when bogus got the medivac in game 7 and the crowd and the casters were cheering I felt the chills of the old BW days for a moment, that was the greatest moment today for me.
On July 13 2013 15:15 General Nuke Em wrote: When I saw this thread at 58 pages I thought the day's games hadn't even started yet.
1. Massive hype on EG-TL, who didn't even make the playoffs. 2. Old stars not performing up to expectations, new stars yet to solidify their fanbase. 3. Leagues fragmented, lots of good players and good teams on the eSF side that aren't represented.
So it's no surprise that the excitement isn't really here yet for proleague. I personally hope that point #3 can be resolved at some point, I'd love to see a combined proleague featuring all the eSF teams.
Edit: And to stay on subject, I actually feel like it was SKT who got lucky with some wins. SKT may have the star power, but STX seemed better prepared and better coached.
And also: 4. Match was in the middle of the night for europe :-/
On July 13 2013 15:15 General Nuke Em wrote: When I saw this thread at 58 pages I thought the day's games hadn't even started yet.
1. Massive hype on EG-TL, who didn't even make the playoffs. 2. Old stars not performing up to expectations, new stars yet to solidify their fanbase. 3. Leagues fragmented, lots of good players and good teams on the eSF side that aren't represented.
So it's no surprise that the excitement isn't really here yet for proleague. I personally hope that point #3 can be resolved at some point, I'd love to see a combined proleague featuring all the eSF teams.
Edit: And to stay on subject, I actually feel like it was SKT who got lucky with some wins. SKT may have the star power, but STX seemed better prepared and better coached.
And also: 4. Match was in the middle of the night for europe :-/
I wanted to see this!
5 am is not the middle of the night, in fact i'd say that if it started at midnight it would have been preferable.
On July 13 2013 15:15 General Nuke Em wrote: When I saw this thread at 58 pages I thought the day's games hadn't even started yet.
1. Massive hype on EG-TL, who didn't even make the playoffs. 2. Old stars not performing up to expectations, new stars yet to solidify their fanbase. 3. Leagues fragmented, lots of good players and good teams on the eSF side that aren't represented.
So it's no surprise that the excitement isn't really here yet for proleague. I personally hope that point #3 can be resolved at some point, I'd love to see a combined proleague featuring all the eSF teams.
Edit: And to stay on subject, I actually feel like it was SKT who got lucky with some wins. SKT may have the star power, but STX seemed better prepared and better coached.
And also: 4. Match was in the middle of the night for europe :-/
I wanted to see this!
Matches are always like that though. You have to stay up if you want to watch them. It's been like that since forever.
On July 13 2013 16:44 sharkie wrote: I'd love a WJS vs STX final.
It would finally stop the KT/SKT dominance
Considering how strong both line-ups are atm. Not a big stretch by any means.
Ughhh I really thought Innovation would be nerfed with the new patch and bet on SKT I hope they get enough sleep tonight and bring their A game tomorrow! D:
On July 13 2013 15:15 General Nuke Em wrote: When I saw this thread at 58 pages I thought the day's games hadn't even started yet.
1. Massive hype on EG-TL, who didn't even make the playoffs. 2. Old stars not performing up to expectations, new stars yet to solidify their fanbase. 3. Leagues fragmented, lots of good players and good teams on the eSF side that aren't represented.
So it's no surprise that the excitement isn't really here yet for proleague. I personally hope that point #3 can be resolved at some point, I'd love to see a combined proleague featuring all the eSF teams.
Edit: And to stay on subject, I actually feel like it was SKT who got lucky with some wins. SKT may have the star power, but STX seemed better prepared and better coached.
And also: 4. Match was in the middle of the night for europe :-/
I wanted to see this!
Matches are always like that though. You have to stay up if you want to watch them. It's been like that since forever.
I was too upset to comment as the series finished. But bogus had an amazing drop defence and played good as always, fantasy just couldn't catch up as bogus suplies were far ahead the entire game. By the last engagement when fantasy tried to break free his natural I believe Bogus was 30+ on suplies and after that engagement he had 3x more suplies than pantaji. T.T
On July 14 2013 03:21 Crackpot wrote: Question: Are the players and matchups picked randomly ?
i dont think so .. i think the teams decide which player goes to which match number .. and maybe that is how it is random since the other team dont know what the other team assigned .. but if i am wrong then its probably random/lottery
On July 14 2013 03:21 Crackpot wrote: Question: Are the players and matchups picked randomly ?
No. The order of the maps are chosen in advance. Each coach chooses which player they want to play on each map without knowing the decisions the opposite coach took.
So there is a mix of luck and strategy when it comes to picking matchups, but it isn't a random draw. But if, say, a map favours a particular race you'll generally see either a player of that race or a sniper.