EPTBut it's on Polt to be the Terran Flame.
[MLG] Anaheim 2014 Day 3 - Page 174
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
But it's on Polt to be the Terran Flame. | ||
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Kerence
Sweden1817 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:40 KingofdaHipHop wrote: Yeah somehow Day 1 got like 60 more pages than day 2, probably because of the three hours of games we didn't have. Considering over 90 of those pages were made before even the first game started, I think that's a fair assumption to make. | ||
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pure.Wasted
Canada4701 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:40 Vindicare605 wrote: You can't blame the thread though, that shit NEVER happens. People didn't know how to react. When in doubt, Protoss imba? | ||
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FrogOfWar
Germany1406 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:39 Vindicare605 wrote: If she should've tech switched into anything it would've been Ultralisks. That looked like it was her plan to do so until Trap killed her outlying expansions with DTs. She had a great position, Trap just managed to wiggle his way out of it. It was a great game. Heartbreaking, but great. Agreed. But it wasn't just the DTs, he also delayed her 3/3, Cracklings and Ultras a lot with his Warp Prism play. | ||
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Exarl25
1887 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:38 The_Templar wrote: Why are so many people assuming Polt is going to be in the finals? He could lose to violet and Trap. Now look at violet. Almost nobody has been referring to him, instead bandwagoning Polt. Very fishy imo. ##Vote: viOLet …sorry guys I've been focusing on mafia a lot in the last few days  + Show Spoiler + The point of this post is that I hope viOLet does well and at least makes it to the finals ofc Polt's TvZ is actually looking very weak. He is still managing to win but it always looks like barely pulling through against the odds through sheer persistence. Always on a knife edge trying to make a style work that just doesn't seem very good. Wouldn't be surprised if Violet smashes him. | ||
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32743 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:41 IntoTheheart wrote: But it's on Polt to be the Terran Flame. Polt just gotta use his Bio/Hellion +1 timing. | ||
Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:40 KingofdaHipHop wrote: Yeah somehow Day 1 got like 60 more pages than day 2, probably because of the three hours of games we didn't have. Yeah I think it was because you, Lorning, some other people and I were spamming the thread to 100 pages before the games even started. MLG delays build LR pages and LR pages = hype so MLG has just been building hype all along? | ||
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Xinzoe
Korea (South)2373 Posts
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Squat
Sweden7978 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:35 Vindicare605 wrote: This is the most impressive run I've seen from her since her breakout IPL. She went through back to back to back pros including motherfucking DongRaeGu before falling to Trap. It looks like she's improving all the time. I'm happy for her. She's right on that edge of being able to win a tournament like this, I hope she doesn't lose heart over this loss. It's also just a numbers game at this point. I think Scarlett has proved over the last few weeks that she can hang with strong Koreans. But if you go into a bracket where you have to win 5-6 BoX vs good Koreans, even assuming you are every bit as good as any of them individually, odds are one of them is going to have your number some way along that path. A BO win, an unscouted all in, a really strong game from your opponent when you made some mistakes(as we just saw), all the stuff that happens when elite Koreans play each other. And when you are the only foreigner against 7+ Koreans most of the time, it's just a matter of mathematics, you won't be able to win that may games against really good players back to back unless the stars align. What we just saw was an incredible performance. Over the last weeks she's beaten Taeja/MMA/Hyun/Ragnarok/DRG/Life/MC/Stork/Patience/Polt/Violet etc. I know people here are going to shit on her now that she lost and just generally be assholes while ignoring all she actually did, but that's just the internet. I'm happy about this result, and if you are a Scarlett fan so should you, because this is really about as much as we can hope for given the state of the game. | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16109 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:39 IntoTheheart wrote: It's games like these that remind me of two things: 1. I could never become a pro-gamer 2. Why I love StarCraft Rotterdam has pretty good insight on it. He, like ToD and most of the rest of us thought Trap was dead. The fact he won that game is remarkable. Sure Scarlett made a couple mistakes, but Trap played beautifully. | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:41 Darkhorse wrote: Scarlett is probably kicking herself at the lack of spore+spine at her outlying expansions D: I've seen Scarlett do that a few times now. | ||
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:42 Vindicare605 wrote: Rotterdam has pretty good insight on it. https://twitter.com/RotterdaM08/status/480841546367897601 He, like ToD and most of the rest of us thought Trap was dead. The fact he won that game is remarkable. Sure Scarlett made a couple mistakes, but Trap played beautifully. It's nice that I"m not the only person who's feeling inadequate over how well Trap played. | ||
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ssxsilver
United States4409 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:42 Squat wrote: It's also just a numbers game at this point. I think Scarlett has proved over the last few weeks that she can hang with strong Koreans. But if you go into a bracket where you have to win 5-6 BoX vs good Koreans, even assuming you are every bit as good as any of the individually, odds are one of them is going to have your number some way along that path. A BO win, an unscouted all in, a really strong game from your opponent when you made some mistakes(as we just saw), all the stuff that happens when elite Koreans play each other. And when you are the only foreigner against 7+ Koreans most of them time, it's just a matter of mathematics, you won't be able to win that may games against really good players back to back unless the stars align. What we just saw was an incredibly performance. Over the last weeks she's beaten Taeja/MMA/Hyun/Ragnarok/DRG/Life/MC/Stork/Patience/Polt/Violet etc. I know people here are going to shit on her now that she lost and just generally be assholes while ignoring all she actually did, but that's just the internet. I'm happy about this result, and if you are a Scarlett fan so should you, because this is really about as much as we can hope for given the state of the game. 1st at RBBG, 3rd/4th at HsC, 4th at MLG. It's been an insanely good month for Scarlett. | ||
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Heinsenzerg
Argentina2279 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:35 Dodgin wrote: did you miss when the crowd was on their feet chanting USA when polt beat stardust last night? you're one of the few that feel that way, probably because you're not american. im being objective you are not | ||
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ThePlagueJG
Sweden1010 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:42 Vindicare605 wrote: Rotterdam has pretty good insight on it. https://twitter.com/RotterdaM08/status/480841546367897601 He, like ToD and most of the rest of us thought Trap was dead. The fact he won that game is remarkable. Sure Scarlett made a couple mistakes, but Trap played beautifully. Do Rotti read my mind? Everytime I hear Traps name I think of the number 74.... Esport Illuminati dont hurt me  | ||
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KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:42 Squat wrote: It's also just a numbers game at this point. I think Scarlett has proved over the last few weeks that she can hang with strong Koreans. But if you go into a bracket where you have to win 5-6 BoX vs good Koreans, even assuming you are every bit as good as any of the individually, odds are one of them is going to have your number some way along that path. A BO win, an unscouted all in, a really strong game from your opponent when you made some mistakes(as we just saw), all the stuff that happens when elite Koreans play each other. And when you are the only foreigner against 7+ Koreans most of them time, it's just a matter of mathematics, you won't be able to win that may games against really good players back to back unless the stars align. What we just saw was an incredibly performance. Over the last weeks she's beaten Taeja/MMA/Hyun/Ragnarok/DRG/Life/MC/Stork/Patience/Polt/Violet etc. I know people here are going to shit on her now that she lost and just generally be assholes while ignoring all she actually did, but that's just the internet. I'm happy about this result, and if you are a Scarlett fan so should you, because this is really about as much as we can hope for given the state of the game. I love you  | ||
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Superbanana
2369 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:37 Jazzman88 wrote: It's not fair to single out Scarlett for that. Look at people like Flash in SC2, Jaedong in SC2, MKP eternally from GSL, hell, soO has a fair line of kong-age starting. ASUS ROG and lonestar is quite alright. Flash on the other hand is playing like a god and not a single big win... But yeah, SoO is the greatest almost champion. | ||
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pure.Wasted
Canada4701 Posts
America is a state of mind. | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:44 IntoTheheart wrote: It's nice that I"m not the only person who's feeling inadequate over how well Trap played. Zest is in Korea muttering to himself, I had to do that shit 4 times. | ||
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Walnuts
United States770 Posts
On June 23 2014 07:35 Vindicare605 wrote: This is the most impressive run I've seen from her since her breakout IPL IMO. She went through back to back to back pros including motherfucking DongRaeGu before falling to Trap. It looks like she's improving all the time. I'm happy for her. She's right on that edge of being able to win a tournament like this, I hope she doesn't lose heart over this loss. Also, is anyone else bothered by the idea that people root against a player he or she is korean? I get rooting for someone from your own country, but the fact that so many people don't even want to watch a tournament because one nationality is good at the game seems wrong to me. | ||
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