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Lukeeze[zR]
Profile Joined February 2006
Switzerland6838 Posts
November 18 2012 11:59 GMT
#7681
Congrats to parting, but this wcs was a big fiasco for me, really underwhelming :[
Terran & Potato Salad.
gingerfluffmuff
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria4570 Posts
November 18 2012 11:59 GMT
#7682
On November 18 2012 20:54 KimJongChill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2012 20:49 thepuppyassassin wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:44 Dodgin wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:42 Jehct wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:39 Dodgin wrote:
Okay so in this tournament

Parting defeated

Illusion

Socke

Scarlett

Suppy

Sen

Creator

Only one Korean player and one Code A/B player.

Congrats on the easiest 100k of your life.

...because every other Code S/A/B korean was knocked out either earlier in the tournament or in the many qualifiers leading up to it

Seriously, wtf? This was a lot harder to win, and required a lot more consistency, than any single Code S championship. He got third in WCS KR, second in WCS Asia, first here. That's fucking amazing. Trying to downplay the achievement is just messed up


You're missing the point, I'm not trying to downplay his achievement or anything, he played really well and did great in WCS KR and WCS asia to get to this point but the players he had to beat to win this makes it the easiest 100k he will ever make in his life.


No you are missing his point. You also have to count all the people he beat in the qualifiers, which worked toward his entry into the tournament.


i think the issue most people have is that the main tournament itself was a handful of koreans against a bunch of fodder foreigners (with some surprising exceptions), while the most challenging part of the tournament was relatively obscure and just a bunch of bo3's. it also didn't help that it was almost all pvp.

The fodder foreigners wont go away anytime soon. With the kespa players rising and changing the amount of training
needed to be an average Code S player, the situation of foreigners at mixed tournaments will get worse.
I dont expect any foreigner winning more than 8000$ at an open tournament in 2013.
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tylerf
Profile Joined March 2012
739 Posts
November 18 2012 11:59 GMT
#7683
Are people really freaking out about anonymous casual fans thinking PartinG is the best in the world because of Tasteless overhype? Seems like something not worth worrying about.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33390 Posts
November 18 2012 11:59 GMT
#7684
On November 18 2012 20:58 Dodgin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2012 20:55 Waxangel wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:53 Fionn wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:51 LimitSEA wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:48 Dodgin wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:46 Jehct wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:42 Dodgin wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:40 Vandrad wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:39 Dodgin wrote:
Okay so in this tournament

Parting defeated

Illusion

Socke

Scarlett

Suppy

Sen

Creator

Only one Korean player and one Code A/B player.

Congrats on the easiest 100k of your life.


If it was os easy why didn't you won it?


I didn't say it was easy, I said it was the easiest 100k of his life.

Compare that run to winning two GSL's and getting second in another, which is what you would have to do to match the 100k prize money.

Compare the many tournaments where Stephano has made bank to an MLG...

prize money isn't equitable in eSports (at all). That said, this tournament had more barriers to entry (all the qualifiers, limited korean representatives) and demanded more consistency than almost any other. What more do you want?


I don't want anything, I'm just telling it how it is.

Qualifying for this event as a KR player is extremely tough, because you had to place well in two tournaments beforehand.

Parting was rewarded generously with a good bracket, and he took advantage.

Beating the players listed does not make him the best in the world, that's the only point. I don't like the tasteless hype because all the casual viewers will buy into it and I don't want to hear any crap about Parting being the best player in the world.

Anyone who follows the scene well enough will know PartinG isn't the best in the world. And unfortunately casuals claiming random player #1298 as the best player in the world is a risk we take by trying to cater to the casual fanbase, which apparently we have to do to keep SC2 a viable eSport. The more fans SC2 has, the more likely you are to find someone with a stupid opinion. Just how it goes.


Parting was playing very well, but then got beat up by Polt and Sniper in the Ro16 of Code S. It's hard to call someone the best in the world when they got bopped by an S-level Terran and Zerg, then go to BWC and beat foreigners up to a final against a Protoss.


sounds liek an article


Don't do it, you're gonna get more backlash than the Elephant in the Room


i think it's pretty obv ppl dont' think parting is #1, why make up strawmen ignorant fans to hate when there are plenty of real ones
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
StooPidMonkey
Profile Joined July 2012
77 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-18 12:00:04
November 18 2012 11:59 GMT
#7685
On November 18 2012 20:53 Fionn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2012 20:51 LimitSEA wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:48 Dodgin wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:46 Jehct wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:42 Dodgin wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:40 Vandrad wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:39 Dodgin wrote:
Okay so in this tournament

Parting defeated

Illusion

Socke

Scarlett

Suppy

Sen

Creator

Only one Korean player and one Code A/B player.

Congrats on the easiest 100k of your life.


If it was os easy why didn't you won it?


I didn't say it was easy, I said it was the easiest 100k of his life.

Compare that run to winning two GSL's and getting second in another, which is what you would have to do to match the 100k prize money.

Compare the many tournaments where Stephano has made bank to an MLG...

prize money isn't equitable in eSports (at all). That said, this tournament had more barriers to entry (all the qualifiers, limited korean representatives) and demanded more consistency than almost any other. What more do you want?


I don't want anything, I'm just telling it how it is.

Qualifying for this event as a KR player is extremely tough, because you had to place well in two tournaments beforehand.

Parting was rewarded generously with a good bracket, and he took advantage.

Beating the players listed does not make him the best in the world, that's the only point. I don't like the tasteless hype because all the casual viewers will buy into it and I don't want to hear any crap about Parting being the best player in the world.

Anyone who follows the scene well enough will know PartinG isn't the best in the world. And unfortunately casuals claiming random player #1298 as the best player in the world is a risk we take by trying to cater to the casual fanbase, which apparently we have to do to keep SC2 a viable eSport. The more fans SC2 has, the more likely you are to find someone with a stupid opinion. Just how it goes.


Parting was playing very well, but then got beat up by Polt and Sniper in the Ro16 of Code S. It's hard to call someone the best in the world when they got bopped by an S-level Terran and Zerg, then go to BWC and beat foreigners up to a final against a Protoss.

Anyone think hes the best is as lunatic as rush limbaugh. Neither creator even if had a different result in the final. PVP is one of the reasons blizzard want to make Hots.
thepuppyassassin
Profile Joined April 2011
900 Posts
November 18 2012 11:59 GMT
#7686
On November 18 2012 20:56 teamamerica wrote:

. An actual world champion, would, in my opinion, be the best players competing against the best. I don't know the solution to this and maybe I'm just looking at this the wrong way but just seeing if anyone else feels the same way?



Luckily we do have a tournament that fits your criteria. It's called the GSL! We should all start calling the current gsl champion the world champion instead. It is the global starleague after all...
LimitSEA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia9580 Posts
November 18 2012 11:59 GMT
#7687
On November 18 2012 20:54 nonsequitur wrote:
Yeah, all this bitching about Parting not deserving of the trophy is really inane. Do you feel Barcelona don't deserve to win the Champions League because they didn't play against Real Madrid or any of the other top clubs? Will you only be satisfied if the champion beats every single pro player? If so, why even watch tournaments then?

Lol. He totally deserved the win, and I'm really happy he finally has that big tournament win I think he's been on the verge of for a while. I think people are just saying, he's not the best in the world, even if he did earn this tournament win.
Long live the King of Wings
GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
November 18 2012 11:59 GMT
#7688
On November 18 2012 20:58 Valikyr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2012 20:56 Meggiroth wrote:
That "best player in the world" phrase made me cringe every time.
Realistically i doubt he would really qualify in the top 5 or 10.

Not sure exactly where he would realistically rank overall but Rain, Creator and Parting, the top 3, is also the three best protoss players in the world with Seed being up there too.


Seed is bad now.
http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=FLABREZU
Woizit
Profile Joined June 2011
801 Posts
November 18 2012 12:00 GMT
#7689
On November 18 2012 20:58 GolemMadness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2012 20:57 Woizit wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:52 IshinShishi wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:46 Jehct wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:42 Dodgin wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:40 Vandrad wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:39 Dodgin wrote:
Okay so in this tournament

Parting defeated

Illusion

Socke

Scarlett

Suppy

Sen

Creator

Only one Korean player and one Code A/B player.

Congrats on the easiest 100k of your life.


If it was os easy why didn't you won it?


I didn't say it was easy, I said it was the easiest 100k of his life.

Compare that run to winning two GSL's and getting second in another, which is what you would have to do to match the 100k prize money.

Compare the many tournaments where Stephano has made bank to an MLG...

prize money isn't equitable in eSports (at all). That said, this tournament had more barriers to entry (all the qualifiers, limited korean representatives) and demanded more consistency than almost any other. What more do you want?

Some (like Mvp) forfeited their spots, the truth is that very few of the koreans focused fully on wcs and instead tried to make something happen in the more immediate challenges, the quality of the games made this very clear, I can't even recall a single memorable game in this entire WCS.


HerO vs Idra Game 3 is pretty unforgettable for me


Well, they didn't play, so...


Yep, I meant HerO vs Stephano.

Guess it still has an Idra stamp on a fake out of that magnitude heh.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33390 Posts
November 18 2012 12:00 GMT
#7690
this is all tasteless' fault
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
November 18 2012 12:00 GMT
#7691
Leenock still Legit World ChampionTM
ModeratorRetired LR Bonjwa
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Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-18 12:00:56
November 18 2012 12:00 GMT
#7692
On November 18 2012 20:56 Waxangel wrote:
there's no dichotomy between parting fully deserving to win this tournament and him definitely not being the best in the world D:

informal fallacies are a bitch, aren't they?
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NightOfTheDead
Profile Joined August 2009
Lithuania1711 Posts
November 18 2012 12:00 GMT
#7693
On November 18 2012 20:52 IshinShishi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 18 2012 20:46 Jehct wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:42 Dodgin wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:40 Vandrad wrote:
On November 18 2012 20:39 Dodgin wrote:
Okay so in this tournament

Parting defeated

Illusion

Socke

Scarlett

Suppy

Sen

Creator

Only one Korean player and one Code A/B player.

Congrats on the easiest 100k of your life.


If it was os easy why didn't you won it?


I didn't say it was easy, I said it was the easiest 100k of his life.

Compare that run to winning two GSL's and getting second in another, which is what you would have to do to match the 100k prize money.

Compare the many tournaments where Stephano has made bank to an MLG...

prize money isn't equitable in eSports (at all). That said, this tournament had more barriers to entry (all the qualifiers, limited korean representatives) and demanded more consistency than almost any other. What more do you want?

Some (like Mvp) forfeited their spots, the truth is that very few of the koreans focused fully on wcs and instead tried to make something happen in the more immediate challenges, the quality of the games made this very clear, I can't even recall a single memorable game in this entire WCS.


They forfeited after losing, and going into losers bracket in the very first round. That doesnt give them credibility of any sort.
Mirrikh
Profile Joined January 2012
Romania105 Posts
November 18 2012 12:00 GMT
#7694
Easy road, except all those code S top tier koreans that should have been here to make it a tough road didn't make it.

Parting has been consistently good all year long (albeit never considered THE top player) and that's what makes you the winner of such a lengthy and prestigious tournament.
covetousrat
Profile Joined October 2010
2109 Posts
November 18 2012 12:00 GMT
#7695
So did parting beat rain in the biggest earner in a month?
LimitSEA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia9580 Posts
November 18 2012 12:01 GMT
#7696
On November 18 2012 21:00 Waxangel wrote:
this is all tasteless' fault

Tasteless and his damn hype.
Long live the King of Wings
Ronin2011
Profile Joined November 2012
Greece30 Posts
November 18 2012 12:01 GMT
#7697
1th Protoss
2nd Protoss
3rd Protoss

Nerf Zerg.. they're so OP!
Let's hope Blizzard reconsider hearing bronze player voices...

User was warned for this post
The time of Reckoning has come!
FakeDeath
Profile Joined January 2011
Malaysia6060 Posts
November 18 2012 12:01 GMT
#7698
On November 18 2012 21:00 opterown wrote:
Leenock still Legit World ChampionTM


Yeah man.
Play your best
Chill Penguin
Profile Joined March 2012
Australia756 Posts
November 18 2012 12:02 GMT
#7699
My 2c

Did Parting deserve it? Yes
Did Parting get very lucky? Yes
Is Parting the best in the world? Definitely not.
How was the tournament overall? Disappointing.
ShAdZ_ZX
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia635 Posts
November 18 2012 12:02 GMT
#7700
On November 18 2012 20:56 teamamerica wrote:
Am I the only one who feels like this doesn't actually crown the 'world champion' the way that TI2 did?

I'm feeling this way because a lot of the really good Koreans, namely the Korean Terrans, didn't qualify. Among the multitude of tournaments, I think WCS Korea feel by the wayside for some players. MVP and MC forfeited their matches in the losers bracket to attend IEM Cologne as one example, and who knows how players used practiced between this and GSL.

Sure Parting is one of the best in Korea, but no one could objectively say he's the best player in Korea. He couldn't even make it out of his Ro16 GSL group - and now he's the best in the world?

My distaste of this tournament comes from the fact the tournament effectively affirmative actions in a ton of players, when if it were really just a tournament of the best players in the world determined by people playing each other it would be much more Korean biased. An actual world champion, would, in my opinion, be the best players competing against the best. I don't know the solution to this and maybe I'm just looking at this the wrong way but just seeing if anyone else feels the same way?

Everyone in it was good definitely, Suppy almost beat Parting and tons of upsets, but that's an 'any given Sunday' type of thing to me - performance in one tournament can fluctuate. What my problem is in determining how they got there - it doesn't gather the best players in the world and then put them into a tournament to see whose the best on that day, not this.

Anyway, dat check :O


Anyone who knows anything about professional Starcraft can recognise that the only real credibility the top placing players of BWC deserve is their performance in the Korean/Asian qualifiers. The player pool was an absolute joke here, and there for the achievement of BWC champion is non-existent.

Casters will continue to go one about it to cater to the narrow minded, but the real credit Parting deserves is his placing at the Kr/Asian quals.
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