Seriously, the best opening match they could have or what? The two (three technically...) teams no doubt communicated and set it up just for the viewers. Honestly, IM doesn't even use their top players in team leagues any more, so WHY NOW?

FrostedMiniWheats

United States30730 Posts

April 04 2013 23:57 GMT

#111

On April 05 2013 08:50 Blargh wrote:
Seriously, the best opening match they could have or what? The two (three technically...) teams no doubt communicated and set it up just for the viewers. Honestly, IM doesn't even use their top players in team leagues any more, so WHY NOW?

Might be the new format. Presumably since score is now a factor and not just winning, IM won't dick around as much with giving their rookies experience, IM beat FXO but only with a 4-2, whereas Startale and Prime have 4-0s and are ahead of IM.

Though tbh, MVP isn't necessarily one of their top players in team league. Still decent though. They should have started with Squirtle if they wanted the best results imo(AxiomAcer seems profoundly weak to toss and Squirtle is sick). Who knows though, maybe MVP is feeling beast today and killing it in the house rankings. Plus it's better for the viewers :D

TotalBiscuit

United Kingdom5437 Posts

April 04 2013 23:58 GMT

#112

Well the Axiom players are good friends with the IM coach as well as many of their players, but as far as I'm concerned IM are just like "y'know what? We ain't fuckin around".

AxiomAcer seems profoundly weak to toss

Don't mean to alarm you but Alicia kinda crushes any Protoss thrown at him, including Squirtle, as seen in the IPL6 qualifier where he won and only dropped one map.

2-0 Squirtle
2-0 Creator
2-1 Tails
2-0 Tear

So yeah, I'd say we have Protoss handled

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

April 04 2013 23:58 GMT

#113

Let's hope that LG-IM-SK is worse than mouz, eh?

Just kidding, hope IM 4-0 for the sake of my fantasy team! Go forth and dominate, Lord Mvp!

Dodgin

Canada39254 Posts

April 05 2013 00:01 GMT

#114

I think Mvp asked to play first because he's not in Code S or A currently, if he was this wouldn't happen.

the_business_og

United States167 Posts

April 05 2013 00:01 GMT

#115

The savior has returned to us

Blargh

United States2104 Posts

April 05 2013 00:15 GMT

#116

On April 05 2013 09:01 Dodgin wrote:
I think Mvp asked to play first because he's not in Code S or A currently, if he was this wouldn't happen.

That is quite likely, since they are so concerned about showing their "special tactics" just for a team league. I'm really interested in seeing how Scarlett performs versus MVP since she has far less HotS experience than many other people. MMA 3-0'd her in Ritmix for a brutal teamkill. We'll just have to see!

Also, thanks for sharing TB. Didn't know any of the players had ties with any of the other teams at all. Hope everyone in Axiom has easy access to practice partners!

Nirel

Israel1526 Posts

April 05 2013 00:27 GMT

#117

What kind of a question is this? MVP is MVP!

TotalBiscuit

United Kingdom5437 Posts

April 05 2013 00:31 GMT

#118

On April 05 2013 09:15 Blargh wrote:

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Our guys practice with a great many different players where appropriate. You'll notice that Roro thanked Ryung amongst others for helping him prepare for his matches in GSL.