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United Kingdom50293 Posts
On August 16 2012 22:23 serengir wrote:
This is so weird by Nerchio - he gets 2-1 by DeMu and SortOf (not to take anything from those two great players, but they werent really favourites in the group) and then wins (I hope) over Koreans - WTF?
European defensiveness can sometimes match up better against Korean aggression, like nerchio is very good at defending while forGG is an ultra aggressive/ borderline cheesy madman so nerchio matches up well to forGG.
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Fuck... inori lost. Fuck.
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Time out.
Why am I getting ads on TL for DryNites and a Filipino dating site? What on earth have we actually wrote in this LR?
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Hope Nerchio wins this group. Or SortOf.
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On August 16 2012 22:21 laundrycat wrote:
Does anyone know the music that plays during that segment where it's that woman holding up the Blue Flare to lead the Trophy down to Earth, going into the IEM winners?
Mark Petrie - Polar Shift (Epic Choral Action)
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On August 16 2012 22:25 Redox wrote:Show nested quote +On August 16 2012 22:22 YoungTyTy wrote:On August 16 2012 22:21 o)_Saurus wrote:On August 16 2012 22:18 YoungTyTy wrote:On August 16 2012 22:17 o)_Saurus wrote:On August 16 2012 22:16 YoungTyTy wrote:On August 16 2012 22:12 o)_Saurus wrote:On August 16 2012 22:09 -_- wrote:
I'm really tired of hearing commentators say foreigners are catching up with Koreans. They're not. There are 5-10 foreigners who can give them games and 1-2 who can compete at the highest level. If you toss 5 Koreans into a pool of 30-40 foreigners, there will be 3 in the top 8.
So thats the reason why 2 out of 3 koreans might drop out of a group of 6 players considering Demuslim looking strong against inori? We're talking about some of the top foreigners in a group with two code b koreans and a code a korean, it's not really the most impressive feat. Sortof and Demuslim have become top foreigner recently? Nerchio is supposed to be. So if 1 out of 3 is a top foreigner it is "some"? I see.... And according to the guy I first quoted there would be 5/8 koreans in top8 against ~40 foreigners -_- We'll see how the rest of the tournament goes  . Of course Koreans are better. But imo its already pretty amazing that foreigners can even compete with them. I feel like people not even being that amazed about a foreigner winning is an indication of how much more respected they are now.
I 100% agree. Winning vs Korean is a big deal no matter what. They always will be ahead of foreigners.
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On August 16 2012 22:26 Psyclon wrote:
DeMuslim wins vs Inori!
I think he's still out though?
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On August 16 2012 22:26 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Time out.
Why am I getting ads on TL for DryNites and a Filipino dating site? What on earth have we actually wrote in this LR?
It's mostly based on your web search history, not just the stuff in the thread. 
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Uhhh the OP doesnt say which stream streams what
Can someone tell me whos playing now?
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On August 16 2012 22:24 pallad wrote:No he cant , he is at 3-1, 7:3 and got first place in group
The group isn't over and if Nerchio beats him 2-0, Nerchio passes him.
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On August 16 2012 22:27 shineq wrote:Show nested quote +On August 16 2012 22:26 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Time out.
Why am I getting ads on TL for DryNites and a Filipino dating site? What on earth have we actually wrote in this LR? It's mostly based on your web search history, not just the stuff in the thread.
Oh my.
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What is the tiebreak rule if two players have the same game score?
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On August 16 2012 22:27 shineq wrote:Show nested quote +On August 16 2012 22:26 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Time out.
Why am I getting ads on TL for DryNites and a Filipino dating site? What on earth have we actually wrote in this LR? It's mostly based on your web search history, not just the stuff in the thread.
It's all sc2 related. I swear.
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On August 16 2012 22:26 -_- wrote:Show nested quote +On August 16 2012 22:23 o)_Saurus wrote:On August 16 2012 22:21 Heavenlee wrote:On August 16 2012 22:12 o)_Saurus wrote:On August 16 2012 22:09 -_- wrote:
I'm really tired of hearing commentators say foreigners are catching up with Koreans. They're not. There are 5-10 foreigners who can give them games and 1-2 who can compete at the highest level. If you toss 5 Koreans into a pool of 30-40 foreigners, there will be 3 in the top 8.
So thats the reason why 2 out of 3 koreans might drop out of a group of 6 players considering Demuslim looking strong against inori? Lol, it's the reason Koreans went 18-2 in sets versus foreigners in the Open Bracket for this tournament with the losses being PvP. TargA did not win? And now you compare some top koreans to "2nd class" foreigners. Of course koreans are ahead but it's not that foreigners can't compete with them at all. I disagree. But we'll have to wait and see, I suppose. While this tournament won't prove anything in itself, it will be interesting to see if a Korean wins this tournament, and their representation in the top 3, 5, and 8 considering they compose less than half the field in this tournament.
I'm impressed by how well foreigners are doing as well, I think it's getting closer, but it's still like with table tennis and China. Maybe a few can compete at the highest level but it's still a lot more of one nation than everyone else competing at the top.
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United Kingdom50293 Posts
On August 16 2012 22:27 shineq wrote:Show nested quote +On August 16 2012 22:26 AlternativeEgo wrote:
Time out.
Why am I getting ads on TL for DryNites and a Filipino dating site? What on earth have we actually wrote in this LR? It's mostly based on your web search history, not just the stuff in the thread.
Is there something you're not telling us alternativego?
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On August 16 2012 22:28 Dexington wrote:Show nested quote +On August 16 2012 22:24 pallad wrote:On August 16 2012 22:22 ElephantBaby wrote:
Can ForGG still be eliminated? No he cant , he is at 3-1, 7:3 and got first place in group The group isn't over and if Nerchio beats him 2-0, Nerchio passes him.
Well, he can't be eliminated tho. He is top 3 for sure.
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On August 16 2012 22:27 Sp00ly wrote:I think he's still out though?
More importantly, he regained his world champion title.
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Northern Ireland27464 Posts
On August 16 2012 22:26 Fusilero wrote:Show nested quote +On August 16 2012 22:23 serengir wrote:
This is so weird by Nerchio - he gets 2-1 by DeMu and SortOf (not to take anything from those two great players, but they werent really favourites in the group) and then wins (I hope) over Koreans - WTF? European defensiveness can sometimes match up better against Korean aggression, like nerchio is very good at defending while forGG is an ultra aggressive/ borderline cheesy madman so nerchio matches up well to forGG.
This is a pretty good assessment. European PvZ especially is a good one to look at, most foreigners either 2 base-allin, or try to take it to the lategame but execute the latter worse than Koreans. Hence players like Nerchio and Stephano are pretty robust against 2 base play, but also get a lot of experience in playing out lategame situations
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EPT
