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Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
April 29 2013 11:46 GMT
#11141
[WCS AM] RO32 Group F Premier Season 1 2013 - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=18402829
[SPL] EG-TL vs. Samsung KHAN R4 - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=18392625
[SPL] KT Rolster vs. Team 8 R4 - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=18392620

our first WCS AM group! and our last two SPL matches of round 4! less arguing more LR threads tyty~
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{ToT}ColmA
Profile Joined November 2007
Japan3260 Posts
April 29 2013 12:28 GMT
#11142
Thanks Dreamhack for another really good tournament, i dont follow many sc2 events anymore but i always come back to watch some dreamhack
The only virgins in kpop left are the fans
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3759 Posts
April 29 2013 12:50 GMT
#11143
On April 29 2013 19:19 DustbinBieber wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2013 18:19 budar wrote:
On April 29 2013 16:39 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 28 2013 18:39 Kaewins wrote:
Of all the people that could have played the finals against Leenock, Naniwa was the worst and weakest choice. He cheesed his way to the finals and was the the least prepared and least capable player. I think he probably understands, that he should have lost to TLO/Jaedong, who are much better and more talented than him and could have beaten Leenock.

The result 3:2 sounds pretty impressive to someone who has not watched the finals, but in reality Naniwa didn't have a chance at any point. Yeah his all in play may work in best of 3, but it doesn't in best of 5. Jaedong would have crushed him in bo5. And Leenock crushed him in the finals, not because Zerg is OP, but because Naniwa basically plays 1 very all-in ish build and the only other thing he did was to cheese. He was outplayed by TLO and by Jaedong, and in every game against Leenock. That proxy gate in game 2 against Jaedong was the most pathetic thing I've seen in this entire tournament.

Agreed, 100%
Except Naniwa does indeed seem to work hard, which makes his god awful gameplay althemore shameful. I think the fact that he was playing at home might explain the 'greatness' of his result.

Both these posts are plain old dumb . I'm not even remotely a Naniwa fan, but it's hard to read this with a straight face. Barring all fanboyism (and I have been a Jaedong fan forever, unlike most people who are all of a sudden big brood war fans), Jaedong in SC2 has been far removed from being some world beater that people are hyping him up to be. His ZvP particularly has always looked pretty shaky, which was again demonstrated in the Naniwa series. He won game 1 with a massive gamble which cost him in game 2, and lost game 3 in a similar way to his previous ZvP outings. In no way, shape or form did he outplay Naniwa in that series.

As for TLO, he won game 1 with a pretty silly "cheese", so calling that "outplayed" is a joke.


You gotta understand people being annoyed that Jaedong, an incredible top performer on the hardest game that's ever existed, lost to Naniwa, a below average War3 semi-progamer who transitionned into cheesing his way to upsets.

Lol in so many ways. First SC:BW wasn't "hardest game that's ever existed". That's so stupid that's actually entertaining to see.

Second NaNiwa is not a player that is cheesing his way to upsets.. He is legitimately good. For some reason starcraft community is the only one that thinks that quick win is bad way of winning. It's like saying that first round knockout in boxing is inferior way of winning because the boxer didn't try to survive contracted 12 rounds...
Snoodles
Profile Joined March 2012
401 Posts
April 29 2013 13:02 GMT
#11144
On April 29 2013 21:50 nimdil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2013 19:19 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 29 2013 18:19 budar wrote:
On April 29 2013 16:39 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 28 2013 18:39 Kaewins wrote:
Of all the people that could have played the finals against Leenock, Naniwa was the worst and weakest choice. He cheesed his way to the finals and was the the least prepared and least capable player. I think he probably understands, that he should have lost to TLO/Jaedong, who are much better and more talented than him and could have beaten Leenock.

The result 3:2 sounds pretty impressive to someone who has not watched the finals, but in reality Naniwa didn't have a chance at any point. Yeah his all in play may work in best of 3, but it doesn't in best of 5. Jaedong would have crushed him in bo5. And Leenock crushed him in the finals, not because Zerg is OP, but because Naniwa basically plays 1 very all-in ish build and the only other thing he did was to cheese. He was outplayed by TLO and by Jaedong, and in every game against Leenock. That proxy gate in game 2 against Jaedong was the most pathetic thing I've seen in this entire tournament.

Agreed, 100%
Except Naniwa does indeed seem to work hard, which makes his god awful gameplay althemore shameful. I think the fact that he was playing at home might explain the 'greatness' of his result.

Both these posts are plain old dumb . I'm not even remotely a Naniwa fan, but it's hard to read this with a straight face. Barring all fanboyism (and I have been a Jaedong fan forever, unlike most people who are all of a sudden big brood war fans), Jaedong in SC2 has been far removed from being some world beater that people are hyping him up to be. His ZvP particularly has always looked pretty shaky, which was again demonstrated in the Naniwa series. He won game 1 with a massive gamble which cost him in game 2, and lost game 3 in a similar way to his previous ZvP outings. In no way, shape or form did he outplay Naniwa in that series.

As for TLO, he won game 1 with a pretty silly "cheese", so calling that "outplayed" is a joke.


You gotta understand people being annoyed that Jaedong, an incredible top performer on the hardest game that's ever existed, lost to Naniwa, a below average War3 semi-progamer who transitionned into cheesing his way to upsets.

Lol in so many ways. First SC:BW wasn't "hardest game that's ever existed". That's so stupid that's actually entertaining to see.

Second NaNiwa is not a player that is cheesing his way to upsets.. He is legitimately good. For some reason starcraft community is the only one that thinks that quick win is bad way of winning. It's like saying that first round knockout in boxing is inferior way of winning because the boxer didn't try to survive contracted 12 rounds...


He has Bieber in his name. His sole intention is to troll, and you guys keep taking the bait.
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10142 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-29 13:05:16
April 29 2013 13:03 GMT
#11145
Somebody knows if the whole "dat esports money" video has been uploaded ? Could only find this one :
+ Show Spoiler +




EDIT nvm it's on the sc2 general.
Opera
Profile Joined March 2011
France469 Posts
April 29 2013 14:43 GMT
#11146
Really great tournament, I enjoyed watching it for 14 hours on saturday. Does anybody know if the replays will be released ?
It ain't over till it's over
dunkincrsip
Profile Joined April 2013
10 Posts
April 29 2013 14:49 GMT
#11147
On April 29 2013 16:39 DustbinBieber wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 28 2013 18:39 Kaewins wrote:
Of all the people that could have played the finals against Leenock, Naniwa was the worst and weakest choice. He cheesed his way to the finals and was the the least prepared and least capable player. I think he probably understands, that he should have lost to TLO/Jaedong, who are much better and more talented than him and could have beaten Leenock.

The result 3:2 sounds pretty impressive to someone who has not watched the finals, but in reality Naniwa didn't have a chance at any point. Yeah his all in play may work in best of 3, but it doesn't in best of 5. Jaedong would have crushed him in bo5. And Leenock crushed him in the finals, not because Zerg is OP, but because Naniwa basically plays 1 very all-in ish build and the only other thing he did was to cheese. He was outplayed by TLO and by Jaedong, and in every game against Leenock. That proxy gate in game 2 against Jaedong was the most pathetic thing I've seen in this entire tournament.


Agreed, 100%
Except Naniwa does indeed seem to work hard, which makes his god awful gameplay althemore shameful. I think the fact that he was playing at home might explain the 'greatness' of his result.



how are almost flawlessly executed and very well concepted timing attacks an example for god awful gameplay? please just dont post about stuff like this you clearly dont know anything about this game
DustbinBieber
Profile Joined April 2013
France276 Posts
April 29 2013 16:50 GMT
#11148
On April 29 2013 21:50 nimdil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2013 19:19 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 29 2013 18:19 budar wrote:
On April 29 2013 16:39 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 28 2013 18:39 Kaewins wrote:
Of all the people that could have played the finals against Leenock, Naniwa was the worst and weakest choice. He cheesed his way to the finals and was the the least prepared and least capable player. I think he probably understands, that he should have lost to TLO/Jaedong, who are much better and more talented than him and could have beaten Leenock.

The result 3:2 sounds pretty impressive to someone who has not watched the finals, but in reality Naniwa didn't have a chance at any point. Yeah his all in play may work in best of 3, but it doesn't in best of 5. Jaedong would have crushed him in bo5. And Leenock crushed him in the finals, not because Zerg is OP, but because Naniwa basically plays 1 very all-in ish build and the only other thing he did was to cheese. He was outplayed by TLO and by Jaedong, and in every game against Leenock. That proxy gate in game 2 against Jaedong was the most pathetic thing I've seen in this entire tournament.

Agreed, 100%
Except Naniwa does indeed seem to work hard, which makes his god awful gameplay althemore shameful. I think the fact that he was playing at home might explain the 'greatness' of his result.

Both these posts are plain old dumb . I'm not even remotely a Naniwa fan, but it's hard to read this with a straight face. Barring all fanboyism (and I have been a Jaedong fan forever, unlike most people who are all of a sudden big brood war fans), Jaedong in SC2 has been far removed from being some world beater that people are hyping him up to be. His ZvP particularly has always looked pretty shaky, which was again demonstrated in the Naniwa series. He won game 1 with a massive gamble which cost him in game 2, and lost game 3 in a similar way to his previous ZvP outings. In no way, shape or form did he outplay Naniwa in that series.

As for TLO, he won game 1 with a pretty silly "cheese", so calling that "outplayed" is a joke.


You gotta understand people being annoyed that Jaedong, an incredible top performer on the hardest game that's ever existed, lost to Naniwa, a below average War3 semi-progamer who transitionned into cheesing his way to upsets.

Lol in so many ways. First SC:BW wasn't "hardest game that's ever existed". That's so stupid that's actually entertaining to see.

Second NaNiwa is not a player that is cheesing his way to upsets.. He is legitimately good. For some reason starcraft community is the only one that thinks that quick win is bad way of winning. It's like saying that first round knockout in boxing is inferior way of winning because the boxer didn't try to survive contracted 12 rounds...


SC1:BW at competitive level is indeed the hardest, most demanding e-sport related game that's ever existed.
Yet again you need to have played it to understand, SC2 newbies don't quite make the cut.
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3759 Posts
April 29 2013 18:14 GMT
#11149
On April 30 2013 01:50 DustbinBieber wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2013 21:50 nimdil wrote:
On April 29 2013 19:19 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 29 2013 18:19 budar wrote:
On April 29 2013 16:39 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 28 2013 18:39 Kaewins wrote:
Of all the people that could have played the finals against Leenock, Naniwa was the worst and weakest choice. He cheesed his way to the finals and was the the least prepared and least capable player. I think he probably understands, that he should have lost to TLO/Jaedong, who are much better and more talented than him and could have beaten Leenock.

The result 3:2 sounds pretty impressive to someone who has not watched the finals, but in reality Naniwa didn't have a chance at any point. Yeah his all in play may work in best of 3, but it doesn't in best of 5. Jaedong would have crushed him in bo5. And Leenock crushed him in the finals, not because Zerg is OP, but because Naniwa basically plays 1 very all-in ish build and the only other thing he did was to cheese. He was outplayed by TLO and by Jaedong, and in every game against Leenock. That proxy gate in game 2 against Jaedong was the most pathetic thing I've seen in this entire tournament.

Agreed, 100%
Except Naniwa does indeed seem to work hard, which makes his god awful gameplay althemore shameful. I think the fact that he was playing at home might explain the 'greatness' of his result.

Both these posts are plain old dumb . I'm not even remotely a Naniwa fan, but it's hard to read this with a straight face. Barring all fanboyism (and I have been a Jaedong fan forever, unlike most people who are all of a sudden big brood war fans), Jaedong in SC2 has been far removed from being some world beater that people are hyping him up to be. His ZvP particularly has always looked pretty shaky, which was again demonstrated in the Naniwa series. He won game 1 with a massive gamble which cost him in game 2, and lost game 3 in a similar way to his previous ZvP outings. In no way, shape or form did he outplay Naniwa in that series.

As for TLO, he won game 1 with a pretty silly "cheese", so calling that "outplayed" is a joke.


You gotta understand people being annoyed that Jaedong, an incredible top performer on the hardest game that's ever existed, lost to Naniwa, a below average War3 semi-progamer who transitionned into cheesing his way to upsets.

Lol in so many ways. First SC:BW wasn't "hardest game that's ever existed". That's so stupid that's actually entertaining to see.

Second NaNiwa is not a player that is cheesing his way to upsets.. He is legitimately good. For some reason starcraft community is the only one that thinks that quick win is bad way of winning. It's like saying that first round knockout in boxing is inferior way of winning because the boxer didn't try to survive contracted 12 rounds...


SC1:BW at competitive level is indeed the hardest, most demanding e-sport related game that's ever existed.
Yet again you need to have played it to understand, SC2 newbies don't quite make the cut.

You said "game", not "e-sport related game" previously. Like you were trying to say that SC:BW is harder than GO and Chess combined.
dunkincrsip
Profile Joined April 2013
10 Posts
April 29 2013 18:21 GMT
#11150
On April 30 2013 03:14 nimdil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2013 01:50 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 29 2013 21:50 nimdil wrote:
On April 29 2013 19:19 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 29 2013 18:19 budar wrote:
On April 29 2013 16:39 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 28 2013 18:39 Kaewins wrote:
Of all the people that could have played the finals against Leenock, Naniwa was the worst and weakest choice. He cheesed his way to the finals and was the the least prepared and least capable player. I think he probably understands, that he should have lost to TLO/Jaedong, who are much better and more talented than him and could have beaten Leenock.

The result 3:2 sounds pretty impressive to someone who has not watched the finals, but in reality Naniwa didn't have a chance at any point. Yeah his all in play may work in best of 3, but it doesn't in best of 5. Jaedong would have crushed him in bo5. And Leenock crushed him in the finals, not because Zerg is OP, but because Naniwa basically plays 1 very all-in ish build and the only other thing he did was to cheese. He was outplayed by TLO and by Jaedong, and in every game against Leenock. That proxy gate in game 2 against Jaedong was the most pathetic thing I've seen in this entire tournament.

Agreed, 100%
Except Naniwa does indeed seem to work hard, which makes his god awful gameplay althemore shameful. I think the fact that he was playing at home might explain the 'greatness' of his result.

Both these posts are plain old dumb . I'm not even remotely a Naniwa fan, but it's hard to read this with a straight face. Barring all fanboyism (and I have been a Jaedong fan forever, unlike most people who are all of a sudden big brood war fans), Jaedong in SC2 has been far removed from being some world beater that people are hyping him up to be. His ZvP particularly has always looked pretty shaky, which was again demonstrated in the Naniwa series. He won game 1 with a massive gamble which cost him in game 2, and lost game 3 in a similar way to his previous ZvP outings. In no way, shape or form did he outplay Naniwa in that series.

As for TLO, he won game 1 with a pretty silly "cheese", so calling that "outplayed" is a joke.


You gotta understand people being annoyed that Jaedong, an incredible top performer on the hardest game that's ever existed, lost to Naniwa, a below average War3 semi-progamer who transitionned into cheesing his way to upsets.

Lol in so many ways. First SC:BW wasn't "hardest game that's ever existed". That's so stupid that's actually entertaining to see.

Second NaNiwa is not a player that is cheesing his way to upsets.. He is legitimately good. For some reason starcraft community is the only one that thinks that quick win is bad way of winning. It's like saying that first round knockout in boxing is inferior way of winning because the boxer didn't try to survive contracted 12 rounds...


SC1:BW at competitive level is indeed the hardest, most demanding e-sport related game that's ever existed.
Yet again you need to have played it to understand, SC2 newbies don't quite make the cut.

You said "game", not "e-sport related game" previously. Like you were trying to say that SC:BW is harder than GO and Chess combined.

and how would u measure which one is harder exactly?
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3759 Posts
April 29 2013 18:31 GMT
#11151
By effort required to master it.
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17735 Posts
April 29 2013 18:36 GMT
#11152
On April 30 2013 03:31 nimdil wrote:
By effort required to master it.

hahahahaha so how much percent harder is SC:BW than SC2? How do you define "master", especially in a game agnostic sense? BTW Master's league doesn't mean you've mastered the game. How do you measure effort when it's applied in different ways for different games?
"Expert" mods4ever.com
Hermanoid
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden213 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 00:21:01
April 30 2013 00:18 GMT
#11153
Not sure if this has been linked yet, but vods from the finals are up on SVT! Semifinals and several quarterfinals are there too, they can be found in the row of links just above the video box.
xyzåäö
DustbinBieber
Profile Joined April 2013
France276 Posts
April 30 2013 06:48 GMT
#11154
Point is I'm one of those people who die a little inside everytime a foreigner takes a game off a Korean, it's almost always evidence that the game is too versatile.
Vertical
Profile Joined July 2011
Indonesia4317 Posts
April 30 2013 07:06 GMT
#11155
stepahano getting lucky dodging all korean
until finally he cant dodge anymore and stumble upon coca in RO16
and get face crushed right after his 1st korean he encounter

while naniwa legitly slapping korean here and there to gain his second
but i still hate them both
-Terran-
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
April 30 2013 07:43 GMT
#11156
On April 30 2013 15:48 DustbinBieber wrote:
Point is I'm one of those people who die a little inside everytime a foreigner takes a game off a Korean, it's almost always evidence that the game is too versatile.

I like to think that it means the korean player either hadnt prepared enough or simply wasnt good enough.
AdministratorBreak the chains
nimdil
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Poland3759 Posts
April 30 2013 09:34 GMT
#11157
On April 30 2013 15:48 DustbinBieber wrote:
Point is I'm one of those people who die a little inside everytime a foreigner takes a game off a Korean, it's almost always evidence that the game is too versatile.

If you don't like the game, why do you follow it?
Madars
Profile Joined December 2011
Latvia166 Posts
May 03 2013 13:45 GMT
#11158
On April 29 2013 21:50 nimdil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2013 19:19 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 29 2013 18:19 budar wrote:
On April 29 2013 16:39 DustbinBieber wrote:
On April 28 2013 18:39 Kaewins wrote:
Of all the people that could have played the finals against Leenock, Naniwa was the worst and weakest choice. He cheesed his way to the finals and was the the least prepared and least capable player. I think he probably understands, that he should have lost to TLO/Jaedong, who are much better and more talented than him and could have beaten Leenock.

The result 3:2 sounds pretty impressive to someone who has not watched the finals, but in reality Naniwa didn't have a chance at any point. Yeah his all in play may work in best of 3, but it doesn't in best of 5. Jaedong would have crushed him in bo5. And Leenock crushed him in the finals, not because Zerg is OP, but because Naniwa basically plays 1 very all-in ish build and the only other thing he did was to cheese. He was outplayed by TLO and by Jaedong, and in every game against Leenock. That proxy gate in game 2 against Jaedong was the most pathetic thing I've seen in this entire tournament.

Agreed, 100%
Except Naniwa does indeed seem to work hard, which makes his god awful gameplay althemore shameful. I think the fact that he was playing at home might explain the 'greatness' of his result.

Both these posts are plain old dumb . I'm not even remotely a Naniwa fan, but it's hard to read this with a straight face. Barring all fanboyism (and I have been a Jaedong fan forever, unlike most people who are all of a sudden big brood war fans), Jaedong in SC2 has been far removed from being some world beater that people are hyping him up to be. His ZvP particularly has always looked pretty shaky, which was again demonstrated in the Naniwa series. He won game 1 with a massive gamble which cost him in game 2, and lost game 3 in a similar way to his previous ZvP outings. In no way, shape or form did he outplay Naniwa in that series.

As for TLO, he won game 1 with a pretty silly "cheese", so calling that "outplayed" is a joke.


You gotta understand people being annoyed that Jaedong, an incredible top performer on the hardest game that's ever existed, lost to Naniwa, a below average War3 semi-progamer who transitionned into cheesing his way to upsets.

Lol in so many ways. First SC:BW wasn't "hardest game that's ever existed". That's so stupid that's actually entertaining to see.

Second NaNiwa is not a player that is cheesing his way to upsets.. He is legitimately good. For some reason starcraft community is the only one that thinks that quick win is bad way of winning. It's like saying that first round knockout in boxing is inferior way of winning because the boxer didn't try to survive contracted 12 rounds...


I am not saying that a quick win is bad, just that JD did give that quick win, by going 2 hatcheries before pool against opponent that he was mostly winning against in practice and that was playing very aggressive two base all-in in the same tournament
If I were to compare it to the boxing, then one boxer just turned his back to his opponent in the first round and got knocked out in first round, if something like that happened in real boxing, I bet there would be an investigation
<3 Alexis Eusebio, Lee Shin Hyung, Choi Seong Hun, Joo Sung Wook, Jang Min Chul, Kim Yoo Jin, Lee Young Ho, Lee Shin Hyung, Yun Young Seo, Kim Joon Ho, Jeong Jong Hyeon, Eo Yoon Su, Johan Lucchesi, Ilyes Satouri
Madars
Profile Joined December 2011
Latvia166 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-03 14:20:29
May 03 2013 13:47 GMT
#11159
On April 30 2013 16:43 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2013 15:48 DustbinBieber wrote:
Point is I'm one of those people who die a little inside everytime a foreigner takes a game off a Korean, it's almost always evidence that the game is too versatile.

I like to think that it means the korean player either hadnt prepared enough or simply wasnt good enough.

Or that there was something else that had nothing to do with starcraft directly?

After re-watching the VODs at the start of the first set of nani vs JD, Artosis said, leave it to me, and the a few seconds later he called Naniwa will win this, now it felt as if he was checking the schedule
twich dreamhacktv/b/396294648?t=10h15m37s

15 Hatchery 18 Hatchery 18 Gas 18 Pool next game 16 Hatchery 17 Pool
so unreal
<3 Alexis Eusebio, Lee Shin Hyung, Choi Seong Hun, Joo Sung Wook, Jang Min Chul, Kim Yoo Jin, Lee Young Ho, Lee Shin Hyung, Yun Young Seo, Kim Joon Ho, Jeong Jong Hyeon, Eo Yoon Su, Johan Lucchesi, Ilyes Satouri
bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
May 03 2013 14:39 GMT
#11160
On April 30 2013 03:36 Die4Ever wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 30 2013 03:31 nimdil wrote:
By effort required to master it.

hahahahaha so how much percent harder is SC:BW than SC2? How do you define "master", especially in a game agnostic sense? BTW Master's league doesn't mean you've mastered the game. How do you measure effort when it's applied in different ways for different games?

Bw competition had enough B-teamers and practice partners to dominate whole SC2 world for 2 years. And those were people from the shadows of televised BW.

We are not talking about game difficulty itself but competition difficulty. You can read on SC2 champions how they struggled.

You can imagine/dream about becoming SC2 proplayer nowadays, but it was foolishness in BW competition. It was concetraded, hard and unforgiving environment. You would need to spend 1-2 years as a rookie on average before your first televised game, and if you were a genius you could win some games.

Even the biggest stars of late BW needed years to get into competition(that includes Flash, Jaedong, Bisu, Stork). And they all were accustomed to the game since elementary school as everyone in Korea.
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