If Stephano won MVP, No one will be complaining about having koreans in WCS EU. They will just hype Stephano to extreme ends again. So thats be real here, MVP plays better, the better player won.

sitromit

7051 Posts

May 27 2013 02:23 GMT

#7094

Imagine the hate if it hadn't been Mvp, but another, less popular Korean who switched regions and won WCS EU. Where is Sniper when you need him? :p

kingcars

United States13 Posts

May 27 2013 02:23 GMT

#7095

MVP vs Dimaga Game 2 was probably the most exciting and intense match I've seen in HoTS so far. It was so back and forth with each player dealing punches then returning the favor. MVP was looking sharp today and I enjoyed the plethora of builds he demonstrated in the finals.

On May 27 2013 06:56 NeThZOR wrote:
I don't get caught up in the apparent "excitement" of TvZ anymore. The matchup is so lopsided these days.

I hope you're kidding....especially so soon after we've finally come out of the dark days of BL/Infestor.

Heavenlee

United States966 Posts

May 27 2013 02:42 GMT

#7096

Winners gonna win. If you want to win the big money, then win your games---don't avoid the best by holing yourself into your region (but still get paid equally). People were happy enough to shout about how "Europe isn't America" and "EU holds" and "EU = KR" when top foreigners were beating Code B Koreans. I have no sympathy for regions with over 300 and 700 million people being unable to beat the players from a country with 50 million. People love an underdog story for some reason, but I love the winner's story, because I want to see the best, hardest-working players succeed in a competition.

SCST

Mexico1609 Posts

May 27 2013 02:47 GMT

#7097

Just finished the VOD and have to say, what a great day of SC2. The production from ESL was simply amazing . . definitely leading the way for Starcraft now, even more so than GOM. ESL deserves huge recognition for this.

Speaking of viewers, anyone know what it peaked out at today?

Dodgin

Canada39254 Posts

May 27 2013 02:53 GMT

#7098

On May 27 2013 11:47 SCST wrote:
Just finished the VOD and have to say, what a great day of SC2. The production from ESL was simply amazing . . definitely leading the way for Starcraft now, even more so than GOM. ESL deserves huge recognition for this.

Speaking of viewers, anyone know what it peaked out at today?

114k on the english stream, and about 20k more on the alternate languages streams.

Just about as good as Dreamhack did, minus the Swedish TV audience.

forsooth

United States3648 Posts

May 27 2013 03:17 GMT

#7099

On May 27 2013 06:56 NeThZOR wrote:
I don't get caught up in the apparent "excitement" of TvZ anymore. The matchup is so lopsided these days.

You crazy? Pretty much all the other Terrans had Zergs get the better of them in this tournament.

Boucot

France15997 Posts

May 27 2013 03:42 GMT

#7100

I spoke many times about ESL production but I wanted to add a huge shoutout to ReDeYe who's doing a fantastic job as a host. This man is so classy and is always looking for valorizing the players. Congrats Paul !