On August 16 2016 01:33 The_Red_Viper wrote: I really wonder how many games Innovation will win till his streak ends. I would assume that TB wants to "snipe" him with some koreans at the start (or rather play some koreans at the start, like last time) but Innovation will be hard to stop regardless.
Hyped for this, should be good! (if only it was this weekend, hehe)
If he's in good form and gets on a roll he could get 10 wins no matter how good the opposition, that's just how he works. But I think TB will have some players who can take him down. Especially Protoss players.
he did lose to Super today. To the one true protoss, worthy of his name
In general his TvP is quite a bit worse than his other match-ups.
he beat that JA terran in PL and that's all that really matters
Has he? I don't think INno's ever beaten Maru in Proleague.
I wonder when TB will start introducing some non ladder maps? We all know he loves funky map's!!
Really looking forward to this. Last month was great, let's hope this month and the next 3 will be just as good if not better. It seems to be getting well supported so maybe the series may continue longer if sponsors continue their support.
On August 16 2016 06:23 Rehio wrote: I'm still disappointed in how teams responded to the cool Clan Wars maps. =/ There was so much potential there, and it was so much fun.
It was fun but i can totally understand why you wouldn't want to practice maps you don't play anywhere else.
On August 16 2016 06:23 Rehio wrote: I'm still disappointed in how teams responded to the cool Clan Wars maps. =/ There was so much potential there, and it was so much fun.
It was fun but i can totally understand why you wouldn't want to practice maps you don't play anywhere else.
It's understandable, but even Proleague teams did it so it's not like the incentive wasn't there. And people agreed to play on funky maps when they joined the tournament.
On August 16 2016 06:23 Rehio wrote: I'm still disappointed in how teams responded to the cool Clan Wars maps. =/ There was so much potential there, and it was so much fun.
It was fun but i can totally understand why you wouldn't want to practice maps you don't play anywhere else.
It's understandable, but even Proleague teams did it so it's not like the incentive wasn't there. And people agreed to play on funky maps when they joined the tournament.
Sure i am not saying that it was "ok" for these players/teams to put in that little effort while participating in the first place. Still, the bottom line is that maps you don't play anywhere else aren't really worth to practice for.
On August 16 2016 06:23 Rehio wrote: I'm still disappointed in how teams responded to the cool Clan Wars maps. =/ There was so much potential there, and it was so much fun.
It was fun but i can totally understand why you wouldn't want to practice maps you don't play anywhere else.
It's understandable, but even Proleague teams did it so it's not like the incentive wasn't there. And people agreed to play on funky maps when they joined the tournament.
Sure i am not saying that it was "ok" for these players/teams to put in that little effort while participating in the first place. Still, the bottom line is that maps you don't play anywhere else aren't really worth to practice for.
I think that's very exaggerated tbh. It's not Proleague, you don't have to spend days of practice making up elaborate snipe builds. Just enough so you understand the map well enough to not fuck up anything big. Which shouldn't take that long for progamers. You take Idk 3 hours of your practice for the entire week and just have fun with a silly map.
It's not like you "don't have to", there is simply no point to because it's not worth it. I mean sure i remember JD for example having no idea about certain map features, etc. That's disappointing to say the least and you obviously don't need to practice the map a lot to understand it on that basic lvl. I am not necessarily saying that your position ("it should be possible") is wrong, but we have seen what actually happens so it seems pointless to do it again. Rather play it safe and use known maps and get good games than getting bad ones because players didn't prepare for it. 3 hours of practice on maps you don't play anywhere else are still 3 hours of practice you don't get back for proleague, etc
On August 16 2016 07:01 The_Red_Viper wrote: It's not like you "don't have to", there is simply no point to because it's not worth it. I mean sure i remember JD for example having no idea about certain map features, etc. That's disappointing to say the least and you obviously don't need to practice the map a lot to understand it on that basic lvl. I am not necessarily saying that your position ("it should be possible") is wrong, but we have seen what actually happens so it seems pointless to do it again. Rather play it safe and use known maps and get good games than getting bad ones because players didn't prepare for it. 3 hours of practice on maps you don't play anywhere else are still 3 hours of practice you don't get back for proleague, etc
I never said TB should try again. I just need to get through these posts without saying extremely rude things about the players involved while still stating my point.
Haha yeah i understand (was disappointed with JD for sure!)
Other than that i am already excited to see who is involved this time. With proleague playoffs going on i wonder if we see any SKT/KT/Jinair players other than Innovation (hopefully he actually shows up no matter what happens at KT vs SKT)
He'll try his hardest. I'm sure SKT and Jin Air would still allow players to play regardless of how KT vs SKT goes. I'm not quite sure with KT. We're the only team that skipped the first one while the other teams basically all sent their ace player, including Jin Air who had the same PL match coming up.
On August 16 2016 07:22 Elentos wrote: He'll try his hardest. I'm sure SKT and Jin Air would still allow players to play regardless of how KT vs SKT goes. I'm not quite sure with KT. We're the only team that skipped the first one while the other teams basically all sent their ace player.
Proleague playoffs is different from round finals though. And iirc jinair was first in overall standings no matter what, so it didn't really matter all that much either. So i am not 100% sure that SKT/Jinair will be involved. KT seems rather unlikely though
EPT
Perfect time for me as well.
(was disappointed with JD for sure!) 
