On July 01 2013 12:49 theMagus wrote:
lolol i just read this article about the asian indoor games back in 2009 which was held in vietnam. from the article:

"The Starcraft games was very embarassing to say the least. China to send 2 of their Fifa and NFS players to join a Starcraft match instantly forfeited and gave Korea the freewin.Games between Qatar, China, and India are absolutely shitty - ones that you can see a player open with 1 gate 1 forge PvZ and start zealot production.

Lets not even start taking about Flash vs Qatar, the result?

Flash won in game 1 with a 2scv+1marine attack tvz. Won 2nd game with a full force 6 SCV attack."

http://bawalgaleri.com/duskbin/?q=node/178

hahaha.

Hahaha I still remember that. I actually came to the stadium with my friends to watch the game (mostly Dota though, cause I didn't follow professional BW at that time) and I have to admit, even a total noob like me can play better than most of the guys there xD

Inimic

Canada153 Posts

July 01 2013 09:11 GMT

#264

...no stream?

slowbacontron

United States7722 Posts

July 01 2013 09:20 GMT

#265

On July 01 2013 18:11 Inimic wrote:
...no stream?

OGN will stream the finals in a few days. I don't know about earlier games.

XaCez

Sweden6991 Posts

July 01 2013 09:26 GMT

#266

OGN does "not have current English Broadcast plans" for the SC2 finals, LoL finals will be starting soon with English stream.

slowbacontron

United States7722 Posts

July 01 2013 09:36 GMT

#267

On July 01 2013 18:26 XaCez wrote:
OGN does "not have current English Broadcast plans" for the SC2 finals, LoL finals will be starting soon with English stream.
https://twitter.com/ognglobal/status/351617638906077184

Mmm, will it least be broadcasted in Korean then? Or even if it's not live?? Will they give us something???

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

July 01 2013 09:44 GMT

#268

you can probably view it through OGN VLC

Ace Frehley

2030 Posts

July 02 2013 02:09 GMT

#269

This is like a super secret tournament
Nobody can see a thing

Caihead

Canada8550 Posts

July 02 2013 02:52 GMT

#270

Short interview transcript thingy from (T)

Flash

Flash defeated (P)

LoveCD 2-0 in the AIMAG SC2 semi-finals.

(T)

Flash's performance changed drastically in one hour like he was a completely different person (referring to from his performance in group stage to the semi finals). As to his secret, he answered "Using strategic openers". (T)

Flash had met (P)

LoveCD multiple times on the ladder before, combined with the fact that they fought in the group stage, allowed Flash to understand how his opponent likes to open his macro, so he was able to respond and win easily.

"The opponent was very good, it made me very stressed. In the beginning when I met him on the ladder I was thinking, (he) plays so well, could it be (P)

Rain? I even specifically went to check his ID, and found out that it was Chinese player LoveCD. He had so much ability so I didn't under-estimate him, in the end I won with full preparation."

Flash also said that he hopes (P)

sOs could win the other semifinals. If the finals is between Korean players there wouldn't be pressure to capture the gold, and Flash had focused on his TvP for a while and has improved his ability so he's very confident.

"Ofcourse if foreigner player advance it would be more relaxed / easy for me. But if sOs advances there are more advantages. Especially since me and sOs finally have a day to rest, we want to play well, if we both advance into the finals, then we can have alot of fun (laugh)."

Flash has already captured medals twice in the AIMAG but his ambition isn't stopping there. More so than medals he wants to capture the gold consecutively, so he also said that he has to win in the finals.

"Since fans are anticipating it, I will definitely bring them good news. Please continue to support me / watch me!"

http://sc2.plu.cn/info/2013-07-01/59918.html

theMagus

578 Posts

July 02 2013 04:51 GMT

#271

^ good stuff, thanks.

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

July 02 2013 04:56 GMT

#272

I didn't get any sleep last night and I am a zombie at work so I don't feel like perusing Chinese websites today either

Caihead

Canada8550 Posts

July 02 2013 05:04 GMT

#273

On July 02 2013 11:09 Ace Frehley wrote:
This is like a super secret tournament
Nobody can see a thing

Official events with any level of government involvement tend to be done more so for political gestures than convenience for the viewers. Took a long time for international sporting events to become the media frenzy that they are today.

Elroi

Sweden5600 Posts

July 02 2013 08:45 GMT

#274

Thanks for the interview, Cailhead.

"The opponent was very good, it made me very stressed. In the beginning when I met him on the ladder I was thinking, (he) plays so well, could it be (P)Rain? I even specifically went to check his ID, and found out that it was Chinese player LoveCD. He had so much ability so I didn't under-estimate him, in the end I won with full preparation."

This guy is probably legit, Flash usually tells the truth in interviews about his own and other peoples skill.