EPTNicely done by him, and all those Widow Mines.
[Redbull] Global Battlegrounds Qualifiers - Page 52
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
Nicely done by him, and all those Widow Mines. | ||
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kaykoose
United States2302 Posts
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On July 25 2014 11:13 Larkin wrote: Why did Impact attack there?! Because he is almost blind with fatigue. He has been playing since 1am and it's now 11am in Korea. You can't blame him, he's exhausted. Like I said, really bad time for a qualifier in Korea. The main thing is he qualified and got his flight paid for him which is a huge deal for us. | ||
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plogamer
Canada3132 Posts
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SetGuitarsToKill
Canada28396 Posts
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Foreverkul
United States1649 Posts
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Larkin
United Kingdom7161 Posts
On July 25 2014 11:14 TotalBiscuit wrote: Because he is almost blind with fatigue. He has been playing since 1am and it's now 11am in Korea. You can't blame him, he's exhausted. Like I said, really bad time for a qualifier in Korea. The main thing is he qualified and got his flight paid for him which is a huge deal for us. Oh sure, no doubting that! Just thought he was in a good position with 3/3 on the way to just hold out a little longer. But the main thing is the flight rather than the $100, of course. | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On July 25 2014 11:17 Foreverkul wrote: So only Impact is tired? Not also everyone who made it this far? :/ Polt lives in America, MVP afaik is in Europe right now so no. | ||
stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On July 25 2014 11:17 Foreverkul wrote: So only Impact is tired? Not also everyone who made it this far? :/ Polt played on East coast time. So 2 PM to now. Impact played from 1 AM to 10 AM | ||
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Spect8rCraft
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On July 25 2014 11:17 TotalBiscuit wrote: Polt lives in America, MVP afaik is in Europe right now so no. I'm guessing that he's collapsed at the computer right now. | ||
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Foreverkul
United States1649 Posts
On July 25 2014 11:18 stuchiu wrote: Polt played on East coast time. So 11:00 AM to now. Impact played from 1 AM to 10 AM Was he planning not to make it all the way then? Couldn't take a nap before the tournament? | ||
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On July 25 2014 11:20 Foreverkul wrote: Was he planning not to make it all the way then? Couldn't take a nap before the tournament? I don't know his schedule. | ||
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Foreverkul
United States1649 Posts
I just find saying someone is tired is a bad excuse for playing poorly (despite the fact Impact was not playing poorly and was 2nd place). These tournaments take a whole day, everyone is tired. Unless he just came off the back of another tournament, he had time to prepare. He played excellently and did a good job regardless  | ||
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On July 25 2014 11:20 Foreverkul wrote: Was he planning not to make it all the way then? Couldn't take a nap before the tournament? Players have lives and families, you can't just flip your sleeping schedule around and around and around at will. I'm sure he did take a nap but a nap isn't enough to give you 10 hours of endurance. The fatigue took an obvious toll as you saw with that muta control mistake which resulted in his entire muta ball getting killed. It's fine though, the qualification is what mattered. He wanted to put on a good showing against Polt and he did, I think if the mutas hadnt died he'd have won that game, he had the superior economy and his 3/3 was well on the way. He'll get a chance at revenge at the event. I just find saying someone is tired is a bad excuse for playing poorly That's weird, because it's maybe the most legitimate excuse for any SC2 player playing poorly. It sucked for Symbol as well, the qualifier is setup at a time which makes life difficult for the Koreans living in SK, but ideal for those that moved to Europe for WCS and such. | ||
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zaxx
United States66 Posts
On July 25 2014 11:29 TotalBiscuit wrote: Players have lives and families, you can't just flip your sleeping schedule around and around and around at will. I'm sure he did take a nap but a nap isn't enough to give you 10 hours of endurance. The fatigue took an obvious toll as you saw with that muta control mistake which resulted in his entire muta ball getting killed. It's fine though, the qualification is what mattered. He wanted to put on a good showing against Polt and he did, I think if the mutas hadnt died he'd have won that game, he had the superior economy and his 3/3 was well on the way. He'll get a chance at revenge at the event. That's weird, because it's maybe the most legitimate excuse for any SC2 player playing poorly. It sucked for Symbol as well, the qualifier is setup at a time which makes life difficult for the Koreans living in SK, but ideal for those that moved to Europe for WCS and such. Polt is on a Korean(ish) sleep schedule currently. So, while yes, the timing of the qualifier is very unfortunate for Korean participants, conditions weren't ideal for Polt either. Great series regardless. Congratulations to both players who qualified. | ||
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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
I don't particularly make excuses for the players unless something terrible happens (Mouz kicks Dear before his match, sC's lung collapses again, etc.). It's just the inevitability of competition. Sometimes you lose all your luggage and have to play with a random keyboard and mouse. Other times you get off a plane with jetlag and then go through a 3 day marathon like Leenock at MLG and play 10-14 hours a day to get back into the finals. In Mvp's case he has to fight with a broken body. It's something I acknowledge as the reality of competition. Do I think Polt is tired too? Yes. Do I think he's more tired than Impact? Probably not. Does that take away from Polt's victory? No. When Polt won his consecutive WCS NA title, he was playing SC2 10 hours a day, went to school and had a part time job. According to him in his interview with Wax, he was sleeping 4 hours for months on end. So does that excuse Polt from losing to sOs at Blizzcon? No. But you have to acknowledge that the lack of sleep was probably getting to Polt. It just happens. SC2 is too bloodthirsty in competition and players too widespread. If you get ideal play conditions, that's great, but if you don't? Well you're shit out of luck. This is just how it goes. | ||
Yhamm
France7248 Posts
for the three qualifiers there are for RBBG Global , I think they should have use 3 different starting time, for AM, Europe and KR | ||
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geokilla
Canada8245 Posts
On July 25 2014 11:29 TotalBiscuit wrote: Players have lives and families, you can't just flip your sleeping schedule around and around and around at will. I'm sure he did take a nap but a nap isn't enough to give you 10 hours of endurance. The fatigue took an obvious toll as you saw with that muta control mistake which resulted in his entire muta ball getting killed. It's fine though, the qualification is what mattered. He wanted to put on a good showing against Polt and he did, I think if the mutas hadnt died he'd have won that game, he had the superior economy and his 3/3 was well on the way. He'll get a chance at revenge at the event. That's weird, because it's maybe the most legitimate excuse for any SC2 player playing poorly. It sucked for Symbol as well, the qualifier is setup at a time which makes life difficult for the Koreans living in SK, but ideal for those that moved to Europe for WCS and such. You can't exactly have people stay up just for KR and EU region either. What about all the NA players that were trying out but knocked out early in the tournament? It's a global qualifier and so there will always be time zone problems. It's just that it affects different people. Having said that, do I like the idea of global qualifier? Yes and no. I think it would be better if there was two NA qualifiers, one EU qualifier, one KR/TW/CN qualifier, and one or two global qualifiers. That way, players can possibly play at a better time and not have to play in the wee hours like Impact or all the other players that were affected by fatigue. | ||
Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
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