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On October 29 2016 05:11 Ej_ wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:10 Makro wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 [PkF] Wire wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Makro wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> meanwhile on league of legends no western team won a official bo5 against a korean team since 4 years :D wow time to switch to league I guess or to archery or to women's golf or women's beach volleyball
Korea no good = not a legit game
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On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding.
right they instantly got way worse after leaving the practice house
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even civilization six turns are shorter than these breaks
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On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. of course it's not a coincidence. Still the future of the sc2 competitive scene lies more in the foreign scene than in the korean scene if you ask me. sc2 is still relatively popular in AM/EU/CN while it always felt the game was being forced down Korea's throat and that they'd rather still play BW.
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someone please kill this overly loud HP commercial
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On October 29 2016 05:15 ArtyK wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. right they instantly got way worse after leaving the practice house you think it's a coincidence foreigners can now suddenly compete?
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On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing
Sure that why foreigner are decent, korean lost all motivation to win 200K dollars
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On October 29 2016 05:16 Nesto wrote: someone please kill this overly loud HP commercial
that mute button is pretty useful on breaks, unless you want to listen at how perfect of a game overwatch is over and over
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Maybe it's because of WESG but I really don't find these breaks long at all. And barely frequent.
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On October 29 2016 05:13 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:12 [PkF] Wire wrote:On October 29 2016 05:11 Ej_ wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 Makro wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 [PkF] Wire wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Makro wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> meanwhile on league of legends no western team won a official bo5 against a korean team since 4 years :D wow time to switch to league I guess or to archery or to women's golf or women's beach volleyball what ? KR are really good at that ? Germany and Brazil dominate that. RIP American gold medal streak
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On October 29 2016 05:15 ArtyK wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. right they instantly got way worse after leaving the practice house I think they've been aware of the situatio since long before the teams actually disbanded, and yeah that was bound to affect their training regimen
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On October 29 2016 05:15 ArtyK wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. right they instantly got way worse after leaving the practice house
That comfort zone
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On October 29 2016 05:16 [PkF] Wire wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. of course it's not a coincidence. Still the future of the sc2 competitive scene lies more in the foreign scene than in the korean scene if you ask me. sc2 is still relatively popular in AM/EU/CN while it always felt the game was being forced down Korea's throat and that they'd rather still play BW. I mean the foreign scene was effectively dying before the WCS changes.
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On October 29 2016 05:17 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:15 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. right they instantly got way worse after leaving the practice house you think it's a coincidence foreigners can now suddenly compete?
The fact that we see close to 0 Foreigner vs Korean offline game this year and that for the first time foreigner could actually live of starcraft has nothing to do with it.
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On October 29 2016 05:17 [PkF] Wire wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:15 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. right they instantly got way worse after leaving the practice house I think they've been aware of the situatio since long before the teams actually disbanded, and yeah that was bound to affect their training regimen also it's said that the korean pros play a lot of overwatch recently
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On October 29 2016 05:16 [PkF] Wire wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. of course it's not a coincidence. Still the future of the sc2 competitive scene lies more in the foreign scene than in the korean scene if you ask me. sc2 is still relatively popular in AM/EU/CN while it always felt the game was being forced down Korea's throat and that they'd rather still play BW. league of legends killed starcraft 2
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On October 29 2016 05:17 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:15 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. right they instantly got way worse after leaving the practice house you think it's a coincidence foreigners can now suddenly compete?
no, but i do think that this is a 500k prize pool tournament, and that no external problems should prevent a guy like solar to win against elazer
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On October 29 2016 05:15 ArtyK wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. right they instantly got way worse after leaving the practice house
I don't think they've left the practice house yet. At least the KT players haven't.
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On October 29 2016 05:17 Elentos wrote: Maybe it's because of WESG but I really don't find these breaks long at all. And barely frequent. i haven't played or bought Overwatch. now that i found out Forbes ( known for its video game coverage ) gave it a 10/10 i'm going to have to buy it now.
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On October 29 2016 05:18 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On October 29 2016 05:16 [PkF] Wire wrote:On October 29 2016 05:14 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:12 Charoisaur wrote:On October 29 2016 05:10 ArtyK wrote:On October 29 2016 05:09 Fango wrote:On October 29 2016 05:07 ArtyK wrote: On a side note, foreigners took 8 maps off koreans so far before the groups are over. Koreans are still favorites sure, but where are the people who said foreigners wouldn't take a single map :> No one predicted them to not take a single map. Just to not get out of any group Some TL guys did on various threads some months ago it wasn't known yet that the korean scene is collapsing And? This is still 200K for the winner and you're supposedly playing against weaker players this year :p pretty sure this affects the mentality of the players. I don't think it's a coincidence that foreigners are now catching up after 18 years of complete korean dominance at the exact same time all the teams are disbanding. of course it's not a coincidence. Still the future of the sc2 competitive scene lies more in the foreign scene than in the korean scene if you ask me. sc2 is still relatively popular in AM/EU/CN while it always felt the game was being forced down Korea's throat and that they'd rather still play BW. I mean the foreign scene was effectively dying before the WCS changes. yeah but because it was sucked out by a scene that shouldn't really have existed in the first place
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