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your Country52798 Posts
On October 20 2015 05:47 [PkF] Wire wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 05:02 opisska wrote:
Let's face it, single-elim tournaments are hard to predict. There are some things that are pretty much clear:
herO > Fantasy
Life > Lilbow
Dream > Hydra
and the winner of Parting/sOs > the winner of Rain/Polt
and and will would have eaten (I know this is jibberish, but seriously, is there a correct tense in English for this?!) my hat if I will have had any and something went differently than this. But then with the obvious weak links out of the way, anything can happen. The introduction of two Korean leagues has really made sure that the people who got into Blizzcon are mostly serious contenders. Sure, some of there were hotter earlier this year than now, but each and every one is championship material. I don't think PartinG wins vs Rain, or at least I don't think it's "pretty much clear".
Agreed. I'd probably even favor Rain in that matchup although it's hard to tell with PartinG.
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On October 20 2015 05:50 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 05:47 [PkF] Wire wrote:On October 20 2015 05:02 opisska wrote:
Let's face it, single-elim tournaments are hard to predict. There are some things that are pretty much clear:
herO > Fantasy
Life > Lilbow
Dream > Hydra
and the winner of Parting/sOs > the winner of Rain/Polt
and and will would have eaten (I know this is jibberish, but seriously, is there a correct tense in English for this?!) my hat if I will have had any and something went differently than this. But then with the obvious weak links out of the way, anything can happen. The introduction of two Korean leagues has really made sure that the people who got into Blizzcon are mostly serious contenders. Sure, some of there were hotter earlier this year than now, but each and every one is championship material. I don't think PartinG wins vs Rain, or at least I don't think it's "pretty much clear". Agreed. I'd probably even favor Rain in that matchup although it's hard to tell with PartinG.
did you find the time to open that LRSL thread ? 
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On October 20 2015 05:47 [PkF] Wire wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 05:02 opisska wrote:
Let's face it, single-elim tournaments are hard to predict. There are some things that are pretty much clear:
herO > Fantasy
Life > Lilbow
Dream > Hydra
and the winner of Parting/sOs > the winner of Rain/Polt
and and will would have eaten (I know this is jibberish, but seriously, is there a correct tense in English for this?!) my hat if I will have had any and something went differently than this. But then with the obvious weak links out of the way, anything can happen. The introduction of two Korean leagues has really made sure that the people who got into Blizzcon are mostly serious contenders. Sure, some of there were hotter earlier this year than now, but each and every one is championship material. I don't think PartinG wins vs Rain, or at least I don't think it's "pretty much clear".
that could really go either way, neither has done much recently, but I am still leaning towards PartinG since he 3-0'd Rain at IEM
On October 20 2015 05:52 [PkF] Wire wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 05:50 The_Templar wrote:On October 20 2015 05:47 [PkF] Wire wrote:On October 20 2015 05:02 opisska wrote:
Let's face it, single-elim tournaments are hard to predict. There are some things that are pretty much clear:
herO > Fantasy
Life > Lilbow
Dream > Hydra
and the winner of Parting/sOs > the winner of Rain/Polt
and and will would have eaten (I know this is jibberish, but seriously, is there a correct tense in English for this?!) my hat if I will have had any and something went differently than this. But then with the obvious weak links out of the way, anything can happen. The introduction of two Korean leagues has really made sure that the people who got into Blizzcon are mostly serious contenders. Sure, some of there were hotter earlier this year than now, but each and every one is championship material. I don't think PartinG wins vs Rain, or at least I don't think it's "pretty much clear". Agreed. I'd probably even favor Rain in that matchup although it's hard to tell with PartinG. did you find the time to open that LRSL thread ?
Unfortunately clearly he did not
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On October 20 2015 05:20 jalstar wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 03:52 Ej_ wrote:On October 20 2015 03:50 Shellshock wrote:On October 20 2015 03:40 BisuDagger wrote:On October 20 2015 03:04 OtherWorld wrote:On October 20 2015 03:02 IntoTheheart wrote:Maybe at SC2, but $O$ never won the most important thing: BD's heart. You think soon-to-be 300K$ can't win BD's heart? Bisu has earned way more then 300k. He's on the top 10 highest grossing eSports figures. But I do like watching me some SOS. Also like Bisu, SoS also has a winning record versus Shine. That's all we truly care about. Even with the dota people winning a million a year? nope Jaedong is the only non-Doter breaking top 30 now In Western esports most of the money is in prize pools, in Korean esports most of the money is in salaries. Not really a good comparison.
sadly we don't have another one to relate to
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On October 20 2015 05:55 Ej_ wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 05:20 jalstar wrote:On October 20 2015 03:52 Ej_ wrote:On October 20 2015 03:50 Shellshock wrote:On October 20 2015 03:40 BisuDagger wrote:On October 20 2015 03:04 OtherWorld wrote:On October 20 2015 03:02 IntoTheheart wrote:Maybe at SC2, but $O$ never won the most important thing: BD's heart. You think soon-to-be 300K$ can't win BD's heart? Bisu has earned way more then 300k. He's on the top 10 highest grossing eSports figures. But I do like watching me some SOS. Also like Bisu, SoS also has a winning record versus Shine. That's all we truly care about. Even with the dota people winning a million a year? nope Jaedong is the only non-Doter breaking top 30 now In Western esports most of the money is in prize pools, in Korean esports most of the money is in salaries. Not really a good comparison. sadly we don't have another one to relate to
So for TI each player gets 1 mil not the entire team right?
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Surely there were times when I would favour Rain without blinking an eye, but that time doesn't seem to be now
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On October 20 2015 05:57 Cricketer12 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 05:55 Ej_ wrote:On October 20 2015 05:20 jalstar wrote:On October 20 2015 03:52 Ej_ wrote:On October 20 2015 03:50 Shellshock wrote:On October 20 2015 03:40 BisuDagger wrote:On October 20 2015 03:04 OtherWorld wrote:On October 20 2015 03:02 IntoTheheart wrote:Maybe at SC2, but $O$ never won the most important thing: BD's heart. You think soon-to-be 300K$ can't win BD's heart? Bisu has earned way more then 300k. He's on the top 10 highest grossing eSports figures. But I do like watching me some SOS. Also like Bisu, SoS also has a winning record versus Shine. That's all we truly care about. Even with the dota people winning a million a year? nope Jaedong is the only non-Doter breaking top 30 now In Western esports most of the money is in prize pools, in Korean esports most of the money is in salaries. Not really a good comparison. sadly we don't have another one to relate to So for TI each player gets 1 mil not the entire team right?
was >6,5mil for the team for the last one http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/The_International/2015
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I still think that sOs beats Rain in PvP (or if Parting shows that he can beat sOs, he can beat Rain as well), so I would probably just swap sOs in Rain's place and the nthe rest of the predictions is really agreeable apart from Inno 3-0 Life. I can see Inno winning, but definitely not 3-0, there is almost no way Life does not take at least one game in a Bo5 ZvT with some kind of weird shit.
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your Country52798 Posts
On October 20 2015 05:52 [PkF] Wire wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 05:50 The_Templar wrote:On October 20 2015 05:47 [PkF] Wire wrote:On October 20 2015 05:02 opisska wrote:
Let's face it, single-elim tournaments are hard to predict. There are some things that are pretty much clear:
herO > Fantasy
Life > Lilbow
Dream > Hydra
and the winner of Parting/sOs > the winner of Rain/Polt
and and will would have eaten (I know this is jibberish, but seriously, is there a correct tense in English for this?!) my hat if I will have had any and something went differently than this. But then with the obvious weak links out of the way, anything can happen. The introduction of two Korean leagues has really made sure that the people who got into Blizzcon are mostly serious contenders. Sure, some of there were hotter earlier this year than now, but each and every one is championship material. I don't think PartinG wins vs Rain, or at least I don't think it's "pretty much clear". Agreed. I'd probably even favor Rain in that matchup although it's hard to tell with PartinG. did you find the time to open that LRSL thread ?
I only got 6 people signed up from this thread, and I don't think I'd get very many more by opening the LRSL thread. I'd rather not play the tournament out missing a bunch of people ^^.
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I'd be surprised but I really hope Lilbow makes it past the first round
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On October 20 2015 05:57 Cricketer12 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 05:55 Ej_ wrote:On October 20 2015 05:20 jalstar wrote:On October 20 2015 03:52 Ej_ wrote:On October 20 2015 03:50 Shellshock wrote:On October 20 2015 03:40 BisuDagger wrote:On October 20 2015 03:04 OtherWorld wrote:On October 20 2015 03:02 IntoTheheart wrote:Maybe at SC2, but $O$ never won the most important thing: BD's heart. You think soon-to-be 300K$ can't win BD's heart? Bisu has earned way more then 300k. He's on the top 10 highest grossing eSports figures. But I do like watching me some SOS. Also like Bisu, SoS also has a winning record versus Shine. That's all we truly care about. Even with the dota people winning a million a year? nope Jaedong is the only non-Doter breaking top 30 now In Western esports most of the money is in prize pools, in Korean esports most of the money is in salaries. Not really a good comparison. sadly we don't have another one to relate to So for TI each player gets 1 mil not the entire team right?
Yes but there's not much consistency, you get completely different top teams from year to year.
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On October 20 2015 06:42 The_Templar wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 05:52 [PkF] Wire wrote:On October 20 2015 05:50 The_Templar wrote:On October 20 2015 05:47 [PkF] Wire wrote:On October 20 2015 05:02 opisska wrote:
Let's face it, single-elim tournaments are hard to predict. There are some things that are pretty much clear:
herO > Fantasy
Life > Lilbow
Dream > Hydra
and the winner of Parting/sOs > the winner of Rain/Polt
and and will would have eaten (I know this is jibberish, but seriously, is there a correct tense in English for this?!) my hat if I will have had any and something went differently than this. But then with the obvious weak links out of the way, anything can happen. The introduction of two Korean leagues has really made sure that the people who got into Blizzcon are mostly serious contenders. Sure, some of there were hotter earlier this year than now, but each and every one is championship material. I don't think PartinG wins vs Rain, or at least I don't think it's "pretty much clear". Agreed. I'd probably even favor Rain in that matchup although it's hard to tell with PartinG. did you find the time to open that LRSL thread ? I only got 6 people signed up from this thread, and I don't think I'd get very many more by opening the LRSL thread. I'd rather not play the tournament out missing a bunch of people ^^.
Open thread and see? IIRC, weren't there quite a few punters who signed up on the thread last year? I doubt many people can find it in the middle of this thread. :p
Also, don't think lilbow/life is as decisive as some people seem to think it is, I could easily see Lilbow beating Life.
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United States97276 Posts
On October 20 2015 06:44 joshie0808 wrote:
I'd be surprised but I really hope Lilbow makes it past the first round
I really hope so too just for tears
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On October 20 2015 07:13 Shellshock wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2015 06:44 joshie0808 wrote:
I'd be surprised but I really hope Lilbow makes it past the first round I really hope so too just for tears
http://i.imgur.com/U4xwqmD.png they will come for you first
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This will be so siiiiick! :-)
Can't wait for it :-)
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You really think Byul is going to beat Classic? Even when Byul wasn't depressed from losing 3 finals in a row, Classic rekt him 3-0 like he wasn't even trying. I just don't see how Byul wins that one.
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The only way for Maru to be remembered as the greatest Terran in HotS is to win this tournament. If he doesn't Innovation will stay the true terran king of HotS.
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herO[jOin] 3-1 
FanTaSy
ByuL 3-2 
EPT
