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[IEM] Season IX - Toronto Day 3 - Page 213

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Last quarterfinal (Zest - Yoda) to be played tomorrow along with the semifinals and finals.
Neemi
Profile Joined August 2012
Netherlands656 Posts
August 30 2014 22:50 GMT
#4241
On August 31 2014 07:46 stuchiu wrote:
Life hasn't looked this good since MLG Anaheim 2013. God damn, I almost forgot how he looks like when he's on fire.


He mentioned in an interview he's seriously practising again after dropping out of Code S. It's amazing how clear the difference in his play is.
Cute
TR
Profile Joined February 2011
2320 Posts
August 30 2014 22:50 GMT
#4242
I'm really hoping for Flash vs. Life or Zest. Would be my dream finals.
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
August 30 2014 22:51 GMT
#4243
On August 31 2014 07:50 TR wrote:
I'm really hoping for Flash vs. Life or Zest. Would be my dream finals.

I'd rather avoid the teamkill and have Taeja vs Zest or Flash vs Life. I also dunno why I keep discounting YoDa but I do
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FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
August 30 2014 22:51 GMT
#4244
On August 31 2014 07:47 stuchiu wrote:
IEMs have basically won best tournament circuit of the year. Given that Blizzcon will most likely stream the best stories/games on the second stream, I don't know if any other event can beat the IEM Cologne/IEM Katowice/IEM Canada triumvirate now.


Arguably last year too since IPL kicked the bucket. Though DH gave them closer competition towards the end of 2013 with Bucharest and the Winter Championship.
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
ObeseHydra
Profile Joined March 2013
Brazil196 Posts
August 30 2014 22:52 GMT
#4245
Life vs Flash finals please!!
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
August 30 2014 22:52 GMT
#4246
On August 31 2014 07:51 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2014 07:50 TR wrote:
I'm really hoping for Flash vs. Life or Zest. Would be my dream finals.

I'd rather avoid the teamkill and have Taeja vs Zest or Flash vs Life. I also dunno why I keep discounting YoDa but I do

This confirms that YoDa wins it all doesn't it?
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Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
August 30 2014 22:53 GMT
#4247
On August 31 2014 07:48 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2014 07:45 Boucot wrote:
On August 31 2014 07:39 The_Templar wrote:
On August 31 2014 07:32 stuchiu wrote:
I've decided Life vs First is now game of the year. I forgot about everything else.

Polt vs Rain Habitation Station
Scarlett vs Toodming Frost
ByuL vs Revival Yeonsu
sOs vs Classic Maze
FLASH VS BBYONG WAYSTATION
Salvation vs Cure King Sejong Station
Heart vs XiGua Frost
Heart vs Bomber Overgrowth
TaeJa vs Zest Foxtrot Labs
Flash vs MC Overgrowth

These are pretty much the top 10 games outside of Life vs First as far as I remember. 2-3 of them are comparable.

MC vs MMA Yeonsu was sick

Didn't include because:
-Similar to the frost game IIRC
-Besides being a very high level game, the only interesting/unusual part of the game was MC's use of the high ground.

I might be thinking about the wrong game though :p

I'm talking about MMA's absurd comeback when he looked dead as fuck (a bit like TaeJa-Zest game 3 but less extreme). The outcome was that fabulous face of disbelief.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
Xinzoe
Profile Joined January 2014
Korea (South)2373 Posts
August 30 2014 23:01 GMT
#4248
On August 31 2014 07:50 Neemi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2014 07:46 stuchiu wrote:
Life hasn't looked this good since MLG Anaheim 2013. God damn, I almost forgot how he looks like when he's on fire.


He mentioned in an interview he's seriously practising again after dropping out of Code S. It's amazing how clear the difference in his play is.


he's seriously practicing protoss on ladder though
wl4d
Profile Blog Joined July 2014
France103 Posts
August 30 2014 23:09 GMT
#4249
On August 31 2014 07:43 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2014 07:41 Darkhorse wrote:
On August 31 2014 07:39 The_Templar wrote:
On August 31 2014 07:32 stuchiu wrote:
I've decided Life vs First is now game of the year. I forgot about everything else.

Polt vs Rain Habitation Station
Scarlett vs Toodming Frost
ByuL vs Revival Yeonsu
sOs vs Classic Maze
FLASH VS BBYONG WAYSTATION
Salvation vs Cure King Sejong Station
Heart vs XiGua Frost
Heart vs Bomber Overgrowth
TaeJa vs Zest Foxtrot Labs
Flash vs MC Overgrowth

These are pretty much the top 10 games outside of Life vs First as far as I remember. 2-3 of them are comparable.

TBH that whole Polt vs Rain series was good. Plus HerO vs Jaedong on Yeonsu was amazing. Then Hyun vs herO on Polar Night and some Polt vs herO games from Katowice. Holy shit IEM has potentially like 8/10 best games IEM is awesome


Yeah, IEM is like the sickest foreign tournament league. They came a long way from 2011 when I'd of said they were one of the worst.

Also, I'd have to watch it again but I think Jjakji vs Revival on Heavy Rain is perhaps my game of the year.

..also from IEM (Katowice)


Agree for jjakji vs revival, it was a sick match.
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Veroleg
Profile Joined May 2013
Austria76 Posts
August 30 2014 23:41 GMT
#4250
On August 31 2014 05:09 Ace Frehley wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2014 05:01 PepsiMaxxxx wrote:
On August 31 2014 04:57 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
On August 31 2014 04:56 purakushi wrote:
Snute is amazing and deserves respect, but I miss the days of absolute Korean dominance.

why o_o


It made the game look somewhat hard. Now a player that's laddering on EU can beat the player that got the best practice regime in the world. That's just really depressing, the game looks simple with a skill ceiling.

That's why I hate seeing foreigners beat koreans...


This is such a bullshit argument
In BW, a foreign professional scene didn't even exist like in sc2

Obviously the gap was big then, and smaller now



yes, exaclty! because that game was an actual legitimite game and not some fucking LoL bs where the difference between clowns and legends becomes retardedly small. hence there wasnt a single guy post 2002 remotely in the same dimension as the top players. or i bet you somehow think there was literally 0% foreigners during those years trying as hard as the dozens of foreigners who have been competetiveish in sc2
JackRipper
Profile Joined August 2010
79 Posts
August 30 2014 23:58 GMT
#4251
On August 31 2014 07:47 graNite wrote:
i missed the reason, why is the last quarterfinal not played today?


The venue shuts down at 7pm EST and IEM prefers to have at least 90 minutes for a best of 5.
Starecat
Profile Joined August 2014
940 Posts
August 31 2014 00:30 GMT
#4252
Wow the games were so long that they moved the final quarterfinal to tomorrow?
:3
Ace Frehley
Profile Joined December 2012
2030 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-31 01:08:22
August 31 2014 01:03 GMT
#4253
On August 31 2014 08:41 Veroleg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2014 05:09 Ace Frehley wrote:
On August 31 2014 05:01 PepsiMaxxxx wrote:
On August 31 2014 04:57 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
On August 31 2014 04:56 purakushi wrote:
Snute is amazing and deserves respect, but I miss the days of absolute Korean dominance.

why o_o


It made the game look somewhat hard. Now a player that's laddering on EU can beat the player that got the best practice regime in the world. That's just really depressing, the game looks simple with a skill ceiling.

That's why I hate seeing foreigners beat koreans...


This is such a bullshit argument
In BW, a foreign professional scene didn't even exist like in sc2

Obviously the gap was big then, and smaller now



yes, exaclty! because that game was an actual legitimite game and not some fucking LoL bs where the difference between clowns and legends becomes retardedly small. hence there wasnt a single guy post 2002 remotely in the same dimension as the top players. or i bet you somehow think there was literally 0% foreigners during those years trying as hard as the dozens of foreigners who have been competetiveish in sc2



In SC2, lots of foreigners are being paid to play (ie. being pros) and travelling the world playing the game, and delaying their real life to commit (like korean pros do), that's why the gap is smaller.

Most foreign bw players didn't have that. Just 'trying hard' is not enough.

And flash is no sc2 legend. Maybe in the future. He has big chances of winning tournaments
And Snute is no clown
...
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
August 31 2014 01:04 GMT
#4254
I think one quarter was always going to be tomorrow.
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messioso
Profile Joined June 2011
Denmark635 Posts
August 31 2014 01:28 GMT
#4255
On August 31 2014 10:04 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
I think one quarter was always going to be tomorrow.


Correct!

If there was time we would have moved it forward to today, however we didn't want to plan it there and then have to move it.
Former ESL League Operations. I ran IEM/WCS for like 3 years or something. I did map vetos on a tablet. That guy.
dravernor
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
Netherlands6191 Posts
August 31 2014 04:15 GMT
#4256


Yay! I hope he does go full time
<3
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
August 31 2014 04:23 GMT
#4257
On August 31 2014 13:15 dravernor wrote:
https://twitter.com/SC2Mal/status/505893356854329345

Yay! I hope he does go full time

I think you misunderstood him, he said he wants to do as much translating as possible before he has to abandon it in order to go to a (different) full time job. :\
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TL+ Member
dravernor
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
Netherlands6191 Posts
August 31 2014 04:24 GMT
#4258
On August 31 2014 13:23 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2014 13:15 dravernor wrote:
https://twitter.com/SC2Mal/status/505893356854329345

Yay! I hope he does go full time

I think you misunderstood him, he said he wants to do as much translating as possible before he has to abandon it in order to go to a (different) full time job. :\

Yes I did. Dammit. Offer this man a full time translating job please.
<3
Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-31 04:35:20
August 31 2014 04:28 GMT
#4259
Liquid foreigners were really close to taking it to the KT duo today, foreigner resurgence?

On August 31 2014 07:51 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2014 07:50 TR wrote:
I'm really hoping for Flash vs. Life or Zest. Would be my dream finals.

I'd rather avoid the teamkill and have Taeja vs Zest or Flash vs Life. I also dunno why I keep discounting YoDa but I do


Flash vs Life for the revenge would be so hype
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
August 31 2014 04:29 GMT
#4260
On August 31 2014 13:24 dravernor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 31 2014 13:23 The_Templar wrote:
On August 31 2014 13:15 dravernor wrote:
https://twitter.com/SC2Mal/status/505893356854329345

Yay! I hope he does go full time

I think you misunderstood him, he said he wants to do as much translating as possible before he has to abandon it in order to go to a (different) full time job. :\

Yes I did. Dammit. Offer this man a full time translating job please.

Agreed. We need more of him.
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