EPT[WCS] Global Finals 2013 Day 2 - Page 31
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
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Keeemy
Finland7855 Posts
On November 10 2013 02:10 stuchiu wrote: By that logic, Oz is better than almost everyone here cause he also beat Dear. Lolwat, no. The point is that JD already proved that he can beat anyone (by beating Dear, the best protoss atm), so why would it be a surprise that people pick JD to win over Maru. Different race, sure, but that doesn't matter. | ||
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Germany4057 Posts
On November 10 2013 02:10 awesomoecalypse wrote: I strongly disagree with this. Dear is a player who is incredibly good, perhaps the best in the world, on waiting for his opponent to make a mistake and then capitalize on it. Jaedong is a player that, for all his brilliance, can sometimes shoot himself in the foot with the occasional sloppy misstep. To simply discount the moments where Jaedong made mistakes and Dear capitalized as not being reflective of their skills doesn't make any sense. like incontrol did. i was joking | ||
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Necro)Phagist(
Canada6667 Posts
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Cainam
United States421 Posts
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awesomoecalypse
United States2235 Posts
What an incredible success these finals have been for Blizzard. And what a fantastic rebuttal to all that silly "SC2 is dying" negativity. The stream yesterday was at 125k viewers, and that doesn't even count the Blizzard stream numbers we don't have. That stacks up nicely with the most watched tournaments in SC2 history--and perhaps more importantly, the level of play has been incredible as well. Just a fantastic showcase of SC2 at its best. | ||
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radscorpion9
Canada2252 Posts
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On November 10 2013 02:18 Keeemy wrote: Lolwat, no. The point is that JD already proved that he can beat anyone (by beating Dear, the best protoss atm), so why would it be a surprise that people pick JD to win over Maru. Different race, sure, but that doesn't matter. Seems legit to me. | ||
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DinosaurJones
United States1000 Posts
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Schelim
Austria11528 Posts
On November 10 2013 02:20 radscorpion9 wrote: I think its almost futile to predict who will win after yesterday. We have almost all the upsets that could possibly happen in the first round and second rounds. Really anyone could win. I just hope its a Terran since its my new race what? there was 1 upset in the ro16. ro8 you could argue for 3, but overall that still isn't THAT many. that being said, Bomber wins this. | ||
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radscorpion9
Canada2252 Posts
On November 10 2013 02:19 awesomoecalypse wrote: Wow the viewer numbers even on the recast are great. What an incredible success these finals have been for Blizzard. And what a fantastic rebuttal to all that silly "SC2 is dying" negativity. The stream yesterday was at 125k viewers, and that doesn't even count the Blizzard stream numbers we don't have. That stacks up nicely with the most watched tournaments in SC2 history--and perhaps more importantly, the level of play has been incredible as well. Just a fantastic showcase of SC2 at its best. Well you can't exactly judge the survival of a game off of one event, you have to look at yearly trends to really judge whether its getting better or worse. I mean this is clearly the premiere event for SC2 so its not surprising many would tune in. But will it last as long as BW did? I wonder. Anyway I agree that its not dying at all. It at worst will plateau at a lower level of viewership compared to other games like LoL etc. | ||
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
sOs vs Polt was a toss-up, could have went anyway. Maru should've beaten Duckdeok, but Duckdeok is actually much better than anyway gave him credit for, so in retrospect that was also another 50/50 series. | ||
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40190 Posts
On November 10 2013 02:22 Schelim wrote: what? there was 1 upset in the ro16. ro8 you could argue for 3, but overall that still isn't THAT many. that being said, Bomber wins this. so 1 upset in Ro16, real 1 upset, arguable 3 in ro4, going by this logic, we get either sOs JD finals, either sOs Maru ones. YAyayaya | ||
Olli
Austria24422 Posts
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nGBeast
United States914 Posts
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On November 10 2013 02:24 DarkLordOlli wrote: Duckdeok should've beaten Maru because he's the better player objectively. Typical lucky Prime players. | ||
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bhfberserk
Canada390 Posts
Mvp was not in his top form, so not much of a tell there. (Even those games JD shows absolute domination.) It is really all up to how good JvT is now. If JD really fixed JvT and feels confident in the matchup, he will win it all. Taken into Jaedong's work ethic, determination. He tends to fix his weaknesses. That is why the Tyrant will edge out against Maru. That is why I would bet JD to win it all! It is also a really important fact that there are not much "solid" games of JD's ZvT. His opponents cannot study his style at all! | ||
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radscorpion9
Canada2252 Posts
On November 10 2013 02:22 Schelim wrote: what? there was 1 upset in the ro16. ro8 you could argue for 3, but overall that still isn't THAT many. that being said, Bomber wins this. Yeah I suppose. But I guess the upsets were significant enough that the number doesn't matter too much. Who really was predicting Jaedong would beat dear of all people, or bomber beating soulkey, or duckdeok beating innovation? I don't think you can reliably predict anything after seeing what happened yesterday. | ||
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DeadSanto123
United States90 Posts
On November 10 2013 02:25 bhfberserk wrote: On paper, Maru seems to be the stronger opponent. Dropping MMM everywhere, bio-mine push. On the other side, Jaedong's ZvT record was not too bright against some of the top Terrans. 4-0 by Polt, 4-0 by Bomber. Mvp was not in his top form, so not much of a tell there. (Even those games JD shows absolute domination.) It is really all up to how good JvT is now. If JD really fixed JvT and feels confident in the matchup, he will win it all. Taken into Jaedong's work ethic, determination. He tends to fix his weaknesses. That is why the Tyrant will edge out against Maru. That is why I would bet JD to win it all! It is also a really important fact that there are not much "solid" games of JD's ZvT. His opponents cannot study his style at all! YES | ||
Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On November 10 2013 02:22 radscorpion9 wrote: Well you can't exactly judge the survival of a game off of one event, you have to look at yearly trends to really judge whether its getting better or worse. I mean this is clearly the premiere event for SC2 so its not surprising many would tune in. But will it last as long as BW did? I wonder. Anyway I agree that its not dying at all. It at worst will plateau at a lower level of viewership compared to other games like LoL etc. Everyone talks about how big TI3 is for DotA or how huge Worlds was for LoL. If we'll compare, can we at least be consistent in using only "standard" tournaments or only "huge" tournaments? | ||
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