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We are kicking off the 9th Season of the Intel Extreme Masters! In this qualifier only Two players will be sent to Shenzhen, China to represent the Americas region. The tournament format will be an open Stage 1 and a final Stage 2 to determine the winners. Below is the full information!
Open Qualifier Cup
Restrictions
- You must be a citizen or be residing in any country apart of North, South, or Central America
- You must have correct game account on ESL profile so replay report system can work!
- Top 2 players of Stage 2 Advance to the Shenzhen Lan event
- You must be at least 16 years of age by July 16th 2014 ( the date of the LAN event)
- Hotel and flight cost are paid for in full by ESL.
Qualifier Format
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Qualifier Dates and Brackets
Stage 1: Tuesday June 10th at 6:00 pm EDT -VIEW BRACKETS
Stage 2: Wednesday June 11th at 6:00 pm EDT - VIEW BRACKETS
Stage 1 Sign Up and Information
+ Show Spoiler +Top 8 players will advance to Stage 2 Start Date: June 10th at 6:00 pm EST Check-in time: June 11th at 5:00 pm EST Sign up here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/masters/season9/shenzhen_qualifier1/signup/Check in here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/masters/season9/shenzhen_qualifier1/heckinMap Pool: + Show Spoiler +Alterzim Stronghold
Frost
Habitation Station
King Sejong Station
Overgrowth
Merry Go Round
Waystation
Map Selection Rules: + Show Spoiler +Best of 1 in all rounds until the Round of 64 players total is reached (*Round of 32 Winners and Round of 32b Losers Bracket*). At
those rounds and higher it is a Best of 3. Once Round of 8 (top 4 winners and top 4 losers) is reached the matches end, and the 8 players then move to Stage 2.
In a Best of 1, Best of 3 and Best of 5 a map veto (removal and pick) system is used. The high seeded player(seeds can be found at round 1 on the grid page) decides who starts. Players take it in turn removing maps until only one remains in a best of 1 or until only 3 maps remain in a best of 3. Then each player picks a map. Maps are played in order they are picked. The remaining map is played last.
Stage 2 Invites and Qualified Players
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BroadcastingRifkin and ZombieGrub will cover the action live on twitch at BasetradeTV!![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/c3Ur8wS.png)
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This time folks its top 8 qualify from stage 1 instead of the 4 from the previous season. So get in on it!
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/us.png) ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/kr.png)  CMStom.Polt is our first invite!
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Zimbabwe1756 Posts
Cool, I always have the worst lucks on iem qualies lool. Hopefully this time.
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On May 30 2014 17:32 coL.hendralisk wrote:
Cool, I always have the worst lucks on iem qualies lool. Hopefully this time.
Good luck Hendralisk!!!
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France7248 Posts
are you really using a double elimination bracket in stage 1 to determine 8 players for stage 2?
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correct, else there would be like 1 round of games :D
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Hopefully some cool AM players can qualify!
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France7248 Posts
On May 31 2014 01:52 pHaRSiDE wrote:
correct, else there would be like 1 round of games :D
yeah but half the bracket won't be played -_-
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On May 31 2014 01:53 Yhamm wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2014 01:52 pHaRSiDE wrote:
correct, else there would be like 1 round of games :D yeah but half the bracket won't be played -_-
It would be the same result in single elimination o.O
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France7248 Posts
On May 31 2014 03:43 pHaRSiDE wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2014 01:53 Yhamm wrote:On May 31 2014 01:52 pHaRSiDE wrote:
correct, else there would be like 1 round of games :D yeah but half the bracket won't be played -_- It would be the same result in single elimination o.O
yeah, but it looks bad on Liquipedia with a double bracket 
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You say stage 1 begins Friday, June 9 at 6:00 pm, yet June 9th is on a Monday?
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Update: Redbull has announced their 3 cup qualifier dates, therefore Stage 1 and 2 have to move up a day to avoid conflicts. New dates are:
Stage 1: Tuesday June 10th at 6:00 pm EDT
Stage 2: Wednesday June 11th at 6:00 pm EDT
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pHaRSiDE HI:
The people that created this tournament on the web put wrong the fallowing info: 1st)http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/masters/season9/shenzhen_qualifier1/rankings
Errors: StarCraft II Extreme Masters Season 9 Shenzhen Qualifier 1 (Fri. 06/10), that day is TUESDAY
The time stamp tells 23:00 when it will held or played. Now taking the minutes of the countdown, the tournament supposed to start on TUESDAY 18:00 EST
2nd)http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/masters/season9/shenzhen_qualifier2/rankings
Errors: StarCraft II Extreme Masters Season 9 Shenzhen Qualifier 2 (Day. 06/11), that day is THURSDAY.
The time stamp tells 23:00when it will held or played. Now taking the minutes of the countdown, the tournament supposed to start on THURSDAY 18:00 EST.
This created confusion on my players to register (saying that was on friday or tuesday or not....)
Can you please correct that info, thanks
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The information in this thread is correct. I don't know who added it to the calendar.
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France7248 Posts
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oh, most people don't pay attention to that. Its fixed though.
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Hoping for Scarlett and qxc to do well!
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Oh IEM...one of my fav tournies for sure :D
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Only a few hours left to register for the IEM stage 1! Get in now!
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Checkins now open! Meet in Channel IEM on SC2!
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desRow played well against Swarmhosts, and was very tenacious that game. Suppy's hybrid swarmhost composition was something I hadn't really seen before though. Seemed kinda weird.
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On June 11 2014 09:45 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
desRow played well against Swarmhosts, and was very tenacious that game. Suppy's hybrid swarmhost composition was something I hadn't really seen before though. Seemed kinda weird.
it was bad  big suppy fan but a very disappointing game, he seemed lost. not sure what he was doing with his 6k gas bank. the roach/ling counterattacks seemed cool in theory, but the mass corruptor/10-15 swarm host main army wasn't too stable. 6k gas and no vipers? idk man... he's way better than i am but i didn't get it
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Congrats to the 8 Stage 1 Qualified players from tonight! Get ready for Stage 2 tomorrow at 6:00 pm EDT covered by ESLtv!
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/ca.png)  desRow - Stage 1 Qualified
EG.Xenocider - Stage 1 Qualified
Bails - Stage 1 Qualified
 coL.hendralisk - Stage 1 Qualified
EG.Suppy - Stage 1 Qualified
coL.Moosegills - Stage 1 Qualified
IvD.Phog - Stage 1 Qualified
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Zicon_small.png) MirG.Towlie - Stage 1 Qualified
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I can't believe I made it, I'm so happy! :D
btw it's Towelie, not Towlie
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On June 11 2014 11:51 Penguinator wrote:I can't believe I made it, I'm so happy! :D btw it's Towelie, not Towlie
I thought your shenanigans felt familiar
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On June 11 2014 12:01 BasetradeTV wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2014 11:51 Penguinator wrote:I can't believe I made it, I'm so happy! :D btw it's Towelie, not Towlie I thought your shenanigans felt familiar + Show Spoiler +
YESSSSS!!!!! Oh god the nostalgia :D
It's really awesome to see how much I've improved since then 
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Greetings,
This is to let you know that scarlett has dropped from the tournament fairly surprsingly. Because of this Suppy was next invite in line and he moves up to Seed 8 to replace her. A new 16th player will be brought in from Stage 1 and seeds 9-16 will be randomized again. Sorry for this inconveniance.
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Hope everything is ok.with scarlett,gl suppy
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France7248 Posts
aww, any reason given? :<
edit: also, how will the 16th player be chosen?
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Maybe didn't have the setup needed to play? You don't see her drop from hardly any tournys.
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I believe scarlett is in europe right now so the tournament starts at midnight her time. So just unplayable.
Right now SwS and Days are playing a single best of 3 to be the replacement. Jonsnow and intense did not respond to the notice. Will have a replacement in about 15-30 minutes most likely.
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I think she is in Europe right now. When the qualifier starts it will be midnight in Germany.
Europe qualifier lasted for 10 hours (delayed by Nation Wars, important to mention but still), so imagine if she falls early in the loser bracket...
That's my interpretation.
Edit: forestalled by pHaRSiDE 
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Ok so nothing like illness or anything just didn't want to overdue herself that makes sense. Thanks for the info
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France7248 Posts
what was the score of Days vs sWs please?
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I hope people aren't too upset that Scarlett withdrew from the qualifiers at the last second. She probably waited this long because she wanted to see at the last second if it would be possible for her to play (she did the same with Red Bull qualifiers, which she did end up playing). But she's soon going to have Dreamhack, Red Bull, and MLG in the span of just TEN DAYS, so it was very wise of her to skip these qualifiers and potentially doing damage to her health.
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Not upset at all I was worried she might be sick she said she wasn't feeling well for the RB. If she thinks playing this qualifier would hurt her health then she made the right decision.
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Yeah, Probably got something to do with the fact Scarlett playing her first Dreamhack this weekend then the MLG next weekend. Probably too many tournaments this month. Busy month already for Scarlett.
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On June 12 2014 07:20 NomaKasd wrote:
Yeah, Probably got something to do with the fact Scarlett playing her first Dreamhack this weekend then the MLG next weekend. Probably too many tournaments this month. Busy month already for Scarlett.
She's also playing in the RedBull NA offline event in California the day after dreamhack ends, so yeah
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Zimbabwe1756 Posts
On June 12 2014 07:20 NomaKasd wrote:
Yeah, Probably got something to do with the fact Scarlett playing her first Dreamhack this weekend then the MLG next weekend. Probably too many tournaments this month. Busy month already for Scarlett.
maybe, but the main iem event is next month, this is just a qualifier for na players which im sure scarlett isnt too scared of
so its prolly the time for eu, better not get sleep messed up perhaps
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Polt number one base sniper
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huk playin so bad ... sry but yea, bad micro strange decision
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On June 12 2014 09:06 bluQ wrote:
huk playin so bad ... sry but yea, bad micro strange decision
HIs micro finally kicked in in that last game... but he was already dead when it did.
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Listening to Rotti still makes me think that someone is pressing those button on Rotti's soundboard
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Oh fuck me I've been watching Basetrade (who are very entertaining, by the way) all this time without realising there was an ESL stream up
Did I miss any good games?
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On June 12 2014 09:28 Larkin wrote:Oh fuck me I've been watching Basetrade (who are very entertaining, by the way) all this time without realising there was an ESL stream up Did I miss any good games?
Huk vs. Illusion was a pretty scrappy series if you're into that. Polt vs violet right now which is always cool
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I have five imaginary esport dollahs saying that MaSa will 2-0 Illusion
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On June 12 2014 09:35 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2014 09:28 Larkin wrote:Oh fuck me I've been watching Basetrade (who are very entertaining, by the way) all this time without realising there was an ESL stream up Did I miss any good games? Huk vs. Illusion was a pretty scrappy series if you're into that. Polt vs violet right now which is always cool
Who won?
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On June 12 2014 09:54 AlternativeEgo wrote:
I have five imaginary esport dollahs saying that MaSa will 2-0 Illusion
mmm, that selfie
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United States97276 Posts
ouch that spire placement for hendralisk. Have to start over :/
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puCK is screwed. Illusion simply doesn't lose to Protoss.
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United States97276 Posts
wait HuK is going to win this game? I tabbed away when he lost his 4th, all his colossi, and all his HTs when caught out of position by qxc's army. Figured he lost since he didnt have much of a bank and was down like 30 supply. come back and he's maxed out up 50 supply O.o
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qxc spent around 5 minutes with only 2 or 3 medivacs, yet HuK let him get back into it, but it doesn't matter in the end.
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"If QXC wins, it's the game of the year. If Huk wins..............it's just another PvT".
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Say what you like about the NA scene, no, they might not show the best technical games and they might not be able to challenge top Koreans, but damn, they can deliver some serious entertainment.
Huk vs qxc game 3 deserves attention for being nail biting, riveting, hour long PvT, I hope people will watch that game. Just a great reminder of why SC2 is fantastic to watch as a sport.
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Huk vs hendralisk... I don't know who I want to win
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United States97276 Posts
On June 12 2014 11:01 Larkin wrote:
Say what you like about the NA scene, no, they might not show the best technical games and they might not be able to challenge top Koreans, but damn, they can deliver some serious entertainment.
Huk vs qxc game 3 deserves attention for being nail biting, riveting, hour long PvT, I hope people will watch that game. Just a great reminder of why SC2 is fantastic to watch as a sport.
I agree. There is definitely entertainment to be found at all levels of play
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Bisutopia19175 Posts
On June 12 2014 11:03 Shellshock wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2014 11:01 Larkin wrote:
Say what you like about the NA scene, no, they might not show the best technical games and they might not be able to challenge top Koreans, but damn, they can deliver some serious entertainment.
Huk vs qxc game 3 deserves attention for being nail biting, riveting, hour long PvT, I hope people will watch that game. Just a great reminder of why SC2 is fantastic to watch as a sport. I agree. There is definitely entertainment to be found at all levels of play
It's like watching me vs ai. There are quite a few gems in there.
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United States97276 Posts
On June 12 2014 11:08 BisuDagger wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2014 11:03 Shellshock wrote:On June 12 2014 11:01 Larkin wrote:
Say what you like about the NA scene, no, they might not show the best technical games and they might not be able to challenge top Koreans, but damn, they can deliver some serious entertainment.
Huk vs qxc game 3 deserves attention for being nail biting, riveting, hour long PvT, I hope people will watch that game. Just a great reminder of why SC2 is fantastic to watch as a sport. I agree. There is definitely entertainment to be found at all levels of play It's like watching me vs ai. There are quite a few gems in there.
or us playing 4v4 haha
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Bisutopia19175 Posts
On June 12 2014 11:09 Shellshock wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2014 11:08 BisuDagger wrote:On June 12 2014 11:03 Shellshock wrote:On June 12 2014 11:01 Larkin wrote:
Say what you like about the NA scene, no, they might not show the best technical games and they might not be able to challenge top Koreans, but damn, they can deliver some serious entertainment.
Huk vs qxc game 3 deserves attention for being nail biting, riveting, hour long PvT, I hope people will watch that game. Just a great reminder of why SC2 is fantastic to watch as a sport. I agree. There is definitely entertainment to be found at all levels of play It's like watching me vs ai. There are quite a few gems in there. or us playing 4v4 haha
Yes I promise I'll organize an SC2TL community event soon.
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Bisutopia19175 Posts
Are we watching Effort vs Classic?
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I just tuned in and I got a reminder that this is NA.
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United States97276 Posts
Did anyone catch Polt vs viOLet? Polt finally playing his TvZ better? I know he had lost to viOLet a couple of times recently
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Rotti shouldn't be surprised. Illusion has become a TvP sniper in the past few months.
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When Henry goes for the Henry upgrade, it's never close.
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Zimbabwe1756 Posts
On June 12 2014 11:29 Circumstance wrote:
When Henry goes for the Henry upgrade, it's never close.
go watch me vs puck game1 then :O
my internets been rly bad again like when i streamed last night, there's no chance of me winning the whole thing with 20 stalls/min throughout the whole game; so it doesnt matter how i do in this match and I wish huk to win and get momentum for dreamhack, go hukkk
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On June 12 2014 11:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2014 11:29 Circumstance wrote:
When Henry goes for the Henry upgrade, it's never close. go watch me vs puck game1 then :O my internets been rly bad again like when i streamed last night, there's no chance of me winning the whole thing with 20 stalls/min throughout the whole game; so it doesnt matter how i do in this match and I wish huk to win and get momentum for dreamhack, go hukkk
u had a good run
congratz
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On June 12 2014 11:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2014 11:29 Circumstance wrote:
When Henry goes for the Henry upgrade, it's never close. go watch me vs puck game1 then :O my internets been rly bad again like when i streamed last night, there's no chance of me winning the whole thing with 20 stalls/min throughout the whole game; so it doesnt matter how i do in this match and I wish huk to win and get momentum for dreamhack, go hukkk
That's very unfortunate for you, but at least you have a great attitude about it.
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United States97276 Posts
The last 4 times HuK has faced viOLet he lost by 1 map (1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 2-3)
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On June 12 2014 11:15 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
I just tuned in and I got a reminder that this is NA.
Dammit, watch the game I was getting excited about the one before...
Of course, with NA, there's never a balance. It's one or the other.
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On June 12 2014 11:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2014 11:29 Circumstance wrote:
When Henry goes for the Henry upgrade, it's never close. go watch me vs puck game1 then :O my internets been rly bad again like when i streamed last night, there's no chance of me winning the whole thing with 20 stalls/min throughout the whole game; so it doesnt matter how i do in this match and I wish huk to win and get momentum for dreamhack, go hukkk
Will do. I just typically see you either drop the other guy into oblivion or watch as multiple full Overlords get sniped. GL in...I guess MLG's next for you? Tear up those pools!
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On June 12 2014 11:33 Larkin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2014 11:15 KingofdaHipHop wrote:
I just tuned in and I got a reminder that this is NA. Dammit, watch the game I was getting excited about the one before... Of course, with NA, there's never a balance. It's one or the other.
I suppose, I was thinking about the disparity between NA and say Korea because I had just read TB's Shoutcraft post mortem, so that was fresh on the mind. It truly is a wide gap between the two, and I really hope that something can be done to kind of bridge that or at least make it look closer like EU.
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United States97276 Posts
can't remember the last time I saw proxy marauder from a pro
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Zimbabwe1756 Posts
On June 12 2014 11:34 Circumstance wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2014 11:30 coL.hendralisk wrote:On June 12 2014 11:29 Circumstance wrote:
When Henry goes for the Henry upgrade, it's never close. go watch me vs puck game1 then :O my internets been rly bad again like when i streamed last night, there's no chance of me winning the whole thing with 20 stalls/min throughout the whole game; so it doesnt matter how i do in this match and I wish huk to win and get momentum for dreamhack, go hukkk Will do. I just typically see you either drop the other guy into oblivion or watch as multiple full Overlords get sniped. GL in...I guess MLG's next for you? Tear up those pools!
so far i think the streamed games of late have been vs alicia and huk, both played under less than ideal situations (me being rly stupid on wcs day, and now latency ruining the day). but rest assured, it has times where it works!
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polt just on another level
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Good effort by Masa, but Polt's TvT is just so perfect.
edit: oh, it's not a Bo3?
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What do you guys think of cross scouting on Alterzim? In BW cross scouting was common on four player maps in this matchup, but its fairly rare in SC2.
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United States97276 Posts
ouch 4 straight 1-2 losses to viOLet for HuK in the last 2 months.
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Aww darn it. I really hope we don't see Polt and violet win the American qualifiers. Give the real foreigners a chance
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Zimbabwe1756 Posts
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Violet...didn't have the best baneling control there.
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O_O How... how did illusion win that?
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Holy shit Illusion!
I mean Violet's control of his banelings wasn't great but still.
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That game was worth re-watching JUST to watch Nathanias slowly comign to the realization that "this is happening".
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That Overlord wanted to hide his shame of being picked off by a Viking, so it hid behind the minimap.
EDIT: Holy shit, he did it!
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Zimbabwe1756 Posts
damn that was quite a game, wpwp
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Illusion damn that was fucking good.
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Illusion played really well and doesn't care about clearing no creep. Violet just couldn't keep up with the drawn out engagements.
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
Just got back, how was Illusion vs Violet?
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On June 12 2014 13:35 stuchiu wrote:
Just got back, how was Illusion vs Violet?
Intense. Game 2 is well worth a watch on VOD.
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People never really think about the food options that are a bit between TGI Fridays and fast food, like Habit Burger. ToD would be alright with that.
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On June 12 2014 13:35 stuchiu wrote:
Just got back, how was Illusion vs Violet?
I missed game one and the start of game 2, but Illusion was down and out, with something like 20 workers against 4 base zerg. He succeeds in sniping one of Violet's key upgrades, and then goes out for a final push, while mutas dived into his main and starting killing what was left of his economy. He attacked the zerg third on overgrowth while Violet didn't have baneling speed and split well, while the marauders seemed to be baneling magnets. At the natural Illusion's remaining marines cleaned up most of the mutas which sat over them for a while at the third Illusion beat down streams of lings and roaches with excellent control. Violet tried to go for a final hold with his few remaining mutas and whatever troops he could muster between the natural and the downed third, but illusion now on only 11 SCVs kills Violet's forces with his remaining marines, and Violet taps out.
In game 3 after a fairly standard opening illusion pushes in really really deep on creep with marines marauder hellbat medivac, as Violet tries to get mutas, and denies the fourth. With prolonged reinforcements from illusion, and additionally fairly bad baneling connections on hellbats and marauders mainly due to illusion's great pulling back with his marines, illusion destroys Violet's forces and wins the series.
Game 2 is the game that really should be watched while game 3 was just fairly straightforward solid play and excellent control from illusion.
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
Game 2 sounds scarppy as hell.
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Almost seems like Illusion is throwing this series on purpose.
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Illusion thinking he's Polt and can drop
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Zimbabwe1756 Posts
bad luck for him his first 2 games special tactics arent working out as he would like them to
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On June 12 2014 13:59 coL.hendralisk wrote:
bad luck for him his first 2 games special tactics arent working out as he would like them to
How is the 1st map bad luck? He built the bunker right in CC range......... More like poor execution / not enough practice.
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Yup, definitely throwing this series on purpose. Maybe he feels like he has no chance to beat Masa so he's choosing builds that will end quickly and / or he thinks Masa has a better chance in China.
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We need more Protoss in Shenzhen.
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Congrats to Masa for a great day of Starcraft. Give 'em hell in however-the-hell-you-pronounce-it!
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On June 12 2014 14:07 WTCO wrote:We need more Protoss in Shenzhen.
You'll get Jim and Macsed probably.
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Zimbabwe1756 Posts
On June 12 2014 14:01 KingofGods wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2014 13:59 coL.hendralisk wrote:
bad luck for him his first 2 games special tactics arent working out as he would like them to How is the 1st map bad luck? He built the bunker right in CC range......... More like poor execution / not enough practice.
ok maybe luck wasnt the best word for that in game1, more like he choked under the pressure or something along those lings to explain that bunker placement mistake!
and bad luck for him in game 3, cross spawn on frost and brownru's opener was able to beat it with the banshee
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On June 12 2014 14:08 stuchiu wrote:You'll get Jim and Macsed probably.
age of Chinese zerg is upon us again!
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Zimbabwe1756 Posts
On June 12 2014 14:08 Circumstance wrote:
Congrats to Masa for a great day of Starcraft. Give 'em hell in however-the-hell-you-pronounce-it!
sorta like.. shuhnng jung
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On June 12 2014 14:08 stuchiu wrote:You'll get Jim and Macsed probably.
I'd rather have Rain and herO or something from KR. Just hope those guys will even be allowed to play in the qualifiers.
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