[DreamHack] Summer Day 3 2013 - Page 488

On June 18 2013 16:27 Ragnarork wrote:


Wat ? How on earth did you miss MC, MKP, DRG, Leenock, Polt (and many more, even if it shows a bit less, like Crank, Ryung, Alicia, etc) ? :D

On June 18 2013 17:06 finkelboy wrote:
Dreamhack never disappoints. And speaking about Nathan.. that guy is a fuckin good caster man

On June 18 2013 17:42 Krogan wrote:
How does Dreamhack do this EVERY BLOODY TIME. I honestly felt that the entire tournament was subar all the way until round of 8 but damn if it isn't incredibly hard to even remember that.

To few games on mainstream
Far too much downtime
Really bad conditions for players on second day, esp for Swedish players with SM which knocked Thorzain and Naniwa out.
Asked way too much of the 3 casters on day 2, 16 hour day...
Bad bracket system, come on Dreamhack ROUND ROBIN FFS, less games to cast, more important games, never have to ask a player to play a pointless game, no ties, makes score being decider etc.
Best of 3 all the way to a best of 5 finals...

That aside HOLY SHIT what a round of 8 and forward, Sjow and Stardust breaking out in a big way which some amazing series. Regardless of all the issues I had with the tournament this time around it was still an amazing event and Dreamhack somehow someway ends it with such a bang.

On June 18 2013 16:19 Pegas wrote:
Way impressed by TLO. Guess all dat meditation did worked.

Also congrats to Stardust , although he is from Korea , he is the 1st Asian with personality that I ever saw

On June 18 2013 17:41 boxerfred wrote:
gateway allins can win a dreamhack, obviously.

On June 18 2013 17:41 boxerfred wrote:
gateway allins can win a dreamhack, obviously.

On June 18 2013 17:49 jonich0n wrote:

mostly agreed. wasn't terribly disappointed with first couple days but did definitely miss some matchups I wanted to check out due to schedule clusterfuck. Day 3 was great though yeah and agreed just go Round Robin... even CS:GO has adopted this format for the first time in CS's LONG history. When you have to start worrying about round differential and coin flip situations... ugh

On June 18 2013 18:14 mongoose22 wrote:


I think you guys have it backwards. What they used this time was a round robin system, where everyone in a group plays everyone else in a group once. What you want them to use is a double elimination system for the group stages, like how WCS did their groups, right?

On June 18 2013 18:17 Sated wrote:

Game 1: JD tried a Speedling all-in and it fails. Sson smartly counter-attacks as he knows that JD won't have the economy/tech required to push out of a contain. JD survives by throwing up desperation Spine Crawlers, but that only stunts his economy/tech even further whilst Sson takes a third base. JD desperately tries to counter attack, so Sson crushes his front. Not a 2 base all-in, at least not by Sson.

Game 2: Straight up 2 base 7 Gate all-in. 2 base all-in doesn't work.

Game 3: Sson goes for his signature 3 base Immortal/Sentry/Zealot push. JD goes for Mutalisks, which are a pretty good counter. JD screws up the base-trade in a billion ways, but mostly by not building more buildings out on the map. Probes win the game for Sson. Not a 2 base all-in.

Game 4: JD does a Hatch-cancel Roach/Ling all-in. Not a 2 base all-in, at least not by Sson.

Game 5: Sson again goes for his signature 3 base Immortal/Sentry/Zealot push. The push kills JD's third base and significantly stunts his economy. Sson follows this up with mass Dark Templar warp-ins that force JD into a base-trade with his Swarm Hosts. It turns out that Dark Templar and Zealots kill buildings faster than Swarm Hosts. Not a 2 base all-in.

JD did more 2 base plays than Sson did in this series...