EPThappy that Life win and also that naniwa made it that far and it was a intense finals! gratz for the big number in the viewers!
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shell
Portugal2722 Posts
happy that Life win and also that naniwa made it that far and it was a intense finals! gratz for the big number in the viewers! | ||
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Ammanas
Slovakia2166 Posts
On October 14 2013 08:28 AceHigh. wrote: I was so delighted at the result of the final. As much due to the fact that I wanted Life to win, as due to the fact that I wanted NaNiwa to lose. Yes, I admit I dislike the man and don't wish him well in his SC2 career. This having been said, however, I must admit that the way he played the two games that he won impressed me a lot. I know he's a top class player, but his performance in the final was more than top class. He would have taken first spot against any other zerg. Besides Curious. And while finals were amazing, I feel like it was not the best series of the tournament, sOs vs Curious was. I really do wonder how well would sOs do against Life. Also, nice to see that Naniwa - a foreigner, had at least as good (if not better) games against Life as Zest, KT A teamer. And one last thing, this tournament we've seen some awesome PvZ series - probably the best thing that could happen for GSL, considering their finals is also a PvZ  | ||
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FeyFey
Germany10114 Posts
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SicPro
United States202 Posts
On October 14 2013 08:58 Darkhoarse wrote: Just for some info from a guy at the event, how was the energy? Majority of people there SC2 fans or comic con goers? SC2 confirmed alive and kicking? Awful..... it was okay every now and then.... but for the most part it was really sad when I would try to get a "NA NI WA" chant during the finals started and about 5 other people would catch on and then it just died. We had some fun moments of baneling hits where the whole crowd went OHHHH!!!! And stuff like that with sick fungals and sick storms.... but other than that they sat on their asses most of the time and were boring as hell. Compared to what I've seen from Dreamhacks it was less a SC2 tournament with some of the best players in the world.... and more like a retirement home party. But I dont givea damn I still had an amazing time and Life didn't want his oversized check so then Carmac was like HUK YOU TAKE IT so they crossed off Life and wrote Huk.... just cause Carmac likes to mess with Huk. I saw Huk carrying it and I knew he wouldn't want someone else's check so I asked him if he wanted it and he said "no you can have it". And so I do!!! Its awesome, I even got a picture of me and Huk holding it together hahaha... I'm gonna post a blog about the whole event with a few pictures that will def be one of them. And one of the topics of the blog will definitely be my love and hate relationship with Naniwa. I don't hate him or love him of course its a figure of speech, but Saturday was great and today was really disappointing to see someone I look up to act in such a way. Lets pretend I'm talking to Naniwa right now.... cause I doubt he's reading this: I understand you holds winning to such high regards, and losing is a crippling feeling.... however there are other people in the world around you.. people who wanted to see you and people who spent a lot of money to do so. So for you to only think of yourself and you not winning the whole thing and ONLY taking 2nd while the rest of us live in a world where our problems are things like our health and how to afford health care, it was really upsetting and disappointing that when I went to shake your hand and say goodbye to you after the tournament, and I came up to you and asked you if I could you said "No". I find that to be incredibly selfish. I understand completely why people have that opinion of you after being backstage with everyone during the finals and hearing a few different things from a few different people. I still respect you tho because I can empathize with your situation and I don't think youre a bad guy for feeling bad after losing and not wanting to be sociable afterwards. But you need to try and learn to empathize with not only your fans but your fellow pro's and the other people in the business you find yourself so lucky to be a part of. Edit: This doesn't mean I no longer respect Naniwa or will not cheer for him. And really it was nothing I hadn't already known before from hearing things around or from assuming how it would be.... but that doesn't change my reaction to what happened. | ||
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Shinta)
United States1716 Posts
On October 14 2013 09:37 BigFan wrote: cmon, while I agree that his games were entertaining, heck, he mannered hatched in 2 games and he could've potentially lost both even though anyone else would've just finished it incase to please the fans, there is no need to call him not bright etc... unless you want to be warned for it lol. Sorry, I might have been a bit mean.... It was just too funny that he called someone who was playing completely to entertain the fans instead of playing just to destroy his opponent and take his money, "boring as fuck", with "0 entertainment value" It's just too wrong, I can't bring myself to say anything nice about it. I guess I should listen to mom though, and not say anything at all. | ||
Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On October 14 2013 09:38 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I missed today's matches  Any particularly amazing games that I should watch the VODs of? Thanks in advance Honestly the games today are pretty much all worth watching, with a few gems that stand out. I'd suggest going through them all! | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
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The_Templar
your Country52797 Posts
On October 14 2013 09:42 Ammanas wrote: Besides Curious. And while finals were amazing, I feel like it was not the best series of the tournament, sOs vs Curious was. I really do wonder how well would sOs do against Life. Also, nice to see that Naniwa - a foreigner, had at least as good (if not better) games against Life as Zest, KT A teamer. And one last thing, this tournament we've seen some awesome PvZ series - probably the best thing that could happen for GSL, considering their finals is also a PvZ Forgot about that, makes a PvZ finals in GSL seem more desirable  | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44368 Posts
On October 14 2013 09:52 Darkhoarse wrote: Honestly the games today are pretty much all worth watching, with a few gems that stand out. I'd suggest going through them all! Thanks | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On October 14 2013 09:39 shell wrote: great tournament! thanks ESL happy that Life win and also that naniwa made it that far and it was a intense finals! gratz for the big number in the viewers! how many viewers were there? never mind found it http://www.fuzic.nl/events/877-iem-new-york-day-4-semifinals-andamp-finals/ | ||
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AceHigh.
Poland64 Posts
On October 14 2013 09:42 Ammanas wrote: Besides Curious. And while finals were amazing, I feel like it was not the best series of the tournament, sOs vs Curious was. I really do wonder how well would sOs do against Life. Agreed, the final was not the best series, but it was still a great series of six great games. | ||
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LockeTazeline
2390 Posts
On October 14 2013 09:38 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I missed today's matches Any particularly amazing games that I should watch the VODs of? Thanks in advance I think all the finals games except the last one were pretty good, especially games 3 and 4. Wasn't here for the semis. | ||
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juicyjames
United States3815 Posts
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Bedrock
United States395 Posts
Big props to Nazroth as well, was good to finally meet you. See you in Germany?  | ||
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danteafk
307 Posts
Foreigners are currently the only excitement in stacked Korean tournaments. Blizzcon will be pretty sad without foreigners, since a full Korean tourney is just boring. No storyline, no excitements, no emotions. | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On October 14 2013 11:30 danteafk wrote: So glad that Naniwa made it this far. Foreigners are currently the only excitement in stacked Korean tournaments. Blizzcon will be pretty sad without foreigners, since a full Korean tourney is just boring. No storyline, no excitements, no emotions. I don't understand how you can hold this opinion while wearing the flare of a team that disbanded before kespa switched to sc2. It implies you watched Korean BW, and why would you watch Korean BW if you find a tournaments with only Korean players boring. | ||
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Whatson
United States5356 Posts
On October 14 2013 11:30 danteafk wrote: So glad that Naniwa made it this far. Foreigners are currently the only excitement in stacked Korean tournaments. Blizzcon will be pretty sad without foreigners, since a full Korean tourney is just boring. No storyline, no excitements, no emotions. It's okay, MMA winning Blizzcon will be more than enough of a storyline for me | ||
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ES.Genie
Germany1370 Posts
On October 14 2013 11:34 Dodgin wrote: I don't understand how you can hold this opinion while wearing the flare of a team that disbanded before kespa switched to sc2. It implies you watched Korean BW, and why would you watch Korean BW if you find a tournaments with only Korean players boring. Don't feed the troll. If he is too stubborn to see storylines, excitement and emotions in a tourney just because most of it's competitors happen to be from Korea, it's entirely his fault and he clearly doesn't deserve to see any of these things. GSL had by far the best storylines(and games ofc) in all of SC2 and there is absolutely no plausible reason why this trend won't continue at Blizzcon. But what can you expect from a community that pretty much only talks about how it's game is dead, boring, bad, etc instead of simply watching and enjoying the ridiculous amount of high quality content there is in SC2? | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On October 14 2013 12:06 Doodsmack wrote: Pretty hard to argue for anyone other than Naniwa being best foreigner in the world. Scarlett wasn't at this tournament, Scarlett took top 4 in WCS AM which is harder than WCS EU. Naniwa never made RO4 in WCS EU. There I just did. Not that I actually think Scarlett is better than Naniwa in any way worth mentioning, but It's not clear cut at all. | ||
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