On August 10 2013 19:49 Undead1993 wrote: these 20000 while rain got 36000 last time seems a little bit silly. osl sounds so big, but then "only" 20000. meh. but nevertheless i am sure maru is happy about the money and the championship. congratulations to maru! GG WP
On August 10 2013 19:49 Undead1993 wrote: these 20000 while rain got 36000 last time seems a little bit silly. osl sounds so big, but then "only" 20000. meh. but nevertheless i am sure maru is happy about the money and the championship. congratulations to maru! GG WP
Blizz controls prize money for WCS, unfortunately.
On August 10 2013 19:49 Undead1993 wrote: these 20000 while rain got 36000 last time seems a little bit silly. osl sounds so big, but then "only" 20000. meh. but nevertheless i am sure maru is happy about the money and the championship. congratulations to maru! GG WP
Well they both should make deep runs in the season final and win a lot more + get heaps of WCS points for blizzcon which is heaps more again.
On August 10 2013 19:45 {ToT}ColmA wrote: hm, not really a fan of the series, rain had some kind of mental breakdown that reminded me of bomber.
I'm actually surprised at how so few people seem to mention this. This is the entire story of these finals.
Of course an extremely slick Terran play from Maru starting from game 4 kinda "helped", but still. Rain is confident, wins two easy games, gets cheesed, loses control, loses everything else. No game was even close.
This is why the BW bonjwas were so amazing. They had some actual mental fortitude.
In that regard Maru should really be given props for not completely falling apart after looking like he was going to be the fastest 4-0'ed finalist yet. Game 4 had to have been so shaky after failing all harass just before he landed the clutch EMP's.
i think peeps underestimate the mkp and creator's influence in this result. Yes, they both are not in the finals but are some of the best strategists out there with lots of exp.