EPTI hope life goes far in the tournament, he's the real heart of the swarm
MMA vs Bomber AND INovaTion vs Taeja : dayum, I just can't wait.
[WCS] Global Finals 2014 Day 2 - Page 2
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Gwavajuice
France1810 Posts
I hope life goes far in the tournament, he's the real heart of the swarm MMA vs Bomber AND INovaTion vs Taeja : dayum, I just can't wait. | ||
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SantosPhillipCarlo
United States351 Posts
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KingAlphard
Italy1705 Posts
On November 02 2014 21:44 SantosPhillipCarlo wrote: I'll darn sure be interested to see how the Top 8 shakes out next Friday, but I'm also interested in that 6:45-9:00 block after the quarterfinals that's marked as an exhibition block. That looks to be where the eight Sweet Sixteen defeated players (MC, Jaedong, Zest, Hyun, Polt, StarDust, Jjakji, and Soo) come in - any ideas on what'll happen there? Free for all on a giant map? | ||
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Siskoz
Russian Federation48 Posts
 Bomber 1-3 MMA herO[jOin] 1-3 Classic Life 3-0 SanBogus 3-2 TaeJaClassic 1-3 MMABogus 3-1 Life Bogus 3-4 MMAAnd after this MMA retire as the best player sc2 of all time | ||
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SantosPhillipCarlo
United States351 Posts
I'm guessing it could be 4v4 or 2v2s using something involving LotV. | ||
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
 and soo too of coursegames should be sick tho! and actually on second thought classic over polt is fine too, classic is a lot of fun On November 02 2014 21:28 Muffloe wrote: yh, for real, I thought it continued 2nite :/ this tournament is held at blizzcon... | ||
The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
On November 02 2014 21:54 brickrd wrote: pretty unhype ro8, 6/8 matches went to the more boring candidate (life and san are the good ones). i wish hyun and MC had pulled it off and soo too of coursegames should be sick tho! and actually on second thought classic over polt is fine too, classic is a lot of fun this tournament is held at blizzcon... I think MMA is interesting too, and of course TaeJa. I don't think either of jjakji/san are really more exciting than the other :D | ||
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TheDwf
France19747 Posts
On November 02 2014 21:59 The_Templar wrote: I think MMA is interesting too, and of course TaeJa. I don't think either of jjakji/san are really more exciting than the other :D Aside from a possible Polt vs herO and perhaps another Bogus vs soO, I think the RO8 has the best match-ups we could have hoped for. | ||
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
On November 02 2014 21:59 The_Templar wrote: I think MMA is interesting too, and of course TaeJa. I don't think either of jjakji/san are really more exciting than the other :D san and jjakji is pretty meh but san has more potential for crazy builds and upsets so i'm into that. although i'll be saying something very different next week if he beats life with a bunch of gateway allins MMA is probably my favorite terran at the event, taeja i just have been sick of for months though lol. i guess if i'm being honest with myself i just don't really like any of these terrans much, it's been said before but the best terran play can be pretty bland and mechanical. i was rooting for classic but the mech allin polt did was sick and i love to see stuff like that | ||
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sparklyresidue
United States5524 Posts
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
Bomber < MMAherO[jOin] > ClassicSan < LifeTaeJa > INnoVationMMA < herO[jOin]Life < TaeJaherO[jOin] > TaeJaAlthough this obviously won't happen, we're going to have either a shitty PvP final with Classic and San or the now classic TvT final with at most 2 good games and the other games being aggro/all-in builds worthy of PvP back in the good old mirror 4-gate times | ||
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
On November 02 2014 22:07 sparklyresidue wrote: Hm, dark tournament for any Zerg players. I'm glad it's Life who represents hope. wasn't the best zerg representation. i'm not one of those "hurdur blizzcon sucks because it's not the 16 absolute best players" but zerg really did get a shit draw, i mean i love all 4 zergs but jaedong and hyun aren't the strongest, life is a question mark and soo didn't pull it off i think if life can beat zest he can win the whole thing though, especially if he gets hero or classic. not calling him favored but he can do it | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On November 02 2014 22:17 brickrd wrote: wasn't the best zerg representation. i'm not one of those "hurdur blizzcon sucks because it's not the 16 absolute best players" but zerg really did get a shit draw, i mean i love all 4 zergs but jaedong and hyun aren't the strongest, life is a question mark and soo didn't pull it off i think if life can beat zest he can win the whole thing though, especially if he gets hero or classic. not calling him favored but he can do it It's the second year in a row Zerg is underrepresented at BlizzCon... | ||
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Ufnal
Poland1435 Posts
On November 02 2014 21:54 brickrd wrote: pretty unhype ro8, 6/8 matches went to the more boring candidate (life and san are the good ones). i wish hyun and MC had pulled it off and soo too of coursegames should be sick tho! and actually on second thought classic over polt is fine too, classic is a lot of fun this tournament is held at blizzcon... Seriously, after watching Classic versus Polt I can't imagine why would someone call Classic boring (even in "more boring"). Sad for MC though. | ||
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Big J
Austria16289 Posts
On November 02 2014 22:17 brickrd wrote: wasn't the best zerg representation. i'm not one of those "hurdur blizzcon sucks because it's not the 16 absolute best players" but zerg really did get a shit draw, i mean i love all 4 zergs but jaedong and hyun aren't the strongest, life is a question mark and soo didn't pull it off i think if life can beat zest he can win the whole thing though, especially if he gets hero or classic. not calling him favored but he can do it They aren't worse than the likes of jjakji, San, MC, Stardust or MMA. And it's not a draw. It's a representation of the results in this year. If no other Zerg is here, than that is because they have done even worse than Life this year. It's not a coincidence that the race that has done by far the worst this year is the worst represented. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On November 02 2014 22:17 brickrd wrote: wasn't the best zerg representation. i'm not one of those "hurdur blizzcon sucks because it's not the 16 absolute best players" but zerg really did get a shit draw, i mean i love all 4 zergs but jaedong and hyun aren't the strongest, life is a question mark and soo didn't pull it off i think if life can beat zest he can win the whole thing though, especially if he gets hero or classic. not calling him favored but he can do it The truth is we don't have a lot of "strong" zerg players right now imo. Solar is actually the only zerg that comes to mind who would have been a better candidate for this ro16, who else do we have ? I am sad that taeja made it though, "hate" is a strong word and obviously over the top here, but i really don't like him, even if i am his biggest fan apparently | ||
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TheDwf
France19747 Posts
On November 02 2014 22:27 Big J wrote: They aren't worse than the likes of jjakji, San, MC, Stardust or MMA. And it's not a draw. It's a representation of the results in this year. If no other Zerg is here, than that is because they have done even worse than Life this year. It's not a coincidence that the race that has done by far the worst this year is the worst represented. There's much more to the state of a race than the mere amount of Premier wins it collected in a given year... | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On November 02 2014 22:28 The_Red_Viper wrote: The truth is we don't have a lot of "strong" zerg players right now imo. Solar is actually the only zerg that comes to mind who would have been a better candidate for this ro16, who else do we have ? I am sad that taeja made it though, "hate" is a strong word and obviously over the top here, but i really don't like him, even if i am his biggest fan apparently What do you mean by "strong"? I'd argue that players like Soulkey, Solar, TRUE, Action(?), DRG, Roro, Snute, and maybe ByuL have both the mechanical skill, the strategic skills and the practice environment that make them "strong". Unless you mean "super strong", but then Protoss and Terrans don't have that much super strong players either | ||
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TheDwf
France19747 Posts
On November 02 2014 22:41 OtherWorld wrote: What do you mean by "strong"? I'd argue that players like Soulkey, Solar, TRUE, Action(?), DRG, Roro, Snute, and maybe ByuL have both the mechanical skill, the strategic skills and the practice environment that make them "strong". Unless you mean "super strong", but then Protoss and Terrans don't have that much super strong players either Most of them were "stuck" in Korea, so they had no chance of reaching Blizzcon unless they won the GSL. Aside from Golden there was no Korean Zerg in Europe for instance (from memory Sacsri only came for the third season?). | ||
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The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
On November 02 2014 22:17 OtherWorld wrote: My predictions so far have been a trainwreck, but let's do this again : Bomber < MMAherO[jOin] > ClassicSan < LifeTaeJa > INnoVationMMA < herO[jOin]Life < TaeJaherO[jOin] > TaeJaAlthough this obviously won't happen, we're going to have either a shitty PvP final with Classic and San or the now classic TvT final with at most 2 good games and the other games being aggro/all-in builds worthy of PvP back in the good old mirror 4-gate times Hey, you lost the signature bet against me yesterday. Please change your signature On November 02 2014 14:40 The_Templar wrote: Hey OtherWorld, change your signature to include "TaeJa is the best player in the world. He can not be equalled by any mere mortal. TAEJA FIGHTING!!" For 1 month  | ||
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