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On April 27 2013 06:36 Coolhwip wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2013 06:32 Snowbear wrote:
2 terrans going trough, but I don't have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with is the massive whine on terran the past month (and especially from idra, ret and stephano). Why? Probably cause they are doing good in every other tournament except this one :D
The problem is not the balance, it's the way the gameflow tends to go.
Terran is just doing hellbat drops 99% of the time, even in TvT, and it makes for boring games. It's kinda Protoss vs Zerg during WOL, either protoss won with a 1-2 base immortal allin or Zerg won the late game with broodlords/infestors. Even if the MU is balanced, as in each opponent had 50% chance to win, it's still god damn boring to watch.
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On April 27 2013 06:35 IshinShishi wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2013 06:32 Diavlo wrote:On April 27 2013 06:28 Whatson wrote:On April 27 2013 06:26 Diavlo wrote:On April 27 2013 06:23 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:On April 27 2013 06:19 Fionn wrote:
If someone can tell me one reason why Polt shouldn't have been ranked highly coming into the tournament, go ahead. He played Life better than Flash did. He beat up Creator twice in HotS. He beat up Hero in HotS. This was all after he started going to school and living in America. He won the Super Tournament while living on his own and out of a team house.
You can certainly argue that Gumiho and Leenock should have been ranked higher, but that's about it. Not only is the Super Tournament ancient history in terms of Sc2 he also won it by basically studying his opponents playstyles and then abusing them like crazy. His playstyle now is the complete reverse of then and the skills he used to win the Super Tournament are not applicable to a weekend LAN style event. Leenock is the best and most successful weekend LAN style player in Sc2 history. I would say DRG still takes that title. But I see your point Lol MVP beats either. MLG. Blizzcon. WCG. IEM. Yes because IEM, Blizzcon and WCG are the same level as MLGs and IPLs.... Pretty much is, going past wcg korea already beats an MLG, sorry bro.
the WCG qualifier was not a weekend LAN style tournament.... bro
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On April 27 2013 06:40 SkyTheUnknown wrote:
Is SortOf vs Center currently being streamed somewhere?
Sadly not
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On April 27 2013 06:35 Ryps wrote:
Leenock is playing so good he didnt lose a game today 12-0. I think he is favorite by far now.
If you watched GSL S, then you'd understand that he was the favorite all along.
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On April 27 2013 06:40 figq wrote:
Is this like the best day for foreigners in a major tournament in like a really really really long time?
I think so.
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Dreamhack! put Hero's game in stream 1 ! His dreamhack run is on the line yoooooooooooo!!!!!
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On April 27 2013 06:40 Diavlo wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2013 06:35 IshinShishi wrote:On April 27 2013 06:32 Diavlo wrote:On April 27 2013 06:28 Whatson wrote:On April 27 2013 06:26 Diavlo wrote:On April 27 2013 06:23 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:On April 27 2013 06:19 Fionn wrote:
If someone can tell me one reason why Polt shouldn't have been ranked highly coming into the tournament, go ahead. He played Life better than Flash did. He beat up Creator twice in HotS. He beat up Hero in HotS. This was all after he started going to school and living in America. He won the Super Tournament while living on his own and out of a team house.
You can certainly argue that Gumiho and Leenock should have been ranked higher, but that's about it. Not only is the Super Tournament ancient history in terms of Sc2 he also won it by basically studying his opponents playstyles and then abusing them like crazy. His playstyle now is the complete reverse of then and the skills he used to win the Super Tournament are not applicable to a weekend LAN style event. Leenock is the best and most successful weekend LAN style player in Sc2 history. I would say DRG still takes that title. But I see your point Lol MVP beats either. MLG. Blizzcon. WCG. IEM. Yes because IEM, Blizzcon and WCG are the same level as MLGs and IPLs.... Pretty much is, going past wcg korea already beats an MLG, sorry bro. the WCG qualifier was not a weekend LAN style tournament.... bro
the grasps.
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Yes Kas wins! I think he is definately through now.
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On April 27 2013 06:40 figq wrote:
Is this like the best day for foreigners in a major tournament in like a really really really long time?
Europe is always hard for the Koreans. Luckily this time around we won't have to listen to the cries of "patchzerg" whenever a Korean player loses.
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So I guess Leenock is going to take the whole thing =)
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On April 27 2013 06:41 Spidinko wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2013 06:35 Ryps wrote:
Leenock is playing so good he didnt lose a game today 12-0. I think he is favorite by far now. If you watched GSL S, then you'd understand that he was the favorite all along.
If you watched Code S you could argue that GuMiho could have been the favorite as well
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On April 27 2013 06:41 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Yes Kas wins! I think he is definately through now.
He is already
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On April 27 2013 06:40 Eury wrote:
I don't get it. Naniwa played terrible earlier today but he advanced from pretty much the group of death and he really should had won against Hyun even. He threw game 1. Hopefully he gets his act together from the get go tomorrow.
It's weird how much his play improved after losing to Hyun. I thought for sure he was out after losing that first game against Hyun.
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Russian cast is hilarious. :D No Strelok, repair, repaiiir!!! Oooy!
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On April 27 2013 06:39 Nebuchad wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2013 06:35 xyzz wrote:
So cool that polt, mc, forgg got eliminated. here's to hoping hero joins them. It'll be really good for the worldwide scene if foreigners can make deep runs in tournaments. If HerO loses we have a very predictable Leenock-Gumiho finals (obviously it's not set, but it's a really strong probability), and to me that kind of sucks. I'd like a protoss with a good claim in there as well. Puzzle can go down, tho... But he doesn't seem to agree with that.
With this many zergs I don't think Leenock is a 100% certainty. He has great ZvZ, but Hyun and Jaedong can definitely take him out.
edit: Very late didn't between the brackets. But yeah strong probability, but it wouldn't surprise me to see Leenock out.
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Can't really blame Strelok and Yugiho playing subpar at this point, they have had a hell of a day.
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On April 27 2013 06:39 Benjamin99 wrote:
And Kas is beasting in this tournament hehe. Beating Hero and zenio. Happy for Kas
And he only went through to this group stage because monchi failed to capitalize on like a 50 supply lead against Stephano.
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On April 27 2013 06:42 Bagi wrote:
Can't really blame Strelok and Yugiho playing subpar at this point, they have had a hell of a day.
they'd still be playing the previous round if it werent for imba coins
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On April 27 2013 06:38 Clefairy wrote:Show nested quote +On April 27 2013 06:37 Benjamin99 wrote:
and polt is out wtf is going on lol? He practiced on NA ladder which is as good as no practice at all.
And so did Stephano point invalid. But really how was the Polt games. How did he get eliminated ?
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EPT
