To pick up what incontrol said on the stream. Yes the gap between korea and especially EU is closing. You saw more and more EU players taking games and series of regular GSL contestants in the past months. I think when EU teams and players keep on improving their practice regiments and learn from the best, while bringing their own views and strengths in, we'll be truly competetive in 1-2years...

edit: and we saw the side effect of this too, since NA players are losing more and more ground onto their EU comrades.

CrazyBirdman

Germany3509 Posts

August 03 2012 20:12 GMT

#3322

HerO always has to teamkill in every foreign tournament he enters...
I lost count about how many times he knocked out Sheth and Ret out of the brackets.

Silvanel

Poland4725 Posts

August 03 2012 20:12 GMT

#3323

Go Mana please beat MC! Be carfull, dont lose units carlessly, be carfull with positioning and scout for cheeses and You cand o it! You did it once, You can do it second time! I belive!

Whatson

United States5356 Posts

August 03 2012 20:12 GMT

#3324

On August 04 2012 05:11 revel8 wrote:
Puma is the only Korean eliminated so far!

Anyone know what theSTC stands for?

I'm pretty sure it's theSTarCraft

-FoX

United States479 Posts

August 03 2012 20:13 GMT

#3325

I'm excited for more fOrGG TvT's. Should be some hilarious games =P Also, so few Zergs! Hopefully sortof makes it through to guarantee at least 1 Zerg in the top 4. I'm surprised they've done so poorly at this tournament given their recent success.

Zalitara

Norway361 Posts

August 03 2012 20:13 GMT

#3326

On August 04 2012 05:09 hwatti wrote:
OK. Looks like it is going to be Taeja vs. MC in finals.

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ASUS_ROG_Summer_2012

PvP, Mana -could- take out MC in that. If he does then Moon is probably in the finals along with the winner of Hero/Taeja.

Gosi

Sweden9072 Posts

August 03 2012 20:13 GMT

#3327

On August 04 2012 05:11 -_- wrote:
If Taeja beats Hero, I'm going to become a Korean level anti-fan of him. Watching Hero play is such a pleasure for me!

Watching HerO has always been a plreasure because he's a sexy beast. But not this event, I don't like how he looks like a marble cake in the hair. :<

chambertin

United States1704 Posts

August 03 2012 20:13 GMT

#3328

On August 04 2012 05:09 Type|NarutO wrote:
It started with 7/32 Koreans, now its 6/8... absolutely sick.

And the 1 Korean to be eliminated was killed by... wait for it... another Korean

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Sidenote: WTF Is This Shit? TAEJA VS HERO T_T . . . (sigh)

ZenithM

France15952 Posts

August 03 2012 20:13 GMT

#3329

On August 04 2012 05:00 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:

Show nested quote +

Is it a troll ?

Is it?

HaXXspetten

Sweden15718 Posts

August 03 2012 20:13 GMT

#3330

On August 04 2012 05:11 soverRR wrote:

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You're aware of the fact that only a small part of Russia belongs to Europe right? So there's nothing really weird about that statement...

think the joke went over your head a little there

Skyline026

Netherlands1129 Posts

August 03 2012 20:13 GMT

#3331

Un-be-fucking-lievable!

Another HerO vs Taeja teamkill. This is fucking retarded.

Niflheim

United States313 Posts

August 03 2012 20:14 GMT

#3332

My call is that the winner of taeja/hero will win the entire tournament... MC has beaten both of them recently but I think either of them can take MC when on form

MCDayC

United Kingdom14464 Posts

August 03 2012 20:14 GMT

#3333

On August 04 2012 05:09 Type|NarutO wrote:
It started with 7/32 Koreans, now its 6/8... absolutely sick.

And the only Korean who got knocked out was in a group with 3 Koreans when only 2 could go through.
T_T
Wasn't expecting too much in terms of foreigners doing well though, without Stephano, Nerchio, Thorzain, Naniwa, the and some of the ones who have ever competed with Koreans here, Idra, HuK and Sase, all are out of form.