I think TLO will surprise us all with some crazy innovative play. He's the kind of player who invents strategies, for better or worse, but with such a new game I think he will do well. It seems teamliquid has prioritized their HOTS training as well.

Swiipii

2195 Posts

March 07 2013 08:14 GMT

#63

Sick group !! I want all of them to advance T.T

AlternativeEgo

Sweden17309 Posts

March 07 2013 08:16 GMT

#64

Mvp is playing HotS today.

Schelim

Austria11528 Posts

March 07 2013 08:21 GMT

#65

so awesome to see everybody loves the shit out of MVP. he used to be a player who was way more accomplished/good than popular (although to be fair with how hard he dominated it would've been difficult for almost anybody to be appropriately popular), but now people have come around it seems.

Overtime

51 Posts

March 07 2013 08:22 GMT

#66

Stephano vs Mvp match is missing from the front page schedule :S

Tsubbi

Germany7979 Posts

March 07 2013 08:24 GMT

#67

dream is so gonna ezpz this group 5:0, sooo curious about mvp but dont have high hopes so i cant be crushed if he bombs out

from what we know grubby and tlo seem to have the most hots practice so would be great if they can advance along with dream

Everlong

Czech Republic1973 Posts

March 07 2013 08:25 GMT

#68

I'm bit scared for mvp, he is awesome player, but his wrists issues + lack of practise can really make difference here. On the other hand, Grubby has insane amount of Hots experience. I expect him to advance.

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

March 07 2013 08:25 GMT

#69

On March 07 2013 17:21 Schelim wrote:
so awesome to see everybody loves the shit out of MVP. he used to be a player who was way more accomplished/good than popular (although to be fair with how hard he dominated it would've been difficult for almost anybody to be appropriately popular), but now people have come around it seems.

Pretty sure many of his fans are from his Season 2 victory. Who doesn't love a broken, underestimated champion rising back to glory? And though everyone called his play 'boring' back in 2011, I'm pretty sure everybody realizes now how much he determined TvX more than anyone else.

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

March 07 2013 08:28 GMT

#70

Mvp became a lot more popular when he was broken/Terran sucked.

During his reign of terror, people bitched about TvT and were happy when MMA finally beat him at Blizzcon.

partydude89

1850 Posts

March 07 2013 08:28 GMT

#71

when does this start?

Laryleprakon

New Zealand9496 Posts

March 07 2013 08:28 GMT

#72

Should be a great days worth of games ^_^

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

March 07 2013 08:30 GMT

#73

On March 07 2013 17:28 Fionn wrote:
Mvp became a lot more popular when he was broken/Terran sucked.

During his reign of terror, people bitched about TvT and were happy when MMA finally beat him at Blizzcon.

Yeah that always pissed me off that people hated mvp, i'll never understand why he was so fucking good and deserved like all his wins :D.

Integra

Sweden5626 Posts

March 07 2013 08:31 GMT

#74

On March 07 2013 17:28 partydude89 wrote:
when does this start?

it should start any minute now, 09:30 CES and its 09.30 according to my clock right now.

Blaec

Australia4289 Posts

March 07 2013 08:31 GMT

#75

This sound

Laryleprakon

New Zealand9496 Posts

March 07 2013 08:32 GMT

#76

On March 07 2013 17:30 blade55555 wrote:

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Yeah that always pissed me off that people hated mvp, i'll never understand why he was so fucking good and deserved like all his wins :D.

Season two GSL gained him so many fans, each week he had to play a protoss you could just see so many more people cheering for him.

Dodgin

Canada39254 Posts

March 07 2013 08:32 GMT

#77

That LoL girl is here to greet us again how lovely

Insoleet

France1806 Posts

March 07 2013 08:33 GMT

#78

Cannot chose between TLO and Steph

TheEmulator

28086 Posts

March 07 2013 08:34 GMT

#79

On March 07 2013 17:32 Dodgin wrote:
That LoL girl is here to greet us again how lovely

Well, she was originally with SC2 before LoL.

JJH777

United States4400 Posts

March 07 2013 08:34 GMT

#80

On March 07 2013 17:30 blade55555 wrote:

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Yeah that always pissed me off that people hated mvp, i'll never understand why he was so fucking good and deserved like all his wins :D.

I'm a gigantic MVP fan and have been since he won his first GSL but it might be a slight exaggeration to say he deserved all his wins. For example in GSL January 2011 his second game against Nestea on Shakuras... I think that game was blatant Terran/map imbalance.