IPL is happy to announce that we will be holding the Final of IPTL 2013 Season 1 between LG-IM and MVP on Thursday, Mar 28 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00). Due to the cancellation of IPL6, the finals will be played in Heart of the Swarm. We apologize for our inability to bring these great teams together to compete in a live event. Kevin Knocke, Andrew "Kibbelz" Dunne and Tim "Robin" Frazier will tri-cast the match. Check below for additional details and congratulations to all the IPTL teams for their placements this season.
Playoff Schedule: IPTL Season 1 Grand Final. MVP v LG-IM: March 28
When: Thursday, Mar 28 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) (we will also rebroadcast repeatedly afterwards!)
LG-IM defeated MVP in Group B in a close 5-4, and both defeated formidable playoff opponents. Will LG-IM be triumphant again, or can MVP take them out?
First < Icarus > Dream SK.MC < Whirlwind > Dream SK.MC < Daybreak > Shine SK.MC < DF Atlas > Bang SK.MC < Cloud Kingdom > NAKSEO YoDa < Ohana > NAKSEO YoDa < Ohana** > Super RagnaroK < Howling Peaks > Super Squirtle < Neo Planet S > Super
Congrats to MVP!!
**We received these replays and results today. We have no had a chance to talk to the teams about why games were played on Whirlwind (not in our pool) and Ohana twice.
Casters
Thursday's games will be commentated by Kevin Knocke and Andrew "Kibbelz" Dunne and Tim "Robin" Frazier.!
Horray, IPTL is finishing! IM is probably going to take this from the sheer quality and quantity of their players, but MVP still has absolute beasts in their line-up, so expect this to be fairly close.
Am I the only person who read this thread title on the sidebar and saw it as "LGIMMVP - Grand" and thought we were seeing some sort of MVP showmatch lol?
IM should win. Had this been WoL, I'd say MVP because of their zerg line up (yes i know IM won 5-4 but none of the "big guns" played in that) but unfortunately for them its HotS.
IM 5-4 (MVP terrans very underrated and Monster should do well)
On March 27 2013 13:10 Darthsanta13 wrote: Damn, such huge lineups for both teams. Some time I want to see these big teams go into a bo21 or something. Just for the fun of it.
Bo21 would go something like this: Shine <> ByuL Vampire <> ByuL Vampire <> First Noblesse <> First Killer <> First finale <> First finale <> Ragnarok finale <> Losira Dream <> Losira Dream <> Ruin Keen <> Nestea Keen <> Seed Monster <> Seed Monster <> Squirtle Tails <> Squirtle Tails <> YongHwa Sniper <> YongHwa Sniper <> Yoda DRG <> Yoda DRG <> MC DRG <> Mvp
On March 27 2013 13:10 Darthsanta13 wrote: Damn, such huge lineups for both teams. Some time I want to see these big teams go into a bo21 or something. Just for the fun of it.
Bo21 would go something like this: Shine <> ByuL Vampire <> ByuL Vampire <> First Noblesse <> First Killer <> First finale <> First finale <> Ragnarok finale <> Losira Dream <> Losira Dream <> Ruin Keen <> Nestea Keen <> Seed Monster <> Seed Monster <> Squirtle Tails <> Squirtle Tails <> YongHwa Sniper <> YongHwa Sniper <> Yoda DRG <> Yoda DRG <> MC DRG <> Mvp
Shit I think I just came in my pants
nah it'd be sniper > mvp, nestea, mc, seed, yonghwa, first, byul, losira, ragnarok, yoda, squirtle
On March 27 2013 13:10 Darthsanta13 wrote: Damn, such huge lineups for both teams. Some time I want to see these big teams go into a bo21 or something. Just for the fun of it.
Bo21 would go something like this: Shine <> ByuL Vampire <> ByuL Vampire <> First Noblesse <> First Killer <> First finale <> First finale <> Ragnarok finale <> Losira Dream <> Losira Dream <> Ruin Keen <> Nestea Keen <> Seed Monster <> Seed Monster <> Squirtle Tails <> Squirtle Tails <> YongHwa Sniper <> YongHwa Sniper <> Yoda DRG <> Yoda DRG <> MC DRG <> Mvp
Shit I think I just came in my pants
nah it'd be sniper > mvp, nestea, mc, seed, yonghwa, first, byul, losira, ragnarok, yoda, squirtle
Sniper kinda lost his buzzkill ladykiller underdog aura when he won GSL, so I guess that horrible season was worth something after all
On March 27 2013 13:10 Darthsanta13 wrote: Damn, such huge lineups for both teams. Some time I want to see these big teams go into a bo21 or something. Just for the fun of it.
Bo21 would go something like this: Shine <> ByuL Vampire <> ByuL Vampire <> First Noblesse <> First Killer <> First finale <> First finale <> Ragnarok finale <> Losira Dream <> Losira Dream <> Ruin Keen <> Nestea Keen <> Seed Monster <> Seed Monster <> Squirtle Tails <> Squirtle Tails <> YongHwa Sniper <> YongHwa Sniper <> Yoda DRG <> Yoda DRG <> MC DRG <> Mvp
On March 27 2013 13:10 Darthsanta13 wrote: Damn, such huge lineups for both teams. Some time I want to see these big teams go into a bo21 or something. Just for the fun of it.
Bo21 would go something like this: Shine <> ByuL Vampire <> ByuL Vampire <> First Noblesse <> First Killer <> First finale <> First finale <> Ragnarok finale <> Losira Dream <> Losira Dream <> Ruin Keen <> Nestea Keen <> Seed Monster <> Seed Monster <> Squirtle Tails <> Squirtle Tails <> YongHwa Sniper <> YongHwa Sniper <> Yoda DRG <> Yoda DRG <> MC DRG <> Mvp
On March 27 2013 13:10 Darthsanta13 wrote: Damn, such huge lineups for both teams. Some time I want to see these big teams go into a bo21 or something. Just for the fun of it.
On March 29 2013 08:03 TommyP wrote: Dream!!!!! How do you say DRG is lackluster when he's only played one game?
How many GSL's has DRG won in the past 5 minutes?!?!? Slump.
Lol! DRG is almost always considered slumping for some reason, haha.
thats because when you were once the best player in the world for a good portion of time and you are no longer the best player in the world, people think youre slumping lol. sometime in the future, Life will not be winning every tournament and people will say he's slumping even if hes still in Code S. I guarantee it xD
On March 29 2013 08:07 neoghaleon55 wrote: DREAAAAAAAAAAM best terran in the world 2013 calling it! :D
Haven't you heard? Innovation is the best terran in the world, best player and unbeatable - a being that cannot be beaten by anyone in Code S because he's simply too good to even be called the best terran; all according to Tasteless and Artosis. If anything, Dream might end up second best.
On March 29 2013 08:07 neoghaleon55 wrote: DREAAAAAAAAAAM best terran in the world 2013 calling it! :D
Haven't you heard? Innovation is the best terran in the world, best player and unbeatable - a being that cannot be beaten by anyone in Code S because he's simply too good to even be called the best terran; all according to Tasteless and Artosis. If anything, Dream might end up second best.
if he so good why he never win anything oooooooooooooh
On March 29 2013 08:19 Kasaraki wrote: Wow Dream takes the supply lead. :o That overextension into the natural from First just put him behind in army supply too badly.
Wasn't Rain getting a lot of heat from getting knocked out of Code A by Dream? Or was that Dreamert?
On March 29 2013 08:19 Kasaraki wrote: Wow Dream takes the supply lead. :o That overextension into the natural from First just put him behind in army supply too badly.
Wasn't Rain getting a lot of heat from getting knocked out of Code A by Dream? Or was that Dreamert?
Dream beat rain, I believe dreamertt was chilling in China with lure at the time.
So Dream just dismantled a very good Protoss by shutting down his aggression, and so they send another Protoss also known for his aggression against him? Balls of steel.
first got cocky, truth is dream always beats first in 1 game but then loses the series if it was a best of 3 or 5. Too bad it was only 1 game this time.
Michael Byers 23:22 FUCKING TURBO VACS 23:22 IMBA AS SHIT
Haha, the funny thing is, he wouldn't even have been able to feedback them since they all lacked energy. To actually keep up with them, he'd need like blink stalkers or air units, or perfect sim-city.
On March 29 2013 08:27 DreamOen wrote: in comparison with Teamliquid vs Incredible finals, this went really unnoticed. And is not a live event , ???
Because back then IPL was not dead and it was a live-event.
And let's be fair only 1/100 posts were about the game the rest was laughing at how badly it went with the endless technical issue. Also most people probably wasn't even expecting this to happen and thought it was just cut with the rest of IPL.
On March 29 2013 08:27 DreamOen wrote: in comparison with Teamliquid vs Incredible finals, this went really unnoticed. And is not a live event , ???
Because back then IPL was not dead and it was a live-event.
And let's be fair only 1/100 posts were about the game the rest was laughing at how badly it went with the endless technical issue. Also most people probably wasn't even expecting this to happen and thought it was just cut with the rest of IPL.
I also enjoyed the irony of the EG casting + 2GD basically saving the event
On March 29 2013 08:27 DreamOen wrote: in comparison with Teamliquid vs Incredible finals, this went really unnoticed. And is not a live event , ???
Because back then IPL was not dead and it was a live-event.
And let's be fair only 1/100 posts were about the game the rest was laughing at how badly it went with the endless technical issue. Also most people probably wasn't even expecting this to happen and thought it was just cut with the rest of IPL.
On March 29 2013 08:27 DreamOen wrote: in comparison with Teamliquid vs Incredible finals, this went really unnoticed. And is not a live event , ???
Because back then IPL was not dead and it was a live-event.
And let's be fair only 1/100 posts were about the game the rest was laughing at how badly it went with the endless technical issue. Also most people probably wasn't even expecting this to happen and thought it was just cut with the rest of IPL.
Was that the event with the neverending AMD ad?
Yeah the best AMD advert ever showed some fun SC2 clips between the amd ads.
MC adapts to HotS so well, really utilizing phoenixes well to negate the threat of speed medivacs. Dream has never been able to even consider them this game.
MC's control never fails to disappoint. He was really patient drawing the Terran army all the way from the middle of the map and than flank with storms. Simple move, but supercool to watch when done properly.
Shine is a risk, because he can play good at times, but his ZvP is fairly abysmal. Last time they played, MC smashed Shine badly. I think Sniper or DRG would be the better bet for ZvP.
Not a wise decision to do a drop into a toss base lategame with almost dead bio. Because drops are so dangerous every toss will have atleast 1 HT there. But really cool that the MsC gives enough backup so MC can safely go for Phoenix versus Terran, love this play.
I love MC getting ready for his next push, making the army bigger and better, instead of heading directly into the natural. Though, I do think he'd have won even if he did.
so crisp and clean... foreigners are doing alright - but this is just completely on another level when it comes to execution and most of the time decision making.
i thought shine might try to get swarm hosts and was like "thats a good idea!" then he cancel the infestation pit for no reasons and got all of his roaches killed he was dead anyway, but stilll
i dont agree with sending out another terran. MC has a really good grasp on this matchup, while his zvp has looked pretty average. even that game against shine was just a 2011 allin with a mothership core.
On March 29 2013 09:06 Tayar wrote: i dont agree with sending out another terran. MC has a really good grasp on this matchup, while his zvp has looked pretty average. even that game against shine was just a 2011 allin with a mothership core.
I agree with you. MC is good in general but at the moment hes vs terran is above others. Althou Bang might have prepared a snipe build for MC.
On March 29 2013 09:09 StarVe wrote: Guys, Bang once beat Cutter 2-1. I'm sure you all remember Cutter, so I take back everything I said about MVP not taking it seriously.
That's because you don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
On March 29 2013 09:09 StarVe wrote: Guys, Bang once beat Cutter 2-1. I'm sure you all remember Cutter, so I take back everything I said about MVP not taking it seriously.
That's because you don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
I'm really going to miss IPTL, it was the only place outside of GSTL where we can watch high level team leagues with the ESF teams, at least GSTL has gone back to round robin so there are more games.
On March 29 2013 09:12 Dodgin wrote: I'm really going to miss IPTL, it was the only place outside of GSTL where we can watch high level team leagues with the ESF teams, at least GSTL has gone back to round robin so there are more games.
Yeah. :/ It's pretty incredible, pretty much all the big ESF teams have played in the league. I've had so much fun watching the IPL teamleagues.
On March 29 2013 09:12 Dodgin wrote: I'm really going to miss IPTL, it was the only place outside of GSTL where we can watch high level team leagues with the ESF teams, at least GSTL has gone back to round robin so there are more games.
Yeah. :/ It's pretty incredible, all the big ESF teams have played in the league. I've had to much fun watching the IPL teamleagues.
On March 29 2013 09:15 FeyFey wrote: yeah throw a Protoss against micro maniac MC, when all the early game stuff is deadlier then ever in PvP. Would flip the coin with MC on both sides.
On March 29 2013 09:13 Undead1993 wrote: what who still plays this with obsi ? you play this with msc mc :o
detection vs widow mine
well you can micro against them move stalker to a widow mine then blink away and it doesnt target the stalker anymore and has the cooldown but i guess if the terran moves up the ramp it makes sense
On March 29 2013 09:12 Dodgin wrote: I'm really going to miss IPTL, it was the only place outside of GSTL where we can watch high level team leagues with the ESF teams, at least GSTL has gone back to round robin so there are more games.
Yeah. :/ It's pretty incredible, all the big ESF teams have played in the league. I've had to much fun watching the IPL teamleagues.
At least we got acer teamstory now.
That's more of a league for foreigners though, IPTL premier was all the best ESF teams and the best foreign teams mixed in. It only would have been better if they had round robin with all 8 teams instead of splitting them into 2 groups of 4.
On March 29 2013 09:12 Dodgin wrote: I'm really going to miss IPTL, it was the only place outside of GSTL where we can watch high level team leagues with the ESF teams, at least GSTL has gone back to round robin so there are more games.
Yeah. :/ It's pretty incredible, all the big ESF teams have played in the league. I've had to much fun watching the IPL teamleagues.
At least we got acer teamstory now.
That's more of a league for foreigners though, IPTL premier was all the best ESF teams and the best foreign teams mixed in. It only would have been better if they had round robin with all 8 teams instead of splitting them into 2 groups of 4.
yea Acer teamstory cup should just be MVP dominating hopefully more will join after the first season
On March 29 2013 09:12 Dodgin wrote: I'm really going to miss IPTL, it was the only place outside of GSTL where we can watch high level team leagues with the ESF teams, at least GSTL has gone back to round robin so there are more games.
Yeah. :/ It's pretty incredible, all the big ESF teams have played in the league. I've had to much fun watching the IPL teamleagues.
At least we got acer teamstory now.
That's more of a league for foreigners though, IPTL premier was all the best ESF teams and the best foreign teams mixed in. It only would have been better if they had round robin with all 8 teams instead of splitting them into 2 groups of 4.
You're assuming that IPTL is going to end completely. All I've been hearing repeatedly is the last broadcast under the IPL name - maybe whomever/whatever they become will continue the format under a different name. (I can hope.)
On March 29 2013 09:12 Dodgin wrote: I'm really going to miss IPTL, it was the only place outside of GSTL where we can watch high level team leagues with the ESF teams, at least GSTL has gone back to round robin so there are more games.
Yeah. :/ It's pretty incredible, all the big ESF teams have played in the league. I've had to much fun watching the IPL teamleagues.
At least we got acer teamstory now.
That's more of a league for foreigners though, IPTL premier was all the best ESF teams and the best foreign teams mixed in. It only would have been better if they had round robin with all 8 teams instead of splitting them into 2 groups of 4.
You're assuming that IPTL is going to end completely. All I've been hearing repeatedly is the last broadcast under the IPL name - maybe whomever/whatever they become will continue the format under a different name. (I can hope.)
That would be amazing, I'm just not optimistic that it will stay in its current form. If anything I think it will become a team league for NA/EU or maybe just NA under Blizzard.
On March 29 2013 09:12 Dodgin wrote: I'm really going to miss IPTL, it was the only place outside of GSTL where we can watch high level team leagues with the ESF teams, at least GSTL has gone back to round robin so there are more games.
Yeah. :/ It's pretty incredible, all the big ESF teams have played in the league. I've had to much fun watching the IPL teamleagues.
At least we got acer teamstory now.
That's more of a league for foreigners though, IPTL premier was all the best ESF teams and the best foreign teams mixed in. It only would have been better if they had round robin with all 8 teams instead of splitting them into 2 groups of 4.
You're assuming that IPTL is going to end completely. All I've been hearing repeatedly is the last broadcast under the IPL name - maybe whomever/whatever they become will continue the format under a different name. (I can hope.)
That would be amazing, I'm just not optimistic that it will stay in its current form. If anything I think it will become a team league for NA/EU or maybe just NA under Blizzard.
The EG MCS is ment to be coming back at some point ( according to Incontrol). Maybe it can become the main NA team league if they change it up/add more teams.
On March 29 2013 09:12 Dodgin wrote: I'm really going to miss IPTL, it was the only place outside of GSTL where we can watch high level team leagues with the ESF teams, at least GSTL has gone back to round robin so there are more games.
Yeah. :/ It's pretty incredible, all the big ESF teams have played in the league. I've had to much fun watching the IPL teamleagues.
At least we got acer teamstory now.
That's more of a league for foreigners though, IPTL premier was all the best ESF teams and the best foreign teams mixed in. It only would have been better if they had round robin with all 8 teams instead of splitting them into 2 groups of 4.
You're assuming that IPTL is going to end completely. All I've been hearing repeatedly is the last broadcast under the IPL name - maybe whomever/whatever they become will continue the format under a different name. (I can hope.)
That would be amazing, I'm just not optimistic that it will stay in its current form. If anything I think it will become a team league for NA/EU or maybe just NA under Blizzard.
The EG MCS is ment to be coming back at some point ( according to Incontrol). Maybe it can become the main NA team league if they change it up/add more teams.
They would need to kick some teams :D. So far it has mostly just a couple of NA teams getting stomped by EU or international teams like TL apart from that one time where complexity just hired a full team of Korean mercenaries.
I don't want MCSL to change, they have a great player pool and I want to see those teams stay.
I really hate their decision to use shine and bang though. Those two are the noobiest of the whole team. Why throw them out to IM in the grand finals worth 9K?!
MC is one of the few players I see actively using HotS units to his benefit. He seemingly already mastered the Oracle, and his MsC usage is impressive.
On March 29 2013 09:28 neoghaleon55 wrote: I really hate their decision to use shine and bang though. Those two are the noobiest of the whole team. Why throw them out to IM in the grand finals worth 9K?!
Bang maybe. Shine is a pretty sick BW baller, I doubt he is low in their internal team rankings.
On March 29 2013 09:28 neoghaleon55 wrote: I really hate their decision to use shine and bang though. Those two are the noobiest of the whole team. Why throw them out to IM in the grand finals worth 9K?!
Maybe they're well off enough that the difference between first and second place in prize money doesn't matter enough to not let them get experience playing in high stakes matches.
On March 29 2013 09:28 neoghaleon55 wrote: I really hate their decision to use shine and bang though. Those two are the noobiest of the whole team. Why throw them out to IM in the grand finals worth 9K?!
Bang maybe. Shine is a pretty sick BW baller, I doubt he is low in their internal team rankings.
Monster had those good trades before MC reached NAKSEO's base which whittled down his Sentry count. He prepared with a ton of Spines and units too, while being ahead on economy.
final episode before everything crumbles and IPL casting team become uncensored rebels against the establishment
Kevin Knocke lets the hate flow, Robin chooses an abomination of a shirt to display his unhappiness and Kibbelz decides to cast like he normally does as a comment on the forcefully streamlined professional casting environment
On March 29 2013 09:40 felisconcolori wrote: My favorite moment of IPL - Kevin Knocke saying "Suck it, Idra."
:D
oh god what'd I miss? I had it muted in the other room while I was making dinner lol
Someone commented that IdrA's stream occupied a good deal of stream views, but IPL slightly overtook them. Kevin took the opportunity to say "Suck it, IdrA".
final episode before everything crumbles and IPL casting team become uncensored rebels against the establishment
Kevin Knocke lets the hate flow, Robin chooses an abomination of a shirt to display his unhappiness and Kibbelz decides to cast like he normally does as a comment on the forcefully streamlined professional casting environment
... you're one of those people that looks for the hidden meanings behind the works of romantic poets, aren't you?
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Still, I think you've got your jedi/sith wires crossed.
Does anyone else remember when YoDa was just some mid tier Code A terran we used to joke about in LR threads and John would come in and just write YoDa type posts? Never really expected him to become this good O_o
If Yoda just dismantled Monster like that what chance do their other Zergs have? >.>
On March 29 2013 09:57 Shellshock1122 wrote: Does anyone else remember when YoDa was just some mid tier Code A terran we used to joke about in LR threads and John would come in and just write YoDa type posts? Never really expected him to become this good O_o
On March 29 2013 09:57 Shellshock1122 wrote: Does anyone else remember when YoDa was just some mid tier Code A terran we used to joke about in LR threads and John would come in and just write YoDa type posts? Never really expected him to become this good O_o
And he somehow went from pure gimmick terran, with 1base ghost builds, to one of the most textbook macro terrans around.
On March 29 2013 09:57 Shellshock1122 wrote: Does anyone else remember when YoDa was just some mid tier Code A terran we used to joke about in LR threads and John would come in and just write YoDa type posts? Never really expected him to become this good O_o
You can say that about most people, I still love the moment when Artosis should have swallowed that sword or when nobody ever trusted Jjakji to make it to the next round in his Code S title run.
But yeah, I also expected YoDa not to be that good.
On March 29 2013 09:57 Shellshock1122 wrote: Does anyone else remember when YoDa was just some mid tier Code A terran we used to joke about in LR threads and John would come in and just write YoDa type posts? Never really expected him to become this good O_o
You can say that about most people, I still love the moment when Artosis should have swallowed that sword or when nobody ever trusted Jjakji to make it to the next round in his Code S title run.
i still remember yoda v puzzle in code A where yoda used nukes positionally but ended up losing to puzzle's templar control. great game, glad to see how far yoda has come.
All I remember about Yoda is the guy who cheesy as fuck and just basically 1/1/1 any Protoss out of his way. God I hate that guy so badly but now he seems so much better.
For those of you not familiar with Vampire, if he plays tourney games anywhere close to ladder, prepare for 2 base allins followed up by 2 base allins, inside some 2 base allins. So. Frustrating.
On March 29 2013 10:13 sitromit wrote: So I get why they may not have wanted to use DRG given his Code S group, but why not Sniper. Is he doing that badly in HotS against Terran?
Even if he did they still had Keen/Noblesse. Just not treating it seriously.
On March 29 2013 10:13 sitromit wrote: So I get why they may not have wanted to use DRG given his Code S group, but why not Sniper. Is he doing that badly in HotS against Terran?
Even if he did they still had Keen/Noblesse. Just not treating it seriously.
I think Vampire is an ok choice against YoDa. From his HoTS games at IEM TvP probably looked his weakest even if he wrecked in the finals. His TvT is very good as well as his TvZ. I dont think KeeN or Noblesse would take YoDa out in TvT personally
On March 29 2013 10:15 WhX wrote: So.. who's next? Squirtle, Yonghwa, MVP, Losira, or even Nestea?
On March 29 2013 10:13 sitromit wrote: So I get why they may not have wanted to use DRG given his Code S group, but why not Sniper. Is he doing that badly in HotS against Terran?
Even if he did they still had Keen/Noblesse. Just not treating it seriously.
well, maybe Vampire is just really good in HotS and the others are not. But from what we know they should have sent out Keen or Sniper imo.
On March 29 2013 10:14 imallinson wrote: What just happened?
Yoda pulled workers with his final push. And it got stopped. He was behind in economy, and had all those vikings that were useless. Plus his medivacs got split away from the bio, so they couldn't heal.
On March 29 2013 10:13 sitromit wrote: So I get why they may not have wanted to use DRG given his Code S group, but why not Sniper. Is he doing that badly in HotS against Terran?
Even if he did they still had Keen/Noblesse. Just not treating it seriously.
well, maybe Vampire is just really good in HotS and the others are not. But from what we know they should have sent out Keen or Sniper imo.
Noblesse just beat leenock twice in a row in Acer Homestory cup
On March 29 2013 10:15 neoghaleon55 wrote: WUT JUST HAPPENED
I don't understand starcraft anymore.. T_T
DTs killing all your workers means your going to have a bad time. edit: even if you lose 4 colossus for nothing.
and not enough medivacs to heal that bio with little health at the end
Running around with TWO medivacs with 1hp. >_< That's just stupid. Even calling down a mule and repairing would be better than losing 200/200 to a gust of wind...
On March 29 2013 10:15 neoghaleon55 wrote: WUT JUST HAPPENED
I don't understand starcraft anymore.. T_T
DTs killing all your workers means your going to have a bad time. edit: even if you lose 4 colossus for nothing.
and not enough medivacs to heal that bio with little health at the end
Running around with TWO medivacs with 1hp. >_< That's just stupid. Even calling down a mule and repairing would be better than losing 200/200 to a gust of wind...
Yup, I rarely see players calling down mules to repair!
On March 29 2013 10:15 neoghaleon55 wrote: WUT JUST HAPPENED
I don't understand starcraft anymore.. T_T
DTs killing all your workers means your going to have a bad time. edit: even if you lose 4 colossus for nothing.
and not enough medivacs to heal that bio with little health at the end
Running around with TWO medivacs with 1hp. >_< That's just stupid. Even calling down a mule and repairing would be better than losing 200/200 to a gust of wind...
He wasn't maxed, but "to a gust of wind" is a really funny imagery
On March 29 2013 10:15 neoghaleon55 wrote: WUT JUST HAPPENED
I don't understand starcraft anymore.. T_T
DTs killing all your workers means your going to have a bad time. edit: even if you lose 4 colossus for nothing.
and not enough medivacs to heal that bio with little health at the end
Running around with TWO medivacs with 1hp. >_< That's just stupid. Even calling down a mule and repairing would be better than losing 200/200 to a gust of wind...
He wasn't maxed, but "to a gust of wind" is a really funny imagery
I can't believe he lost this after having all those forcefields wasted, and that he didn't snipe the immortals when he had the chance (Though maybe he wasn't able to get close, but they had all lost shields).
Oh god. I usually hate when people say stuff like that, but if MVP won it'd feel quite undeserved especially with their lineup choices and seeing how Super seems to stumble upon his wins by chance. But wins are wins.
A PvP to top it off, Squirtle is the superior player on paper, but PvP seems very volatile still.
On March 29 2013 10:30 Kasaraki wrote: I can't believe he lost this after having all those forcefields wasted, and that he didn't snipe the immortals when he had the chance (Though maybe he wasn't able to get close, but they had all lost shields).
Wasted? He killed tons of roaches in that engagement.
The game was over when the zerg attacked into a protoss going 8 gate sentry immortal all-in. Dream scenario for protoss
On March 29 2013 10:31 StarVe wrote: Oh god. I usually hate when people say stuff like that, but if MVP won it'd feel quite undeserved especially with their lineup choices and seeing how Super seems to stumble upon his wins by chance. But wins are wins.
A PvP to top it off, Squirtle is the superior player on paper, but PvP seems very volatile still.
playing terrible and still managing to win is sorta super's thing.
The 90 minute PvZ was Hasuobs vs an oGs Zerg. The Zerg went muta and wiped out Hasuobs' main, so Hasuobs just moved all his tech and production to another base. And turtled. I remember watching that game live.
On March 29 2013 10:34 Bagration wrote: The 90 minute PvZ was Hasuobs vs an oGs Zerg. The Zerg went muta and wiped out Hasuobs' main, so Hasuobs just moved all his tech and production to another base. And turtled. I remember watching that game live.
It's not such an upset. IM is notorious for being bad in team leagues despite being ridiculously great individually. MVP, on the other hand, is a team with history of performing well in team leagues even when they don't have that much star power individually. Sure, IM performed better in team leagues lately, but the old trends are not lost, it seems.
That was a good ending to a fantastic run IPL. I remember all the moments from the humble beginnings, starting as an online tournament with foreigners to a full fledged premier SC2 empire in every domain. All the moments, from the HyuN Club reign, the epic KiWiKaKi Archon toilet to every online showing, IPL has always been an important component to my SC2 life. I will fondly miss the casters, the logo and the games, but the memories of an epic brand will always remain. Thanks IPL, thanks for everything, and I sincerely hope everyone finds their path, SC2 or not, e-sports or not.
On March 29 2013 10:50 figq wrote: It's not such an upset. IM is notorious for being bad in team leagues despite being ridiculously great individually. MVP, on the other hand, is a team with history of performing well in team leagues even when they don't have that much star power individually. Sure, IM performed better in team leagues lately, but the old trends are not lost, it seems.
ehh that was in 2011 with MVP, now I'd say they are the 2nd best team from top to bottom
tears in my eyes after these words ipl was just awesome. as stephano won, as squirtle lost after a sick comeback against alive. so sad to see you go glgl to all of you
On March 29 2013 10:50 figq wrote: It's not such an upset. IM is notorious for being bad in team leagues despite being ridiculously great individually. MVP, on the other hand, is a team with history of performing well in team leagues even when they don't have that much star power individually. Sure, IM performed better in team leagues lately, but the old trends are not lost, it seems.
mmm they have a history of doing good in IPTL though. Still made 4 finals in these and won 2 of them. So we're still better than MVP ;o
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Sad to see IPTL go ;;
they were my oasis of starcraft 2 during the weekdays when I got home. Was always nice tuning into a kickass match that just suddenly got announced out of nowhere. They shall be missed.
On March 29 2013 10:47 Tayar wrote: someone should add "lost going 4gate against 1gate expand" to squirtle's liquipedia page. that was awful.
LOL wait seriously? I was only here to catch the waning moments. Ouch.
Well, Squirtle doesn't have the best micro and photon cannon is amazing vs all-ins, so... IDK y Squirtle went 4gate, especially since you can't warp on high ground anymore.
If only Mvp would've been send out, at least instead of Ragnarok... Anyway, GG IPL & IPTL, gonna miss both formats. Hope everything goes well for the staff who's been around for all this time!
i will never be able to watch another squirtle game without thinking of this. anyway, farewell to IPTL, was always a great watch. hope whoever buys you does right by everyone and brings us more awesome sc and more catspajamas.
Well bye IPL it was nice knowing you at least I'm sure we'll see these casters again especially kevinknocke organisations would be stupid to pass up someone as good as he is at hype.
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