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As the 2013 IPTL Season 1 steams ahead for it's finish, it's time for IPL to bring you the Playoffs and Up & Down matches to both determine the winner and who earns the $9,000 in prize money and who will move down to Contender, and who will ascend to Premier. The winners of the playoff matches will also receive 6 seeds into the WoL Main Bracket and paid trips to IPL 6!.
Playoff Schedule:
EG v LG-IM: February 26th
StarTale v MVP: March 5th
Up & Down Schedule:
Team Liquid v NsHoSeo: February 19th
ROOT v FXO: February 20th
coL v Prime: February 21st
Acer v Karont3: February 28th
When: Thursday, Feb 21 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)
Format
MVP, StarTale, EG, LG-IM and Team Liquid will remain in Premier Division. The winners of, ROOT v FXO, compLexity v Prime and Acer v Karon3 will join them. Stay tuned for more announcements about the 2013 IPTL Season 2.
The playoff teams battle for the $9,000 and a trip to IPL 6. Here is the prize distribution:
Premier Playoff Teams:
1st - $9,000
2nd - $4,000
3rd - $2,000
4th - $2,000
Premier Teams:
5th - $1,000
6th - $1,000
7th - $1,000
8th - $1,000
Contender Teams:
9th - $250
10th - $250
11th - $250
12th - $250
![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/thumb/a/a5/RootGaming_Logo_Transparent.png/300px-RootGaming_Logo_Transparent.png) ROOT GamingSage YugiOh Minigun ViBE theognis TT1 LeiYa MaSa Drewbie CatZ DdoRo Slush RotterdaM KiWiKaKi Fitzyhere ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/2/29/FXOpen.png) FXOasd Choya GuMiho JKS Leenock Lucky TheBest Tree Weekend kAsyu Tear Supreme VoidRay Kong
The Second Game of the IPTL Up & Downs is on Thursday, Feb 21 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)
Poll: Who will win?ROOT (33) 51% FXO (32) 49% 65 total votes Your vote: Who will win? (Vote): ROOT
(Vote): FXO
Results!+ Show Spoiler [ROOT v FXO Results] + LeiYa < Ohana > asd
LeiYa < Daybreak > Lucky
Minigun < Cloud Kingdom > Lucky
Minigun < Antiga Shipyard > GuMiho
MaSa < Whirlwind > GuMiho
Sage < Atlantis Spaceship > GuMiho
Sage < Entombed Valley > Tear
Sage < Abyssal City > Leenock
YugiOh < Metropolis > Leenock
ROOT makes it to Premier Division!
Map List
IPLMap Atlantis Spaceship
IPLMap Antiga Shipyard
IPLMap Daybreak
IPLMap Whirlwind
IPLMap Cloud Kingdom
IPLMap Metropolis
IPLMap Ohana
IPLMap Entombed Valley
**Abyssal City**
The first map will be on a set rotation, and then it is loser's pick.
Casters
Today's games will be announced when we know!
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gogo root ^^ they have a respectable chance with some koreans on their roster now so there might be room for an upset here eventhough i still think fxo is favoured
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I'm calling FXO to take this one. Looking forward to it and hoping for a close series!
Edit: Goddammit, I love that root logo.
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asd, Sirius and Whale have retired and should be removed from the rosters btw
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Sage all-kills FXO! Again!
If not, Root will be in trouble.
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On February 21 2013 01:55 Serinox wrote:
asd, Sirius and Whale have retired and should be removed from the rosters btw
asd starts for FXO this match though...
edit: this match was definitely played after his official retirement date on Liquipedia, but I'll update it.
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You spelled leiya wrong in the overall results.
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FXO domination, but ROOT might take a few games.
FXO 5-2 ROOT
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Choya All Kill, no argumentation here!
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YugiOh all kill. He believes in the heart of the cards
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Go Root! They deserve a shot at the Premier division
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Why have kiwikaki listed in the lineup if he retired from sc2 forever ago and has no chance of playing? Is he playing hots again or something?
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ROOT + Brown korean fighting
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FXO should really have this no problem. dont see anyone on root who has a chance against leenock
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On February 21 2013 07:15 skatblast wrote:
Why have kiwikaki listed in the lineup if he retired from sc2 forever ago and has no chance of playing? Is he playing hots again or something?
He is technically on the inactive list for the roster, but I can tell you he has been playing quite a bit of HotS. He just isn't streaming it 
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ROOT4ROOT!!!!
even though probably gonna loose
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Minigun not on the ROOT list?
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On February 21 2013 07:59 Negatiive wrote:
Minigun not on the ROOT list?
Minigun rejoined ROOT mid-season. He's supposed to be on the roster! 
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Bear in mind the lists are only what the teams give to IPL, it's not really up to them to say who is on a team or not.
Anyway, I expect FXO will crush Root. People keep underestimating the 2 time GSTL champions...
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Pretty sure asd plays Terran and retired... and now Tim and Kibbelz are calling a Zerg player asd...
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huh I thought asd played terran
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On February 21 2013 09:16 GenesisX wrote:
huh I thought asd played terran
I guess someone else is playing on asd's account.
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On February 21 2013 09:16 GenesisX wrote:
huh I thought asd played terran
either trolling (because its prolly his last sc2 match) or its indeed FXOLucky
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On February 21 2013 09:17 Corsica wrote:either trolling (because its prolly his last sc2 match) or its indeed FXOLucky
I think it has to be Lucky, since IPL posted in this thread saying asd indeed didn't play.
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well casters wtf... srsly you should be able to know that asd doesnt play zerg ._. thats so embarassing
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Doesn't ASD play terran? o____o;;;
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I'm so confused. Just tuned in and the first map should be Leyia vs asd on ohana (according to results), but this is clearly not ohana, asd is terran and retired.
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Get the feeling it's Lucky, haha. But if it was said to be asd then it has to be assumed to be asd!
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I'm so confused. I was not really paying attention but when they started talking about asd's hatchery I knew something was wrong.
This is Lucky, right?
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rofl 14 minutes into the game 3 immortals and 5 sentries is his army LOLOLOL
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On February 21 2013 09:24 Promethelax wrote:
I'm so confused. I was not really paying attention but when they started talking about asd's hatchery I knew something was wrong.
This is Lucky, right?
Probably. A moderator posted in chat:
Urbzie: Something went wrong, lets hope it'll get figured out soon, meanwhile lets enjoy the games regardless
Urbzie: So very likely LeiYa vs Lucky, aight
EDIT: and another mod message:
Josh_ign: this is lucky
» obviously
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I feel the votes on the front page represent far too wishful thinking.
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casters look like bizarro tastosis
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On February 21 2013 09:33 Corsica wrote:
LeiYa>asd then lol
Hey let's not get ahead of ourselves. Maybe one of the replays was from another clan war.
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Ahhh I see what's happened here. Silly replay orders!
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gj IGN...don't even know which race the players in your tourney play.
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That was pretty sweet. I wish we saw more players try colossus warp prism harass/drop play, but it probably isn't actually that cost efficient or worth it.
Certainly fun to watch though.
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Casting the same game again...
Doing it well though.
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On February 21 2013 09:58 TheMannerMule wrote:
Casting the same game again...
Yet they're doing it in a way that (for the most part) you wouldn't realize they are. Props to them tbh
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Lucky have so many bases...
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Very impressive play by minigun. Especially when you consider how much he has been focusing on hots.
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Why no charge? would make harass so much better and might need later
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hey, maybe i'm a bit slow, but root has quite a solid lineup these days lol
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On February 21 2013 10:29 rasnj wrote:
Very impressive play by minigun. Especially when you consider how much he has been focusing on hots.
These games were played before he completely switched to hots
Always annoying to deal with his harass in pvz
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On February 21 2013 10:36 NMxhendralisk wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 10:29 rasnj wrote:
Very impressive play by minigun. Especially when you consider how much he has been focusing on hots. These games were played before he switched to hots Always annoying to deal with his harass in pvz
Really? How old are they? Seems minigun has been playing hots for ages already. In that case I guess infested terrans still benefit from upgrades.
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I anticipating HotS just to see BL/Infestor grow obsolete. Just a really boring composition that makes games a bit boring imo.
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I'm so happy that soon we won't have to see that kind of game anymore
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Chad "Mothership Donating" Jones
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Hellbats should be some kind of karma to this kind of bullshit
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On February 21 2013 10:41 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I anticipating HotS just to see BL/Infestor grow obsolete. Just a really boring composition that makes games a bit boring imo.
You mean you don't like watching a Zerg turtle for 30 minutes!??!
It's alright, this is one of the last games of this kind you will ever have to watch.
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Exhibit 1a of why WoL PvZ is the worst matchup to watch as a spectator.
EDIT: Actually, 1a was probably the DIMAGA vs. HerO game (in NASL) where Dima actually refused to finish the game and actually requested HerO attack him so he could end the game on defense.
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lucky seems to have no clue what kind of late game composition to go for.... he had the advantage but i think he gave it away and let minigun re build
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Minigun is just sitting there... why not kill everything else?
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I can't wait until the casters realize you can uproot a spine and never lose to elimination.
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Is this what they call slivko style?
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lucky has 00000000000 corrupters. so the void rays will win it for him
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why is minigun making voidrays and not carriers? 
[Edit] there we go, lol
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I guess minigun is waiting for 3/3 air
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On February 21 2013 10:52 LlamaNamedOsama wrote:why is minigun making voidrays and not carriers?
Because 100 intercept die to 3 fungals
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On February 21 2013 10:52 LlamaNamedOsama wrote:why is minigun making voidrays and not carriers? [Edit] there we go, lol
Fungaled interceptors can't attack
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On February 21 2013 10:50 Ace Frehley wrote:
Is this what they call slivko style?
This is Slivko minus the inevitable probe neural into Zerg nexus/mothership.
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oh god and IPL 6 will be this bullshit again... so boring seriously minigun use mass recall at least and kill som shit
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Intriguing. I'm kinda looking forward to HotS a lot more now...
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On February 21 2013 10:46 Dodgin wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 10:41 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I anticipating HotS just to see BL/Infestor grow obsolete. Just a really boring composition that makes games a bit boring imo. You mean you don't like watching a Zerg turtle for 30 minutes!??! It's alright, this is one of the last games of this kind you will ever have to watch.
From what I saw in recent HotS PvZs, it's just the other way around there.
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On February 21 2013 10:53 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 10:46 Dodgin wrote:On February 21 2013 10:41 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I anticipating HotS just to see BL/Infestor grow obsolete. Just a really boring composition that makes games a bit boring imo. You mean you don't like watching a Zerg turtle for 30 minutes!??! It's alright, this is one of the last games of this kind you will ever have to watch. From what I saw in recent HotS PvZs, it's just the other way around there.
I'm just going to hope they take the time to fix it this time instead of waiting months and months to deal with a huge game design issue.
This might be foolish of me though...
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How is this game still going on...
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They could've revealed five PlayStations during this game.
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180 vs 80 supply
Still can't break the zerg
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+100 supply, still can't force an engagement
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I can't wait for microable carriers.
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On February 21 2013 10:59 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
+100 supply, still can't force an engagement
He could roll over him, I think, he just doesn't.
On February 21 2013 10:59 Swords wrote:
I can't wait for microable carriers.
Hm? Carriers are microable afaik.
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On February 21 2013 11:00 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 10:59 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
+100 supply, still can't force an engagement He could roll over him, I think, he just doesn't. Hm? Carriers are microable afaik.
He was probably afraid of a neural on the mship to ruin everything.
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On February 21 2013 10:59 Ace Frehley wrote:
180 vs 80 supply
Still can't break the zerg
just another foreigner that is afraid of korean...
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If infestors had not been nerfed (fungal range/infested terran), how close would that had been?
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On February 21 2013 11:01 Corsica wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 10:59 Ace Frehley wrote:
180 vs 80 supply
Still can't break the zerg just another foreigner that is afraid of korean...
I ageee. Minigan was giving too much credit for Lucky.
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On February 21 2013 11:00 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 10:59 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
+100 supply, still can't force an engagement He could roll over him, I think, he just doesn't. Hm? Carriers are microable afaik.
I mean the carrier leash micro Nony made a big post about awhile ago. I think they only patched that into HoTS and not WoL, but i might be mistaken. Not sure it would've helped Minigun much there, but I just remembered that sieging with carriers would be easier in HoTS and got excited.
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people talk here as if 130 supply army was all that Lucky had, the number of spores and spines, and the investment gone into that sort of 'static' defense doesn't cost supply but strengthens the position of the army so much, ZvP is shit in woL/boring, but Minigun played that great.
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are these live games or replays?
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On February 21 2013 11:05 1v1Alpha wrote:
are these live games or replays?
replays
EDIT: live casting though, in case that matters
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On February 21 2013 11:05 1v1Alpha wrote:
are these live games or replays?
Replays. Though the finals for IPTL will be played live during IPL6.
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wow the stream says live, ridiculous
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On February 21 2013 11:03 Swords wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 11:00 StarVe wrote:On February 21 2013 10:59 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
+100 supply, still can't force an engagement He could roll over him, I think, he just doesn't. On February 21 2013 10:59 Swords wrote:
I can't wait for microable carriers. Hm? Carriers are microable afaik. I mean the carrier leash micro Nony made a big post about awhile ago. I think they only patched that into HoTS and not WoL, but i might be mistaken. Not sure it would've helped Minigun much there, but I just remembered that sieging with carriers would be easier in HoTS and got excited.
Wasn't leash range implemented into WoL a long time ago? I might misremember it but I think it has been existent for quite some time, just people still complaining because they don't know.
Edit: I really might misremember it, might just be some very early HotS patch.
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On February 21 2013 11:06 1v1Alpha wrote:
wow the stream says live, ridiculous
You get used to it.
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apparently games were played today, thats good at least. Some tourneys cast month old replays
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On February 21 2013 11:06 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 11:03 Swords wrote:On February 21 2013 11:00 StarVe wrote:On February 21 2013 10:59 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
+100 supply, still can't force an engagement He could roll over him, I think, he just doesn't. On February 21 2013 10:59 Swords wrote:
I can't wait for microable carriers. Hm? Carriers are microable afaik. I mean the carrier leash micro Nony made a big post about awhile ago. I think they only patched that into HoTS and not WoL, but i might be mistaken. Not sure it would've helped Minigun much there, but I just remembered that sieging with carriers would be easier in HoTS and got excited. Wasn't leash range implemented into WoL a long time ago? I might misremember it but I think it has been existent for quite some time, just people still complaining because they don't know.
Looks like just HoTS? http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=386472
I could very well be wrong though. Also, based on that thread it looks like the leash micro is still a little messed up in HoTS.
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On February 21 2013 11:09 1v1Alpha wrote:
apparently games were played today, thats good at least. Some tourneys cast month old replays
Some tourneys like IPL. :D
@Swords: Yeyeye, I edited!
"Edit: I really might misremember it, might just be some very early HotS patch."
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Wait did minigun just queue up 3 shuttle??! WTF
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On February 21 2013 11:10 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 11:09 1v1Alpha wrote:
apparently games were played today, thats good at least. Some tourneys cast month old replays Some tourneys like IPL. :D @Swords: Yeyeye, I edited! "Edit: I really might misremember it, might just be some very early HotS patch."
Ah! I see. No worries!
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Damn that hold by Gumiho was absolutely sick.
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"Gumiho down 20 supply right now" when they're exactly the same supply. Wtf? ^^
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On February 21 2013 11:15 Larkin wrote:
Damn that hold by Gumiho was absolutely sick.
Pretty bad engagement by Minigun after the drop. He spread split his army into bite size chunks and didn't focus anything, got picked apart.
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On February 21 2013 11:15 StarVe wrote:
"Gumiho down 20 supply right now" when they're exactly the same supply. Wtf? ^^
8 looks kind of like 6 if you squint your eyes I guess
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On February 21 2013 11:15 StarVe wrote:
"Gumiho down 20 supply right now" when they're exactly the same supply. Wtf? ^^
He was down 2 supply, maybe just misspoke though I don't see why you would remark on such a trivial fact. They don't seem to read the statistics correctly. They didn't seem to notice that gumiho was >10 army supply ahead all the time.
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On February 21 2013 11:18 rasnj wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 11:15 StarVe wrote:
"Gumiho down 20 supply right now" when they're exactly the same supply. Wtf? ^^ He was down 2 supply, maybe just misspoke though I don't see why you would remark on such a trivial fact. They don't seem to read the statistics correctly. They didn't seem to notice that gumiho was >10 army supply ahead all the time.
I mean, I knew he was winning and they made it sound a bit like he was on the verge of losing, on top of that it was factually wrong.
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GuMiho just has that magic touch that makes every game a treat to watch.
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Not sure why Minigun kept pressuring. The attack with 2 colossi put him ahead, he could have sat back on three bases and held Gumiho's counter with less losses, went into harass and set up a nice three base timing...
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He should of took out the 3rd while dropping zealots after breaking the front, then he can fall back. He was actually behind after the 2 colossi attack because 3 CC worth of mule and triple scv production more than offset the workers lost.
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Have to say they should NOT try to do math during cast... it's not working out so far.
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Utter domination, this TvT, Gumiho really is very solid most of the time.
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I remember MaSa was hyped a lot when he joined ROOT. Too bad he gets paired up against the best Koreans often.
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On February 21 2013 11:36 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I remember MaSa was hyped a lot when he joined ROOT. Too bad he gets paired up against the best Koreans often.
still does his fair share in team leagues for sure
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On February 21 2013 11:37 NMxhendralisk wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 11:36 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I remember MaSa was hyped a lot when he joined ROOT. Too bad he gets paired up against the best Koreans often. still does his fair share in team leagues for sure
I hope my comment didn't come out as criticizing MaSa. I've seen him play, and he is an obviously talented player. He just has the bad luck of facing players who are better than him (i.e. top Korean Terrans), and doesn't get to show off his skills.
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On February 21 2013 11:36 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I remember MaSa was hyped a lot when he joined ROOT. Too bad he gets paired up against the best Koreans often.
I think it was the fact that he was paired up against top Koreans that got him noticed in the first place. No one would care how well your TvT was if you only played NA. For me, it was his 2-1 over aLive in NASL that got me to notice how good he was.
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Oh, Sage with his anti FXO strategy.
Edit: Still works after two years. :D
Pleeeaaaase let him play a PvZ against Leenock, Tear playing Sage in a PvP won't be fun.
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What's up with all the ejaculation references?
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On February 21 2013 11:45 StarVe wrote:
Pleeeaaaase let him play a PvZ against Leenock, Tear playing Sage in a PvP won't be fun.
Aww comee ooon. I never asked for this.
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On February 21 2013 11:50 Larkin wrote:
What's up with all the ejaculation references?
I think the casters talked about siege tanks "blowing their load"?
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Are they playing to 4 points or what?
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On February 21 2013 11:45 StarVe wrote:
Oh, Sage with his anti FXO strategy.
Edit: Still works after two years. :D
Pleeeaaaase let him play a PvZ against Leenock, Tear playing Sage in a PvP won't be fun.
Phoenix vs. Phoenix is fun... D:
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I love Sage's phoenix micro
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OMG that move by sage to get the range was soooo sick
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Tear dont know about the range upgrade apparently..
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isn't it kind of obvious to get range in phoenix vs phoenix?
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On February 21 2013 12:04 polpot wrote:
Tear dont know about the range upgrade apparently..
To be fair, by the time he found out Sage had the upgrade, the fleets had already engaged and Tear had to rapidly rebuild his air fleet to avoid Sage gaining air supremacy.
That was a fun game though. Sky toss vs Sky toss was fun.
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Tear either needed range or some cannons to fall back onto
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On February 21 2013 12:04 Dwayn wrote:
isn't it kind of obvious to get range in phoenix vs phoenix?
No. Usually it's all about the Phoenix count and you get range later... Sage gambled hardcore there.
To be more clear, if Tear attacked when Sage was upgrading the range, Sage would have died. No way in hell he could have come back. You need a higher Phoenix count to ensure the ability to survive while upgrading range.
It was a huge risk on Sage's part, but it paid off in dividends.
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On February 21 2013 12:05 Bagration wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 12:04 polpot wrote:
Tear dont know about the range upgrade apparently.. To be fair, by the time he found out Sage had the upgrade, the fleets had already engaged and Tear had to rapidly rebuild his air fleet to avoid Sage gaining air supremacy. That was a fun game though. Sky toss vs Sky toss was fun.
Sure but he build a third stargate instead of a fleet beacon after getting sniped most of his phoenix
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nice try to go for a macro game but this map is terrible
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You know things are crazy when Sage can't keep up in multitasking.
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Though Sage had it when he held off the drops barely losing anything but he just fell apart after that. Good job Leenock I really want FXO to win.
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On February 21 2013 12:22 StarVe wrote:
You know things are crazy when Sage can't keep up in multitasking.
Well he is vsing leenock, and leenock is pretty damn good
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Sage leaves NSH and then starts playing well again. It's just unfair.
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While it's not qutie over yet, Sage has held heroically through all the attacks Leenock has sent. I do want Leenock to win though.
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Close game so far, Sage has held off admirably, but Leenock just has too much.
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OK, now Sage is in trouble, running out of money, main out of minerals. Leenock got a well earned win.
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Well, that was a fun game. I wish the casters could have seen the DT harass. It killed a good number of workers, and even sniped the pool.
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Leenock takes it in the end. Sage was holding it off really well for along time
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On February 21 2013 12:23 WigglingSquid wrote:Sage leaves NSH and then starts playing well again. It's just unfair.
Alt-Tab was great for him.
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Kibbelz makes me want to cry he's so bad. Leenock absolutely dominated that game and Kibbelz was talking like Sage was one move away from winning the entire time
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One of the most enjoyable ZvP's I've seen in a long time. 15 minutes of just non stop pressure, not letting up for a second.
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On February 21 2013 12:26 RParks42 wrote:
Kibbelz makes me want to cry he's so bad. Leenock absolutely dominated that game and Kibbelz was talking like Sage was one move away from winning the entire time
Still better than proleague casters. At least I don't have to mute the stream.
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yugioh? from slayers? the rager who went nuts in the last match? im glad he found a team ; _ ; (tears of joy)
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On February 21 2013 12:26 RParks42 wrote:
Kibbelz makes me want to cry he's so bad. Leenock absolutely dominated that game and Kibbelz was talking like Sage was one move away from winning the entire time
It was close at times. Leenock didn't tech, nor get significant upgrades, and did take some damage from the DT harass. If his aggression had failed, Sage would have most likely rolled him over.
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On February 21 2013 12:23 WigglingSquid wrote:Sage leaves NSH and then starts playing well again. It's just unfair.
Which is funny because he's staying in the NSH house right now...
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Sadly, teams never learn how to pick maps. It's loser's pick, and there are 9 maps. ROOT knew that Leenock was on FXO, and that drop build on Abyssal by Leenock was probably 100% win rate if I remember correctly. Yet, other losers refuse to "consume" Abyssal City for non-PvLeenock. I forgot which team, but this happened before. It's really sad to see the lack of team strategy for map picking.
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Horray, Muta vs Muta dogfights!
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Sickest burrowfestor attack there.
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Yugioh crushing Leenocks army, quite the advantage
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If anyone could do it, it would be the best team in NA: ROOT
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Yugioh did all the right moves for this map in a ZvZ muta vs muta fight.
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You activated my trap card
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Two time GSTL Champions lost to an American team. lololol
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On February 21 2013 12:42 stuchiu wrote:
Yugioh did all the right moves for this map in a ZvZ muta vs muta fight.
He teched a lot quicker than Leenock, which gave him the advantage throughout.
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rooot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wooohoo!!!!!
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Yes! Root makes it to Premier! Such a great accomplishment for this team! Nice win
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YES YUGIOHHHHHH FUCK YES!!!
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On February 21 2013 12:43 PhoenixVoid wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 12:42 stuchiu wrote:
Yugioh did all the right moves for this map in a ZvZ muta vs muta fight. He teched a lot quicker than Leenock, which gave him the advantage throughout.
Especially good on that map as the large distance makes tech switching a lot safer.
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On February 21 2013 12:44 stuchiu wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 12:43 PhoenixVoid wrote:On February 21 2013 12:42 stuchiu wrote:
Yugioh did all the right moves for this map in a ZvZ muta vs muta fight. He teched a lot quicker than Leenock, which gave him the advantage throughout. Especially good on that map as the large distance makes tech switching a lot safer.
So in general, he read the game a lot better than Leenock. Sad how once Leenockvember is over, he doesn't play as well. I've seen Leenock play better than that though. Congratulations to ROOT, you guys overcame a two time GSTL champion team, and finally play with the big boys.
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On February 21 2013 12:26 RParks42 wrote:
Kibbelz makes me want to cry he's so bad. Leenock absolutely dominated that game and Kibbelz was talking like Sage was one move away from winning the entire time
After defending against the first drop Sage got up to around 150 supply including some immortals and a ton of sentrys. That should be able to easily handle any amount of roach/ling thrown at him. Unfortunatle for him Leenock played amazing and simply had better multitasking, catching favorable engagement.
Sage was also up in workers even after the first drop in the main. It was a close game and Sage definitly could have taken it.
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Good for Root. They are close to being one of the top ten non kespa teams in the world so I think they deserve this.
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On February 21 2013 12:48 Vorenius wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 12:26 RParks42 wrote:
Kibbelz makes me want to cry he's so bad. Leenock absolutely dominated that game and Kibbelz was talking like Sage was one move away from winning the entire time After defending against the first drop Sage got up to around 150 supply including some immortals and a ton of sentrys. That should be able to easily handle any amount of roach/ling thrown at him. Unfortunatle for him Leenock played amazing and simply had better multitasking, catching favorable engagement. Sage was also up in workers even after the first drop in the main. It was a close game and Sage definitly could have taken it.
On a map like Entombed or Antiga, then yes, he could have taken it. But going for that early of a third on Abyssal means that max roach/ling attacks (especially with drops) are nearly unstoppable regardless of the decision making of Sage. Sage lost that game mostly because he chose the wrong build order and Leenock chose the proper response
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A note to the casters: good commentary, but never refer to each other as "he". (almost) Always use the proper noun. Pronouns are the bane of good casting.
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Heh, and to think that only yesterday (after the NSHS-Liquid match), people were complaining about the format because it seems the same teams were 'staying' in the Premier division. Who would have thought that the 2 time reigning GSTL champs would get knocked down. Nice job by Root!
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Nice job ROOT! I didn't feel confident they would take Leenock down but I was wrong! :D GJ!
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ROOT flexin that korean muscle.
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On February 21 2013 13:27 vthree wrote:
Heh, and to think that only yesterday (after the NSHS-Liquid match), people were complaining about the format because it seems the same teams were 'staying' in the Premier division. Who would have thought that the 2 time reigning GSTL champs would get knocked down. Nice job by Root!
FXO has another chance to qualify for the Premier IIRC, as long as they win their next match. IPTL is expanding the divisions to 10 teams each.
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really disappointed I missed the ace but I'm really happy for ROOT
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good work ROOT. look forward to their play in the Premier division
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didn't watch cause I was at the bar, but all I can say is
ROOT4ROOT!
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Oh SNAP!! Congratulations on that Root!! :D
Would never have expected at all. Not bad at all. Lots of players getting a win in too ^^
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Wow, nice work ROOT GAMING
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OH YEAH! YugiOh nice fucking work!
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Awesome job by ROOT!!! Congratz ;DDD
But from a pessimistic point of view, really shows how terribly weak FXO is right now.... Nowhere near the level they were before in team leagues.
But, YEAH YUGIOH!!!!
I was telling European teams to pick him up since b4 his GSL debut but nobody believed me =P Been ROOTing for this kid since forever ;D
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On February 21 2013 15:43 Shinta) wrote:
Awesome job by ROOT!!! Congratz ;DDD
But from a pessimistic point of view, really shows how terribly weak FXO is right now.... Nowhere near the level they were before in team leagues.
But, YEAH YUGIOH!!!!
I was telling European teams to pick him up since b4 his GSL debut but nobody believed me =P Been ROOTing for this kid since forever ;D
Weak? They played their GSTL winning line up and not B teamers
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The only counter to Koreans is using a Korean
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KOREAN MUSCLE!!
very nice!!
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
That was right about the least expected result possible, at least to me
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Forgot that Root had Yugiho and Sage lol
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On February 21 2013 13:58 Bagration wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 13:27 vthree wrote:
Heh, and to think that only yesterday (after the NSHS-Liquid match), people were complaining about the format because it seems the same teams were 'staying' in the Premier division. Who would have thought that the 2 time reigning GSTL champs would get knocked down. Nice job by Root! FXO has another chance to qualify for the Premier IIRC, as long as they win their next match. IPTL is expanding the divisions to 10 teams each.
Man... You are one dedicated SlayerS fan. I love that about you! ><
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On February 21 2013 15:46 lichter wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 15:43 Shinta) wrote:
Awesome job by ROOT!!! Congratz ;DDD
But from a pessimistic point of view, really shows how terribly weak FXO is right now.... Nowhere near the level they were before in team leagues.
But, YEAH YUGIOH!!!!
I was telling European teams to pick him up since b4 his GSL debut but nobody believed me =P Been ROOTing for this kid since forever ;D Weak? They played their GSTL winning line up and not B teamers
So them losing would indicate fxo being weak?
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Congratz!!!!! Root is looking really strong right now.
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I really didn't see FXOpen with the Nine-Tailed Fox GuMiho and the monster that is Leenoctpus losing...
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Holy shit UPSET of the Year
ROOT GO TO GSTL
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And people said root wouldn't amount to anything. I believed that great things would come! This is amazing.
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