1st time I saw it, it was PartinG taking an empty 3rd for a 10gate all-in on MGR.
I never really got the impression of French people popularizing it, it just felt like other foreigners later on taking after the Korean meta which started phazing out collossi in favor of just 8min 3rd with blink->storm

Boucot

France15997 Posts

September 10 2015 19:14 GMT

#666

Do you believe in a thing called roach ?

Makro

France16890 Posts

September 10 2015 19:14 GMT

#667

violet seems he does not care at all right now

Noonius

Estonia17413 Posts

September 10 2015 19:14 GMT

#668

basetrade or not, zvz is still the worst mirror

Fanatic-Templar

Canada5819 Posts

September 10 2015 19:14 GMT

#669

WCS had been making me like ZvZ thus far this week, but this series was so meh.

CosmicSpiral

United States15275 Posts

September 10 2015 19:14 GMT

#670

Observer didn't highlight it, but Violet was ~10 seconds away from finishing +2 attack. That clutch Contaminate won Hydra the game.

On September 11 2015 04:14 Darkhorse wrote:
sigh I remember 2012 when Violet was good

Even at his best, he wasn't that amazing.

Wintex

Norway16848 Posts

September 10 2015 19:14 GMT

#671

On September 11 2015 04:14 Yorkie wrote:
Violet getting crushed only makes me sad because env is not seeing their investment into sc. scene pay off :/

If they wanted it to pay off, they would partner with a good team or buy a great korean looking to go abroad

chipmonklord17

United States11944 Posts

September 10 2015 19:14 GMT

#672

On September 11 2015 04:14 Darkhorse wrote:
sigh I remember 2012 when Violet was good

I really don't get how a new team went into esports and sponsored violet of all people. I mean he seems like a cool guy but it just seems weird to enter a new game and go with him as your sole player

Shellshock

United States97276 Posts

September 10 2015 19:15 GMT

#673

On September 11 2015 04:14 Darkhorse wrote:
sigh I remember 2012 when Violet was good

yeah but then HoTS came out

Wintex

Norway16848 Posts

September 10 2015 19:15 GMT

#674

On September 11 2015 04:14 chipmonklord17 wrote:

Show nested quote +

I really don't get how a new team went into esports and sponsored violet of all people. I mean he seems like a cool guy but it just seems weird to enter a new game and go with him as your sole player

because he is likable and is based in the US. he can sell his swag easier.

Die4Ever

United States17741 Posts

September 10 2015 19:15 GMT

#675

On September 11 2015 04:11 Solar424 wrote:

Show nested quote +

On September 11 2015 04:03 Darkhorse wrote:

On September 11 2015 04:01 Boucot wrote:

On September 11 2015 03:59 Yorkie wrote:

On September 11 2015 03:56 Die4Ever wrote:

On September 11 2015 03:54 Boucot wrote:

On September 11 2015 03:53 hitpoint wrote:

On September 11 2015 03:51 Yorkie wrote:

On September 11 2015 03:48 hitpoint wrote:

On September 11 2015 03:45 Yorkie wrote:
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If this is your definition of the foreign scene doing well...EU player improved greatly last year but now with region lock have stagnated and still none of them are gonna make blizzcon. And those 6-7 lesser Koreans have all shown they can compete with best at Blizzcon and back in Korea this year and they sure as hell showed much better games than what we've seen this week. The highlight of WCS this year was Polt vs Hydra, other than that it's been a wet noodle fight to see who gets crushed at the end when the Koreans remember that they're much better. I'm sorry but I really can't see how that's better than what we saw last year

Yes, all of what you said, and having a tournament that people actually care to watch. If a foreigner reaches the finals the viewers will be double. That is my definition of the foreign scene doing well.

I mean don't get me wrong the tournament needs Koreans or it doesn't feel legitimate. Even if they are lesser ones. But they need to be dropping series/being upset for it to be entertaining.

WCS season 1 finals of 2 Koreans had roughly the same viewers as season 2 finals with a foreigner. Your point is invalid. And if the only thing you find entertaining in sc. is foreigners beating Koreans then frankly I'm impressed you've hung around this long given it barely ever happens

Well, I was hardly following it for about a year. Thank God for region lock am I right?

I mean, I was making fun of GFB, Zanster, etc being in the Ro8 but seeing 16 Koreans in the Ro16 of WCS America was way dumber.

...I enjoyed that more lol, I miss Hyun, Bomber, Alicia, MC, MMA, Stardust, San, Pigbaby, Taeja, HerO...some of those we still see but not as much and not competing together

Agreed. We had some really good ro8s and onwards. i feel like watching a bo5 between Lilbow and GFB is gonna be mind numbing lol

Then call it WCS Korea 2 and make them play in Seoul but certainly not WCS America. That was just stupid.

I agree let's have GSL, S2SL, and WCS Korea. I just want Koreans all day long

I miss old Code A/Up&Down matches where we could see rising talent. Now every league has this stupid "win this Bo5 or do nothing for 3 months" format.

yea all the big Code A formats were cool, especially when they used to have a champion