.
Who are these several pro players and what is the data they base their evaluation upon?
I'm not saying Artosis has been the most knowledgeable caster in the past, but as of late Apollo has far better calls and a better grasp on the recent metagame. Anyone watching these guys cast regularly can agree with that, and its nothing to do with favoritism.
Why did Apollo just say that if Teaja wins Liquid will be the only team with 2 people in the TSL, Quantic has Naniwa and SaSe Empire has Kas and Beastyqt
Hey guys , I think we can agree Artosis and Apollo are great casters and great analysts . Tho they can call out with accuracy , they can also be wrong , from time to time .; I am just glad to watch em both , and watch so nice games
On July 06 2012 08:05 Devise wrote: Why did Apollo just say that if Teaja wins Liquid will be the only team with 2 people in the TSL, Quantic has Naniwa and SaSe Empire has Kas and Beastyqt
On July 06 2012 07:48 Bashion wrote: Holy shit, Apollo.
You scare me.
I think he sees in the FUTURE!
I'm reminded of "4rax, he's going mech" from MLG.
Not even Artosis can touch Apollo in game analysis.
While he is good, lets not overhype him too too much
Artosis is at least equally as good as Apollo
No, I really think Apollo has surpassed all other casters in the last year or so.
If anyone is overhyped its Tastosis.
Several pro players have commented on how Artosis analysis is the best. And when it comes down to it, they are the best to judge that So in terms of in game analysis, I dont think you can ever make the argument that Artosis cant touch Apollo.
Who are these several pro players and what is the data they base their evaluation upon?
I'm not saying Artosis has been the most knowledgeable caster in the past, but as of late Apollo has far better calls and a better grasp on the recent metagame. Anyone watching these guys cast regularly can agree with that, and its nothing to do with favoritism.
Who are you and where is your data to support your claims?
On July 06 2012 07:48 Bashion wrote: Holy shit, Apollo.
You scare me.
I think he sees in the FUTURE!
I'm reminded of "4rax, he's going mech" from MLG.
Not even Artosis can touch Apollo in game analysis.
While he is good, lets not overhype him too too much
Artosis is at least equally as good as Apollo
No, I really think Apollo has surpassed all other casters in the last year or so.
If anyone is overhyped its Tastosis.
Several pro players have commented on how Artosis analysis is the best. And when it comes down to it, they are the best to judge that So in terms of in game analysis, I dont think you can ever make the argument that Artosis cant touch Apollo.
Who are these several pro players and what is the data they base their evaluation upon?
I'm not saying Artosis has been the most knowledgeable caster in the past, but as of late Apollo has far better calls and a better grasp on the recent metagame. Anyone watching these guys cast regularly can agree with that, and its nothing to do with favoritism.
I remember the game Wheat is talking about. It was 1 zealot and 1 stalker and MC just walked past the bunker. It was on antiga. 15 sec later LastShadow called GG
On July 06 2012 08:05 Devise wrote: Why did Apollo just say that if Teaja wins Liquid will be the only team with 2 people in the TSL, Quantic has Naniwa and SaSe Empire has Kas and Beastyqt
He forgot seeded players?
He probably meant players that got in by qualifying.
On July 06 2012 07:48 Bashion wrote: Holy shit, Apollo.
You scare me.
I think he sees in the FUTURE!
I'm reminded of "4rax, he's going mech" from MLG.
Not even Artosis can touch Apollo in game analysis.
While he is good, lets not overhype him too too much
Artosis is at least equally as good as Apollo
No, I really think Apollo has surpassed all other casters in the last year or so.
If anyone is overhyped its Tastosis.
Several pro players have commented on how Artosis analysis is the best. And when it comes down to it, they are the best to judge that So in terms of in game analysis, I dont think you can ever make the argument that Artosis cant touch Apollo.
Who are these several pro players and what is the data they base their evaluation upon?
I'm not saying Artosis has been the most knowledgeable caster in the past, but as of late Apollo has far better calls and a better grasp on the recent metagame. Anyone watching these guys cast regularly can agree with that, and its nothing to do with favoritism.
Who are you and where is your data to support your claims?
It was more of a rhetorical question pointing out that any statements about Artosis being the best caster would've been outdated. Obviously the man is busy doing other things lately, becoming a father and all, so who can blame him for being less involved with the game.
But I should know better than to belittle tastosis on the TL forums, too many fanboys get riled up.
On July 06 2012 07:48 Bashion wrote: Holy shit, Apollo.
You scare me.
I think he sees in the FUTURE!
I'm reminded of "4rax, he's going mech" from MLG.
Not even Artosis can touch Apollo in game analysis.
While he is good, lets not overhype him too too much
Artosis is at least equally as good as Apollo
No, I really think Apollo has surpassed all other casters in the last year or so.
If anyone is overhyped its Tastosis.
Several pro players have commented on how Artosis analysis is the best. And when it comes down to it, they are the best to judge that So in terms of in game analysis, I dont think you can ever make the argument that Artosis cant touch Apollo.
Who are these several pro players and what is the data they base their evaluation upon?
I'm not saying Artosis has been the most knowledgeable caster in the past, but as of late Apollo has far better calls and a better grasp on the recent metagame. Anyone watching these guys cast regularly can agree with that, and its nothing to do with favoritism.
To name some: ClouD, IdrA, Incontrol, ToD (I know Idra and Incontrol are buddies with Artosis but stillI)
I dont see what data they need for their opinion (I could give you the same question btw lol) ... They are pro gamers, so they know the most about the game, so they will obviously know what Artosis is talking about and know that its true.
Im not saying that you are wrong in your statement that Apollo is the best. He might be. There is really no way to "measure" that. Im just saying, that saying that he is leagues above Artosis is just plain wrong.
So when you judge that Apollo is leagues above, yes that is definitely favoritism.
On July 06 2012 08:16 Mozdk wrote: Did he HAVE to gg there? Was the game over?
Maybe not completely over but he must have felt so down there.. Taeja was on fire. He's quickly turning into one of my favourite players. Well played and lovely to see another terran in TSL!
On July 06 2012 08:17 scypio wrote: Taeja must have been playing Starcraft master lately. doing neet tricks like picking up a marauder into the medivac and dropping it down again :D
He's done that kind of stuff forever =p
If you go back and watch his old Korean Weekly games it's in plenty of them, you can tell when he's really in the groove because the micro tricks happen more and more =p
On July 06 2012 08:18 ShoWTimE94 wrote: what are people talking about with mc and taeja? when/where do they meet each other?
GSL Code S Ro8 I believe.
Taeja is a monster, it's for sure. Honestly I only see micro on that level from MKP, and I feel like if Taeja could shore up his macro and decision making so that it provides a better platform to show off his fancy micro, he could easily be the best Terran in the world.
So it's certainly still possible for Hero to qualify, but he needs either a RO8 (and some pretty signicant luck with who places where) or better though in the final qualifier... that's pretty exciting.
On July 06 2012 08:19 Kamate wrote: I bet it is posted somewhere , but can you guys help me by telling me what song is played after TL qualifieres are done ?
On July 06 2012 08:18 ShoWTimE94 wrote: what are people talking about with mc and taeja? when/where do they meet each other?
GSL Code S Ro8 I believe.
Taeja is a monster, it's for sure. Honestly I only see micro on that level from MKP, and I feel like if Taeja could shore up his macro and decision making so that it provides a better platform to show off his fancy micro, he could easily be the best Terran in the world.
That and his TvT is meh.
Taeja's games today were simply insane. His micro especially in the finals was pretty much the most remarkable unit control I've ever seen. His decison making was spot on, too. There were basically no questionable decisions in the semis as well as in the finals. His comeback in game 3 against Shine didn't allow for any mistakes and Taeja played it perfectly. And honestly I didn't really see any flaws in his macro either ^^ Today Teaja was on fire and there wasn't much room for improvement. If he manages to play like this constantly, he is bound to get some big wins soon.
On July 06 2012 08:18 ShoWTimE94 wrote: what are people talking about with mc and taeja? when/where do they meet each other?
GSL Ro8 next week.
oh wow. should be a good match. thx, didnt know that.
Should be the best match of the Ro8
DRG vs NaNiwa is probably going to be the most hyped though.
I think all matchups are potentially great for the Ro8. There's no series I'm not looking forward to! =D
Yeah I think all the matches should be interesting, I personally find TvZ the most interesting so I can't wait for Byun vs NesTea! Given how good TaeJa played in the TL Open his match vs MC should be really interesting as well.
On July 06 2012 08:19 Kamate wrote: I bet it is posted somewhere , but can you guys help me by telling me what song is played after TL qualifieres are done ?
Kind of sad that HerO didn't win this one, means we won't see him in TSL as he'll be flying to NASL next week for the finals.
Edit: Forgot that HerO is playing IPL this weekend in Los Angeles. This means that he should be in North America already which means that he should be able to play next week's qualifier!
kinda surprised to see him beat genius. his tvp always seem to lack subtlety to me.
maybe you lack the subtlety to see it :D
Actually I watched his stream several times and he seemed to struggle with Protoss the most (relatively saying of course cause he is beast in all MUs :D) as he usually stated that protoss is imba
On July 06 2012 08:48 SilSol wrote: yeah TaeJa is so strong. I bet hes going really far in the TSL4 main tournament. Hoping for some replays from ro8 tho.
He's a Korean, so he's supposed to get knocked out early in an upset.
good to see another liquid player step it up for there teams own tourney, its kinda cool to see liquid not give any of its players free invites where i doubt many other pro teams would risk hosting such a huge event without making sure they are well represented. but looks like we will be seeing atleast 3 liquid players as i think sheth will pull through with points
On July 06 2012 11:54 GhandiEAGLE wrote: FINALLY Liquid kicks it into high gear. Just a few more great finishes for Hero and he'll have it under wraps too!
There's only one qualifier left for Hero. Hero needs at least a semi final run, anything less and he most likely won't make it. By comparison people like Squirtle potentially only need a Ro16 run.
EPT
TeamLiquid StarLeague 4/Qualifiers/KR 4
(after HerO ofc)
